In February I turned 30 years old and I will be honest, I’m loving my 30s so far. They haven’t been here for long,but so far,so good. However, today is a lot different than it was in 1982. I wonder,though, is life really better now than it was then? We examine this in today’s Tale of the Tape!
What’s on TV
1982- A new episode of Three’s Company
2012- A new episode of whatever the hell is on FOX between The Simpsons and Family Guy (this is what should be airing at that time)
Advantage-1982
The Sports Geek’s Hairstyle
1982-Basically bald
2012-A shaved bald head going strong a decade later
Advantage-Push, and no I haven’t always been bald!
Super Bowl Champion
1982-Joe Montana
2012-Eli Manning
Advantage-1982
TV Theme Songs
1982-Cheers
2012-Two and a Half Men
Advantage-1982. Cheers has the greatest TV theme song ever and I will fight anyone who says otherwise
Innovations
1982-TVs without knobs
2012-HDTV
Advantage-2012
The price of gas
1982- $1.30 a gallon
2012-$4.05 a gallon
Advantage-Push. I’m not one to complain about gas prices because it could be a lot worse right now,especially here in California!
Telephones
1982- Were at home and home only
2012-Portable and always with you wherever you go
Advantage-2012
Video Games
1982- The Atari 2600 with video games that had simple graphics and sounds like Eee-Urr-Eee-Urr
2012-XBox and PlayStation 3 with life like graphics and realistic sounds
Advantage-2012
Motor Trend Car of the Year
1982-Chevrolet Camaro Z28
2012-Volkswagen Passat
Advantage-Push, I really like both cars!
Popular Movies
1982-E.T., Rocky III, Star Trek II and Fast Times at Ridgemont High
2012-Hunger Games, The Dark Knight Rises, 21 Jump Street and Breaking Dawn 2
Advantage-1982 . That was a great year for movies!
So in the end, the advantage goes to 1982. Cheer up 2012, there’s no better time like the present. That’s another edition of Tale of the Tape, until next time!
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