I Love the '80s Strikes Back

I Love the '80s Strikes Back
Genre	Documentary
Written by	Mike Goudreau
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	VH1
Original run	21 October 2003 – 24 October 2003

I Love the '80s Strikes Back is a miniseries on VH1 in which various music and TV personalities reminisce about 1980s popular culture in a mostly humorous manner. The series premiered on October 20, 2003 and is a sequel to I Love the '80s.

The sequel designation is in reference to The Empire Strikes Back.

Recurring Segments

• Donal Logue gives an unfinished thought on a pop culture event from each year.
• Boy George presents the "Break-up Songs" for each year.
• Doug E. Fresh presents the hip-hop jam for each year.
• A public service announcement from each year is presented.
• Gedde Watanabe presents the nerds for each year.
• Gilbert Gottfried presents the "What the F@#$!" moment (i.e., blunder) for each year.
• During the credits of every episode, a clip from a popular music video was played without any type of commentary. These were usually replaced with a show promo by Vh1.

Topics covered by year

1980

• American Gigolo
• Too Close For Comfort
• Devo's "Whip It"
• Richie Rich
• Grey Poupon
• Superman II
• The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
• Flash Gordon
• Michael Jackson's "Rock with You" (from his 1979 album Off the Wall)
• Real People
• The Blues Brothers
• Eight is Enough
• Solid Gold
• Satin jackets
• Stir Crazy
• Private Benjamin
• Alice
• Friendship bracelets
• Cheap Trick's "I Want You To Want Me"
• Hungry Hungry Hippos
• Friday the 13th

• Breakup Songs of 1980: The Cure "Boys Don't Cry", KC and the Sunshine Band "Please Don't Go", Hall & Oates "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin".

1981

• Dynasty
• Smurfs
• Journey's Escape
• On Golden Pond
• Billy Squier's "The Stroke"
• Endless Love
• Magnum, P.I.
• Rick James' "Super Freak"
• Iron-on decals
• The Fall Guy
• The Rolling Stones' Tattoo You
• Fernando Valenzuela
• Hart to Hart
• Benetton
• Benson
• Jelly Belly
• Jelly shoes
• Clash of the Titans
• Simon and Garfunkel's concert in Central Park
• Mommie Dearest

• Breakup Songs of 1981: The Cars "Since You're Gone", The Human League "Don't You Want Me", The Greg Kihn Band "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)".

1982

• Fame
• Annie
• Steve Miller Band's "Abracadabra"
• Tootsie
• ColecoVision
• John Mellencamp
• Wayne Gretzky
• Laura Branigan's "Gloria"
• The Toy
• Conan the Barbarian and The Beastmaster
• Men at Work
• KangaROOS
• Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
• T.J. Hooker
• The Pointer Sisters's "I'm So Excited"
• An Officer and a Gentleman
• G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
• Musical Youth's "Pass the Dutchie"
• Pink Floyd The Wall
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

• Breakup Songs of 1982: Culture Club "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me", Asia "Only Time Will Tell", Quarterflash "Harden My Heart".

1983

• Richard Simmons
• Lionel Richie's "All Night Long (All Night)"
• Staying Alive
• Klondike bar
• The Thorn Birds
• Risky Business
• Sunglasses
• The Day After
• The Outsiders
• Cujo and Christine (both films were books by Stephen King)
• Snausages
• Chicken McNuggets
• Stray Cats' "Rock This Town"
• Donkey Kong
• Culture Club
• Yentl
• KISS takes off their makeup
• Martina Navratilova
• Fraggle Rock
• V

• Breakup Songs of 1983: Bonnie Tyler "Total Eclipse of the Heart", Journey "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)", Naked Eyes "Always Something There to Remind Me".

1984

• The Karate Kid
• Van Halen's 1984
• The wave
• The Cars' "Drive"
• Beverly Hills Cop
• Cagney & Lacey
• Menudo
• Scratch and sniff and Trapper Keeper
• A Nightmare on Elm Street
• Thompson Twins
• My Little Pony and Glo Worm
• Rockwell's "Somebody's Watching Me"
• Splash and Bachelor Party (both starring Tom Hanks)
• Gremlins
• The Burning Bed
• Tina Turner
• Stirrup pants
• Billy Idol
• Revenge of the Nerds

• Breakup Songs of 1984: Night Ranger "Sister Christian", Chicago "Hard Habit to Break", Steve Perry "Oh Sherry"

1985

• Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
• Rambo: First Blood Part II
• Crack epidemic
• Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"
• Teen Wolf
• Inspector Gadget
• Remington Steele
• Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus"
• Jenga
• Tears for Fears
• Bobby Knight
• The People's Court
• Dionne Warwick's "That's What Friends Are For"
• 227
• North and South
• Foreigner's "I Want to Know What Love Is"
• Mr. Belvedere
• New Coke
• Jem
• Weird Science

1986

• Pee-wee's Playhouse
• Jolt Cola
• Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet
• L.A. Gear
• Paul Simon's "You Can Call Me Al"
• Soul Man
• Rainbow Brite
• The Bangles' "Walk Like an Egyptian"
• Dallas episode "Bobby Ewing Comes Back To Life"
• Howard the Duck
• About Last Night...
• The Mystery of Al Capone's Vault
• Ocean Pacific
• Gloria Estefan's "Conga"
• L.A. Law
• The Golden Child
• Double Dare
• Garbage Pail Kids
• Michael Jordan
• Don Johnson's "Heartbeat"
• Joe Isuzu
• The Fly

1987

• Beauty and the Beast
• Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again"
• Scruples
• The Fat Boys
• Flowers in the Attic
• LL Cool J
• Predator,RoboCop and Over the Top
• Doc Martens
• Michael Jackson's "Bad"
• Full House
• Less Than Zero
• Jody Watley
• Remote Control
• Biker shorts
• Thundercats
• Raising Arizona
• Suzanne Vega's "Luka"
• A Different World
• Genesis' "Land of Confusion"
• Steve Guttenberg
• The Princess Bride

1988

• Big
• Growing Pains
• MTV's Headbangers Ball
• Ripped jeans
• Beetlejuice
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit
• Billy Ocean's "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car"
• Jamaica national bobsled team
• My Two Dads
• Garfield stuffed animals
• Beaches
• Charles in Charge
• A Fish Called Wanda
• Ickey Woods and Bash Brothers (Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire)
• Hypercolor t-shirts
• Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
• Young Guns
• R.E.M., Jane's Addiction, and Sonic Youth
• Vice President George Bush elected President of the United States
• Chia Pet
• Tracy Chapman
• Coming to America

Break-up songs: "Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)"; "Every Rose Has Its Thorn"; and "Look Away"

1989

• Weekend at Bernie's
• Doogie Howser M.D.
• Samantha Fox's "I Wanna Have Some Fun"
• The Clapper
• Field of Dreams
• Pete Rose
• Biz Markie's "Just a Friend"
• Thirtysomething
• Yuppie
• Richard Marx
• Driving Miss Daisy
• Zsa Zsa Gabor slaps a cop
• Guns N' Roses' "Patience"
• Rock N Roll Flowers
• The Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique
• Bo Jackson
• Designing Women
• York Peppermint Pattie
• House of Style
• Choose Your Own Adventure books
• When Harry Met Sally

Break-up Songs: "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You", "Miss You Much", and "Free Fallin'"

External links

• I Love the '80s Strikes Back on vh1.com