There was nothing like the 80s

Freddy! "Breakfast Club"?!?!? Horrible movie, beloved by a certain generation because their critical abilities had not yet developed.

Most quotable movie of the '80s: "Repo Man"!

Fred,

Your right, my mistake Animal House did come out in '78. So my beef should have been w/ Steve for not including it in his 70's blog.

But getting back to the important stuff...Winona Ryder over Phoebe Cates...Really??

LOL

Basic...mine was tongue in cheek as well, lol

I respect Don's opinion, always have. Here's a shout out to Don...

After all these years I had no clue which school he supported or even if he had kids still playing. That's a remarkable accomplishment given the agendas that have been hammered out here.

Don's...grumpiness...admit it Don...that comment was a little old man grumpy...was out of character..but given the high bar he's put up....I just thought...hey someone ran over his dog or cut him off on the freeway....lol

Then THE DON...blasts away with the Van Halen and Carter references...well Don that's tough to beat....but again so unlike you.

Don, your points are pretty cool and well thought out so don't let some coward tweek you with your kid hates you comments. I'm sure you kow what your kid think about you an dthey know what you think about them...nuff said.

House Parties with Live Bands were cool but how do you pick up on girls when everyone's bopping their heads and can't hear each other...give me a Motown Stack and a couple of pretty girls and about 2 hours...and someone's got a story to tell and a smile on their face!!!!!!

"Cowboys to Girls" !!!!

Bonita huh?...never would have guessed it...well done Donnie.

Come on Don,

First off the guy posted at 10:17 NOT after midnight. Admit you got told!

Stunned,

Now I'm stunned..my son attends Bonita, is there something I should know??? I mean besides the fact that we have no filed for the softball team, or weight room worthy of calling a wight room, or that the wrestling tam has nowhere to practice, or the we have to share the fields we do have with everyone??? Don't get me wrong, these are just MY issues, I LOVE BONITA... We moved to LV so that my kids could attend better schools so my comments are tongue-in-cheek, but you seemed shocked about Bonita and I was just wondering why?

As for Don and InTheKnow, hey we all have opinions and that is why we come in here and throw our two cents in, so I don't have any problems with either doing so...just try and not be over the top about it, after all some kids come on here and read this...

Fred,

I still where my Chuck Taylors everyday, Azusa drive in, hiking at the East Fork, Pup & Taco, being able to go anywhere at night without any fear. These are just some of the differences from the other years and today. High School Sports has changed drastically, Sports used to be the way we would bridge the gap between latinos and whites at Gladstone high, It is a different world today, Sports helped me get to know allot of kids that otherwise I would not have had the opportunity to know. I would have missed out on Menudo and other hispanic cultural items. No more multiple sports playing in High school with the new CIF rules. The last years before college for kids now force the issue of deciding between A sport instead. We grew up in a completely different world, I wish my kids could have been there. lets keep the hope alive for a better tomorrow for all of our kids

Don, you're from Bonita?

OKKAYYY...what??!!???!!!???!!

wow.

Keep telling yourself that Don. I know differently. You know what they say about denial......

just keep yourself in check on here for your kids sake, trust me

OK Tony, we'll be serious. What exactly is it you want me to address? And to what end? So this guy can spew out some more toxic name calling? Are we angling for another ongoing battle of philosophies written out on the WWW?

Sorry, not my style. However, for the record:

This guy has problems with me. That's fine although if this guy had any guts he would identify himself at least to the degree he is willing to identify me.

He calls me a douchebag here. I'm unsure what good this does unless it was intended in some way to provoke a response.

He also asserts nobody cares about my “arrogant opinions. His opinion, one he's entitled to although not consistent with the feedback I've gotten over the past few years.

He uses the moniker intheknow and asserts I must “be some blockhead in law enforcement or something” as if what I do has anything to do with the rest of his arguments.

He claims I “emasculate” my “poor son” by being “a star on some high school blog”. This actually is the best because I in no way pretend to be the “star” of anything much less this blog which has less to do with High School every day.

Emasculate? Please. From what I can determine in speaking with them, all of my kids find my input here to be somewhere around the “amusing” range and anyone who has ever spoken for a moment to any of them wouldn't dream of using the word emasculate.

Don,

I re-read his post and the guy sounded pretty coherant to me. Sounds like your skating the issue. I personally have enjoyed most of your takes on the blog but obviously someone came after you.

Tony Soprano

another80'sclassic said: ... Hey Don, you just got hammered on here dude.

Me? Hammered?

Dude, the guy who came on here at midnight and vented about feminine hygiene products and emasculation was the one who was hammered. He must have been cranky after they ended the two for ones wherever he was drinking last night.

Only his shrink or probation officer knows for sure.

Dont forget about the movie stripes, a classic. Hey Don, you just got hammered on here dude. Didnt know you had a kid at Bonita

Hey Don, you can always go back to Miguel's blog, he's posted like, one topic since Monday...BORINGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

I liked Winona Ryder myself, but anyways, Phoebe Cates looked her best in Shag, and Animal House came out in 1978...get it right.

Fred,

Breakfast Club over Caddyshack??? Give me a break.
Also, where's Animal House & Fast Times at Ridgemont High? Maybe you're not into girls like Phoebe Cates, I don't know.

The Donald

do you member, you must have been a fringe guy right? seems you operated in at least two worlds, what's a hair bear? isn't that a gay reference? how about circus circus? what night did you go? brandi's? michael's steak house? are you one of those cholo meow meows who busted out at circus and then gang banged the rest of the week with the homies down whittier blvd? circus was notorious for homies who wanted to change their ways. glad things worked out for you. sometimes it's better to not say so much. all in fun homies all in fun. besides no one knows who you are, keep it on the down low. orale

Wally George was the sh** in the 80's

Man what a ride down memory lane...Although I am more of a late 80's and a city school grad, the 80's were well the 80's, parties, movies, cruising and if you want sports how do you not put the 84 OLYMPICS... One of my best 80's story is trying to hit on J-Lo (BEFORE In-Living Color) wearing my Z-Cavaricci's at club Circus in Holywood. And Wine Coolers were for the ladies, that or Boones, and the guys had Thunderbird or Bacardi 151, and can someone please tell me who thought Ciscos were okay to drink???damn cough syrup if you ask me.....

What about Michael's Steak House, Brandi's,the Pico Rivera Sports Arnea for the battle of the DJ's and the world famous Circus.Circus. Crusing down Whittier Blvd. getting pulled over by the cops for your ride being to lowered and your system being to loud. Heading over to Tommys for that late night chil burger and checking out all the "hair bears"....

Late 70's early 80's for me, lots of back yard rockband parties and also Jimmys night club down in La mirada on Friday nights. What about the valley girl talk; "Like.. Oh my God, gag me with a spoon". KROQ was just getting started in the late 70's, early 80's; B52's,Devo,Ramones, X,
Plymsols, Psycadellic Furs,Men at work,etc. On the Disco side Madonna was just getting started,and does anybody remember the group Lime?
Or the group that made the song "living in video"? That was a long time ago.
An earlier post mentioned the Sierra league being strong in the 80's, but I believe the 70's were best years of the Sierra league. During my highschool years, which was 74 to 78, the Sierra league may have been the toughest league in the state. I went to Pioneer HS down in Whittier, but I had heard about the schools in the Sierra Which consisted of West Covina, South Hills, Los Altos,Glendora,Edgwood,Covina,Wilson,& La Puente, the Sierra won the CIF 4A and Big 5 titles 3 out of the 4 years I was in school, 4A and Big 5 were the equivalent of today's Pac 5 or D1 divisions.
I'm not sure why but in the years 74, 75,76,&77 there was an extra game in the playoffs the 4a playoffs consisted of 4 playoff games and then the championship game, unlike the other years where playoffs where 3 games & then the Championship game.
Here is West Covina's Record when I was in Highschool [74,75,76,77]:
1974
WC - 27 Burbank 6
WC - 34 Arcadis 0
WC - 37 Wilson 0
WC - 32 Covina 0
WC - 21 Los Altos 14
WC - 6 Glendora 7
WC - 8 Edgewood 15
WC - 0 La Puente 6
WC - 0 S. Hills 7
Whats interesting about 1974 is Greg Gano was the
West Covina QB, WC was 5 & 0 with Gano then he got hurt and they lost the last 4 games without him.
1975:
WC - 33 Burbank 7
WC - 19 Arcadia 17
WC - 10 South Hills 9
WC - 30 Wilson 7
WC - 17 Covina 7
WC - 37 Los Altos 14
WC - 9 Glendora 12
WC - 21 Edgewood 0
WC - 39 La Puente 10
1975 playoffs:
WC - 21 Edison 19
WC - 23 San Marcos 20
WC - 12 Loyola 21
Hunington Beach Edison was 10 & 0 and ranked as one of the top teams in the nation when WC beat them in the first round, two games later WC lost to Loyola 21 to 12, Loyola went on to beat Anaheim in the 4th round then beat St.Paul in the 4A title game the score was 14 to 13. Loyola also won the national championship that year.
1976:
WC - 23 Upland 0
WC - 13 Fontana 0
WC - 39 La Puente 0
WC - 12 South Hills13
WC - 27 Wilson 0
WC - 48 Covina 6
WC - 14 Los Altos 7
WC - 42 Glendora 12
WC - 23 Edgewood 12
1976 Playoffs:
WC - 24 Eisenhower 8
WC - 10 Loyola 7
WC - 17 St.Paul 14
WC - 16 Los Altos 21
After WC's Semifinal loss to Los Altos the Conquerers went on to beat Fontana in the Championship game. If you notice, West Co. beat both of those teams during the regular season, only to loose to Los Altos in the semifinal rematch. WC was winning late in the game only to loose on a last minute turnover when the WC center snapped the ball over the punters head and Los Altos scored a touchdown. Los Altos finished that season ranked 5th in the nation.
Also notice the playoff victories over perennial powerhouses St Paul & Loyola.
1977:
WC - 44 Upland 0
WC - 14 Muir 14
WC - 42 Edgewood 14
WC - 46 La Puente
WC - 13 South Hills14
WC - 34 Wilson 0
WC - 49 Covina 0
WC - 16 Los Altos 14
WC - 40 Glendora 20
1977 Playoffs:
WC - 21 Eisenhower 14
WC - 10 Newport Harbor 14
West Covina, South Hills, Los Altos put out some of the best teams in the state and naton in the 60's and 70's.

Don, you're a douchebag. Ive always thought so but now is the perfect time to call you out on it. Everytime you come on these blogs you emasculate your poor son at Bonita. You think he wants his dad to be a star on some high school blog? Like anyone really cares about your arrogant opinions anyways. You must be some blockhead in law enforcement or something? Do your kid a favor and support "him" instead of being selfish. Nobody cares all that much about your opinion.

signed,
your conscience

Bonnes Farm and Colt 45~

Azusa Drive in!

Now that goin back!

I DOOO love it AP.

I'm just jonesing for some DEEP coverage of our local schools. Like they have on the other blogs.

You say you wanna go back?

Memories? Gotta go back to the 70's and before.

I recall disagreements , (driveway rasslin matches?), over goils with Jamie Quirk and trying to convince the guy at Mills Liquor that Bill Bain REALLY was 21. (You Whittier guys probably know what I'm talkin' about).

Parties? Dude, we had seminal versions of the Blasters, Los Lobos, and Van Halen in back yard parties depending upon which direction from Whittier you wanted to roam. Friday night with Eddie Van Halen and Saturday with Caesar Rosas. Trump that pal.

Connie Mack ball with the likes of Gary Carter as the other Catcher or the Roenicke boys over here, (actually over THERE for me back then, but you get it, I'm sure).

Wine I don't recall, must have run in wrong crowd. We did have sixpacks of Bud for about $2; usually split between two guys with the Alpha Male getting to keep the plastic thingie that held the cans. This was hung upon one's belt like a scalp. Tres hip.

Now let's get on with the Prep coverage. Okay?

Don, it's the summer, chill out...

Ahhhh... Come on Don, this is good stuff! What's wrong with going down memory lane? Melendez!!! WHAT! that blog is BORING, and he doesn't come close to Fred!

The only bloggers I ever see in Melendez blogs are Goldenarm and Muastang Sally (the stang), WOW.

Fred this was a great topic!

If you remember the Sierra League being really good in football in the '80s, you'll probably remember hanging out at Tommy's... 300 kids in the parking lot! GLORY DAYS!

What the heck is all of this mess?

You guys planning on “My favorite Judy Garland Song” as your next entry?

Dude, Miguel is blowing you off the map with football coverage. He has a dozen prep stories the past couple weeks to your three or four. When you consider most of the stuff you guys have put up this past month or two, little has to do with with next season or incoming talent.

Prep blog pal, current and future preps are best. Guys from the past are OK, but frankly, covered better elsewhere

Come on Fred...every one knew a character in FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH....In some cases those characters hit close to home....come on...admit it...

Breakfast Club was great but FTARH was bay far more accurate of the times

AQUA NET...AZTEC PRIDE YOU CRACK ME UP !!!!

THAT WAS HILARIOUS !!!

That was a crazy time and the radio was so inclusive of everyone's interest...unlike now where everything is so segmented.

You could hear...Madonna, Steve Winwood, Van Halen, Cory Hart. Zapp, The Commadores, ZZ TOP, Cindy Lauper, Howard Jones, Poison, Def Leppar, The Pretender, Foriegner and AC/DC on the same station almost in that order...followed by Tina Turner...

The biggest thing in those days was MTV and Music Video...and understanding the words to the songs that were almost anthems.... WHITE HORSE !!!!....and PURPLE RAIN !!!!

Wow has it been 20 years already????

Aztec Pride, those are great movies too, I put together more of a fun list, but I like yours. Scarface would be on any best list, if this were sports, Hoosiers would be at the top too.

One more thing I forgot to mention, since when did Aqua Net go out of style? heck my wife still buys that. But the only difference is, it comes in a white looking bottle! LoL...

The 80's I consider those the Wonder Years! Fred here's my top ten MOVIE LIST.

1. Platoon

2. Full Metal Jacket

3. Raiders of the Lost Ark

4. Scar Face

5. Die Hard

6. Stand by me

7. The Color purple

8. The Terminator

9. The Color of Money

10. The Empire Strikes Back

Fred those movies you listed can't compare to any of these I just listed...

Wow! The 80's? Now why would you wanna relive those?

The only wine i drank at that time was at church.
We used to drink mickys big mouth and lowenbrau.
We would only go to parties that had our name on the flyers or a dj that we knew. Chicks rolled in packs of 10 or more and they whore little skin tight dresses with with pumps, and big hair with a lot of chacha net. I had hundereds of cassetts of all kinds of music that i got from dj's or straight from the radio(remember 10Q?)
Everyone was cool back in the 80's. yes their were fights, but like the other posters mentioned, no guns or knives. I knew a lot of Cholos, but they kept to themselves. Many Cholos converted to Disco. The best place to cruise was Catholic girls high school. Fishing is a bucket is what we use to say.
Goodtimes-Goodtimes!

I feel sad for the kids today, they don't even know how to communicate, how to talk on the phone or have conversation. Everything they do is through text messages, emails and now tweets. Families don't even eat together, and when they do, they're all working their cell phones...In the old days we did everything face-to-face, a much better time and era.

In the 80's it was all about the wine coolers...duh...At least for the girls

Amat 73...ANNIE'S GREEN SPRING....I used that for false courage to get on the dance floor !!! LMAO

FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH SHOULD HAVE BEEN #1 !

Wine festival was just the term for the party , althought the Spanada or Tyrolia was known to flow quite a bit. How about the hermits house on top of Turnbull Canyon road which by the way is a pretty nice estate now. Ever party up there. As far as the drink for girl's I believe it was a Sloe Gin Fizz back in the day. Remember I am from the days before wine coolers . We had Annie Green Springs ,Boones Farm , MD 20/20 if wine was your thing. Fred, half the fun was trying to make it down the canyon.

It said wine festival, not wine coolers....duh

Who was drinking wine?

All the girls were that's who! Didn't you hang out with girls? wine coolers were all the rage!

Pretty in Pink

What about 1982's Fast Times at Ridgemont High?

Fred...the 80's...wow...Willie Wear suits...don't ask! "it was the best of times...it was the worst of times"...for those of you who really "lived" thru the 80's...you didn't as much "live" the 80's as "SURVIVE" them !!!!

Every generation has it's issues and the 80's were tough....I mean how many NYC Stockbrokers were throwing there lives away at the end of a pipe or a line....the 80's were recklessly fun....as these movies reflect...and recklessly RECKLESS....

but hey we survived them !!!

Wine festivals? Who was drinking wine? To use one of your 70s terms, Azusa Canyon was like Inspiration Point, if you get my drift (more 70s lingo)...I don't ever remember partying there, too dangerous coming down the hill....Whatever party we were at, everything always ended at In N Out on Grand or Manny's Loco(when it was a Drive In)...

A question for all youngsters from the 80's. Did they still have wine festivals up in Azusa canyon in your days. I can remember some great parties up there but getting down the canyon after was a true challenge.

Awww... Fred the good old 80's, they were the best! 3 keg party in Rowland Heights be there! those were some good times. Don't forget the flyers that were passed out for the partys. Big hair, Aqua Net, and Bartlett & James wine coolers. Thanks for the trip down memory lane :) Enjoy your day!

*You have to fight for your right to party*

The parties were great and you're right, we didn't have drive by shootings, just a few occasional drive by shoutings...

Fred,

you left off Back to the Future. that was a great movie too

Fred,
I cuffed my Guess pants that were not tapered . That was POPULAR along with the High Top Reeboks...the good old days. Backyard parties were also BIG back then , 200+ people and NO GUNS , maybe a fight or two , BUT NO GUNS . It was GREAT , partying alongside your crosstown riaval school & talking trash . BUT NO GUNS ! The kids of today missed out .Disco & Rockers & New Wavers & Punks & Mods ALL GETTING along & sharing the same party ... And the same KEG. Those parties were the BEST !

Fight On
TM