Memories of 1983 Where Were You ?

[@charzipuddin6129]

I was 14 in 1983 lol. Interesting to see all the old stuff again😄

[@michaeloneill1648]

Was born in 1983. Great time to be born, the early eighties.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Sure was my friend… thanks for watching

[@denal0u]

I was still in Elementary school. But remember all this.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Thank you Dena !!! :)

[@marathonfortruth4768]

January 1983: I just was hired at a publishing company. My first career position. Michael Jackson’s Bille Jean was climbing the charts. Dad was still with us, for another 3 years anyways. Prime of my life.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Thanks so much !

[@InformationIsTheEdge]

Sorry to hear about your Dad. I hope your publishing career was a success.

[@PhuckHue2]

Did you have a VCR? Those fuckers were $500 back then

[@jenynz5334]

I was 7. I had a Cabbage Patch doll, but I had to wait a couple of years for my parents to give in to spending that much for it 😁

[@Johnnyboy792]

LMAO !!!!

[@jchow5966]

Jne kf my favorite years.

[@chsweep]

@Johnnyboy792 Just so you know, you're work is incredibly important and valued by those of us who watch it. When I'm having a crap day, I simply watch one of your videos, go back in time, and relax... It saves me a fortune on psychotherapy... So keep up the good work! You're the best!!! No, seriously!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Ritabug34]

I couldn't agree more

[@Thomas116-m2n]

Wow! I checked in to look at some older ones again and found 1983! I love these; they're such great history lessons....and memories. Oh, and Elizabeth Shue.......

[@Johnnyboy792]

I agree what a cutie Thomas... a year later.. we would all know her :)

[@GucciGambino1967]

Hes done it again!! I was in 10th grade back then and remember all those events!!

[@Bill23799]

Hey Johnny Boy. For most of 1983 I was still serving in the US Army. My last 7 months I was an AIT instructor at the " Lance Missile " school located at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. I had plans to start a Professional Photography Studio with a civilian partner in Houston, Texas when I got out of the Army in Aug 1983. Every weekend I would drive my 1982 Ford Pinto ( Chariots of Fire ) from Lawton, Oklahoma to Houston, Texas to help my partner get the business setup. It was an 8 hour drive. I would leave Houston Sunday at 10 pm and get to Fort Sill about 6 am in time for PT.

[@marine43]

I was in Marine bootcamp! ; ) Thanks as usual Johnny !

[@TampaFanatic1]

Great movies in '83: Trading Places, Sudden Impact, Matthew Broderick and Alley Sheedy in Wargames, Return of the Jedi (RIP Carrie Fisher), among others! BTW, who else owned a Commodore 64 with the cassette tape drive?????

[@Johnnyboy792]

I came late to getting a computer 2001 LOL

[@damianlatimer6472]

What about Ten To Midnight?

[@JesseH76]

Excellent job putting this video time capsule together. They're always so fun to watch this year in review without narration. It doesn't need it! Thanks, Johnnyboy for letting us go back to better times. I was 6 years old going on 7.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Hey Wild Man ! Thanks for stepping into the time machine !nAll the best !

[@jenynz5334]

I turned 7 that year too 🙂

[@dukeandusnewbeginnings6176]

Wow! Karen Carpenter was the first one. I did a 12 page term paper on that because of her. Love your uploads!!!

[@thrashpondopons2776]

Your up to '83!?! Oh No! We're Running out of cool years! Pretty soon you'll be in the (I don't even want to say it!) 21st century! Well... that's the problem with nostalgia, it's good while it lasts! Thanks as always! Your posts always manage to brighten my day!

[@Johnnyboy792]

.... and Nostalgia ain't what it used to be Thrashpondo !!! LOL Thank you !

[@RadioHamGuy]

Enjoyed as always, thanks again! I was one year out of high school, remember almost all of these clips though. Lot of memories again.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Many thanks my friend !!!

[@melaniemills4505]

Another great video, Johnny! I had my oldest son in 1983. 😎

[@Johnnyboy792]

That's why I made it :):):)

[@swisscamperronniecool5419]

Just discovered your fantastic time travel vlog 👍👍👍 will binge view it Thanks for sharing

[@Johnnyboy792]

Be careful Ronnie... you may start breaking out & reaching for the pimple cream again :)

[@swisscamperronniecool5419]

@@Johnnyboy792 😂😂😂 thanks for the warning (it must have happened to you)

[@Johnnyboy792]

@@swisscamperronniecool5419 :)

[@scottwilliams4483]

Thank you Johnnyboy. Great as usual.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Back at you Scott ! Thank you !

[@RiteanDan]

You’re back! Excellent! Thank you!

[@TampaFanatic1]

Seeing Sally Ride talk about her flight on Challenger was kind of sad for me as I remember being a college student in FL on a very cold January 1986 morning in Tampa (25F that morning, lots of ice everywhere) and I remember seeing a flash in the Eastern sky. We would soon learn that it was the Challenger exploding with all aboard lost including Christa Mcauliffe who was to be the first teacher in space. Extremely sad.

[@Johnnyboy792]

So true... 1986 is going to bum me out :(

[@troyhonda71]

Thank you again Johnny!

[@coopert68]

Thanks, Johnnyboy792 for all the great vids that you put together. You always have nuggets of gold in each one of these vids. Keep up the great work and thanks again for the memories

[@Johnnyboy792]

Hi Tim ! Hope all is going well with you and you stay safe too my friend :)

[@coopert68]

Ok officially jonesin. Any new vids your working on? or am i missing them? Hope all is well. I keep watching your videos over and over. All are Awesome

[@keithhyde5961]

Well Johnny, you did it again! Great job and as always, thank you!

[@Johnnyboy792]

Hey Keith ! Thanks for taking the time... I hope it took you back !!! Go Islanders :)

[@keithhyde5961]

@@Johnnyboy792 It sure did, my friend. Go Isles! 👍🍻

[@Johnnyboy792]

@@keithhyde5961 :)

[@keithhyde5961]

@@Johnnyboy792 Before I forget, nice Beefsteak Charlie's commercial! Haven't seen that in years. Cheers! All you need is "Hey Jerry, what's the story?" commercial. Classic!

[@keithhyde5961]

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[@niamhryan9677]

Woo hoo Johnny Boy!!!! You've done it again. Gee. I had forgotten about Trading Places. A brilliant movie. Thanks so much. 💖💖😎

[@Johnnyboy792]

Thanks Niamh ! Eddie Murphy was at his best there ! Thanks so much !

[@troyhonda71]

Somehow I missed this, thank you so much Johnny!

[@evanvorous]

In 1983 I was 19 years old just barely out of high school. Working and living in my very first apartment. 🙂

[@jchow5966]

I remember it so clearly. My 1st year of college. Everything was exciting yet uncertain. Glad i experiemced that time/year as a young adult. Things were not perfect -there were recessions and high interest rates and unemployment but those things did not affect me or my family. They started to take funding awzy from mental illness population ehich dramatically increased homelessness and “just say no” did not do much to fight the huge drug problem. But it was a great time if you wee a young white person from a middle class or upper middle class family.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Thanks for watching !!!

[@Bill23799]

Holy cow!!! The background music they used in that Norelco commercial was also used in the classic era Porn film " Little Girls Blue " ( 1978 ).

[@randallsage6740]

Very nice (glad your back). Hope your good, x-mas, new years is all over, thank goodness. We are looking forward to spring (65/70 degrees in 3 days, flower's growing, tree's growing, very strange winter). Be good, be safe sir !!

[@Johnnyboy792]

Thanks Randall ! Wishing you an awesome year !

[@jeffcobb2734]

May 1983: I graduated HS. August 1983: I began my freshman year of college at West Virginia U!

[@TampaFanatic1]

Me too, except I went to Florida State. Damn how time flies!

[@Ljordan093]

1983- Classic DC and Marvel. ‘Nuff said.

[@mehmet-ve3vc]

Thanks. Don't wait us so much

[@Johnnyboy792]

Patience is a virgin :)

[@damianlatimer5753]

@@Johnnyboy792 virtue

[@Johnnyboy792]

@@damianlatimer5753 Are you sure..... i'm mortifried :)

[@damianlatimer5753]

@@Johnnyboy792 yeah.lol!

[@damianlatimer5753]

mortified.lol!

[@vsmokethon]

Ok I need a smile for today

[@Johnnyboy792]

Many thanks my friend ... all the best !

[@jessemckaig]

Awesome video! Can you do another video about 1997 after you do 1984. 1997 is the year i was born! Thanks! :)

[@Johnnyboy792]

LOL... ill get there eventually Jesse... Remember patience is a virgin :)

[@evelynwilson1566]

I was 8 and living in Scotland. What I remembering that time - the miners' strike a war in some place called the Falkland Islands, Culture Club on Top of the Pops, E.T at the cinema, and lots of freedom to play outside. War Games was such a good film, as we're Trading Places and Educating Rita LOL at young Andrew McCarthy in the Burger King ad. I loved Cheers and Scarecrow and Mrs King

[@robert7984]

This was a great one!

[@cindypruitt9534]

Thanks!

[@measl]

*Damn: I remember the Cabbage Patch dolls! A friend of mine was a loss prevention schmuck in a department store, and they were a daily arrest item for months!*

[@Johnnyboy792]

Confirms what I've always said ... People are crazy LOL

[@measl]

@@Johnnyboy792 *Yeah, try to imagine people stuffing cabbage patch boxes down their pants, thinking nobody will notice. Hilarious!*

[@rachelislen]

I always enjoy your videos. I just wish you would have included a few more made for tv movies. I still miss having those on tv at times

[@Johnnyboy792]

Thanks Sharon. I tried to include the biggie THE DAY AFTER :)

[@JM-yc1nh]

Can we find a way to go back, it's all I want now

[@Johnnyboy792]

Im trying :)

[@djbigpean]

Another great memory, honorable mention, Prince's "Little Red Corvette"!!

[@thrashpondopons2776]

Happy Easter Johnny! Stay Safe!

[@Johnnyboy792]

Many thanks Thrashpondo.... All the best to you and please stay safe !!!

[@jamieturnage4574]

in the 10th grade they were good times

[@Johnnyboy792]

Was that you ? :):):)

[@molinalong3468]

Punky Brewster came out in Miami Vice was debuted

[@patrickmccarron5059]

Jessica Savitch - she died in 1983 - she was in a station wagon that fell in a canal.

[@heyitsania1683]

My mom turned 10 and my dad graduated high school (we don't have seniors back then it just have in 2016)

[@Johnnyboy792]

Thank you Ania !!!

[@Tcbacon03]

Mr Johnny Did you 1982? I can't find it. I know you did 81. Can't wait til you do 1984(year I was born)

[@Johnnyboy792]

They banned it Can Man... trying to think of some way of getting it back on :)

[@Tcbacon03]

@@Johnnyboy792 oh no! Not right. I couldn't wait til you did the 80's. I love your " where were you" videos. My dad was born in 52 and I love ask him about certain events, shows, and songs from your videos. Please continue making these videos. I'm a big fan 😊

[@Johnnyboy792]

@@Tcbacon03 I agree. My Dad.. (Who was born in 1930) told me about going to the movies as a kid and literally staying there for hours. Watching a cartoon, newsreels, a serial, a movie a second feature and another cartoon. All for a quarter. I so wanted to go back in time the way he told it :)

[@Tcbacon03]

@@Johnnyboy792 1983 was awesome 😊

[@Johnnyboy792]

@@Tcbacon03 Thanks Buddy !

[@andrewlankford9634]

At home watching Pertwee Doctor Who repeats, and waiting for ROTJ to come out.

[@molinalong3468]

Celebrities turned into 47 in 1983 Michael Landon ( R I P 1936-1991) Robert Redford Burt Reynolds ( R I P 1936- 2018) Mary Tyler Moore ( R I P 1936-2017) Alan Alda

[@molinalong3468]

Celebrities turned into 46 in 1983 Warren Beatty Loretta Swit Chad Everett ( R I P 1937-2012) Jack Nicholson Billy Dee Williams Bill withers Jane Fonda Dustin Hoffman

[@damianlatimer5753]

and Bill Cosby back when he was cool

[@jchow5966]

Some adults did not like the growth of technology - they said it would take jobs awzy and do and do away with good service/customer service. They were tight. 11:30

[@damianlatimer5753]

you should have included Videodrome in the movies section and Psycho II

[@Oona707]

I was 10 ❤

[@Tcbacon03]

Hi Im just checking in to see when new videos coming out. But under these circumstances nowadays it maybe trying...your videos makes me happy. Are you working on 84-85?

[@GoodFebruarian]

Ah yes, the year when I was born 🤣

[@michaelcantrell5691]

Anyone august 13th 83?

[@Johnnyboy792]

Michael Birthday :)

[@patrickmccarron5059]

LOL - "I don't like their face, but I want one" - funny.

[@mehmet-ve3vc]

I wonder how most people living in USA can be insensitive to these videos. Even though I live in Turkey I have been waiting patiently a new content. Such quality content should be watched much more.

[@SteveHolsten]

My Mom & Stepdad bought my 6 yr old daughter a cabbage patch doll. My Late Ex-wife & I sure couldn't afford to buy her one.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Still don't know what the attraction was Steve LOL

[@SteveHolsten]

@@Johnnyboy792 I agree but the little girls' went nuts over them!

[@johnhepfer4484]

No Dennis Wilson or Tennessee Williams?

[@molinalong3468]

Celebrities turned into 1 in 1983 Alison Brie Nicki Minaj Kelly Clarkson Sophia bush

[@damianlatimer5753]

this was the year i was 8

[@patrickmccarron5059]

Samantha Smith = Poster Child for Soviet Union, she died in 1985 in an airplane crash along with her father.

[@rayman20us]

In popular music, while Micheal Jackson dominated the scene of the early to mid 1980s (and rightfully so), all of the great new artists of the day seem to get left out of these retrospectives. The "new wave" of rock and pop, and the post-punk scene which gave us R.E.M., The Talking Heads, B52s, The Cars, The Cure, the Go-Go's, Squeeze, etc. One other observation, Cheers, in my opinion, stands as the greatest situation comedy of the 1980s.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Putting them in seems to be difficult because KZbin keeps pulling them down :(

[@Kongthao209]

I’m have a GoPro and just one camera view from the body.

[@nukelaloosh4795]

the day after was required watching by our 7th grade teacher

[@Johnnyboy792]

Indoctrination LOL

[@molinalong3468]

Celebrities turned into 2 in 1983 Britney Spears Natalie Portman Justin Timberlake

[@wendywoo2180]

I was living in a trailer park in the middle of nowhere, had baby #3 that summer, cable was being wired into homes, but we lived too far out and only got a few TV channels. I remember seeing Return of the Jedi, Octopussy and War Games. Korean Airlines 007 was shot down by a Russian missile, Philippines President Aquino (returning from exile) was assassinated at the Manila airport right after stepping off the plane, the terrorist bombing of the USMC (and French Army) barracks in Beirut, killing over 200 servicemen.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Thank you for your comments Wendy. I hope life has been kind to you :)

[@danibrown-betz7879]

Graduated from high school

[@Johnnyboy792]

What a cool year !!!

[@SpaceLord2025]

the current education stats would cause permanent vacation instantly!!! beyond bad!!!

[@Johnnyboy792]

Oh damn straight... I understand there isn't one student in the Baltimore public school system that passing basic math :(

[@SpaceLord2025]

@@Johnnyboy792 i like these vids you make sir!!! please make more if you would!!!

[@Johnnyboy792]

@@SpaceLord2025 I would love to buy YT keeps pulling them because of Licensed content. Spoiled sports :(

[@jessemckaig]

Hi, are gonna do more decade videos anytime soon. You haven’t made one in a while. Thanks! :)

[@Johnnyboy792]

Hi Jesse ! Im planning on it... Damn YT keeps putting the kibosh on a lot of my work. Ill start one soon... thank you :)

[@patrickmccarron5059]

Flash Dance - what an awesome movie. Damn that woman was hot.

[@taylormanning7315]

Have you ever seen short circuit?

[@Johnnyboy792]

Johnny 5 !!!

[@taylormanning7315]

@@Johnnyboy792 THATS WHAT IM TALKIN ABOUT!!

[@Johnnyboy792]

@@taylormanning7315 LMAO !!!

[@hemihead001]

1983 Schools were failing . Update 2020 - Failing worse now .

[@theylied1776]

Andrew McCarthy and Elisabeth Shue? John Hughes and Melrose Place?

[@Johnnyboy792]

Good eye.... Shue will be well know a year from now in The Karate Kid :)

[@theylied1776]

@@Johnnyboy792 Oh yeah, her character is coming back as a surgeon on COBRA Kai. Miguel Diaz is going to need a spinal surgeon.

[@Johnnyboy792]

@@theylied1776 Ill be watching !!!

[@damianlatimer5753]

lol

[@damianlatimer5753]

for the tv shows why wasnt Webster and V included?

[@Johnnyboy792]

Ill be putting them in 1984 :)

[@damianlatimer5753]

@@Johnnyboy792 ok.when is that coming out?

[@AiMR]

Johnnboy, is that you narrating?

[@Johnnyboy792]

I wish LOL... THE ROSA FAMILY DOCUMENTARY is where my voice is heard :)

[@taylormanning7315]

You forgot to include A Christmas story, Scarface, Christine.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Well Christmas story was a hit at the time... barley broke even... it wasn't until TV that it became a cult fav :)

[@taylormanning7315]

Yeah. It may only be spotted on tnt and tbs 24 hours on Christmas Day every year!

[@candacecherry2846]

I remember the cabge pach kide yes remember .icklejason

[@Johnnyboy792]

What a riot huh ? LOL

[@derekwilliams1660]

Isn't that Andrew McCarthy and Elizabeth Shue in the Burger King commercial?

[@Johnnyboy792]

Good eye Derek !

[@patrickmccarron5059]

23:48 - is that supposed to be Mario?

[@patrickmccarron5059]

Jesus Christ - that is like the saddest McDonald's Commercial ever.

[@tmanthemost1157]

Where’s 1982 ?

[@j.ahayward7245]

Punky Brewster actually came out in 1984 not 2983.

[@Johnnyboy792]

You're right Clancy... my slip :)

[@patrickmccarron5059]

The Day After taught us if WW3 ever happens you better find the nearest Volvo to get into. Because if you in a Volvo - you will survive Nuclear Armageddon.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Damn I have a Toyota :( lol

[@damianlatimer5753]

@@Johnnyboy792 lol!

[@molinalong3468]

Celebrities born Mila Kunis Adrienne Bailon Andrew Garfield

[@Johnnyboy792]

Are you doing my research ? LOLOLOL

[@patrickmccarron5059]

God Bless Ronald Reagan

[@Johnnyboy792]

Kudos to that !!!

[@damianlatimer5753]

Scarface should have been included too

[@Johnnyboy792]

KZbin clapped down on it.... BASTARDOS !

[@damianlatimer5753]

@@Johnnyboy792 thats a shame

[@Johnnyboy792]

@@damianlatimer5753 Damn straight... have to com up with a solution !

[@damianlatimer5753]

@@Johnnyboy792 yep.lol!

[@InformationIsTheEdge]

Jedi? What the hell is a Jedi?

[@Johnnyboy792]

Ah they're sneaking over the boarder :)

[@InformationIsTheEdge]

@@Johnnyboy792 BA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! That was perfect! Thank you for the note and the excellent trip through time. Your videos ROCK!

[@Johnnyboy792]

@@InformationIsTheEdge You Da Best !!!

[@patrickmccarron5059]

Cheers - back when sexual harassment in the workplace was fun and okay.

[@bruceburnett1584]

Hmmmm zero on the music??? Largest rock show of the 80's was in 1983...the US Festival....330,000 attendees on Heavy Metal Sunday alone! And what about the other great 1983 music...not even a mention??? smh... Otherwise I liked it...but no music? C'mon man!

[@Johnnyboy792]

Awesome !!!

[@pacificblue3955]

at the very beginning, the elderly lady talking about Cabbage Patch Dolls saying "I don't like their faces, but I want one." then seconds later, at :13 President Reagan, him saying "they are the focus of evil in the modern world." I was like, what the hell - I know the Cabbage Patch Dolls were like everywhere, and it was a madhouse to try and get one, but "the focus of evil..?" i know President Reagan was talking about The Soviet Union but it was a funny bit of splicing....

[@greggrsham-ri8sh]

We were looking for more ALCOHOL and GIRL'S and trying to learn the drums and how to drive drunk and try not to get dui.