UPDATE: I think a couple of commenters (commentors?) missed the point--of course they covered Garbage Pail Kids and The Last Dragon...in "I Love The '80s" and "I Love The '80s Strikes Back." They're well beyond things you'd actually associate with a particular year for the 3rd go-around. I mean, when your gimmick is based on the 3rd Jaws movie...


OK, so I love "I Love the '_0s" as much as the next guy. In fact, way WAY more than the next guy. WAAAAY more. Still, even I have to admit that the '80s have been stripmined by VH-1 at this point. To illustrate, here are the topics covered in "I Love the '80s 3-D" for 1985:

• Bob Ross, The Joy of Painting (leading with PBS; strong)
• Monster trucks ("We'll sell you the whole seat--BUT YOU'LL ONLY NEED THE EDGE!!!")
• Mick Jagger and David Bowie Dancin' in the Streets (timely)
• Calvin Klein Obsession ads ("I alone could possess her. Her deepest thoughts know only to me.")
• Legend of Billie Jean (i.e.: some movie I'd never heard of)
• Phil Collins, particularly Sussudio (highlight: Mark Hoppus of blink-182 calling him a "badass" as a songwriter)
• Joe Theismann's leg
• My Buddy
• "Weird Al" Yankovic (quote from him that made the episode: "I wrote 'Eat It' because I wanted to buy a house. It worked.")
• Just One of the Guys (i.e.: some movie I've barely heard of)
• Bernie Goetz (but strangely no AIDS, crack, or hypodermics on the shore)
• Sour Patch Kids
• Brewster's Millions (my God, the evil accountant is the 7th Heaven dad?!)
• "You like me--you really like me!"
• El Debarge, Rhythm of the Night
• Spies Like Us
• Rocky IV

If there's another installment, I expect a lot of footage of producers asking Hal Sparks if he remembers a show, and he'll be like, "yeah, kinda, vaguely--are you sure that didn't just air in Canada?"