Hands Across America

Get people engaged in something so they feel they matter and are part of some movement that turns things around for the better.

Oprah was all aboard.

It seems kind of cultlike.

It seemed very Breeder and Fraulike.

Copycat version of Live Aid. Everyone wanted on that bandwagon after its huge success and exposure.

I remember at the time I was glad it failed.

They should have done Cocks Across America instead

Judging by OP's pic it looks like a mullets for women rally

There were a lot of dumb events in the mid-80s.

So M. Night Peele could make a movie 30+ years later.

[quote] There were a lot of dumb events in the mid-80s

I agree!!!

Unity

Isnt it funny what you remember from childhood? I have vivid memories of Hands Across America, it was pretty hyped up for a minute.

All I know about it is from The Simpsons.

La Publicite!

Pre-Deplorables were all over this shit.

It provided the Reagans with a good photo-op: they were willing to hold the frail hands of children with challenges, but absolutely drew the line at wearing the cheap cotton/polyester T-shirts.

R17 Gross!

I was lying on a beach at Wild Dunes outside of Charleston. No one was holding hands.

It was forgotten on me. But US reminded me.

I was a little kid then, and I thought it was totally stupid. It helps explain why Donald Trump is president now.

I'm glad I wasn't around yet back then because that fucking theme song (which was apparently played simultaneously on hundreds of radios that day) would probably make me jump out of the window. This has to be the most annoying song in the history of mankind.

Like the above poster said, there was a lot of dumb shit in the 80s.

People are probably too germaphobic to hold hands with strangers these days. If they tried it these days, it would have to be cellphones across America.

Looks weird

R7 Handjobs Across America

The chain didn't reach. There weren't enough interested people in LA to finish it off.

Cheesy flyover crap.

This couldn't be attempted today without some opportunistic spree shooter gunning people down by the dozen.

God r29 you're probably right. Never even thought of that.

Did the heteros even hold hands with gays in Reagan's America or were they specifically banned?

Did it actually work? Was there really a chain of people from LA fo NY? Seems some of the flyover states like Kansas wouldn’t have enough volunteers.

To be able to create the AbFab parody Fists Across America.

So are you saying that none of you bitches held hands across America?

DLers were too cynical for that crap, R34.

This happened 9 years before DL was born so future DLers didn't even have this place yet to unleash their anger over this corny event. They all had to seethe alone in the privacy of their homes.

I'll give it credit for possibly inspiring The Baltic Chain some three years later as the Baltic states fought to free themselves from Soviet oppression.

Present Hole Across America.

If the first person in the chain stuck his/her finger in an electrical outlet, would the last person die?

I have a healthy fear of scabies, so no.

Me too r40! I hate shaking hands with people.

R39 = Joan Cornellà

I love the thought of L.A. being responsible for this flopping.

Did people have to awkwardly hold hands with strangers the whole time? Ugh. I’d hate that, I don’t even want to shake someone’s hand in church.

So don't go to fucking church.

Remember the idiotic song??

Scabies across America.