Just to let this part of the board grow a bit, and since I love questionaires, etc. I thought we could try and think of our 10 favorite TV shows, movies, songs, video games (only applicable starting in about '86) and the like.

Of course, despite always liking the same stuff, my exact tastes change all the time, so tomorrow this could be inaccurate! ;)

I'll probably do 10 things for particular years in a future post! As for now:

MOVIES (I'm allowing 11 'cause I know BTTF is all our top choices - I'd hope!):
BTTF
Police Academy 4 (the best of the series - but I love 'em all)
Ernest Saves Christmas
UHF (Weird Al's great, lone starring role)
Uncle Buck
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (yeah I like John Hughes' stuff!)
Airplane
Honey I Shrunk the Kids
Vice Versa (one of the "switch" comedies from the late 80's)
Howard the Duck
Christmas Vacation

SONGS:
"Heart & Soul" Huey Lewis
"Be Chrool to Your Scuel" Twisted Sister
"Owner of a Lonely Heart" Yes
"Borderline" Madonna
"Refugee" Tom Petty (from '79 but was a hit in '80)
"I Wanna Know What Love is" Foreigner
"Invisible Touch" Genesis
"Born in the USA" Bruce Springsteen
"Stuck on You" Lionel Richie
"Tough all Over" John Cafferty

VIDEO GAMES:
Zelda 1 (my alltime favorite. VERY advanced for 1986 – fun yet complex).
Dragon Warrior 1
Metroid
Rad Racer
Super Mario 3
Faxanadu
Crystalis
Knight Rider
Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link
Lee Travino’s Fighting Golf

TV SHOWS (some of these are “double decaded” – say if they started in the 70’s and spilled into the 80’s, were 90’s shows that started in the 80’s):

Full House (of course this is on top! Same as on my 90's list)
Growing Pains
Miami Vice (haven’t watched it in forever, though!)
Married with Children
Police Squad (the short-lived precusor to Naked Gun)
Unsolved Mysteries
Family Matters
Simpsons (it debuted in December '89, and the skits were on the Tracey Ullman Show as early as '87)
Roseanne (it was funny in its own way, LOL)
Anything from the old days of MTV.

Wasn't Airplane! made in 1980?

Movies:

The 'Burbs

Back to the Future II (Since we are starting from '86)

Star Trek IV, Star Trek V

BeetleJuice

Masters of the Universe

Vanishing Act

Ghost Busters II

A Fish Called Wanda

Pet Sematary

Throw Momma from the Train

Television:

Amazing Stories

You Can't Do That On Television

Family Ties (even though it began before '86)

Inspector Gadget

She-Ra Princess of Power

The Raggy Dolls

Doctor Who

Count Duckula

Degrassi Junior High

Star Trek the Next generation

Thundercats

Defenders of the Earth

(oops, more then 10!!)

Music:

When We Was Fab, George Harrison

Happy to be Stuck With You, Huey Lewis

Kokomo, The Beach Boys

Sea of Love, The Honeydrippers

Glory Of Love, Peter Cetera

Got My Mind Set On You, George Harrison

Money For Nothing (just before 1986, but I was listening to it all through the late 80's)

Bat Attack, Crime Fighters Inc

Star Trekking across the universe, The Firm

Don't Worry, Be Happy, Bobby McFerrin

Video Games

Tetris

Batman

Alleyway

Double Dragon

Bugs Bunny in crazy Castle 2

Home Alone

Bill and Ted's Excellent gameboy adventure

Tooth Invaders

Boober's adventure in ASMIK world

A car racing game on com64 that I can't remember the name.


(Cool thread Spotty :) )

^ Sorry mate, I might've been unclear, hehe. ;)

I meant Nintendo games didn't come out until 1985 or '86, so they only got about 4 years of time here, while everything else gets the full decade (even stuff from '79 or '90 would be close enough).

Actually, despite the fact that I remember the late 80's clearly, I actually prefer the early and mid-part of the decade.

Anyway, it's kinda cool to break it down by section though. I like all the stuff you mentioned. :)

MOVIES (I'm allowing 11 'cause I know BTTF is all our top choices - I'd hope!):
BTTF
annie
a nightmare on elm street series
the breakfast club
spaceballs
pretty in pink
dirty dancing
stand by me
jaws the revenge
who framed roger rabbit
ghostbusters
SONGS:
anything by barry manilow in the 80's
if ever your in my arms again-peablo bryson
if this is it-huey lewis
tonight i celebrate my love-peablo bryson
another lover-giant step
in your eyes-peter gabriel
bilie jean-michael jackson
living on a prayer-bon jovi
dont you forget about me-dont know who sings it but its the theme to the breatkfeast club
we are the world-usa for africa


VIDEO GAMES:
zelda
super mario brothers 3
arkenoid
wheel of fortune
anticipation
family feud
the game when you had to run on the mat-i think it was called track and field
double dare(i used to watch the show too)
marble madness
classic concentration

TV SHOWS (some of these are “double decaded” – say if they started in the 70’s and spilled into the 80’s, were 90’s shows that started in the 80’s):

Full House
Growing Pains
the simpsons
the wonder years
just the ten of us
perfect strangers
mr belvedere
the golden girls
227
amen

damn it these were the good shows..now theres nothing but crap on ...except for law and order svu!

i cant believe i forgot to add alf!

lets seee :docs2: :jen1:


movies

bttf
star wars 2 and 3
uhf
Rainbow Brite and the star stealer
Annie
the little mermaid
the black caldron
princess and the goblin

tv shows

Rainbow Brite
alf
Full house
you cant do that on telivision
clarisa explains it all
transformers
little twin stars
star search
americas funniest home videos
strawberry shortcake
Jenm and the halowgrams
gibert
the little mermaid
baribie cartoons
the simpsons
tracy ulman show
saturday night live
growing pains
step by step
fresh prince of bel air
thunder cats
the muppet show
muppet babies
eurekas castle
lambchop
barney when i was 5-8
supermariosupershow
back to the future the animated sereis


songs
power of love hewey lewis
love is a battle feild pat benatar
girls just wanna have fun cindy lauper
just like a prayer madonna

video games

duck hunt
spyhunter
supermariobro trilogy
zelda
yoshis cookie
dr mario
tetris
supermario kart

well thats all i can think of :jen1: :jen2: ;) :P

Movies :

Eddie And The Cruisers
Eddie And The Cruisers 2 : Eddie Lives
Back To The Future 1-3
The Breakfast Club
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Terminator
Over The Top
Road House
The Outsiders
T V :
Vintage WCW/NWA Wrestling
Head Banger's Ball ( Hosted by Dee Snider)
Full House
Family Ties
ALF
Transformers ( The newer ones don't hold a candle to the orignals...)
Captian
The Mario Brother's Show


Songs :

"Holy Diver" by DIO
"On The Darkside" by John Cafferty
"Tender Years" by John Cafferty
"Wild Summer Nights" by John Cafferty
"We're Not Gonna take it" Twisted Sister
" I wanna rock" by Twisted Sister
"You Can't Kill Rock and Roll" by Ozzy Osbourne
"You Can't Stop Rock and Roll by Twisted Sister
"Don't You Forget About Me" by Simple Minds
"Dancing With Myself" by Billy Idol
Bon Jovi- Livin' On A Prayer
Neil Young- Keep On Rockin' In The Freeworld
"Maria" by John Cafferty
Kenny Loggins - Footloose

Games :
Zelda
Zelda 2 : Link's Past
TMNT 1 and TMNT The Arcade Game
Super Mario Brothers
Super Mario Brothers 2
SPM B 3... or as I call it.. "Look, I can fly!!"
Rambo
Tetris
WWF Wrestlemania

Favorite Album :
Blizzard of Oz- Ozzy Osbourne