What Year Was Better? 1982 vs 1992!

[@chrisolivo6591]

1982: Atari, Dungeons & Dragons, anticipating Return of the Jedi, Baseball Cards, StratOMatic Baseball, Rocky 3, Saturday morning Cartoons, Star Trek Wrath of Khan, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, MTV. That was really the beginning of entertainment and pop culture realizing that kids are an important demographic to target. My older brother grew up in the 70’s most of this stuff did not exist when he was a kid.

[@tperson8347]

I'm absolutely jealous and would've loved to've been a kid in the 70s, but things really started to pick up in the 80s in terms of cartoons, figures, and music. I at least got to experience the end of the 80s .. :)

[@cwill1098]

Totally agree! Don't forget Knight Rider. Color Me Bad was not a heavy metal band.

[@Sammy_Boy_Smith]

WWWF turned into WWF, and for the better. Black Sabbath . Blade Runner.

[@sergioleone3583]

1982 I went to my first punk show at age 15. T-Bird Roller Rink in Fullerton, CA. Battalion of Saints were who we went for, CH3 was the main band. Opening act was some obscure band called "Suicidal Tendencies". Not to be obscure (in the punk scene for sure) much longer.

[@JohnnyBeane]

Color me bad was Metal? haha! I vote 82 all day long.

[@_The_Worst_]

On🗓October 27th, 1992 I turned six🎂years old...🤘🏼💯✔️

[@gooniesgirl1979]

My middle older brother born in ‘74 loved Shirt Tales. I think we both had toys and he had bedsheets. We had to share a room for a few years.

[@captlazer5509]

In 1982, watched a music video and dance show called MV3 out of L.A. It was miles better than MTV as it had punk bands like Oingo Boingo who's leader singer was Danny Elfman who of course gave us the Batman 89 theme. Hands down 1982 rules.

[@gooniesgirl1979]

I still love Oingo Boingo.

[@captlazer5509]

@@gooniesgirl1979 never stopped, awesome band !

[@qwaurk985]

Don't Sleep in the Ditch 33: Love, Exciting and New

[@slowraceultra]

Definitely a thumbs up from me here in Australia. Your channel has taken me down memory lane quite often. (Olivia Newton John is a National Treasure here in Australia) but still thumbs up.

[@nerdcraftercoley7305]

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle was actually a really good suspenseful movie kind of similar to Fatal Attraction. Don't you want me baby is also a really good song you should look it up and listen to it.

[@stevedenis8292]

92 hands down I lived the 70's and 80 and was in my late 20's in 92 had my 5.0 mustang my future wife and we were living in our own apartment .there was all the music of the time and past to rock out to with big amps and even bigger speakers. I was at my peak hitting the gym 4 times a week pumped up could eat tons of food drink like a fish. Still had over a decade before the world tuned to shit.

[@sergioleone3583]

25 in '92, and I agree with you. 92>82.

[@danjohnson4082]

1982 for the toys! The debuts of He-man, GI Joe 3-3/4" action figures, and anticipation for Return of the Jedi.

[@WalrusOpossum]

I think the 70's through the 90's were the golden age for american child life.

[@ronfroehlich4697]

My favorite part of Jack and Dianne is when John Cougar Mellencamp says "jubiloff bloop bobby bloop blap I do what I please"

[@Barada73]

I was 9 years old in 1982 and 19 years old in 1992. In '82, my parents strictly controlled what music, movies, and TV we were allowed to watch, so I didn't get much exposure to the pop culture of the time. In '92, I was in the Army stationed in Germany, so I also missed out on most of American pop culture that year as well. As a result, I don't have strong memories of either year. Maybe the debut of Image Comics was the most memorable thing from '92. If I had to relive one year, however, then I would probably want to relive 1992. Since I was living on my own (sort of, I was in Army barracks) and getting a regular paycheck. So I'd like to go back and spend those paychecks on stuff that I know would hold their value today, but is just too expensive to really collect now. Maybe I'd be able to get a copy of the first printing of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 for less than the price of a new car.

[@spsimmons]

82 all the way

[@constancecherry3996]

I lived thew the80s and 90s

[@jeenkzk5919]

As much as I’m a Gen Xer, I’d have to say 1982 because that was when the neighborhood I lived in as a child was a good area. Not so much now.

[@marcusdarkallius1194BC]

1982. Now some of the cartoons you mentioned from the 80's even I never heard of! And 80's music just really kicked butt!!

[@jeremyhautajarvi8433]

1982

[@chalupacabra1727]

1982 was better for being a kid, 1992 was better for getting laid.

[@Kevin-hl6ym]

Color Me Badd was only metal in the sense it sounded like metal being dragged across a chalkboard.

[@tperson8347]

For TV: I miss watching Cheers as a little kid. Seinfeld and Roseanne were the two shows that I watched almost all of the episodes in the series and watched all three season finales.

[@ciscodeer9094]

Both years are really good, but X-men TAS I watch religiously.

[@tperson8347]

Those early 90s comic book cartoons were the best. :)

[@richardlaceyfield9]

Meatball and Spaghetti was aired at the same time Spiderman and the incredible hulk was on .So that might be why you didn't see it on Saturday Mornings or afternoon on Saturdays .

[@gooniesgirl1979]

1982. I was 3. I love Jack & Diane, too. My friend was born in ‘82 and he would say the same thing.

[@shanester1832]

I haven't thought about that En Vogue song in 30 years. I just now realize what the 'it" was that somebody was never gonna get. I was too young to experience 82. Gotta go with 92 out of familiarity. There's nothing mentioned here i haven't watched or listened to though.

[@ShamrockParticle]

1982 forever! At age 10, for music, I was listening to Jerry Reed... thankfully I found 80s New Wave by 2010, lol... and, yeah, I was into alternative rock big time in 92... REM and the B-52s, but nowadays give me more Wall of Voodoo, Simple Minds, Devo, New Order, and - yup - The Human League, LOL... still love Joan Jett and J Geils band... then again, 1992 had Utah Saints, 2 Unlimited, and 808 State. Techno still holds up... For movies, no contest at all. 1992 has nothing compared to 1982. TV. Again, 1992 has little, apart from Roseanne and Night Court's final season. Which isn't saying too much either as the show's best days were around 1987! I loved Andy Rooney's 60 Minutes segments. He was timeless.

[@kennethayers5624]

Hands down...1982..But color me bad ...metal band????lol.

[@shanester1832]

I bet he was thinking of In Living Color.

[@ThatJunkman]

I can always tell you you are by the comments ;)

[@kennethayers5624]

@@shanester1832 Yeah, I just like giving him a hard time..

[@kennethayers5624]

sorry,but someone was gonna give you grief over it..might as well be me...:)..Wait...is it bad I know who Color Me Bad is???? Oh Geez...lol

[@eaglestrekker677]

tough choice, both were great

[@Straight0uttaCrofton]

you were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar.............

[@williamwilkinson6665]

I graduated in 1992 and Wayne's World was the biggest movie at the time and the song Bohemian Rhapsody was the most popular song.... TV I loved Home Improvement and the Batman Animated Series... That being said , those were the highlights of 92 ....82 had sooo many more movies not mentioned like TRON & Blade Runner, The Thing, Secret of Nimh and Firefox...

[@MrCAcompora]

Maybe because I am so old now, I feel like I was around 6 in 1992, at least in my mentality. I remember hearing Abracadabra on the radio, then seeing a color story about it in the comics section of the Sunday newspaper (not sure why they did that). We also went to see Wrath of Khan instead of ET, which all of my friends got to see. First time since Empire we actually went to a sit down movie (instead of a drive in) and did made us watch Khan instead of ET……. My neighbor loved Doctor who and used to cut out cardboard figures from Manila folders and color them into doctor who figs. I had lost a lot of my Star Wars figs and ships in a move back to NY from FL, and had not discovered GI Joes yet. Dark times in 1982 my friend, dark times (by the way, I turned 8 in 82).

[@MrCAcompora]

New shirt idea? “That’s my Uncle Jesse!”

[@ThatJunkman]

Lol I think you reminded me I forgot to add the photos lol

[@trippjohnson7393]

1982 is when EPCOT Center opened, therefore 1982 is better.

[@LordSegundo]

1982 is my pick, that year gave us some horror movie classics, Poltergeist, The Thing, Creepshow, Friday the 13th Part III (this is movie Jason gets his iconic hockey mask) plus everyone’s favorite Halloween movie without Michael Myers, Halloween III Season of the Witch.

[@rex-rant4322]

Growing up it was '60s- '80s for me. The '70s stuck with me. The '90s was when music took a nose dive for me. The hottest band in the world was putting out music nobody really liked until they reunited and then all the old stuff came back. But shows and movies were pretty good. Like Jurassic Park.

[@Sad_Monkey]

1982! I was 13.

[@bigrichc8265]

I was born 1982 and love everything from 1982-1992 great decade. But you can have color me badd 😂

[@work1284]

You and I are the same age, I’m just an echo of your commentary. lol. Gonna fight you on “Just another day” by Oingo Boingo. He went on to score The Simpsons and most 80s and 90s giant movies. It would take another decade for me to catch on to Oingo Boingo. But I right there with you on Steve Miller and abracadabra, we made fun of it at the time, but it really is a great song.

[@sergioleone3583]

I'll go with 92 from my personal life and real life overall.

[@3Storms]

Music: 1992 because of Metallica, Pantera, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, etc. Movies: 1982. It had Tron, Dark Crystal, Poltergeist, and Wrath of Khan. 92 had Jurassic Park, and that's about it. Toys: 1982 easily. Star Wars, first year of MOTU, first year of GI Joe ARAH, and Tron figures. I can't think of anything good for toys in 1992.

[@tperson8347]

Nice list. :)

[@tperson8347]

I'm mixed, it would be hard to choose between 80s and 90s. I was 7 in 1992 and was absolutely hyped for Batman Returns, and I couldn't wait to see it. 🦇 Basic Instinct is a great movie. Michael Douglas has some really good ones. My favorite Star Trek was Star Trek 6 "The Undiscovered Country" since I was a kid. :) We (my sister and myself) were raised on country, but we switched to grunge and alternative rock on our own in 1992 just in time to catch some great bands. We were both into Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, REM, Garbage, Bush, Jane's Addiction, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Mazzy Star, Faith No More .. (I know some of those were a little after 92) I like The Human League, but I like the songs I know. :) It's like a synth, pop/rock band. I like a lot of different kinds of music, so it's not too much of a stretch for me. Plus, the two backup singers are really cute. :) haha Thanks for the video

[@NintendoSuperstar93]

82 was 11 years before I was born and 92 was 1 year before I was born, so don’t really have an opinion of either year, but the 80’s clearly had the best music and I was just lucky to experience the 90’s, even for just a little bit.

[@choobooloo1]

1992 was a better year for me mostly because I remember it more. I was 6 in 1982.

[@kevinmelicant9566]

1892 was cool. 🎉 I'm very old sunny boy 😂

[@tperson8347]

I loved The Addams Family cartoon and I like that it was drawn in the same style as the comic strip from the 30s. On SNL movies: I was a little disappointed in the Pat movie, I thought it was a little slow and awkward, but the Stuart Smalley movie was a little better, it wasn't as slow.

[@FloridaEbikes]

92 destroys the whole 80s. 80s were good but the 90s were like 80s on steroids.

[@ricktaylor4789]

Awesome video, as always, Junkman! Like you, I was born in 1972. For the same reasons, 1982 was the better year for me. I do have to admit, though, 92 had better cartoons. X-Men and Batman were that damn phenomenal! Till next time.✌️ P.S. We definitely need a vid of '83 and '93!!

[@cyborgroxx]

I was born in 1980. I'm still picking 1982. In all honesty, I thought the 90's were very lame. I didn't like the alternative music, the movies were...okay. Now, 1992 was only the beginning of grunge/alternative. I'm glad you said heavy metal was still happening. Guns N' Roses, Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Van Halen, Firehouse were still very popular in 1992. I had a blast listening to that. I no longer watched cartoons in 1992. I was with my friends at the mall. Arcades. That kinda thing. So I've never seen most of what you mentioned.

[@thomasprice8019]

Yeah the 1982 won every category great video I was eight years old in 1982

[@alfonzothomas3587]

Color me bad was an r and b band lol

[@ThatJunkman]

Lol sure

[@vincentharris2259]

I'm Going With 1982 Because I Was 10 Years Old And Was A Major Star Wars Fanatic Who Was Anticipating The Sequel Return Of The Jedi.

[@lloydshanahan154]

easy answer. 1982 for the movies and music. 1992 for everything else (namely video games and cartoons)

[@sergioleone3583]

Pop radio/music was crap in 82/92. It hasn't been good since bands wore suits, AM radio played good music, and there were GO GO DANCERS! (before I was born, mid 60s; I got dropped onto this rock in 67)

[@ricks.1779]

I don't even have to watch the video. '82 hands down.

[@joshuaross4644]

82 is better than 92. I was 19 in92

[@kylekullin2520]

Tom Petty is my jam!

[@Cwo30]

Color me bad was about the farthest thing from Metal that there is. Couldn’t name a song and would never listen to that crap. 1982 all the way

[@Sammy_Boy_Smith]

JUNKMAN?! ..... What about best " Action figures". What Series were out? 82 GI JOE 1st year, SW of course, 92 toys- tmnt, jurrasic Park (?( Or was that 93?

[@sergioleone3583]

First Contact is good. Wrath of Kahn is better for me. My favorite Trek movie is actually Trek VI Undiscovered Country.

[@Guernicaman]

Seems like you got 'Say, Say, Say' w/Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson w/'Ebony & Ivory' w/Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder. 😂 Not all black people look alike, Junk! 😅 j/k

[@James_Wade]

It’s easy I was born in ‘70 so in ‘82 I was 12 82 for the win!!!!

[@richardlaceyfield9]

1992 was the worse year for music .So I'd have to go with 1982 for sure. I couldn't stand rnb or rap sorry it was garbage.

[@MarshalTennerWinter]

What's your favorite Bee Gees video?

[@ChyroneMcThunderschlong]

1982. 1992 was a distillation of all that came before. G.I.Joe sucked in 92. Star Wars was only just starting a comeback in books and comics after a long hiatus. Grunge was a good alternative to hair metal, but no where near the iconic nature of MTV, Thriller, and all the New Wave music coming from Europe. U2 and the Police were about to break big. Prince and Madonna only just entered the culture. Movies were epic, groundbreaking. Compare E.T., Blade Runner, Wrath of Kahn, TRON, The Thing, An Officer And A Gentleman, Tootsie, Conan the Barbarian, The Dark Crystal, Poltergeist to what Batman Returns? Dracula? Those were cartoonish, if enjoyable. Only Reservoir Dogs saves 1992.

[@Guernicaman]

Graduated High School in May of 1992, but when it comes to music - 1982 was a far better year, imo. Tho, 1992 had some great songs too. ❤

[@youtubegarbage7876]

Don't forget that all the cool 80s stuff also stank like smoke, and There was no such think as the FA- word or the N-word. People just used those words and no one said boo to it. If you only have your rose colored fglasses on, the answer is still 92. --Ernest's brother is clearly an older dude, who, like everyone else, thinks their teenage time was the greatest of all time.

[@3Storms]

I never could stand generic white bread shows so F'ing dull that they need audience laugh tracks to convince you that something funny happened, and the worst was Full House.

[@tperson8347]

When I was a little kid I had no idea Bob Saget was funny, because I knew him from Full House

[@TheJohno95]

We're the same age, Junkie. As far as music, I have to give it to the 80's hands down. TV shows...I hate to say it, but I'm going to have to give it to the 90's. But it was close. That 60 Minutes being number one in both kind of ruined a potential tie. Almost anything in the 90's would have beat that. Movies....I have to go with the 80's. Still close, but 80's gets it by a little. I have to give the 90's the cartoons. The stuff in the 80's was mostly formulaic bullshit. The 90's had X-Men and Batman...And the others just kind of evened out. Surprised you didn't see Meatballs and Spaghetti...Came on CBS during that same block that had Gilligan's Planet. You may have just passed on it. It was a rock band with two brothers with the last name Meatball and one's wife named Spaghetti. And they had a dog. And had a lot of music and the same old silly adventures all the shows from that time period had. The only thing that sticks out in my mind is the theme song. Which is on KZbin whenever I just need to get it out of my head.

[@kenhill8272]

Conan the Adventurer was actually a good show. There was another Conan cartoon where he was babysitting three kids that used to come on Saturday morning. That one sucked!

[@RickyFrench72]

82 by far. 80’s and going back we’re great. Today’s world has become a shit show and keeps getting world!!

[@Sammy_Boy_Smith]

Geez ,.. all these tv top 10's sucked just about!!!! Cheers wa above avg. A team was great, but when i got older, i hated it...all the bullets flying, n not one guy getting hurt, or the same jeep flying off a tilted ramp, and bsd guy's would stumble out- so there was no death n Standards n practices could be happy i guess. But damn, 82 n 92 tv sucked!!!

[@jasonfortier4074]

Junkman....Color Me Badd was not a metal group, not even a rock group. Not even close. They were a R&B group and about as far from Rock as you can get. Its hard to compare the years based off the Top 10 on the pop charts, since most of the most influential music of 1992 was not quite mainstream yet, so the pop charts were not reflective of the major change in music that was happening in the early to mid 90s. 1992 wins hands down.

[@ThatJunkman]

Hard metal band

[@jasonfortier4074]

@@ThatJunkman They were certainly not a hard metal band or hair metal band or much of a band at all. They didn't play instruments whatsoever. They just sang cheesy songs and used studio musicians. They were basically a white Boyz 2 Men.

[@ChristianMcAngus]

MASH always took itself too seriously. Horribly pretentious show. Can't stand it now.

[@slayskool777]

1982 every day and every week!

[@rammon1275]

1982