Anonymous
10/19/2023 11:56
Subject: Re:What is this 1980's memory?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Sesame Street intro titles.
I lived in a dull Midwestern suburb and subconsciously longed for the city. When I had my first job in NYC and moved into a shared apartment in a poorly-maintained brownstone, it felt like coming home. I eventually realized that it was because I was living out my childhood dream of living on Sesame Street!
Peoria, by any chance?
Anonymous
10/19/2023 11:56
Subject: What is this 1980's memory?
Political ads?
Anonymous
10/19/2023 11:56
Subject: What is this 1980's memory?
Anonymous wrote:I'm thinking now it might have been posters. Could it have been Just Say No campaigns?
Agree it was probably anti drug related. Like the fried egg: ‘this is your brain on drugs’ or the ‘when I grow up’ ad.
Do a video search for ‘partnership for a drug free America’
Anonymous
10/19/2023 11:41
Subject: What is this 1980's memory?
Fat Albert?
Anonymous
10/19/2023 11:39
Subject: What is this 1980's memory?
Anonymous wrote:I'm thinking now it might have been posters. Could it have been Just Say No campaigns?
Just Say No, afterschool specials, “A mind is a terrible thing to waste”…it could be so many things.
Anonymous
10/19/2023 11:36
Subject: What is this 1980's memory?
Intro to Good Times?
Anonymous
10/19/2023 11:35
Subject: Re:What is this 1980's memory?
Anonymous wrote:Sesame Street intro titles.
I lived in a dull Midwestern suburb and subconsciously longed for the city. When I had my first job in NYC and moved into a shared apartment in a poorly-maintained brownstone, it felt like coming home. I eventually realized that it was because I was living out my childhood dream of living on Sesame Street!
Anonymous
10/19/2023 11:16
Subject: What is this 1980's memory?
Snippets?
Anonymous
10/19/2023 11:16
Subject: What is this 1980's memory?
I'm thinking now it might have been posters. Could it have been Just Say No campaigns?
Anonymous
10/19/2023 11:11
Subject: What is this 1980's memory?
The Fresh Prince intro
Anonymous
10/19/2023 11:11
Subject: Re:What is this 1980's memory?
Sesame Street intro titles.
Anonymous
10/19/2023 11:04
Subject: What is this 1980's memory?
Anonymous wrote:In elementary school, I remember either commercials or ads or perhaps even something in school that revolved around inner city imagery, for lack of a better way to explain it. Graffiti, basketball courts, public housing. Usually in black and white. Does anyone have similar memories? What was this? I grew up in a regular old middle class Midwest town, so this is baffling to me.
Cereal commercials.
We were going to eat Apple Jacks in a graffitied alley in the 1980s for some reason.
Anonymous
10/19/2023 10:57
Subject: What is this 1980's memory?
Anonymous wrote:There's a lot of things. Did it make you feel happy? Sad? Music?
Afraid. I was worried that was how adults lived. Can't remember music.
Anonymous
10/19/2023 10:57
Subject: What is this 1980's memory?
There's a lot of things. Did it make you feel happy? Sad? Music?
Anonymous
10/19/2023 10:52
Subject: What is this 1980's memory?
In elementary school, I remember either commercials or ads or perhaps even something in school that revolved around inner city imagery, for lack of a better way to explain it. Graffiti, basketball courts, public housing. Usually in black and white. Does anyone have similar memories? What was this? I grew up in a regular old middle class Midwest town, so this is baffling to me.