Signs You Were Born in the 1980s

Author: DavidJones  //  Category: Pop Culture, Random

Saved-by-the-Bell-Cast

- If you were a guy you wanted to be Zack Morris and date Kelly Kapowski. If you were a girl you wanted to be Kelly Kapowski and date Zack Morris.

- You can still recite the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme, and you remember when the show moved to CBS and went downhill.

- You can relate to Doug Funny is so many ways.

- You remember when Polly Pocket actually could fit in your pocket

- You owned a Walkman

- At point you were sure Laserdisc would be the next big thing

- You know how to get to world 8 from world 4…and you know what game I’m referring to

- You knew Michael Jackson as the guy who did the song on Free Willy

- You ate a Flintstones Push-Up Pop

- You wore your pants backwards to be just like Kriss Kross (“The Daddy Mac will make you…”)

- You remember when MTV actually played music videos

- You remember when the worst show on TV was Beavis and Butthead

- Vanilla Ice…striped sideburns…enough said

- You drank “Surge”

- You’ve corrected someone by stating that Tommy was in fact the Green Ranger and the White Ranger

- You’ve owned a pair of shoes that you have to “pump” up

- “Clap on…clap off”

- You remember when you actually wanted to stay home on Friday nights to watch TGIF

- You can recite the Saved By the Bell graduation song word for word and it still makes you cry

-  You considered naming your first daughter Topanga

- You know Cuba Gooding Jr. as the guy whose brother Omar was on Wild and Crazy Kids

- You can Skip-It

- You’re still mourning from the loss of Mr. Hooper

- Your LA Gear shoes lit up while you walked

- You remember when Arnold Schwarzenegger was an actor

- When someone says, “Who should we call?” your first instinct is to yell “Ghostbusters!”

- You can name all of the New Kids on the Block

- Your teacher showed you the OJ verdict during school

- At one point, you really wanted a MiniDisc player

- You thought one of the girls in Hanson was cute

- You know what a “busy signal” sounds like

- You needed to use Microsoft Encarta for research

- You bought a slap bracelet…only to find out a few days later they weren’t allowed at school

- Your family’s first cell phone looked like an Army walkie-talkie

- You owned the board game Mousetrap, set up all the pieces, but never played the actual game

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6 Responses to “Signs You Were Born in the 1980s”

  1. bree Says:

    i love this blog David. It makes me miss stuff from when i was younger. Is doug even on anymore? And whatever happened to TGIF theres nothing good on anymore on friday nights…definelty nothing for kids. For that matter what happened to saturday morning cartoons???

  2. DGibson Says:

    I used to spend hours on Encarta…that thing was awesome…

  3. Katie Says:

    This is awesome! It makes me miss my childhood.

  4. Jill Says:

    Awww good times!

    Slap bracelets make me think of pogs. :)

  5. A.J. Says:

    I used to have the biggest crush on Topanga…after she became “normal”

  6. Jessica Says:

    Wow, I totally forgot about Surge and Encarta! And man, TGIF used to be the BEST!

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