I Love the '80s (American TV series)
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, Star Wars, Pac-Man and his girlfriend, Ms. Pac Man.
See also I Love the 70s, I Love the 80s Strikes Back, I Love the 90s, Best Week Ever.
Partial list of stars on VH1's version of the I Love the 80s
- Apollonia
- Tom Arnold
- Christopher Atkins
- Michael Ian Black
- Richard Belzer
- Andrew Dice Clay
- Alice Cooper
- Tommy Davidson
- Joe Elliot
- Rich Eisen of SportsCenter
- Kim Fields
- Larry Flynt
- Soleil Moon Frye
- Daisy Fuentes
- Kathy Griffin
- Sammy Hagar
- Rob Halford
- Alan Hunter former MTV VJ
- Keith Jackson of Sportscenter
- Rick James
- Ron Jeremy porn movie star
- Beyoncé Knowles
- Juliette Lewis
- Lisa Lisa
- Virginia Madsen
- Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray
- AJ McLean of The Backstreet Boys
- Michael Moore
- Dave Mustaine
- Tom Petty
- Mary Lou Retton
- LeAnn Rimes
- Mo Rocca
- Nile Rodgers
- Henry Rollins
- Darius Rucker of Hootie and the Blowfish
- Raven Simone
- Hal Sparks
- Tiffany
- Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20
- Carrot Top
- Aisha Tyler
- Nancy Wilson of Heart
- Ann Wilson of Heart
- Weird Al Yankovic
Partial list of featured ideas and happenings of the 80s
- Michael Jackson
- Madonna
- Airplane!
- Caddyshack
- Miami Vice
- Def Leppard
- The Grateful Dead's "Touch of Grey"
- The California Raisins
- The Rubik's cube
- Pac-Man
- The Empire Strikes Back
- REM's "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- U2
- Return of the Jedi
- Corey Haim and Corey Feldman
- Bobby Brown
- Grandmaster Flash's "The Message"
- Rick Springfield
- Salt-n-Pepa's "Push It"
- General Hospital
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Milli Vanilli
- Swatch watches
- This Is Spinal Tap
- Cyndi Lauper
- Wham!
- "We Are the World"
- Top Gun
- The Jeffersons
- Heathers
- St. Elmo's Fire
- Duran Duran
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Run-D.M.C. and Aerosmith's "Walk This Way"
- Whitney Houston
- George Michael
- Live Aid
- Huey Lewis and the News
- Hands Across America
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High
- Janet Jackson
- Punky Brewster
- Rain Man
- Scarface
- A Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran"
- The Breakfast Club
- Diff'rent Strokes
- Afrocentric clothing
- The fall of the Berlin Wall
- The Facts of Life
- The Beastie Boys' "Fight for Your Right"
- Dirty Dancing
- Sixteen Candles
- The attempted assassinations of Pope John Paul II and Ronald Reagan
- The mullet
- Bryan Adams' "Summer of '69"
- Footloose
- Breakdancing
- Pretty in Pink
- Valley girls
- The Love Boat
- Flashdance
- The Vapors' "Turning Japanese"
- The Pretenders' "Brass in Pocket"
- The Cosby Show
- New Kids on the Block
- The wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana
- MTV
- The neo-hippie movement
- Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry, Be Happy"
- Knight Rider
- Heathers
- Eddie Murphy
- Transformers
- Saved by the Bell
- Care Bears
- Madonna's "Papa Don't Preach"
- Strawberry Shortcake
- Baywatch
- Xanadu
- Terence Trent D'Arby
- 'Til Tuesday's "Voices Carry"
- Michael Jackson gets his head set on fire during a Pepsi commercial
- Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam
- Bruce Springsteen
- Guns n' Roses
- Hair crimping
- Preppie fashion
- Styx's "Mr. Roboto"
- The fledgling Fox network: Married with Children, The Tracey Ullman Show, 21 Jump Street
- Win, Lose or Draw
- The Like a Prayer controversy
- Motley Crue's "Home Sweet Home"
- The Bears Shufflin' Crew's "Superbowl Shuffle"
- Cable television
- Scandals: Oliver North and Fawn Hall, Gary Hart and Donna Rice, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker and Jessica Hahn
- The World Wrestling Federation
- Teddy Ruxpin
- Aerosmith's "Love in an Elevator"
- That's Incredible!
- Say Anything
- Trivial Pursuit
- Prince
- Wheel of Fortune
- Debbie Gibson/Tiffany
- Mike Tyson
- He-Man
- Pictionary
- Family Ties
- The Blue Lagoon
- Hip hop music
- Bill Buckner/1986 World Series
- Rocky III
- Mary Lou Retton
- Pee-wee's Big Adventure
- The De Lorean
- Back to the Future
- Calvin Klein/Gloria Vanderbilt jeans
- Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
- Tetris
- Kenny Rogers
- Blondie
- Pat Benatar
- Hair metal
- The Go Go's
- The B-52s' "Love Shack"
- The Arsenio Hall Show
- 80's modern rock: INXS, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Morrissey, Erasure
- 9 to 5
- Who's the Boss?
- Perfect Strangers
- Child's Play
- Poltergeist
- The Terminator
- Wall Street
- Square Pegs
- The Greatest American Hero
- ALF
- Who Shot J.R.?
- Fridays
- Stripes
- The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight"
- Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust"
- Poltergeist
- Webster
- Silver Spoons
- Cheers
- Roseanne
- The Wonder Years
- Urban Cowboy
- Punk fashions/The mohawk
- Joanie Loves Chachi
- Tone Loc's "Funky Cold Medina"
- Dukes of Hazzard
- Jerry Falwell sues Larry Flynt
- Atari
- MacGyver