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Pizza Hut used to be a fancy place with waitresses and shit. Being able to play video games at home without having to constantly insert quarters was like Benjamin Franklin discovering electricity.
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Mall arcades were the place to hookup with the cute nerdy/alt girl

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Pizza Hut was legit amazing back in the day. The buffet in the afternoon and what TC described at night.

Saying goodbye to your parents or grandparents or whoever right as you got on the airplane, right there at the gate even if they didnt have a ticket.

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gatorsPENSbucs posted...

Saying goodbye to your parents or grandparents or whoever right as you got on the airplane, right there at the gate even if they didnt have a ticket.

One time my best friend moved away to Los Angeles when I was maybe 8 years old or something. My parents were friends with his parents, so I was actually able to take a plane flight by myself to L.A to visit him. The pilot and stewardesses took extra care of me since I was traveling alone at such a young age. Weird shit lol.
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I remember when Pizza Hut did the promos also, I remember getting the first X-Men cartoon on VHS, and getting the Land Before Time dino figures.

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Pizza Hut is where I first played SMB3. Also the mythical Goonies 1 game.

MabusIncarnate posted...

I remember when Pizza Hut did the promos also, I remember getting the first X-Men cartoon on VHS, and getting the Land Before Time dino figures.

I had sharp tooth and spike
https://i.imgur.com/a0JbihC.jpg

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I miss their double-decker pizza.

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Who else but Pizza Hut could get The Monkees, Ringo Starr, and Mikhail Gorbachev to do ads?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwRjdYTYrKk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgm14D1jHUw

Having the freedom to play outside as long as you want
Having only 3 tv channels
BMX bikes and Go karts!
Emergency vehicles having different siren sounds
Landlines not being in every home yet
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Yo what the fuck happened to pizza hut tho

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gatorsPENSbucs posted...

Pizza Hut was legit amazing back in the day. The buffet in the afternoon and what TC described at night.

Saying goodbye to your parents or grandparents or whoever right as you got on the airplane, right there at the gate even if they didnt have a ticket.

Also, being allowed to go into the pilots flight cabin and look around

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Your dad sending you out to run errands for him, like buying his cigarettes, when you're 10 y.o, France is so cultured.

Using Sears bra catalogue to release yourself ;)

*Watches transformers*

Imma do like the "90's kids" do.

lol I was born in 1987 I'm SUCH an 80's kid. I remember all this stuff LOL

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nexigrams posted...

Imma do like the "90's kids" do.

lol I was born in 1987 I'm SUCH an 80's kid. I remember all this stuff LOL

Hey, I was born in September of 89 and know more than anybody about the 80s :3

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JosephRogan posted...

Being able to play video games at home without having to constantly insert quarters was like Benjamin Franklin discovering electricity.

bruh

i'm a 90s kid and i remember burning many a quarter on cruis'n world in the arcade

getting it for the n64 was a godsend

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bknight posted...

Your dad sending you out to run errands for him, like buying his cigarettes, when you're 10 y.o, France is so cultured.

I remember this.
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sLaCkEr408___RJ posted...

*Watches transformers*

The good old days. :(
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Once of my earliest memories was...

nevershine posted...

I had sharp tooth and spike
https://i.imgur.com/a0JbihC.jpg

That. That exactly.

Pizza Hut is a place where you eat pizza with a fork and knife.

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Master_Happosai posted...

Using Sears bra catalogue to release yourself ;)

Does anyone else remember Frederick's of Hollywood? Their catalogue was much better. :)

I remember being introduced to K`nex at Pizza Hut. They gave away little mini sets.

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The last time i went to pizza hut is when they had American Tail Fivel Goes West toys. I still have my cup from that visit

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Pizza Hut are still like that in Asian countries

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Anyone remember the Pizza Hut ads in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game? The game itself came with a coupon for a free pizza.

Skye Reynolds posted...

Anyone remember the Pizza Hut ads in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game? The game itself came with a coupon for a free pizza.

I remember getting a coupon for like a free personal pizza (kid sized, IIRC) in elementary school every time I finished reading a book. But I went to a private school for elementary school, so I don't know how common it was in other schools. :3
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Choose Your Own Adventure books perpetually gone from bookstores and libraries.

The one and only time I went to Pizza Hut in the 90s, is was a functional, proper restaurant, like a pizza-themed Olive Garden, if Olive Garden wasn't shit.

Every time after, it was a dump.

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nevershine posted...

I had sharp tooth and spike
https://i.imgur.com/a0JbihC.jpg

Oh God I had all of those.

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Evening_Dragon posted...

The one and only time I went to Pizza Hut in the 90s, is was a functional, proper restaurant, like a pizza-themed Olive Garden, if Olive Garden wasn't shit.

Every time after, it was a dump.

The fuck you just say about Olive Garden?

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Did anyone else have those Simpsons dolls from, I think, Burger King? I had the whole set. This was during peak Simpsons popularity.
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My local Pizza Hut has waitresses. I didn't even know that some of them didn't have that.

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Chicken_Butt posted...

My local Pizza Hut has waitresses. I didn't even know that some of them didn't have that.

Here in California, every Pizza Hut is basically a take out spot only. If there are any dine in ones, I haven't seen them since the 80s or so.
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Lost_All_Senses posted...

The fuck you just say about Olive Garden?

I'm not getting this reference!

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Remember the bad ass arcade games they'd have in dine-in Pizza Huts? Those were boss!

Oh wow, glad Im not crazy, I always remember Pizza Hut being pretty decent back in the day but they are so bad now I wasnt sure if it was true or not.

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Evening_Dragon posted...

I'm not getting this reference!

The Olive Garden ambush 2 days ago. I personally only ate there once and got diarrhea right after

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Trying to find a specific book before Amazon.

If it wasnt at your local library or bookstore, guess youre not reading it.

Lost_All_Senses posted...

The Olive Garden ambush 2 days ago. I personally only ate there once and got diarrhea right after

I was away from the internet for a bit, but goes to show, fuck Olive Garden.

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Olive Garden

Unlimited soup, salad, bread sticks, and toilet paper.

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Pizza Hut is the one that hits me hard. Even through the end of the 90s, it was the place to go in town if you wanted food. It was always such a treat. I miss those times.

Never much cared for Pizza Hut where I lived. Pizza Delight on the other hand.... that was the place to be, just amazing "sort of Italian" food. That said, I remember being introduced to my first dos machine, and then the original Nintendo.... and although it has nothing to do with the topic at hand, installing Diablo 2 and its expansion Lord of Destruction on a 3 gigabyte computer(the game took up almost all that space), and having a 56k modem to play it online.

Questionmarktarius posted...

Also the mythical Goonies 1 game.

Damm, I remember that game!!!

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Being able to play outside, up to 8pm at night, without having to worry about child services abducting you for having bad parents.

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008Zulu posted...

Being able to play outside, up to 8pm at night, without having to worry about child services abducting you for having bad parents.

Is that actually a thing?

darkmaian23 posted...

Is that actually a thing?

Yes, it was a thing. Basically, if I was home by sundown or not too late after sundown, my parents were cool with it.
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member the Wendy's taco bar?
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