The 90s Began In The 80s: Some Of My Theories
80s nostalgia was recently in the news again with the Radio Shack “Goodbye 80s” ad, which made fun of the decade with the assistance of icons of the era, ranging from Hulk Hogan and Mary Lou Retton to John Ratzenberger and Dee Snider. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbTVOEVy6p4 I noticed that Kid ‘N’ Play made appearances in the ad. I associated them more with the 90s due to the “House Party” movies, and seeing them inspired me to return to a piece I’ve been sitting on for a while. When I was younger, my 80s fandom was a little shallow. I tended to think only in terms of the bigger pop-culture of the decade, not paying attention to the lesser-known material. As such, for a while, I associated the pop culture of the early 90s with the 80s. As I entered my 20s, though, I started writing for a website called the 80s Movies Rewind, and I came to decide that the 80s ended in 1989. A lot of people on that site felt