Thanks, Jon. That was fun.
Album: I can’t choose just one, since two of the (still) greatest albums of all time were released during my high school years. I’ve listened to both in the past month.
The Joshua Tree is the only U2 album you really need, and Master of Puppets is the greatest heavy metal album ever recorded.
TV show: Moonlighting, up until the big “Be My Baby” moment. The Cosby Show, Family Ties, and Miami Vice deserve honorable mention, and the two big prime-time soaps of the day deserve mention only because of their incredibly great theme songs: Dallas and Dynasty. (In the case of the latter show, the opening was the only part of the program I watched.)
Movie: Hollywood pumped out a lot of junk during my high school days. I’m sure I’m forgetting some good artsy flick, but among the top grossers I would have to go with Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Indiana Jones and the Lost Crusade came out just before graduation, so it earns special recognition.
I was surprised to see that Rain Man was the top grossing film of 1988. I paid to see it, sat in the theater while it played, but never watched it. I blame Mary Beth Malcolm.
