1980 brought us such hits as Christopher Cross' "Sailing," Kristy McNichol was in Little Darlings, and the sci-fi hit Buck Rogers and the 25th Century rode the airwaves.
In 1982, movie theaters featured First Blood and Tron, Ripley's Believe It or Not was on our TV sets, and BMX biking, Betamax vs. VHS, and EPCOT were pop culture highlights.
The 1983 edition looks at the movies D.C. Cab and Terms of Endearment, TV shows Reading Rainbow and St. Elsewhere, radio's Quiet Riot, bookstores' Truly Tasteless Jokes, and the rise of the Jheri curl.
The 1984 edition looks at television's Snorks and TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes, the movies Police Academy and Children of the Corn, Doug Flutie's football miracles, and the overuse of hair mousse.
The 1986 edition focuses on television's Murder, She Wrote and Love Connection, the cinema's Back to School and Short Circuit, music group Heart, and the excitement surrounding the return of Halley's Comet.
