I Love the 80s
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I Love the 80s is a television program that was produced by BBC in the United Kingdom and later for American TV audiences by VH1.
The show is intended to bring back memories of 1980s fashion, movies and music, showing each topic through the eyes of many pop superstars who give their opinion on the subjects. Many topics have been discussed in the show, including Duran Duran, the Cabbage Patch Kids, Pac-Man and his girlfriend, Ms. Pac Man.
See also I Love the 70s, I Love the 80s Strikes Back, I Love the 90s, I Love the 90s: Part Deux, Best Week Ever, My Coolest Years.
Partial list of stars on VH1's version of the I Love the 80s
- Apollonia
- Tom Arnold
- Christopher Atkins
- Sebastian Bach
- Jillian Barberie
- Barenaked Ladies
- Richard Belzer
- Michael Ian Black
- Andrew Dice Clay
- Mo Collins
- Alice Cooper
- Tommy Davidson
- Simon Doonan
- Rich Eisen of SportsCenter
- Joe Elliott
- Melissa Etheridge
- Kim Fields
- Greg Fitzsimmons
- Larry Flynt
- Ben Folds
- Soleil Moon Frye
- Daisy Fuentes
- Cuba Gooding, Jr.
- Kathy Griffin
- Sammy Hagar
- Rob Halford
- Rachael Harris
- Jason Hervey
- Alan Hunter former MTV VJ
- Ice T
- Chris Isaak
- Keith Jackson of Sportscenter
- Rick James
- Ron Jeremy porn movie star
- Beyoncé Knowles
- Kool and the Gang
- Juliette Lewis
- Lisa Lisa
- Lisa Loeb
- Donal Logue
- Justin Long
- George Lopez
- Mario Lopez
- Traci Lords
- Virginia Madsen
- Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray
- AJ McLean of The Backstreet Boys
- Bret Michaels
- Michael Moore
- Dave Mustaine
- Tom Petty
- Quiet Riot
- Raven-Symoné
- Mary Lou Retton
- Alfonso Ribeiro
- Lionel Richie
- LeAnn Rimes
- Mo Rocca
- Nile Rodgers
- Henry Rollins
- Darius Rucker of Hootie and the Blowfish
- Richie Sambora
- Rick Schroder
- Dee Snider
- Hal Sparks
- Joel Stein
- Tiffany
- Rob Thomas of matchbox twenty
- Carrot Top
- Aisha Tyler
- Debra Wilson
- Nancy Wilson of Heart
- Ann Wilson of Heart
- "Weird Al" Yankovic
Partial list of featured ideas and happenings of the 80s
- 9 to 5
- Airplane!
- Arthur
- Back to the Future
- Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
- The Blue Lagoon
- The Breakfast Club
- Caddyshack
- Child's Play
- Chia Pet
- The Clapper
- Cocoon
- Crocodile Dundee
- Dirty Dancing
- Do the Right Thing
- The Empire Strikes Back
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High
- Fatal Attraction
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- Flashdance
- Fletch
- Footloose
- The Goonies
- Heathers
- Hollywood Shuffle
- National Lampoon's Vacation
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure
- Poltergeist
- Porky's
- Pretty in Pink
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Rain Man
- Rocky III
- Return of the Jedi
- Say Anything
- Scarface
- Sixteen Candles
- Stand by Me
- St. Elmo's Fire
- Stripes
- The Terminator
- This Is Spinal Tap
- Top Gun
- Urban Cowboy
- Wall Street
- WarGames
- Xanadu
- Aerosmith's "Love in an Elevator"
- Air Supply's "All Out of Love"
- The B-52s' "Love Shack"
- The Bears Shufflin' Crew's "Superbowl Shuffle"
- The Beastie Boys' "Fight for Your Right"
- Blondie
- Bobby Brown
- Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry, Be Happy"
- Bruce Springsteen
- Bryan Adams' "Summer of '69"
- Cher's "If I Could Turn Back Time"
- Corey Hart's "Sunglasses at Night"
- The Cure
- Cyndi Lauper
- Debbie Gibson/Tiffany
- Def Leppard
- Depeche Mode
- Dexy's Midnight Runners' "Come on Eileen"
- Duran Duran
- Erasure's "Chains of Love"
- A Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran (So Far Away)"
- George Michael
- The Go-Go's
- Grandmaster Flash's "The Message"
- The Grateful Dead's "Touch of Grey"
- Guns n' Roses
- Hair metal
- Hall and Oates' "Private Eyes"
- Hip hop music
- Huey Lewis and the News
- INXS
- Janet Jackson
- Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'N Roll"
- Kenny Rogers
- Kool & the Gang's "Celebration"
- Lionel Richie's "Hello"
- Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam
- Michael Jackson
- Madonna
- Madonna's "Papa Don't Preach"
- Milli Vanilli
- Morrissey
- Mötley Crüe's "Home Sweet Home"
- New Kids on the Block
- Pat Benatar
- Pat Benatar's "Love Is a Battlefield"
- The Pretenders' "Brass in Pocket"
- Prince
- Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust"
- REM's "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"
- Rick Springfield
- Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love"
- Run-D.M.C. and Aerosmith's "Walk This Way"
- Salt-n-Pepa's "Push It"
- Styx's "Mr. Roboto"
- The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight"
- Terence Trent D'Arby
- 'Til Tuesday's "Voices Carry"
- Tommy Tutone's "867-5309/Jenny"
- Tone Loc's "Funky Cold Medina"
- U2
- USA for Africa's "We Are the World"
- The Vapors' "Turning Japanese"
- Wham!
- Whitney Houston
- ALF
- The Arsenio Hall Show
- The A-Team
- Baywatch
- Cable television
- Cheers
- COPS
- The Cosby Show
- Diff'rent Strokes
- The Dukes of Hazzard
- The Facts of Life
- Family Ties
- The fledgling Fox network: Married with Children, The Tracey Ullman Show, 21 Jump Street
- Fridays
- General Hospital
- The Greatest American Hero
- He-Man
- The Jeffersons
- Joanie Loves Chachi
- Knight Rider
- The Love Boat
- MacGyver
- Miami Vice
- MTV
- Perfect Strangers
- Punky Brewster
- Roseanne
- Saved by the Bell
- Silver Spoons
- Square Pegs
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- That's Incredible!
- Webster
- Wheel of Fortune
- Who Shot J.R.?
- Who's the Boss?
- Win, Lose or Draw
- The Wonder Years
- The WWF
- Afrocentric clothing
- Calvin Klein/Gloria Vanderbilt jeans
- Hair crimping
- Members Only jackets
- The mullet
- Preppie fashion
- Punk fashions/The mohawk
- Swatch watches
- Atari
- Cabbage Patch Kids
- Care Bears
- Pac-Man
- Pictionary
- Pound Puppies
- The Rubik's cube
- Strawberry Shortcake
- Teddy Ruxpin
- Tetris
- Transformers
- Trivial Pursuit
- Wacky Wall Walkers
- Bill Buckner/1986 World Series
- John McEnroe
- Mary Lou Retton
- Mike Tyson
- The Miracle on Ice
- The attempted assassinations of Pope John Paul II and Ronald Reagan
- The fall of the Berlin Wall
- Celebrity marriages: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, John McEnroe and Tatum O'Neal, Tommy Lee and Heather Locklear
- Jerry Falwell sues Larry Flynt
- Hands Across America
- The Like a Prayer/Pepsi controversy
- Live Aid
- Michael Jackson gets his head set on fire during a Pepsi commercial
- Scandals: Oliver North and Fawn Hall, Gary Hart and Donna Rice, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker and Jessica Hahn
- The wedding of the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer
- Bartles and Jaymes
- Breakdancing
- The California Raisins
- Comic Relief
- Corey Haim and Corey Feldman
- The De Lorean
- Eddie Murphy
- The keytar
- The neo-hippie movement
- Rob Lowe sex video
- Valley girls
- Where's the beef?