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Fisher-Price Was Our Internet – 80s Toys & Totally Hands-Off Parenting

Fisher-Price Was Our Internet – 80s Toys & Totally Hands-Off Parenting

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🎙️ Bring Back The 80s – The Podcast That Smells Like Atari Cartridges and School Dinners!

Join hosts Andy Jackson and James Alderson as they fire up the nostalgia machine and take you on a hilarious trip back to the days of Rubik’s Cubes, mullets, and dodgy synth music.

In this episode, they dive headfirst into the wonderful world of Fisher Price toys – from clunky plastic telephones to that garage set every kid owned (and broke). But things really go off the rails around 0:40–1:28, when they tackle the truly important questions like:

  • Could Donald Trump have owned Fisher Price??

  • Was Fisher Price actually better than the internet?

  • What even happened to doctors?

  • Why did we have to change clocks manually in the 80s (and did we even know why)?

  • And why was it perfectly normal that boys had boys stuff and girls had girls stuff?

Plus:

  • A look at parenting in the 80s vs now (spoiler: seatbelts were optional)

  • Whatever happened to the 2.4 children family ideal?

  • And of course, that age-old solution to all TV problems: “Give the telly a whack!”

It’s a joyful, slightly chaotic stroll down memory lane, full of laughs, questionable fashion choices, and enough 80s references to make a DeLorean jealous.

👾 Expect:

  • Glorious tales of growing up in 80s UK

  • Toy-box deep dives (and the trauma of stepping on plastic people barefoot)

  • A lot of "Remember that!?" moments

  • And the occasional dodgy impression of a children's TV presenter

So grab your Spangles, sit back, and press play — because it’s time to Bring Back The 80s!

📼 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share with your fellow retro lovers!

#BringBackThe80s #80sPodcast #FisherPriceMadness #UKNostalgia #AndyAndJames #RetroToys

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