I Love the '80s is a decade nostalgia television program that was produced by VH1, based on the BBC series of the same name. The first episode, "I Love 1980", premiered on December 16, 2002, through the final episode, "I Love 1989", premiered on December 20, 2002.
Lionel Richie presented "Makeout Songs" from each year.
Bret Michaels presented "Babes" from each year.
Traci Lords presented "Hunks" from each year.
"Weird Al" Yankovic compares trends of the given year and the present day in the "Then and Now" segment.
Andrew Dice Clay presented the "Mr. & Ms." of each year.
Soleil Moon Frye presented people, bands, and products that were "Born In" the given year.
A public service announcement (PSA) from each year was presented.
During the credits of every episode, a clip from a popular music video was played without any type of commentary. These were usually replaced with a show promo by Vh1.
The Love Boat (originally premiered in 1977)
Caddyshack
The Vapors' "Turning Japanese"
Punk and preppy fashion
Strawberry Shortcake
The Blue Lagoon and Brooke Shields' Calvin Klein ads
Designer jeans
Air Supply's "All Out of Love"
Pat Benatar and Deborah Harry (of Blondie)
Who shot J. R.?
9 to 5
Urban Cowboy
Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust"
Kenny Rogers
Xanadu
Airplane!
The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight"
The Pretenders' "Brass in Pocket"
Mattel Electronic Football
Miracle on Ice
That's Incredible!
The Empire Strikes Back
Makeout songs of 1980: Air Supply - "Every Woman in the World", Dan Fogelberg - "Longer", & Captain & Tennille - "Do That to Me One More Time"
End Credit Video is Devo's "Whip It"
Cable Television and MTV
Porky's
Reagan assassination attempt
Pope John Paul II assassination attempt
The Royal Wedding
Luke and Laura (characters from General Hospital)
Rick Springfield
Arthur
The Greatest American Hero
De Lorean DMC-12
Rubik's Cube
Kool & the Gang's "Celebration" (originall premiered in 1980)
Fridays
Stripes
Bosom Buddies
John McEnroe
Hall & Oates' "Private Eyes"
Members Only
Atari 2600
The Jeffersons (originally premiered in 1975)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Makeout songs of 1981: REO Speedwagon - "Keep on Loving You", Foreigner - "Waiting For a Girl Like You", Lionel Richie & Diana Ross - "Endless Love"
PSA of 1981: Girl Scouts in Gymnastics
End Credit Video is The Police's "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"
Mullets
VJs
Toni Basil's "Mickey"
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
The J. Geils Band's "Centerfold"
Square Pegs
Rocky III
Ozzy Osbourne
Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'N Roll"
The Dukes of Hazzard
The Go-Go's
Olivia Newton-John's "Physical"/Jane Fonda's Workout/aerobics fashion (originally premiered in 1981)
A Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran (So Far Away)"
Trivial Pursuit
Keytar
Joanie Loves Chachi
Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man (originally premiered in 1980)
Tommy Tutone's "867-5309/Jenny"
Dungeons & Dragons
Poltergeist
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five's "The Message"
Silver Spoons
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Makeout songs of 1982: Joe Cocker - "Up Where We Belong" and Lionel Richie - "Truly"
Babes of 1982: Kim Wilde, Brit-Pop Babe ("Kids In America"), Rae Dawn Chong, Cave Babe (Quest For Fire), Kirstie Alley, Vulcan Babe
PSA of 1982: Time for Timer "Sunshine on a Stick" PSA
End Credit Video is The Human League's "Don't You Want Me"
National Lampoon's Vacation
Family Ties (originally premiered in 1982)
Diff'rent Strokes (originally premiered in 1978)
Cabbage Patch Kids
Michael Jackson's Thriller
Flashdance
Duran Duran
Valley Girl
Pat Benatar's "Love Is a Battlefield"
Scarface
The A-Team
Def Leppard's Pyromania
Eddie Murphy Delirious
Dexys Midnight Runners' "Come on Eileen"
Jerry Falwell vs. Larry Flynt
Knight Rider (originally premiered in 1982)
WarGames
Wacky wall walker
Styx's "Mr. Roboto"
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
Makeout songs of 1983: The Police - "Every Breath You Take", Spandau Ballet - "True" & Marvin Gaye - "Sexual Healing"
PSA of 1983: Smokey Bear- Mask of Joanna Cassidy
End Credit Video is Madness' "Our House"
Breakdancing
Footloose
Madonna
Corey Hart's "Sunglasses at Night"
"Where's the beef?"
Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A.
Mary Lou Retton
Webster and Punky Brewster
Huey Lewis and the News
Miami Vice
The Terminator
Transformers and Care Bears
Wham!
Prince
Sixteen Candles
Cyndi Lauper
Michael Jackson's Pepsi commercial disaster
Lionel Richie's "Hello"
This Is Spinal Tap
Makeout songs of 1984: Mike Reno & Ann Wilson - "Almost Paradise", Phil Collins - "Against All Odds", and John Waite - "Missing You"
PSA of 1984: Don't let your lungs go to pot- Cast of Fame
End Credit Video is Nena's "99 Red Balloons"
WrestleMania
MacGyver
Back to the Future
Mötley Crüe's "Home Sweet Home"
The Goonies
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Small Wonder
Bryan Adams' "Summer of '69"
Big hair
Fletch
"The Super Bowl Shuffle"
Bartles & Jaymes
Cocoon
Til Tuesday's "Voices Carry"
Live Aid
The Facts of Life
Eddie Murphy's "Party All the Time"
The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire
Day-Glo and oversized message T-shirts
Pound Puppies
"We Are the World"/Hear 'n Aid
Makeout songs of 1985: Wham! - "Careless Whisper", Sade - "Smooth Operator", and Madonna - "Crazy for You"
End Credit Video is Tears for Fears' "Shout"
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Wheel of Fortune (originally premiered in 1983)
Hands Across America
Teddy Ruxpin
ALF
Pretty in Pink
Madonna's "Papa Don't Preach"
Swatch
1986 World Series and the Bill Buckner fielding error
The Cosby Show (originally premiered in 1984)
Baby On Board
"Crocodile" Dundee
Celebrity marriages (specifically Tommy Lee and Heather Locklear, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver and Tatum O'Neal and John McEnroe)
Whitney Houston
Comic Relief
Janet Jackson
Stand by Me
Run-D.M.C.'s "Walk This Way"
Top Gun
Makeout songs of 1986: Berlin- "Take My Breath Away", Peter Cetera & Amy Grant - "The Next Time I Fall", Atlantic Starr - "Secret Lovers"
PSA of 1986: "Vote With A Friend. Make It Count More" with Quincy Jones and James Ingram
End Credit Video is Mr. Mister's "Kyrie"
Dirty Dancing
Tiffany and Debbie Gibson
Hair crimping
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
Fatal Attraction
Hair metal
FOX (specifically The Tracey Ullman Show, Married... with Children, and 21 Jump Street)
R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"
Controversial extra-martial affairs (specifically Oliver North and Fawn Hall, Gary Hart and Donna Rice, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker and Jessica Hahn)
Wall Street
Beastie Boys' "Fight for Your Right"
Acid wash & Converse
Cheers
Salt-N-Pepa's "Push It"
Hollywood Shuffle
Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love"
The two Coreys
U2's The Joshua Tree
Makeout songs of 1987: Billy Vera & The Beaters - "At This Moment", Crowded House - "Don't Dream It's Over", & LL Cool J - "I Need Love"
PSA Of 1987: Anti-Drug (Marijuana) "I learned it by watching you!"
End Credit Video is Wang Chung's "Everybody Have Fun Tonight"
Mike Tyson
Child's Play
Roseanne
Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" (originally premiered in 1987)
Guns N' Roses
The Wonder Years
Modern Rock (Specifically INXS, The Cure, Morrissey, Depeche Mode, & Erasure)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry Be Happy"
California Raisins
Perfect Strangers (originally premiered in 1986)
George Michael's Faith
Pictionary and Win, Lose or Draw
UB40s "Red, Red Wine"
Working woman's wardrobe, Color Me Beautiful (seasonal colors)
Yo! MTV Raps, "Parents Just Don't Understand", N.W.A and the rise of gangsta rap
Who's the Boss? (originally premiered in 1984)
Terence Trent D'Arby
The neo-hippie movement
Grateful Dead's "Touch of Grey"
Rain Man
Makeout songs of 1988: Patrick Swayze - "She's Like the Wind", Richard Marx - "Hold On to the Nights", and Cheap Trick - "The Flame"
PSA of 1988: Buckle Up (Car Crash Test Dummies)
End Credit Video is INXS' "Mediate"
New Kids on the Block
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Milli Vanilli
Game Boy and Tetris
COPS
Rob Lowe's sex video
Cher's "If I Could Turn Back Time"
Do The Right Thing
Madonna's "Like a Prayer" music video and the ensuing Pepsi controversy
Say Anything...
The Arsenio Hall Show
The B-52's "Love Shack"
Bobby Brown
Afrocentric clothing
Baywatch
Aerosmith's "Love in an Elevator"
Heathers
Saved by the Bell
Tone Loc's "Funky Cold Medina"
The fall of the Berlin Wall
Makeout songs of 1989: Richard Marx - "Right Here Waiting", Simply Red - "If You Don't Know Me by Now", and The Cure - "Lovesong"
PSA of 1989: AIDS Prevention
End Credit Video is Madonna's "Express Yourself"
