50 Things From The '80s That If You're Over 34 Will Make You Say, "Oh Crap, I Totally Forgot About That!"

    Again, I don't want to hear, "BUT I REMEMBER ALL OF THIS AND I WAS BORN IN 2002!" 'Cause, sorry, you don't!

    1. These plastic smock Halloween costumes which also came with masks that were hard to see out of:

    2. Toys "R" Us bags that looked like this:

    3. Bed sheets and duvets that looked like this and came with coordinating EVERYTHING:

    4. Morris the Cat from the 9Lives cat food commercials:

    5. When TBS and TNT use to have their programming start at :05 or :35:

    6. Jim Henson's fantastic The Storyteller TV show:

    7. Muppet Magazine (which always had the best and most exciting-looking kids' magazine covers):

    8. Freezy Freakies (a winter time staple):

    9. This Coca-Cola radio (but, also, Coke vending machines that looked like this):

    10. And, of course, the dancing Coke can:

    11. Time Life's creepy AF Mysteries of the Unknown commercial (that played all the time!!!):

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    12. The cool as hell COPS cartoon and its dramatic intro:

    13. These McDonald's coffee stirrers:

    14. Zack the Lego Maniac and his badass bedroom:

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    15. The Adventures of the Little Koala which aired on Nickelodeon in the afternoons:

    16. This Fisher-Price cassette player:

    17. Cassette storage cases that looked like this:

    18. Giant Swatch Watch wall clocks (honestly, those were bedroom decor goals):

    19. Nintendo Topps trading cards:

    20. The bubblegum-pop-filled Totally Minnie album:

    21. This Couch Potato gag gift you always saw at Spencer's:

    22. McDonald's McKids clothing line:

    23. Lady Lovely Locks and her cool hair clip-ons:

    24. These Disney re-release movie posters that you could get at McDonald's with your Happy Meal:

    25. Pop Shots pop-up cards that were always kind of hard to write a greeting on:

    26. These tiny Teddy Bears — which I am not sure what they were really for:

    27. ABC Weekend Special...

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    ...which was hosted by Cap'n O. G. Readmore:

    28. The gone-too-soon Food Fighters action figures:

    29. "Mathnet" which aired as part of Square One:

    30. The terrifying scene in the Alice in Wonderland TV movie where the White Queen (Carol Channing) turns into a sheep:

    31. Waldenbooks stores that had the wood panel exterior:

    32. Bunnicula:

    33. These lawn chairs that were never that comfortable to lay on:

    34. Watching Mr. Belvedere...

    35. ...and Just the Ten of Us on Friday nights:

    36. Bud Light's "Spuds MacKenzie" ad campaign:

    37. Will Vinton's A Claymation Christmas Celebration that was just oh-so-cool:

    38. Panini Stickers:

    39. Girl Talk board games which were a staple at sleepovers:

    40. These drinks that made you feel oh-so-fancy any time you drank one:

    41. The Littles cartoon which made you imagine what it would be like to be the size of a mouse:

    42. Poochie and all her cool stationery and pens:

    43. China Beach, better known as that show your parents liked to watch:

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    44. The Crash Test Dummies PSAs and its slogan, "You Could Learn a Lot from a Dummy":

    45. This T-shirt:

    46. Lisa Frank's Betty Boop stickers:

    47. Rub-A-Dub Dog (who made bath time amazing):

    48. Metal cartoon lunchboxes — which always had very cool embossed surfaces:

    49. The Fat Boys:

    50. And finally, The Clapper commercial, whose jingle is probably playing in your head right now:

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