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bathroommonkey76

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2. In the 80s I watched this TV movie on a school night.

Reply to lambchopp59 (Original post)

Tue Jan 24, 2017, 01:24 AM

Jan 2017

Scared the bejeezus out of my 3rd grade butt-- When I think of nuke attacks I think of 'The Day After'.

Today, I look back on this movie as a piece of propaganda thrown to the masses by Reagan/Bush. Or was it? I dunno.

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It's been nice not to be incinerated in nuclear holocaust so far. [View all] lambchopp59 Jan 2017 OP

The end scene from Dr.Strangelove CentralMass Jan 2017 #1

In the 80s I watched this TV movie on a school night. bathroommonkey76 Jan 2017 #2

G rated TV gave them black splotches of makeup. Actually their faces would all have 3rd Degree Burns impeachtrumpquick Jan 2017 #4

But for a 3rd grader that movie was like being hit with a Soviet era ICBM. nt bathroommonkey76 Jan 2017 #5

He's Insane. Yes there will be a Thermo Nuclear Exchange. This is not a Joke. impeachtrumpquick Jan 2017 #3

Every day is a gift... malthaussen Jan 2017 #6