Happy New Year! The Time Barbarians are BACK with a brand new year of exciting content! Yes, we've plundered the deepest recesses of the interwebs to bring you all the exciting happenings of January 1981. So pry off a cap of Michelob dark, kick your sandled feet up, and check out all the cool shit we uncovered.

Topics Include:

9 to 5 still dominating

First recorded use of CRACK cocaine

Axis and Allies debuts

Chicken McNuggets make their way into test kitchens

Minimum wage increases

The Yorkshire Ripper is captured

TANKS!

The Great Space Coaster

The UFO from France

Stymie passes away

Dynasty premires

Yorkshire girl sneezes for two years

Hill Street Blues airs

Base jumping becomes official

13 dead, nothing said

The agreement is signed between the US and Iran to release the hostages

Ronald Reagan is sworn in

Iran releases the hostages

The DeLorean rolls off the production line

The official US excecutioner dies

Reagan ends the gas wars

Happy birthday Frodo Baggins

Joel Schumacher makes his film debut

The first parade FOR Vietnam Veterans is held

On this very special Christmas episode our tackle such holiday topics as:

The U.S. release of Pac-Man

South Korea introduces COLOR TELEVISION

The debut of Bravo

A death squad in El Salvador gives new meaning to Missionary

October Surprise

Australia releases Superman II

Led Zepplin call it quits

Flash Gordon

Popeye released in theaters

Here lies Darby Crash

The murder of John Lennon

Magnum P.I.

Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder go to prison

Apple enters the stock market

Reagan is sworn in

The death of Col. Sanders

Dolly Parton has two HUGE hits

The Silent Bowl

The Losing New Orleans Saints

The amazing story of the Frozen woman

From wastelands to walkmans, we are your barbaric spiritual guides throughout the decade of decadence known as the 1980's.

Topics on this episode include:

Ireland makes contraceptives available for the first time

Archie Bunker's Place debuts

Ronald Reagan TROUNCES Saint Jimmy Carter in the presidential election.

The first insulin pump activates

The Death of Cool- Steve McQueen

Cyanide in the Courtroom

Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo debuts

The kidnapping of Dan Rather

Voyager I closes in on the rings of Saturn

Berzerk arcade game released

The creepy caverns of Arcades

the inspiration of Raging Bull

The worst season of Saturday Night Live

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opens at Disney

Canadian Serial Killers

Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters

Goodbye Chrissy Snow, Hello Terri

the child sexualization of Calvin Klein

Who ACTUALLY shot J.R.

John Lennon's tiny Beatle

Mae West passes

Eddie Murphy debuts

Yogi Bear's Christmas

The Infamous No Mas between Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran

Cheech and Chong Next Movie hits the home entertainment market

Bosom Buddies

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Lineup