Things We Did In The 80s & 90s... That You Might Have Forgot

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Things We Did In The 80s & 90s... That You Might Have Forgot

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80s Life

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@mksolid82 8 ай бұрын

Everything in the 90s had a more relaxed pace. You could focus on the moment and at what was in front of you. It was healthy.

@hatednyc 8 ай бұрын

Real life.

@80sLife 8 ай бұрын

Absolutely!!

@ajplays7241 4 ай бұрын

the only thing that was "bad" in the 90's was other than the obvious crime was "dont Ask Dont tell"

@g-carsquad8262 8 ай бұрын

Keep hitting us with this 80’s and 90’s 411!

@80sLife 8 ай бұрын

Absolutely!!

@natr0n 8 ай бұрын

Good times were simple times.

@frankiehernandez2066 8 ай бұрын

Good ol days 👍💯

@deebojones2777 8 ай бұрын

What about the 976 Phone numbers!? I called Freddy Krueger’s 976 number a dozen times for 99 cents a minute. My parents almost killed me when they got the phone bill!

@Eddunaway-qp5tv 8 ай бұрын

Bring back old memories

@marioq8395 8 ай бұрын

I remember my Mom would buy the TV Guide at the grocery store every week. She knew it was cheaper to just subscribe but she liked picking it up in the store and flipping through it in the check out line.

@FAHRENHEIT-gj4ng 8 ай бұрын

I believe the hand granade balloons were slighlty thinner than regulars, making them a guarantee blow up on impact, or from squeezing too hard, or throwing too fast haha

@DWINC 8 ай бұрын

Great video Brought back so many memories. Enough left to do a part 2..

@NickL951 8 ай бұрын

Used to love reading the TV Guide. My favorite part was Cheers and Jeers. And also doing the crossword puzzle.

@halbaloney4593 8 ай бұрын

Also, using road maps. If you're making a road trip to 5613 Whatever St, New City, you need to pull out of a paper map of New City, find Whatever St, look for the block north of 56 Ave, and basically guess the fastest route to get there. Keeping track of your cardinal directions while driving helps.

@deltahomicide9300 8 ай бұрын

I'm seriously amazed we found half the parties we went to back then. I clearly remember having to drive around listening for loud music some nights.

@ZepG 4 ай бұрын

In the 80's I had one of those map wheels that you could set the scale of the paper map and roll it down the road you were travelling on and it would tell you the distance in miles. I remember my wife (then 16 yo girlfriend) taking our first trip to the beach in 1984 and trying to roll it on the map while driving lol.

@unbreakable2543 8 ай бұрын

I love these kinds of vlogs. Takes me back memory lane! Looking forward to seeing more topics like this

@donnytucker 8 ай бұрын

Those wigs are awesome haha. I sure do miss the 80s! And I still once in awhile watch and listen to 80s or 90s weather channel videos here on youtube as background noise.

@emilioapodaca5236 8 ай бұрын

Blast from the past!! Nice video!

@someguy2998 8 ай бұрын

Love this channel!!!

@jesusmartinez9868 8 ай бұрын

Great video. Brings back alot of memories. Thank you.👍

@80sLife 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. More on the way

@philrose7716 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for bringing those memories back!!!

@pistolasnine8389 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for this great video! Not from the USA but spot on the same Australia ,one day our kids will watch these videos to look back.

@frankwafer6919 8 ай бұрын

I remember the time lady,thanks for another great vid - Merry Christmas (gotta love them 80s baby!)🌲🌸💯🤍👍✌!

@davidtaylor6663 8 ай бұрын

Maui and Sons T...you rock Kurt Crucial

@cahlen 8 ай бұрын

So crazy that this fun nostalgic video is pretty much historical record now too. Great videos!

@Twobarpsi 8 ай бұрын

One HUGE thing I remember...COLLECT CALLS! I would call home from summer camp.

@johnnyharperscoutstable5386 8 ай бұрын

Things were just better back then. Everything down to the weather🐸🍺🔪🔥

@georgiasmith3286 8 ай бұрын

Yay!!! Was having a bad day and saw you posted! Just what I needed, your videos always make me smile!

@Tr0nzoid 8 ай бұрын

For a while in 1989, I would watch quite a lot of The Weather Channel. Now, the channel is a lot different and with meteorologists who definitely make it easy to watch. I remember a preview channel in the late 1980s, channel 19, that was black and full screen before ads and stuff were added to it.

@robbygaines3214 8 ай бұрын

I loved The Weather Channel back then. I had a huge crush on Jill Brown. I wish they would go back to that format.

@C-mac_in_the_6ix 8 ай бұрын

The funny thing I remember about T.V in the 80's, was before remote controls, we had a channel box. It was attached to a wire that ran to the t.v, It was a big box with a row of buttons and each button was a channel. There was a switch at the end you flick up or down, and it would make those buttons a different set of channels.

@relicdad88 8 ай бұрын

Oh man that sounds complicated lol no thx i jus had da big bulky TV's maybe like 25 or so inch screen that had a turn knob on it 2 change da channel b4 i ever got a remote control 1 oh the sounds of static that used 2 destroy my ears trying 2 hook up Nintendo or sega lol

@C-mac_in_the_6ix 8 ай бұрын

@@relicdad88 It wasn't complicated. It was kind of a necessity because there to many channel starting to pop up and it would be impossible to keep going up to the T.V and turned the knob to go through all them. It was just an eye sore...lol.

@LinkMassing 8 ай бұрын

Wow, the memories!

@revolver64 8 ай бұрын

Awesome that you included a clip of Dr. George Fischbeck from back in the day, LA legend.

@georgeboltonjr3968 5 ай бұрын

Kurt iam glad you did this video I really miss the 80's and 90's and it's good to remember how life used to be before cellphone 's

@jackedkerouac4414 8 ай бұрын

Remember having to hide the Thomas Guide in your car since thieves will steal those too? Detachable stereo face, The Club wheel lock, sun visor - getting out of our cars was a chore!

@Jsmash_424 8 ай бұрын

Great video Kurt!

@80sLife 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@automaton111 8 ай бұрын

That water balloon fight footage is hilarious😂 Remember when dialing zero on your phone connected you to the operator and it was basically like calling 911? One time they called me back because I hung up and they were lecturing me.

@user-sn9gk4rz8p 8 ай бұрын

As far as tv goes, I have significant memories of USA Up All Night with Rhonda. That and my 13in tv with skateboard stickers all over it.

@LiLgPnoy15 Ай бұрын

The 80s and 90s were the best times to be a kid!!! Movies were better, music was better, and life was simpler! Who else called popcorn?!?!?!? Hahahahaha

@angelswin5108 8 ай бұрын

Never watched the weather channel in the 80’s or 90’s . La always had the same weather lol warm and sunny

@klel68 3 ай бұрын

Since I’m a big movie buff, I always liked to call the movie theatres just to hear the recording of what movies were playing and what time the show started.

@nathangreer8219 8 ай бұрын

National anthem on TV at the end of the broadcast day !!!

@darntootin6423 8 ай бұрын

TV Guide crosswords were the best.

@kaymann8007 8 ай бұрын

I've been using my phone less and less for these things. Time to go back to simpler times.

@chadmears136 8 ай бұрын

Wow! You have brought back some amazing memories dude. I'm 46 and these things were cool, the water balloons we always had fun with them things especially during the summer. 😊❤ Thank you

@drummerdaver 8 ай бұрын

Your videos are some of my favorite on all of KZbin. Keep up the great work !!

@TheNuckinFoob 8 ай бұрын

Don't forget the trick with payphones. You could pick up a receiver, dial #1579 and the last 4 digits of that phone's number, hang up and it would start ringing like someone was calling. Was fun watching people answer it. 😂

@kenfrank2730 8 ай бұрын

What's a payphone?

@SergioArellano-yd7ik 5 ай бұрын

Those things that have been removed from so many film locations. " The pay phone/phone booth is gone now"

@koreancardboard 8 ай бұрын

Love the topics and look forward to the newer videos. Best thing about this video was you dressing up as the 411 operator. Also the slow-mo hitting your son with the balloon. Made me chuckle.

@80sLife 8 ай бұрын

Haha. Thank you. Thank you for watching

@TheNuckinFoob 8 ай бұрын

Ever try filling up a punching balloon with water? It's massive! 😂😂😂

@futureshock7425 8 ай бұрын

Great idea for video thanks for helping fight my depression

@80sLife 8 ай бұрын

Absolutely my pleasure. More to come. Thank you for watching

@nsj3000 8 ай бұрын

Getting push ups and bubble gum cigarettes from the ice cream truck then cruising around the neighborhood on bikes and big wheels with no parental supervision, then you come home and play some super mario/ duck hunt, the next day at school you have a 20 kid all out wrestlemania match out in the field where the yard duties can't see you. Those were the days.

@Madness832 8 ай бұрын

#5: Started off w/ baggies and worked up to grocery bags. All chucked out a third-floor window. #4: Used to prank the video store's payphone. #3: Dialed NERVOUS (Boston area). Also could call it collect from a payphone (i.e. free). #2: There were also a separate weather number. #1: That or the "TV book" that came w/ the Sunday paper. Also, when we got cable, it included a monthly printed "Cable Guide" that was mailed to our house.

@deliverancetwo 8 ай бұрын

I remember all of these I used to do every last one of them as well and that weather channel are used to love turning it on just so I can hear the smooth jazz on there

@phyllissalazar8344 8 ай бұрын

If we could have some of the technology of today but with the easier going life of the 90’s it would be almost perfect.

@pauliedibbs9028 8 ай бұрын

I just miss having a real conversation with a stranger... None of that anymore.

@SydWaters1776 8 ай бұрын

Time number in southern cal was 853-1212. No area code needed. Great video.. Those were the days...

@inkarn8915 8 ай бұрын

I used to watch the Weather Channel a lot back in the day.

@michaelkhf 8 ай бұрын

If you have a shortwave radio you can listen to time stations to get that old time lady nostalgia. 5000 kHz is an example.

@jublywubly 8 ай бұрын

In the late '90s in Australia, I had a fancy VCR that could pick up a few of those special broadcast channels. By default, regular VCRs and TVs couldn't pick up the Australian weather channel. For some reason it was broadcast differently than regular TV. The channel looked like an old internet bulletin board. There weren't any pictures. All we saw was a plain background (I think it was either grey or blue) and huge text saying the weather forecast. We had a couple of similar channels, too. One showed the Lotto (lottery) results and I think it showed sports results, too. I seem to remember there being at lease three of those special channels, but I don't remember what the other's were. With the TV guides, some of the printed ones had barcodes next to each programme time. One of my VCRs (I had a couple of them) had a barcode scanner built into it for scanning the barcodes in the TV guides. I never used it though, because the barcodes only told the VCR to record from exactly when each show was supposed to start and finish. That's something we still can't rely on. There wasn't a way to add a recording buffer to each recording timer, so it would have missed parts of shows as they started early or finished late.

@deco983 8 ай бұрын

Awesome!

@kenfrank2730 8 ай бұрын

I remember making prank phone calls. That was fun.

@legit_matt5299 8 ай бұрын

pls keep up doing these videos

@80sLife 8 ай бұрын

Absolutely. Thank you for watching

@ericswires8534 8 ай бұрын

I always hated when you would throw the water balloon at another kid and it would bounce off him and then explode on the ground.

@matthewchance8835 8 ай бұрын

Pretty awesome Kurt, I remember all these. Do you remember "On TV" & "Select TV" ? We couldn't get it in my city, but we had "Adelphia Cable" it was our first cable TV in Oxnard in the mid-70s, Early 80s, there was a movie channel called "Channel 6" that showed the same two movies a week, then two more would be shown in week two & so on & so on, that's where I saw of the "R" Rated movies I couldn't watch at the theaters, like "The Betsy", "The Exorcist", "Rancho Deluxe" ect. "Channel 6" was active til "Adelphia" became "Jones Intercable" and more channels were available like HBO, Cinemax. Good memories, shoot... I was still in high school when this was going on [I'm 61 years old now]

@NickL951 8 ай бұрын

I remember on ONTv , I would try to tune it in but as a non subscriber, it would be just scrambled enough 😆

@matthewchance8835 8 ай бұрын

@@NickL951 Same here, do you remember that Select TV would show Adult Movies late at night and it was also scrambled, but you still try to watch it to see some female nudity LOL

@kenfrank2730 8 ай бұрын

Back in the early 80s my job was to visit homes and collect the Select TV boxes. This was from people who stopped paying for it. I got paid $10 for every box I collected.

@littleweightlifter6853 8 ай бұрын

I used to like the smell of the pages of the tv guide 😂

@neubergermj 8 ай бұрын

"send 'em a twack" 😆😅😆

@Sleeperdude 8 ай бұрын

I miss the grenade water balloons

@80sLife 8 ай бұрын

They were awesome. Thank you for watching

@jakester455 8 ай бұрын

Inside voice, Kurt. Inside voice. LOL

@whatthesnell 8 ай бұрын

What about Z Channel, ON TV and SELECTV? Kids will never know the struggle 😊

@Twobarpsi 8 ай бұрын

I remember having to program my VCR!! I was an expert at it!

@kenfrank2730 8 ай бұрын

Those who could program a VCR was very valuable to the family.

@80sLife 8 ай бұрын

That was tricky back in the day

@TRIVICbuilder 8 ай бұрын

That TV guide channel sure does bring back some memories.

@colinholder5438 8 ай бұрын

Memories😢

@ChrisP3000x 8 ай бұрын

- I never knew "water" balloons existed. Maybe that's why they mostly didn't explode unless dropped from a building. - TV in general, and especially TV Guides were for seniors and soccer moms. Most of us were having way too much fun in IRL to watch TV, and the few times we did, we just flipped through channels.

@chrispulis9279 8 ай бұрын

I think in the 80's we used to call POP-CORN to get the time

@jayfkncool4258 8 ай бұрын

Best part Got a flash back when the information scene popped up Time travel bro I'm telling you

@JehUvaToy 8 ай бұрын

You have a good reason to call , you wake them up and then your about your business lol cool dude 80s don't stop

@chaddreier8888 2 ай бұрын

The grenade water balloons were the best.

@Eth3realwarrior 8 ай бұрын

Did you know! The time lady was Majel Barrett the 1st officer on Star Trek the original USS Enterprise pilot episode, Luxanna Troy in Star Trek the Next Generation and the computer voice on the Enterprise D!!!

@pm2007est 8 ай бұрын

frikin sweet

@dropsetden8978 2 ай бұрын

We filled the newspaper bags w water foe our water balloons. 😁

@jasonnelson5251 8 ай бұрын

Speaking of weather, I recall calling into get ski conditions and mountain pass status on a recording

@vegasrider2246 8 ай бұрын

Im 58 years old i didnt know the weather channel no longer exists. Lol

@SergioArellano-yd7ik 5 ай бұрын

Most people didn't know how to set the clock on their VCR, it would permanently flash 12:00am

@grahambentley3964 8 ай бұрын

They didn't install cable in our neighborhood (Ontario, CA) until 1984 (lots of trucks and digging up of the street, cool for my 9-year-old self), so no Weather Channel (we had Select TV for movies, but that was it). We had to look in the paper or watch the local news for the weather.

@PrisonMike- 4 ай бұрын

Dude I’m wearing the exact same shirt you are right now!

@TheRayInPV 8 ай бұрын

I remember buying TV Guide as a teenager and realizing that the channels and programs didn't change from week to week, so I used the same TV Guide for about a year.. it was occasionally off. lol

@andrewcrenshaw2459 8 ай бұрын

The Weather Channel Lives!!

@andrewcrenshaw2459 8 ай бұрын

You wondered if it might rain in Los Angeles?

@_B.M_ 8 ай бұрын

Here in the UK, the Time Lady or as we call it, the 'Speaking Clock' and the 411 which we call 'Directory Enquiries' still exist. Apparently, the Speaking Clock still gets millions of calls each year!

@80sLife 8 ай бұрын

Ha. That's cool. I wonder why so many people are still calling it, considering everyone has a cell phone. Thank you for watching

@Raydawg 8 ай бұрын

That was fun, I remember all of that, My parents always said the first thing I learned to read was the TV guide. Calling the video store not for the the time they closed but to see if the VHS movie was in before making the few mile walk or bike ride. Bekind, please rewind. I still remember sitting on the couch with my sister as MTv started up video killed the radio star. my colecovision my fav. game Zaxxon loved the 80's

@sainspired5332 8 ай бұрын

If you didn't have The Weather Channel like me and were into fishing and needed to know when low and high tide were there was a phone number for that. The tides mattered for fishing,crabbing, etc. but if you had a boat with a motor. and if the water was to low at the boat ramp,dock the boat, boat motor might hit the mud and that was a deal breaker,had to wait for the tide to RISE.

@Dominic-qz5uh 8 ай бұрын

Very nice Kurt ty

@captainknapton 5 ай бұрын

YES ! The water balloon grenades were so cool lol I used to call information for everythingggg too lol The time number in the SouthBay area in the 1980s and 90s was 853-1212 . That was the number i used to use then one day when i was in high school (in the 90s) my friend showed me that all you had to do was dail 853 - _ _ _ _ and then any number you wanted for the last 4 numbers lol my mind was blown . Speaking of the weather channel remember "976-SURF" where you could get the local surf forcast for like a dollar lol ?