Kevin Bacon Schools Millennials on the '80s

 By 
Annie Colbert
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Kevin Bacon Schools Millennials on the '80s
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AUSTIN, Texas -- Put down your iPhone and iced coffee and pay attention, millennials. Kevin Bacon has a very important message for you.

Stop pretending you remember cassette tapes and Ronald Reagan. The 1980s were a magical time and you're too busy swiping for a hookup on Tinder to appreciate the greatest decade in recorded history. Before you try to make some silly argument that the '90s were all that and a bag of chips, first recall the days of VCRs, the Motley Crue and parachute pants.

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Kevin Bacon knows the '80s -- heck, he lived the '80s.

When he's not promoting '80s awareness, the six-degrees-from-everyone actor stars on The Following on Fox.

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