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the eighties. Sure, it was 10 years of flash trash and too much cash, but there was so much more going on during those 10 transformative years. But when the eighties began, to many, the world seemed like a dark place. The Japanese invade our highways and electronic stores, and Ayatollah wants to turn off the oil, and an evil empire is turning the Cold War hot. America needs to fight back. America wants to feel good again. And on February 22nd 1980 we found it a motley crew of New York boys from the hood, Hollywood troublemakers and college kids from the sticks We were looking for good news somewhere, and an ice rink in Lake Placid was the last place we thought we'd find it. The Soviet Union was an unstoppable buzzsaw on the ice. For millions, the 19 sixties waited until December of 1982 truly come to an end. But while one generation mourns, a new generation is falling in love with a noisy new kid on the block. MTV has only 120 videos to start with only a few hours of airplay, but it's an instant hit. The channel airs 24 7 but its audience is hardly coast to coast. Cable TV was still in its infancy