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36 Bits of Nostalgia to Reset Your Brain to Factory Settings

April 01, 2024

For us geriatric millennials, visions of our youth come in waves of neon and faded flannel. Team Neon and Team Grunge will luckily get to experience a bit of both today. Don’t worry Gen Xers and Boomers, there’s a little something for you here, too. You haven’t fully faded into obscurity — yet. Either way, the precious gems from our past will no doubt get a few eye-rolls from Gen Z and Gen Alpha.

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The first Harry 1991 Potter L book 8 1999 096 published 1990 199 in 1997. 1999 1991 1992 1993 1994 IHHA 1995 1996 1997 1998 J.K. Rowling says she 1996 regrets having different titles in the U.S. vs. worldwide. 1991 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM — Source

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In Living Color

IN LIVING COLOR CRACKED In Living Color was an Emmy-winning sketch-comedy show on FOX for 5 seasons. It launched stars like Jim Carrey, Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Lopez. — Source

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TALES FROM THE CRYPT GRACKED Tales from the Crypt, a horror/suspense/comedy, was based on 1940s and '50s Е.С. Comics. It starred Terri Hatcher, Demi Moore, Martin Sheen, and Joe Pesci. 6 seasons are on Vudu, but the 7th is AWOL. — Source

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THE DREW CAREY SHOW GRACKED The Drew Carey Show was a sitcom on ABC from '95 to '04, 9 seasons. It followed a Cleveland guy and his wacky pals, and was known for its wild humor. A grand total of 1 season is on streaming. — Source

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HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET GRACKED In this gritty police show set in Baltimore, detectives learn that being a cop can be hell. It had lots of cast changes, and Andre Braugher won an Emmy in 1998 for playing Det. Frank Pembleton. — Source

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WKRP IN CINCINNATI CRACKED WKRP in Cincinnati was a sitcom on CBS from 1978-1982. It followed a program director and his team as they switched their radio station from easy listening to rock. It was nominated for Emmys and a Golden Globe. Exactly 1 season is available on iTunes. — Source

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MURPHY BROWN GRACKED Murphy Brown was a PG-rated CBS sitcom for 10 seasons, starring a reporter and her coworkers. You can catch 1 season on Amazon. — Source

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In the early 90's, McDonald's began offering baked pies, essentially phasing out ROONDW M® FRIED APPLE PIES, the vastly superior, crispy, oozy, blister your tongue for life version. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM - mary onemoo Polaroid There's something utterly remarkable about printing instant photos using Polaroid; something not even the most sophisticated digital cameras can emulate. — Source

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60'S - 80'S Playable records NYO Boo Berry the TO PLAY! The Frankenberry HOLE Count Chocula Monsters 33% RPM FULL Go Disco CENTER FIDELITY our INSTRUCTIONS t.SUGAR BADDY L.Pare phonograph - Democrating 103% BMW 2.GOIN BACK TO receipt - BY ISSUE before sech - INDIANA A Part - - - - Lane HOT CRACKED COM PUNCH LASHOS LOVING YOU They actually managed to print music onto the glossy back of a cardboard cereal box, which you could cut out and spin on a record player. And they sounded very much like they were printed on cardboard. — Source

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Tara Lipinski

Tara Lipinski started as a roller skater. She went to nationals at age 9, when she switched to gymnastics. (Which is geriatric in gymnast years.) CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Hamster Dance was created to win a bet. THE HAMPSTER DANCE dance the night away Art student Deidre LaCarte created the website in a bet over who could get the most views on a site. Gonna go out on a limb and say she won. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Elwood Edwards was the You Got Mail voice. Disappointing. I always imagined he looked like the AIM Buddy icon. CRACKED.COM — Source

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James Cameron didn't want My Heart Will Go On for Titanic, and Celine Dion didn't want to sing it Dion was convinced by her creepy husband-manager, and Cameron was convinced by her demo. Smart business move for both of them. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A Little House on the Prairie Actor Created Malcom in the Middle. MALC IN THe LM MIDDLE Linwood Boomer, who played Mary Ingalls' husband, based the character of Malcom on himself as a kid. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Space Jam was a spin-off of a Nike Super Bowl commercial. The 1992 ad featuring Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny was very popular, leading Jordan's agent to take the now famous duo to the big screen. CRACKED.COM — Source

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INDIE MOVIES OF THE '90s RESERVOIR DOGS TONY SCOTT WANTED TO DIRECT. Tarantino, however, told him he was already securing funding to direct the movie himself. Like a total class act, Scott had no problem settling for a different Tarantino script, True Romance. CRACKED.COM — Source

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INDIE MOVIES OF THE '90s CLERKS ALMOST NO ONE WENT TO THE PREMIERE. Pretty much everyone in the audience had worked in the film. One of the few who didn't, however, turned out to be associated with Sundance, and got the movie in the festival. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Little Mac had to be little because two thirds of the screen was needed for the player to focus on the larger, more intricate opponents. 3 2:58 POINTS 4770 Rounos TKO And his name was indeed a play on the newly popular Big Mac. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Nintendo was denied the rights to Popeye only after Shigeru Miyamoto had designed a game around it. So he swapped Popeye, Olive Oyl, and Bluto for a generic carpenter, a princess, and the gorilla bizarrely named Donkey Kong. CRACKED.COM — Source

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