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I Love the '80s 3-D
GenreDocumentary
Narrated byDoug Jeffers
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkVH1
ReleaseOctober 24 (2005-10-24) –
October 28, 2005 (2005-10-28)

I Love the '80s 3-D is the sixth installment of the I Love the... series and the follow-up to VH1's 1980s nostalgia show I Love the '80s and its sequel I Love the '80s Strikes Back. It premiered October 24, 2005. Like its predecessors, it premiered in one-hour installments, each describing the events and trends of a year between 1980 and 1989, two shows per night until Friday, October 28, 2005.

The show is actually in 3D, using a process called ChromaDepth that appears in 3D when using a special pair of ChromaDepth glasses, but the process allows the show to be viewable in normal 2D (unlike the anaglyphic 3D process). The ChromaDepth glasses for the show were available free at Best Buy stores across the United States.

Recurring segments

  • Movies That Should Have Been Made in 3-D: "Weird Al" Yankovic presents movies from the year that should have been made in 3-D but weren't. This is a reference to his album "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D.
  • Teen Idols: Paula Abdul presents teen idols from each year.
  • Best On-Screen Hookups: Chuck Woolery (Love Connection) presents an on-screen hookup of each year.
  • Biggest Boobs: Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, whose character costumes emphasize her ample bosom, presents the foolish or stupid people of each year.
  • Hot Moms: Alan Thicke (Growing Pains) presents the sexually attractive mothers from each year.
  • Pop Culture Terms: Emmanuel Lewis (Webster) presents a slang word or phrase of each year.
  • Guilty/Not Guilty: Harry Anderson (Night Court) judges a "trial" of a pop culture icon.
  • The Year in Review: John Moschitta, a famed fast-talker who appeared in 1981 commercials for FedEx, gives a quick recap of each episode.
  • 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

Movies of 1980 That Should Have Been Made in 3-D: 9 to 5 and Xanadu

Teen Idols of 1980: Scott Baio (Happy Days), Christopher Atkins (The Blue Lagoon), and Michael Jackson (Off the Wall)

Best On-Screen Hookup of 1980: John Travolta and Debra Winger in Urban Cowboy

Biggest Boob of 1980: Rosie Ruiz cheating in the Boston Marathon

Hot Moms of 1980: Ann Romano (One Day at a Time), Alice Hyatt (Alice), and Vikki LaMotta (Raging Bull)

Pop Culture Term of 1980: Like (modifier)

Guilty/Not Guilty of 1980: That's Incredible! for inciting kids at home to imitate the stunts seen on the show despite having a "do not try this at home" warning (guilty)

The Year in Review 1980: Pepsi Challenge, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Sugar Ray Leonard, My Bodyguard, Little Darlings, Richard Pryor burns himself, Paul McCartney gets busted for marijuana possession in Japan, The Elephant Man, Fruit Roll-Ups, ethnic Barbie dolls, fashion plates, AC/DC's Back in Black, and Christopher Cross' "Sailing

End Credit Video is The J. Geils Band's "Love Stinks"

1981

Movies of 1981 That Should Have Been Made in 3-D: Clash Of the Titans, Arthur, and My Dinner With Andre

Teen Idols of 1981: Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People), Todd Bridges (Diff'rent Strokes), and Rick Springfield (General Hospital)

Best On-Screen Hookup of 1981: Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy (The Great Muppet Caper)

Biggest Boob of 1981: Miss New York USA, Deborah Fountain padding her swimsuit at the Miss USA 1981 pageant

Hot Moms of 1981: Jane Fonda (On Golden Pond), Faye Dunaway (Mommie Dearest), and Barbara Eden (Harper Valley PTA)

Pop Culture Term of 1981: Dude (noun)

Guilty/Not Guilty of 1981: Richard Simmons for wearing short shorts (guilty)

The Year in Review 1981: Penny Racers, Escape from New York, Chariots of Fire, Body Heat, You Can't Do That on Television, Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters, country stars crossing over to the mainstream, Erasermate, the first portable microcomputer, History of the World, Part I, An American Werewolf in London, Loverboy's "Working for the Weekend", Gimme a Break!, and the Mediterranean fruit fly infestation

End Credit Video is Hall & Oates' "You Make My Dreams"

1982

Movies of 1982 That Should Have Been Made in 3-D: Annie, Conan the Barbarian, and Gandhi

Teen Idols of 1982: Ricky Schroeder (Silver Spoons), Duran Duran, and John Stamos (General Hospital)

Best On-Screen Hookup of 1982: Dustin Hoffman and Jessica Lange in Tootsie

Biggest Boob of 1982: Larry Walters flew 16,000 feet up in the air using only a lawn chair with 45 helium weather balloons attached to it

Hot Moms of 1982: Meredith Baxter (Family Ties), Ms. Pac-Man, and Isabel Sanford (The Jeffersons)

Pop Culture Term of 1982: Gag Me With A Spoon (phrase)

Guilty/Not Guilty of 1982: Tommy Tutone for causing a fad of calling 867-5309 and asking for Jenny (guilty)

The Year in Review 1982: The $25,000 Pyramid, EPCOT Center, Quest for Fire, Cats, BMX, shopping malls, headbands & mesh tops shirts, First Blood, Toto's "Rosanna", Bow Wow Wow's " I Want Candy", The Human League's "Don't You Want Me", VCRs, and Victor/Victoria

End Credit Video is Missing Persons "Words"

1983

Movies of 1983 That Should Have Been Made in 3-D: Scarface, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, and Return of the Jedi

Teen Idols of 1983: The entire cast of The Outsiders -- Patrick Swayze, Tom Cruise, Matt Dillon, C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio, and Emilio Estevez

Best On-Screen Hookup of 1983: Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay in Risky Business

Biggest Boobs of 1983: KISS for taking off their makeup and revealing what they really looked like

Hot Moms of 1983: Beverly D'Angelo (National Lampoon's Vacation), Susan Clark (Webster), and Jacqueline Bisset (Class)

Pop Culture Term of 1983: Hoser (adjective)

Guilty/Not Guilty of 1983: Cabbage Patch Kids for inciting riots in stores (guilty)

The Year in Review 1983: Jaws 3-D, Quiet Riot, Reading Rainbow, Truly Tasteless Jokes, Jheri curl, Mr. Mom, Terms of Endearment, ZZ Top, Star Search, Press Your Luck, Monchhichis, Jesse Jackson runs for President, and D.C. Cab

End Credit Video is Thomas Dolby's "She Blinded Me with Science"

1984

Movies of 1984 That Should Have Been Made in 3-D: Splash, Breakin', and Purple Rain

Teen Idols of 1984: Menudo, Wham! ("Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"), and Corey Hart ("Sunglasses at Night")

Best On-Screen Hookup of 1984: Long Duk Dong and Lumberjack in Sixteen Candles

Biggest Boobs of 1984: Walter Mondale using the Wendy's Slogan "Where's the beef?"

Hot Moms of 1984: Phylicia Rashad (The Cosby Show), Susan Saint James & Jane Curtin (Kate & Allie), and Caren Kaye (It's Your Move)

Pop Culture Term of 1984: Boy Toy (phrase)

Guilty/Not Guilty of 1984: The FCC allowing more time devoted to commercials resulting in the introduction of infomercials (guilty)

The Year in Review 1984: Dr. Ruth, Red Dawn, hair mousse, Romancing the Stone, Police Academy, Children of the Corn, Rodney Dangerfield's "Rappin' Rodney", and TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes

End Credit Video is Peter Schilling"s "Major Tom (Coming Home)"

1985

Movies of 1985 That Should Have Been Made in 3-D: Gotcha!, and Witness

Teen Idols of 1985: Michael J. Fox (Back to the Future), Val Kilmer (Real Genius), and Matthew Modine (Vision Quest)

Best On-Screen Hookup of 1985: Molly Ringwald and Judd Nelson in The Breakfast Club

Biggest Boob of 1985: David Lee Roth goes solo and parts ways with Van Halen

Hot Moms of 1985: Lea Thompson (Back to the Future), Cher (Mask), and Kelly McGillis (Witness)

Pop Culture Term of 1985: Dweeb (noun)

Guilty/Not Guilty of 1985: Tipper Gore and the PMRC for the Parental Advisory Stickers (guilty)

The Year in Review 1985: Sally Field's Academy Awards speech, Bob Ross' The Joy of Painting, The Legend of Billie Jean, My Buddy, Sour Patch Kids, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Calvin Klein's Obsession, Phil Collins' No Jacket Required, Joe Theismann gets his leg broken on Monday Night Football, Rocky IV, monster trucks, the Subway Vigilante, Brewster's Millions, and Mick Jagger & David Bowie's "Dancing in the Street"

End Credit Video is Starship's "We Built This City"

1986

Movies of 1986 That Should Have Been Made In 3-D: Pretty in Pink, Aliens, and Cobra

Teen Idols of 1986: Malcolm Jamal Warner (The Cosby Show), Andrew McCarthy (Pretty in Pink), and River Phoenix (Stand by Me)

Best On-Screen Hookup of 1986: Mallory Keaton and Nick Moore on Family Ties

Biggest Boob of 1986: Geraldo Rivera and the opening of Al Capone's vault on live TV

Hot Moms of 1986: Cindy Pickett (Ferris Bueller's Day Off), Deidre Hall (Our House), and Judith Light (Who's the Boss?)

Pop Culture Term of 1986: Poser (noun)

Guilty/Not Guilty of 1986: Don Johnson for his song and video "Heartbeat" (guilty)

The Year in Review 1986: Three Amigos, Snuggle, Head of the Class, Jermaine Stewart's "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off", Love Connection, Short Circuit, Memorex tapes, Muammar Gaddafi, Back to School, Heart's Heart, Madballs, Murder, She Wrote, Halley's Comet, and The Color of Money

End Credit Video is Stacey Q's "Two of Hearts"

1987

Movies of 1987 That Should Have Been Made in 3-D: Roxanne, Three Men and a Baby, and Ishtar

Teen Idols of 1987: Patrick Dempsey (Can't Buy Me Love), Kirk Cameron (Growing Pains), and Johnny Depp (21 Jump Street)

Best On-Screen Hookup of 1987: Michael Douglas and Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction

Biggest Boob of 1987: The people of Italy electing former porn star Ilona Staller into Parliament

Hot Moms of 1987: Anne Schedeen (ALF), Katey Sagal (Married... with Children), and Mel Harris (Thirtysomething)

Pop Culture Term of 1987: Skank (noun)

Guilty/Not Guilty of 1987: Tammy Faye Bakker for wearing too much makeup (guilty)

The Year in Review 1987: Moonstruck, Baby Jessica falls down a well, Spenser: For Hire, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Black Monday, Oral Roberts asks for $8,000,000, microwave oven, Kelly LeBrock Pantene advertisements, and Lethal Weapon

End Credit Video is LeVert's "Casanova"

1988

Movies of 1988 That Should Have Been Made in 3-D: Rain Man, Caddyshack II, and Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

Teen Idols of 1988: The Two Coreys, Michael Hutchence (INXS), and Jason Bateman

Best On-Screen Hookup of 1988: Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, and Kevin Costner in Bull Durham

Biggest Boob of 1988: Dan Quayle's ineptness ("potatoe")

Hot Moms of 1988: Demi Moore (pregnant on Vanity Fair), Katherine Helmond (Who's the Boss?), and Joanna Kerns (Growing Pains)

Pop Culture Term of 1988: P.C. - Politically Correct (phrase)

Guilty/Not Guilty of 1988: Sherman Hemsley (The Jeffersons) making a spin-off show Amen (not guilty)

The Year in Review 1988: Midnight Run, It's Garry Shandling's Show, Buster Poindexter's "Hot Hot Hot", Cher & Rob Camiletti, Lita Ford's "Kiss Me Deadly", Jimmy the Greek's racist comments, Unsolved Mysteries, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, Cocktail, the party line, Midnight Oil's "Beds Are Burning", the rattail, tanning beds, and Micro Machines

End Credit Video is The Escape Club's "Wild, Wild West"

1989

Movies of 1989 That Should Have Been Made in 3-D: Turner & Hooch, Dream a Little Dream, and UHF

Teen Idols of 1989: New Kids on the Block, Christian Slater (Heathers), and John Cusack (Say Anything...)

Best On-Screen Hookup of 1989: Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally

Biggest Boob of 1989: The RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company inventing the "smokeless" cigarette.

Hot Moms of 1989: Julia Roberts (Steel Magnolias), Kirstie Alley (Look Who's Talking), and Marge Simpson (The Simpsons/The Tracey Ullman Show)

Pop Culture Term of 1989: Have A Cow (phrase)

Guilty/Not Guilty of 1989: CBS executives for first-degree brain slaughter (guilty)

The Year in Review 1989: The B-2 bomber, Kim Basinger buys a town, Super Bowl XXIII, Fine Young Cannibals' "She Drives Me Crazy, the Noid, Leona Helmsley convicted of tax evasion, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Steel Magnolias, Rescue 911, Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, Ozzy Osbourne and Lita Ford's "Close My Eyes Forever", Paula Abdul, Road House, The Little Mermaid, and the Exxon Valdez oil spill

End Credit Video is Skid Row's "18 and Life"

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