Remember the “Pepsi Challenge” back in the ’80s where a blind taste test would determine whether Pepsi or Coke was the preferred cola? With the re-issue of New Coke, it’s time to resurrect the challenge! Me and my two boys recently took the “New Coke Challenge” with now three options to test our palettes: New Coke, Classic Coke, and Pepsi. While it would have been fun to simply introduce the New Coke flavor to my sons (and myself who was only 9 years old in 1985,) trying to guess the three flavors was truly a great experience.
For this issue, we revisit the ’80s holiday song “Do They Know It’s Christmas” by Band Aid. The song was written by Bob Geldof (Boomtown Rats) and Midge Ure (Ultravox) in 1984 specifically to raise CONTINUE READING…
I don’t know about you, but commercials can often take me back to my formative years as quickly as any song or movie can. That is why we will continue this semi-regular feature on ’80s commercials CONTINUE READING…
For many years, I never really considered Home Alone a Christmas movie. Of course, it takes place on Christmas and has nearly everything to do with the spirit of Christmas, but for whatever reason, my CONTINUE READING…
'80s Kid, '90s Grad, and '00s Dad. I've been writing and podcasting about 1980s pop culture since 2011 at my Rediscoverthe80s.com website. I collect vinyl, cassingles, '80s comics, Batman memorabilia, and all things Mobile Armored Strike Kommand.
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