The Eighties Online

The first commercial cell phone call took place this week in 1983.

The call was placed on a Motorola prototype cell phone, now referred to as “the brick”.

The phone cost over $4000.00 and weighed in 48 ounces.

That first call went something like this:

(according to Amy and Seth from SNL Weekend Update October 23, 2008)

Hello?

Honey,guess what? I’m calling from the car on this new portable cell phone that I just bought!

That sounds neat. Oh, I got your parachute pants back from the dry cleaners.

Did they get the “Bartles and James” stain out?

Yes. Hey, only eight months until the “Ghostbusters” movie!

Total Pac-Man Fever.

What? Can’t hear you.

Sorry, I’m cranking Quarterflash on the radio.

Oh my God, they’re the best and they will always be the best. By the way, how much did that phone cost?

$4000

What?

Honey, I can’t hear you, you’re cutting out.

Cutting out? What does cutting out mean?

The First Commercial Cell Phone

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While there are several wholesome, entertaining TV show from the 80s, many of which I’ve shared on this website, Fame from 1982 is one of the standout TV series from the 80s that you can share with you kids.

In the 90s, the entertainment industry was largely deregulated, allowing for networks to beginning owning the TV shows that they showed. In my opinion this has not been a good thing, allowing the big corporate networks to basically call the shots, effectively stifling creativity. It’s too bad, really!

Thankfully, though, we can still watch these great family TV shows, like Cheers, Family Ties, Growing Pains and, of course, Fame.

Fame is a wonderful show to share with your kids. It’s inspirational and hopeful. Please enjoythese episodes of this hit 80s TV drama courtesy of Hulu.Com.

Here is the first episode:

The New York City High School for the Performing Arts was their dream. They wanted to dance, to sing, to play music, and to act… but above all they want to live their lives while they are still young and full of energy.

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Another entertaining Halloween movie available to watch online thanks to Hulu.Com.

Check out many more 80s horror movies as the Halloween 2008 approaches.

The Goulies are back in this sequel in which they take over a traveling carnival — giving a park full of teenagers a night they’ll never forget.

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Classic Zombie movie by George A. Romero, Day of the Dead.

1985 Horror

A small group of military officers and scientists dwell in an underground bunker as the world above is overrun by zombies.

This moive is considered on of Romero’s best zombie movies and is a great example of the 80s horror genre, released in 1985.

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