In the "dear gods I'm getting old" file

[textualdeviance]

In the course of doing my job this morning, I discovered a few haunting things:

2008 is the 30th anniversary of:

Superman: The Movie
Grease
Saturday Night Fever
Close Encounters
Animal House
The Deer Hunter
La Cage aux Folles

The first airdates of:
The original Battlestar Galactica
20/20
Dallas
Mork & Mindy
Taxi
WKRP
Diff'rent Strokes

The release of:
The Cars' debut album
Dire Straits' debut album

And the forming of:
Duran Duran
The Pretenders


Return of the Jedi
Tootsie
WarGames
Flashdance
Vacation
Risky Business
A Christmas Story
The Big Chill
The Right Stuff
Scarface
Valley Girl


The first airdates of:
The A-Team
He-Man
Star Search
Inspector Gadget
V
Fraggle Rock


The release of:
90125--Yes
Bark at the Moon--Ozzy
Colour by Numbers--Culture Club
Pyromania--Def Leppard
Sweet Dreams--Eurythmics
Sports--Huey Lewis and the News
Frontiers--Journey
Madonna--self-titled
Synchronicity--The Police
The Hurting--Tears for Fears (debut album)
Violent Femmes' debut
Weird Al's debut

And the forming of:
Bon Jovi
Phish
Red Hot Chili Peppers

If you remember when these things originally came out, then you're officially old. LIKE ME.