The 1980s were a special decade. Disco was experiencing its death rattle; Ronald Reagan was the president for almost the entire span; cellphones were as big as bricks; and fashion, oh the fashion was just—tubular.
Earlier this week, in honor of Molly Ringwald and John Hughes's birthday, Comedy Central's late-night game show/Internetgasm @midnight challenged its viewers to play a fun hashtag game, imagining if that totally awesome decade never stopped.
Let's keep the 80's theme & play #IfThe80sNeverStopped! What if that party was STILL GOING?! (HBD @MollyRingwald& John Hughes!)
— @midnight (@midnight) February 19, 2015
Of course, brands caught wind—and showed us their take on how things might not have changed. And actually, they turned in some totally rad tweets.
Check some of them out below.
#IfThe80sNeverStopped we'd still be baking in puffed sleeves. pic.twitter.com/lwNThY9uPu
— Cinnabon (@Cinnabon) February 19, 2015
#IfThe80sNeverStopped, we'd still be rocking out to this chart-topping hit: https://t.co/MIdxYalcP1 (Okay, fine. We still are.)
— Southwest Airlines (@SouthwestAir) February 19, 2015
#IfThe80sNeverStopped Doodles would still be our mascot. pic.twitter.com/JPUUQyOioc
— Chick-fil-A, Inc. (@ChickfilA) February 19, 2015
#IfThe80sNeverStopped, we'd all have huge phone-answering biceps. #MotorolaDynaTAC#TBT#Motorolapic.twitter.com/56XFGzGJG2
— Motorola Mobility (@Motorola) February 19, 2015
#IfThe80sNeverStopped we'd totally offer you the raddest selection of boom boxes.
— Best Buy (@BestBuy) February 19, 2015
#IfThe80sNeverStopped There'd be one of these in every living room! #tbtpic.twitter.com/gs6Gg7b8Uy
— IKEA USA (@IKEAUSA) February 19, 2015
#IfThe80sNeverStopped We'd be eating a BLT with leg warmers and a side pony.
— Hellmann's (@Hellmanns) February 19, 2015
Don't you want me baby? #IfThe80sNeverStoppedpic.twitter.com/hrK5UKsqbp
— Nissan (@NissanUSA) February 19, 2015
You would have to go to a restaurant. #IfThe80sNeverStopped
— Seamless (@Seamless) February 19, 2015
#IfThe80sNeverStopped I would taste exactly the same! :-) #TootsieRoll
— Tootsie Roll (@TootsieRoll) February 19, 2015
Oops... okay. Now THIS is our sweet new #Supra we'd still be rocking out in. #IfThe80sNeverStoppedpic.twitter.com/ifCjdN5I3M
— Toyota USA (@Toyota) February 19, 2015
#IfThe80sNeverStopped We would've built this tweet by hand and thrown it at you.
— Craftsman Tools (@craftsman) February 19, 2015
#IfThe80sNeverStopped All of your romantic dinners would look like this. #throwbackthursday#tbtpic.twitter.com/yRkMtlv9fe
— Tyson Foods (@TysonFoods) February 19, 2015
#IfThe80sNeverStopped You'd be using this mouse to surf the world wide web. pic.twitter.com/Kr2TJa6kFH
— Logitech (@Logitech) February 19, 2015
Gain #IfThe80sNeverStoppedpic.twitter.com/waG5OxMmam— Gain Laundry (@Gain) February 19, 2015
You'd get a serious arm ache holding up this bad boy #IfThe80sNeverStopped. What would be your 80's ringtone? pic.twitter.com/myXyQgGive— Tesco Mobile (@tescomobile) February 19, 2015
You'd use your really huge cell phone to take a #selfie of your really huge hair #IfThe80sNeverStoppedpic.twitter.com/NBhcPAUJYX— Wix.com (@Wix) February 19, 2015
Gordon Gekko would still be looking #suave with this 2 lb. cellphone #IfThe80sNeverStoppedpic.twitter.com/uupTJeT0Wc
— Quirky (@Quirky) February 19, 2015
#IfThe80sNeverStopped Pre-ban's with fixed carry handles for EVERYBODY! #ColtContent#AR15#M16#M4pic.twitter.com/D0MuBHvxqF
— Colt Firearms (@ColtFirearms) February 19, 2015