Flashback to 1985 - A Timeline of Life in America

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[@georgewallace3106]

I graduated in 1985 and looked forward to the future now I just want to go back, life was so much better to then and we never realized it.

[@ShelbyFarrow]

I graduated in 1984 and I agree that those days were so much better. I'd go back in an instant if I could.

[@brucebay]

I absolutely totally agree!!!

[@robdykejr]

@@ShelbyFarrow : I blame Brandon for all the current failures that are happening in America. But truly he has been failing since 1984,so reality not much has changed. 🤔😆

[@sandclann]

I agree. I graduated in 85

[@JPCrespo]

@@robdykejr trump ass licker go back to truth social.

[@jrussellcase]

If you'd told me when I was 14 that I'd enjoy a sitcom with 4 old ladies I'd have told you you were crazy. But I did, Golden Girls was hilarious. RIP Betty White.

[@noble604]

Lol The funny thing is how much 50 has changed. Blanche was about 50yrs old in real life when the show started. That would be like a show now with Jennifer Lopez and Jennifer Aniston as the old ladies lol.

[@jenniferhansen3622]

@@noble604 😆🤣😄

[@noble604]

Jennifer Hansen - Lol Both Betty White and Bea Arthur were about 63 when Golden Girls started. 63 now is Madonna and Ellen DeGeneres. Lol times have changed.

[@jenniferhansen3622]

@@noble604 It's so funny to think about it 😄

[@jaminova_1969]

@@noble604 I would totally watch that! Throw in Mariah for fun!

[@dkwoodsy2082]

I graduated in 85. What a great time. Things were starting to get complicated since I was growing up, and yet, it was a simpler time. And don’t even get me started on being a kid in the 70s and early 80s. That was a great time to grow up. Didn’t realize it then, but now I can see that.

[@LittleTut]

Nothing like the 80's, music, videos and computers weren't even a mainstay in homes like now. I too graduated 1985 in Washington, DC. 😊

[@myalfie]

The year I started work 29/4/1985, I retired on 26/10/2021 how time flies!!!

[@ShirleyDeeDesigns]

Lucky you! I started working in 1975 and don’t retire until 2028!

[@hollyking2580]

If I ever win Powerball, I would pay all of my winnings to relive one week in the 1980s.

[@SMac-bq8sk]

Wow, you know the value of time, versus that of money. Good on you!👍

[@texasred2702]

Well...I sure wish I could go back to 1985 and buy real estate in Seattle, Austin and Brooklyn and invest in Microsoft and Apple.

[@allenperreault7825]

I graduated high school in 1985, a week after my dad had passed from cancer. I lost my mom to the same disease in 1993.

[@thomasburnspa]

Godspeed.

[@trixie9777]

♥️♥️

[@1985OldSkool]

The Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1985 include... JAN 5-26: Madonna - Like a Virgin (also #1 DEC 22-29, 1984) FEB 2-9: Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is FEB 16-MAR 2: Wham (Ft. George Michael) - Careless Whisper MAR 9-23: REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling MAR 30-APR 6: Phil Collins - One More Night APR 13-MAY 4: USA for Africa - We Are the World MAY 11: Madonna - Crazy for You (from "Vision Quest") MAY 18: Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) (from "The Breakfast Club") MAY 25-JUNE 1: Wham! - Everything She Wants JUNE 8-15: Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World JUNE 22-29: Bryan Adams - Heaven JULY 6: Phil Collins - Sussudio JULY 13-20: Duran Duran - A View to a Kill (from the film of the same name) JULY 27: Paul Young - Everytime You Go Away AUG 3-17: Tears for Fears - Shout AUG 24-31: Huey Lewis & the News - The Power of Love (from "Back to the Future") SEPT 7-14: John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire (from the film of the same name) SEPT 21-OCT 5: Dire Straits - Money for Nothing OCT 12: Ready for the World - Oh, Sheila OCT 19: a-ha - Take On Me OCT 26: Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love for You NOV 2: Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover NOV 9: Jan Hammer - Miami Vice theme NOV 16-23: Starship - We Built This City NOV 30: Phil Collins/Marilyn Martin - Seperate Lives (from "White Nights") DEC 7-14: Mr. Mister - Broken Wings DEC 21-28: Lionel Richie - Say You, Say Me (from "White Nights") (also #1 JAN 4-11, 1986)

[@InFltSvc]

I graduated in 82 and I remember all these very well. We were lucky to live in the 70’s and 80’s . They really were the best of times for my generation. America was in a much better place back then and jobs were all over, even in a small farm town I lived in. We had textiles, pencil factories and two large malls, (one has recently been removed but you could always get a job) a small country store up town, small ice cream and sandwich shop and every weekend the farmers would sell their goods.. Now that place is sad. We never had shootings. I do remember however, the Tylenol scare and it was a HUGE thing and it started the “seal everything movement”. We had great TV and movies and family got together for dinner every night. We waited to watch shows that came on. I was just telling my mother the other day how she use to require us to call her from the pay phone before and after the move at the mall and we would go to the arcade room and deposit quarters to play a game. And we got our soda from glass bottles that we had to return to get a nickel back. We played outside, went on a lot of great picnics, went camping, swimming and did not have air conditioning so we went to sleep with the windows open at night and we just dealt with it. We never had to wear helmets and padding to ride our bikes and we climbed tress and made forts in the forest and we turned out just fine. Yes sir! I would go back and do it again if I could. We were very lucky to have lived then. It truly was a much better time not only for me, but for our country. My first job was at a mall working for McDonald’s and then the Gap. My generation has seen so much from technology advancements to all manner of disasters. Yet it was still a great time to be American! Every time you turned the TV on back then you would see commercials for, made in America! or the words in the USA!. it really was about our country! Things were not at all instant and we waited for the night of the week movies to come on. But then ,unfortunately, greed took over when Kmart came into play followed by Walmart and nothing but ‘made in China’. Here we are today in 2022 where the networks are openly at each other‘s throat’s and the country is divided not to mention morals and values have gone straight to hell. I’m glad I grew up during that time. I have very fond memories of holidays, season changes and summer vacations. The kids today hide behind a machine all day long, it’s so sad what has happened to humanity. It’s also disgraceful what’s happening to our country and our government. I feel sorry for the new generations of kids it’s just terrible. God Bless all of us ! Our country needs God brought back into it, not removed.

[@michaeldowdell2005]

This!!!!

[@johnfloore9799]

agreed

[@TheODLawson23]

100% agreed! I was born in 1981 and was very luck to have lived in the 80's and 90's.

[@johnfloore9799]

@@TheODLawson23 1978 here. I really do think the 80's and 90's were a golden age in America. But I can still remember my parents and grandparents at the time reminiscing about the 50's and 60's as the high water mark for American civilization, but I don't buy it: too much strife and not enough peace and prosperity for everyone. The 80's and 90's had both like we had never seen before (or since.) Then it all started to change after NAFTA passed, (not that that was the only factor) but it impoverished a lot of the country.

[@kimberlygriffin5012]

Well said! I graduated in 84 and life was awesome!

[@ShelbyFarrow]

I was 19 in 1985 and I remember a lot about that year but I don't remember the plane crash. I loved Back to the Future and I would always tell my Dad that he should watch it and about 20 years later he finally watched it and he really liked it! Actually I watched all three Back to the Future movies with him.

[@steveholder1956]

Became a proud DAD in December of 1985 , My Son is my Greatest Achievement in my 65 years on this earth . I'm a Proud Pop and Grand Father . To GOD I give the Glory !!

[@evierodriguez82]

I was only 3 in '85. I don't have any memories from this time. Just seeing this and realizing how life was, makes me nostalgic. Simpler times! ❤

[@sherrielynn5761]

Being born in 1975 I truly miss my childhood so much my parents did such a good job keeping me and my siblings happy

[@davidsquires154]

The year, I started working was on April 28, 1985. It was at Kmart in Mt. Clemens, Michigan. The name of the song 🎵, "We are the world ",and I was working at Kmart. I remember when the Golden Girls 👧came on TV. RIP Betty White.

[@ProCoach2373]

I recall my Dad letting me stay up late to watch game 7 of the World Series. I was a huge Royals fan and it was super exciting! I would've been 8. My son turns 7 soon, so it's sentimental for sure.

[@InFltSvc]

That’s a beautiful thing ! I am sure you will make those memories with you son to pass it one …God Bless you and the family

[@ShelbyFarrow]

That game sucked!!! I was a huge Cardinals fan and as I remember the Royals beat the Cards about 11-0 or so? I can never forgive the Royals for beating my Cards in that series. lol

[@dkwoodsy2082]

@@ShelbyFarrow That Denkinger call still pisses me off! I live about 28 miles from StL. Life long Cards fan.

[@freddyhoyt1849]

This brings back memories I was in high school in 1985 I was 16 years old

[@djbigpean]

Videos that I like for 1985, the Phil Collins movement, Suessudio, and Easy Lover. Whitney Houston's, the greatest love of All. Ah-ha"s Take on me, Debarge, Rhythm of the night, Wham, Careless whisper.

[@joeheid4757]

I graduated in 85. Started college that year too. What memories.

[@timmmahhhh]

Same here. Musically Hall and Oates were the biggest band of the decade until this year, then they seemed to just fall off the earth.

[@joeheid4757]

@@timmmahhhh I remember REO was pretty big early in the decade too.

[@timmmahhhh]

@@joeheid4757 yeah REO seemed to fade away the same time.

[@allan9603]

1985 I was in the army stationed at Ft Benning, Georgia. Those were the days!

[@ponolovefarms3926]

I was 13 in Manchester Georgia, we watched back to the future at the Columbus square mall theater

[@karenduell1027]

I was born and raised in Phenix City, Ala. Right across the Chattahoochee River from Columbus, GA and Ft. Benning. Thank you for your service!

[@karenduell1027]

@@ponolovefarms3926 Have plenty of good memories of Columbus Square Mall and the theater, I was born and raised in Phenix City, AL right across the river. Now live in the Florida panhandle.

[@doloreskrisky7710]

Dec. 31, 1985. The day Rick Nelson and his entire SCB band perished in a burning plane. One of the most underrated, influential singers/songwriters of his time. RIP

[@ShelbyFarrow]

Yes, I so remember that night. My Mom and I were visiting my aunt and uncle for the holidays back east and my aunt come out into the living where we were watching the TV and she said she had just heard on the radio that Ricky Nelson had died in a plane crash.

[@Nieve_1231]

On my 6th birthday! RIP to Rick Nelson and his bandmates. 🕊️❤️

[@dougmorris9317]

The weekend that Back to the Future premiered, my little sister asked me to take her to see it. We both loved it. I told my girlfriend at the time we should go see it, the next weekend we went to the same hometown theater and the line was around the block. I hadn't seen something like that since Star Wars. PS, I'm the same age as Michael J Fox. 😏

[@jenniferhansen3622]

Love those movies!!

[@zymaymyn]

Also in 1985: Warner Brothers releases "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" and "Follow That Bird". 8-seeded Villanova upsets top ranked Georgetown to win the 1985 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. Wink Martindale leaves "Tic Tac Dough" for the Merv Griffin produced "Headline Chasers". Dick Ebersol leaves SNL, then Lornes Michaels returned with an all-new cast. "227" premiered the same night as "The Golden Girls". Pete Rose becomes the all-time MLB hits leader. DNA is first used in a criminal case. Rock Hudson dies of AIDS. Ricky Nelson dies in a plane crash. "Mr. Belvedere", "Amazing Stories", "MacGyver", "Growing Pains", "The Equalizer", "West 57th" and "Spenser: For Hire" premiered "The Twilight Zone" is revived. "Small Wonder" premiered in syndication. "It's a Living" returned the same way. Phil Collins releases "No Jacket Required" and went on to win the Grammy for Best Album of 1985.

[@gregorygriffin6341]

One profound moment after another. Just all but 7 going on 8 and yet, I remember so much.

[@mattmaverick703]

Also forgot Ford released the car of the future the new Ford Taurus. And also Sega introduced the Sega Master System to compete with the NES which actually came out in 1983 not 85. As well as the New Chevy Astro and Ford Aerostar mini vans to join the minivan craze. The beginning of government mandating all new cars had 3rd rear brake lights and fuel injection engines as well.

[@aprilskutt974]

In 1985 I was 17 years old. Dang. I feel old.

[@DavidMorgan-zg9pl]

Hello 👋🏿how are you doing?

[@jchow5966]

This was a fun year!!!!! I would 💟 to go back for a few months.

[@1mespud]

Wow! 1985 was very pivotal for me. I became a father. And as a "girl dad", the reality that from now on, I'm now responsible for the mortality and welfare of a whole human life that's depending on me. Very eye opening. Over the years, she taught me how to be her father. Not bad!

[@InFltSvc]

Good for you ! I bet you did a fantastic job! The family unit is missing in this new generation. I really believe we came from the last best decades in America and I can only hope that morals, ethics and the love of family makes a come back …

[@terrybonfiglio-lopez4936]

It was an awesome year to become a parent! I’m trying to wrap my head around having an almost 37 year old! A girl mom. ❤️

[@troymadison7082]

Thanks for making me feel old.

[@patsyheart2630]

Wonderful. Loved the 80's. I was 11 in '85. Never missed an episode of Moonlighting.

[@stuartpickles6907]

RIP BETTY WHITE

[@deborahchesser7375]

I wish these were way longer, I wish the 80’s were much longer too, what blast we had 🐾✌️🇺🇸

[@BillboardPenguin]

A young lady with whom I went to school was among those who perished in that December 12th Arrow Air crash. Her name was Virginia Word.

[@trixie9777]

❤️

[@juliejackman2649]

That was the year I was a sophomore in high school. Such a different world back then.

[@brianjohnson2905]

Same... I am 52. Nor tty hern Rural life. , swimming in rivers, camping out on weed him . No phones, free SG on to really err enjoy summers out if school. 87 grad

[@jenniferhansen3622]

I was 8 years old. I watched the Golden Girls even though I was too young to understand some of the jokes. They had such chemistry and I loved watching!

[@dustbunee2007]

I'm only a year older than you. When I was a kid, I loved spending the night with my favorite aunt (who passed away in August of 2014). My aunt and I would do a snacking tray, and one of the shows we watched while we had our snacking tray was "The Golden Girls". With all four of the main cast members from that show in heaven now, I figure that Rose is boring them with another St. Olaf story, Sophia is starting off a sentence with "Picture it, Sicily...(fill in the year)", Dorothy is shaking her head in embarrassment, and Blanche is fantasizing about spending a night in the sack with some big-time male celebrity.

[@jenniferhansen3622]

@@dustbunee2007 Aw... I love your thoughts on the girls being together in Heaven! I bet they're eating cheesecake too! Your memory of watching the Golden Girls with your aunt is so sweet 💖💕

[@flohutchison3747]

My daughter was born 8/85. Best year ever

[@deborahpellerito6117]

My daughter born Jan.6th a wonderful miracle

[@staceyl.thienel1499]

You bring back the BEST memories!!!! From Publix, S & H Green Stamps and so much more. THANK YOU!!!!!!

[@RadamesVlogs]

I loveeeeeed the 80s lol

[@valentinaminauro352]

I love the 80s too I was 14 in 84 oh the good old days 🥺🖤💣🔥🌟💎✌️

[@sonyafox3271]

Yes, I still love 80s pop music, I graduated in 86.

[@jimmyjames6267]

1985 i was 23 and married and in the Army, wish i could go back!

[@wesballard7602]

WONDERFUL! Thank You!

[@esseel7896]

moonlighting was great

[@otherworlder1]

Like many here, I graduated high school in 1985. What a decade. What a year 🥰🤗

[@DavidMorgan-zg9pl]

Hello 👋🏿how are you doing?

[@chrisbondio2394]

Thank you. I really appreciate your "events of the year' videos.

[@SMac-bq8sk]

Smack dab in the middle 80s...and what a year it was.

[@user-kd8hq9wp3h]

THE YEAR I ENTERED THE WORLD 🌎💅🏽 AYEEE A STAR ⭐️ IS BORN 12-4-1985🤣😊🫶🏽🦋✨

[@user-pz1so2xu8j]

1985 also saw the first AIDS drama on TV_ "An Early Frost' with Aidan Quinn, Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazarra and Silvia Sydney. Still one of the best AIDS films of all time.

[@justsumguy2u]

One of the things I remember about the mid 80's was that car technology was rapidly changing. For example in 1985, you could get a Chevy Cavalier with modern front wheel drive and a fuel-injected engine, or you could get an old-school Chevy Caprice with rear wheel drive and a carbureted V8. '85 was a mix of old and new in the automotive world

[@jamesslick4790]

Isuzu Pickups had carbs in 1994!!! My 1989 Cadillac Brougham was a full frame RWD with a carb (Technically it's related to the old RWD Caprice you mentioned, So no surprise, I guess)

[@daleolson3506]

And gm has been going down hill since.

[@jamesslick4790]

@@daleolson3506 As has ALMOST every car company. I would not buy those former "paragons" of durability (ANY European make, MB Volkswagen, Audi, Volvo... IS OFF my list!) Only (certain) American and Asian makes are left on it. (Ok, Mainly FORD for trucks, and Toyota/Lexus for cars....) If someone GAVE me a new Mercedes or Audi or BMW, TOMMOROW morning, My ass is trading that crap for a Lexus by Noon.

[@TheRedDevil_NC]

the best thing in 1985 was Huey Lewis rowing a boat singing happy to be Stuck with You. That about summed up the whole decade

[@1985OldSkool]

Major Professional Sports Champions in 1985: - Super Bowl XIX: San Francisco 49ers 38, Miami Dolphins 16 - Stanley Cup Finals (best-of-seven): Edmonton Oilers 4, Philadelphia Flyers 1 - NBA Finals (best-of-seven): Los Angeles Lakers 4, Boston Celtics 2 - World Series (best-of-seven): Kansas City Royals 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3. ALSO: The Baltimore Stars defeated the Oakland Invaders 28-24 to win their second USFL title (they also won in 1984 as the Philadelphia Stars). The USFL would cease operations the following year, before being resurrected in 2022.

[@MidKid61]

COLLEGE SPORTS CHAMPIONS OF 1985: NCAA Football national champions = Oklahoma NCAA Basketball national champions (men) = Villanova NCAA Basketball national champions (women) = Old Dominion NCAA Hockey national champions = Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NCAA Baseball national champions = Miami (FL)

[@MidKid61]

OTHER SPORTS CHAMPIONS OF 1985: Indianapolis 500 = Danny Sullivan Daytona 500 = Bill Elliott Kentucky Derby = Spend A Buck Preakness = Tank's Prospect Belmont Stakes = Creme Fraiche Masters = Bernhard Langer PGA Championship = Hubert Green US Open (Golf) = Andy North British Open = Sandy Lyle Wimbledon = Martina Navratilova and Boris Becker Australian Open = Martina Navratilova and Stefan Edberg French Open = Chris Evert and Mats Wilander US Open (Tennis) = Hana Mandlikova and Ivan Lendl PBA Bowler of the year = Mike Aulby US Figure Skating champions = Tiffany Chen and Brian Boitano

[@sandrajohnson2489]

I loved the show MoonLighting.

[@user-vm5ud4xw6n]

We transferred to Hawaii in 1984 and in 1985 I was hired on as a civil service nurse in TAMC OR working with anesthesia. It was the best job of my career! HI is my favorite place and I hated leaving it. Husband was retiring and he wanted to come home. Up north where it was crazy cold and had snow!! Ugh!!

[@DjSportsGirl86]

All of them of the Golden Girls are all gone

[@jenniferhansen3622]

💔😔

[@Jarhead1313]

I was in 2nd grade back in 1985, I wish I could go back to that era...

[@Rsapp45]

I took graduated in 1985, and went into the Navy. Boot camp is where I saw New Coke first time. Things were better back then. Since then I have lost many loved ones , I have seen the decline of our country, and Social Media destroy and divide our country. Wish it was 1985 again, willing to go through boot camp all over again

[@bengalsfan97]

I can’t believe that you didn’t cover the Live Aid Event held that July in Philadelphia and London

[@haroldsmith1213]

in my mind 1985 was 3 days ago but this shows how time just speeds bye,kind of sad,actually.but i do remember🤔

[@pernelldh]

Also in 1985… Nickelodeon launched Nick at Nite, a nighttime program service for classic TV reruns.

[@jenniferhansen3622]

I miss Nick at Nite.

[@1985OldSkool]

The program service is originally known as "Nickelodeon presents Nick at Nite" during its early years. Here is the first-ever Nick at Nite program lineup on weeknights: 8 pm ET/PT - Dennis the Menace 8:30 pm ET/PT - The Donna Reed Show 9 pm ET/PT - The Nick at Nite Movie 11 pm ET/PT - Route 66 If there is anything that I got wrong, please tell me about it, and I will gladly fix it. Thank you.

[@pernelldh]

We love the old Nick at Nite the way it was!

[@mattanderson6336]

1985 was a watershed year. After working in Minneapolis/St. Paul for 13 years I got laid off on the railroad but was able to transfer to another locomotive shop in western Nebraska. The job was the same but the lifestyle was like walking into another world.

[@tedharrington5432]

I have to say that the Year 1985, is my second favorite year of my life...so far.

[@jameshusentoff2953]

What’s your favorite

[@FredGSanford.]

My guess is 1992.

[@kimberlygriffin5012]

Wow, I remember all of those! In fact, my husband and I went on our first date to see Back to the Future. We also bought our Nintendo unit right after we got married in 1987. We would kind of race each other home to get to the game first 😄. Golden Girls was one of my favorite shows and I loved The Color Purple. I never wore my seat belt before the law came into effect here, but a year before it did I fell asleep at the wheel and ran into a ditch narrowly missing a large oak tree. For some unknown reason I had put my seatbelt on about 30 minutes beforehand. Needless to say, I was all for the law where many others protested. Thanks for the memories

[@DavidMorgan-zg9pl]

Hello 👋🏿how are you doing?

[@bearforce187]

I was 20 in 1985, those were really such great times. Back to the Future just seemed like such a cool movie when it came out. Funny I am watching Golden Girls re-runs on Disney + and was amazed Betty White was 99, sad she did not quite make it to 100, RIP Betty.

[@jchow5966]

Very nice & well made episode.

[@sharonsomers]

It was a wonderful year, I remember all of it.

[@arturoalmazan5262]

Fun times back then . I was 13 years old. barely a teen. Wrestlemania was the first major wrestling event that changed the landscape in the sport. The national wrestling alliance had Starccade before but it wasn't watched by many. the music ; the movies wow . back to the future . the golden girls all are no longer with us. RIP Betty white

[@Outdoor-Avenger]

Wow I did not realize all this stuff happened the year I was born. I am proud to be born in 1985 February that is.

[@patcurrie9888]

Met my wife working at McD's. Still going in 2023.

[@originalkingalpha5116]

Congratulations, Brother! 🍻✌🏽

[@AJ17_]

How did you forget Live Aid on July 13? It was the biggest concert of the year, broadcast around the world & the first simultaneous transatlantic concert, taking place in both London & Philadelphia. Phil Collins even did a stunt playing in London, then hopped on the Concorde and flew to Philly to perform there as well.

[@kyliepechler]

Yes, I wondered why he left the Live Aid concert out, that was such a significant event to happen that year.

[@NOLAgenX]

One of the most significant events of the century, and it is missing! 🤔

[@memyselfandifarmer]

high school grad year. joy!

[@MillerMeteor74]

For us, 1985 was the year of our big family move. I've never driven on any of Route 66, and never knew that it started or ended in Chicago. I always assumed it went straight across the Southwest, and maybe into Missouri or somewhere. I'll have to look it up. I love the "Back to the Future" movies.

[@joelfrombethlehem]

On July 13th, Live Aid happened at Philadelphia's JFK Stadium and London, England's Wembley Stadium.

[@pernelldh]

Also in 1985… Time Machine, hosted by John Davidson premiered on NBC. Small Wonder premiered in Syndication. Star Games premiered in Syndication.

[@johnnyk8211]

I remember 1985 I was in highschool it was the best times ever

[@sarahsimpkins1311]

I Remember on Saturday night we use to Watch 227 and the Golden girls.

[@Nieve_1231]

I began kindergarten in 1985! 😂 Time was so much different and simpler than it is now...

[@azmike1]

I was 30. It was indeed a very colorful year. It was full steam ahead.

[@stevegold2784]

Great year and times. Graduated H.S. in June 85. Both parents alive and grandparents. No cell phones. Cool cars like Irocs and vette were restyled a year earlier. Best decade many would agree👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@johncoxmastercartoonist9390]

The year kids were introduced to Kidsongs and relieved that the adults on Sesame Street believed that Snuffy was real.

[@artmont9043]

ahhh 1985 I was graduating from liberty Blvd. elementary school in South Gate CA. 🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@gillboardman8998]

I get my kicks on route 66.

[@sergioleone3583]

Graduated high school that year. Lived a block away from Route 66 (Foothill Blvd in Upland, CA).

[@DS-gg1pb]

1985 was a great year for me. My best friend had a girlfriend, at the time, that I got along very well with. The three of us had great times together. The sad thing was, they broke up, the following year, on Valentine's Day, Friday, February 14, 1986.

[@cm1133]

The year I graduated from high school!

[@lightningblue648]

I wish I could get a Delorean complete with a Mr. Fusion, set it to 1985, and destroy it upon arrival. I’d love to see my family again all younger, healthier, and happier. It just seems like such a better time.

[@yevettebamber4273]

tears....I had my whole life ahead of me....what happened! If your young and reading this, go grab the world by the balls and make your mark! DON"T wait just DO IT!!! Oh, and SAVE every penny you can.

[@jameshusentoff2953]

1985 is repeating. Katie bush song topping the charts and top gun is a top movie.

[@rjc7289]

A few memories of 1985 come to mind. One of the more vivid ones was the introduction of New Coke and what an uproar that caused. I was glad when the original formula came back a couple months later. That was also the year when Motley Crue released their landmark album Theatre Of Pain, and I remember hearing their cover of "Smokin' In The Boys Room" all over FM radio. By the start of that year, I was all about a certain toy line we all know and love -- The Transformers. I got my first 3 Transformers the previous x-mas of 1984, and 1985 added more robots to my collection, most notably the Aerialbots gift pack which I found under the x-mas tree that year. Fall of 1985 marked the start of 8th grade, so it wouldn't be too much longer before I entered that awkward transition phase between kid and teenager. That said, 1985 was arguably the last year I felt that real visceral sense of joy and care-free happiness that we all feel as kids before the oncoming responsibilities of growing up eventually squash that out. Oh, and before I forget, for those of us who grew up in the southern New Jersey / Philly area, 1985 I believe was the year that marked the debut of a late-night show on NBC called Saturday Night Dead that aired on Sunday mornings at 1 AM right after Saturday Night Live was over. Stella, the host of the show and self-proclaimed "maneater of Manayunk", was sort of like an Elvira / Svengoolie knock-off who performed goofy skits and introduced corny b-movie horror flicks. I saw quite a few goofy horror movies on that show that I haven't seen since, that is of course if I dared to stay up that late! God bless 1985 and all the awesome memories that came with it!

[@9_of_9]

I was in the military in Europe in 85. Pretty much missed everything.

[@ynp1978]

No problem mentioning a ship wreck....and that might have been the most lucrative find of all time. But on September 1st 1985 the location of the most famous ship wreck of all time was made by Dr. Robert Ballard in the North Atlantic south of the Grand Banks. It was the first time in 73 years anyone had seen the legendary R.M.S. Titanic!

[@t.brannan6940]

Thanks for mentioning this, I was going to if no one else did.

[@CJODell12]

The premiere of The Golden Girls was actually the #1 show of the week, bringing in a 25.0/43 rating/share. It actually pushed The Cosby Show to second place for the week, which had a 24.6/40 rating/share. 227 premiered right after The Golden Girls and it ranked third for the week, with a 23.8/40 rating/share.

[@ugaais]

Sophomore year of high school for me great time to be a teen

[@okie-kan9240]

Oh I loved the show "Moon Lighting".

[@DavidMorgan-zg9pl]

Hello 👋🏿 how are you doing?

[@DavidMorgan-zg9pl]

Hello 👋🏿how are you doing?

[@LittleTut]

1985, the year I graduated senior high school in Washington, D.C. The music, the best damn music! Nothing like the 80's movies, music, aerobics exercise with leg warmers and tight leotards that women would wear, neon color hair. Surprised this video didn't speak of the music scene. ⚡⚡⚡⚡🤾🏻‍♂️🤸🏽‍♀️🤸🏻‍♂️⚡⚡⚡

[@formica.]

"Desperately Seeking Susan". Separated, moved from ennui in Los Angeles to new beginnings in Boston. "My Life as as Dog"

[@RandyDubin]

Nice to see what was going on the year I was born....

[@diamondtiara84]

It seems like the 1980's was a combination decade, a modern time that progressed, yet was still grounded in values of the past. After that, the foundation got shaky, then collapsed, and we're left with the mess we have today.

[@AdRock]

80s was the last great decade in America. Values have been lost since then. This is why so many people want to make America great again… it’s not political.

[@luke125]

Big time

[@ElectrickSoundz]

Good times too

[@danielpoole1494]

!985 was my best year ever

[@mariacardenas4665]

Interesting story

[@RichardinNC1]

A good year for me with my career taking off, owning my first new car and more. I loved Moonlighting and Back To The Future. Never got into Golden Girls but did watch it on occasion. My much younger sister had the Nintendo.

[@gimmethepinkelephant3685]

Damn! Ya go all the way from Egypt to New Foundland, and then take off from New Foundland to Kentucky just to get a mile from the runway in Kentucky and stall out and crash. It's weird how some of these things play out.

[@gimmethepinkelephant3685]

I played the hell out of Nintendo and Mario Bros.... Still to this day I never beat the damn thing though.😆 Now a days I finish my games...lol! And yes, even at 45 I still play them.

[@marlenetrujillo2212]

I was still in the Navy

[@elwin38]

Turned 17 in 1985. Finally learned how to drive and got my license. Started my Senior yr in high school. Hated the new Coke. 🤢🤬.

[@originalkingalpha5116]

📌I was 10 years old, and I would pay a fortune to go back in time only if you all were there to share it with me!🤸🏽‍♂️🎈