1983

In The Year 1983…

My daddy was my best friend.

At the age of 3 he taught me to play poker… and I beat him. He also taught me to play checkers. Something else I’ve gotten really good at over the years.

Important things that happened that year include…

• Cabbage Patch dolls are a Hit!
• Sony Walkman with Dolby hits stores ($229)
• The shuttle Challenger completes four missions including the first spacewalk since 1972. 
• Coca-cola and Pepsi start marketing "non-caffinated" sodas.
• Break dancing sweeps the country
• Arizona man caught with 105 wives.
• OPEC members agree to cut oil prices.
• Terrorists Bomb US Embassy In Beirut, Over 239 Marines and Sailors Die 

Prices were on average…

• Postage Stamp – 20 Cents
• Eggs – 86 Cents
• Gas – $1.24 
• Milk – $2.24

The top Money Making Movie was Return of the Jedi.

On TV…
The best comedy of the year was… CHEERS.
The best drama of the year was… Hill Street Blues.
Which is the same as the previous year.

America’s Favorite show was… Dallas.

In music….

Billboard #1 Song was "Down Under" by Men At Work
Album of the year was Thriller, Michael Jackson 
Song of the year was "Every Breath you Take", Sting

 The number one song the day I turned 3 was…
"Africa" – Toto

The LA Raiders won the Superbowl.
Baltimore won the World Series.

Check this out… Rookie of the Year in Baseball was Darryl Strawberry! 
I think that’s great!!!

"Kenny, don’t paint your sister."
-Mr. Mom