It happened in the 80's
In 1982, Michael Jackson released his album that contained the title song with a voiceover and haunting laugh by Vincent Price.
Thriller!
The Library of Congress considers the “Thriller” single’s video the most famous video of all time. It was the first music video the library placed in its registry.
John Denver got this mountain high.
Rocky.
“Rocky Mountain High” is the tune.
In 1960, Lipton introduced this boxed soup that is most often used as a dip.
onion.
You just add a package to sour cream, and voila… you have French onion dip. It’s best to refrigerate it for a few hours to plump the onion.
This coloring process is used to dye T-shirts and other clothing items with swirl designs.
Tie-dye.
Sometimes they were dyed with multiple colors.
Goliath with...
David.
The story comes from the Bible when David beat Goliath, and the phrase “David vs. Goliath” is used today to mean facing great odds.
In 1982, this Disney property opened in Orlando.
Epcot.
It’s located close to Disney World, but the focus of Epcot is on science and discovery rather than Disney characters and thrilling rides.
The Monkees sing about the last train to this Tennessee city.
Clarksville.
“Last Train to Clarksville” is the tune.
This egg-based pie saw its heyday in the 1970s and 1980s
Quiche.
Sales dropped off the charts after the book Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche was published, but quiche is making a comeback.
Many parents who wouldn’t allow their children to have dogs or cats raced to the store to buy these crudely painted substitutes—and someone laughed all the way to the bank off these ridiculous items.
Pet rocks.
At one point, 100,000 units were sold per day. Today, you can find decorative rocks painted to look like sleeping cats, a far cry from the original pet rocks
Dr. Watson with...
Sherlock Holmes.
Dr. John H. Watson is a surgeon, and he met Sherlock Holmes in London, where they teamed up to solve crimes.
In 1985, the ruins of this famous British ship were found south of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean.
Titanic.
The search for the Titanic was cover for a U.S. Navy operation to locate and recover two sunken submarines.
The midnight train left for this southern state, a tune by Gladys Knight and the Pips.
Georgia?
The tune is “Midnight Train to Georgia.”
Seafood and meat, otherwise known as this, made its debut in restaurants in the 1960s
Surf and Turf.
The most popular combination is lobster and steak.
This is the name for men’s polyester suits.
Leisure suits.
What was once fashionable is now considered hideous and leads us to wonder, “WHAT were we thinking?”
Horse—from the Frank Sinatra tune “Love and Marriage”
carriage.
"Love and marriage, love and marriage, Go together like a horse and carriage. This I tell ya, brother, you can’t have one without the other"
Pope John Paul II suffered two gunshot wounds during an assassination attempt in this place.
Vatican.
He was in St. Peter’s Square when the attempt took place. Do you remember the glass-top automobile he used after the attempt? It was called the Popemobile.
Arlo Guthrie performs a tune about a train named after the city of Mardi Gras.
New Orleans.
The tune is “The City of New Orleans.”
In the 1970s, these thin, filled pancakes became all the rage thanks to restaurants such as the Magic Pan.
crepes.
Prior to the 1970s, you could find dessert crepes on the menu, but the Magic Pan added a variety of savory crepes. The Magic Pan restaurants today are using some of the original recipes, but they are not part of the original chain.
This popular Black hairstyle was natural and protruded six or more inches from the scalp in every direction.
Afro.
This was a signature look in the 1970s.
Cagney with...
Lacey.
The 1980s TV drama Cagney and Lacey features two female detectives. Mary Beth Lacey is played by Tyne Daly, and Christine Cagney is played by Sharon Gless.
In 1980, the World Health Organization declared this disease to be eradicated, a disease for which we were vaccinated.
smallpox.
The vaccine contained a live virus of a poxvirus less harmful than smallpox.
Do you know the way to this California city (a tune by Dionne Warwick)?
San Jose.
The tune is “Do You Know the Way to San Jose?”
This melted cheese in a pot hails from Switzerland and became popular in the 1960s and 1970s in North America.
Fondue.
It began life as a Swiss peasant dish. It’s also served as a melted chocolate dessert and as heated oil for dipping meats, poultry, and seafood. You can still find fondue served at the Melting Pot, the original fondue restaurant in America and Canada.
This is another name for short shorts.
Hot pants.
One reason they were dubbed hot pants was because of the heated discussions surrounding them.
Mork with...
Mindy.
The late 1970s show Mork and Mindy stars Robin Williams and Pam Dawber. Mork is an alien from the planet Ork