Are You From The 80s?

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Trivia for

"The A-Team" (1983)

 

* James Coburn was considered for the role of Hannibal Smith.

 

* During the final season, David McCallum guest starred as a villain, reuniting with former "Man From UNCLE" co-star Robert Vaughn. The episode, "The Say Uncle Affair", was formatted the same way as an old UNCLE episode, complete with "chapter titles", the word "affair" in the title, and similar scene transitions.

 

* In the opening credits, Dirk Benedict reacts to a passing metallic "Cylon warrior". Cylons were the nemesis in Benedict's earlier series, "Battlestar Galactica".

 

* Premiered on NBC-TV immediately after the 1983 Super Bowl.

 

* A lost episode entitled "Without Reservations" aired for the first time during the March reruns of 1987. This episode was probably meant to air right before the final episode "The Grey Team", based on the fact that in "Without Reservations" Murdock's T-shirt says "Almost Fini" while in "The Grey Team" it says "Fini".

 

* The gold that was worn by "Mr. T" during filming varied in weight, usually between 35 and 40 pounds.

 

* Series folded December 30, 1986-after 98 episodes total, 12 episodes into the 5th season.

 

* It is also noted that the "B.A." in B.A. Baracus stands for his first and middle names "Bosco Albert" Baracus (as well as the more obvious "Bad Attitude").

 

* In one episode, it is revealed that Face's real name is not Templeton Peck. The complete list of his assumed names is, in chronological order: Richard Bancroft (birth name), Alvin Brennar, Al Brennan, Al Peck, Holmes Morrison, Morrison Holmes, and finally Tempelton Arthur Peck.

 

* There was some talk about an A-Team reunion, a TV movie where the A-Team was given a full pardon, but after George Peppard died, the idea was dropped.

 

* With the exception of General Fullbright (played by Jack Ging), who was shot and killed in the season 4 finale episode "The Sound of Thunder", no one was killed on the show, either by the A-Team themselves or (on screen at least) by any of the villains. At the time it was considered to be the most family friendly shows of it's time. In fact, in any episode where there were drugs involved in the storyline, Hannibal would call it, "stuff". (eg: "I know there is stuff in there. You have to find it.")

 

* After guest starring in the season 4 finale episode, "The Sound of Thunder", Tia Carrere was supposed to join the A-Team as a member for the start of the 5th season. But due to her not being able to get out of her contract with the soap-opera "General Hospital" (1963), the idea was nixed. Her character was never mentioned again.

 

* The "crime they didn't commit" which led to The A-Team being sent to a military court was stealing gold bullion from the "Bank of Hanoi" during the Vietnam War.

 

* Mr. T reportedly quit the series during filming of the 1985-6 season opening episode "Judgement Day" only to be persuaded to return with the episode's filming not interrupted.

 

* The Spanish (Spain) version of the series has two significant changes with character nicknames. "Face" is called '"Fenix" and "B.A." Baracus is known as "M.A."

 

* In "Pros and Cons", Face pretends to be the author of a novel Dr. Dwight Pepper. The photo on the back of the book - supposedly the proper Dr. Dwight Pepper - is actually a photo of Stephen J. Cannell, the producer of the series.

 

* Most of the episodes were filmed five weeks before they aired.

 

* In the 1985 episode "A Lease with an Option to Die" the A-team visits Mrs. Baracus (B.A.'s Mum) in Chicago. Mrs. Baracus (played by Della Reese) calls B.A. "Scooter", a nickname which wasn't known before.

 

* In the Italian version, "Face" is called "Sberla" (= "face slap") and BA is known as PE or "Pessimo Elemento" (= "terrible element").

 

 

source: imdb.com

[michael_angelo_03]

am an 80's person and am soooo proud of it!

it is indeed the best era.

 

the decade where simple things were enjoyed and high tech was just starting.

 

freakin' nostalgic.

 

hated new wave though.

 

love early 90's music. contagion!

[TheGeneral]

i'm proud to be from that era... never in the history of music can anybody explain the New Wave Phenomenon... :headsetsmiley:

 

hail U2! :thumbsupsmiley:

[Guest buru_tus]

DOS

Wordstar

Lotus123

 

nakakagawa ako ng Tables nun using ASCII Characters lang

 

mga commands nun dapat memorize mo

 

ngayon point and click na lang

[Guest airmax]

Yep I'm from the 80's. Punk, New Wave, Disco. From Flock of Seagulls to MikeFrancis hehehe

[amplifiedgirl]

I just watched this 80's movie Bill and Ted!Wow!it is so 80's!yeah dude!

[orionpax]

80's...Peter Gabriel, Genesis, The Cure, Prince....list goes on..

 

Atari..Nintendo Family Com & Game & Watch....

 

the CD player was born...Beta Mania

[bachr32]

wow 80's

 

P 0.75 pa lang minimun fare noon (P 7.50 na ngayon)

[Guest buru_tus]

Certified Batang 80's

 

Fare from Alabang to Makati back then was PHP4.50 and Airconditioned Bus pa yun

 

Glorietta then was still a park at the back of Quad

 

Cinderella, Plaza Fair or Fairmart, Mcdo and Makati Supermarket

 

ano yung disco sa tabi ng National Bookstore at Cindys across Park Square?

 

Faces, Metro, Equinox, Rumors

[goddessofperpetualdeliciousness]

i'm still warped sa 80's. Spiked bangs, spray net, shoulder pads, ha ha ha Roger, roger, over pa nun. Ala'ng chat. 10 codes, q codes... afternoon disco...

 

Of course, the music... You glorify the past when the future dries up... Batang 80's, who sang that?

[Guest buru_tus]

i'm still warped sa 80's. Spiked bangs, spray net, shoulder pads,  ha ha ha Roger, roger, over pa nun. Ala'ng chat. 10 codes, q codes... afternoon disco...

 

Of course, the music... You glorify the past when the future dries up... Batang 80's, who sang that?

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U2 Rattle and Hum

[Guest buru_tus]

U2 Rattle and Hum

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God Part II, nakalimutan ko na anong track number

[Guest globetrotter]

i do like the 80s particularly the music: light rock,new wave.

[ayatolah]

im an 80's boy!and i love it!

[resident_big_evil]

remember when heartbeat used to be a legit disco...

remember when there were supposedly satanists running around kidnapping children...

remember when there were phoebe cates posters in every corner...

(when my cousins from america visited they thought she was the queen of the philippines)

remember when greenhills was every teenager's world...

remember the sudden james dean resurgence...

guys remember the shorts with the built in underwear...

ladies remember how high your bangs were...

[acidboy]

know your robots:

-voltes v

-daimos

-mazinger z

-danguard ace

-striker force

-getta robot

-great mazinga

-aphrodite x

-mekanda robot

[Chowking 007]

Definitely! Breakdancing, strutt, punk, hardcore and new wave. Bands GeneLovesJezebel, U2, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Lotus Eaters, Tears for Fears, FraLippoLippi, Depeche Mode, etc. The "IN" radio station was XB102, daming "TI-PAR" nung time na to. Pag may mobile ka (flaunting LP records and extended versions) you get the goodies.

 

Tama, Glorietta was a park at the back of Quad where breakdancers strutt their stuff tapos dadating yung mga punkista (naka black outfit complete w/chains and the works) tapos hahabulin at gugulpihin sila. :cry:

 

The hang-outs were Rumors, Heartbeat, Faces and Euphoria. At ang drag racing sa Greenhills pa. :cool:

 

Oh by the way, pag may date ako nun, Shakey's lang sosi ka na. A bunch of lunch cost P25 lang at ang sine P8 lang ata... yung P100 mo e malayo ang mararating:upside:

[TheGeneral]

The New Wave Era... how can I ever forget that....

 

We watch MV2 during noon... and most often than not, I chance upon the "Square Rooms" music video :headsetsmiley:

 

The Smiths, Echo & the Bunnymen, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Duran-Duran, The Cure, The Care, Midnight Oil, Depeche Mode, Tears for Fears, Gene Loves Jezebel, X'mal Deutschland, Major Tom, A-Ha, ABC, Rick Astley, Flesh for Lulu, New Order, Mike Francis, Soft Cell, and countless more...

 

...and of course, there's U2. No other band can come close to U2... please.

[resident_big_evil]

remember her? true story... some cousins of mine visited the philippines around 1989 for the first time... they know who phoebe cates but what they don't get is why her posters are everywhere...

a few years later we saw each other again & talked about their visit... then we got to talking about phoebe cates... apparently they went home thinking that phobe cates was queen of the philippines...

[Cradle of Filth]

80's, my favorite era,i was a kid back then, i remember listening to NEW WAVE and Hair metal, trying to learn how to break dance,imitating shaider and bioman,watching AIRWOLF and Knight rider,playing ATARI and Nintendo( mario bros.),those were the days..............

[Chowking 007]

More on the 80's. Di ko matiis... :boo:

 

Ang "in" na porma e:

A polo shirt inside tapos may polo ka pa sa labas that you leave open, tapos you fold the sleeves up. Match this with a pair of maong pants na pina-repair mo at pinalagyan ng zipper sa ilalim dahil sobrang "baston"

Ang usong sapatos pamporma e dayfull or grosby rovers (sa mga mahilig mag-strutt), haruta or sebago penny loafers (sa medyo sosi), blahblah at creepers (sa mga punkista) at topsiders (sperry or docksides). Sa rubber shoes naman, vans (kung may pera ka), chuck taylor na may shocking na kulay, dragonfly at robertsons (na kailangan kulayan ng jobus).

Ang hairdo ng mga girls e pataasan ng bangs (naka-tiss ba?) at mabentang mabenta ang aqua net. Sa guys naman e meron kang Dep gel na nilalagay mo lang sa gilid ng buhok at may bangs ka na hinihila pababa pagkatapos mong magsuklay. Naka-siyete ang sideburns mo at long hair ka sa likod.

Ang "necktie" nung 80's e gawa sa sintas ng sapatos na may pendant sa gitna. Preppy (sosi) ka pag naka long back ka na polo shirt, naka checkered na walking shorts, naka argyles na medyas at naka topsider ka.

Uso rin ang "grafomania", mga damit na merong mga neon prints na halos "umilaw" ka sa gabi. :upside:

 

Kung "new wave" ka e nakikinig ka sa XB102, 89.1, NU107 at BM105 at ang sikat na local band e "the dawn" at "identity crisis" at kung hardcore ka e kilala mo siguro yung "Betrayed" at pamilyar ka sa Oi, Anarchy at Ska.

 

Kung bata ka pa nung 80's e naibili ka siguro ng nanay mo ng rubber shoes na Bata, Addax, Mighty Kid at Grosby. Nakagamit ka rin siguro ng Kung-Fu shoes at Crayons pamasok sa eskwela.

 

Ang lahat ng bata ay kailangan maipasyal sa Fiesta Carnival at manood ng display ng mga gumagalaw na manikin sa COD Cubao pag pasko. :thumbsupsmiley:

 

Ayus na ayus tong era na to... wehehehe

[imijin]

maliit pako nun... ang naalala ko lang EDSA....Computer games... dito na yata nag boom ang FAMICOM.. dito na napunta ang allowance ko...uso sapatos nun grosby, adidas... papasok palang sa market ang

K-SWISS... at sikat din ang Top-Sider...Piso lang ang pamasahe, me softdrink kana sa 3piso... Life was a lot simplier then.

[Sero]

I’m a man without conviction

I’m a man who doesn’t know

How to sell a contradication

You come and go

You come and go

Karma karma karma karma karma chameleon...

 

-Wow 80's, who would forget the parties at the Corinthians, while wearing an outfit which resembles the likes of BoyGeorge, Wham, etc. These were the early parties organized by XB.

[pinoy_strigoi]

ah yes, Xb. XB pioneered the live disco feeds, remember?

[Mike Chester]

80's? I remember ung phone namin may kaparty line pa kami, lagi namin kaaway, kasi telbabad lagi. Sa mga OFW naman ang uso nun ay ung Pen Pal, padalahan pa ng mga pictures at saka voice tape (ngayun chat lang ok na). Sa cartoons, fave ko Transformer.

 

Pag may ka date ka, 50 pesos mo makakain na kayo sa jollibee at makapanuod na kayo ng sine. Nung nagbukas ung SM sa West, un ang naging hang out ng mga estudanyante. Uso rin ung mga motel sa quiapo, kung saan ung pintuan nila ay cowboy style wooden swing door.