Everything 80s

Hot Wheels vs Matchbox: The Billion-Dollar Battle For the Toy Car Industry

They were two legendary toy car companies that were a part of growing up for millions of kids. But behind the scenes, it was a cutthroat battle for our brand allegiance.

Unsolved Mysteries: The 1980s TV Show That Terrified Us

Unsolved Mysteries was one of the scariest TV shows in the 80s, especially if you were a younger viewer... But it was also one of the most-watched shows of the decade. 

10 Sports Rivalries That Defined the 1980s

It felt like a true golden age. An era that gave us multiple sports dynasties and individual athletes that seemed larger than life. The 1980s weren't just a historic er

The Rise and Fall of Columbia House Record and Tape Club

It's been called the "Spotify of the 80s," and if you grew up back then, you know The Columbia House Record and Tape Club was not only your access to a vast world of musi

Peter Cullen: The Voice of Your Childhood

Peter Cullen was not just the iconic voice of Optimus Prime on the Transformers, but was also a part of more 1980s cartoon shows than you may realize. Today we look bac

Rewind: When Video Games Were Almost Banned

The early 1980s were a golden age for video games. From iconic arcade games like Space Invaders and Pac-Man to the growth of home consoles like the Atari 2600, it felt li

How Vitamins Became Candy in the 1980s

A lot of us grew up in the 1980s with Flinstone vitamins. Or you may have had one of the many other kids' chewable vitamins endorsed by cartoon characters and other famou

The Karate Kid: Rocky for Kids

Welcome to a free preview of the Everything 80s Movie Review Podcast that you can find at Patreon.com. This is a previous episode devoted to one of the defining movies of

When the World Was on the Brink of War

Unbeknownst to us at the time, the three-year stretch from 1983 to 1986 may have been among the most dangerous years in human history. Cold War tension looked to be at

Fox: The Launch of the Fourth Network

If you grew up watching TV in the 80s, you only knew the 'Big Three' networks: ABC, NBC, and CBS. But in 1986 came something we hadn't seen in thirty years: a legitimate

The Improbable Success of CNN in the 1980s

People in the industry said it wouldn't even last six months... but somehow, CNN, a station devoted to the unorthodox concept of 24-hour news, not only survived, but chan

The Rise of TBS: From UHF to Superstation

Welcome to Part 1 of a three-part miniseries that looks back on the rapidly changing world of television in the 1980s. In part one, we look back on the groundbreaking m

The Return of Halley's Comet

In 1986, Halley's Comet made its famous once-in-a-lifetime return -- and revealed just how much progress had come since its last appearance in 1910. In this episode, we

The Magical Summer of 1986: Movies, Music, and Mall Culture

To many, the summer of 1986 may have been peak 1980s. Because of the music, neon fashion, and a rapidly changing culture, this is when the 80s may have felt the most '80s

The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made

Take more than a hundred lions, tigers, and other unpredictable jungle cats, mix them in with an inexperienced movie crew, and you've got the makings for a disaster. To

10 Iconic Albums From 1986 That Just Turned 40

Was 1986 one of the biggest years for music ever? If it wasn't, it sure was close, as it's the year that gave us a defining heavy metal album, two defining hip-hop albums

The Legend of Zelda: The History of the Golden Game

Before "Zelda" became a household name, it began as "Adventure Mario," a game that started out as giant sketches on long pieces of draft paper. But things quickly changed

The 1980s Bubblegum Wars

VHS and Beta weren't the only ones trying to capture our loyalty in the 1980s; the same thing was happening in the world of... bubblegum. Heading into the 80s, bubblegu

The Hand of God Touches World Cup '86

Before the first ball was even kicked, World Cup '86 had faced a massive uphill battle. A change of venue, a struggling economy, and then a massive earthquake set to dera

Hockey, Mulroney & Bryan Adams: Canada in the 80s

In this episode, we look at some notable Canadian events and people from the 1980s, but this show is all about the world of pop culture. And when it comes to 1980s pop cu