VH1’s I Love the ‘80s: Real-life people of 1982
by renebird | created - 06 Mar 2023 | updated - 4 months ago | PublicTo honor the Now Yearbook: 1982 release in the UK on 4 February 2022, VH1 has compiled you the real life people of 1982 who are presented in every segment of their version of BBC's I Love the '80s series. I'm not including fictional characters.
Resulting segment list
• Makeout Songs of 1982: "Up Where We Belong" by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes, and "Truly" by Lionel Richie
• Babes of 1982: Kim Wilde, Rae Dawn Chong, Kirstie Alley, Pia Zadora, and Tootsie
• Hunks of 1982: John Stamos, David Lee Roth, Sting, Bruce Springsteen, and the Soloflex Guy
• PSAs of 1982: Time for Timer's "Sunshine on a Stick" and Alternate Escape Routes in case of a fire ("Learn not to burn") starring Dick Van Dyke
• Then and Now 1982: "Cats" (Then: Forever / Now: Gone), Scott Schwartz (Then: Child star of "The Toy" / Now: Adult film star), and concert tickets for The Who (Then: $25 (farewell tour) / Now: $250 (reunion tour))
• Mr. and Ms. 1982: Eddie Murphy and Heather Locklear
• Born in 1982: Kirsten Dunst, Prince William, Diet Coke, Public Enemy, and liposuction
• Break Up Songs of 1982: "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" by the Culture Club, "Only Time Will Tell" by Asia, and "Harden My Heart" by Quarterflash
• Hip Hop Jam of 1982: "Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force
• Nerds of 1982: Thomas Dolby, Irwin "Skippy" Handelman, and Sarah Jessica Parker
• What the F**k!!! Moment of 1982: Yale University offered a 14-week course on mastering the Rubik's Cube.
• Movies That Should've Been Made in 3D: "Annie", "Conan the Barbarian", and "Gandhi"
• Teen Idols of 1982: Ricky Schroder, Duran Duran, and John Stamos
• Best On Screen Hookup of 1982: Dustin Hoffman and Jessica Lange in "Tootsie"
• Biggest Boob of 1982: Larry Walters
• Hot Moms of 1982: Meredith Baxter, Ms. Pac-Man, and Isabel Sanford
• Pop Culture Term of 1982: gag me with a spoon (phrase)
• Guilty or Not Guilty 1982: Tommy Tutone for criminal negligence (guilty)
• Year in Review 1982: "The $25,000 Pyramid", Epcot, "Quest for Fire", "Cats", BMX, shopping malls, headbands and mesh tops, "Rambo: First Blood", "Rosanna" by Toto, "I Want Candy" by Bow Wow Wow, "Don't You Want Me" by The Human League, VCRs, and "Victor/Victoria"
Now Yearbook: 1982
1.6. Haircut One Hundred - Love Plus One (37)
1.20. Lionel Richie - Truly (1) ★
2.1. Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder - Ebony and Ivory (1) ★
2.5. Evelyn "Champagne" King - Love Come Down (17)
2.6. Kool & the Gang - Get Down on It (10)
3.1. Survivor - Eye of the Tiger (1) ★
3.3. The J. Geils Band - Centerfold (1) ★
3.4. Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra (1) ★
3.6. Hall & Oates - I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) (1) ★
3.8. Chicago - Hard to Say I'm Sorry (1) ★
4.2. Elton John - Blue Eyes (12)
4.12. Blondie - Island of Lost Souls (37)
4.17. Charlene - I've Never Been to Me (3)
Now Yearbook: 1982 Extra
1.15. Junior - Mama Used to Say (30)
1.16. Paul McCartney - Take It Away (10)
2.1. Jennifer Holliday - And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going (22)
2.7. Hall & Oates - Maneater (1) ★
2.13. A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away) (9)
3.19. Pat Benatar - Shadows of the Night (13)
3.20. John Mellencamp - Jack & Diane (1) ★
Now Yearbook: 1980–1984 — The Final Chapter
3.14. The Go-Go's - We Got the Beat (2)
4.2. Donna Summer - Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger) (10)
4.6. Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots (23)
4.16. Sheena Easton - When He Shines (30)
Now Yearbook: 1980–1984 — The Final Chapter Extra
1.2. The Police - Spirits in the Material World (11)
1. Kim Wilde
Soundtrack | Weird Science
Kim Wilde was born on November 18, 1960 in Chiswick, London, England, UK. She is an actress and composer, known for Weird Science (1985), Fletch (1985) and Chalet Girl (2011). She was previously married to Hal Fowler.
Status: Britpop Babe
2. Rae Dawn Chong
Actress | Commando
Rae Dawn Chong was born February 28, 1961 in Edmonton, Canada. After a few film and television spots, Rae Dawn earned a Genie for her performance in Jean-Jacques Annaud's prehistoric-drama Quest for Fire (1981). She played the young, Ivaka prisoner, Ika. Other notables roles include Harpo's ...
Status: Cave Babe
3. Kirstie Alley
Actress | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Kirstie Louise Alley was an American actress. Her breakout role was as Rebecca Howe in the NBC sitcom Cheers (1987-1993), receiving an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe in 1991 for the role. From 1997 to 2000, she starred in the sitcom Veronica's Closet, earning additional Emmy and Golden Globe ...
Status: Vulcan Babe
4. Pia Zadora
Actress | The Lonely Lady
Pia Zadora was born on May 4, 1954 in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for The Lonely Lady (1983), Butterfly (1981) and Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984). She has been married to Michael Jeffries since January 7, 2006. She was previously married to Jonathan Kaufer and Meshulam ...
Status: Mini Babe
5. John Stamos
Actor | Full House
John Phillip Stamos was born in Cypress, California, to Loretta (Phillips), a model, and William Stamos, a restaurateur. His father was of Greek descent, with the family surname originally being "Stamotopoulos". John has two younger sisters, Janeen and Alaina, both school teachers. His first ...
Status (2002): Hospital Hoodlum Hunk Status (3D): Teen Idol
6. David Lee Roth
Actor | David Lee Roth: Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody
David Lee Roth was born in Bloomington Indiana in 1954. A few years later, his father Nathan, a doctor, moved the family to sunny California. The move proved to be a good one because while attending Pasadena Community College, David teamed up with the Van Halen brothers and Michael Anthony to form ...
Status: Assless Pants Hunk
7. Sting
Soundtrack | The Emperor's New Groove
Sting was born Gordon Matthew Sumner on 2 October, 1951 in Wallsend, North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, the eldest of four children of Audrey (Cowell), a hairdresser, and Ernest Matthew Sumner, an engineer and milkman. He received his name from a striped sweater he wore which looked like a bee...
Status: Pre Yoga Hunk
8. Bruce Springsteen
Soundtrack | Blinded by the Light
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen was born September 23, 1949 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. His father, Douglas Frederick Springsteen, worked as a bus driver, and was of Irish and Dutch ancestry. His mother, Adele Ann (Zerilli), worked as a legal secretary, and was of Italian descent. He has an...
Status: Jersey Hunk
9. Eddie Murphy
Actor | The Nutty Professor
Edward Regan Murphy was born April 3, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York, to Lillian Lynch (born: Lillian Laney), a telephone operator, and Charles Edward Murphy, a transit police officer who was also an amateur comedian and actor. After his father died, his mother married Vernon Lynch, a foreman at a ...
Status: Mr. 1982
10. Heather Locklear
Actress | Melrose Place
Heather Locklear was born on September 25, 1961 in Westwood, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Melrose Place (1992), The Perfect Man (2005) and The Return of Swamp Thing (1989). She was previously married to Richie Sambora and Tommy Lee.
Status: Ms. 1982
11. Kirsten Dunst
Actress | Spider-Man
Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actress, who also holds German citizenship. She was born on April 30, 1982 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, to parents Inez (née Rupprecht), who owned an art gallery, and Klaus Dunst, a medical services executive. She has a younger brother named Christian Dunst, ...
12. Prince William of Wales
Writer | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
Prince William Arthur Philip Louis Mountbatten-Windsor was born on June 21, 1982 to King Charles III and Princess Diana, Prince and Princess of Wales. At his birth, he became second in line to the throne of the United Kingdom, after his father. His early life was spent living in London in ...
13. Public Enemy
Soundtrack | Do the Right Thing
Public Enemy is known for Do the Right Thing (1989), Star Trek Beyond (2016) and End of Watch (2012).
14. Thomas Dolby
Soundtrack | Howard the Duck
Thomas Dolby was born on October 14, 1958 in London, England, UK. He is a composer and actor, known for Howard the Duck (1986), Mission: Impossible III (2006) and Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997). He has been married to Kathleen Beller since July 2, 1988. They have three children.
Status: Nerd
15. Sarah Jessica Parker
Actress | Sex and the City
Sarah Jessica Parker was born March 25, 1965, in Nelsonville, Ohio, to Barbra Forste (née Keck), a teacher who ran a nursery school, and Stephen Parker, a journalist. Her parents divorced, and her mother later remarried to Paul Forste and had four more children, bringing the total to eight. Sarah ...
Status: Nerd
16. Ricky Schroder
Actor | Black Cloud
He was born Richard Bartlett Schroder, Jr., in Staten Island, New York on April 13th, 1970. His mother, Diane Schroder was an employee at AT&T, which is also the same company that employed his father, Richard Bartlett Schroder, Sr.
Eventually working his way up to management from being a telephone ...
Status: Teen Idol
17. Duran Duran
Soundtrack | A View to a Kill
Duran Duran is an English new wave and synth pop band formed in Birmingham in 1978. The band grew from alternative sensations in 1982 to mainstream pop stars by 1984. The band achieved 14 singles in the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart and 21 in the Billboard Hot 100, and have sold over 100 million ...
Status: Teen Idols
18. Larry Walters
Self | Late Night with David Letterman
Larry Walters was born on April 19, 1949 in the USA. He died on October 6, 1993 in Angeles National Forest, California, USA.
Status: Biggest Boob
19. Meredith Baxter
Actress | All the President's Men
Meredith Baxter is an American actress from California, better known for television roles. Her most famous roles include Catholic teacher Bridget Fitzgerald in the sitcom "Bridget Loves Bernie" (1972-1973), divorced mother Nancy Lawrence in the family-themed drama "Family" (1976-1980), and ...
Status: Hot Mom
20. Isabel Sanford
Actress | The Jeffersons
Isabel Sanford was a Broadway actress for over thirty years before moving to Hollywood. She made numerous guest appearances on TV, including a stint as a supporting cast member on The Carol Burnett Show (1967). Until her passing, Isabel continued to act frequently, most recently in a series of ...
Status: Hot Mom
21. Tommy Tutone
Soundtrack | Bad Teacher
Tommy Tutone is known for Bad Teacher (2011), The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020) and Donald Cried (2016).
Status: Guilty
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