It was the greatest decade to be a kid…or maybe just the weirdest.

TP’ing (aka “toilet papering”) the houses of people I didn’t like in my neighborhood.

Our mom searched high and low, doing everything she could to find one, but no luck.

Side-by-side comparison of the same person as a child in the 1980s and as an adult in the 2020s

They’ll be on the shelves when we open in the morning."

But who cares about football when what came on after the game was so life-changing?

Because checking in next to us was none other than Andre the Giant!

A mailbox and front yard covered in toilet paper, indicating a prank or celebration

7.ORDERING SEA-MONKEYS: As you could see below, I was a Spider-Man kid.

That’s me at my 7th birthday party.

I’ve got to go!"

Rocket launch captured mid-ascent with trailing smoke

That’s when my buddy Eddie yelled, “I THOUGHT IT WAS YOUR DAY OFF?!”

It was such a big deal that a kid in my class planned his birthday party around it.

Busy store with parents and children purchasing Cabbage Patch Kids dolls

Two young actors from a vintage TV show sitting on a rock, sporting trendy 90s attire

Andre the Giant, a wrestler, stands in a ring wearing a one-strap black singlet, ready to compete

Historic photo of a large mushroom cloud in the distance viewed from a long road

Child in a white sweater with a person dressed as Spider-Man. Vintage photo aesthetic, evoking nostalgia

Billboard of a New Coke  with the tagline "Great New Taste! Better Than Ever!"

Weird Al onstage