When you were a kid...

[rszdtrvl]

I was born in 78, so I grew up in the 80s and 90s.

I remember (and this might have been a local thing I don't know) these clothes that were one color when they were cool/cold and another color when they warmed up. Hypercolor I think they were called. I had a Hypercolor shirt with a design of a guy on the front that, when cool, looked like he was wearing a buisness suit and fedora. When it warmed up, the hat disappeared and the business suit turned into a tanktop and board shorts.

Micheal Jackson--oh my gosh. I was so into Micheal Jackson, or at least until his first trial back in 93. The first time he was tried for pedophilia, I would've defended him to the death. Now..eh. He's just a weird old man. I still like his music though and I have a copy of "The Essential Micheal Jackson" around here somewhere.

Saved By The Bell--I had SUCH a crush on Slater. All of my friends did.

There was another one too..a surfer spin-off of Saved By the Bell but I can't remember the name of it. I see re-runs of it every now and then.

Was the spin-off called "California Dreams" or am I imagining? I totally know what show you are talking about, as I watched it too.

I named my son Zack after Mark-Paul's character on SBTB. I can't believe DH actually agreed to it, LOL.


My mother always hated the fluorescent clothing because it made me have a shadow like a highlighter pen under my chin and on my face.

I remember being so ticked off that my cousin got a pair of LA Gear shoes and I didn't. And I remember my first pair of Keds, and kids getting on their hands and knees when they thought I wasn't looking to make sure they were really Keds and not the knock-off version with the blue tab.

Prank phone calls!! Nowadays everyone has caller ID, so you can't do that anymore. But I remember slumber parties and prank phone calls. Always to the "cute boys" houses.

Being able to walk around town all day AND ride public transportation at age 12 by yourself or with a friend. (I don't even let my son walk to school by himself - he is 12 and we only live 3 blocks away from it!!)

There is so much more...... (I was born in '75).

and edited to add : I collect the newer My Little Pony toys - the G3. I have no idea if it is because of a childhood thing or what, but I really enjoy my toys. And I am hoping that by the time my son is ready for college they are worth $$$. At least enough to pay for some books or part of his tuition.

 

[dolphinrescuegirl]

I loved Rainbow Brite and David,the Gnome. Anyone remember this cartoon?

http://video.google.com/videosearch..._group&resnum=4&ct=title#q=gnomes&hl=en&emb=0

I also remember a lot of what was already posted.

 

[Liberty Belle]

I loved Rainbow Brite and David,the Gnome. Anyone remember this cartoon?

http://video.google.com/videosearch..._group&resnum=4&ct=title#q=gnomes&hl=en&emb=0

I also remember a lot of what was already posted.

My niece, who is now 21, loved David the Gnome. She also loved Maia the Bee. Remember her?

 

[Liberty Belle]

I was born in 1967.

I spent my time playing with:

Dawn Dolls
Knicker-Knockers
Those octopus things you threw at the wall
Magic windows
Tinker Toys
Big Barbie Heads (that you put make up on and did their hair)
Kerplunk

I also played with my brother's Stretch Armstrong, GI Joe, Evil Kneval (however it's spelled) and those race cars that you pulled a plastic cord through to make them go.

Spent my time snacking on:

Space Food Sticks (loved the caramel ones)
Push Ups
Little mini pizzas that looked like Bagel Bites, only they weren't bagels.
Slushes from my Slush Mug (loved those!)

Spent my time watching:

Little House on the Prairie
Bionic Woman
Land of the Lost
School House Rock
New Zoo Revue
Hong Kong Fuey

 

[disneyelaine]

I was born in 1963

Childhood.....little kiddles, baby dear doll, shrinky dinks, freeze tag, ghost in the graveyard, watching neighbor boys play evil kinevil on their bikes with banana seats & sissy bars.

Teenage......bright green Gloria Vanderbilt jeans, calvin klein, chloe perfume,
bay city rollers, watching Beth & Phillip on Guiding Light.

College........Rick James music, 3.2 beer, space invaders video game, little red corvette, Prince, big hair.

 

[MarkBarbieri]

I don't want to be overly negative and cynical, but I'll be awfully disappointed if my kids list of the highlights of their childhood are a bunch of TV shows and movies.

 

[DisneyBamaFan]

I don't want to be overly negative and cynical, but I'll be awfully disappointed if my kids list of the highlights of their childhood are a bunch of TV shows and movies.

LOL - I was a Young Republican. Is that better?

 

[tazdev3225]

I was a child in the 60's. I remember:
Television
Shindig
Ed Sullivan
Here Come the Brides
Dark Shadows
The Mod Squad
and several other shows but there wasn't a whole lot on TV then

Movies
Mary Poppins
Bye Bye Birdie (the 1st movie I remember seeing with my grandmom at the Jersey shore)
Sound of Music
these were 3 of my favorites

Music
The Beatles
The Beach Boys
anything from the British Invasion

Mostly I remember the Viet Nam War, the protesters in the news, the Kent State Massacre and the turbulent times. On a happy note I remember playing in the rain on a hot summer day, being able to walk to the mall at night and not being afraid and picnics every Friday night at the park with my parents and brothers. It was a great time to grow up.

 

[paintnolish]

Anyone remember "Out of this World" with Evie?
Bad, bad hair...huge bangs, butterfly clips, "roach" clips, these wierd plastic cones that you'd put a ponytail through, and banana clips. I could never wear those. My hair is way too thick. I remember being on the monorail in CR and when it came to a stop, I heard "click" and my banana clip broke. So sad...
Big Wheels...my Daisy Duke one was the best!
Listening to tapes on my "boom box".
Telephone earring...the phone hung from the front of your ear and the cord attached to the back.
Phones that looked like lips. Giant watches as wall decor.

 

[Liberty Belle]

I don't want to be overly negative and cynical, but I'll be awfully disappointed if my kids list of the highlights of their childhood are a bunch of TV shows and movies.

I wasn't making a list of the highlights of my childhood, but rather things that might be shared by others.

 

[C.Ann]

I don't want to be overly negative and cynical, but I'll be awfully disappointed if my kids list of the highlights of their childhood are a bunch of TV shows and movies.

---------

I don't think that's what this thread is about.. More of a "everything around here has been such doom and gloom - or political arguing atmosphere - let's talk about something fun" thread..

I'm sure you weren't intentionally raining on anyones parade, but we need more lighthearted threads such as this to keep us all grounded and hopeful..

 

[DeluxePrincess]

Prank phone calls!! Nowadays everyone has caller ID, so you can't do that anymore. But I remember slumber parties and prank phone calls. Always to the "cute boys" houses.

My friends and I were pros at pranks calls. They were always harmless. We'd call boys houses and ask for people with strange names like "Jello". "Hi, is Jello home? Oh wrong number sorry." So silly, but we'd be ROFL .

I remember when I was in High School I had this perfume called "Camp Beverly Hills". I had shirts with that logo too. Not really sure of my fascination with it.

 

[Liberty Belle]

My friends and I were pros at pranks calls. They were always harmless. We'd call boys houses and ask for people with strange names like "Jello". "Hi, is Jello home? Oh wrong number sorry." So silly, but we'd be ROFL .

I remember when I was in High School I had this perfume called "Camp Beverly Hills". I had shirts with that logo too. Not really sure of my fascination with it.

My friends and I used to love to make prank calls, too. We'd call people up and when they said hello, we'd say "The bird sits on your shoulder" in a mysterious voice. We thought it was hilarious.

 

[Sukie]

50's~ Thanks for the memories.

Does anyone remember "Shake-A-Pudden"?

My daughters were born in the 70's so I remember alot of these things.

mrsdon~ "Dark Shadows". A friend of mine at work has all the episodes on DVD. It's so cool. I got a chance to borrow them. Wow so corney, but I loved watching them.

 

[disneyelaine]

I remember shake a puddin and the jingle on tv too!
Shake, shake, shake a puddin
Puddin, Pudin, Shake a puddin LOL!

When I was in first grade I had a old mean teacher and she would
grab the bad kids by the arm and shake them. I went home and told
my mom, she was shaking them like shake a puddin!

 

[dolphinrescuegirl]

My niece, who is now 21, loved David the Gnome. She also loved Maia the Bee. Remember her?

I don't remember Maia the Bee.

 

[AngieBelle]

I was born in late '81, so I'm a baby of the 80s and a older child/teen of the 90s.

80's:
Rainbow Brite
Care Bears
My Little Pony (my fav- I still collect them!)
Strawberry Shortcake
Fraggle Rock (although I don't think I saw it till later- we didn't have HBO)
Cabbage Patch (my 2 sets of bedsheets were RainBow Brite and Cabbage Patch)
MoonDreamers
Sesame Street
Potatoe Head Kids
Glo Friends
Eureeka's Castle
Sharon, Lois, and Brahm
Little Kowala
Noozles
Muppet Babies
Hugga Bunch

When we got the Disney Channel free preview, I'd watch Welcome to Pooh Corner and Dumbo's Circus.

I collected the Heart Family dolls and their things- I have several playsets still back home.

As far as fashions, despite being pretty little in the 80s, I did do at one time or another- slouch socks, high top sneakers, sturrup pants (yes- in 1st grade! I remember liking them!), shorts under a skirt, neon colors, and t-shirt ties.

90s:
Beetlejuice (the cartoon)
Clarissa Explains it All
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Doug
Rugrats
Saved by the Bell (actually, I didn't start watching it until a few yrs after the series ended)
Full House
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Tiny Toons
Animaniacs

I was never into contemporary music- I started listening to showtunes around age 8, although I do have the Paula Abdul cassette Forever Your Girl which I only asked for because I saw the video for "Opposites Attract" and liked the cartoon cat!

My Disney obsession really took flight in the 90s- I was obsessed with Aladdin in middle school, with The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast close behind. (Now, B&TB is my fav.) I vividly remember that new golden age of Disney and the excitement and anticipation of each new film's release.

Things from before my time that I enjoyed as a kid/teen:
The Sound of Music
Mary Martin in Peter Pan
The Muppet Show
Bewitched
I Dream of Jeannie
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
I Love Lucy
The Brady Bunch
the show about Rob Petri which has a name gets censored on this board (lol)

 

[OK!]

How could I forget Swatches??!!

I was born a year after you so a lot of the stuff you mentioned here is starting to job my memory more!

Parachute pants
giant boom boxes
Breakin 2 Electric Boogaloo
Stretch armstrong
The USA Cartoon Express
Mousercize
M.A.S.K.
Jams
Kangaroos
underoos
Droids


Wow I could go on and on...

My parents still have my boom box, since it still works. I decorated it way back in the day with a Zeltzer Seltzer sticker! I used to looooove Zeltzer Seltzer, Clearly Canadian, all of that stuff.

Speaking of stickers, I used to have albums and albums and albums of them. At work the other day, a coworker mentioned the name "Lisa Frank" and this whole flood of memories hit me of all the sparkly rainbow & unicorn stickers! And then there were the super-cool ones with the liquid inside them that oozed and squished and changed color, and scratch 'n' sniff, and fuzzy ones....

Tryin' to think of other stuff...

splatter-painted clothes
Dirty Dancing shorts
Max Headroom
Coke fashions (I had a pair of sunglasses that were soooo cool...lol)
hats covered with pins/buttons (had a TON of Duran Duran ones, and I still have a couple of the nice cloisonne ones from like 1983 or so)

Top Gun (which I just watched on my iPod the other day...I don't know about the rest of you all, but I have SO many '80s movies on my iPod it's ridiculous--Sixteen Candles, St. Elmo's Fire, About Last Night..., Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun, Good Morning Vietnam, The Breakfast Club, Heathers, etc., and those are just the ones I've gotten converted. I know I have a ton more that just aren't iPod-watchable yet. ) I'm downloading Mystic Pizza right now, actually.

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

I don't want to be overly negative and cynical, but I'll be awfully disappointed if my kids list of the highlights of their childhood are a bunch of TV shows and movies.

Well you know what they (or at least The GooGoo Dolls) say: Reruns all become our history.

And I LOVED David the Gnome too. There was also a live-action w/puppets one called Eureeka's Castle that I liked. I had the rubber Eureeka puppet from Pizza Hut.

splatter-painted clothes

I loved splatter-painted ANYTHING..I had shirts, at least one pair of splattered jeans and at one point, a pair of splatter painted faux Raybans.

I remember my mom taking my sister and I to go see Ghostbusters, too. My sister got SO freaked out by the Slimer ghost that she spent most of the movie hiding out under my mom's seat.

My mom was really strict with us..we weren't allowed to see anything that wasn't G or PG, so we had to get my real dad to take us to non-PG movies. I remember he took a friend and I to see Chucky and it gave me nightmares for a week.

I also remember going to friends' houses for sleepovers to watch 'forbidden' movies like "Purple Rain" and "Pretty Woman". My mom would've FLIPPED if she'd known I'd seen those movies.

 

[freepixie]

Child of the 80's...

My Little Ponies - I could have spent my life playing with them under the dining room table.

Neon clothes - I had this outfit where one shorts leg was neon blue, the other hot neon pink and the shirt was neon blue and hot neon pink stripes... diagonal stripes at that... matched with my side pony-tail and I was so awesome!!

Anyone else try to play "Bloody Mary" in your elementary school bathroom? You were supposed to turn your back to the mirror and say Bloody Mary 3 times fast, turn around and look in the mirror and she was supposed to be in the mirror! I never saw her though...