Ah, 1981...the start of the "Me Generation" movement, not to mention leg warmers and pink and green neon sports clothing on women.
Music on the radio sucked, unless you could catch that perv. Dennis Erectus on KOME radio in the SF Bay Area. That guy fricken rocked! Total shock jock, before that was a common term. First guy around here to play Metallica on the radio!
Let's see, movies back then shot up to a whopping $5.50 with the release of Raiders that year and anything Sci-Fi or horror had gratuitous nudity and violence...Ah those were the days....