Fun FactNo. 01
The M*A*S*H finale
"Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" aired February 28, 1983. More than 100 million people watched.
cabbage_patch.exe
Time capsule of the day
1983
Cabbage Patch mania and a galaxy far, far away wraps up.
MovieNo. 02
TV ShowNo. 03
GameNo. 04
Mario Bros.
Mario and Luigi's first game together, clearing turtles out of the pipes.
📷 Cover via IGDBSnackNo. 05
Fruit Roll-Ups
Fruit you peeled off plastic and traded at lunch.
📷 Thomson200 · CC0 · Wikimedia CommonsFoodNo. 06
Chicken McNuggets
Rolled out to McDonald's across the country in 1983.
📷 Evan-Amos · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsToyNo. 07
Cabbage Patch Kids
The 1983 Christmas craze. Every doll came with adoption papers.
JokeNo. 08
Why did the Cabbage Patch Kid bring a pen to the store?
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top_of_1983.exe
Top of 1983
The most watched movies that yearTitles and posters from TMDB.
What everyone was into in 1983
💡 The M*A*S*H finale · 🎬 Return of the Jedi · 📺 The A-Team · 🎮 Mario Bros. · 🍬 Fruit Roll-Ups · 🍕 Chicken McNuggets · 🧸 Cabbage Patch Kids
🎵 Biggest songs of 1983
Play the top 100 →- Every Breath You Take · The Police
- Billie Jean · Michael Jackson
- Flashdance... What a Feeling · Irene Cara
- Down Under · Men at Work
- Beat It · Michael Jackson
- Total Eclipse of the Heart · Bonnie Tyler
- Maneater · Daryl Hall & John Oates
- Baby, Come to Me · Patti Austin and James Ingram
- Maniac · Michael Sembello
- Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) · Eurythmics
Top movies of 1983
- Return of the Jedi
- Scarface
- The Evil Dead
- Trading Places
- Videodrome
- Christine
- Octopussy
- WarGames
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
- Superman III
- The Dead Zone
- National Lampoon's Vacation
- Never Say Never Again
- Flashdance
- The Outsiders
- Risky Business
- A Christmas Story
- Jaws 3-D
- Cujo
- Sudden Impact
Top TV shows of 1983
- The A-Team
- V
- Captain Tsubasa
- Blackadder
- Inspector Gadget
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Fraggle Rock
- Automan
- The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show
- The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
- Manimal
- The Thorn Birds
- G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
- Around the World with Willy Fog
- Alvin and the Chipmunks
- Wheel of Fortune
- Cat's Eye
- The Joy of Painting
- Frontline
Top video games of 1983
- Mario Bros.
- Lode Runner
- Elevator Action
- Dragon's Lair
- Spy Hunter
- Antarctic Adventure
- Mappy
- Donkey Kong 3
- Archon
- Baseball
- Star Wars
- Gyruss
- Space Ace
- Alley Cat
- Ultima III: Exodus
- Tapper
- Donkey Kong Jr. Math
- Enduro
- Jetpac
- Nuts & Milk