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THE 80S: THE DECADE THAT MADE US

Solving the Rubik's Cube
In 1981, a 12 year old boy dissects the Rubik's Cube and writes a best selling book on how to...
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Japanese Electronics Invade the U.S.
Japanese video games make a killing in the US and the walkman revolutionizes how people listen...
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80’s Flashback
Take a look back at people, music, TV and events from the 80’s.
Spandex, Leg Warmers and Head Bands
Put Jane Fonda in the VHS as you blast back in time to the fluorescent spandex revolution.
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ABOUT THE SHOW

Take a rollercoaster ride through the decade that made us!

The ‘80s is not about nostalgia; it is about a decade of people, decisions and inventions that changed our future, told from the perspective of unknowing history makers who lived these iconic moments. It was 10 years of nonstop glamour, unchecked excess, ruthless ambition and explosive technological innovation that combined to produce the historic changes and global events that made us who and what we are today.

The fingerprints of the decade best known for Pac-Man and the personal computer are everywhere in our daily lives: The first launch of NASA’s Space Shuttle triggered a technological explosion in global communications that now makes our world-wide love affair with smartphones and the Internet possible; when Madonna rolled around on stage in a wedding dress at a music awards show, it sent shock waves through a...