The Eighties/Quotes

""Welcome to the Cafe 80s, where it's always morning in America, even in the afternoo-noo-noon.""

- Animatronic Ronald Reagan Waiter, Back to The Future II

""It's the eight-ies! Do a lot of coke and vote for Ronald Reagan.""

- Mike Nelson, MST3K on Hobgoblins

"It was acceptable in the 80s

It was acceptable at the time

It was acceptable in the 80s

It was acceptable at the time"

- Calvin Harris, Acceptable in the 80s

""Get back to the decade where everyone was rich, and there was no problem too big to ignore!""

- Almost Live, "80's Land"

"Springsteen, Madonna,

Way before Nirvana there was

U 2, and Blondie, and music still on MTV

Her two kids in high school, they tell her that she's uncool

'Cause she's still preoccupied

With 1985"

- SR-71, "1985",

"It was nineteen eighty-somethin'

In the world that I grew up in

Skating rinks and black Trans-Ams

Big hair and parachute pants

Lookin' back now I can see me

Oh man, did I look cheesy

But I wouldn't trade those days for nothin'

It was nineteen eighty-somethin' "

- Mark Willis, "Nineteen-Something"

""The eighties almost killed me

Let's not recall them quite so fondly""

- The Hold Steady, "Positive Jam"

""And here's a couple of things that nobody wanted to think about again: the eighties and your teenage years.""

- The Nostalgia Chick on Teen Witch

""You ignorant piece of shock! You've stranded us in the 1980s! Haven't you ever read a history book? This is the worst decade of the millennium!""

- Mrs Yorkes, Runaways

"Zapp Brannigan: Kif, set course for the nearest XM repair facility. Meanwhile, we shall sing top hits from the Eighties.

Kif: Which Eighties, sir?

Brannigan: For me, there are only one Eighties. (Sings Hungry Like The Wolf while Kif groans)."

- Futurama, "Into the Wild Green Yonder"

""Hwoof, a man could die from so much eighties!""

- Bennett The Sage

"Lou: It's the fucking 80's guys. Let's do what we want to do. Free Love!

Jacob: That was the 60's, dipshit.

Adam: We had like Reagan and AIDS. Get the fuck outta here, okay. Do the right thing, Violator!"

- Hot Tub Time Machine