Submitted by R P and Becki x, telephone operators.

R P says:

Hey, remember the game Dream Phone? I remember Dan the Man from the game. Loved it!

And just so you can remember, in full technicolor, all the squealing fun:

“It’s for you!”

Submitted by Chris, auteur.

This is a blast from the past Win without a doubt. Way better than the viewmaster reel, I think. They made one that was like a mini theater, too, but this is the one I remember from childhood.

Submitted by Caitlin, our feathered friend.

‘Tis the time of year when these things, which we ALL made throughout elementary school (and hopefully not beyond that time), pop up in our parents’ houses as “decoration.” It’s almost incredible that these old scraps of paper have managed to survive as long as they have, in boxes, in attics, with 20-year-old tape still stuck on the back. Pictured above is the traditional Hand Turkey, but some of us got creative with materials: Real feathers, glitter, googly eyes. Sadly, Hand Turkeys are about as far as my art career went.

Submitted by Audrey A, who is afraid of worms.

I still ride one of these bad boys around. Around the house, to the store, to work, and even once to Amsterdam. I always get a lot of attention, as you can imagine. The Hasbro Corporation released this toy in the early 1970s, and it is still available today (through Radio Flyer). I seem to remember they were kind of noisy. But does it matter how you sound when you look that cool?

Welcome, once again, to ’80s Music Video Thursday here at Once Upon a Win. This week we’re (loosely) sticking to a (vague) theme. By theme, I mean a song and/or band that has something relating to sweetness and/or candy in its name. If you’d like to see a particular video posted on this site next week, feel free to leave a link in the comments!

“Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” by Eurythmics, submitted by CosmykDolfyn

I couldn’t believe the singer was a woman. Sorry.

“Birthday” by The Sugarcubes
Björk is like candy for my ears, and her videos, even her pre-solo-career videos with The Sugarcubes, are eye-catching eye candy.

“I Want Candy” by Bow Wow Wow
The giant candy cane sticking out of the sand? Yeah, that’s a metaphor…for candy.

“Candy Girl” by New Edition
I walk down all stairs the way these young men walk down the stairs at the start of the video. They were doing it to be cool. I do it because of a bad hip.

Previously:

’80s Music Video Thursdays: Walk, Don’t Run, Like an Egyptian
’80s Music Video Thursdays are my Reality
’80s Music Video Thursday is Gonna Set Sail
Bonnie Tyler Owns ’80s Music Video Thursday
Return of the ’80s Music Video Thursday
’80s Music Video Thursday Strikes Back
’80s Music Video Thursday