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I guess I fall into the 'MTV generation' back when M(usic) TeleVision actually played music.
check Do you remember Strawberry Shortcake?
wat? Wuzzles?
check Pogo Balls?
check He-Man and She-Ra?
check How about Fraggle Rock?
check ALF?
If you can answer yes to any of these questions, you are a child of the '80's.
check Maybe you listened to Madonna, the Bangles, or Cyndi Lauper... + folk music when my parents had npr on... they dug the idea of a "radio show" ...used to tune into jack benny over dinner... or woody's children - the folk music show.
check You skipped off to school with your Cabbage Patch Kid lunchbox, if you were a girl anyway. transformers, gi joe - made out of metal if you were cool. If you were a boy, maybe you rode to school on a BMX bike with your lame plastic Thundercats lunchbox in tow.
Your mom always made you a Fluffernutter sandwich, with a Hunts Snack Pack (those little pudding snacks), a Frito Lay Snack Pack, and maybe some chicken soup in your Thermos. And a juice box, of course. or a roast beef sandwich on homemade french loaf, with organic lettuce and tomato and chives from your own garden and a splash of balsamic vinegar. wrapped in thick wax paper like from the butcher shop. with carrot sticks from the garden... also neatly wrapped in wax paper. and maybe some milk in your Thermos. And a juice box, of course.
arguably a delicious meal - embarassingly unhip in the 4th grade.
check You always brought your Trapper Keeper.
check At school you were bombarded with "Just Say No" propaganda.
check Maybe you watched with awe right in your classroom as the Challenger took off, and cried out in fear and confusion when it exploded. yep - and the only person in the class who missed it was on vacation in florida... or on the their way back actually, and saw it from the plane ... brought us pictures... crazy.
check You were taught about "diversity". And you loved the playground.
check Ronald Regan was president,
check Micheal Jackson was the coolest guy around, and everyone was really into hairspraying their hair until it was practically vertical. The bad perm was in. Neon colors and flashy-looking clothes were everywhere. ...except in my closet, apparently. "shut up mom! Jams are cool. everyone else has them..."
You might have watched ...PBS... back in the days when there were hippies on sesame street and the electric company. maybe you watched with awe right in your living room as Big Bird asked where Mr Hooper was, and cried out in fear and confusion when Susan explained that he was dead.
check Back To The Future.
Maybe you made your mom and dad sit through both Care Bears movies. Microwave popcorn was in. Did you ever sneak microwave popcorn into the theatre instead of paying for movie theatre popcorn? The Dark Crystal
On Saturday mornings, you woke up extra early to watch
The Smurfs
Mighty Mouse
You probably watched a lot of PBS
And if you didn't have cable, there were still PBS
You ate lots of Doritos and Oreos, and drank lots of Coke. Did you drink New Coke, Cherry Coke, or Classic Coke? no soda. ever. no chips. ever. only pepperidge farm cookies. or home made waffles risen with brewer's yeast - hot, crispy, tasty with fresh raspberries, and alcoholic - part of a healthy breakfast! only milk only juice. and granola. and vegetables. and chicken, and fish, and beer.... never really missed soda much growing up or ever. oreo never struck me as real cookies.
You were constantly bombarded with square school cafeteria pizza.
And what about those Chester Cheetah commercials? You probably were dying to know if the Trix Rabbit would ever get those Trix. M&M's still had light brown, and there was no green or blue!
what!! they're not like that now? ....guess i don't eat m&m s that often,.. or mentally they look they way they should because i don't pay attention when i eat them.
And Crest came out with a pump kind of toothpaste! You probably played with Care Bears and Cabbage Patch Kids or Transformers and GI Joe. And collected Garbage Pail Kids! ... hells yeah!
If you are a boy, you probably stuff.
You probably had a Dukes of Hazzard Big Wheel.
You waited impatiently for the sound of the ice cream truck, counting your change to make sure you could get something good.
And you lived for Light Brite. You probably started on Duplo - and when you outgrew that, you moved on to Playmobil. and when you outgrew that, you moved on to Lego. and when you outgrew that, you moved on to Quadro. and when you outgrew that you moved on to the tree fort... I bet the 64 Crayola Crayon box with sharpener was gone two weeks after you bought it. i bet you thought the Caran D'Ache watercolor set you got for christmas was the most insanely deluxe art supply man or anyone else had ever invented.
Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. was the hottest game in town, and Street Fighter's Chun-li was the hottest babe in town and everyone at the local video arcade knew it.
After a long tough day of being a kid, you were exhausted. You probably hated going to sleep so early, as most kids do. And you always felt like you missed "the really good TV shows". You brushed your teeth with your special Muppet Babies toothbrush, using sparkly Crest For Kids toothpaste, and went off to bed. You charged up your Glo-Worms each night, so they'd glow like night lights as you fell asleep under your Garfield comforter.
wool.
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