Memorygasms

Memorygasm – Leisure Home Designs of 1980

I grew up in a house built in the 60s, so pretty standard from a design standpoint. But I knew of a few homes that were built in the 80s and bucked architectural norms in favor of that distinct 80s design. Check out a few drawings below, and I’ll share an embarrassing childhood story after the pics.

Memorygasm | New York Seltzer, New York Deli

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

What was with 80s marketing and product development firms deciding that the whole nation wanted everything they ate and drank to be from New York City?

‘The Pursuit of Cool’ by Robb Skidmore: A Crash Course in 80s Punk Rock [EXCERPT]

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Robb Skidmore’s The Pursuit of Cool is a critically acclaimed novel about a ragingly ambitious, pop culture obsessed, tragically romantic young man who tries to find “cool” while attending college during the 1980s. The novel is full of the music, movies and television of that era. The main character, Lance Rally, in search of the […]

Memorygasm – The Haunted Toys R Us on That’s Incredible!

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

In 1980 Time Magazine named That’s Incredible “The Most Sadistic” show on television, perhaps due to stories like the one below.

5 Reasons ‘Bad Dudes’ is the Ultimate 80s Video Game

by Newton Gimmick

Are you a bad enough dude to read this article?

Memorygasm – Poochie Girls Say What’s On Their Mind

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Luckily, in 1982 Mattel launched the ‘burning bra’ of 80s toys – Poochie! Poochie came with pencils, paper, stamps and other adolescent communication stimulators, encouraging school girls across America to further alienate their confused future suitors.

Monday Memorygasm – America’s Dairy Farmers helping you get laid

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

A catchy slogan wasn’t going to be enough to move units though, so when something needs selling, the marketing folks call in the big guns: SEX. We all know sex sells. If it worked for cigarettes and Disney movies it would work for milk too, right?

Monday Memorygasm – The Hugga Bunch were way more twisted than you remember

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

If you were ever given one of these as a child, my deepest condolences.

Monday Memorygasm – Tomy Pocket Bots and Strolling Bowling

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

I’m not sure if I even had any of them, or just saw them on TV or at a friends’ house, but they were rad as hell.

Memorygasm – “He-Man Smells Trouble”

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

The “trouble” He-Man is smelling in this 1985 Golden Book is a skunk-man who smells so pervasively of ass that he has to wear a special mask to filter out his own wretched stench. His name pretty much sums up how I feel about the entire MOTU franchise: Stinkor. Animals flee before him! Birds fall choking from […]

Monday Memorygasm – Tomy Waterful Ring Toss, Bobbing Bird

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Seeing this picture instantly takes me back to the early 80s. My grandparents (like many other kids’ grandparents) moved to Florida after they retired. When I’d go visit them with my mom and dad, they always had a few toys like this one laying around in the garage. I’d spend hours pumpin’ that button trying […]

Memorygasm – The Lamborghini Countach Takeover

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

The Lamborghini Countach was an Italian “supercar” produced from 1974-1990. Sports Car International placed it #3 on their list of Top Sports Cars of the 1970s, and it clocked in at #10 on their Top Sports Cars of the 1980s list, but somewhere around 1984 it became #1 in every American boy’s heart. Exotic sports cars had always been a […]

Monday Memory-gasm – The 1984 TV Guide

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Welcome to the first installment of a new feature, the Monday Memory-gasm. On no morning of the week is a burst of brain-warming nostalgia needed more than Mondays, and we’ll have you covered. The first Memorygasm™ comes from our new contributor 2W2N, who runs 2 Warps to Neptune. 2W2N came of age in the same […]

Ho Ho Ho! It’s He-Man in a German Slime Pit!

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

Let me just leave this right here…

The Greatest Thing to Happen in 1990: The Ultimate Warrior on The Arsenio Hall Show

by Howie Decker @HowardTheDeck

I honestly don’t know where to start. Children of the 80s, regardless of their level of WWF fandom, were aware of the Ultimate Warrior. He was an odd choice for a near-crossover star, making a few mainstream appearances and national advertising endorsements. For all of the flashy and specialized WWF Superstars of the day, […]

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