History WebOriginal / DirtyLaundryAnAlternate1980s

* NunsNRosaries: Since the trope's name is based off of [[Music/GunsNRoses a band]] that [[spoiler:doesn't exist ITTL]], it's safe to guess that the name is different ITTL.

-->''[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/dirty-laundry-an-alternate-1980s.231820/post-10371700 But by and large]], this TL is meant to be a trip back to the 1980s where up is down, black is white, and [[spoiler:[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Saturday Night Live is cancelled in 1986]]]]. Doesn't that sound at least a '''little''' bit fun to you?''

-->'''Andrew:''' Possibly I have Flanderized poor Mr. Miller, [[PetTheDog who really has written some good stuff on the intersection of politics and pop culture]]. [[ShrugOfGod Or possibly]] I'm still reacting to his characterization of Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus" as ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer and I'm quoting here]]): "[[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible As hideous a cacophony as has ever met the airwaves.]]"

-->'''Andrew''': You want to punch Mr. Miller in the face here ([[IntendedAudienceReaction I hope!]]), but [[spoiler:this as-yet-unnamed backdoor pilot spinoff is modeled after OTL's ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_of_Sunset South of Sunset]]'']], which – [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer I am sad to tell you]] – is widely considered one of [[spoiler:[[DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible the very worst TV shows of all time]]]]. So Mr. Miller may, after all, have a point.[[note]][[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/dirty-laundry-an-alternate-1980s.231820/post-10381005 16th footnote.]][[/note]]

* DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible: [[invoked]] [[spoiler:''E.T. II'']].

* ExecutiveMeddling: [[invoked]] Honeywell bought Atari only with the intent of competing against IBM in the field of business computers, not sell high-end machines like the UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}} to challenge the UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh or develop game console successors. [[spoiler:Atari staff still manages to sneak some of the Amiga chipset into the new business machines, and Atari already made a deal with Nintendo before the Honeywell purchase.]]

-->'''Andrew''': At what is essentially the UsefulNotes/{{NEO GEO}} price point[[note]]$599.99[[/note]], well, you can probably guess it's fate.

* KillerApp: [[invoked]] [[spoiler:ITTL's "VideoGame/ETTheExtraTerrestrial"]] for the UsefulNotes/Atari2600}}. ... [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer No. Really.]]

* PetTheDog: Creator/{{Atari}} manages to do better ITTL, even managing to [[spoiler:go through with the deal with Creator/{{Nintendo}} to sell the {{UsefulNotes/Famicom}} overseas as the "Atari Nintendo"]].

** Atari engineers had a debate on which sound chip would be better for games [[spoiler:due to not only having the in-house developed AMY chip (made for reproducing speech), but also the PAULA chip (good for creating music) that came with the UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}} hardware, which they outright own ITTL. The solution? Combine both. The resulting chip is so good that it and variations end up in Atari computers for 10 years.]]

** "[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/dirty-laundry-an-alternate-1980s.231820/post-7575290 January, 1985 Consumer Electronics Show (CES)]]" which more or less states [[spoiler:that the UsefulNotes/{{Macintosh}} is screwed]].

-->"''[[VideoGame/ETTheExtraTerrestrial E.T.]]'' would, of course, become [[spoiler:[[KillerApp the best-selling]] UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}} [[KillerApp title of 1982]][[NotHisSled , and eventually, all time]].]]"

* WTHCastingAgency: [[invoked]] Five words: [[spoiler:Creator/BrianBlessed]] as Series/MrBelvedere.
** Canadians Harold Ramis and Creator/DanAykroyd as the stars of ''[[spoiler:Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy]]''.

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: [[invoked]] The six minute version of "La Eile" ITTL.
-->'''Kevin Gardner:''' And why, exactly, did you put a ''six minute slide whistle solo'' on the album? What were you thinking?\\
'''Don Henley:''' Uilleann pipes. They're Uilleann pipes. And Paddy Moloney is a musical genius.

->''"Okay, Kootch, I get it," Don interrupted, still trying to clean up the mess. "Still, I can't shake this feeling that there's one more great song stuck up here." He pointed to his head, and then looked down at the mess. "[[ForWantOfANail But I think any chance of that just poured out into the carpet.]]"''

Now... [[ForWantOfANail what if Henley]] ''[[ForWantOfANail never]]'' [[ForWantOfANail recorded that song]]? Surely, one song wouldn't have ''that'' big an impact on history, [[TemptingFate right]]?

* NothingButHits: '''[[DefiedTrope Straight up defied.]]''' We experience the full brunt of 1980s music here, [[ForWantOfANail changes]] factored in where appropriate.

--->[[spoiler:'''Ricardo Leyva "Richard" Muñoz Ramírez''' (February 29, 1960 – [[ForWantOfANail September 1, 1985]])]]

----->* [[spoiler:[[ForWantOfANail Rise of vigilantism in the U.S.]]]]