Fun FactNo. 01
Who shot J.R.?
Dallas left the country guessing all summer. The answer aired November 21, 1980, to a record audience.
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1980
Pac-Man, a Rubik's Cube, and everybody asking who shot J.R.
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Pac-Man
Reached U.S. arcades in late 1980. A yellow circle eating dots, chased by four ghosts.
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Big League Chew
Shredded bubble gum in a pouch, so you could look like a ballplayer.
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TV dinners
Fried chicken and a brownie in a foil tray, eaten in front of the set.
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Rubik's Cube
Hit U.S. toy shelves in 1980. Plenty of kids "solved" it by peeling the stickers.
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Why don't the ghosts ever beat Pac-Man?
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Top of 1980
The most watched movies that yearTitles and posters from TMDB.
What everyone was into in 1980
💡 Who shot J.R.? · 🎬 The Empire Strikes Back · 📺 Diff'rent Strokes · 🎮 Pac-Man · 🍬 Big League Chew · 🍕 TV dinners · 🧸 Rubik's Cube
🎵 Biggest songs of 1980
Play the top 100 →- Call Me · Blondie
- Another Brick in the Wall, Part II · Pink Floyd
- Magic · Olivia Newton-John
- Rock with You · Michael Jackson
- Do That to Me One More Time · Captain & Tennille
- Crazy Little Thing Called Love · Queen
- Coming Up · Paul McCartney
- Funkytown · Lipps Inc.
- It's Still Rock and Roll to Me · Billy Joel
- The Rose · Bette Midler
Top movies of 1980
- The Shining
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Airplane!
- Raging Bull
- The Blues Brothers
- The Elephant Man
- Friday the 13th
- Superman II
- The Blue Lagoon
- Cannibal Holocaust
- The Fog
- The Gods Must Be Crazy
- Caddyshack
- The Party
- Dressed to Kill
- Flash Gordon
- Altered States
- Kagemusha
- The Changeling
- American Gigolo
Top TV shows of 1980
- Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
- Magnum, P.I.
- Chespirito
- Shōgun
- Yes Minister
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels
- Galactica 1980
- Richie Rich
- Astro Boy
- Hammer House of Horror
- The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
- The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
- Berlin Alexanderplatz
- Colorina
- The Martian Chronicles
- Arabela
- Heathcliff
- Thundarr the Barbarian
Top video games of 1980
- Pac-Man
- Missile Command
- Adventure
- Berzerk
- Rogue
- Battlezone
- Phoenix
- Boxing
- Crazy Climber
- Star Raiders
- Mystery House
- Warlords
- Dodge 'Em
- Fishing Derby
- Moon Cresta
- Rally-X
- The Wizard and the Princess
- Dragster
- Red Baron
- Golf