Timeline: 1984 - Apple, Van Halen and the Olympics

In the year 1984, long synonymous with the George Orwell novel "1984" - the world was wondering what year it would be? Los Angeles was hosting the 1984 Summer Olympics gave us a reason for optimism, while Apple's commercial "1984" boldly landed during the Super Bowl. Weird History is going back to the 80s, this notalgic look at the news, culture, sports, entertainment, and all that was weird in the year 1984.
#the80s #Year1984 #WeirdHistory

[@WeirdHistory]

1985 is coming August 30th - Stay frosty.

[@jarridc3405]

Killing me here

[@80sfreak14]

I'll be sad if there's no mention of Dead Or Alive's You Spin Me Round 😂😂😂🥺

[@johnnite8552]

i hope you guys mention Master of Puppets in your 1986 episode since you skipped Kill Em All in 83 and Ride The Lightning in 84 :(

[@tuffymissile6384]

You guys suck

[@MikePerras]

That’s the one I’ve been waiting for

[@brentvance3958]

1984 was the best year ever. I was a freshman in high school and a new girl moved into town. 7 years later we got married and had 5 children, just celebrated 29 years of marriage.

[@ilahildasissac1943]

I once had a t-shirt titled Lifestyles of The Down and Out.

[@ilahildasissac1943]

I liked Press Your Luck, the Whammies we're cute.

[@MrMskwillis]

I was only 6yrs old in 84, but today I have been married 7 years and I wanna congratulate you on 31yrs of marriage. Marriage is great but tough. Love is beautiful.

[@HamburgerAmy]

Dad?

[@qianagreen8339]

The decade of the 80s was pure gold followed by the 90s...once 2k came it's been 💩 ever since 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@jamesage24]

The fact that lottery winner kept his word and split the winnings 50/50 is amazing and shows his true character. 👍🏼

[@allwhatilove914]

I thought of the same. A man of his word.

[@jimbrake8918]

Ya find that nowadays...can't

[@jp3813]

One of the greatest years for cinema: Ghostbusters, Terminator, Karate Kid, Gremlins, NeverEnding Story, Temple of Doom, Beverly Hills Cop, Footloose, This Is Spinal Tap, Romancing the Stone, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Splash, The Natural, Red Dawn, Last Starfighter, Sixteen Candles, Top Secret, Purple Rain, Amadeus, Once Upon a Time in America, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, etc...

[@UnchainedAmerica]

great TV ads too especially the PSA on seatbelts!

[@ryline666]

Let's not forget the best entry in the long running horror series, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter

[@flimp8020]

Shows: Thomas and Friends. Admit it, you like the theme song meme.

[@GiveItUpDot]

U just name some of my favorites movies ever, N.O.E.S and The neverending story especially 💯

[@juliacrespo5415]

My Mom took my Brother and I to the movies all summer long. Great year.

[@adidell]

“Would 1984 be a dystopian nightmare?” No we held off until 2020

[@annescholey6546]

Ours began at Orgreave...

[@pmafterdark]

Ain't that the truth.

[@iceman06611]

Yep. I would trade in everything that 2020 has to offer for the 80s.

[@gobshite5150]

@@iceman06611 2020? Sht I would trade in everything from 1997 and after to have the 1980s back. ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE

[@Arthur-rf1hi]

Dude i was looking for this vid its literally shadowbanned in some way it didmt show up after the 1983 vid or when i searched the series... suss

[@johngullo9420]

A lot of history packed into January 84. Ah memories.

[@UraTrowelie]

Month of my birth. It's pretty neat how cool 1984 has become

[@comettamer]

Over 5 minutes worth yeah. Lol.

[@michaelmagaw6870]

Good times. Young and dumb and full of well y'all know the rest.

[@Dexy83]

Not sure if it's just because of January, but this year is almost 234 minutes; the other years maxed at 20 minutes. 🤷🏼‍♀️🤩

[@CrashTestPilot]

My first year of High School.

[@bradmoberly6164]

Best time ever to be a kid. Saturday morning cartoons. Transformers and GI Joe's.

[@LAWoman323213]

I agree!

[@kenzopoe7050]

Plus He-Man & Thundercats. The 80's cartoons are Still sick.

[@ocho_santana]

you ain’t lyin. don’t forget M.A.S.K. 💪🏽

[@damianlatimer5753]

i know man i miss it

[@cyansius3950]

But now, kids have ipads and can watch basically any show at any time. Furthermore they still have bikes and the toys are better put together today. I think right now is the best time to be a kid personally.

[@matsugo24]

Such an eventful year. This was also the summer of Michael Jackson’s Victory Tour. Prince had just released his Purple Rain album. Break Dancing was peaking, as a popular form of dance. The Karate Kid was released in theaters; and on a very dubious note, the San Ysidro McDonalds Massacre had shocked the nation. And there was a little known artist named Madonna who released “Like a Virgin”

[@slydale]

This particular Timeline video missed it on music history. 1984 was CLEARLY one of THE most definitive years in music history.

[@djdeemz7651]

I was born in 82 and i have a very strong memory of being a sperm joking with the other sperm about this mythical "virginity" Madonna claimed she had , that bitch getting fucked was the reason God said " let there be light" because he wanted to see what the noise was

[@Harcorwrestler]

“Like a Virgin” was #1 on the billboard hot 100 when I was born, Jan 14th, 1985.

[@blachubear]

You forgot to mention the Eddie Murphy movie "Beverly Hills Cop" came out December 1st, 1984 and grossed $234 million. The soundtrack sold 4 million copies. How could you forget that blockbuster?

[@Ijustinsultedyou]

Wasn’t worth mentioning

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

The franchise of Beverly Hills Cop is also Gil Hill's (1931-2016) only films as he portrays Inspector Todd, even though he wasn't actually an actor but a politician.

[@blachubear]

@@CrystalClearWith8BE When I heard he wasn't really an actor, it was a surprised because he was really good plus if he had more screen time Gil would had stole the whole movie. I'm surprised he didn't do more movies.

[@111highgh]

I'm just burning doing the neutron dance.

[@damienmercer4731]

@@111highgh ....OOOOOH, IM SO HAPPIEEEEE

[@laranaarana]

On Dec. 19, 1984, my brother (4 years my senior) died due to lymphoma. He has just turned 26 on Dec. 7th. He will always live in our hearts and good memories.

[@ebonybarner1971]

God bless u and ur family. U kno ur brother is ok👍🏽 😉

[@Hawkster52]

The settlement for Agent Orange is up there for most disgusting things I've ever heard. Jesus christ the government and their lawyers just completely screwed them over.

[@joshlewis575]

1200 bucks over 10 years, that's unbelievably ridiculous bullshit. How people still go into the military baffles me.

[@sarahburggraf907]

NOT COOL TAKING THE MOST HIGH NAME IN VAIN!

[@ronaldshank7589]

BIG-TIME!!!!! Just goes to show you and I just how much "Certain factions" can and do mess with us!!!

[@LorchVHS]

@@sarahburggraf907 THAT is what you're worried about? Do you even know what they're talking about? It's a bit more important than your fairy stories.

[@comettamer]

I mean, considering we should never have been in Vietnam anyway...yeah, it kinda is.

[@annahart69]

1984 is on of those years in my life that makes me feel so nostalgic and wish it where possible to go back in time and live that year all over again🥺❤️🥰

[@jimbrake8918]

Ditto I wish the same thing

[@michaelfrazia4569]

I could watch these 80s episodes over and over ...a truly amazing decade unlike any other. I wish you guys would do more comprehensive episodes of eachyear. an hour or two per year to really get into the feeling of each year.. you guys do such a great job with these I'm sure you'd hit it out of the park with more expanded episodes. .

[@damienmercer4731]

…I have!!!

[@gst013]

Sir Paul was 100% right...and the fact that we keep seeing him on this series in huge international scandals for smoking a little weed is ridiculous 😅

[@classicwhitebread]

He loves visiting Colorado now.

[@Chewie316]

I'm sure he laughs to himself about all the shit weed got as he takes a pull.

[@IronCypher]

2020 the year cannabis becomes essential! 🇺🇸🙄

[@dblackzilla]

And certain people gets 10yrs in jail for weed. Smh

[@userdetails1]

Here in the UK weed is still illegal and heavily stigmatised. We aren't anywhere near legalising it for recreation. It's legal for medical but prescriptions are very rare.

[@69ChevyGarage]

If you were a kid in the 80's you were blessed. Great times, the mall, arcade, VHS, recording tv shows for the first time. My dad had a car cell phone in '85. Love was in the air.

[@aslan9334]

Yes that's the way i feel - blessed!❤

[@dellcoc]

It was awesome, but we also had a surplus of kidnappers, pedophiles and serial killers too.

[@aslan9334]

@@dellcoc am sorry what does that has to do w/ the generation - people have done good and bad things since the human race stared

[@D-Fens_1632]

I hit a double, the first time I ever saw a VCR was also the first time I saw Back to the Future.

[@daviddougher8637]

I agree///I was 10 years old in 1984 and it was a great time

[@ENigma-um8zw]

RIP Eddie Van Halen, One of the greatest guitar innovators and musical artists of all time!

[@1985OldSkool]

It is extremely difficult to duplicate a year like 1984. The news, sports, movies, TV shows, and the music that was playing on everybody's radios. You just can't duplicate such a year like 1984.

[@deborahchesser7375]

No doubt I was 18 and man what a decade the 80’s were.

[@damienmercer4731]

…no doubt, the best year from that decade….

[@revylucian8289]

No mention of The Neverending Story? Come on, Limahl's hair alone was worthy of a mention.

[@orangehoof]

I never watched The Neverending Story. I decided I didn't have the time.

[@007Julie]

One of my favorite movies of all time and the song is as epic!

[@jackleonardo2167]

Rebecca Watkins it was not mentioned because it was released in 1985.

[@thenewjord50]

@@jackleonardo2167 I thought it was 84

[@revylucian8289]

@@jackleonardo2167 According to IMDB it was released in Germany, the US, Australia and several other countries in 1984.

[@lindalacombe6581]

“Where’s the Beef”! That commercial killed! Every teenager would howl with laughter whenever it came on. Those were simpler times!

[@paulcowlishaw]

I'm going to search it on KZbin after this video

[@mr.lincoln2753]

Those were better times.

[@toysoldier46552]

Far less racist too at least for us kids, we didn't look at colors, we just made judgments on whether we thought the other kid was cool or not. Damn I miss those days, we'd also settle things in the good old fist fight vs pulling a knife or gun. Most times we would breakdance it out but yeah simpler times.

[@bearforce187]

It got old pretty fast though.

[@snodrod420]

@@toysoldier46552 i don't understand where race comes into this though? Was it from the commercial? I don't remember

[@Sasha-vb3mh]

Paul McCartney’s response to getting busted for marijuana is iconic #AheadOfHisTime

[@guineapiglady2841]

He's a pot head.

[@gelflingmama]

Agreed! Brave of him to say so, too, back then. Without it I can’t eat and am in excruciating daily pain. Thank goodness for #PlantMedicines!

[@BernicePanders]

Cannabis has saved & drastically improved my life, after being a medical lab rat since childhood & having Rx drugs nearly kill me many times! 🔥💨👌😎

[@anotheryoutubeaccount5259]

Jesus so many potheads

[@Sasha-vb3mh]

@@anotheryoutubeaccount5259 oh stop it. Try it sometime, you’ll feel much better

[@joedavidson6556]

The year I was born. So glad to have had my childhood in the late 80’s and throughout the 90’s. Best times ever!

[@desert_hunter83]

💯

[@TechGorilla1987]

Fun story - My parents owned the very first "mini-van" sold in the central PA area. For many months, people would come out of the woodwork to talk to us and ask us what it was. Quite often, my father would give tours of the inside to wide-eyed people. No one had ever seen such a thing. Sometimes he would remove a seat in the middle of a parking lot to demonstrate.

[@thepurpleone5959]

That funny...my grandpa still drive nothing but the mini van. He upgrades every couple of years.

[@robertbeckman2054]

Minivans today have a power-punching V6. Those first 80's minivans (and 90's) were 4-banger gutless wonders that couldn't make it up a hill without anticipating by going over the speed limit before the hill.

[@D-Fens_1632]

Minivans are like fanny packs. They're really useful, great inventions in theory, but you just can't ever look cool using them.

[@TechGorilla1987]

@@D-Fens_1632 It was the 80's equivalent of "mom jeans"

[@tegantalks9612]

Honestly, I’ve totally done the same thing driving my parents’ mini-van. The new ones have some cool features.

[@igelbeatz]

Dear Weird History, This Timeline series has already produced, in my opinion, by far your best videos ever. I think you should consider doing another one for the 70s (or 90s, or whatever era really) once the '80s is up. I'm enjoying this a ton, and I'm sure others are too. Please keep it up, this content is really interesting and well-made.

[@Cerebrosity]

I say add whatever years, but continue with the 80's, highlighting different aspects of each year. Just start back at 1980 - over and over. I love the 80's!

[@tonyr.3435]

The 70's would be cool since I went from kid to teenager to adult in that decade

[@Melinda8162]

Tony R. I have fond memories of the ‘70’s. Free as a bird, had great friends, good times. Ugh. Life stinks now.

[@Triadii]

Me too!! 90s next babbyyy

[@rramirez4217]

After the 80s I would just go backwards, 70s, 60s, ect. And the 90s....some other time

[@ryan8211982]

1984 had cult classic movies like The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th dimension, The Last Starfighter, Supergirl, Starman, Runaway, Repo Man and Dune.

[@Ijustinsultedyou]

D rated movies

[@link4eva10]

And Gremlins!!!

[@dawn8542]

Lol. I grew up in the 80s. This list stinks as representative of the time.

[@IRONHEAD12701]

I graduated from high school in 84’. I had the time of my life in the summer and worked my ass off in the fall during college. What a year👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@moaningpheromones]

did you get your ass back on?

[@francesjennings7838]

I loved the 80s, had my children, raised them to a small Texas town, baseball, football, and we had the best music ever!

[@mattblom3990]

I love how Weird History does a whole series on the 1980s. Then asks us to suggest more about the 1980s so he can continue it. His awesome 80s production values show a love of the Best Decade.

[@jordashi]

Honestly I really hate you guys didn't talk about Purple Rain, that album played a huge role in the creation of the parental advisory sticker, sat atop the billboard charts for 24 weeks and won an academy award. 1984 was the year of the purple one and to not mention Prince kinda sucks I mean the guy played a huge role in the sound of the 80's and even the culture from his rivalry with MJ to his famous relationships he had in the 80's and we haven't even mentioned the impact his albums had during the decade, I hope you guys bring him up more often next time because you can't talk about the 80's and not mention Prince because he was right there with Michael and Madonna changing the game and influencing the new generation of artists that would come after them.

[@JMV422]

1984 was the best year for movies ! Most of them are classics

[@OneofInfinity.]

1982!

[@altheaharris]

I love this whole series makes me want to go back and be a kid again. My only complaint is I wish it started from 1970.

[@kyliepechler]

Same here. I am really hoping he does the 1970's next!

[@thechef.]

maybe they can do the 70's next?

[@thechef.]

wow you're from toronto, small world lol

[@homespunhomefragrance5659]

I hope they do the 70’s too. Maybe once they finish the 90’s series they’re currently working on.

[@tegantalks9612]

Hello my fellow Canadian! I feel this I’ve been checking back periodically for months now since they announced the 70s series hoping it would be out with no luck!

[@philipbourne]

"84' the summer purple rain. movie & soundtrack.

[@wasteland70]

I was just going to comment, "Where's Purple Rain?". Best summer of my life. 13 and listening to Purple Rain.

[@wasteland70]

@Heather F Purple Rain really brought me out of the world I was in. The album is glorious. Then I saw the film, again, 13 years old. Walked out a different person. Prince was/is one of a kind and my idol.

[@wasteland70]

@Heather F I agree. It was a once in a lifetime.

[@alukuhito]

He was one of very few black rock musicians at the time (actually, of all time), and he rocked like crazy on that album.

[@newhorizonsforfifty2833]

Maybe if they see enough of this in the comments, they'll understand how stupid it was to not include the film or the album in the year, especially since When Doves Cry was often voted the best single of the 80s by many radio stations.

[@brycecooper1780]

I really hope you cover the 60's, 70's, 90's and 00's. I would watch it all

[@randytwomoons3134]

84 was the year I graduated from high school. I'll never forget one second of it !

[@alexcastro7339]

Busting Paul McCartney for pot is like busting a priest for wine....

[@mrstealyokid9060]

Or Kids?

[@the_original_Bilb_Ono]

When a dude writes just half the songs Paul did, then you let him smoke whatever he pleases at that point. Its funny too because at that time many still believed nonsense about pot, how its just as dangerous as herion, cocaine, or alcohol. So im sure his words wasnt taken seriously by many people that time.

[@kate_cooper]

It’s not about whether or not it’s dangerous, it’s about whether or not it’s legal. If it isn’t, then perhaps you shouldn’t do it even if you think it should be legal. Paul McCartney is not exempt from the law.

[@anonymoususername1091]

@@kate_cooper thanks Kate you are correct hopefully your comment opens up some eyes, and helps in the marijuana epidemic we are facing in America today. If your message can save one person from dying from marijuana it is worth it. We need more people like you to spread the message about "reefer madness" Thank you again!!!

[@33fastcar]

Or Willy Nelson for only ONE joint...

[@containedhurricane]

Madonna's controversial album and live performance, Like a Virgin, was also released and performed in 1984

[@lastguyminn2324]

So was a little film called "Purple Rain" that I remember being somewhat influential.

[@filmgirlLisa]

@@lastguyminn2324 I remember I would sing "Darlin' Nikki" ("masturbaaaating with a magazine") before I even knew what it was or why it's an interesting thing to sing around the house, loudly. And my mom would be like "WHAT are you singing??!!" haha

[@containedhurricane]

@Steve Davies Everybody is aging. But Madonna still looks great, because of her diet and cosmetic surgery: instagram.com/p/CAk4yLJKJ00/

[@vhscopyofseinfeld]

Cosmin Contra Madonna looks terrible now!

[@containedhurricane]

@@vhscopyofseinfeld To each, his own

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

Fun Fact: When they filmed the recording session and video of "Do they know it's christmas", George Michael just came back home from the shooting of "Last Christmas". Flying home and basically instantly joining the other musicians in the studio. This man really was a trooper. We lost him way too soon :'(

[@earthdate3495]

"... The bombing will begin in 5 minutes..." An original microphone gaff a decade before Brittany Spears. A few Soviet officials had seizures that day.

[@funnychile]

I didn’t hear anything about Prince and “Purple Rain”, did I miss that part???!!!

[@freddymarcel-marcum6831]

1983

[@MCMLXXXV.]

Where's wham! ?

[@LaSalleSamuels]

@@freddymarcel-marcum6831 Purple Rain was released in August 1984

[@freddymarcel-marcum6831]

@@LaSalleSamuels 1983

[@187mrsmith]

@@freddymarcel-marcum6831 it was released in theaters everywhere January 1st 1984

[@NewMessage]

“Big Brother is Watching You.” ― George Orwell, 1984 Scary, sure.. but so is the fact that today, we pay more attention to Big Brother on TV.

[@g0dzilla_au]

i bet youve waitied years to make that comment

[@bicyclist2]

They call it "programing" for a reason.

[@derrick7648]

People still watch TV?!

[@PlaceboEllie]

deep lmao

[@CamaroAmx]

1984-Big Brother is coming to get you... 2020- Come right on in, Big Brother. Make yourself at home. Don’t believe me? Look at your Alexa, Google Home...

[@truthseeker92011]

There was NO decade like the '80s. So many reasons why. The music (Ozzy, Def Leppard, Michael Jackson), the sports (Michael Jordan, Mike Tyson, 84 Olympics), the politics (Reagan winning 49/50 states, the Berlin wall teardown), the movies (Terminator), etc. There was just no time like it. The eighties ruled. I turned 12 in 1980, so I spent my entire teenage years in the '80s.

[@edd7657]

The greatest year in the history of mankind!! Movies, TV, Music and Sports. Thank You 1984!!

[@rpc717]

Absolutely!!

[@mandalor45]

so AT&T did exactly what Disney is doing right now

[@jamesslick4790]

Well, Yeah.. Disney can't have everything. For every Coca-Cola, there's a PepsiCo.

[@daRiddler32]

But the difference is that Disney can get away with it cause of Nostalgia

[@jamesslick4790]

@Curtis Tisberger Yeah, AT&T phones tasted better in the old days. 😛

[@jamesslick4790]

@@daRiddler32 I'm damned near 60 and have zero nostalgia for Disney. Give me an old (pre 1960s) WB cartoon any day.

[@daRiddler32]

@@jamesslick4790 not even for Star Wars? After all it was Star Wars that Disney used as leverage to obtain Fox

[@Metal_Hed]

These Timeline 80s are awesome. I was born in 74 so 80s are my childhood. Love reliving them and seeing what I missed. Look forward to seeing more.

[@SaberisloveSaberislife]

The year Michael Jordan was drafted to the Chicago Bulls and changed the game forever and became the greatest of all time.

[@Flamingbro69]

Even with me growing up during an era of Basketball dominated by LeBron, Kobe, Duncan, Curry and Durant, I can still say that MJ is the GOAT.

[@marstarmiller]

It still blows my mind that he was 3rd in the draft!

[@shiranuiaensland1442]

You forgot Hakeem Olajuwon, Charles Barkley, and John Stockton. As well as other fantastic players such as Alvin Robertson and Oscar Schmidt.

[@patrickbateman6885]

@@Flamingbro69 Well hello

[@GorillaFan_32]

@@shiranuiaensland1442 yes charles Barkley

[@Drago1995]

1984 is one of my favourite years of the 80's

[@theselfproclaimedretrogame9383]

Eddy Murphy's Beverly Hills Cop released on December 1st 1984

[@Fireglo]

No one cares.

[@theselfproclaimedretrogame9383]

@@Fireglo dont be rude to my dad

[@kojo5928]

Man. I can’t get enough of this series. Love y’all!

[@plissken2156]

0:52 - "Remember Jerry: As long as you believe it, it's not a lie."

[@riderfkc2835]

man your timeline videos of the 80s really felt like I'm going back to my good old carefree days, I really love it man these timeline videos of the 80s are my favorite among all your videos

[@riderfkc2835]

sorry to hear about andy kaufman, I'm a filipino by the way

[@johnashley327]

The year I graduated from high school and entered college. So many great songs and movies.

[@billnolastname5078]

I spent most of that year on the DMZ. (I'm not sure why I was there; my unit was 30 miles back)

[@carolinehowell1364]

Rick Allen of Def Leppard - the story is tragic but I'm happy he was included because his perseverance to continue playing is inspiring!

[@robertwhite6203]

What a yr . I 16 yrs old back then . This brings back so many memeries

[@454aubrey]

My mind has been blowned with the frozen embryo thing, you could be born 25 years after you were officially created. Just wow!

[@jr2904]

If the egg wasn't fertilized then the child isn't created technically, even then for a while it's just a bunch of cells dividing and multiplying. Pretty amazing either way though, 25 year old egg fertilized by a sperm cell that are two decades separated

[@joylumley6858]

Embryo means fertilize egg.

[@Planet-Rodela-3]

The year that 80's music had established it's own sound and identity.

[@richardgazinia5482]

1984 has been cited as the greatest year in "Pop" music. So many great songs come from 1984.

[@jp3813]

@@richardgazinia5482 One of the best years for movies as well.

[@GiveItUpDot]

The whole decade gave quality entertainment

[@jeaniechowdury576]

Thomas Alanis synthesizers

[@blachubear]

i say it started in 1982 and then 83,84 & 85 it really peak. The last 4 years wasn't bad but 83, 84 & 85 was a magic era.

[@SupaNovaSlom56]

Prince had the Number 1, album, single, and Movie "PURPLE RAIN" (which beat Ghost Busters for the #1 spot) summer in 1984 ..wtf how did you leave this out!!!!

[@estacratees]

He mentioned it in another year. The year with Prince playing before the Rolling Stones and getting booed off.

[@SupaNovaSlom56]

@@estacratees That don’t count because it was not 1984 when that happened. That was 1981 with the rolling stone. Again reference my original comment.

[@danabrewer3676]

Your series of the Timeline: 198# is my favorite going. Having graduated HS in 1988, it's clear why. I look forward to coming year by year videos.

[@silverbats]

1984 I turned 18 and I thought I owned the world! Still miss all of the 80s cant wait to see 1985!!!

[@sportsmom165]

Me too. Graduated from high school.

[@NovemberReigne]

I miss the 80’s so much, I graduated from High School in 1987

[@hiddeouterr]

2020 will surely make a great weird history episode.

[@VFatalis]

if the world still stands in december that is...

[@pills-]

Assuming, of course, that there are still people (or even other sentients) to make fun of 2020 :D

[@johnclifford1537]

True Lopsang. I have lost count of the number of people who are telling me they are keeping journals/scrapbooks for their kids in the future.

[@discomillenium8850]

@@johnclifford1537 well we have smartphones which we use to record our life everyday

[@johnclifford1537]

@@discomillenium8850 But you won't have the technology in the future to play it back on. How do you watch videotape from 30 yrs ago now ? Journals and scrapbooks can be passed down.

[@rapscallion3506]

As a young computer system consultant, I was relocated to Chicago from Dallas in 1984. My life forever changed.

[@cezarmcknight8873]

I was in the 5th grade in ‘84. Oh the wonderful memories. Thanks for this Timeline!!!

[@MarvinHartmann452]

You were so lucky to have these wonderful times in America. I've said it elsewhere and I say it again, 1984 was the peak of America. After that , things only when downhill.

[@finjakke]

AT & T was almost as big as Google. No wonder they had to break it up.

[@bicyclist2]

Now a days the government promotes monopoly. Just look at the glasses and diamond Industry.

[@markreynolds1436]

It's the Top Hat and the Old Boot industries I'm afraid of..

[@orangehoof]

AT&T was broken up because they wanted to get into the personal computer business. IBM sued saying AT&T received government funds as a public utility and, therefore, had a competitive advantage. Therefore, AT&T divested their "utility" holdings. In the end, IBM survived and AT&T went about re-purchasing stock in the "Baby Bells" after failing to capture the PC market.

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

@@orangehoof AT&T merged with TimeWarner entertainment in the late 2010s and they changed the name of that division to WarnerMedia, now AT&T owns everything from HBO, Bugs Bunny and TBS to The Powerpuff Girls and half of The CW (the other half is owned by ViacomCBS) in the entertainment market in addition to a large part of the telecommunications market in the United States and Mexico...

[@Kat-tr2ig]

I think 1984 was the first year of the 80s that was truly, 100% 80s, as previous years seem to have had a 70s influence on them still. I was 4/5 in 1984, and some of my biggest memories of that year were Bruce Springsteen (still one of my favorite musicians), mini vans, the Olympics, McDonalds being THE cultural icon and people wearing Where's the Beef? t-shirts.

[@dennislogan6781]

Remember the Discount Tire commercial where the lady throes the tire through the store window? That was 1984 too I think.

[@thenewjord50]

When a decade starts the first half aka the early decade going to still have the style, influence and culture from the latter part of the last decade with some new changes and the middle of the decade is when we really moved on from the previous decade( usually during years 2,3, or 4 depending how you want to define it) and the late decade usually in 7( sometimes the 7 considered as a mid decade year but depending how you define it) 8 and 9 is when we introduced new things to close the decade and prepare for the next

[@Sawlon]

I love these!!! Keep them coming!!! I was 30 in 1984!

[@hazor777]

It was a great time to be alive! A magical time , as I recall . Great music, great movies , great sports events etc ...

[@notay]

"To this day, we're still waiting for our personal jet packs. Not cool." 🤣

[@kellyweingart3692]

😂😂😂😂

[@lloydtucker5647]

😄🤣😁

[@ocon10731]

The Cat’s commercial for the seatbelt law in NY was smart

[@duvveed3523]

This episode is golden. You have a hit here my guy!

[@jermnheat]

I absolutely love these!!! Thank you so much for doing this!!!

[@Mcsteveberry]

your channel is a fountain of knowledge of hundreds of worlds there over, thank you here and now throughout the future!

[@AbdiPianoChannel]

My 1984 was a nightmare. It was the most scariest year ever. I found my self in civil war in Africa at young age.

[@BrinLondo74]

PLEASE, PLEASE, MORE Timelines from the 80's! Then tackle the 70"s? Finally, watching 60's-70's cartoon intro's & endings; I was surpised by how many commercials aimed at kids that featured guns. I seemed to noticec that out of every 4 commercial breaks, 3 would feature sometype of game that involved guns. I grew up around guns and learned a healthy respect fot them. But in todays culture, people would be blown away by the amount of harmless gun ad's aimed at us kids at the time. Having a gun, even a toy gun seemed just American as apple pie. Boy, have things changed! Thanks for all you do!

[@tysonmiller8258]

How could you not bring up Prince & Purple Rain Movie/Soundtrack

[@stangodbey4789]

You seem to be pushing a agenda. Why don't you make a video that supports that agenda?

[@inthemaking9714]

@@stangodbey4789 calm down snowflake. It’s a reasonable question being that prince was a big influence in the 80s...

[@Itzamadhouse]

I was thinking the same. Prince was huge that year. The Purple Rain soundtrack sold 25 million copies.

[@Njbear7453]

“And that original Van Halen magic was lost forever” - you can say that again!

[@filmgirlLisa]

Wow. Such an iconic time/album! It's crazy that the band only lasted about a year and a half after.

[@urbanesasquatch]

Van Hagar had the biggest selling albums and Sammy is still rockin right now.

[@Rnrf5150]

@@urbanesasquatch van halen debut &1984 outsold all of van hagar album.

[@adrianC_]

The album was banned in Singapore because of the cover

[@Njbear7453]

urbanesasquatch Van Hagar sucks !!!! Sorry

[@stormtroopergaming9308]

yes! i was especially waiting for this episode! love this series!

[@tristonrobinson2243]

1984 was the year that I was born and loving on Sunday, September 16th and the same day as the series premiere of Miami Vice on NBC.

[@Lady8D]

So sad that the kid confined to a bubble didn't like his suit

[@annereilley4892]

He didn't need it to play trivial pursuit.

[@ericbrown6757]

Im sorry, the card says moops, you're wrong

[@jamesmoss3424]

Ghostbusters kick ass. 😀👍👻

[@todddougherty9492]

Transformers was my shit... so was Airwolf. Hold up Weird History... you’re starting to tug at the feels here...

[@manikandansubramaniam9113]

This series is just mindblowing!

[@NikLytle]

I really hope this series spills into the 90's and 2000's.....

[@mankuro]

Oh they will... Lol next summer of course they hit gold with this so their gonna milk it

[@morisco56]

Doom and wolfenstein

[@jimflagg4009]

When I think back to the best times in my childhood, nothing beat 1984.

[@luzcaicedo9879]

I was 9 year's old in 1984. Truly miss my 1980$

[@33fastcar]

I miss being 16 in 1984... That was a great year for me!

[@CourtneyDixonDesigns]

As a teen at the time, I remembered 1984 fondly, too young to pay attention to anything other than music or movies.

[@davidwiley4953]

Ray Croc, the man who stole McDonalds.

[@sandramcshane1747]

@D2 E2 Chicken nuggets are the perfect place to hide a body.

[@BlueHooloovoo]

That movie "The Founder" starring Michael Keaton really showed how sleazy Ray Croc was.

[@alukuhito]

I can't believe people still eat there.

[@travisquintero8334]

@@alukuhito Hell, I won't even stop to use the restroom there.

[@randyw7237]

I MISS THE 80s! This jogged my memory like my high-school track coach!

[@evierodriguez82]

I was only 2 in '84 but this is so nostalgic to me. Life was much simpler. ❤

[@ireviewmovies4fun]

Forgot to mention the McDonalds massacre, it was the worst mass shooting in US history at the time

[@KentKaliber]

OMG! How did they leave that out???

[@couchaholic]

Probably because their ice cream machine was broken.

[@tnickknight]

1983 hahaha

[@ireviewmovies4fun]

@Nezic no lol im referring to lone wolf type attacks. That's totally different

[@ireviewmovies4fun]

@@tnickknight it was July 1984

[@melindakinnaird]

You should have included the death of actor Jon-Erik Hexum, who jokingly shot himself with a prop gun on the set of his TV show in October of 1984. Maybe you could do a video about him.

[@setheb]

Yeah, I remember Voyagers! because I was little younger than the co-star of the show, and it is important message about gun safety.

[@zeroforzero546]

God Bless him, I remember that.

[@villain68]

I remember that.

[@joylumley6858]

I loved Voyagers

[@user-ov2fc5sd1e]

I may be wrong but from the photos I saw online he looked like a typical BMW driving douche

[@dinospass]

Keep making these! They’re amazing

[@1977TA]

Where is 1985? These videos have been premiering every Sunday for the last 4 weeks. I was expecting to find the next video in the series waiting for me yesterday.

[@jjojo2004]

I was a sophomore in high school and I just started driving with a learners permit that year. I remember ALL of this like it was yesterday! ✌️✌️✌️😎

[@lloydtucker5647]

I was a freshman. ✌

[@LynxStarAuto]

Soon you'll be forgetting as you are a stone throws away from a nursing home by now. 😆 just a joke my friend, from one old man to another.

[@denitipuric1130]

Born in 92 but love 80’s music and movies and the history that occurred, and love these videos! Please keep it up,

[@dandruff3414]

I'm a bit dissapointed that "Rebel Yell" was not mentioned here. I heard it almost everywhere during that time

[@neoasura]

Man, there was just too much good music that came out in 1984, the video would be an hour long listing all of it!

[@robinsmith5442]

I would love to see a whole video on David "the Bubble Boy" My son, Josh Smith, was diagnosed with that in 1985 and was taken to one of the same rooms David lived in that November. David's mom came to visit and was very sweet.

[@timthegem]

Whenever I turn on a Weird History video and it's not this guy's voice, I feel let down.

[@willisgaines6882]

The sledgehammer woman was apple and big brother was IBM? They fooled us as I write this on my iPhone that’s probably recording everything I do on it and sending it to apple

[@torqued666]

We're Your Type IBM Typewriter commercial.

[@lauraz2896]

You are confusing it with FB.

[@judgeomega]

given enough time, everyone becomes that which they hate most

[@WadeLife]

I think doing a decade of 80 cartoon history would be a awesome topic to cover in a future upload... This request hints I was born in Feb 7 1981 so many of the 80 cartoons are very close and dear to many others could claim that as well or share the same feelings..😎👍

[@aslan9334]

I ❤ that you mentioned my favorite book- 1984!

[@zepmarq]

I remember "The Transformers" premier...lol. Geeeezus, I was 10. Best thing about being born in the 70s was growing-up in the 80s.