Episode 100: Top 10s of the 80s – Part I

Jan 2, 2026

Latch-Key Dads hits a major milestone with Episode 100—and they’re celebrating the only way they know how: a totally radical deep dive into the Top 10s of the 1980s

From iconic music and blockbuster movies to must-watch TV shows and Saturday-morning cartoons, Tim and Greg rewind to the decade that shaped their childhoods. Was G.I. Joe really the ultimate toy, or did Transformers roll out on top? When it comes to NES heroes, do you side with a mustachioed plumber or a hard-hitting boxer? And which cartoon truly ruled the airwaves—a toy-inspired classic or one backed by a very rich uncle?

Dust off your Members Only jacket, grab a Capri Sun, and tune in to find out—because the 80s never go out of style. 

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Greg’s Top 10s

Top 10 80s Restaurants

  1. The Ground Round
  2. Pick-a-dilly
  3. Pizza Hut
  4. TGIF
  5. Roy Rogers
  6. Stewart’s and then Dairy Queen
  7. McDonald’s
  8. Chinese 
  9. Pizza
  10. Sizzler

Top 10 80s Stores

  1. Space Port Arcade
  2. Spencer’s
  3. The Wall
  4. Auntie Annes
  5. Radio Shack
  6. Kay-Bee Toys
  7. Suncoast Motion Picture Co.
  8. B. Dalton Bookstores
  9. EB – Electronics Boutique
  10. Chess King

Top 10 80s Atari Games

  1. Circus Atari
  2. Warlords 
  3. Bezerk 
  4. Haunted House
  5. Asteroids
  6. Missile Command
  7. Space Invaders
  8. Frogger
  9. River Raid
  10. Kaboom!

Top 10 80s Cartoons

  1. Dungeons and Dragons
  2. Looney Tunes
  3. Transformers
  4. GI Joe
  5. MASK
  6. Duck Tales
  7. Inspector Gadget
  8. Robotek
  9. Alvin and the Chipmunks
  10. Fat Albert

Top 10 80s Bands

  1. Weird Al Yankovic
  2. Iron Maiden
  3. Anthrax
  4. Junkyard
  5. Metallica
  6. Def Leppard
  7. Hall and Oates
  8. Aerosmith
  9. Poison
  10. Guns and Roses

Tim’s Top 10s

Top 10 80s Restaurants

  1. Pizza Hut
  2. The Little Red Wagon
  3. Mr. Angus
  4. Denny’s
  5. Friendly’s
  6. Elby’s/Bob’s Big Boy
  7. Howard Johnson’s
  8. Roy Rogers
  9. Red lobster
  10. Showbiz Pizza

Top 10 80s Stores

  1. Spencers
  2. Space Port Arcade
  3. Foot Locker
  4. Electronics Boutique
  5. Kay Bee Toys
  6. Toys R Us
  7. Kiddie City
  8. Radio Shack
  9. Structure
  10. Herman’s

Top 10 80s Atari Games

  1. Pitfall
  2. Jungle Hunt
  3. Donkey Kong
  4. Demon Attack
  5. Atlantis
  6. Kaboom
  7. Dig Dug
  8. Frogger
  9. Pole Position
  10. Q-Bert

Top 10 80s Cartoons

  1. M.A.S.K.
  2. G. I. Joe
  3. Transformers
  4. Duck Tales
  5. TMNT
  6. He-Man
  7. Thundercats
  8. The Simpsons
  9. Voltron
  10. Scooby Doo

Top 10 80s Bands

  1. Van Halen
  2. Huey Lewis
  3. Michael Jackson
  4. Scorpions
  5. Beastie Boys
  6. Def Leppard
  7. Faith No More
  8. INXS
  9. Poison
  10. Police

* Bold indicates selections where Tim and Greg made the same choice. 

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