I Love the '80s 3-D
| I Love the '80s 3-D | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | VH1 |
| Original run | 24 October 2005 – 28 October 2005 |
I Love the '80s 3-D is the follow-up to VH1's 1980s nostalgia show I Love the '80s and its sequel I Love the '80s Strikes Back. It premiered October 24, 2005. Like its predecessors, it premiered in one hour installments, each describing the events and trends of a year between 1980 and 1989, two shows per night until Friday, October 28, 2005.
The show is actually in 3D, using a process called ChromaDepth that appears in 3D when using a special pair of ChromaDepth glasses, but the process allows the show to be viewable in normal 2D (unlike the anaglyphic 3D process). The ChromaDepth glasses for the show were available free at Best Buy stores across the United States.
Recurring segments
- "Weird Al" Yankovic presents movies from the year that "should have been made in 3-D" but weren't. This is a reference to his album "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D.
- Paula Abdul presents teen idols from each year.
- Chuck Woolery presents the "best on-screen hookups" of each year.
- Elvira, Mistress of the Dark presents the "biggest boobs" (i.e., blunders) of each year.
- Alan Thicke presents "hot moms" from each year.
- Emmanuel Lewis presents a slang word or phrase as the "pop culture term" of each year.
- Harry Anderson judges a "trial" of a pop culture icon in the "Guilty/Not Guilty" segment.
- John Moschitta gives a quick recap of each episode in the "Year in Review" segment.
- During the credits of every episode, a clip from a popular music video was played without any type of commentary. These were usually replaced with a show promo by Vh1.
Topics covered by year
1980
- Fame
- Paul McCartney gets busted for marijuana possession
- Ethnic Barbie Dolls
- Pepsi Challenge
- Richard Pryor burns himself
- Fruit Roll-Ups
- Gary Numan's "Cars"
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
- Post-it notes
- AC/DC's "Back in Black"
- Intellivision
- My Bodyguard
- Christopher Cross' "Sailing"
- The Jazz Singer
- Fashion plates
- Sugar Ray Leonard
- The Elephant Man
- Little Darlings
End Credit Video is The J. Geils Band's "Love Stinks"
1981
- History of the World, Part I
- Circus of the Stars
- The first laptop
- Loverboy's "Working for the Weekend"
- Chariots of Fire
- You Can't Do That on Television
- Mud wrestling
- 38 Special's "Hold On Loosely"
- Escape from New York
- Penny Racers
- The Mediterranean fruit fly infestation
- Barbara Mandrell and The Mandrell Sisters
- REO Speedwagon's "Keep on Loving You"
- Body Heat
- Erasermate
- Country stars performing pop songs (specifically, Juice Newton and The Oak Ridge Boys.)
- Gimme a Break!
- An American Werewolf in London
End Credit Video is Hall & Oates' "You Make My Dreams"
1982
- Quest for Fire
- Videocassette recorders
- The Human League's "Don't You Want Me"
- Cats
- Tron
- Freezy Freakies
- Toto's "Rosanna"
- BMX
- Shopping malls
- Bow Wow Wow's "I Want Candy"
- Headbands and mesh tops shirts
- The $25,000 Pyramid
- EPCOT Center
- Victor Victoria
- 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders
- Ripley's Believe It or Not!
- First Blood
End Credit Video is Missing Persons "Words"
1983
- Jaws 3-D
- Star Search
- Monchhichis
- Herbie Hancock's "Rockit"
- St. Elsewhere
- Truly Tasteless Jokes
- Mr. Mom
- The jheri curl
- Jesse Jackson runs for President
- Press Your Luck
- ZZ Top
- D.C. Cab
- Reading Rainbow
- Mr. Wizard
- Strategic Defense Initiative ("Star Wars")
- Quiet Riot
- Terms of Endearment
Best on-screen hookup of 1983: Tom Cruise and Rebecca DeMorney in Risky Business
Biggest Boobs of 1983: KISS for taking off their makeup and revealing what they really looked like
Hot Moms of 1983: Beverly DiAngelo, Susan Young (Webster Mom), Jacqueline Bissett
Pop Culture Term of 1983: Hoser (loser or someone easily fooled)
Guilty/Not Guilty of 1983: Cabbage Patch Kids for inciting riots in stores.
End Credit Video is Thomas Dolby's "She Blinded Me with Science"
1984
- Red Dawn
- Dr. Ruth Westheimer
- Murray Head's "One Night in Bangkok"
- Band-Aid
- Children of the Corn
- New Edition
- Hair mousse
- Amadeus
- Doug Flutie's hail mary pass
- Rodney Dangerfield's "Rappin' Rodney"
- Voltron
- Calculator watch
- Romancing the Stone
- Designer shoelaces
- Snorks
- Anti-fur movement
- TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes
- Police Academy
Movies that should have been made in 3-D: Splash, Breakin', Purple Rain
Teen Idols of 1984: Menudo, Wham!, Corey Heart
Best On-Screen Hookup of 1984: Long Duck Dong and Lumberjack in Sixteen Candles
Biggest Boobs of 1984: Walter Mondale using the Wendy's Slogan "Where's The Beef"
Hot Moms of 1984: Felicia Raschad (Bill Cosby Mom), Kate & Alley, Karen Cave
Pop Culture Term of 1984: Boy Toy
Guilty/Not Guilty of 1984: The FCC allowing more time devoted to commercials resulting in the introduction of infomercials.
End Credit video is Peter Schilling"s "Major Tom (Coming Home)"
1985
- Bob Ross' The Joy of Painting
- Monster trucks
- Mick Jagger and David Bowie's version of "Dancing in the Street"
- Calvin Klein's Obsession
- The Legend of Billie Jean
- Phil Collins' No Jacket Required
- Joe Theismann breaks a leg on Monday Night Football
- My Buddy
- "Weird Al" Yankovic
- Just One of the Guys
- The Subway Vigilante
- Sour Patch Kids
- Brewster's Millions
- Sally Field's Academy Awards speech
- DeBarge's "Rhythm of the Night"
- Spies Like Us
- Rocky IV
End Credit Video is Starship's "We Built This City"
1986
- Back to School
- Love Connection
- Madballs
- Jermaine Stewart's "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off"
- Murder, She Wrote
- Muammar al-Gaddafi
- The Color of Money
- Short Circuit
- Snuggle
- Not Necessarily the News
- Memorex tapes
- Lucas
- Head of the Class
- Heart
- Halley's Comet
- ¡Three Amigos!
End Credit video is Stacey Q's "Two of Hearts"
1987
- Predator
- Oral Roberts asks for $8,000,000
- Max Headroom
- Billy Idol's version of "Mony Mony"
- The Legend of Zelda
- Moonstruck
- Baby Jessica falls down a well
- Lee Press-On nails
- Throw Momma from the Train
- Microwave oven
- Ozone depletion
- Spenser: For Hire
- Black Monday
- Mannequin
- The bolo tie
- Cutting Crew's "(I Just) Died in Your Arms"
- Kelly LeBrock Pantene advertisements
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Lethal Weapon
End Credit video is LeVert's "Casanova"
1988
- Twins
- The party line
- Cher and Rob Camiletti
- Buster Poindexter's version of "Hot Hot Hot"
- Cocktail and The Beach Boys "Kokomo"
- Micro Machines
- Lita Ford's "Kiss Me Deadly"
- Unsolved Mysteries
- Midnight Run
- Jimmy the Greek's controversial statement
- Midnight Oil's "Beds Are Burning"
- The rattail
- The Morton Downey, Jr. Show
- It's Garry Shandling's Show
- Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
- Tanning beds
- Rod Stewart's "Forever Young"
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
End Credit video is The Escape Club's "Wild, Wild West"
1989
- Rescue 911
- The Little Mermaid
- Fine Young Cannibals' "She Drives Me Crazy"
- The Exxon Valdez oil spill
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
- Mr. Bean
- Leona Helmsley charged with tax evasion
- Paula Abdul
- Road House
- Super Bowl XXIII
- The Noid
- The hi-top fade haircut
- Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses
- Parenthood
- Kim Basinger buys a town
- Ozzy Osbourne and Lita Ford's "Close My Eyes Forever"
- The B-2 bomber
- Steel Magnolias
End Credit Video is Skid Row's "18 and Life"
External links
- I Love the 80s 3-D at VH1.com
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