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So, Totally Awesome 80s is an Instagram page (Facebook as well) dedicated to celebrating one of the most iconic decades of the last century—the awesome '80s, mixed in with a little bit of the '70s and the '90s.

The page was created back in mid 2018 and has since then posted nearly 8,000 bits of content and amassed a following of 325,000 people.

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It’s hard to explain what made the '80s such an iconic time period.

On an objective level, it was the decade that gave the world MTV and CNN, some of the first instances of personal home computing with IBM and Apple, and the first mobile phone, Motorola DynaTAC 8000X.

It was also a decade of great tragedy with the NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and the explosion of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Reactor #4.

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But the thing folks talk about the most is the sound of the '80s—its music scene.

Many consider the nostalgia that '80s music creates to be the strongest out there with numerous artists coming back to cover popular songs and sounds from the decade.

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 9 months ago

Rocky Horror and Clue

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Wannabeoctopus 9 months ago

Dammit janit!!

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Russell Bowman 9 months ago

The Demon in "Legend" Dreams are my speciality. Through dreams I influence mankind...

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Ms.GB 9 months ago

I love Clue

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Mae Hughes 9 months ago

Don't forget: " IT, " too😉😉😉😉

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The wee giant 9 months ago

Before I read your comment I thought he was from home alone. Didn't he play mr. Body?

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Jessica SpeLangm 9 months ago

And Legend

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Jan Bowyer 9 months ago

And one nasty Richelieu in Three Musketeers, but Rocky Horror Picture takes the cake

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tuzdayschild 9 months ago

Exactly

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Manny 9 months ago

Congo

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Rebecca McManus 9 months ago

The Worst Witch film, you suddenly realised this is a man you didn't want babysitting your child

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Nolgoth 9 months ago

Command and conquer red alert

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Kayleigh Haigh 9 months ago

Eddie was my fav

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Milady Blue 9 months ago

Pass the Ammo, where he played Reverend Ray Porter is another good one. Tim is awesome as a crooked televangelist.

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Edda Kamphues 9 months ago

Rocky Horror all the way. He rocked that corset!

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Mike F 9 months ago

He rocked Brad, too. 😁😁

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QJBean 9 months ago

Home alone 2

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Berni 9 months ago

Watched this last night.

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3 Trash Pandas (She/They) 9 months ago

That’s where I’ve seen him! I recognized the face and name but couldn’t place a movie or show

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WindySwede 9 months ago

👍

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whineygingercat 9 months ago

Annie - Rooster Hannigan

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Pink kitty 9 months ago

Yes!

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Sumdumfu 9 months ago

Darkness from Legend. Get gud nubs!

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Prince Lee 9 months ago

its so sad how he is now, still a wonderful man but the stroke took so much from him

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Teresa Spanics 9 months ago

Yeah.

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Dirt Bacharach 9 months ago

Pennywise!

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tuzdayschild 9 months ago

Correction, THE Pennywise

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Molly Whuppie 9 months ago

Rocky Horror!

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Tiffany Marie 9 months ago (edited)

Fern Gully was my start. I was little. I thought his voice was fantastic.

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D Wall 9 months ago

I see you shiver with antica…………………………………….pation! Oh no! Meatloaf again! (audience…) No s**t, Sherlock!

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Daddy’s Girl 9 months ago

Hair! Then Rocky Horror

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Elchinero 9 months ago

Red October

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Poppy 9 months ago

Legend and Rocky Horror

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Winnie the Moo 9 months ago

I first saw him when I was a kid as the evil cardinal in The Three Musketeers. Creeped me right the f*ck out!

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hcaballero57 9 months ago

The original Pennywise the Clown

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Susan Robinson 9 months ago

Feel bad for anyone who only knows him from his character in Criminal Minds, Billy Flynn 😳

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John Mosley 9 months ago

Legend.

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Bas 9 months ago

Rocky horror, It, home alone

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WindySwede 9 months ago

upvote for third movie 😅

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Macky McLemore 9 months ago

The Worst Witch and Roseanne

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ShellsBells 9 months ago

I had to scroll down and keep searching before I commented The Worst Witch.

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beautiful plumage 9 months ago

"mr. provolone..."

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Berni 9 months ago

Nigel Thornberry

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David Brown 9 months ago

Pennywise!

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Firefly 9 months ago

Oscar with Sylvester Stallone and Marisa Tomei. Hilarious movie.

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JP 9 months ago

LOVE this movie. It's based on a play; that's why all the action takes place in a single location.

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Sunny Day 9 months ago

That's the answer I was looking for.

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Joeshar 9 months ago

Finally someone remembers this underrated gem

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LonelyLittleLeafSheep 9 months ago

The Nexus from Ferngully! And Clue, Rocky Horror, Legend, Annie...

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Upstaged75 9 months ago

Annie - as Rooster. :)

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Kayleigh Haigh 9 months ago

I thought same was my first time seing tim curry was in annie "easy street"

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Jo Davies 9 months ago

Rocky Horror, IT (the original), the hunt for red October

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ffeineandsugar 9 months ago

1) Rocky Horror 2) Clue 3) Red Alert 3 (if you know, you know)

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Fred L. 9 months ago

Space!

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Veronica Monell 9 months ago

Home Alone he was my favorite hahaha

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Veronica Monell 9 months ago

The second one if I remember correctly!

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riahhh 9 months ago

Home alone

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Eric Williams 9 months ago

IT...

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Robert Beveridge 9 months ago

It!

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columbokateUK 9 months ago

Clue and IT

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Xavior TheLycan 2 months ago

Home Alone 2 and Batman TAS

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Draga Millani 8 months ago

Home Alone 2, It, Annie, Clue, Rocky Horror, etc

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Frank Hayes 9 months ago

Criminal Minds

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Maggie Fulton 9 months ago

Rocky Horror, later Clue.

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Kiera Mortensen 9 months ago

In order: It, Clue, Rocky Horror, Psyche

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DaveC 9 months ago

Legend

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Julia Leatherbarrow 9 months ago

Rocky Horror and Clue

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Del Buell 9 months ago

The Shadow knows

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Duxall Inarow 9 months ago

All the Tims belong to ME!

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Janine Hunt-Jackson 9 months ago

Muppet Treasure Island

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Naomie Moore 9 months ago

Every Friday and Saturday night! And the theatre we went to still lat us bring all the props. One time I sent my brother for the rice. They were out. He bought pinto beans instead.

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Sam Cook 9 months ago

Home Alone 2: Lost In New York was mine, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. I randomly had a dream about his character Darkness from Legend some months ago. Still one of the strangest dreams I've ever had, and it inspired me to watch the movie for the first time. Love it.

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Grace Note 9 months ago

Rocky Horror!

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Susan Moore 9 months ago

Rocky Horror and Annie

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kkathleen517 9 months ago

Home Alone 2 and It come to mind. Although, I have to say Mr.Skarsgard kicked his butt playing PennyWise. He was BORN to play that part ok? Seriously, I can't get over how incredible he was in the new It.

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Debra Newell 9 months ago

Frankenfurter

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Hannah Marshall 9 months ago (edited)

Rocky Horror, Annie and The Three Musketeers!! (For reference, I was born in 1994)

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Jeffrey Diehl Premium 9 months ago

Rocky Horror, Clue, Kinsey, Wild Thorneberrys, Duckman, The Three Musketeers, Will Shakespeare (Written by John Mortimer (Rumpole of the Bailey))

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Mariana DaVe 9 months ago

Clue for sure

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Scott Wilkins 9 months ago

Cardinal Richelieu; The Three Musketeers.

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xolitaire 9 months ago

Legend, Rocky Horror, IT. In that order

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Philly Bob Squires 9 months ago

Rocky Horror as I used to be a projectionist in the theater that ran it on Friday and Saturday nights! But I liked him in Annie as well!

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Chelsea Grimmer 9 months ago

It

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FloralDangerNoodle 9 months ago

IT and Home Alone 2.

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Midoribird Aoi 9 months ago

Home Alone 2 and Clue

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Greg Patzkowsky 9 months ago

Rocky Horror first, then Clue, Home Alone 2, Hunt for Red October... He's a great!

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Btsquestrian 9 months ago

No one did camp better than him.

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Beanna van de Bukshout 9 months ago

Roseanne. I think he ripped off the Connors and became surprisingly the short term love interest of badass (and gay) Nancy

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Leanne Hailes 9 months ago

Home Alone two!!

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Nothing to see here 9 months ago

Rooster from Annie, and then RHPS

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Courtney Christelle 9 months ago

First from Home Alone, then it ruined it for me when I found out he was also Pennywise.

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Ell Bee 9 months ago

Muppet Treasure Island! "Well hello, LoOoOoNG John."

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MED71 9 months ago

Also Legend

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A. HAM 9 months ago

I knew him first from the movie Annie.

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brittany 9 months ago

Hexxus from Ferngully for me! please dont ask me to explain being attracted to literal polluted air. it just works

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Joanne Earle 9 months ago

His song 'I do the rock' was the first I heard of him, then he was Bill Sykes in a 1982 TV movie of Oliver Twist

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Paul Brown 9 months ago (edited)

"It" and the "Rocky Horror Picture Show"

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Leslie Donsen 9 months ago

Home Alone: Lost in New York

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Cassie 9 months ago

Wonder Pets!! ;)

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A S 9 months ago

Legend.

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thechaostradingcompany 9 months ago

My earliest memory was when he played "Rooster," in Annie.

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Kat Hoth 9 months ago

Rocky Horror

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Spooky Demon Bat (she/they) 9 months ago

Clue, Home Alone 2, The Three Musketeers

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Riley Quinn 9 months ago

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). In the late 70's, you'd find me, in costume with props, at the midnight showing on Saturdays. It was a hellava time, but then the theatres started clamping down on what we could bring in. I understood, but the era was over for me.

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Ash 9 months ago

muppet treasure island

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Caroline Nagel 9 months ago

Rocky Horror. He was brilliant in that movie!

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Dodo (they/them) 9 months ago

Muppet's Treasure Island. And Fern Gully, but I didn't realise that was him until I was older.

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TheBlueBitterfly 9 months ago

Rocky Horror, Legend, Clue, but first and foremost, The Worst Witch!

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The Other Guest 9 months ago

Three Men in a Boat was the first thing I saw him in, but I associate him (naturally) with Rocky Horror and Clue.

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Brandy Gray 9 months ago

My first thought is Rocky Horror but it's followed closely with Legend

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Ray Carrillo 9 months ago

Legend and IT were great

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Auntriarch 9 months ago

I forget which Hercule Poirot he was in, one of the archeological ones

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Griffy 9 months ago

Rocky Horror, Home Alone 2, and IT. Unfortunately he has not aged well. I wish him the best.

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alaina66 9 months ago

My most favorite movie: LEGEND with him & Tom Cruise

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Slim 864 GVG 9 months ago

RH and Clue of course! Plus, They all float on the Red October!

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John George 9 months ago

Rocky Horror & some other stuff.

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Melissa Warehall 9 months ago

Rocky Horror, Rocky Horror, and did someone say Rocky Horror?

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CP 9 months ago

Congo!

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Emily Barnes 9 months ago

I've never watched Rocky Horror but I still recognize him from that

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Nimitz 9 months ago

I for one will never forget Congo. Some guy: "How much does the plan fuel cost?" Tim Curry: "Fifithty thousand dollars." Fifth-ith-ty. I will remember that line reading till the day I die.

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Heather Murphy 9 months ago

Muppet Treasure Island, then Clue

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Isabella 9 months ago

Or they are not American, as he never was worldwide popular.

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Fran 9 months ago

Spanish here, I've seen all the movies they've mentioned, except it, know and love Tim in ALL of them. Perhaps people might not know his name, but I assure you, nobody can forget HIM. Besides, are you trying to say that Clue, HA2, it, Legend, RH and the rest were only shown in the states......🤦

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Foffy Skrimshaw 9 months ago

The Butler in Clue, first.

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assdog 9 months ago

I named one of my cats Georgie because of how he looks like TC when he smiles/wants food.

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Phobrek 9 months ago

Blue Money! Jk... The Shout! Jk.... Rocky Horror Legend Clue It etc.

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Robin 9 months ago

Muppets Treasure Island

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Tucker Cahooter 9 months ago

Anyone want to own up to knowing him before Schmoedipus?

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Phoenix 9 months ago

Nope, I've got Rockyhorror Picture Show.

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One commenter speculated that the '80s was a careless and fun decade. Considering modern day stresses imposed upon new generations, looking back to a decade whose fashion and music sound carefree, it becomes a nice escape for the younger generations.

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There’s also the idea of having parents who listen a lot to '80s music, instilling an interesting sense of nostalgia for their kids as well, even if they didn’t live through it.

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Others speculated that it could just be history doing its cyclical thing again. Those who grew up in the '80s are now becoming primary producers of pop culture. Considering all the '80s franchise reboots, Stranger Things and the like, they all come from people who grew up in that era for the people who grew up in that era.

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This idea of revivals is further supported by another commenter, who explained that the '70s saw a huge '50s revival with the TV show Happy Days and the movie Grease. Then there was a '60s revival in the '80s with The Doors, The Who, and the like filling entire stadiums. Apply the paradigm far enough and you might just be able to explain why “old” things are hip again.

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But that’s just music. Think of the remaining part of pop culture that happened back in the '80s: the Master System, NES. and Atari 7800 all came out in the early part of the decade; Polaroid reached peak popularity during this time; shows like Full House, The Transformers and Duck Tales were huge back then; movies like Back To The Future debuted during the '80s. The list goes on.

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