[Drew68]

The 70s had better movies and dirtier magazines. The 80s had a better economy and better hygeine. Its a draw as far as music is concerned.

I'm gonna say the late 1970s would have been a great time to have been a teenager while the 1980s would have been a great time to have been a recent college graduate.

In other words, 1960 would have been a great time to have been born! I was born nearly 9 years too late. Bummer.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

I can definitely attest to the fact that the mid Eighties were good times for college grads. As for humor, the 70s were better. Saturday Night Live was at its peak, you had George Carlin, Robin Williams and Richard Pryor, and they didn't have to worry about being politically correct.

The Eighties had a lot of good music that was overlooked at the time-it really was a golden age for alternative music. As for movies, everything became a lot slicker, but there were still plenty of good flicks. Any decade that gave us Die Hard, Fatal Attraction, Ferris Beuller's Day Off, Back To The Future, Rambo Part II, Rocky III,andGhostbusters can't be all bad.

For TV, though, I'd have to say the 90's had better shows than either decade, with the exception of Hill Street Blues and Cheers.

And of course Eighties technology ruled!