# The most '80s image **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 17, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-image/701636 "2014-10-17T23:44:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-image/701636/41 "2015-04-25T23:51:12Z")
Can’t find it now, but there was a Reagan illustration done in Max Headroom style that hits a lot 80s buttons for me. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-image/701636/42 "2015-04-26T00:04:10Z")
Is there a photo of Ronald Reagan and ET driving a DeLorean while Moltley Crue plays in the background? ---
**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-image/701636/43 "2015-04-26T00:35:10Z")
How about Dire Straits _[Money for Nothing](http://rormix.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dire_straits_money_4_nothing_video.jpg)_? ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-image/701636/44 "2015-04-26T00:38:31Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > Can’t find it now, but there was a Reagan illustration done in Max Headroom style that hits a lot 80s buttons for me. Is this from **Back to the Future II** where he’s a cyber waiter at the 80s cafe what you are looking for? [![](http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/bttf/images/1/17/Khomeini_simulacrum.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140804000903) ](http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/bttf/images/1/17/Khomeini_simulacrum.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140804000903) Bonus Ayatollah. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-image/701636/45 "2015-04-26T02:04:21Z")
How about [Ricky Gervais’s 80’s synth-pop duo](http://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/entertainment/music/2011/01/25/video_ricky_gervaiss_past_as_an_80s_pop_singer/ricky_gervais_seonadancing.jpeg.size.xxlarge.letterbox.jpeg)? It really doesn’t get any more 80s than that. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-image/701636/46 "2015-04-26T02:12:47Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > Is this from **Back to the Future II** where he’s a cyber waiter at the 80s cafe what you are looking for? > > [http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/bttf/images/1/17/Khomeini\_simulacrum.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140804000903](http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/bttf/images/1/17/Khomeini_simulacrum.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140804000903) > > Bonus Ayatollah. Very probably so. Maybe it was also on some other show like a late nighter or in a magazine. I know Max was on a late night (Letterman?), besides the actual MaxHeadroom series. Maybe Max brought him over for a visit to the late night show ---
**Author:** ![obbn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d6d6ee/32.png) [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-image/701636/47 "2015-04-26T05:32:13Z")
The poster of the mid '80s Lamborghini Countach. If that doesn’t scream '80s I don’t know what does. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-image/701636/48 "2015-04-26T15:45:18Z")
> [@obbn](#): > > The poster of the mid '80s Lamborghini Countach. If that doesn’t scream '80s I don’t know what does. The [Ferrari 328](http://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/jpg/200909/ferrari-328-gts-9w.jpg) is a pretty iconic 80s car also. I’d still say DeLorean is the most iconic 80s car though. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-image/701636/49 "2015-04-26T16:01:38Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > The [Ferrari 328](http://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/jpg/200909/ferrari-328-gts-9w.jpg) is a pretty iconic 80s car also. I’d still say DeLorean is the most iconic 80s car though. Especially if Magnum or Marty McFly are in the picture. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-image/701636/50 "2015-04-26T16:26:04Z")
[Malls of the 80’s](http://twistedsifter.com/2012/08/pictures-from-malls-across-america-in-1989/) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-image/701636/51 "2015-04-26T20:36:28Z")
> [@LC\_Strawhouse](#): > > I think technology would be the best clue, and you can’t get more 80s than [cassette tapes](http://cdn.mos.musicradar.com//images/Blogs/Tom/sony-walkman/9-portable-tapes-460-85.jpg). It’s not just the cassette tapes in that image, but also the Walkman. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-image/701636/52 "2015-04-26T20:39:30Z")
[The HIV virus.](https://popsloth.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/hiv-virus.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-image/701636/53 "2015-04-26T21:13:10Z")
In pop culture, you can’t get more “80s” than [Annie Lennox](http://img.cache.vevo.com/Content/VevoImages/video/EE5C39FD5238D024D307DDF22080EDB9.jpg). In politics, I’d nominate [The Berlin Wall being torn down](http://www.nationaltravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/berlin-wall-coming-down.jpeg). In pop art, I’d say the [Blown Away](https://kmandla.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/wp-blown-away-ubuntu-1732x737.jpg) photo. And just for [good](http://i2.wp.com/missowl.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Joan-Collins-Dynasty.jpg?resize=416%2C622) [measure](http://dsjvpv76ko1eo.cloudfront.net/uimg/7f7c79e5c9f629e394f6dca2eb2ca28c.600x)… ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-image/701636/54 "2015-04-26T23:34:18Z")
And I’d say this is [undeniably 80s art](http://www.80sautopsy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/patrick_nagel_woman-thumb.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-image/701636/55 "2015-04-26T23:40:21Z")
Or how about [Max Headroom](http://www.geeksandbeats.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/MaxH.jpg)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-80s-image/701636.md?page=2)