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Obscure 80s and 90s references (morphing into "Anything you can remember from the 80s and 90s") (1 Viewer)

The best part about the Noid mascot was why it was discontinued... it got so popular that some guy whose name was actually Noid got sick of all the teasing he was getting, took a shotgun, and starting taking hostages at a local Domino's.
:shock:   I never heard that.  

Edit:  Snopes?

 
Bay Area folks will remember Paul from the Diamond Center.  
There was a commercial jingle that incorpated all the town's the store was located... Included Cupertino. Ring any bells?

Eta... I don't think this was a diamond center ad...

 
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I run a zone offense with my kids (and men) where we have a second cutter cutting into the area vacated by the first cutter and I always try and explain it by saying 'look to get caught in the jet wash'  which is usually followed by blank stares.  Then I'll follow up with 'you know, like in Top Gun' which is uusually followed by more blank stares.

 
Short Corner said:
On El Camino Real?
Something, something, something, something, San lorenzo, Cupertino and San Jose.

A bunch of different town's in the jungle...so even though there's a chance they're all on El Camino real, not likely.

 
Something, something, something, something, San lorenzo, Cupertino and San Jose.

A bunch of different town's in the jungle...so even though there's a chance they're all on El Camino real, not likely.
Only thing I can think of is the Shane Company that always ended its commercials with "Cupertino, San Mateo, and Walnut Creek."  But this is more recent, and its not a jingle, just a dorky sounding guy.

 
Every once in a while I'll have a random thought about something that was en vogue during my childhood (80s and 90s).

Here are a couple of examples:  Pogo Balls  Mad Balls,and  Crossbows and Catapults.   

What obscure stuff can you come up with that we probably haven't thought about in years?
Mad Balls!

I had one of those as a kid and was playing with my neighbor.  He threw it and it went down the sewer drain. I was really upset. Two hours later I see him walking around with the same mad ball that went down the drain and I ask him about it. He says it’s his because he stuck his arm over the edge and was able to get it out. #######. He was bigger and older so I narced on him. It’s the American way. 

 
I think this was just a west coast thing, but there was a car dealer by the name of Cal Worthington. he always had these nutty commercials where he was introduced as "here's Cal and his dog Spot!" but Spot was never a dog, he was always some other animal, like a tiger or an elephant. pretty good shtick.

and his commercial always ended with them saying "go see Cal, go see Cal, go see Cal!" really fast, and all the kids on the playground were convinced they were saying "##### cow, ##### cow, ##### cow!"
Similarly with Fred Rated - the Federated Group/Superstores ad campaign with Shadoe Stevens.

 
I often speak in 80s movie quotes and snippets, usually met with blank stares:

Greetings, Professor Falken.

That's a real shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that.

Chriiiiissssttmaaaasssss!

This is my weak arm!

Doctor, Doctor.  Doctor, Doctor.  Doctor, Doctor.

I'll have a steak sandwich and....a steak sandwich.

I love my dead gay son!

Good talk, Russ.

I like it when she goes buh buh buh buh

Do I offend?

Why am I the only one who has that dream?

I'm obsessed thank you very much.

Don't be that guy.

 
Only thing I can think of is the Shane Company that always ended its commercials with "Cupertino, San Mateo, and Walnut Creek."  But this is more recent, and its not a jingle, just a dorky sounding guy.
denevi camera... this one must be from earlier, before they expanded to more of the "somethings".

eta: or maybe they just looped it... in berkley san lorenzo cupertion san jose

Eta2... Almost certain Dublin was one of the towns...yes! Went before Berkely. 

 
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I often speak in 80s movie quotes and snippets, usually met with blank stares:

Greetings, Professor Falken.

That's a real shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that.

Chriiiiissssttmaaaasssss!

This is my weak arm!

Doctor, Doctor.  Doctor, Doctor.  Doctor, Doctor.

I'll have a steak sandwich and....a steak sandwich.

I love my dead gay son!

Good talk, Russ.

I like it when she goes buh buh buh buh

Do I offend?

Why am I the only one who has that dream?

I'm obsessed thank you very much.

Don't be that guy.

War Games

Better Off Dead

no idea about "weak arm"

Fletch

Fletch

Heathers

Vacation 

Steve Martin line?

Real Genius

no idea

no idea
 
Putting your life in your hands playing a drunken game of Jarts.
Played some Jarts just a few weeks back.  Since they are illegal, the guy who brought them had bought them from somewhere in Europe, and the tips were sent in a separate package than the rest.  Good times, except for one throw when a dog came tearing across the field toward the target ring while a jart I had thrown was in mid-air.  Luckily it landed before the dog got there.

 
Give me a bottle of anything, and a glazed donut - to go!
We trained my 3-4 year old brother to recite this phrase back in the day. Was probably one of first complete sentences. :thumbup:  

ETA: and he was adorable

 
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