1. Thinking that ALF was funny, but also a little creepy:
2. Being way, way creeped out by Max Headroom:
3. Being jealous of the ONE friend who had a huge collection of Sylvanian Families toys:
4. Having this exact Fisher-Price Little People house:
5. Pouring yourself a big bowl of "fruity" and "berry" Nintendo goodness:
6. Thinking that even though She-Ra and He-Man were brother and sister that they would make a good couple:
7. Drinking out of these cups any time you were at a pizza parlor:
8. Thinking The Charmings — the show about Snow White and Prince Charming waking from a 1,000 year spell and living in L.A. — had a weird premise for a TV sitcom, even by ’80s standards:
9. The feeling of awkwardness you would get whenever someone was rejected on Love Connection:
10. Having a grandmother who was obsessed with Princess Di and Prince Charles' marriage...
11. ...as well as saved old issues of Reader's Digests...
12. ...and still had a rotary phone:
13. The blow to the gut you felt when Optimus Prime died in The Transformers: The Movie:
14. Low-key supporting Miss Viola Swamp for putting those bratty kids in their place:
15. Feeling super cool whenever you were invited to a '50s-themed birthday party:
16. Being terrified by basically every scene in Return to Oz:
17. Thinking you could play the piano 'cause you could play one of these:
18. Having a ton of McBuddies...
19. ...and Garfield Happy Meal Toys:
20. Getting McDonald's cookies in the delightful character boxes:
21. Being excited to watch Michael Jackson perform on The Flintstone Kids' "Just Say No" special:
22. Thinking Madonna was the most controversial person ever:
23. Getting excited as soon as you heard the theme song to Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears:
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24. Literally shitting your pants as soon as you heard the theme song to Unsolved Mysteries:
25. Being completely on the edge of your seat while watching Honey, I Shrunk the Kids:
26. Wanting a boombox that looked like this:
27. Having a bunch of old issues of this magazine in your classroom's book corner:
28. Having a love-hate relationship with Domino's very annoying mascot, the Noid:
29. Owning at least one brightly colored fanny pack:
30. Looking at this carpet any time you crawled out of the ball pit at Chuck E. Cheese's:
31. Having your Quik come in a metal tin:
32. Making popcorn in one of these:
33. Thinking Swatch watches were cool and fancy:
34. Trying not to fall over when using one of these:
35. Dancing along to Whitney songs:
36. Playing a round of this game in like two minutes:
37. Wondering why Pin Wheel was on ALL THE TIME on Nickelodeon:
38. Remembering to wear your seat belt 'cause of the Crash Test Dummies PSAs:
39. Having a collection of puffy stickers (that also had an addictive plasticky smell):
40. Never being able to actually get to the final round of Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! :
41. Wanting a phone that looked like this:
42. Having as much fun setting up Mall Madness as you did playing it:
43. Being completely captivated by this movie:
44. Being super scared to play anywhere near a fridge after that "very special" (ie. traumatic) episode of Punky Brewster.
45. And finally, that feeling of bliss you got as soon as you heard the Reading Rainbow theme song:
