I remember when:
Knowing was 1/2 the battle
Jem was Outrageous
Electric company had Bill Cosby and Picture Pages
Breakin’ was that Shit with Ozone and Turbo
And at Bayside High fell in love with Lisa Turtle
You didn’t shake Laffy Taffy, you’d stretch and eat
Superfriends had the Wonder twins and their Monkey gleek
Ed Lover, Dr. Dre, Dee on Pump it up
Rap City had Chris Thomas, Big Lez was thick as fuk
Changed out of our school clothes so we could go and play
kick ball and red light green light all fukn day
That was summer break, wake up rockin under roos
I had spider man, socks was always red or blue
Easy reader was on played by Morgan Freeman
Saturday Night main event, We watched Bobby Heenan
WWF before they dropped the F and added E
Ric Flair and Hogan was young they had Mr T
A team was pumpin, TV it was good as shit
Remember Knight Rider? Man, K.I.T was slick as shit
School house rock, taught me conjunctions
Chocolate milk banging beats on tables during lunch and
Readin rainbow, 3-2-1 Contact
Mr. Wizard, And my shit was on Nick “you can’t do that
On Television”, say I don’t know and get slimed
Big Daddy Kane and Rakim had the best rhymes
Everybody wanted a Beat it Jacket and Michaels curl
New Edition had bobby brown they made Candy Girl
Moms and her sisters would blast Marvin Gaye
Happy meals came in spaceships, got Crowns from BK
Girls had Easy bake ovens, and Snoopy Sno cones
I had Pork n Beans and hot dogs like Yo! GI Joe’s on
Remember when they thought Snakeyes was a Traitor!
Got detention at school for playing football with paper
With a beat box you could rhyme and never need a hook
Girls wrote about the guys they liked and made a slam book
Those were Trapper Keeper Days
The Klan made Troop Sneaker phase
Two finger gold rings, flat tops and Gumby fades
When Punky brewster was out, I had a crush on Cherie
Perfect Strangers came on with Balki and Cousin Larry
8:00 thursday
Cosby show was good as hell
Theo rocked the Black and Gold Gordon Gartrell
Cuz Denise made it, man that’s when she was extra hot
Then she made Angel Hart Bill saw it and she was dropped
Plus A different World? That’s what put me at Grambling
Philly got Randal Cunningham, The king of Scrambling
We were gambling, at lunch for dollars playin Tunk
All the rappers did St. Ides commercial they was gettin drunk
Diva (in Demand)
August 11, 2006
Oh you have brought back some memories. The Snoopy Sno Cone machine was on point at my house…..and slam books. Man those were the days.
tenacious
August 11, 2006
slam book, easy bake oven *funny I can’t cook now but I could hook some sh*t up with that little over, snoopy sno cone machine was hot
I was the Black Punky Brewster for a minute, had the shoes, and the bandana on the knee on lock and Perfect Strangers was the sh*t although Balki was a little…umm…weird to me.
And I didn’t want Michael’s curls…I wanted Prince LOL
But I remember every single one of these, I aint that young LOL
Isis
August 11, 2006
Commerial phase..
“just hit the corner store… you know what I’m looking for.. St. Ide’s.. St. Ide’s…”
sorry, I had a vision of seeing Method Man on a St. Ide’s commercial.
I liked this list.. I swear you make me go back. I remember doing the beat to Computer Love in the lunch room and playing Pencil Breaks. When the China pencils all broke we used the lunchroom sporks. I remember WWF with Ric “the Narcissist” Flair, Jake the Snake Roberts and the Junkyard Dog.
Nsane Lee Sane
August 11, 2006
THis post wouldn’t have been right if you didn’t say nothing about the Reading Rainbow….I love the theme song til this day…
Angel
September 26, 2006
LMAO @ Theo and his ‘designer’ shirt… He really believed Denise could stich ‘n’ sew!
Sangindiva
September 27, 2006
Dang !!
You came with it on this post…
and your rhyming skills? ON POINT!
You took me back down memory lane…
Thank you
Tittayballs.com
October 29, 2006
lol!
E, I just copped a pair of Roos today for $15 at TJ Maxx! I HAD to get them! love this post! creative, original, and definitely took me back…
I used to play stop the motion with the boys at recess w/ the paper ball! *I was such a tomboy*
I remember being pissed @ christmas b/c I asked for a picture pages pen and didn’t get it! TGIF and saturday morning cartoons was what I lived for. remember when balki met carl lewis? and different world made me want to go to an HBCU, too! (Love to all HBCU’s… especially the SWAC!
Tittayballs.com
October 29, 2006
*marks ur blog to my favorites just off this post alone*
I just noticed u mentioned randall… u know the eagles are my shyt!
when u comin to the ‘A’ so we can hang out? we can battle like breakin parts 1 and 2?
*pulls out from my box: 1 piece of cardboard for me and a roll of vinyl floor section*
that’s 4 u
*stands with my arms folded waitin for u to bust ur challenge move*
haha!
Isha
October 29, 2006
I love it when you do these!!! They are so on point and well put together.
Thanks for the smile QT!
eclectik
October 29, 2006
@ Diva – I always wanted a Snoopy Sno Cone…moms wasnn’t tryin to hear it
@ Tenacious – You remember the Slam books? LOL@ Black Punky though!
@ Isis – St Ides had the hottest commercials ever…Wu, Cube, Biggie!
@ Nsane – LaVar was that dude on the Rainbow!
@ SANGIN!!!!! – Thanx for the props…I love the old school
@ Tittayballs – Get outta here with the Roos?! Why I got the Orange and Black Walter Payton Joints!?
You didnt get Mortymer Icibod Marker?!
I’ma gome out there with the ill top rockin freez B-boy stance move! Randall was that dude right!?
All yall gotta get on the messageboard come and talk to me
Deborah
October 30, 2006
Oh, damn….WWF was the show I was practically raised on. Having an older brother, it was all about watching whatever he was watching, which also included watching Perfect Strangers (and Murphy Brown every once in a while). My favourite wrestler was The Undertaker. He was freakin’ awesome.
And Knight Rider…damn the theme song totally kicked ass. My brother still dreams of getting his hands on that car.
Heehee, school house rock, “conjunction junction, what’s your function?” I remember that one.
I love these little flashbacks….fun to read and go back in time.
1969
October 30, 2006
Love this post. Those were the good old days. I remember the WWF…I loved the British Bulldogs. LOL
Michael Knight from Project Runway has the Knight Rider theme on his website.
Cosby show and Different World were my favorite shows. They still are…..
The Goddess
October 30, 2006
I think we ALL lived for Cosby Show and a Different World. I watch them still on cable and STILL find myself cracking up now as much as I did then. Another great post that has me sitting here reminiscing on my younger years.