- You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block members.
- You wanted to be on Star Search. (Come on, we all did)
- You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off.
- You wore a banana clip or one of those slap on wrist bands at some point during your youth.
- You wore French rolls on the bottom of your splatter painted jeans.
- You had slouch socks, and puff painted your own shirt at least once.
- You owned a doll with ‘Xavier Roberts’ signed on its butt.
- You know the profound meaning of “Wax on, Wax off.”
- You can name at least half of the members of the elite “Brat Pack.”
- You can remember watching Full House and Saved by the Bell for endless hours!!!!!!
- You have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock.
- You know that another name for a keyboard is a “Synthesizer.”
- You hold a special place in your heart for “Back to the Future.”
- You know where to go if you “Wanna go where everybody knows your name.”
- You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool. (Was there an 80’s movie she WASN’T in?)
- You know what “Sike” means.
- You fell victim to 80’s fashion: big hair, crimped, combed over to the side, and you wore spandex pants
- You wanted to be a Goonie – (hey u guyz!!)
- You owned an extensive collection of Cabbage Patch Kids and trolls.
- You actually saw Ted Danson as the MacDaddy he played “Sam” to be.
- You ever wore fluorescent-neon if you will clothing…(or nail polish)
- You could break dance, or wished you could. (I said hip hop….)
- You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system. (Remember Pong)
- You know all the words to “Ice Ice Baby”.
- You remember MC hammer well.
- You can still sing the rap to “Fresh Prince of Bel Air”
- You own any cassettes.
- You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we’d all be living on the moon.
- You remember and/or own any of the CareBear Glass collection from PizzaHut.
- Poltergeist freaked you out.
- You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox.
- You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.
- You wanted to communicate with some being named Cinergy.
- You wanted to have an alien like Alf living in your house.
- You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.
- You wore tights under shorts and felt stylish.
- You ever had a Swatch Watch.
- You actually spent countless hours trying to perfect the care-bear stare.
- You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
- You had Wonder Woman or Superman underwear.
- You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.
- You Believed that “By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power”
- You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
- You remember the first time “Space: Above and Beyond” aired.
- Partying “like it’s 1999” seemed SO far away!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you can identify with at least half of this list then you, my friend, are a “Child of Planet 80’s.”