History in the 80s
Describe entertainment and music from the 80s:
The 80s had a very distinct personality to its pop culture phenomena. It was in the 80s that we saw the first mass explosion of hysteria for new toys, with the 1983 winter shortage of Cabbage Patch Dolls. One of the biggest pop culture crazes of its times, the individually named and crafted Cabbage Patch Dolls join the ranks of the dolls of each decade, reflecting the eternal power of the doll.
Trivial Pursuit, a response to a few decades of mass information and the development of world wide pop culture, also appeared in 1983 and remains today as an after dinner favorite to show off all that Jeopardy worthy information you keep locked away.
Flash forward a few years, and the electronic toy age kicks into gear with the introduction of hundreds of new toys that could talk, move about and imitate favorite cartoon characters.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles hit it big at the end of the decade, unleashing a blitzkrieg of marketing on the nation, and other 80s favorites followed with shows like Transformers or He-Man. The “action figure” craze started by GI Joes in the 60s exploded.
Soon, Nintendo kicked off the home video game console era (after a failed start by Atari) and toys were not only complex, but incredibly expensive.
· John Lennon is shot outside his New York apartment
· MTV (Music Television) is launched
· The Simpsons Is First Seen On Tracey Ullman Show April 5th 1987
· Michael Jackson releases his second adult solo album, Thriller.
Some of the Most Well Known Movie Stars of the Eighties
Clint Eastwood
Burt Reynolds
Harrison Ford
Michael J Fox
Eddie Murphy
Tom Cruise
Dudley Moore
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Popular Musicians
· Bucks Fizz
· The Jam
· Olivia Newton-John
· Chicago
· Lionel Richie
· ABBA
· Black Sabbath
· Queen
· The Police
· Tina Turner
· David Bowie
· Whitney Houston
· Culture Club
· Bruce Springsteen
· U2
Television During the 1980s
The 1980s was an important decade in
The 80s had a very distinct personality to its pop culture phenomena. It was in the 80s that we saw the first mass explosion of hysteria for new toys, with the 1983 winter shortage of Cabbage Patch Dolls. One of the biggest pop culture crazes of its times, the individually named and crafted Cabbage Patch Dolls join the ranks of the dolls of each decade, reflecting the eternal power of the doll.
Trivial Pursuit, a response to a few decades of mass information and the development of world wide pop culture, also appeared in 1983 and remains today as an after dinner favorite to show off all that Jeopardy worthy information you keep locked away.
Flash forward a few years, and the electronic toy age kicks into gear with the introduction of hundreds of new toys that could talk, move about and imitate favorite cartoon characters.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles hit it big at the end of the decade, unleashing a blitzkrieg of marketing on the nation, and other 80s favorites followed with shows like Transformers or He-Man. The “action figure” craze started by GI Joes in the 60s exploded.
Soon, Nintendo kicked off the home video game console era (after a failed start by Atari) and toys were not only complex, but incredibly expensive.
· John Lennon is shot outside his New York apartment
· MTV (Music Television) is launched
· The Simpsons Is First Seen On Tracey Ullman Show April 5th 1987
· Michael Jackson releases his second adult solo album, Thriller.
Some of the Most Well Known Movie Stars of the Eighties
Clint Eastwood
Burt Reynolds
Harrison Ford
Michael J Fox
Eddie Murphy
Tom Cruise
Dudley Moore
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Popular Musicians
· Bucks Fizz
· The Jam
· Olivia Newton-John
· Chicago
· Lionel Richie
· ABBA
· Black Sabbath
· Queen
· The Police
· Tina Turner
· David Bowie
· Whitney Houston
· Culture Club
· Bruce Springsteen
· U2
Television During the 1980s
The 1980s was an important decade in