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T/TAS 40th Anniversary - Fads rom The 80's


T/TAS 40th Anniversary - Do You Remember These Fads from The 80's?

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Alfred E.Neuman
American Gladiators
Apple Computers
Aqua Net Hairspray
Army Ants
Atari
'Baby on Board' Signs
Bandana tied around one's leg
BBS (Bulletin Board Systems - Kind of like the Internet but text based )
Beauty Moles
Big Hair Bows
Big Hair with lots of hairspray (including glam/hair metal bands)
Big Shoulder Pads
Bomb disaster drills at schools
Boom Boxes / Ghetto Blasters
Brat Pack
Break Dancing
Brightly colored feather roach clips in hair
Cabbage Patch Dolls
California Raisins
Care Bears
Catsuits
Charm necklaces
Chia Pets
Chuck E. Cheese
Connect Four
Crocodile Dundee Hats
Crush soda pop
Denim Jackets
Doc Marten Lace-Up Shoes (army boots)
Duck-tails
Dungeons and Dragons
ESP
Feathered Hair
Friendship Bracelets
Garbage Pail Kids
Garfield
Ghost-hunting
Goatee Beards
Gucci
Guys with one earring
Hacky-Sack
Hanging out at Video Arcades
Having your collar up
Hello Kitty
He-Man
Hershey Kiss Lip Gloss
Horror Movies (Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, etc.),
HOT stickers
Hungry Hungry Hippos
Jazzercise
Jeans with the zippers up the legs
Jelly Shoes
John Hughes Movies (Sixteen Candles, Breakfest Club, etc.)
Josie and the Pussycats
Judy Blume books
"Just Say No"
Koosh Balls
Lace fingerless gloves (like Madonna wore)
Legwarmers worn over jeans
Leveraged Buyouts
Lip Smackers
"Members Only" jackets
Miami Vice Fashion
Michael Jackon type glitter gloves
Mohawks
Moonwalking
Mullets and Rat tails (long strip of hair in back of neck)
Muppet Babies
My Little Pony
Neon (clothings, bracelets, signs, etc.)
New Wave music
Nintendo
Ouija Boards
Pac-Man
Paint Pens
Parachute Pants
Pee Wee Herman
Penny Loafers
Polaroid cameras
Pop Rocks
Popples
"Psyche!"
Rainbow Brite
Ray-Ban sunglasses
Remote Control Cars
Ripped jeans
Roller Skating Rinks
Roos (Kangaroo tennis shoes)
Rubik's Cube
Schoolhouse Rock
Scratch 'n Sniff Stickers
Scrunch Socks
Shasta soda
Simon (the game)
Skateboarding
Skater Hair Cuts (lopsided haircuts)
Slap Bracelets
Sleeveless shirts
Slinky
Slip 'n Slide
Smurfs
Sock Sweat Bands
Sony Walkmans
Spandex
Sticker Collections and Albums
Strawberry Shortcake
Swatch Watches
Sweater on Waist
Teddy Ruxpin
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Tetherball
The British Invasion (U2, Duran Duran, Culture Club, A-Ha, etc)
The KGB
The Preppy look
"Totally awsome!"
Trapper Keepers
Trivial Pursuit
Tupperware Parties
Valley Girl talk
Vans Tennis Shoes
Wacky WallWalker
Weeble Wobbles
Weird Al
Where's the Beef
"Word"
WWF Wrestling
Yo-Yo Sandals

(Source: http://www.crazyfads.com/80s.htm)

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