I Love the '80s Strikes Back

I Love the '80s Strikes Back

"I Love the '80s Strikes Back" is a miniseries on VH1 in which various music and TV personalities reminisce about 1980s popular culture in a mostly humorous manner. The series premiered on October 20, 2003 and is a sequel to "I Love the '80s".

The sequel designation is in reference to "".

Recurring Segments

* Donal Logue gives an unfinished thought on a pop culture event from each year.
* Boy George presents the "Break-up Songs" for each year.
* Doug E. Fresh presents the hip-hop jam for each year.
* A public service announcement from each year is presented.
* Gedde Watanabe presents the nerds for each year.
* Gilbert Gottfried presents the "What the F@#$!" moment (i.e., blunder) for each year.

Topics covered by year

1980

* "American Gigolo"
* "Too Close For Comfort"
* Devo's "Whip It"
* "Richie Rich"
* Grey Poupon
* "Superman II"
* "Plastic Man"
* "Flash Gordon"
* Michael Jackson's "Rock with You"
* "Real People"
* "The Blues Brothers"
* "Eight is Enough" (started in 1977)
* "Solid Gold"
* Satin jackets
* "Stir Crazy"
* "Private Benjamin"
* "Alice" (started 1976)
* Friendship bracelets
* Cheap Trick's "I Want You To Want Me"
* Hungry Hungry Hippos
* "Friday the 13th"

1981

*"Dynasty"
*"Smurfs"
*Journey's "Escape"
*"On Golden Pond"
*Billy Squier's "The Stroke"
*"Endless Love"
*"Magnum P.I."
*Rick James' "Super Freak"
*Iron-on decals
*"The Fall Guy"
*The Rolling Stones' "Tattoo You"
*Fernando Valenzuela
*"Hart to Hart"
*Benetton
*"Benson" (debuted 1979)
*Jelly Belly
*Jelly shoes
*"Clash of the Titans"
*Simon and Garfunkel's concert in Central Park
*"Mommie Dearest"

1982

*"Fame"
*"Annie"
*The Steve Miller Band's "Abracadabra"
*"Tootsie"
*ColecoVision
*John Mellencamp
*Wayne Gretzky
*Laura Branigan's "Gloria"
*"The Toy"
*"Conan the Barbarian" and "The Beastmaster"
*Men at Work
*KangaROOS
*""
*"T.J. Hooker"
*The Pointer Sisters' "I'm So Excited"
*"An Officer and a Gentleman"
*G.I. Joe
*Musical Youth's "Pass the Dutchie"
*"Pink Floyd The Wall"
*""

1983

*Richard Simmons
*Lionel Richie's "All Night Long (All Night)"
*"Staying Alive"
*Klondike bar
*"The Thorn Birds"
*"Risky Business"
*Sunglasses
*"The Day After"
*"The Outsiders"
*"Cujo" and "Christine"
*Snausages
*Chicken McNuggets
*Stray Cats' "Rock This Town"
*"Donkey Kong"
*Culture Club
*"Yentl"
*KISS takes off their makeup
*Martina Navratilova
*"Fraggle Rock"
*"V"

1984

*"The Karate Kid"
*Van Halen's "1984"
*The wave
*The Cars' "Drive"
*"Beverly Hills Cop"
*"Cagney and Lacey" (originally 1982)
*Menudo
*Scratch and sniff and Trapper Keeper
*"A Nightmare on Elm Street"
*The Thompson Twins
*Michael Larson incident
*My Little Pony and Glo Worm
*Rockwell's "Somebody's Watching Me"
*"Splash" and "Bachelor Party" (both starring Tom Hanks)
*"Gremlins"
*"The Burning Bed"
*Tina Turner
*Stirrup pants
*Billy Idol
*"Revenge of the Nerds"

1985

*"Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous"
*""
*Crack epidemic
*Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"
*"Teen Wolf"
*"Inspector Gadget"
*"Remington Steele"
*Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus"
*Jenga
*Tears for Fears
*Bobby Knight
*"The People's Court"
*Dionne Warwick's "That's What Friends Are For"
*"227"
*"North and South"
*Foreigner's "I Want to Know What Love Is"
*"Mr. Belvedere"
*New Coke
*"Jem"
*"Weird Science"

1986

* "Pee-wee's Playhouse"
* Jolt Cola
* Bon Jovi's "Slippery When Wet"
* L.A. Gear
* Paul Simon's "You Can Call Me Al"
* "Soul Man"
* "Rainbow Brite"
* The Bangles' "Walk Like An Egyptian"
* "Dallas" episode "Bobby Ewing Comes Back To Life"
* "Howard The Duck"
* "About Last Night"
* "The Mystery of Al Capone's Vault"
* Ocean Pacific
* Gloria Estefan's "Conga"
* "L.A. Law"
* "The Golden Child"
* "Double Dare"
* Garbage Pail Kids
* Michael Jordan
* Don Johnson's "Heartbeat"
* Joe Isuzu
* "The Fly" (remake of 1958's original)

1987

*"Beauty and the Beast"
*Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again"
*Scruples
*The Fat Boys
*"Flowers in the Attic"
*LL Cool J
*"Predator", "RoboCop", and "Over the Top"
*Doc Martens
*Michael Jackson's "Bad"
*"Full House"
*"Less Than Zero"
*Jody Watley
*"Remote Control"
*Biker shorts
*"Thundercats"
*"Raising Arizona"
*Suzanne Vega's "Luka"
*"A Different World"
*Genesis's "Land of Confusion"
*Steve Guttenberg
*"The Princess Bride"

1988

*"Big"
*"Growing Pains" (original debut 1985)
*"MTV's Headbangers Ball"
*Ripped jeans
*"Beetlejuice"
*"Who Framed Roger Rabbit"
*Billy Ocean's "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car"
*Jamaica national bobsled team
*"My Two Dads"
*Garfield stuffed animals
*"Beaches"
*"Charles in Charge" (original debut 1984)
*"A Fish Called Wanda"
*Ickey Woods and Bash Brothers
*Hypercolor t-shirts
*Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
*"Young Guns"
*R.E.M., Jane's Addiction, and Sonic Youth
*Vice President George Bush elected President of the United States
*Chia Pet
*Tracy Chapman
*"Coming to America"

1989

*"Weekend at Bernie's"
*"Doogie Howser M.D."
*Samantha Fox's "I Wanna Have Some Fun"
*The Clapper
*"Field of Dreams"
*Pete Rose
*Biz Markie's "Just A Friend"
*"Thirtysomething"
*Yuppie
*Richard Marx
*"Driving Miss Daisy"
*Zsa Zsa Gabor slaps a cop
*Guns N' Roses' "Patience"
*Rock N Roll Flowers
*The Beastie Boys' "Paul's Boutique"
*Bo Jackson
*"Designing Women"
*York Peppermint Pattie
*"House of Style"
*"Choose Your Own Adventure" books
*"When Harry Met Sally"

External links

* [http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/i_love_the_80s_strikes_back/series.jhtml I Love the '80s Strikes Back on vh1.com]


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