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Benne posted:Holy poo poo I loved that song. I love how European-inspired electro-pop briefly dominated the charts in the mid-late 90's. 90's Euro dance is some of the best music ever made. Pandora - Trust Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j19Pv0uEb9I I really miss the decade of cream colored consumer electronics. It was a magical time. We've already had our "vintage" 1960's glasses and crappy "vintage" jpegs phase, so now I'm really hoping that a massive 90's nostalgia wave happens in the next few years.
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Oh for sure, the cooler yellow and black yak back that had radical voice warping was totally tubular
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nickhimself posted:Oh for sure, the cooler yellow and black yak back that had radical voice warping was totally tubular I wish I could remember the name of that one voice changing toy that was basically a collapsible megaphone. Mine was blue with an orange cone.
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Bilal posted:90's Euro dance is some of the best music ever made. A few months ago I made a mix cd for driving that included this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZwW3RbOGu4 Because who doesn't love a little Gina G. I still remembered all the words. No shame. The gayest. Also, who still has their Beanie Babies? I do. They still aren't worth anything.
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Prior to the yo quiero taco bell chihuahua capturing the hearts and minds of the nation, Taco Bell -briefly- employed the lovable scamps and nicktoons derivative Nacho and Dog as its means of making it products more appealing to children. I don't think they really did anything except sit on the couch eating high sodium foodstuffs, or talk about leaving the couch to procure high sodium foodstuffs. No one remembers them, they don't even have an internet nostalgia presence. Many of my friends were employed by Taco Bell during their tenure as corporate mascots, however, so I remember. In fact, the other day I made some really amazing nachos and I had a pack of hotdogs in the fridge. To honor their memory, I made Nacho and Dogs.
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Sizone posted:Prior to the yo quiero taco bell chihuahua capturing the hearts and minds of the nation, Taco Bell -briefly- employed the lovable scamps and nicktoons derivative Nacho and Dog as its means of making it products more appealing to children. Hooooooly poo poo! I just got crushed by a huge loving wave of nostalgia! I remember these cartoon figures from my bean burrito with no onions and cinnamon twists bag! My mom used to take me to Taco Bell after school
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shipwrek posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crrh6cKHcig Just finished watching for the first time since my childhood. Still holds up.
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Sizone posted:YEP. Holy poo poo I had completely forgotten about this. Fuckin Nacho and Dog. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSO3VyXS3PA This. This and all other Dr Dreadful things were my favorite toys. Followed very closely by my N64 and Game Boy Color (translucent purple obviously with Pokemon Red because Charizard).
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Sizone posted:I always liked how 90's fonts always look super scribbly or everything looks like it was drawn by small children. This has both. I literally only had a taco bell taco for the first time last year but this just hit me with a huge wave of nostalgia for being a little kid.
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More nostalgic than campy, but whatever: Mystery Science Theater 3000 was still in its original run with Joel, and it was on Comedy Central at midnight on Fridays. I'd laugh my rear end of at references that were way over my head, but didn't care. Dr. Demento was still on 97.3 KBCO (sup Denver goons) at midnight after the Red Rooster Lounge jazz show. I still have a shoebox of taped shows somewhere. Hanggliding in Pilotwings on SNES was infuriating. Cross Colors clothing was ridiculous. Understanding only vaguely what being down with OPP was as an early teen.
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gently caress yeah, Nacho and Dog. I totally remember the commercials they were in, but I couldn't for the life of me remember their names. I just knew that at the end of every ad, the Taco Bell "bell ring" noise would play and they'd both yell "DOOONNNNG". Look, here's a commercial! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_BO-JxscM8 This thread is such a great nostalgia trip so far.
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TVarmy posted:EDIT: Also, I feel like this 1989 Pontiac concept car embodies the 90's cheese we came to love. Jesus gently caress, the list of accessories that came with it: Ronco Infomercial-style Pontiac Ad posted:Pullout AM/FM cassette player I kept expecting the narrator to finish the ad with "and if you call in the next 10 minutes we'll thrown in a Brazilian Power Crystal, a $25 value, absolutely free!"
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# ? Mar 23, 2012 05:13 |
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For anyone who got promo VHS's from Nintendo Power: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBF3X3ZaS2Q
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# ? Mar 23, 2012 05:23 |
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that is exactly who you think it is, and he did exactly what you think he did.
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# ? Mar 23, 2012 05:25 |
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Surely someone else remembers Stick Stickly? I loved Stick Stickly.
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Lotron posted:
"Wrong pipe, Mario!! WRONG PIPE!!" To contribute, this was in the 90s and also at a literal camp. oldpainless has a new favorite as of 05:34 on Mar 23, 2012 |
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Motherfucking ZUBAZ! Apparently they're still around.
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oldpainless posted:To contribute, this was in the 90s and also at a literal camp. While we're on the topic of awesome 90s Nickelodeon shows... Watching it again as an adult, I can't help but ask how the hell they managed to get 85% of the episodes past the censors/network executives.
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Lotron posted:
gently caress man, he even did a sequel. Too bad they couldn't get Dennis Hopper to reinvent his role as King Pooppa.
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oldpainless posted:To contribute, this was in the 90s and also at a literal camp. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf48aKwxDwI This is also that show. Whoa, Hypercolor pants! I had like 50 short shorts with that type of design. This thread is about to turn into nothing but Nickelodeon.
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NienNunb posted:For anyone who got promo VHS's from Nintendo Power: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUqd1Y1p_Jg And yes, that's Jon Lovitz narrating it.
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# ? Mar 23, 2012 05:52 |
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That PSA telling kids to eat their fruits and vegetables. Eating 5-a-day is the magic rule, more is okay... but less is uncool! Don't be that friggin' uncool kid who won't eat his asparagus.
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Here's something that I bet very few people remember. Motherfuckin' "Yikes" pencils. These things were the poo poo when I was a kid. They came in all kinds of patterns and colors, but the ones most popular for me were these: If I recall correctly, they sharpened poorly and were poo poo to write with, but that funky oversize eraser on the end of it just made up for it all. They came in packs of four and I remember the picture on the front was a cartoon of some dreadlocked dude, surrounded by cheesy 90's slang stuff ("kickin' erasers blast pencil trash!") in the aforementioned "scribble" writing font. I just did some searches for them and there's an unopened pack on Ebay going for $50. Holy crap.
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I think I had some of these! I had triangular ones so they wouldn't roll off your desk, and the wood was dyed fun colors! In particular I remember one with purple wood and a black label (my favorite) and orange wood with a green label. e: also, Lunchables anyone? You were literally the coolest kid if you had a lunchable you could barter with at lunch. I would always trade Capri Suns to get an orange one (because gently caress cherry is why) and chomp all my delicious cold pizzas in ecstasy. those pepperoni double e: this was my exact poo poo c. 1996: QuickbreathFinisher has a new favorite as of 06:11 on Mar 23, 2012 |
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Nick fuckin' ruled the 90s with their zany attitude and other such things. Remember watching so much with my cousin in their trailer out on a farm in FL. So many memories.
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# ? Mar 23, 2012 06:15 |
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"Man, they said they're making Star Wars prequels?! That is going to be awesome! I bet Darth Vader was awesome when he was a Jedi!"
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general posted:Surely someone else remembers Stick Stickly? Ahem... "Write to me, Stick Stickley! P.O. Box 963. New York City, New York State, 10108!" Owl Island posted:Here's something that I bet very few people remember. These didn't sharpen poorly, you just had to use the handheld style razor blade sharpeners. The grindy school sharpeners would gently caress them up royally, but the razor ones made them the finest in non mechanical pencil technology (I loved the ones in that picture too). The attached erasers sucked though, which is probably intentional so they could sell the other ones. Is there a company making ridiculous school utensils anymore? Those were sort of an essential part of childhood. As for Lunchables, the pizza ones were good, and still around and almost as good. They're slightly smaller than they used to be, and I get one every couple years so I don't think this is just a case of me growing up and misremembering, but I've had a ridiculous need to eat one of these lately http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U87PGVnx1c4 (commercial) They weren't exactly good...but damned if I didn't like them and want one now that they're discontinued. Ninja Toast! has a new favorite as of 06:43 on Mar 23, 2012 |
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Flavor Bear posted:"Man, they said they're making Star Wars prequels?! That is going to be awesome! I bet Darth Vader was awesome when he was a Jedi!" "He looks like he's been eating goddamn crayons." It was true then, and it's true now.
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Gak is back, baby. Personally, I'm GLAD the 90's is making a comeback. I see young children wearing Raindbow Brite and Ninja Turtles and I bet they don't even know what that is!
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Nothing like outdated CG graphics to remind me of the mid-to-late 90s. Case in point: motherfucking ReBoot. Pretty much nothing else looked like it at the time and it blew my little mind away way back then. Yeah, everyone looked and moved like they were made of plastic but I gave no gently caress. It's one of the first computer animated TV series ever made, before this CG was usually limited to smaller productions like short films, since it's so incredibly difficult to make at the time. Speaking of which: These were great. They'd be little filler clips between shows and during commercial breaks and they were fascinating to watch.
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Ninja Toast! posted:As for Lunchables, the pizza ones were good, and still around and almost as good. They're slightly smaller than they used to be, and I get one every couple years so I don't think this is just a case of me growing up and misremembering, but I've had a ridiculous need to eat one of these lately All the good Lunchables have long been discontinued. By "good" I mean the batshit insane ones like this... Even as a kid, I thought these tasted terrible, but I would still ask for them just on novelty alone. I ate some on a cross-country bus ride and ended up coughing up stomach acid in my sleep that night. I'm pretty sure the two weren't related.
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I'm gonna keep posting about N64 games because that's what I know best. Who else loved them some Space Station Silicon Valley? This game was innovative as poo poo. The graphics are meh, but the sountrack and the gameplay were loving fun as poo poo. You could control literally any animal you saw, and you got different special powers depending on which one you were. And it was awesome. And the whole soundtrack was this ridiculous 60s sounding lounge music that just kicked rear end. I played so much of this game. The peak of the 90s' cultural rehashing in one video game. Serious Nickelodeon Question: What was the scariest episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark? If you say anything other than the pool episode or the dollhouse episode, you are empirically wrong.
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# ? Mar 23, 2012 07:40 |
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Know what time it is? Why, it's Time for Timer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3jgo5ea_zc
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QuickbreathFinisher posted:I'm gonna keep posting about N64 games because that's what I know best. Who else loved them some Space Station Silicon Valley? Oh hell and drat yes. I spent most of a summer once with that, Wipeout64 and Final Fantasy Tactics as pretty much my only sources of entertainment.....That was in the early 2000's though so I'm not sure it counts.
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QuickbreathFinisher posted:Serious Nickelodeon Question: What was the scariest episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark? If you say anything other than the pool episode or the dollhouse episode, you are empirically wrong. While I do agree that the homicidal invisible pool monster was scary, the clear answer here is the one with Zeebo the Clown
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Oh hell, does anyone remember a certain memory toy back in the 90's? There were numbers on these different colored pillar things that were stuck on a blue ball. When the little voice said the number or the color, you had to flip it upwards and such. I played the ever living poo poo out of that thing and I can't remember what the hell it was called. Can anyone help? Commercial had a silver brain or some poo poo.
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# ? Mar 23, 2012 09:13 |
This right here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC3kue_C35g Even as a child, I thought Goosebumps was pretty low-brow. Still watched it, though.
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Brain Warp?
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Tailwhoop posted:Oh hell, does anyone remember a certain memory toy back in the 90's? There were numbers on these different colored pillar things that were stuck on a blue ball. When the little voice said the number or the color, you had to flip it upwards and such. I played the ever living poo poo out of that thing and I can't remember what the hell it was called. Can anyone help? Commercial had a silver brain or some poo poo. GET READY TO PLAY BRAIN WARP SELECT GAME
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SpazmasterX posted:HI KIDS WE'RE HOME EARLY! The TalkBoy? I blew all my allowance on the SpyGear poo poo. Use a black light to find footprints! A fingerprinting kit! Invisible ink! loving sunglasses with mirros on the edges of the lenses so you can see behind you! loving binoculoars with an extendable microphone to hear conversations from a distance! Oh man, I was a regular James Bond. lite_sleepr has a new favorite as of 10:09 on Mar 23, 2012 |
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