- Devo
- Guess
- Molly Ringwald
- Papa Don’t Preach
- George Schultz
- Downtown Julie Brown
- The Breakfast Club
- Totally
- Hypercolor
- Queen
You’re number 49…
49th 
- A Flock of Seagulls
- Jordache
- Emilio Estevez
- Like a Virgin
- George Schulz
- Martha Quinn
- The Breakfast Club
- Gag me with a spoon
- Legwarmers
- Phil Collins
And you’re number 50! Scores up shortly.
- Human League
- Gloria Vanderbilt
- Demi Moore
- Like A Wirgin
- Alexander Haig
- Martha Quinn
- Breakfast Club
- Whatever
- Padded shoulders for women
- U2
- Flock of Seagulls
- Jordache
- Rob Lowe
- Like a Virgin
- Haig (Alexander)
- Martha Quinn
- Pretty in Pink
- “Like, gag me with a spoon.”
- Leg warmers
- Bono
1. A Flock of Seagulls 12
- Duran Duran 10
- Blondie 9
- The Cars 4
- Devo 4
- Depeche Mode 4
- Wham! 2
- Wang Chung 1
- REM 1
- Men At Work 1
- Boy George 1
- blinks in confusion 1
2. Jordache 23
2. Calvin Klein 14
2. Guess 6
2. Gloria Vanderbilt 5
2. Gitano 1
2. Sergio Valente 1
3. Molly Ringwald 20
3. Rob Lowe 12
3. Emilio Estevez 10
3. Judd Nelson 3
3. Ally Sheedy 1
3. Corey Haime 1
3. James Spader 1
3. Kiefer Sutherland 1
3. Sean Penn 1
4. Like a Virgin 42
4. Borderline 2
4. Holiday 2
4. Lucky Star 2
4. Papa don’t preach 2
5. Alexander Haig 11
5. Caspar Weinberger 7
5. James Watt 7
5. Don Regan 3
5. George Schultz 3
5. Oliver North 3
5. Edwin Meese 2
5. James Baker 2
5. Alan Greenspan 1
5. Bill Bennett 1
5. Brady 1
5. Clarence Thomas 1
5. Dick Cheney 1
5. Donald Rumsfeld 1
5. George Stephanopoulos 1
5. Mike Deaver 1
5. Norman Schwarzkopf 1
5. -pass- 1
5. Poindexter 1
5. Rex 1
6. Martha Quinn 23
6. Downtown Julie Brown 14
6. Kennedy 5
6. blinks in confusion 1
6. Adam Curry 1
6. Carson Daly 1
6. Jesse Camp 1
6. JJ Jackson 1
6. Kurt Loder 1
6. Mark Goodman 1
6. Nina Blackwood 1
7. The Breakfast Club 22
7. Sixteen Candles 12
7. Pretty in Pink 10
7. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 4
7. Animal House 1
7. Uncle Buck 1
8. (Like) Gag me with a spoon 22
8. (Like) Totally 13
8. (Like) Oh My God 3
8. Fer sure 3
8. Like 3
8. As if 1
8. Grody to the max 1
8. I’m sure 1
8. That’s like soooooo bitchin’! 1
8. We’re talking lord god king bufu 1
8. Whatever 1
9. Leg warmers 22
9. Big hair 6
9. Neon colors/Clothing 4
9. shoulder pads 3
9. Acid wash jeans 2
9. Leggings 2
9. Belts around leotards 1
9. Cosby Sweaters 1
9. Flock of Seagulls hair 1
9. Headbands 1
9. Hypercolor 1
9. mullets 1
9. Parachute Pants 1
9. Permed hair 1
9. The Flashdance torn sweatshirt look 1
9. The Miami Vice look. 1
9. Wearing multiple t-shirts 1
10. U2 12
10. Queen 7
10. Michael Jackson 6
10. Phil Collins 6
10. Bob Geldof 5
10. Elton John 2
10. Madonna 2
10. Black Sabbath 1
10. Bob Dylan 1
10. Bono 1
10. Boy George 1
10. Bruce Springsteen 1
10. Duran Duran 1
10. Led Zeppelin 1
10. Neil Young 1
10. Prince 1
10. Wham 1
Explanation of question 8 answer grouping:
The first list is “au naturale,” the second is how I grouped them.
I grouped “fer sure” and “fershure.” (spelling)
I grouped all the "like totally"s with the "totally"s, as well as “gag me” and “oh my god.”
“I’m sure” is not the same as “fer sure.”
“Like” by itself has to stand alone.
Before:
8. “As if!”
8. Fer sure
8. Fershure!
8. Gag me with a spoon
8. Grody to the max
8. I’m sure
8. Like
8. Like totally!
8. Like, Gag me with a spoon
8. Like, Oh My God!
8. Like, totally
8. Like, Totally!
8. Oh my god!
8. Oh. My. God!
8. That’s like soooooo bitchin’!
8. Totally
8. Totally!
8. We’re talking lord god king bufu
8. Whatever
After:
8. (Like) Gag me with a spoon
8. (Like) Oh My God
8. (Like) Totally
8. As if
8. Fer sure
8. Grody to the max
8. I’m sure
8. Like
8. That’s like soooooo bitchin’!
8. We’re talking lord god king bufu
8. Whatever
Our “stuck-in-the-eighties” winner is… :: drumroll :: astorian!!! Congratulations! :: flings confetti ::
Thanks everyone! And thanks 42fish! That was a good one. I can’t believe this old broad (me) came in 10th!
**1. astorian 384.00 **
2. E. Thorp 370.00
3. KGS 364.00
4. wheresgeorge04 362.00
5. pravnik 356.00
6. ShermanAter 352.00
7. cmkeller 338.00
8. silenus 324.00
9. Happy Lendervedder 324.00
10. Dolores Reborn 318.00
11. ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness 316.00
12. KayElCee 314.00
13. The Tof 314.00
14. Maus Magill 308.00
15. anyrose 302.00
16. IvoryTowerDenizen 298.00
17. Scarlett67 294.00
18. Hoopy Frood 292.00
19. Biffy the Elephant Shrew 292.00
20. fusoya 288.00
21. Zebra 288.00
22. 42fish 284.00
23. LateComer 282.00
24. Gala Matrix Fire 278.00
25. El_Kabong 276.00
26. MadTheSwine 274.00
27. winterhawk11 274.00
28. Kat 268.00
29. SylverOne 268.00
30. hocow 262.00
31. kevja 262.00
32. Most Creative User Name Ever 260.00
33. delphica 258.00
34. swampbear 256.00
35. SpazCat 252.00
36. twickster 250.00
37. Mullinator 248.00
38. Ace309 246.00
39. USCDiver 242.00
40. chaoticbear 236.00
41. tarragon918 230.00
42. Freudian Slit 230.00
43. Hal Briston 224.00
44. OtakuLoki 202.00
45. RoOsh 198.00
46. KSO 194.00
47. adhemar 192.00
48. Beadalin 182.00
49. Ludovic 164.00
50. HongKongFooey 160.00
Alpha:
- 42fish 284.00
- Ace309 246.00
- adhemar 192.00
- anyrose 302.00
- astorian 384.00
- Beadalin 182.00
- Biffy the Elephant Shrew 292.00
- chaoticbear 236.00
- ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness 316.00
- cmkeller 338.00
- delphica 258.00
- Dolores Reborn 318.00
- E. Thorp 370.00
- El_Kabong 276.00
- Freudian Slit 230.00
- fusoya 288.00
- Gala Matrix Fire 278.00
- Hal Briston 224.00
- Happy Lendervedder 324.00
- hocow 262.00
- HongKongFooey 160.00
- Hoopy Frood 292.00
- IvoryTowerDenizen 298.00
- Kat 268.00
- KayElCee 314.00
- kevja 262.00
- KGS 364.00
- KSO 194.00
- LateComer 282.00
- Ludovic 164.00
- MadTheSwine 274.00
- Maus Magill 308.00
- Most Creative User Name Ever 260.00
- Mullinator 248.00
- OtakuLoki 202.00
- pravnik 356.00
- RoOsh 198.00
- Scarlett67 294.00
- ShermanAter 352.00
- silenus 324.00
- SpazCat 252.00
- swampbear 256.00
- SylverOne 268.00
- tarragon918 230.00
- The Tof 314.00
- twickster 250.00
- USCDiver 242.00
- wheresgeorge04 362.00
- winterhawk11 274.00
- Zebra 288.00
Still slightly above average!
Top 10! I’d have scored better if I’d remembered Flashdance and cared more about politics than the environment.
You are number 6
Oops - I forgot to write the ties correctly. Oh well, you know who you are.
Wow! I thought I bombed- shoulda gone with Flock of Seagulls, though!
Wow, I can’t believe no one else thought of this. I remember it as being a HUGE deal that Zeppelin would play. Of course, it’s not a very “80s” choice.
In the fashion category, aren’t leggings and leg warmers the same thing? Ditto “hypercolor” and neon colors?
Leg warmers don’t cover the whole leg…while leggings generally do. Though you do see those ones that start at the waist and only go down to mid calf or mid thigh. HATE those.
I don’t know about the leggings v leg warmers issue, but “hyper color” was a type of clothing that changed color in repsonse to heat (so if you pressed your hand against someone’s tshirt, there’d be an outline of your hand in a different color). Unfortunately, the hypercolor effect tended to die off if you washed it at too high a temp.
