"I Love the '80s" (2002) TV series

Writer:

James Eatock (additional material)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

16 December 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Documentary

Plot:

A humorous, year by year look through the decade that saw hair size become a statement, ratty clothes become cool...

Plot Keywords:

1980s | Comedian | Digit In Title | Tiffany | Pop Culture

Cast

Andrew Dice Clay	...	Himself (8 episodes, 2002)
Soleil Moon Frye	...	Herself (8 episodes, 2002)
Traci Lords	...	Herself (8 episodes, 2002)
Bret Michaels	...	Himself (8 episodes, 2002)
Lionel Richie	...	Himself (8 episodes, 2002)
'Weird Al' Yankovic	...	Himself (8 episodes, 2002)
Michael Ian Black	...	Himself (7 episodes, 2002)
Hal Sparks	...	Himself (7 episodes, 2002)
Mo Collins	...	Herself (3 episodes, 2002)
Rich Eisen	...	Himself (2 episodes, 2002)
Melissa Etheridge	...	Herself (2 episodes, 2002)
Apollonia Kotero	...	Herself (2 episodes, 2002)
Brian Krause	...	Himself (2 episodes, 2002)
Dee Snider	...	Himself (2 episodes, 2002)
Joel Stein	...	Himself (2 episodes, 2002)
Rob Thomas	...	Himself (2 episodes, 2002)
Uncle Kracker	...	Himself (2 episodes, 2002)

Series Writing credits
James Eatock		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Joey Anuff	....	development producer (10 episodes, 2002)
Sean David Johnson	....	producer (2 episodes, 2002)
Michael Dutton	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Karla Hidalgo	....	series producer (unknown episodes)
Toni Judkins	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Sandra Kuhn	....	segment producer (unknown episodes)
Craig E. Shapiro	....	segment producer (unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Matthew W. Davis		(unknown episodes)
Harry Frith		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Brian T. Murphy		(2 episodes, 2002)
Liam Lawyer		(unknown episodes)
Michael Levine		(unknown episodes)
Ryan Lifchitz		(unknown episodes)
Matthew Linnell		(unknown episodes)
Anthony Simone		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
Nikki Carbonetta	....	makeup artist (1 episode, 2002)
Lori Hamlin	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Robert Castillo	....	storyboard artist: extended edition (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Dustin Izsa	....	sound (10 episodes, 2002)
Cormac Tohill	....	sound recordist (10 episodes, 2002)
Peter Zivkovic	....	sound (10 episodes, 2002)
Decker Watson	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Jeremy Settles	....	gaffer (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Rob Cairns	....	composer: theme music (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Margaret DeMonte	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 2002)
Danielle Kinder	....	production associate (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• MTV Networks
• VH1 Television

Distributors

• MTV Networks
• VH1 Television

Other Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)  format devised by

Runtime:

USA:60 min (10 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Company:

MTV Networks

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: The song "Addicted To Love" by Robert Palmer was featured in a segment for the 1987 episode, but it was actually released in the spring of 1986 and was one of the biggest songs of that year. 1987 was when he won the Grammy for it.

Quotes:

[on "Child's Play"]
Dee Snider:It's a doll! Step on it! It's over!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Drew Barrymore/Kelis (#29.12)" (2004)

Mini-series don't get much better than this!

I caught this on television when it first aired back in December of 2002. After watching the very first episode ("1980"), I instantly became addicted. This was unlike any mini-series I had ever seen on television before. It was absolutely incredible. It was funny, it had good music, it was entertaining, it was simply the best thing I had ever seen on VH1 at the time. I never knew that watching a mini-series could be so fun. What makes "I Love the '80s" and "I Love the '80s Strikes Back" so great are the commentators. Tom Arnold, Rich Eisen, Greg Fitzsimmons, Natasha Henstridge, Ron Jeremy, Wallace Langham, Hal Sparks, Donal Logue, Mo Rocca, Henry Rollins, Stuart Scott, Dee Snider, Joel Stein, and Weird Al all provide great commentary. The best line of the entire series comes from Hal Sparks when commenting on STAR WARS EPISODE VI-RETURN OF THE JEDI: "Lucas says that he planned out all these stories from the very beginning, so why are they kissing in the first one? It's gross. Why in the first poster of Star Wars is she clinging to his leg, like an inch and a half from his crank, and then two years later it's his sister. Eww." Hopefully, VH1 will release this fantastic mini-series along with "I Love the '80s Strikes Back" to DVD soon. Judging from the number of fans they have, I have a feeling it would sell millions and millions of copies.

My rating: 9/10