VH1 :: I Love the 80s :: 1981

Sorry for the random audio bleeding in from CBS sprinkled in the first few minutes. No idea how that happened but the original file has that issue so no way for me to fix it.

COVERED IN 1981:
Cable television, MTV, and scrambled pornography
Porky's
Reagan assassination attempt
Pope John Paul II assassination attempt
The Royal Wedding
Luke and Laura Spencer
Rick Springfield
Arthur
The Greatest American Hero
DMC DeLorean
Rubik's Cube
"Celebration" by Kool & the Gang
Fridays
Stripes
Bosom Buddies
John McEnroe
"Private Eyes" by Hall & Oates
Members Only jackets
Atari 2600
The Jeffersons
Raiders of the Lost Ark

Makeout Songs of 1981: "Keep on Loving You" by REO Speedwagon, "Waiting For a Girl Like You" by Foreigner and "Endless Love" by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross

Babes of 1981: Olivia Newton-John, Donna Dixon, Valerie Bertinelli, Kathleen Turner and Sandra Day O'Connor

Hunks of 1981: Patrick Duffy, Burt Reynolds, Harrison Ford, Mick Jagger and Richard Simmons

PSA of 1981: Girl Scouts in Gymnastics

Then and Now 1981: Tom Cruise (Then: Endless Love - $33 Million / Now: Endless Cash - $25 Million), Movie Tickets (Then: $3.00 / Now: $10.00) and Suntan Lotion (Then: Tanning oil / Now: Hawaiian Tropic Ozone SPF 70)

Mr. & Ms. 1981: Tom Selleck and Sheena Easton

Born in 1981: Alicia Keys, Kelly Rowland, Beyoncé, the laptop computer, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, the thong, Serena Williams and Metallica

Originally aired Monday, December 16, 2002

The I Love videos are pretty low resolution. Added some scanlines and a TV frame overlay to add a touch of nostalgia but mainly to try to hide some of the not so great quality. Set video quality to 1080p/1440p for the best viewing experience.