Everything 80s

The early 1980s were a golden age for video games. From iconic arcade games like Space Invaders and Pac-Man to the growth of home consoles like the Atari 2600, it felt like a magical time for kids and video game lovers.
But all of that almost came to an abrupt end...
In the early 80s, video games — specifically arcade games—had caught on so quickly and spread so far that many wondered whether it was healthy for kids to play them for hours on end. It wasn't just physical concerns, but psychological ones, too.
From the UK to North America, arcade games were soon under attack, and many cities were taking measures to restrict kids from playing them.
It was an issue that went all the way to the Supreme Court, and a generation had no idea how close we came to losing them...
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A lot of us grew up in the 1980s with Flinstone vitamins. Or you may have had one of the many other kids' chewable vitamins endorsed by cartoon characters and other famous figures.
This was a time when kids' health products, vitamin supplements, and some medicines had become indistinguishable from candy -- and that had created a lot of issues...
Children overconsuming these great-tasting products had been an issue for decades, but in the 1980s, it grew out of control as candy-flavored health products exploded onto the market. Products like children's candy-flavored vitamins were being heavily promoted--with no restrictions--and kids were consuming them more than ever...
This was also having a spillover effect into the world of breakfast cereals, as the line between health and candy had really started to blur...
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Welcome to a free preview of the Everything 80s Movie Review Podcast that you can find at Patreon.com. This is a previous episode devoted to one of the defining movies of the entire 1980s: The Karate Kid.
In this episode, we do a full plot recap, then look at what went into making this era-defining movie. That includes taking the direction of the original Rocky, but honing the themes to younger viewers.
We then look at the release and phenomenal success of the Karate Kid, a film that came out during one of the most competitive summers of the 1980s. And we finish by looking at the lasting legacy of the movie that many describe as their all-time favorite.
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Unbeknownst to us at the time, the three-year stretch from 1983 to 1986 may have been among the most dangerous years in human history.
Cold War tension looked to be at its peak, but how close did the world actually come to nuclear war? It may have been a lot closer than we realized...
With the Cold War reaching a fever pitch, along came a TV movie that terrified millions -- including President Ronald Reagan. 
All of this was going to set up a famous showdown in October 1986: a face-to-face summit between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev.
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If you grew up watching TV in the 80s, you only knew the 'Big Three' networks: ABC, NBC, and CBS. But in 1986 came something we hadn't seen in thirty years: a legitimate fourth network.
Welcome to the final episode of a three-part mini-series that looks back on the rapidly changing world of television in the 1980s.
In part three, we look at the creation and launch of Fox, a network that started from scratch, but, in just a few short years, gave the big networks a run for their money.
We'll look back at Fox's similarities with another fourth network from the 1950s -- The Dumont -- and how, thanks to shows like  Married...With Children and The Simpsons, Fox managed to break through in a big way.