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Sources: http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/index.htm, http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade80.html, http://www.liketotally80s.com/index.html

Background: The 1980’s was a very interesting decade. Ronald Reagan was president. The US and the USSR were enemies with thousands of nuclear weapons pointed at one another. Rubik’s cubes were everywhere. America went through a severe recession and the largest stock market crash since the Depression. A space shuttle exploded. Michael Jackson and Madonna were huge. The Red Sox came within an out of winning the World Series, and lost. (It still hurts.) The 1980’s was the decade when the Cold War ended and when personal computers changed the way the world communicates, works and plays. It was a time of enormous change. It was also the time when I was in high school, watching it all from behind a desk or in front of a computer, just like you.

Assignment: You’re a museum curator. What does a curator do? Click here to find out. You’ve been told by your boss that the museum is going to create an entire wing of their building devoted to the 1980’s.

You’ve been put in charge of the project. You have room for some exhibits, but because of the amount of time you have, you can only complete more exhibits if you have help from other people. If you want to work in a group, follow this chart:

Members

Exhibits

1

3

2

6

3

9

4

12

5

15

What will the exhibits be about? There are a lot of potential themes that you can consider in the 1980’s, such as Reagan, the Cold War, sports, music, fashion, disasters, fads, computers, the space shuttle program, books, movies, famous people, international events, television and more.

So what goes in the exhibits? Take a look at the websites listed in the sources above for ideas. You have space for 5 items in each exhibit. Think about how you can visualize your exhibit as someone walks through it. What do you see, hear, touch, taste or smell? Is your exhibit interactive, or is it materials preserved behind a glass case? Click here to get a look at some sample museum exhibits. Basically, your exhibit should meet 4 requirements:

· Interactivity – There should be something for the museum guest to do while in your exhibit.

· Visually stimulating – Colors and design are very important in the presentation of your exhibit.

· Content validity – A museum guest should be able to learn information from your exhibit.

· Coolness factor – Your exhibit should be something that is memorable and encourages people to recommend it to someone else.

So what do you do here? Well, it’s a good thing you read all of the directions above. Here are the steps:

· Step #1: Choose your teammates or decide if you’d like to work alone.

· Step #2: Determine what themes you are going to use for your exhibits. Write your initials on the board under the category, so we can equally distribute them.

· Step #3: Once you’ve chosen your themes, begin your research. You’re looking for information on 5 displays for each exhibit. For example, if you chose ‘movies’, you will choose to research 5 movies from the 1980’s. For each, write a placard concerning its importance in the 1980’s. Include detailed information about who, what, when, where, why and how. Be selective in what you choose as your final 5. You want your exhibit to be awesome!

· Step #4: Now that you have research on 5 displays for each of your 3 themes (15 total), you’re going to write out your description of your exhibit. In your own words, describe what someone would see as they walked through your exhibit. Be as descriptive as possible. When you’re finished, you’re done! Great work!

Evaluation: You will be given a maximum of 40 points for completing your research and writing a description for each of your 15 displays (5 displays each for 3 exhibits). You will be given 40 points for writing out a detailed walkthrough of each exhibit. You will be given 10 points for making a positive comment, asking an appropriate question, or providing a constructive suggestion to another student’s work/post. You will also be given 10 points for appropriately responding to another student’s comment, question or suggestion.

Thanks for your effort!



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The Cold War: 1. On Tuesday, April, 17, 1969 A U.S. Navy reconnaissance Plane was supposedly “shot down with a single shot.” But for some reason the White House reportedly told the congressional leaders that two MIG jets shot down the plane. http://www.coldwar.org/museum/coldwar_stories.html

 

2. In August 19: Two Libyan jets are shot down, no American losses are suffered.

3. Spetember 1st: A Korean airplane is shot down with 269 was shot down by Soviet jet interceptors.

4. February 13th: France launches Operation Sparrowhawk in an effort to repulse the Libyan’s invasion of Chad.

5. June 12th: Ronald Reagan challenges Russian leader Mikhail Gorbochev to tear down the Berlin Wall.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_events_in_the_Cold_War#1980

 

Ronald Reagan

 

1. Ronald Reagan was a famous actor doing drama movies and comedy movies. People loved Reagan.

2. When Reagan was thirteen and entered high school he loved football, and his brother was already a starter on the team.

3. On February 6, 1911, Ronald Wilson Reagan was born to Nelle and John Reagan in Tampico, Illinois.

4. 69 days after Reagan became president a would-be assassin shot Reagan in the chest and in- credibley he lived.

5. By ordering naval escorts in the Persian Gulf, he maintained the free flow of oil during the Iran-Iraq war.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/ronaldreagan/

 

Disasters

 

  1. June 4, 1989: A gas explosion and fire as two trains cross tracks in Asha-Ufa station killing 645 people including 181 children.

      2.   The sunshine skyway bridge of 1980: After a whole lot of rain and massive winds this    bridge started to kink and bend like a toy and before you know it it broke into a million     pieces. A lot of people died and only a few stayed alive.

      3.   The space shuttle challenger 73 seconds into its flight exploded into pieces killing all       seven of its crew members.

      4.   Jan 13, 1985: A train derails about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the Ethiopian capital,          Addis Ababa, claiming 392 lives.
      5.   June 6, 1981: Around 800 people are killed when a cyclone blows a train into river in    Bihar, eastern India.



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The 1980’s: Movies, books, and television

 

MOVIES

 

In the 1980s shown a rise in activity in show business since the previous years in which the future in movies looked grim. Due to the cost of making the movie and the plummeting ticket sales of those movies and the arrival of video cassettes and cable TV started to make the silver screen seem dim. When the era of Hollywood appeared to be finished the 1980s came along and marked the rebirth of the movie industry movies like Ghostbusters, The Breakfast Club, Back to the Future, and many more advanced Hollywood to new heights with great story lines and special effects that were never seen before. Not only was it rise and movie it was also the rise of many new soon to be legendary actors.

 



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COLD WAR

 

1.  The Cold War was incredibly expensive over its four decades, costing the U.S. eight trillion dollars in military expenditures

2.  the cold war started in  1945 and endid in 1991

3.  The end of the Cold War also saw the fall of the Soviet Union which broke up there comisim

4.  1949 september sovits explode firs t bomb

5.  Communist governments fall in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Rumania; Soviet empire ends in the year of December 1989

 

Ronald Reagan

 

1.  he was a famous actor and he was the 33thrid governor  of California from 1965 to 1975  he was the 40th president of the united states  he served form 1981 to 1989 and you either liked him or hated him

2.  he was born in TampicoIllinois and later he moved to los angels California

3.  Ronald Reagan was a republican

4.  Ronald Reagan has 5 kids

5.  he was in over 52 films

 

  disaters

 

1.  mount ST.hellins erupted in Washington in may 18 1980 killing 57 people

2.  in april 19 1995 a major event happened in Oklahoma where a big bombing happened wher a man put bombs in a truck and parked it in fornt the bulding and hade a remote and detonated it and killed 168 people and wounded more than 680 people the total  dame that bomb caused was about 652 millon dollars worth in damage

3.  Japan flight 123 crashed on august 12 1985 killing 520 people

4.  on January 28 1986 the space shuttle challenger disincarnates

5.    In 1986, the Chernobyl disaster, a large-scale nuclear meltdown in the Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Unioin  



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The Cold War: 1. On Tuesday, April, 17, 1969 A U.S. Navy reconnaissance Plane was supposedly “shot down with a single shot.” But for some reason the White House reportedly told the congressional leaders that two MIG jets shot down the plane. http://www.coldwar.org/museum/coldwar_stories.html

 

2. In August 19: Two Libyan jets are shot down, no American losses are suffered.

3. Spetember 1st: A Korean airplane is shot down with 269 was shot down by Soviet jet interceptors.

4. February 13th: France launches Operation Sparrowhawk in an effort to repulse the Libyan’s invasion of Chad.

5. June 12th: Ronald Reagan challenges Russian leader Mikhail Gorbochev to tear down the Berlin Wall.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_events_in_the_Cold_War#1980

 

Ronald Reagan

 

1. Ronald Reagan was a famous actor doing drama movies and comedy movies. People loved Reagan.

2. When Reagan was thirteen and entered high school he loved football, and his brother was already a starter on the team.

3. On February 6, 1911, Ronald Wilson Reagan was born to Nelle and John Reagan in Tampico, Illinois.

4. 69 days after Reagan became president a would-be assassin shot Reagan in the chest and in- credibley he lived.

5. By ordering naval escorts in the Persian Gulf, he maintained the free flow of oil during the Iran-Iraq war.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/ronaldreagan/

 

Disasters

 

  1. June 4, 1989: A gas explosion and fire as two trains cross tracks in Asha-Ufa station killing 645 people including 181 children.

      2.   The sunshine skyway bridge of 1980: After a whole lot of rain and massive winds this    bridge started to kink and bend like a toy and before you know it it broke into a million     pieces. A lot of people died and only a few stayed alive.

      3.   The space shuttle challenger 73 seconds into its flight exploded into pieces killing all       seven of its crew members.

      4.   Jan 13, 1985: A train derails about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the Ethiopian capital,          Addis Ababa, claiming 392 lives.
      5.   June 6, 1981: Around 800 people are killed when a cyclone blows a train into river in    Bihar, eastern India.



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COLD WAR

 

1.  The Cold War was incredibly expensive over its four decades, costing the U.S. eight trillion dollars in military expenditures

2.  the cold war started in  1945 and endid in 1991

3.  The end of the Cold War also saw the fall of the Soviet Union which broke up there comisim

4.  1949 september sovits explode firs t bomb

5.  Communist governments fall in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Rumania; Soviet empire ends in the year of December 1989

 

Ronald Reagan

 

1.  he was a famous actor and he was the 33thrid governor  of California from 1965 to 1975  he was the 40th president of the united states  he served form 1981 to 1989 and you either liked him or hated him

2.  he was born in TampicoIllinois and later he moved to los angels California

3.  Ronald Reagan was a republican

4.  Ronald Reagan has 5 kids

5.  he was in over 52 films

 

  disaters

 

1.  mount ST.hellins erupted in Washington in may 18 1980 killing 57 people

2.  in april 19 1995 a major event happened in Oklahoma where a big bombing happened wher a man put bombs in a truck and parked it in fornt the bulding and hade a remote and detonated it and killed 168 people and wounded more than 680 people the total  dame that bomb caused was about 652 millon dollars worth in damage

3.  Japan flight 123 crashed on august 12 1985 killing 520 people

4.  on January 28 1986 the space shuttle challenger disincarnates

5.    In 1986, the Chernobyl disaster, a large-scale nuclear meltdown in the Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Unioin  



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 Music

 

  • It has often been said that Jazz music is one of the few truly American art forms, born and bred in the USA.
  • Isn’t it fitting that on this 25th anniversary of the release of Thriller that the clear front-runner in our 80s poll about the Best 80s Song is MJ himself at 32% of the  Votes.
  • The origin of break dancing dates back to the late 1960's and early 1970's in the South Bronx of New York City and the term refers to the dance moves that are associated with the breaks in the music.

 

  • From 1980 to 1984 breakdancing, which by then had gone mainstream was everywhere from movies including Breakin' (also known as Breakdance The Movie), Breakin' 2: Electric Bugaloo and Krush Groove in addition to many others and were featured in music videos and television programs which showcased B-Boys' and B-Girls' immense talent along with songs such as Irene Cara's smash hit "Breakdance."

 

  • As the record industry continued to slump, A&M trimmed its artist roster of nearly 100 artists to about 45 artists, although it signed Split Enz in January.

 

  • All four Grammy awards went to the Police and Sting. The Police and Styx each picked up two RIAA gold records out of the seven given to the label, and A&M was awarded four platinum records.

 

  • Extreme's debut album released. Sold 300,000 copies.

 

  • 1981 The Walkman II was introduced.

 

  • 1982 Michael Jackson?s ?Thriller? album released by the Columbia subsidiary Epic Records ultimately sold 40m copies world wide and became the most successful product in the history of recorded sound.

 

  • 1983 CD was officially launched in the UK on 1 March. It was hailed as "the most important development in the recorded music industry since the long playing record".

 

 Television

 

 

  • It’s no secret that Ghostbusters was a very popular movie.
  • Doesn’t it make you long for the good-old days when movie entertainment was so innocent? No shooting, no real violence – just good clean fun? Yes, Back to the Future is definitely a movie that can define the entertainment of the 80s.
  • Although The Love Boat first aired in 1977, the show was definitely owned by the 80s.
  • On June 11, 1982 the world was introduced to one of the most heartwarming movies of the decade. Directed by Steven Spielberg, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was and still is the quintessential family film.
  • The Breakfast Club is a movie we’ll never forget.
  • The name of this funny and wholesome family show was The Cosby Show and we welcomed the Cosbys into our homes and hearts right from the start.
  • At least that was the case with the popular NBC family sitcom ALF which first aired on September 22, 1986 and ran until June 18, 1990.
  • The little blue creatures known as the Smurfs first appeared in October of 1958. However, it would take the 1980’s Saturday morning cartoon to launch them into stardom and cartoon history.
  • Today Mr. T, an actor known for the immense collection of jewelry or “Bling” that he wore and his trade mark Mohawk haircut, as well as the show he stared on are icons for 80’s television.
  • In the 80’s the hottest hit show, Dallas, belonged to ABC’s competitor, CBS.

 

 

 

 

Sports

 

·        The "Big Shot" of the NBA- We all know that Michael Jordan is one of the best players in the history of basketball.

·        He also averaged the most points out of any player in the whole league.

·        In 1982 television revenue provided $14 million a year per NFL team.

·        The Major League strike- In June, 1981, all major league baseball players went on strike.  No games were played until August 1, 1981. 

·        The Major League strike- In June, 1981, all major league baseball players went on strike.  No games were played until August 1, 1981.

·        The "Big Shot" of the NBA- We all know that Michael Jordan is one of the best players in the history of basketball.

·        1980 World Series: Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Kansas City Royals (series record 4-2).

·        1980 NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Philadelphia 76ers (series record 4-2)

·        Jerry Rice, was one of football's greatest.

·        Super Bowl XIV: Pittsburgh Steelers won 31-19 over the Los Angeles Rams.

 

 



-- Edited by Jonathan on Friday 2nd of October 2009 09:26:07 AM

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The 1980’s: Movies, books, and television

 

Movies

 

In the 1980s shown a rise in activity in show business since the previous years in which the future in movies looked grim. Due to the cost of making the movie and the plummeting ticket sales of those movies and the arrival of video cassettes and cable TV started to make the silver screen seem dim. When the era of Hollywood appeared to be finished the 1980s came along and marked the rebirth of the movie industry movies like Ghostbusters, The Breakfast Club, Back to the Future, and many more advanced Hollywood to new heights with great story lines and special effects that were never seen before. Not only was it the rebirth of the movie business it was also the rise of many new soon to be legendary actors like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Eddie Murphy, and many more. The movie business was also a big help to the economy with businesses buying different movie franchises using them for advertising their other products, movies in the 1980s were rising to greater and greater heights.

 

 

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Famous Celebrities from the 80’s

-includes Madonna, Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Olivia Newton & John

Travolta.

·         Madonna is usually referred to as the Queen of Pop. She is a musical artist, actress, and entrepreneur; she was a very big celebrity in the 80’s.

·         Emilio Estevez is known for his appearance in the movie Breakfast Club, Repo Man, and Wisdom.

·         Molly Ringwald is also known for her appearance in the movie Breakfast Club, but she is also known for Sixteen Candles and Pretty in Pink.

·         Olivia Newton is most known for her appearance on the popular musical Grease, and also for the popular song Physical.

·         John Travolta is also known for his appearance on Grease. He is also appeared on the musical Staying Alive.

 

 

 

Famous Movies From the 80’s

·         Blade Runner- One of the most influential science fiction films in it's style and setting. The story follows a bounty hunter on the trail of 4 androids who have come back to Earth to try and find their maker and have him fix the self-destruct program built into them. The film brings up many moral and religious issues.

·         Back to the Future- It blends science fiction, fantasy and comedy. a teenager from the 80's who accidently travels back to the 50's with a time machine invented by the crazy scientist, he meets his parents as teenagers and must reunite them so as not to alter the future and his own existence.

·         The Breakfast Club- simple tale of an assorted group of high school misfits; the jock, geek, princess, etc., who grow to become friends while serving weekend detention.

·         Aliens- Ripley, a "space" cargo worker, who is forced to journey back to a planet, with a group of space Marines, to investigate the loss of communication with a space colony. Ripley believes that the problem may stem from the same indestuctible creature that haunted her in the first film. Unfortunately for her, and the rest of the group, this creature has multipied tenfold and brought along its mother.

·         Blue Velvet- Unusual tale of murder, torture and sex in small town America. Two innocent college students discover a human ear in a field and it leads them on a trail to a sultry lounge singer. He soon discovers that she is in a bizzare relationship with a psychopath.

 

 

 

Famous T.V Shows From the 80’s

  • Full House-This 80's TV show is the story of Danny Tanner, whose wife has died unexpectedly, and he is left with three young daughters. His two friends move in and help Danny raise the girls.
  • The Wonder Years-This popular television show of the 1980’s dealt with relationship issues and the thoughts and feelings associated with youngsters. This sitcom also had a very popular theme song that was the official soundtrack, which was released in 1988. A typical teenagers life was so well depicted through this television series. The Wonder Years was truly wonderful in every possible way!
  • Cheers-Sam Malone, a former baseball star, is the head of a nice little bar where Norm, Cliff, Dr. Frasier and all the other regular customers spend together a few hours every day, talking about their problems, laughing at each other's flaws, trying to be there when someone else needs them
  • Flo- About a diner waitress who got a new job as a restaurant hostess in another city. On her way there, she stopped in her hometown to visit family. She ended out buying a worn down roadhouse there instead of continuing on to the new job and fixed up her new business as best she could. The episode plots dealt with her business problems and dealing with her customers, employees, mother, and sister.
  • Alien Nations-One of them was an alien from the planet Tencton. He arrived on Earth on a slave ship along with many thousands of other fellow aliens. Happy to be free, they take their places among humans in society. The human detective tended to be a "hot-head" while his alien partner maintained a calm demeanor. This often caused differences in their opinions about how to handle situations they encountered on the job and in their personal lives.

 

 

 

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1980`s Music

Madonna After evolving from a cute-but-naughty virgin to the monolith she is today, Madonna embodies all that was good from the 80s. She’s still bringing it to us, material girl style.

U2 Hardcore U2 fans from the early days always qualify their fandom with "I love their older stuff." But while Sunday, Bloody Sunday was perfect for its time, U2 has managed to continue to evolve, in music, in attitude, and in super-kitsch Bono glasses.

Aerosmith Yes, technically they made their name in the 1970s, but the 80s wouldn't have been the same without this original-hair-band's input. Aerosmith will never die, and we'll always be able to count on them for one thing - the unchanging power ballad.

However, the 80s were also home to some musicians who, sadly, stayed in the 80s. In 1978, Olivia Newton-John became a heroine to a plethora of young girls, and let that status skyrocket her into fame with her totally rad, anatomically inspired songs like Physical and Heart Attack. And Cyndi Lauper, even after a small run on the small screen in the decades following, left her fab fame in the 80s after her fans left behind their own jelly bracelets and outrageously punk-meets-pop hair.

Speaking of hair, the 80s music scene was alive with trendsetting manes, no matter what genre. We had the infamously rowdy hair bands, like Bon Jovi, Poison, and Van Halen, as well as the infamously quirky new wave stylers like the Thompson Twins. And refusing to be outdone by their outrageous hair, both The Cure's Robert Smith and Culture Club's Boy George took their androgenous looks and used them to promote their amazing music to the masses all throughout the 80s.

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Michael Jackson Let us not forget the King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson. MJ's superstardom had the whole world screaming over a simple sequined glove. He also broke records with his 1983 horror flick video for "Thriller," the longest, most expensive, and most elaborate music video of its time. And while his later life may have been filled with turmoile, back in the 80s Michael Jackson moonwalked his way into millions of hearts, and it was bad. You know it.



-- Edited by DJ Hugo on Friday 2nd of October 2009 09:28:11 AM

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Johnny Depp was born July 9, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky. His birth name is John Christopher Depp II. He was raised in Florida and went to school until he was 15 years old. After that he dropped out hoping to become an actor. His first film was “A Nightmare on Elm Street.” It was made in 1984 & ever since them Johnny Depp has been a very successful actor and is in many movie/musicals still today.

            Leonardo DiCaprio was born November 11, 1974 in Hollywood, California. His birth name is Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio. He grew up in Echo Park in Los Angeles. It wasn’t a very safe environment to be brought up in because of its drug related issues. At the age of 5, DiCaprio appeared on “Romper Room.” He was nearly kicked off the show for misbehaving. After that he did some commercials, educational films, and occasional parts in tv series. A few of his most famous movies now are “Titanic,” “Blood Diamond,” “The Departed,” and “This Boys Life.”

             George Clooney was born May 6, 1961 in Lexington Kentucky. His birth name is George Timothy Clooney, son of Nick Clooney (TV news caster.) His father invited him into the studio when he was only 5 years old. He attended Kentucky’s Augusta High School but was no academic. His father would give him extra assignments because he didn’t think that he read enough. Clooney studied a few years at Northern Kentucky University before becoming an actor. His first movie stayed unreleased but got him the producers’ attention for later contracts.

            Michael J. Fox was born June 9 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta Canada sharing a birthday with Johnny Depp. His birth name is Michael Andrew Fox. As a child Fox moved around a lot from home to home. At age 15 he made his first film “Leo and Me” which came out in 1981. At eighteen he moved to Los Angeles and was offered a few roles in television shows. In 1991 Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease and disclosed his condition to the public in 1998. He semi-retired from acting in 2000 as the symptoms of his disease worsened. Since then, he has become an advocate for research towards finding a cure.

              Patrick Swayze was born August 18, 1952 in Houston, Texas and passed away on September 1st of 2009 from Pancreatic Cancer. His birth name was Patrick Wayne Swayze. His mother was choreographer Patsy Swayze. She owned a dance studio in Houston, which Patrick Swayze also attended. Swayze graduated from Waltrip High School in Houston, Texas and attended San Jacinto College. On June 12, 1975, he married an actress/dancer named Lisa Nieme. He was a very good dancer and first danced professionally as "Prince Charming" in "Disney on Parade". His biggest 80s movie was “Dirty Dancing” which is still a big hit today.

 

80s movies –

            “A Christmas Story,” is a very popular 80s movie. To this day every Christmas there is a 24-hour marathon of this movie, playing it 12 times in a row. This film came out in 1983 and was released November 18th. The plot of the movie is that Ralphie has to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder BB gun really is a good present to buy him for Christmas, but they all reply with the same phrase “You’ll shoot your eye out kid!”

            “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” is another hit 80s movie. It was considered one of the 80s funniest films and was released June 11, 1986. Throughout the movie it follows Bueller as he attempts to skip school without getting caught by telling his parents he is sick along with many other lies. This movie, written and directed by John Hughes, was one of the first films in the United States to get a PG-13 rating.

            “Sixteen Candles” was a very popular teen flick of the 80s. It was released May 8, 1984. It is about a girl named Samantha Baker and the stress she goes through on her birthday from her getting embarrassed to people not remembering. Sixteen Candles is considered the movie that launched the beginning of the Brat Pack film movement.

            “Footloose” was a movie that could always get you dancing. It is about a city boy moving into a small town where rock music and dancing is banned. It was released February 17, 1984.There is a lot of dancing in this film and it can easily cheer someone up.

             “Ghost Buster” is a very funny, action filled 80s film. It was released June 8, 1984. Three unemployed parapsychology professors making a living out of catching ghosts can be very entertaining. After the first movie, they made a sequal to the movie but just like any other sequel, it was not as good as the first. They also made a “Ghost Busters” cartoon series.

  

80s tv shows –

            “Wonder Years” was a television serious that released March 12, 1998 . Although this show came out in the 80s, it was set in the 60s. The plot of each episode usually had to do with Kevin Arnold, the main character, having a crush on Winnie ( one of the other main characters. ) Even though this show ended in 1993, many children growing up in the 90s still enjoyed it very much.

            “Roseanne” was a TV show that released October 18, 1988 . It was about a working class family going through lifes most important problems. It was a sitcom that til’ this day many people are still laughing at. It ended in 1997 but will always be classic.

            “The Cosby Show” was one of the first television series that showed a successful African-American family. It released September 20, 1984 and ended in 1992. The show was extremely popular amongst all different races. It showed family struggles and how Bill Cosby and his family handled them, always being funny at the same time. This show has led many of the characters careers to reach a much higher level.

            “Cheers” was a comedy series on NBC set in a real bar Boston , Massachusetts . It released on September 30,1982 and ended in 1993. It is still watched my many people in syndication. I believe this show will always receive rave reviews.

            “The Golden Girls” was about 4 elderly women that were living together in Miami . They were all very close and all shared the fact that they were divorced/ windowed. It released September 14, 1985 and ended in 1992. There were 180 episodes that are still very popular and playing today. 

 



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