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Don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo. He doesn't plan on going solo in this 1984 hit song.
What is Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go by Wham?
Throughout the 80s, this show's intricate plots and memorable characters kept viewers hooked, particularly the legendary super-couple Luke and Laura. The groundbreaking storylines involving organized crime, medical mysteries, and even espionage contributed to this show's popularity.
What is General Hospital?
This movie by Steven Spielberg featuring a TV-phobic haunted-house thriller delivers unforgettable scares and a classic horror-cinema line ("They're heeeere"), as well as a rather touching portrait of the strength of the American nuclear family.
What is Poltergeist?
If you were an 80's kid playing with matches you might get a visit from this mascot because he wouldn't want you to start any forest fires.
Who was Smokey the Bear?
This popular early 1980's sitcom featuring George and Weezie had it's start when they were neighbors with Archie Bunker.
What is The Jeffersons?
This girl ain't never gonna be the same ever since she got a gun.
Who was Janie?
'Janie's Got a Gun' by Aerosmith
Back in the late ‘80s when they were first falling in love, viewers fell hard for this scrappy thug from the wrong side of town who was smitten with Salem’s girl next door named Kayla. An iconic moment for these two was when she helped take care of him when he was beaten-down, thus removing his patch to help clean a wound of his. This is his first name.
What is Steve?
An old lady sees a toy left on an elevator and says, "What an ugly doll!" but really he just wants to play in this scary 80's movie.
What is Child's Play? The doll's name was Chucky.
Parents who do this have kids who do this. A 1987 PSA that tried to get it's point across. What did the parents do?
What is take drugs?
In this spinoff newlyweds move from Milwaukee to Chicago to perform as lounge singers. Each episode of this short lived series featured them singing a song.
What is Joannie Loves Chachi?
Tommy used to work on the docks, but it's been tough ever since the union went on strike. Luckily, he can go home to this loving girlfriend who works at the diner all day. This is the name of that girl in the song.
Who was Gina?
This primetime soap opera that aired from 1981 to 1989, chronicled the lives of the wealthy Carrington family in Denver, Colorado. With an all-star cast led by John Forsythe as oil tycoon Blake Carrington and Joan Collins as his scheming ex-wife Alexis, this show perfectly epitomized the glamour and excess of the 80s.
Michael Emerson and his younger brother Sam move with their recently divorced mother Lucy to the fictional small beach town of Santa Carla, California, to live with their eccentric grandfather. Unfortunately, Michael falls into the wrong crowd to impress a girl and he has to perform some stunts to prove he is worthy to hang out with them. He then undergoes some changes in this 1987 movie.
What is The Lost Boys?
Give a hoot, don't pollute! was the phrase with this PSA character.
Who was Woodsy the Owl?
Mrs. Garrett quit her housekeeping job with the Drummonds on Different Strokes to take a job as house mother at Eastland Academy in this spinoff.
In Billy Joel's 'Piano Man' this is the name of the bartender who gets him his drinks for free, is quick with a joke or to light up your smoke, but dreams of leaving the bar for a better life.
Who was John?
This iconic 1980's soap opera was set in fictional Salem and had the memorable "like sands through an hour glass" phrase as its intro.
What is Days of Our Lives?
In this 1984 movie, a young couple is trapped in a remote town where a dangerous religious cult of children believes that everyone over age 18 must be killed.
What is Children of the Corn?
This food item was used in 1980's PSA's to show what happens to your brain if you take drugs.
What is an egg?
In 1989, this long running animated sitcom show was first featured as a short on The Tracy Ullman Show, a primetime show on the new fledgling station called Fox.
What is The Simpsons?
One night in this city makes a hard man humble because there's not much between despair and ecstasy. It can also make the tough guys tumble so you can't be too careful with your company because you might feel the devil walking next to me.
What is Bangkok?
'One Night in Bangkok' by Murray Head.
This primetime soap opera that aired from 1981 to 1990, took viewers into California wine country and the power struggles within the Channing and Gioberti families. Led by Jane Wyman as matriarch Angela Channing, the show's ensemble cast brought intrigue and passion to life on-screen.
What is Falcon Crest?
In this 1983 two part made for TV miniseries, a race of aliens arrives on Earth in a fleet of 50 huge, saucer-shaped motherships, which hover over major cities across the world. They reveal themselves on the roof of the United Nations building in New York City, appearing human, but requiring special glasses to protect their eyes and having a distinctive resonance to their voices. Referred to as the Visitors, they reach out in friendship, ostensibly seeking the help of humans to obtain chemicals and minerals needed to aid their ailing world, which is revealed to be a planet orbiting the star Sirius. Name the miniseries.
What is V?
He wanted you to "help take a bite out of crime'.
Who was McGruff the Crime Dog?
A Different World, a spinoff from The Cosby Show, had Denise Huxtable attending this fictional university.
What is Hillman?