What do you miss the most about the '80s and '90s?

@Rebelofnj,

I recall Whoopie Goldberg said she wanted Disney to run special screenings of Song Of The South in theaters for historical purposes a few years ago in an episode of The View.

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@Rebelofnj,

In the '80s Warner Bros. produced a handful of Looney Tunes compilation films that were shown in theaters, on TV, and have been released on VHS, laserdisc and DVD and presumably Blu-ray.

I am willing to bet these cartoon films are available on HBO Max for anyone to watch.

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@JGoldman10,

It seems unlikely that the compilation films will be available as there are not on WB's Boomerang streaming service. However, the original shorts that were part of the compilations are available to view separately.

Meanwhile, on Disney Plus, they have several compilation films like Melody Time and Saludos Amigos, but none of the shorts can be viewed separately. The service also has many shorts that are not part of any compilation.

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@Rebelofnj,

There's other places people can watch those Looney Tunes movies online.

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@JGoldman10,

Yes, but since you mentioned the streaming service HBO MAX, I only wanted to point out the low likelihood of those films being available for streaming.

People are more than welcome to buy or rent the films in the other digital stores like Amazon Prime Video or Vudu.

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@Rebelofnj,

Okay.

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@JGoldman10,

The Song of the South is about how black people were much happier as slaves, they’re like children and can’t handle the responsibility of freedom.

I always thought that was nonsense until I met you, Mr my penpal, Jimmy Swaggart and mummy do all my thinking for me.

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I don't know too much about old '80s and '90s computers. As far as I know Commodore Amiga computers were the most sophisticated computers around in the '80s and '90s.

Does anyone else remember desktop computers that had video game cartridge slots build into them, besides Commodore 64s?

Why did they stop making desktop computers that had video game cartridge slots build into them?

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What old pastimes from the '80s and '90s have been permanently done away with because of political correctness?

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@JGoldman10,

Because CD-ROMs were cheaper to produce and had more memory, allowing more complex games.

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@JGoldman10,

Probably the more blatant sexist, racist, homophobic jokes.

Comedian Eddie Murphy said in a recent interview that he apologize for his comedy routine in the 80s.

“I was a young guy processing a broken heart, you know, kind of an asshole,” he said of [his 1987 comedy special] Raw, noting that his old jokes made him cringe. “That’s a bit much, my goodness,” he quipped, doing an impression of himself watching the old stand-up set, which included homophobic jokes. “My word.”

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/09/eddie-murphy-cringe-old-stand-up

A lot of college comedies in the 80s had some humor that did not age well. The website College Humor did video on some of the "pranks" in several 80s films, and there was a lot of rape involved.

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@Rebelofnj,

Pastime - an activity that someone does regularly for enjoyment rather than work; a hobby.

What are some activities that people of all ages did for fun back in the '80s and '90s that people now no longer do because these activities were deemed politically incorrect?

As I said in another thread it was more commonplace to make jokes about gays back in the '80s and '90s because homosexuality was something that was looked down upon.

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@JGoldman10,

If I were to guess, kids no longer play "Cowboys and Indians" or use toy guns that look like actual firearms.

Otherwise, I can't think of any other hobbies that are no longer acceptable purely because of political correctness.

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@Rebelofnj,

Lol.

I think I read something about hobbies from the '80s and '90s that were done away with because they are now considered non-PC.

I meant to also include traditions from the '80s and '90s that have been done away with because they are now considered non-PC.

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@JGoldman10,

Do you remember from this article what hobbies and traditions exactly are done away with? It would be easier to say which, than for me to keep randomly guessing what hobbies are questionable now.

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@Rebelofnj,

I don't recall off-hand. I think they've also talked this on some talk shows.

Kids in the '80s and '90s played with realistic-looking toy guns? That's crazy and stupid.

I know back in the '80s and '90s water guns and BB guns were popular.

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@JGoldman10,

JGoldman10 wrote:

I don't recall off-hand. I think they've also talked this on some talk shows.

Kids in the '80s and '90s played with realistic-looking toy guns? That's crazy and stupid.

I know back in the '80s and '90s water guns and BB guns were popular.

I don't recall seeing toy guns that looked like real handguns back in the '80s and '90s.

Water guns weren't exactly realistic - they were designed to look like handguns but they were brightly-colored and translucent.

My mother told me a story of how she and my dad were stuck somewhere in a rural area. Their car ran out of gas and so my mother told my dad to go knock on some local's door and ask the person if he could borrow some gas. My mother didn't want to ask anyone; she's an African American and she didn't want anyone to know that she and my White Jewish dad were together. She didn't want to chance meeting any racists. I My mother ducked down in the car out of plain sight and my dad tried to ask a nearby local if he could borrow some gas from him, and the local pulled a shotgun on him. My dad went quickly back to the car.

A young patrolman later on caught up to my parents who were stuck in their car. The officer asked to see my dad's driver's license and registration. Unbeknownst to my mother my dad had a realistic-looking toy gun in the glove compartment and he pulled it out while he was looking for his licence and registration. The young officer was a rookie; he thought the toy gun was real and he was shook up. He was traumatized and terrified and didn't know how to react.

Fortunately he did not do anything to harm my parents. After he left my mother got on my dad's about having that toy gun in his possession and having it in the glove compartment of their car. She told him off and told him that that was one of the dumbest things he ever did.

I don't know all the particulars of what happened - I wasn't there. I agree with my mother - my dad having a realistic-looking toy gun in his possession, in the glove compartment of my parents' car, and letting a patrolman see it was extremely stupid. That could have been very dangerous.

My brother and I weren't born yet and this happened some time when my older sister was little.

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@JGoldman10,

JGoldman10 wrote:

JGoldman10 wrote:

I don't recall off-hand. I think they've also talked this on some talk shows.

Kids in the '80s and '90s played with realistic-looking toy guns? That's crazy and stupid.

I know back in the '80s and '90s water guns and BB guns were popular.

I don't recall seeing toy guns that looked like real handguns back in the '80s and '90s.

Water guns weren't exactly realistic - they were designed to look like handguns but they were brightly-colored and translucent.

My mother told me a story of how she and my dad were stuck somewhere in a rural area. Their car ran out of gas and so my mother told my dad to go knock on some local's door and ask the person if he could borrow some gas. My mother didn't want to ask anyone; she's an African American and she didn't want anyone to know that she and my White Jewish dad were together. She didn't want to chance meeting any racists. My mother ducked down in the car out of plain sight and my dad tried to ask a nearby local if he could borrow some gas from him; the local pulled a shotgun on him. My dad went quickly back to the car.

A young patrolman later on caught up to my parents who were stuck in their car. The officer asked to see my dad's driver's license and registration. Unbeknownst to my mother my dad had a realistic-looking toy gun in the glove compartment and he pulled it out while he was looking for his licence and registration. The young officer was a rookie; he thought the toy gun was real and he was shook up. He was traumatized and terrified and didn't know how to react.

Fortunately he did not do anything to harm my parents. After he left my mother got on my dad's case about having that toy gun in his possession and having it in the glove compartment of their car. She told him off and told him that that was one of the dumbest things he ever did.

I don't know all the particulars of what happened - I wasn't there. I might be leaving some details of my mother's story out. I agree with my mother - my dad having a realistic-looking toy gun in his possession, in the glove compartment of my parents' car, and letting a patrolman see it was extremely stupid. That could have been very dangerous.

My brother and I weren't born yet and this happened some time when my older sister was little.

-FIXED.

If I did see any realistic-looking toy guns back in the '80s and '90s I probably dismissed them.

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@JGoldman10,

The main villain of the popular Transformers toys could turn into a Walther P38 firearm. They have since changed the transformation to a tank.

Kids playing with realistic toy guns led to fatal shootings. This ultimately caused Congress to pass laws forcing toy makers to have their toy guns painted in neon colors, so that they are less realistic. Meanwhile, several stores like Toys R Us banned the sale of all toy guns.

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/15/business/shootings-lead-chain-to-ban-toy-guns.html

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@Rebelofnj,

It was extremely stupid for toy manufacturers back in the '80s and '90s, and even earlier than that, to make realistic-looking toy guns for kids to play with in the first place. What were they thinking, and what were the parents thinking who bought these toy guns for their kids to play with?

Who thought it was a good idea to make BB guns for kids and to let kids play with them back in the '80s and '90s?

I know there were some kids who tortured animals with them.

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