Guys, the 80s happened 30 years ago. That is crazy!! But if you lived during the 1980s, it doesn’t feel like that far back. Let’s take a trip down memory lane and look back at some of the things you definitely remember if you grew up in the 1980s in Wisconsin.
- Arcade Games
garann/Flickr Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man…feeding quarters into machines at the arcade was a great way to spend a day.
- Boom Boxes
_sarchi/Flickr It was not a party unless someone had one of these bad boys on his shoulder.
- The Packers stunk
Mike Morbeck/Flickr We take it for granted now that we have great QBs, but the 1980s were some pretty awful years.
- Cabbage Patch Dolls
Richard Elzey/Flickr Parents were frantic trying to get their kids one of these coveted dolls.
- “Where’s the Beef?” commercials
Mike Mozart/Flickr Those commercials were so catchy that we still quote them today.
- Rubiks Cubes
Sonny Abesamis/Flickr Remember the frustration of trying to solve one of these things?
- Koosh Balls
Infusionsoft Sales and Marketing/Flickr Kids who had these were the coolest.
- Mullets
Shane Adams/Flickr I’ve got to say - I still see plenty of these around Wisconsin.
- Smurfs
Mukesh Yadav/Flickr Papa Smurf and the gang were some of our favorite characters of the 1980s.
- Tetherball
Zack Mccarthy/Flickr Did anyone ever get good at this?
- Trivial Pursuit
Jon Ross/Flickr Long before Apples to Apples, this was the preferred game.
- Slap Bracelets
Tim McCune/Flickr We annoyed our parents to no end by slapping these things.
- VANS
Paul David/Flickr Everyone had a pair of these shoes.
What else do you remember from the 1980s in Wisconsin?
garann/Flickr
Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man…feeding quarters into machines at the arcade was a great way to spend a day.
_sarchi/Flickr
It was not a party unless someone had one of these bad boys on his shoulder.
Mike Morbeck/Flickr
We take it for granted now that we have great QBs, but the 1980s were some pretty awful years.
Richard Elzey/Flickr
Parents were frantic trying to get their kids one of these coveted dolls.
Mike Mozart/Flickr
Those commercials were so catchy that we still quote them today.
Sonny Abesamis/Flickr
Remember the frustration of trying to solve one of these things?
Infusionsoft Sales and Marketing/Flickr
Kids who had these were the coolest.
Shane Adams/Flickr
I’ve got to say - I still see plenty of these around Wisconsin.
Mukesh Yadav/Flickr
Papa Smurf and the gang were some of our favorite characters of the 1980s.
Zack Mccarthy/Flickr
Did anyone ever get good at this?
Jon Ross/Flickr
Long before Apples to Apples, this was the preferred game.
Tim McCune/Flickr
We annoyed our parents to no end by slapping these things.
Paul David/Flickr
Everyone had a pair of these shoes.
OnlyInYourState may earn compensation through affiliate links in this article.
