Raps, "Parents Just Don't Understand" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince and N.W.A/the rise of gangsta rap Who's the Boss? (originally aired from 1984) Terence Trent D'Arby The neo-hippie movement "Touch of Grey" by Grateful Dead Rain Man Makeout Songs of 1988: "She's Like the Wind" by Patrick Swayze, "Hold On to the Nights" by Richard Marx and "The Flame" by Cheap Trick Babes of 1988: Jessica Rabbit, Kari Wuhrer, Samantha Fox, Julia Roberts and Divine Hunks of 1988: John F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump, Kevin Costner, Joe Montana and Dan Quayle PSA of 1988: Buckle Up (Car Crash Test Dummies) Then and Now 1988: A Year of Tuition at Harvard (Then: $12,000 / Now: $35,000), Ricki Lake (Then: 250 lbs. / Now: 120 lbs.) and 100-Meter Sprint (Then: Ben Johnson - 9.79 seconds / Now: Tim Montgomery - 9.78 seconds) Mr. and Ms. 1988: ALF and Debbie Gibson Born in 1988: Haley Joel Osment, Teddy Grahams, Miami Heat, En Vogue and Prozac 1989 New Kids on the Block Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure Milli Vanilli Game Boy and Tetris Cops Rob Lowe's sex video "If I Could Turn Back Time" by Cher Do the Right Thing "Like a Prayer" by Madonna and the ensuing Pepsi controversy Say Anything... The Arsenio Hall Show "Love Shack" by The B-52's Bobby Brown Afrocentric clothing Baywatch "Love in an Elevator" by Aerosmith Heathers Saved by the Bell "Funky Cold Medina" by Tone Loc Fall of the Berlin Wall Makeout Songs of 1989: "Right Here Waiting" by Richard Marx, "If You Don't Know Me by Now" by Simply Red and "Lovesong" by The Cure Babes of 1989: Winona Ryder, Paula Abdul, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Claudia Schiffer and Barbara Bush Hunks of 1989: Batman, The Joker, Johnny Depp, Mel Gibson and Leonardo PSA of 1989: Madonna on AIDS Prevention Then and Now 1989: Bushes (Then: George H. W. Bush / Now: George W. Bush), Justin Timberlake (Then: Mouseketeer / Now: Michael Jackson) and World Wide Web (Then: Dialing up / Now: Off the hook) Mr. and Ms. 1989: Fab Morvan and Meg Ryan Born in 1989: Daniel Radcliffe, Hole, Hootie & the Blowfish, Lil' Romeo and American Gladiators References External links I Love the 80's on Internet Archive Nostalgia television shows Nostalgia television in the United States VH1 original programming 2000s American television miniseries 2002 American television series debuts 2002 American television series endings