Popular items In 1980s Homes!

[@heathertea2704]

Products were made to last. Not disposable, like many are today.

[@samanthab1923]

You’re not kidding. Appliances lasted forever.

[@jbrou123]

Especially TVs, when they were still made in the US. Zenith, Quasar, Curtis Mathes. And when they did break, you had it repaired. $700 in 1975 for a console TV was a lot of money. That's like $4000 today.

[@samanthab1923]

@@jbrou123 You’re right. We had a console Zenith. Only the one TV in the den. Reception was terrible. We were 65 miles from NYC. No remote. Dials no push buttons.

[@gardeniagirl1374]

​@jbrou123 My brother dated a girl whose dad who was a TV repair person in the early 80s. He passed away decades ago, but I still think of him whenever I can't get these smart TVs to work.

[@TheEdorizo]

@@heathertea2704 we bought a tv in 18 and just had to buy a new one this past weekend

[@TammieR-B]

Grandma's candy dish..... good memories 👍

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Tammie!

[@MichTanaGirl]

Sadly, almost every 80s item I ever owned is gone, buried underground when my family was forced to move and my childhood home was bulldozed and buried like it never existed. 2nd and 3rd homes, similar story, and almost everything I owned was either thrown out (2nd home) or under water (3rd home, when the basement flooded). 😢 I have a necklace, 2 dresses, and a handful of old VHS tapes from that time (80s/90s); Sailor Moon, some ST:TNG eps that I recorded using a VCR, and a few VHS tapes that I popped into a large, clunky cam-corder and recorded stuff. I'll never forget my atari system and games, original Mario Bro/Duck Hunt, or other 80s (and 90s) items that I still love and miss so much! 🖤💔😭

[@bobbybr38k3r8]

People used to own furniture given to them by their parents or grandparents pass down now people houses are filled with things they ordered from Amazon

[@only257]

True we still have vcrs one is a old zenith from 1987😊

[@samanthab1923]

I grew up in a house full of good furniture. Formal living room & diningroom with draperies & shears. Carpets, bedroom sets, but with five kids & a divorce a lot gets lost. Shame

[@bobbybr38k3r8]

@@samanthab1923 right

[@rogergoodman8665]

Very true! My house growing up had a lot of furniture obtained from other family members. When I got my first apartment, if it wasn't for family members helping furnish it, it would have just been a pile of dirty cloths hidden in the closet!!!!!

[@Steven-kr2ti]

@@bobbybr38k3r8 that's so true. I was fortunate enough to buy my first home and got a TV unit from my parents, a dining set from my godmother and a bed from my aunt. Everyone has to have flat pack stuff now that just doesn't last

[@TadashiNazuka]

Aside from my phone for internet, I still have a Retro type existence.

[@RhettyforHistory]

That is awesome TadashiNazuka! Thank you for watching!

[@nightflightgl66]

We had a really nice big console TV back in the 70s. I kept it. About 10 years ago, I completely gutted it and put a new flat screen inside it. I took some molding and made a frame, stained it the same color and had the look of a classic console with a new flat screen. I still have my RCA VCR on top, it's hooked up and working just fine. Also on top is my DVD player and my old Atari 2600 I got back in 1980 when I was 14 years old.

[@proudamerican2133]

B. 66 here myself, your TV sounds awesome! It would be fun to play pong on it.

[@tobesocourtney]

I remember my grandparents had some kind of tablecloth on top of their old TV that covered the whole thing like a curtain and had their smaller TV on top lol. I still have some of my 80s board games, including two versions of Trivial Pursuit.

[@TheRecon1a]

That console TV was the heaviest piece of furniture in the house! And when it went out yes we just got a smaller TV and put on top of it.😅

[@LaManteca76]

Lol, I thought we were the only ones that did that! 😂

[@cynthiacronin2794]

Me too 😅

[@samanthab1923]

No! Very tacky 😂

[@gardeniagirl1374]

​@@LaManteca76Nope! Us, too. My cousins, too.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

You practically had to have a forklift to get them out, lol.

[@jbrou123]

My mom still has and uses Tupperware from the 70s, 80s. Those things are tough, but a couple of years ago, one of the lids cracked. She sent it in, and they sent a new one, free of charge. When I leave her house with leftovers, it'll be in anything BUT her Tupperware. She also still has those encyclopedias from the 80"s, as we don't won't to throw them out but would happily give them away. I also still have 3 of those Atari consoles and about 20 games. I'm not sure if they still work, but just hate to throw them out.

[@louise8130]

Riding on bigwheels in the neighborhood! So much fun back then! I was born in summer of '81.😊

[@kafkaseyebrows]

oh man, you could feel every bump in the road 😆

[@invisigoth777]

i just bought a "retro" popcorn popper.. it's what i grew up with, and the fact that it popped without oil or grease, is also impressive, for modern poppers

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing what you have invisigoth777!

[@rogergoodman8665]

Lol! Even though I use my cellphone for my wake up alarm now, the AM/FM clock radio alarm clock I got for Christmas in 1987 is still on my end table next to the bed and still works perfectly.

[@Rositasparks]

Love it! 🕰️

[@briesthoughts2261]

They are almost indestructible.

[@larryk731]

I still use a 40ish year old alarm clock radio - works great.

[@RhettyforHistory]

They were definitely made to last! Thank you for watching Larry!

[@sean9448]

I was home on leave from the Navy in 1982. Loved to stop by our local mall for an Orange Julius. I preferred the Strawberry Julius with a blended raw egg. The flavor and texture was a part of heaven. It's a shame how much our society has deteriorated.

[@gardeniagirl1374]

There was an Orange Juius in the mall near me. The mall is still there, but Orange Julius is long gone. They were frothy and that was the best part.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

I loved the strawberry ones better too! 😊

[@CatMom63]

Strawberry with egg for me too! That would NEVER fly today- not even with warning labels. I miss those smoothies.

[@Rob-rx3jw]

Oh my god! I remember that Tupperware.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Rob-rx3jw!

[@lsalas76]

We had a big console record player, which probably was more of a 70s thing, but then sometime in the mid or late 80s, we got one of those big stereos systems that had a record player, dual cassette player, and a cd player and two huge speakers.

[@markhewitt4307]

I remember the boom boxes that had a little black and white tv screen. You could use the radio antenna to pick up local stations.

[@Tim_the_Enchanter]

My mom had a decorative balance scale that she filled with fake fruit. She got this by redeeming S&H Greenstamps. Remember those? (We also had a portable television stacked on top of our worn-out console TV)

[@samanthab1923]

We had that scale as well. 70’s

[@jbrou123]

When we kids went to the store, better not forget the S&H stamps for mom!

[@mrstacyj9496]

We used Plaid Stamps. Got them from A&P. Licked stamps and filled the little books.

[@samanthab1923]

@@mrstacyj9496 We were a Plaid Stamps family as well. My uncle worked there.

[@ZVT946mtr36]

I remember looking forward to getting the weekly TV Guide, which most people subscribed to. It was fun to read the show synopsis and to read the celebrity stories. And doing the crossword puzzle that was inside the back cover.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing that you enjoyed the TV Guide ZVT946mtr36!

[@LaManteca76]

I still have a vcr i bought from the thrift store. It's the only way i can watch Midnight Madness cause I'm not paying $50 for a dvd version! I was always the shoe in Monopoly. Every time I passed through i would "kick" my brother's car out of the way. Then he would pretend to run me over with the car, lol. 🤣

[@melisaeslinger6247]

I loved the board games of the time. My favorites were Trouble and Sorry. I remember my dad had food tray in the living room so he could watch his favorite shows while eating. 😊 Thanks for the video and memories. 👍

[@Lone-wolf-1982]

Thanks Rhetty! This was the decade I grew up in. I remember all these items. My parents didn't get rid of their old TV/living room piece until the mid-90s. And TV trays were essential 😂

[@kinsley7777]

don’t tell anyone, but I still have a set of TV trays 😂

[@louwclaassens4988]

Fondue sets. TV Grill. Dial telephones. Casio digital wristwatch.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Those were all big ones too! Thank you for watching louwclaassens4988!

[@hellothere7598]

Please bring back those wooden TVs 😅🩵

[@chriscampbell2327]

I remember the reel to reel tape machine and those huge speakers that were like furniture and had a plant sitting on it. As kids we were the remote controls for the console tvs.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're right about that Chris. Both of those are excellent memories. Thank you for watching!

[@proudamerican2133]

We had the huge speakers with the plants on them! After I got married and had little children I realized how dangerous it was and how easily they could be pulled over so I finally got smaller speakers but I still miss my big ones even today.

[@simply_miki]

Tupperware in our house was old butter containers 😂

[@samanthab1923]

Ours were Cool Whip containers

[@BrianMcKnight68]

Both of the above comments are 100% spot on.

[@RhettyforHistory]

We had the same thing. We used all sorts of old containers. That was definitely what you handed the neighbors. Thank you for watching simply_miki!

[@samanthab1923]

@@RhettyforHistory After my Pop died we moved my Nan out of their house to live closer to all of us. Tons of empty Cool Whip containers, keys to unknown locks, empty Mateus wine bottles used as candle sticks & Paul Masson empty carafes used to root plants.

[@GenXfrom75]

We still use a hot air popper ❤

[@brendakrieger7000]

Me too🍿

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and letting us know you still use them GenXfrom75!

[@vikker8274]

Ditto

[@brendakrieger7000]

@@vikker8274 me too

[@kafkaseyebrows]

same. we got ours as a gift from a friend around 2012 and my kids loved it

[@JackTorrance333]

I still use encyclopedias.

[@only257]

We had old tv set from 1986 it was a 25 inch one we got rid of it although it still worked though😊

[@jdmcknight41]

I still have mine , and a few dictionaries...

[@Mr_Robotts]

My mother gave me our old set when I moved into my current home. I have it boxed up in the garage still.

[@TheInkPitOx]

We have one in the loft

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and letting us know you still use them Jack!

[@J_Calvin_Hobbes]

Jiffy pop in the tin popper heated on the stove 😁

[@RhettyforHistory]

Those were fun too! Thank you for watching J_Calvin_Hobbes!

[@ZMAN_420]

We absolutely put the new , smaller T.V. on top off the old huge furniture T.V. LOL. Great Episode! 1980's 🤘🏻👍🏻🇺🇲

[@RhettyforHistory]

We had done the same thing. We thought we could get the big one fixed but it wasn't possible anymore.

[@ZMAN_420]

@@RhettyforHistory MY parents put a cloth sheet over the huge wood broken T.V. Then the new smaller T.V. with same size screen on top lol.👍🏻🇺🇲

[@AnitaLonski]

The 80s were so much fun, I miss the console TVs from back in the day. Thanks Rhetty for great video

[@ilovenoodles7483]

Rhetty for History is the Saturday morning cartoons of today. Thanks Rhetty!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and I am happy to hear you are enjoying the videos. Thank you for watching ilovenoodles7483!

[@drewblue1164]

Aaah, Rhetty providing another great trip in the Time Machine! Thank you!

[@sweetpeach6583]

My mother made macrame plant hangers for our house plants. My sister and I did latch hook kits as well

[@georgeearls3338]

Thanks for the Memories. I got my first console tv, in the mid 90s, free on the side of the road. I kept it until about 2005, and gave it away. Now it seems like I have to get a new one every 2 years. I still have my mom's candy dish, even though she used it for everything but candy. I got my first Atari in the early 2000s, I did play it at friends houses when they where new. I had one of those popcorn poppers, used it twice, and went back to using the stove. But now jiffy pop was the way to go.

[@poetsdreamsatc]

Right?? Same here! Plus I loved JIFFY pop popcorn! It was great popcorn and no mess. Simple times…I miss those times so much.

[@semicharmedlife311]

Best decade!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching semicharmedlife311!

[@sylviarippey6488]

I totally forgot about chewing on those fake grapes as a kid until you mentioned it! 😂❤

[@paulstan9828]

Ha!!! During the late 70’s and 80’s I had all of them. If I didn’t someone I knew did. Hi Jodie! 👋😁🇦🇺

[@swansfan6944]

Hi Paul. 👋😁🇺🇸

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Paul! Those were fun times back then!

[@janedee6488]

Loved TV trays. Especially the lap kind that mom gave you when you were sick. Grandma’s candy dish always had black licorice that was so stale it broke your teeth.

[@Engineersoldiers_Spiritof76_21]

When we got a VCR we would record almost everything on television just for the fun of it. Our favorite show to record was The Edge Of Night. We would watch it at my aunt's house while doing homework before going home.

[@gardeniagirl1374]

I remember that show! I was hooked on soap operas for years. I even scheduled my classes around General Hospital.

[@Engineersoldiers_Spiritof76_21]

@@gardeniagirl1374 Oh my God, do you remember when they were trapped on a island with Elizabeth Taylor? That storyline was exciting.

[@gardeniagirl1374]

@Engineersoldiers_Spiritof76_21 Yes. My bro is 11 years older than me, and he liked Elizabeth Taylor. Being stuck on the island was how I found out. Lol.

[@Engineersoldiers_Spiritof76_21]

​@@gardeniagirl1374 I think the villain Mikkos Cassadine wanted to freeze the world using a famous diamond called The Ice Princess.

[@jkxelor1295]

Thanks Rhetty for making Saturday mornings Great Again!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching jkxelor1295!

[@crashburn3292]

You forgot to mention the type of TV remote controls found in many family homes in the early 80s: Aka; the youngest child in the house forced to sit in front of the TV and flip the dial when told to.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're right about that crashburn3292! Thank you for watching!

[@brendakrieger7000]

OMG I'm such a nerd. I had a crush on the Preppy kid in the Encyclopedia Brittanica tv ads🥰😘

[@RhettyforHistory]

Oh that is funny Brenda! Thank you for watching and sharing a memory with us!

[@brendakrieger7000]

@@RhettyforHistory Yes,It's hilarious! Glad you enjoyed my memories!

[@feliciajenkins5041]

I grew up in the 70's and 80's so I had to click on 😎.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching feliciajenkins5041!

[@hipidipi20157max]

TV was free and had better content than todays streaming. I also loved my Commodore computer, my cassettes and cassette player. Big satellite dishes with free access to HBO, Cinemax, MTV, SciFi Chanel, Spotlight, Disney Channel, etc.

[@crazy8skml]

Our house was hit by lighting and it fried our tv. How I wish we could go back to those days or the 90’s.

[@kirkmorrison6131]

I had a long console TV in the 1980s, I could service it myself. Mostly tubes but sometimes capacitors or a Resistors. The top held a VCR and my Quadraphonic sound system and most of the components.

[@proudamerican2133]

My dad always had all the spare color tubes and stuff as soon as something was off he would pull that TV away from the wall and he'd be back there behind it fixing it. He was pretty good with stuff like that and he could also splice so we could have cable when it came out on several different TVs in the house. We started out with just a few channels late 60s early 70s, by the time we got to high school starting in 80 dad had everybody all hooked up nice with everything it was a rule though that if the cable guy ever came around you couldn't let him in unless one of the parents were home hahaha. HBO all around.😅

[@kirkmorrison6131]

@@proudamerican2133 I had a buddy who's Dad did that also

[@thetruthstand]

I wonder if a lot of people know this? But with those boomboxes you were able to actually record music from a.m. and FM radio on to the cassettes. My friends and I did that all the time. Creating mixtapes and then selling them

[@GenXfrom75]

Oh yes! We’d listen to Casey Kasem every weekend to try to record favorite songs from the top 40 countdown 😂❤

[@jenniferhansen3622]

Oh yes! I remember waiting and waiting for a favorite song to play and then running over to the boombox to press record. I didn't sell them though. I made them for myself.

[@mrstacyj9496]

Made many mixtapes - especially for girl friends

[@proudamerican2133]

Waiting patiently every Sunday morning for the tunes to come up on America's Top 40 with Casey so I can catch the ones I wanted for my bitching mixtapes hahaha

[@briesthoughts2261]

I used to love making my own mixtapes. :)

[@marlenecentrella9793]

I had a lot of these items. We had the big tv furniture, thanks for the memories❤. Have a great evening.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Marlene and I hope you had a great weekend!

[@monikameza4107]

Thanks for the memories ❤ especially loved my huge T.V.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome Monika. I loved our old console TV too. Thank you for watching!

[@QueSarahSarah72]

I loved our encyclopedia set! I think I eventuality read through the whole set. I was an information nerd. I even read through the rest of our family's reference books... including the atlas 😅 We also had that set of brown TV trays. My great grandad had a candy dish full of m&ms. My grandma didn't have a candy dish, but she always had homemade cinnamon rolls for us.

[@eggie1978]

I still have a fake fruit bowl and tv trays in my house. And I still love playing 80's games like Clue and Monopoly.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing what you still have and play eggie1978!

[@proudamerican2133]

I still have my original edition of clue that I got for my birthday the year it came out I'm guessing.

[@pinksparkle258]

Lol!! At 3:02 Joey kept the "V" encyclopedia!! 🤣😂

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching pinksparkle258!

[@nancyomalley6286]

At 0:32, one of my favorite Star Trek episodes being watched on that huge tv! Loved the music in it!

[@scorpiouk5914]

You are all my people! The only thing my family didn't have was an answering machine. Salute to my generation!

[@mikesilva3868]

Great ❤

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching mikesilva3868!

[@aariley2]

I still use my popcorn machine! The built-in butter melter is ace!!!❤❤❤

[@RhettyforHistory]

I have an old one too. I really enjoy it. Thank you for watching aariley2!

[@leesashriber5097]

I took the air popper to OSU my freshman year. I loved going to Grandma's house. Those strawberry candies that had gushy centers were my favorite. Monopoly was the game that never ended.😂 Still love playing Trivia Pursuit to this day. Thank you friend!! Like I say in every video you show, I'd gladly go back!!😊

[@mattm1686]

god I miss my 80's home

[@anthonycarabajal7575]

Remember those big disc movies they made I remember that too it had its own screen and everything yeah pretty neat

[@brendakrieger7000]

I was very lucky to have grown up in a very sturdy Ranch Style home in my childhood. Yep definitely built to last in those days! Great vibes in the video! Appreciate the nostalgia!

[@jons.6216]

By the late 70s console TV sets were incorporating more plastic into the bodies. We didn't get a color set until 1976 because my parents didn't use credit for things so it only came when there was money to buy one! It was an RCA that still had color bar adjustments on it when you opened the tuning panel on the front. When I started an office job in 1988 and had to make sure I could get there I bought a GE red LCD alarm clock that was supposed to be able to run on both electricity or a 9 volt battery in case the power went out! I don't think it ever worked with the battery but I had that until about 2016 when a power surge finally killed it! Most recently I got a newer kind of clock with the same red display due to years of looking at it before I woke up! Haha!

[@georgegonzalez2478]

@jons.6216. I got the same GE red L.C.D. 9 volt radio alarm clock still.Before I got married to my beautiful blessing that is my wife 28 yrs ago had it for quite some time.The store I purchased it from is long out of business,only an empty space waiting for it to be sold or used I guess.The 9 volt battery part always worked and has saved it from power surges 5 times during my marriage and at least 6 when I was single.All the best to you and those who read this.

[@dannykustersautomotive5102]

The beste time 80 and 90❤

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Danny!

[@loishunt2347]

Thanks for the memories ❤I believe I can relate to every one of those!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome Lois and thank you for watching!

[@bonniebrush94]

For all the modern advances we have in tech, at least in the 80's some things, like TV's, were still repairable and meant to last, and how many times, even on this channel, do people comment that they still have an 80's refrigeratot or other appliance.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

Guilty as charged! Still using my dryer from 1986.😂 My washer is newer though- 1993.

[@kafkaseyebrows]

I have a VCR, Atari, couple Tupperware cups (.50¢ each at a yard sale!), wooden magazine rack, and plug in alarm clock 🤩 a lot of us poor folks have older items.

[@bonniebrush94]

@kafkaseyebrows agreed!

[@lindah6954]

We had a 20" console TV and a newer 20" colored TV that sat on top with the VCR. lol Dad had too much money in it from all the repairs to just toss it out.

[@larrygcrews7971]

I remember in the early 80s having to draw a fruit basket in art class lol

[@RhettyforHistory]

Sounds like fun to me! Thank you for watching and sharing your memories Larry!

[@larrygcrews7971]

@@RhettyforHistory no problem love your videos!

[@d.vaughn8990]

We had that exact, same, fake fruit! Cracks me up! Chewed on the fake grapes, at least once!

[@dreamsinthree]

I can taste that glass ribbon candy just looking at that picture! P.S. I still use TV trays.

[@maryc6189]

My daddy bought one book at a time (encyclopedia) from the grocery store.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing a memory of your Dad!

[@only257]

My family members house was from 1978 they have fixed it up since but they do have. A rainbow brighte doll though😊

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching only257!

[@TammieR-B]

7:57 OMG I love that bed!!!! I would totally use that now..... with a regular mattress 😮😮❤❤

[@maryannwabalas510]

I still have the first set of TV trays you showed.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Oh nice Mary! Thank you for watching and sharing what you have!

[@ilovenoodles7483]

My sister still uses a candy dish!! The candy is good but I actually the beauty of the real crystal dish itself.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Some of those glass or crystal candy dishes were really pretty!

[@ilovenoodles7483]

@@RhettyforHistory yep! I still have the one that I grew up with from my parents house.

[@Rob_1776]

Man I dig these videos! Thanks for all the memories! Good times for sure!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching Rob!

[@vikker8274]

lol Atari 1980! Had to help us transition from the 70’s by putting fake wood paneling on it!

[@mellokitty4186]

Tupperware, Sarah Coventry jewelry, Princess House crystal, Home Interiors, Mary Kay & Avon. These businesses tryin to give mom's a way to make extra income for their families 😊

[@RhettyforHistory]

Some of those were really big. I still see Mary Kay cars every so often. Thank you for watching mellokitty4186!

[@ilovenoodles7483]

Who still has those wooden tv trays? Now, I only have 1 o them, not the set. Walmart still sells the wooden ones pictured @5:03.

[@jbrou123]

I have one just like it. I use it as a side table to my recliner.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

We do and use them constantly.

[@RhettyforHistory]

That is great that you still have them!

[@wrestlingwithjay3770]

80’s Vintage :)

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Jay!

[@travelingwithmikeandpam9074]

I remember every one of those things! How can you forget the 80's! Thanks for the vlog Rhetty!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching my friend!

[@rogertemple7193]

Thank you for the awesome memories of the 80's as my high school years were from 1980 to 1983 when I graduated Lone Grove High School here in Oklahoma and i hope you have a great weekend Thank You very much.🎶📺📻🧃🍫🍦🎶

[@proudamerican2133]

Class of 84, wouldnt change a thing.🙂

[@TheComicRelief9001]

What was with those handles on wood TVs? My dad was so bothered by those things that he actually took his tools to it and carved them into real drawers. We kept the one remote and a couple Atari games in there.

[@swansfan6944]

Great memories Rhett. I wonder if Tupperware parties are around today. 🤷‍♀️ They are charging a small fortune online for a heritage set of Tupperware. 😬 ❤ Jodie 🇦🇺……… Hi Paul 👋🇺🇸

[@paulstan9828]

Hi Jodie! 👋😁 🇦🇺That’s a good question. They were very popular at one time.

[@RhettyforHistory]

They were extremely popular at one time. I know Tupperware is still being sold but I haven't seen a party with them in a few decades. Thank you for watching Jodie!

[@charliejoson9145]

2:00 I was born in the 90's (1991 to be exact). The specific Tupperware (the yellow one) item on the timestamp looked similar to what we had. Unfortunately, my mom decided to dispose that unused "relic" from the bottom shelf of our kitchen cabinet. But the design still lives on albeit in shades of pink and purple (and shiny) ....or at least those where what I saw at a department store in my country 2:48 my older brother owned the entire World Book encyclopedias. I had used one book as reference when I was in 4th grade before we acquired an Encarta encyclopedia CD-ROM for Windows 98. The pages smelled musty

[@jrebecca0195]

We had a set of World Book Encyclopedias in my house growing up, circa 1978. They came in handy for school assignments. Sometimes, I would flip through them just for fun!

[@RhettyforHistory]

I did the same thing except ours were from 1969. Thank you for watching and sharing your memories jrebecca0195!

[@dgwaters]

@@RhettyforHistoryWe had the Funk and Wagnall's encyclopedias. Still have them packed away somewhere.

[@deezhole]

My mom made candle holders out of five of those big square amber colored ashtrays. So classy!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing your memories deezhole!

[@d.vaughn8990]

I posessed one of those exact ashtrays, up until a few years ago. I cherished it, as it was from my childhood home. Unfortunately, it got dropped!

[@bobdillashaw4360]

I really miss those times

[@RhettyforHistory]

I do too Bob. Thank you for watching!

[@stanford-nf4jk]

A few of these memories tied together here for me personally: My grandma switched to those individually wrapped strawberry candies because she also got tired of the ribbon candy getting stuck to all the other pieces. Before watching a movie on the VCR she’d bring out premade popcorn stored in Tupperware bowls. She’d place them on the tv trays or just move the fake fruit bowl over and snack right of the coffee table!

[@Team_Little_Mates]

Oh waterbeds... 🙄 "These beds were great to have until you accidentally popped it and water went everywhere." I grew up with 5 cats and my dad was an idiot 😹

[@TammieR-B]

Cats and waterbeds😂😂me too what a horrible Idea. And it took up the whole room

[@Team_Little_Mates]

Gotta have that patch kit ready at all times! 😂 I just watched two other videos and I was laughing about the memories the whole time. If I smelt a waterbed mattress right now, all I would be able to think about would be snow days and Nintendo NES games. I have not thought about a waterbed in years!

[@ZMAN_420]

I still have my VHS copy of E.T. On my B-Day in 1986 the neighbors across the street bought it foe me. I think E.T. was released in 18982. GREAT CONTENT🤘🏻👍🏻🇺🇲

[@RhettyforHistory]

That is my VHS tape of it in the video. Thank you for watching ZMAN_420!

[@jeromecabral192]

If you were a kid in the 80s and I your family owned a Curtis Mathes tv you were very popular

[@solascripturamjc9681]

Hilarious! Weighed as much as a navy destroyer! Love it!

[@matthewpaul6904]

What was up with that in old TVs? I hated those fake drawers, why have them? It's like fake pockets in a lot of women's pants. How does that not drive you crazy?

[@calvinkatt662]

We had a big wooden console TV when I was a kid and so did my grandparents. I wouldn't trade my current widescreen TV for one, but they sure did look nice.

[@RhettyforHistory]

It really was a nice classic look but I'm not sure we would enjoy looking at the TV so low now. Thank you for watching Calvin!

[@shannondore]

I was one of those people who took the Rubik's Cube apart and put it back together again. I found that more fun. Like putting a 3D puzzel together. And I still have my digital clock radio that I bought in the late 80s when I moved into my first apartment. It's on my end table and still works.😊

[@jcshaves]

My parents always had a large console tv until sometime in the 90’s. There usually were family pictures or knick knacks on top until the Christmas decorations came out and it held the nativity set.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and sharing some of your memories of what you all had jcshaves!

[@CentennialTreks]

I remember in the early 80's we had a color TV upstairs in the family room, but still had the old black and white TV downstairs for backup if us kids wanted to watch something else. Damn that was a long time ago!

[@plasmodesma7569]

Makes me happy and sad - happy I was young during an amazing generation, and so sad it’s gone!

[@scoobydoodle5473]

I loved those old console TVs!

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

I still have and use my clock radio, and use my phone alarm as a second backup. I have the wooden TV trays. I have a few genuine Tupperware cereal bowls too. My ex-college roommate used my other one to put lacquer on her chair without asking me.🤬 Our console TV was a beast. It was a good one though. My dad was an electronics guy so he worked on our stuff.