I Love the '80s 3 D

Recurring segments

"Weird Al" Yankovic presents movies from the year that "should have been made in 3-D" but weren't. This is a reference to his album "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D.

Paula Abdul presents teen idols from each year.

Chuck Woolery presents the "best on-screen hookups" of each year.

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark presents the "biggest boobs" (i.e., blunders) of each year.

Alan Thicke presents "hot moms" from each year.

Emmanuel Lewis presents a slang word or phrase as the "pop culture term" of each year.

Harry Anderson (of Night Court) judges a "trial" of a pop culture icon in the "Guilty/Not Guilty" segment.

John Moschitta gives a quick recap of each episode in the "Year in Review" segment.

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.

1980

Fame

Paul McCartney gets busted for marijuana possession in Japan

Ethnic Barbie Dolls

Pepsi Challenge

Richard Pryor burns himself

Fruit Roll-Ups

Gary Numan's "Cars"

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Post-it notes

AC/DC's "Back in Black"

Intellivision

My Bodyguard

Christopher Cross' "Sailing"

The Jazz Singer

Fashion plates

Sugar Ray Leonard

The Elephant Man

Little Darlings

Movies of 1980: 9 to 5 (film) and Xanadu (film)

Teen Idols of 1980: Scott Baio, Christopher Atkins, Michael Jackson

Best On-screen Hookup of 1980: John Travolta and Deborah Winger in Urban Cowboy

Biggest Boob of 1980: Rosie Ruiz cheating in the Boston Marathon

Hot Moms of 1980: Ann Romano (One Day at a Time), Alice Hyatt (Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore), Vickie LaMotta (Raging Bull)

Pop culture Term of 1980: "Like" (modifier)

Guilty/Not Guilty of 1980: That's Incredible for inciting kids at home to imitate the stunts seen on the show despite having a "do not try this at home" warning.

End Credit Video is The J. Geils Band's "Love Stinks"

1981

History of the World, Part I

Circus of the Stars

The first laptop

Loverboy's "Working for the Weekend"

Chariots of Fire

You Can't Do That on Television

Mud wrestling

38 Special's "Hold On Loosely"

Escape from New York

Penny Racers

The Mediterranean fruit fly infestation

Barbara Mandrell and The Mandrell Sisters

REO Speedwagon's "Keep on Loving You"

Body Heat

Erasermate

Country stars performing pop songs (specifically, Juice Newton and The Oak Ridge Boys.)

Gimme a Break!

An American Werewolf in London

Movies of 1981: Clash Of the Titans, Arthur, My Dinner With Andre

Teen Idols of 1981: Timothy Hutton, Todd Bridges (Diff'rent Strokes), Rick Springfield

Best On-screen Hookup of 1981: Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy (The Great Muppet Caper)

Biggest Boob of 1981: Miss New York USA, Deborah Fountain padding her swimsuit at the Miss USA 1981 pageant

Hot Moms of 1981: Jane Fonda (On Golden Pond), Faye Dunaway (Mommie Dearest), Barbara Eden (Harper Valley PTA)

Pop culture Term of 1981: "Dude" (noun)

Guilty/Not Guilty of 1981: Richard Simmons for wearing short shorts

End Credit Video is Hall & Oates' "You Make My Dreams"

1982

Quest for Fire

Videocassette recorders

The Human League's "Don't You Want Me"

Cats

Tron

Freezy Freakies

Toto's "Rosanna"

BMX

Shopping malls

Bow Wow Wow's "I Want Candy"

Headbands and mesh tops shirts

The $25,000 Pyramid

EPCOT Center

Victor Victoria

1982 Chicago Tylenol murders

Ripley's Believe It or Not!

First Blood

Movies of 1982: Annie, Conan the Barbarian, Gandhi

Teen Idols of 1982: Ricky Schroeder, Duran Duran, John Stamos

Best On-Screen Hookup of 1982: Dustin Hoffman and Jessica Lange in Tootsie

Biggest Boob of 1982: Larry Walters flew 16,000 feet up in the air using only a lawn chair with 45 helium weather balloons attached to it

Pop Culture Term of 1982: Gag Me With A Spoon (phrase)

Guilty/Not Guilty of 1982: Tommy Tutone for causing a fad of calling 867-5309 and asking for Jenny

End Credit Video is Missing Persons "Words"

1983

Jaws 3-D

Star Search

Monchhichis

Herbie Hancock's "Rockit"

St. Elsewhere

Truly Tasteless Jokes (Offensive Joke book)

Mr. Mom

The jheri curl

Jesse Jackson runs for President

Press Your Luck

ZZ Top

D.C. Cab

Reading Rainbow

Mr. Wizard

Strategic Defense Initiative ("Star Wars")

Quiet Riot

Terms of Endearment

Best on-screen hookup of 1983: Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay in Risky Business
Biggest Boobs of 1983: KISS for taking off their makeup and revealing what they really looked like
Hot Moms of 1983: Beverly D'Angelo, Susan Clark (Webster), Jacqueline Bisset
Pop Culture Term of 1983: Hoser (loser or someone easily fooled)
Guilty/Not Guilty of 1983: Cabbage Patch Kids for inciting riots in stores.

End Credit Video is Thomas Dolby's "She Blinded Me with Science"

1984

Red Dawn

Dr. Ruth Westheimer

Murray Head's "One Night in Bangkok"

Band Aid

Children of the Corn

New Edition

Hair mousse

Amadeus

Doug Flutie's hail mary pass

Rodney Dangerfield's "Rappin' Rodney"

Voltron

Calculator watch

Romancing the Stone

Designer shoelaces

Snorks

Anti-fur movement

TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes

Police Academy

"Movies that should have been made in 3-D" of 1984: Splash, Breakin', Purple Rain
Teen Idols of 1984: Menudo, Wham!, Corey Hart
Best On-Screen Hookup of 1984: Long Duck Dong and Lumberjack in Sixteen Candles
Biggest Boobs of 1984: Walter Mondale using the Wendy's Slogan "Where's the beef?"
Hot Moms of 1984: Phylicia Rashad (The Cosby Show), Susan Saint James and Jane Curtin (Kate & Allie), Caren Kaye (It's Your Move)
Pop Culture Term of 1984: Boy Toy
Guilty/Not Guilty of 1984: The FCC allowing more time devoted to commercials resulting in the introduction of infomercials.

End Credit video is Peter Schilling"s "Major Tom (Coming Home)"

1985

Bob Ross' The Joy of Painting

Monster trucks

Mick Jagger and David Bowie's version of "Dancing in the Street"

Calvin Klein's Obsession

The Legend of Billie Jean

Phil Collins' No Jacket Required

Joe Theismann gets his leg broken on Monday Night Football

My Buddy

"Weird Al" Yankovic

Just One of the Guys

The Subway Vigilante

Sour Patch Kids

Brewster's Millions

Sally Field's Academy Awards speech

DeBarge's "Rhythm of the Night"

Spies Like Us

Rocky IV

"Movies That Should Have Been in 3-D" of 1985: Gotcha!, Witness

Teen Idols of 1985: Michael J. Fox, Val Kilmer, Matthew Modine

Best On-screen Hookup of 1985: Molly Ringwald and Judd Nelson in The Breakfast Club

Biggest Boob of 1985: David Lee Roth goes solo and parts ways with Van Halen

Hot Moms of 1985: Lea Thompson (Back To The Future), Cher (Mask), Kelly McGillis (Witness)

Pop culture Term of 1985: Dweeb (noun)

Guilty/Not Guilty of 1985: Tipper Gore and the PMRC for the Parental Advisory Stickers

End Credit Video is Starship's "We Built This City"

1986

Back to School

Love Connection

Madballs

Jermaine Stewart's "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off"

Murder, She Wrote

Muammar al-Gaddafi

The Color of Money

Short Circuit

Snuggle

Not Necessarily the News

Memorex tapes

Lucas

Head of the Class

Heart

Halley's Comet

¡Three Amigos!

Movies of 1986: Pretty In Pink, Aliens, Cobra

Teen Idols of 1986: Malcolm Jamal Warner (The Cosby Show), Andrew McCarthy (Pretty in Pink), River Phoenix (Stand by Me)

Best On-screen Hookup of 1986: Mallory and Nick on Family Ties

Biggest Boob of 1986: Geraldo Rivera and the opening of Al Capone's vault on live TV

Hot Moms of 1986: Cindy Pickett (Ferris Bueller's Day Off), Deidre Hall (Our House), Judith Light (Who's the Boss?)

Pop culture Term of 1986: Poser (noun)

Guilty/Not Guilty of 1986: Don Johnson for his song and video "Heartbeat"

End Credit video is Stacey Q's "Two of Hearts"

1987

Predator

Oral Roberts asks for $8,000,000

Max Headroom

Billy Idol's version of "Mony Mony"

The Legend of Zelda

Moonstruck

Baby Jessica falls down a well

Lee Press-On nails

Throw Momma from the Train

Microwave oven

Ozone depletion

Spenser: For Hire

Black Monday

Mannequin

The bolo tie

Cutting Crew's "(I Just) Died in Your Arms"

Kelly Le Brock Pantene advertisements

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Lethal Weapon

Movies of 1987: Ishtar, Roxanne, Three Men and a Baby

Teen Idols of 1987: Patrick Dempsey, Kirk Cameron, Johnny Depp

Best On-screen Hookup of 1987: Michael Douglas and Glenn Close from Fatal Attraction

Biggest Boob of 1987: the people of Italy electing former porn star Ilona Staller into Parliament

Hot Moms of 1987: Anne Schedeen (ALF), Katey Sagal (Married... with Children), Mel Harris (Thirtysomething)

Pop culture Term of 1987: Skank

Guilty/Not Guilty of 1987: Tammy Faye Bakker for wearing too much makeup

End Credit video is LeVert's "Casanova"

1988

Twins

The party line/1-900 Numbers

Cher and Rob Camiletti

Buster Poindexter's version of "Hot Hot Hot"

Cocktail and The Beach Boys "Kokomo"

Micro Machines

Lita Ford's "Kiss Me Deadly"

Unsolved Mysteries

Midnight Run

Jimmy the Greek's racist comments

Midnight Oil's "Beds Are Burning"

The rattail

The Morton Downey, Jr. Show

It's Garry Shandling's Show

Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!

Tanning beds

Rod Stewart's "Forever Young"

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Movies of 1988: Rain Man, Caddyshack II, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

Teen Idols of 1988: The Two Coreys, Michael Hutchence (INXS), Jason Bateman

Best On-screen Hookup of 1988: Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, and Kevin Costner in Bull Durham

Biggest Boob of 1988: Dan Quayle's ineptness ("potatoe")

Hot Moms of 1988: Demi Moore (pregnant on Vanity Fair), Katherine Helmond (Who's the Boss?), Joanna Kerns (Growing Pains)

Pop culture Term of 1988: P.C. (Politically Correct)

Guilty/Not Guilty of 1988: Sherman Hemsley (The Jeffersons) making a spin-off show Amen

End Credit video is The Escape Club's "Wild, Wild West"

1989

Rescue 911

The Little Mermaid

Fine Young Cannibals' "She Drives Me Crazy"

The Exxon Valdez oil spill

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

Mr. Bean

Leona Helmsley charged with tax evasion

Paula Abdul

Road House

Super Bowl XXIII

The Noid

The hi-top fade haircut

Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses

Parenthood

Kim Basinger buys a town

Ozzy Osbourne and Lita Ford's "Close My Eyes Forever"

The B-2 bomber

Steel Magnolias

Movies of 1989: Turner & Hooch, Dream a Little Dream, UHF

Teen Idols of 1989: New Kids on the Block, Christian Slater, John Cusack

Best On-screen Hookup of 1989: Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally

Biggest Boob of 1989: the RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company inventing the "smokeless" cigarette.

Hot Moms of 1989: Julia Roberts in Steel Magnolias, Kirstie Ally in Look Who's Talking, and Marge Simpson

Pop culture Term of 1989: Have A Cow (phrase)

Guilty/Not Guilty of 1989: CBS executives for first-degree brain slaughter

End Credit Video is Skid Row's "18 and Life"