You know, the eighties are more popular now than they were in the eighties. How the hell did that happen? Here’s a newsflash for you kids; they weren’t all that great. I know because I was there. But there were a few high points mixed in amongst all the lows.

First the lows: Let’s start with popular culture during the eighties. Well, actually there really wasn’t much culture, per se. Let’s see if this sums it up for you: If you thought the seventies were a cultural abyss, the eighties were enough to make you want to claw out your own eyes with a garden weasel.