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Submitted by C Hillman
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Moon shoes were a children’s toy popular during the 1990s. They had trampoline-like springs that allowed the child to bounce and play at walking in a low-gravity environment. They were part of a merchandising effort by Nickelodeon. They were promoted as helping balance and co-ordination by some.
Subitted by J Rufa
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When the network launched in 1972, the HBO identity was a still image of the text “HOME BOX OFFICE”. This was followed in 1975 by an uppercase ‘HBO’ with a circle inside the ‘O’. However, for the first few years, the logo featured the ‘B’ and the ‘O’ interlocked with each other with the ‘O’ cutting into the ‘B’. The logo was modified in 1980 (not completely replacing the original until 1981) when HBO started using the current logo with the ‘B’ and the ‘O’ still attached to each other but with a whole ‘B’. The simplicity of the logo makes it somewhat easy to duplicate, something HBO has taken advantage of many times over the years.
Perhaps the network’s most famous ID was “HBO in Space,” used to introduce programming in the mid-1980s. It was produced by Liberty Studios of New York City in 1982. The rarely-seen full version of the open begins with the camera looking into a window at a family sitting down to watch TV. The camera pans out and begins to move through a city and into the countryside. It then moves up into outer space, where the HBO logo appears in starship form after a burst of light and rotates toward the camera before multi-colored beams move around the “O” and actually take the camera inside it, where the type of program is revealed (generally the feature presentation). Several versions of the intro appear on YouTube, including one posted by HBO’s official channel. The fanfare to “HBO in Space,” originally composed by Ferdinand J. Smith for Score Productions, has become a sort of musical logo for the network with numerous reorchestrations of this fanfare being used, varying from the traditional horns to piano.
Submitted by Sherri D
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Many baby boomers remember the wildly popular JAMS shorts of the 1960s and 1980s. JAMS were closely associated with the California and Hawaii surf scenes.
Company founderRochlen quit his job as a systems analyst and started his new company Surf Line Hawaii, Ltd. to make and sell his new creation. Soon after his first commercial pairs of JAMS hit the Makaha Beach in Hawaii, their appeal as a surfing lifestyle item landed Rochlen and a group of his surfing buddies a two-page spread in the June 1965 issue of LIFE Magazine, the magazine that inspired this whole phenomena. Within no time the JAMS line was picked up and sold in exclusive shops that included Bloomingdales, Macy’s, and Lord & Taylor.
Dave Rochlen was a legendary surfer, originally in Santa Monica, California, then in Hawaii. Inspired by his own desire to find more comfortable surfing attire, combined with a LIFE Magazine article showing Russians looking comfortable attending the beach in bathrobes, Rochlen bought some brightly-colored floral fabric and asked his wife Keanuenue to make a short, baggy pajama with a sewn-up fly and cut-off at the knee. With this vision, they created the first pair of JAMS on December 25, 1964. Soon, all of Rochlen’s surfing buddies wanted a pair of his JAMS.
It is widely acknowledged that JAMS were revolutionary. The JAMS look was baggy and bohemian, and Rochlen took it a step further by introducing JAMS in wild prints and shocking pinks and greens. It was a clear departure from the more subtle color combinations and detailing (basically, stripes) of existing boardshorts.
Submitted by B Hand
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Mystery Date is a 1965 board game from the Milton Bradley Company, designed by Marvin Glass. It was marketed to girls 6 to 14 years of age, and was reissued in 1970 and in 2005.
Mystery Date can be played with 2, 3, or 4 players. The object of the game is to be ready for a date by acquiring three matching color-coded cards to assemble an outfit. The outfit must then match the date at the “mystery door”. The date is revealed by spinning the door handle and opening the plastic door on the game board. The four possible dates are:
* the formal dance date
* the bowling date
* the beach date
* the skiing dateThe date to be avoided is the poorly dressed “dud”. If the player’s outfit does not match the date behind the door, the door is closed and play continues.
Submitted by K Schaefer
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Miami Vice is an American television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The show became noted for its heavy integration and use of music and visual effects to tell a story. The series starred Don Johnson and Phillip Michael Thomas as two Metro-Dade Police detectives working undercover in Miami. It ran for five seasons on NBC from 1984–1989. The USA Network would later broadcast an unaired episode during its syndication run of the series on January 25, 1990.
Unlike standard police procedurals, the show drew heavily upon 1980s New Wave culture and music. It is recognized as one of the most influential television series of all time. People Magazine stated that Miami Vice “was the first show to look really new and different since color TV was invented.”The series currently airs on the Sleuth network in the United States, MBC Action in the Arab World, Men & Motors in the United Kingdom, Viasat 4 in Norway and TV7 in Bulgaria. As of February 2008, NBC has begun to post Miami Vice episodes online every Wednesday, with the option to download for a fee.
Michael Mann went on to direct a film adaptation of the television series, which was released on July 28, 2006.
Submitted by M Lopez
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Jem is an American animated television series that ran from 1985 to 1988 in U.S. first-run syndication. The show is about music company owner Jerrica Benton, her singer alter-ego, Jem, her band the Holograms, and their adventures.
The series was a joint collaboration by Hasbro, Marvel Comics, and Sunbow Productions, the same team responsible for GI Joe and Transformers. The creator of the series was Christy Marx, who also had been a staff writer for the aforementioned programs. The animation was provided by a Japanese animation studio called Toei Doga (now Toei Animation).
The show was originally designed to appeal to both girls and boys, with a mix of action/adventure, drama, music, and fashion. As the show progressed, the audience gradually became almost entirely girls.
Submitted by The Warrs
From In The 80s:
Tree Tots Family Tree House. Originally this house was made in 1970′s by KENNER. There were a few other items like – Light house – Amusement park – and a Magic Mountain or something and all the little people fit in all the houses.
Submitted by P Campbell
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Ecto Cooler was a product tie-in with the cartoon series The Real Ghostbusters, based on the 1984 live-action film, Ghostbusters. Hi-C struck a deal in 1987 to promote the series by developing a drink. Expected to last only as long as the series, the drink was successful beyond expectations and continued after the series’ 1991 cancellation to be produced for more than a decade. The Ecto Cooler box featured The Real Ghostbusters character Slimer, as did the commercials. Slimer left the box sometime around 1997, but Minute Maid did not discontinue the product until 2001, at which point it was renamed Shoutin’ Orange Tangergreen. Slimer was replaced on the packaging by a similar-looking blob of lips. Except for the flavor, the only other unchanged aspect of the product is that it is still being noted as ecto cool on many store receipts.
In 2006, Shoutin’ Orange Tangergreen was renamed Crazy Citrus Cooler.
In 2007, Crazy Citrus Cooler was discontinued. The formula to make the Ecto Cooler and its counterparts is no longer made. Though the flavor is basically a combination of oranges and tangerines.
