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2003 American TV series or program From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I Love the '80s Strikes Back is a 1980s nostalgia miniseries and the third installment of the I Love the... series on VH1 in which various music and television personalities reminisce about 1980s popular culture in a mostly humorous manner.[1] The series premiered on October 20, 2003, and is a sequel to I Love the '80s.
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| I Love the '80s Strikes Back | |
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| Genre | Documentary |
| Written by | Mike Goudreau |
| Narrated by | Doug Jeffers |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | VH1 |
| Release | October 20 – October 24, 2003 |
| Related | |
| I Love the '80s I Love the '70s I Love the '90s I Love the '90s: Part Deux I Love the '80s 3-D I Love the Holidays I Love Toys I Love the '70s: Volume 2 I Love the New Millennium Best of I Love the... I Love the 2000s | |
The sequel designation is in the reference to The Empire Strikes Back.
(*) = archival footage
Donal Logue's Unfinished Thoughts on Superman
Break Up Songs of 1980: "Boys Don't Cry" by The Cure, "Please Don't Go" by KC and the Sunshine Band and "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin" by Hall & Oates
Hip-Hop Jam of 1980: "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang
PSA of 1980: The Bod Squad's "Don't Drown Your Food" PSA (healthy eating)
Nerds of 1980: Steve Jobs, Elvis Costello and C-3PO
The What The F#?%!!! Moment of 1980: The Chipmunks released a novelty rock album called "Chipmunk Punk"
Donal Logue's Unfinished Thoughts on Journey
Break Up Songs of 1981: "Since You're Gone" by The Cars, "Don't You Want Me" by The Human League and "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" by The Greg Kihn Band
Hip-Hop Jam of 1981: "The Breaks" by Kurtis Blow
PSA of 1981: Think Before You Drink (Anti-Drinking Ad starring Brooke Shields)
Nerds of 1981: Prince Charles, Ric Ocasek and Bill Gates
The What The F#?%!!! Moment of 1981: The USDA proposes to cut school lunch programs by classifying ketchup as a vegetable
Donal Logue's Unfinished Thoughts on The Beastmaster
Break Up Songs of 1982: "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" by Culture Club, "Only Time Will Tell" by Asia and "Harden My Heart" by Quarterflash
Hip-Hop Jam of 1982: "Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force
PSA of 1982: Alternate Escape Routes in case of a fire ("Learn not to burn") Starring Dick Van Dyke
Nerds of 1982: Thomas Dolby, Irwin "Skippy" Handelman and Sarah Jessica Parker
The What The F#?%!!! Moment of 1982: Yale University offers a 14-week course on mastering the Rubik's Cube
Donal Logue's Unfinished Thoughts on The Day After and Snausages
Break Up Songs of 1983: "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler, "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" by Journey and "Always Something There to Remind Me" by Naked Eyes
Hip-Hop Jam of 1983: "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) by Grandmaster Melle Mel
PSA of 1983: "We're not candy!" (about kids finding pills out of the bottle and accidentally eating them) by The Poison Control Center
Nerds of 1983: Nerds Candy, LeVar Burton and Simon Seville
The What The F#?%!!! Moment of 1983: The Beach Boys were banned from playing a concert at the National Mall
Donal Logue's Unfinished Thoughts on Scratch and Sniff
Break Up Songs of 1984: "Sister Christian" by Night Ranger, "Hard Habit to Break" by Chicago and "Oh Sherrie" by Steve Perry
Hip-Hop Jam of 1984: "Roxanne, Roxanne" by UTFO
PSA of 1984: McGruff the Crime Dog's "Take A Bite Out of Crime" (subject: getting into cars with strangers)
Nerds of 1984: Ed Grimley, Alex Trebek and Long Duk Dong
The What The F#?%!!! Moment of 1984: Ronald Reagan makes an off-the-record joke about outlawing and bombing Russia
Donal Logue's Unfinished Thoughts on crack cocaine
Break Up Songs of 1985: "Broken Wings" by Mr. Mister, "I Miss You" by Klymaxx and "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds
Hip-Hop Jam of 1985: "The Show" by Doug E. Fresh
PSA of 1985: Bob Barker about AIDS (debunking the misconception of getting AIDS from cats)
Nerds of 1985: Crispin Glover, Lukas Haas and Larry King
The What The F#?%!!! Moment of 1985: The "mystical unicorns" from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus were actually goats with surgically-fused horns
Donal Logue's Unfinished Thoughts on Bon Jovi
Break Up Songs of 1986: "No One Is to Blame" by Howard Jones, "Don't Dream It's Over" by Crowded House and "If You Leave" by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Hip-Hop Jam of 1986: "Walk This Way" by Run-D.M.C. and Aerosmith
PSA of 1986: Rock Against Drugs (Aimee Mann of 'Til Tuesday)
Nerds of 1986: Willie Tanner, Rick Moranis and Cliff Clavin
The What The F#?%!!! Moment of 1986: Fred Grandy decided to run for Congress in Iowa, and he won
Donal Logue's Unfinished Thoughts on Scruples
Break Up Songs of 1987: "With or Without You" by U2, "Didn't We Almost Have It All" by Whitney Houston and "I Won't Forget You" by Poison
Hip-Hop Jam of 1987: "Push It" by Salt-n-Pepa & Spinderella
PSA of 1987: Rock Against Drugs (Anti-Drug)
Nerds of 1987: Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise, Bud Bundy and Gilbert Gottfried
The What The F#?%!!! Moment of 1987: Vanna White's autobiography, "Vanna Speaks" became a bestseller.
Donal Logue's Unfinished Thoughts on Garfield
Break Up Songs of 1988: "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" by Poison, "Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)" by Cinderella and "Look Away" by Chicago
Hip-Hop Jam of 1988: "Mary, Mary" by Run-D.M.C.
PSA of 1988: Sylvester Stallone for Give The Gift Of Literacy
Nerds of 1988: Mike Mills, Paul Pfeiffer and Miles Silverberg
The What The F#?%!!! Moment of 1988: The final episode of St. Elsewhere revealed that the series was a figment of the little boy's imagination
Donal Logue's Unfinished Thoughts on Pete Rose
Break Up Songs of 1989: "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" by Michael Bolton, "Miss You Much" by Janet Jackson and "Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty
Hip-Hop Jam of 1989: "Don't Believe the Hype" by Public Enemy
PSA of 1989: Magic Johnson on Designated Drivers
Nerds of 1989: Samuel "Screech" Powers, Woody Allen and Steve Urkel
The What The F#?%!!! Moment of 1989: 87-year-old Carrie Stringfellow nearly gets embalmed after being mistaken for dead at a Springfield, Ohio funeral home
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