BillsPride12 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/50-awesome-things-from-the-80s-our-kids-are-missing-out-on/ar-AA1mHM53?ocid=socialshare&pc=DCTS&cvid=a436ad616b82422aafaf3e5980df2f2c&ei=68 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 #42, Pyrex dishes. If anything like aged Corelle, a dropped piece that breaks immediately turns into 10,000 razor sharp shards. The Federal Trade Commission needs to investigate them, and do a search of all thrift stores for old pieces. 🤨 #21, Awesome commercials. Actually, the best were regional for Genessee Beer that mixed old film footage with snappy and inane dialogue. I think Genessee fired their advertising agencies on a monthly basis. Genessee Brewery wouldn't even admit that this commercial was made. Genessee commercials were 'like a box of chocolates." * Not as lame an article as I thought it would be. * There needs to be a WNY / Southern Ontario version. Somewhere in there will be Goldie and Mike's begathons for Channel 17. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Outside of the New Year's day 1989 playoff game against the Oilers (no, it wasn't the comeback game,) the best thing about the 80's is they're over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregg Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 For any Bills fan who was around back in the 80's then this was certainly a very special day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 52 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: #42, Pyrex dishes. If anything like aged Corelle, a dropped piece that breaks immediately turns into 10,000 razor sharp shards. The Federal Trade Commission needs to investigate them, and do a search of all thrift stores for old pieces. 🤨 Talk to @Mike in Horseheads ...Growing up his family was a Corning "test family." I wonder what his thoughts are? Honestly... I never broke Pyrex and Corelle... And we have pieces that are from the 1970s. Still use it daily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 26 minutes ago, Gregg said: For any Bills fan who was around back in the 80's then this was certainly a very special day. *I wanna say it was still the 1970s. Makes the build up less painful. We ain't going a full decade without beating a team at least once seeing that they played 2 times every year. LoL... Technically decades don't begin till the 1s. Like 1/1/1981. 😉😜 https://www.almanac.com/when-does-new-decade-start "Our conclusion? It simply depends on the context of what you’re saying. If you’re referring to ’80s music, we get it. If you’re the US Naval Observatory—in charge of the master clock—the new millennium began on January 1, 2001. At the end of the day, astronomy rules the day, and calendars are imperfect. An almanac, by definition, is a “calendar of the heavens.” The Earth will continue to revolve around the Sun, cycling through the seasons." *NOT trying to start anything, check out Sabres thread.😆 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpberr Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Relates to our 1970s discussion compared to how things feel today in 2024. You can see the level of entrepreneurship, and the embrace of risk and expression in all of those items. You see a lot of ideas, good and bad, hitting the market in the 1980s. I'm surprised this list didn't include colorful carpet everywhere, especially in bathrooms. 😕 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 I think we all remember how awesome this was. 1 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 13 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said: I think we all remember how awesome this was. Kids these days have no idea what we had to do for softcore porn. These spoiled brats can just open an incognito browser on their phone and have access to terabytes of the most disgusting German scat fetish films ever made. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 4 minutes ago, Jauronimo said: Kids these days have no idea what we had to do for softcore porn. These spoiled brats can just open an incognito browser on their phone and have access to terabytes of the most disgusting German scat fetish films ever made. I used to set my VCR on record all night on Showtime. I would wake up in the morning and replay what recorded all night. Sometimes it was Weekend at Bernies, sometimes it was Red Shoe Diaries. If it was the latter, I wouldn't go downstairs for breakfast. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 2 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said: I used to set my VCR on record all night on Showtime. I would wake up in the morning and replay what recorded all night. Sometimes it was Weekend at Bernies, sometimes it was Red Shoe Diaries. If it was the latter, I wouldn't go downstairs for breakfast. So, it seems you specialized in the BEST thing about the 80’s. That took some effort. You remember some other stuff too, I hope. BTW- how is your vision? 😋 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Still having nightmares from some of those ABC after-school specials!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 7 minutes ago, Augie said: So, it seems you specialized in the BEST thing about the 80’s. That took some effort. You remember some other stuff too, I hope. BTW- how is your vision? 😋 I do wear glasses today. I do remember Mello Yello was the most delicious drink. But if I drink it now, it's terrible. Cany Cigarettes were cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 4 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said: I do wear glasses today. I do remember Mello Yello was the most delicious drink. But if I drink it now, it's terrible. Cany Cigarettes were cool. Mello Yello! I hadn’t thought of that in forever. I guess that was the predecessor to the devil’s juice we call Mountain Dew. Getting kids addicted to sugar while creating the hand habit is brilliant yet evil marketing. Anything for a buck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toomstone.Part.Duex Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Who else had the giant fork and spoon on the wall? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Info Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 7 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: #21, Awesome commercials. Actually, the best were regional for Genessee Beer that mixed old film footage with snappy and inane dialogue. I think Genessee fired their advertising agencies on a monthly basis. Genessee Brewery wouldn't even admit that this commercial was made. Genessee commercials were 'like a box of chocolates." That’s Fred Gwynne (Herman Munster) doing the voice over for that Genesee Beer commercial. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 (edited) 38 minutes ago, Augie said: Mello Yello! I hadn’t thought of that in forever. I guess that was the predecessor to the devil’s juice we call Mountain Dew. Getting kids addicted to sugar while creating the hand habit is brilliant yet evil marketing. Anything for a buck! Jergens is a multi million dollar corporation with 99% of their demographics being males ages 13-18. Edited March 4 by Royale with Cheese 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Mr Info said: That’s Fred Gwynne (Herman Munster) doing the voice over for that Genesee Beer commercial. I always thought it sounded like him, your post is the first confirmation that I have seen. Edited March 4 by Ridgewaycynic2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Info Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 5 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: I always thought it sounded like him, your post is the first confirmation that I have seen. (1988) TV Commercial (voice-over):Genesee Beer https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0001304/otherworks/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCockSportif Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Maybe there's overlap here, but... The Mac (Apple) SB commercial remains a favorite. My mother (RIP), who hated all rock 'n' roll and/or any kind of loud music -- would sing along with "Relax" by Frankie goes to Hollywood. I'm pretty sure that she was (willfully) blind to what the song was about. Actually, having grown up in a conservative household, the light didn't go on with me about that tune until I was probably mid-20s. I guffawed when it did. Mom sang along with "Relax"? HAHA. The 14 Rock Cowgirl. Joe Theissman's leg. Ugh. So ugly. Since I'd been doing well in school, dad let me watch that game (usually not allowed to stay up late). And that happened. The original Top Gun. Classic. Rambo I & II? Yes, please. Geraldo and Al Capone's vault? The Bear's Super Bowl Shuffle (hated it). ZZ Top doing ZZ Top things. Their beards and classic cars remain a favorite. Where's the Beef? The odd Honda scooter commercial with Grace Jones and (was it?) Adam Ant? Devo (one of my favorite bands ever; I used to hide their tapes in the crawlspace so that they would not be confiscated). Richard Simmons. The 20-minute workout. Maybe it was a regional thing. At first my mother thought that they were sluts, but once we told her that they were from Toronto -- she thought that the show was fine (she always felt that people from Canada were abnormally nice, which is somewhat true) so long as my sister and I lost weight as a result of the aerobics. As an early teen, I was not in it for the aerobics. Madonna. A classmate of mine once changed the vertical display on the TV and tracking on the VCR to see if he could look up Madonna's shirt in the "Lucky Star" video. Otherwise, I can't stand Madonna. Risky Business is hilarious and remains a favorite. Plus, Rebecca DeMornay... *growl* Frankie Say Relax. I saved this t-shirt and wore it on laundry day -- until it reached full nip slippage... in 1998. Ocean Pacific. So much more. What a trip down memory lane! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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