When Michael Jackson was black (really?!?)

When the 60’s were the fad in the 80’s (what are you talking about?)

When the music industry was about sounding different, not sounding alike (different than who? Nirvana? Impossible)

The war of VHS vs. Beta (like HD DVD & BluRay?)

The war of Coke vs. Pepsi (who won?)

The Publius Enigma (now this is a hard one, just for Pink Floyd fans)

When Pong was the greatest video game on the planet (what about GTA?)

When you could smoke and eat with a fork and knife in an airplane( WW terrorist D?)

OP, Lightning Bolt and Body Glove were the brands to have (no …lost?)

When parents thought that Lightning Bolt and the brand sign were stuff of the devil.(and many other things)

Records, cassettes and 8 track (you could see the music spinning! Well…not on an 8 track)

When you could listen to the backward messages in records by spinning the turntable the contrary way therefore messing up some needles (turn me on dead man…)

Real DJ who could mix on the fly at parties…oh!  And real scratching!!! (a good DJ and a Realistic brand mixer could do magic)

Break-dance (there’s no stopping us)

The news about breaking bones while break dancing (and parents saying I don’t want to see you doing that!)

There was no fax, beepers, cell phones, texting or internet (phone calls… and if nobody answered you waited and tried calling again)

A penny could buy you a lot of stuff, most of it candy! (Piggy banks full of them)

The USSR (United Soviet Socialist Republic, failed experiment

The USSR ( or“russkies”)being the bad guy in almost all movies (second only to the Nazis)

Roger Moore as James Bond (Roger who? Gadgets? Funny????)

Video discs played with a record needle (how? No laser? I have a few of those)

The Atari 2600 (biggest selling console)

The Coleco Vision had the greatest graphics…ever! (Bigger in size that an Xbox)

When Phil Collins was synonymous of sure hits (Phil who? The drummer from what group? Was that a Christian group?)

When Madonna came out and was considered a rip off of Cyndi Lauper (wasn’t she unusual? isn’t her name spelled wrong? And actually who would notice that now????)

The Rock N Wrestling Connection (remember? Hulk Hogan, Wendi Richter, Captain Lou Albano, Cyndi Lauper & Dave Wollf against Roddy Piper and his gang?)

The president of the USA or the Soviet premier had their index finger on the red button( the shiny nuclear red button!)

When Rick Astley was not a joke (ever been rick-rolled?)

When the National Enquirer was the greatest newspaper on the planet (and “told the truth”?)

Black & white 32” TV (only 2 colors? Duuuuude)

Projection TV on a big screen with the 3 color cannons (how did that fit inside a living room?)

12 inch song remixes (longer versions of your favorite songs)

You wanted a song? Buy the 45 single! (Impossible to make a perfect digital copy or download at home)

The biggest games were Pac-man, Donkey Kong and Centipede (what about GTA, Final  Fantasy, Doom, etc.?)

When MTV was really about music and played music videos (no Real World?)

Bugs Bunny was not a “violent cartoon” (too much gun use, disrespect, and gratuitous violence behind smoke screens)

Japanese cartoons (not “anime”)

The t-shits that changed colors with changes in temperature (whoa! Touch this; you can see your hand print!)

Comedy was funny without foul language (what the f**k you are talking about?)

When Batman was fun and not the dark brooding knight (same bat-hour same bat channel)

Rap was without foul language or killing (Rapper’s Delight anyone?)

8086 computers with Windows not included, just DOS on a separate disc (what the... big 5 inch floppy discs)

When I had to write this in a typewriter and had to start over if I made a mistake.