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Old 08-22-2003, 10:48 PM
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I'll play as long as I get to be Mo Rocca. That guy cracks me up. (him and Hal Sparks!) hahaha.

TV Shows:
-When the "Saved By The Bell" kids graduated high school in 1993. Talk about a momentous occasion!

-The onset of "SNICK" (Saturday Night Nickelodeon) with classics like "All That" (kids version of SNL) and "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (kids version of "Tales from the Crypt").

-Nick At Nite morphing into "TV Land."

-500+ channel cable.

Toys:
-Electronic "Pets" (Tamagotchi, etc.)

-Games geared at making young girls feel older (Mall Madness, Pretty Pretty Princess, etc.)

Trends:
-Big hair that bled over from the 80s...

-The fact that the 90s don't really have distinct fashion all their own because they picked up styles from previous decades (punk from the 80s, bell bottomed hip huggers from the 70s, short skirts and boots from the 60s, etc.)

-8 year olds with cell phones

-THE INTERNET

Movies:
-"Clueless" reviving, like, the valley-girl, like, status.

Music:
-Grunge...when every plaid-shirt wearing bumpkin suddenly found himself trendy...

-BOY BANDS...

-"Mayonaise and Peanut-Butter" combination of Rap/Rock.

Historical Events:
-Surge of High School violence

-Cloning

-various European and Asian revolts...
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