The 1980s thrived on silly fun, pumping out movies and shows packed with entertainment but starved for substance.
Nobody wanted to think too hard and nobody did, there was too much joking around to be done.
Here are 20 photos of what having silly fun looked like in the 1980s.
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It’s like the ‘80s but in movie form.
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Wendy’s advertising in 1984.
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Cracking jokes on Hollywood Squares in 1980.
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“Having fun” behind the scenes of Ferris Bueller's Day Off, 1986.
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The perfect game for fun, and impaling your siblings with projectiles.
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If you were going here, you were having a good time.
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Could this movie get made today? No. But is it funny? Also no.
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Back when Mc Dank’s was dank.
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Was it funny? Only in the ‘80s.
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Weird Al. Enough said.
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Michael J. Fox as a… teen wolf.
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Silly fun was always had.
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Have I got an original movie concept for you…
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It wasn’t fun if you couldn’t hurt yourself.
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A Chevy Chase and Madolyn Smith comedy in 1988.
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An actually funny movie.
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Just don’t ask what was in there.
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A sketch featuring Steve Martin that first aired in 1989. The title says it all.
