Consumer Reports, 109
Cooksey, Danny, 169–70
Cool as Ice (movie), 44
Cooper, Gael Fashingbauer, vii
Cooper, Sheldon (TV character), 211
Coors, 226–27
COPS (TV show), 51
Corrections, The (Franzen), 148
Cosby, Bill, 103, 202
Cosby Show, The (TV show), 168, 211
Costanza, George (TV character), 159, 175
Costco, 63
Costner, Kevin, 212, 213
Cox, Courteney, 172
Craven, Wes, 172
Crawford, Cindy, 74
creativity in 1990s, viii–ix
Creeping Terror, The (movie), 139
Cruise, Tom, 52, 212
Crusher, Wesley/Leslie (TV character), 188
Crying Game, The (movie), 136
Crystal Gravy on Saturday Night Live (TV show), 47
Crystal Pepsi, 47, 47, 63
Culkin, Kieran, 69
Culkin, Macaulay, 94, 95
Curb Your Enthusiasm (TV show), 176
CW, 34, 128
Cyrus, Billy Ray, 121
Cyrus, Miley, 44
“Da Butt,” 9
Daily, 119
Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The (TV show), 203
Dallas (TV show), 128
Dancing with the Stars (TV show), 162
Danes, Claire, 137
Daniels, Jeff, 106
Danza, Tony, 195
Dark, Danny, 124
David, Larry, 176
Dawson’s Creek (TV show), 53–54, 172
“Deep Thoughts” (Handey), 92
DeLoach, Heather, 16–17
Dennis the Menace (comic strip), 40
Department 56, 54–55
Depp, Johnny, 98, 212
Derkins, Susie (comic strip character), 41
Diaz, Cameron, 106
DiCaprio, Leonardo, 99
Dickens, Charles, 149
Different World, A (TV show), 112–113
Diff’rent Strokes (TV show), 170
Dikkers, Scott, 107
Dippin’ Dots, 55–56
Dirty Dancing (movie), 99, 142
Discovery Zone, 56–57
Disney, 59, 117, 142, 162, 165–66, 189
Doherty, Shannon, 32–33, 34
“Don’t Copy That Floppy” (video), 57–58
“Don’t Worry, Be Happy” (Big Mouth Billy Bass), 20
Doom (game), 212
Doritos 3D, 58–59
Doublemint Twins, 97
Double Stuf Oreos, 62
Double Team (movie), 44
Douglas, Melvyn, 52
Dowling, Father (TV character), 140
Downey, Robert, Jr., 49
Downwardly Mobile (TV show), 169
Dream Phone game, 60, 60–61
Drew Carey Show, The (TV show), 38, 207
DS (Nintendo), 82
“Dude Looks Like a Lady” (Aerosmith), 201
Due Date (movie), 49
Dumb & Dumber (movie), 106
Dunkaroos, ix, 62, 62–63
Dunn, Nora, 6, 214
Duran Duran, 17, 89
DustBusters, 116
DVDs, 73, 135
Dynasty (TV show), 128
Earring Magic Ken, 63–64, 64
Eat Cheese and Barf (Stein), 86
eBay, 8
Ebert, Roger, 185
Ebola virus, 65
Edwards, Elwood, 148
Egan, Jennifer, 49
8-track tapes, 42
Elaine (TV character), 175
Electronic Gaming Monthly, 113
electronic news and communications, viii
Ellen Foster (Gibbons), 148
El Pueblo Apartments, 128
email, viii, 70, 71
endings (twist), movies with, 136–37
Entourage (TV show), 6
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (movie), 106
“Everybody Plays the Fool” (Main Ingredient), 52
“Evian” (“naïve”), 30
Ewing, J. R. (TV character), 210
Facebook, 94
facial hair, 66
Factsheet 5, 227, 229
Falcon Crest (TV show), 53
Family Circus (comic strip), 40
Family Matters (TV show), 192, 211
Family Ties (TV show), 73
fanny packs, 67, 67–68
Fargo (movie), 68–69
Farley, Chris, 1
Farrelly Brothers, 106
Far Side (comic strip), 28
Fat Bastard (movie character), 144
Father of the Bride (movie), 69–70
fat suits, 144
Faulkner, William, 107
Favre, Brett, 207
Favreau, Jon, 191
fax machines, 70–71
Fear Factor (TV show), 37
Federline, Kevin, 66
Feet of Flames (stage show), 167
Feldman, Corey, 126
Ferguson, Sarah (Duchess of York), 173
Ferrell, Will, 102–3
50 Cent, 49
Fight Club (movie), 136
Final Sacrifice, The (movie), 139
“Final Thought” on The Jerry Springer Show (TV show), 105
Fincher, David, 94
“Five! Five-dollar! Five-dollar footlong!” ad, 101–2
flash drives, 73
Flatley, Michael, 166, 167
Fleer, 209
Floam, 80
floppy disks, 71–73, 72
Fly Away Home (movie), 76
Fonzie (TV character), 210
footbag (game), 91
Forbes, Jim, 18
Foreigner, 109
Foreman, George, 83
Forrest Gump (movie), 73–74
“found footage” genre, 23
Fox, 32, 51, 105, 154, 194
Fox, Matthew, 155
Fox, Vivica A., 52
FoxTrot (comic strip), 74–75, 75
Franck (movie character), 70
Frank, Lisa, vii, 118, 119
Franzen, Jonathan, 148
Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist (game), 72
Free Willy (movie), 76
Freezy Freakies, 96
Frey, James, 148
Friday-night TV programming, ix, 192–93
Friends (TV show), 65, 77–78, 167, 219
Friends with Benefits (movie), 49
Frito-Lay, 45, 58, 59
FROG (Fully Rely on God) bracelets, 221
Frogger (game), 86
Frozen Embryos (TV band), 138138
Fruit by the Foot, 78, 78–79
Fuentes, Daisy, 3
Full House (TV show), 146
Funicello, Annette, 115
“Funky Cold Medina” (Tone Loc), 186
Funny Face drinks, 186
Furby, 79, 79–80
FX, 13, 69
G. I. Joe: Renegades (movie), 170
Gak, 80–81, 81
Galifianakas, Zach, 49
Game Boy, 82
Gap, 191
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (movie), 88
Garfield (comic strip character), 40
Gekko, Gordon (movie character), 84
Generation X, 145, 161
GEnie, 147
George Foreman Grill, 83
Gere, Richard, 159
“Get Out Da Club” (50 Cent), 49
Get Rid Of Slimy girlS (GROSS), 41
Ghostbusters (movie), 108
giant cell phones, 84, 84–85
Giant Robot, 228
Gibbons, Kaye, 148
Gibson, Mel, 213
Gidget the Taco Bell Chihuahua, 193
Giga Pet, 79
Gilligan’s Island (TV show), 154
Gilmore Girls (TV show), 138
Ginger (Spice Girl), 183, 184
Gioia, Dana, 103
girl groups, 183–85, 184
Giuliani, Rudy, 102–3
Gizmo from Gremlins (movie), 79,
80
glitter cosmetics, 28–29
goatees, 66
GoComics, 107
GoldenEye (movie), 37
Good Eats (TV show), 21
Gooding, Cuba, Jr., 52
Goodman, John, 169
Good Morning, Miss Bliss (TV show), 172
Goooze, 80
Goosebumps (Stine), 85–86, 86
Gosselaar, Mark-Paul, 84
Gossip Girl (TV show), 25
“Got Milk?” ad, 87
“Grab Some Buds” ad, 215
Graff, Rayanne (TV character), 138
Graham, Heather, 40
Grammy Awards, 8, 133
Grand Theft Auto (game), 212
Great Expectations (Dickens), 149
Green, Seth, 142
Green Day, 90
Gremlins (movie), 79, 80
Gretzky, Wayne, 167
Grey’s Anatomy (TV show), 36, 168
Griffey, Ken, Jr., 209
Griffin, Kathy, 202
Groom, Winston, 74
Groundhog Day (movie), 88–89
grunge music genre, 17, 89–90
Guillaume, Robert, 117
Guinness Book of World Records, 82, 131
Gump and Co. (Groom), 74
Gunderson, Marge (movie character), 68–69
Guttenberg, Steve, 146
Gymboree, 57
Hacky Sack, 90–91, 91
hair accessories, 173–75, 174, 205
“hair band,” 140
“Hakuna Matata” (John), 117
Halliwell, Geri “Ginger Spice,” 184
Hall of Horrors (Stein), 86
Halo (game), 150, 212
Hammer, MC (Stanley Burrell), 125, 125–26
Handey, Jack, 92
Handford, Martin, 217–18, 218
“hands-free bags,” 68
Hanks, Tom, 73, 74
Hanna-Barbera, 124
Hanson, 134–35
“Hanukkah Song” (Sandler), 1
Happening, The (movie), 137
“Happy Fun Ball” on Saturday Night Live (TV show), 92
“Happy Trail” (Autry), 49
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (movie), 214, 223
Harry, Debbie, 2
Hart, M. E., 58
Hart, Melissa Joan, 45
Hartman, Phil, 92
Hasbro, 80, 131, 207
Hasselhoff, David, 13, 14
“Have You Ever…You Will?” ad, 93–94
Hawk, Tony, 222
HBO, 6, 35
“Head, Gut, or Groin” on America’s Funniest Home Videos (TV show), 4
“Head On! Apply it to your forehead” ad, 101–2
Hearst, Patty, 222
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (TV show), 223
Hewitt, Jennifer Love, 154
Hey Dude (TV show), 2
Hi-C, 186
Higgins, Racetrack (movie character), 143
Hill, Cotton (TV character), 3
Hoffman, Dustin, 213
Hogan, Hulk, 5, 44, 83
Hokey Pokey, 121
Holmes, Katie, 54
Home Alone (movie), 94–95, 154
Homicide: Life on the Street (TV show), 26
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (movie), 135
Honey Nut Cheerios, 122
Honey Tree Evil Eye (Spuds Mackenzie), 185–86
“Honky Tonk Badonkadonk,” 9
Hoon, Shannon, 17
Hopkins, Sir Anthony, 125
horror movie genre, 172–73
Hot Skatin’ Ken, 64
Hot Zone, The (Preston), 65
House, Laura, 7, 8
How I Met Your Mother (TV show), 77, 98
Hughes, Miko, 111
Hulu, 103
Hunger Games, The (Collins), 46
Hurricane Katrina, 134
Huss, Toby, 3
Hutsell, Melanie, 32
Hutton, Lauren, 194
Hypercolor heat-sensitive clothing, viii, 95–96
iCarly (TV show), 46
IFC, 8
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Numeroff), 96–97
If You Give an Author a Pencil (Numeroff), 97
“If You Should Run Away” (Lewis), 114
“I Got You, Babe” (Sonny and Cher), 88
I Hate Brenda Newsletter, 34
“I learned it by watching you!” public service announcement, 202
“I Love You” (Barney), 11
I Love You Phillip Morris (movie), 106
iMacs, 75
“I Married a Horse” on The Jerry Springer Show (TV show), 105
IMDb.com, 74, 89, 106, 212
“I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” (Reid and Reid), 97–98
“I’m the King of the World,” 99–100
Infiltration, 228, 228
inline skates, 100–101
In Living Color (TV show), 105, 112
Inside Sports, 229
Internet, 3, 17, 26, 147
inventions in 1990s, viii–ix
Iomega Zip drive, 72–73
iPads, 75, 80, 151
iPhones, 118, 151
Irish dance, 166–67
Irons, Jeremy, 117
Ishtar (movie), 213
“It Must Have Been Love” (Roxette), 159
It’s Pat (movie), 201
It Takes Two (movie), 146
iTunes, 42
“I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up” ad, 101–2
Jackson, Reggie, 126, 209
Jackson, Samuel L., 160
Jagger, Dean, 52
James, Rick, 125
“Janet Reno’s Dance Party” on Saturday Night Live (TV show), 102
Japan, 45
Jasmine (Disney princess), 165
Jell-O: A Biography (Wyman), 104
Jell-O Jigglers, 103–4
Jenner, Bruce, 222
Jerry Maguire (movie), 52
Jerry Springer Show, The (TV show), 104–5
Jerry (TV character), 175
Jersey Shore (TV show), 16, 149, 161
Jim’s Journal (comic strip), 106–7, 107
John, Elton, 117
Johnson, Magic, 194
Jolie, Angelina, 22
Jolson, Al, ix
Jones, Curt, 55
Jones, James Earl, 117, 119
Jones, Jenny, 194
Jones Soda, 145
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (musical), 162
Joy of Painting, The (TV show), 26–28, 27
juice boxes, 108–9
“Jump, Jive an’ Wail” (Prima), 191
“Jump” (Kris Kross), 112
Juno (movie), 138
Jurassic Park (movie), 75
Kapowski, Kelly (TV character), 173, 174
Kaufman, Wendy (Snapple Lady), 179, 180
Keaton, Diane, 69
Keebler, 123, 124
Kelly, Chris “Mac Daddy,” 112
Ken dolls, 63–64, 64
Kennedy, Jamie, 172
kid barrettes, 174
Kid Cuisine, 109–10
Kindergarten Cop (movie), 110–11
King, Stephen, 65, 92
King of the Hill (TV show), 3
Kinkade, Thomas, 54, 203
Kirk, Captain (TV character), 187, 188
Kirkpatrick, Chris, 66
Kiss, 16, 132
Klingons (TV characters), 58, 75, 187
Klump, Sherman (movie character), 144
Kmart, 124
Knox Blox, 103
Kool-Aid Bursts, 187
Koosh balls/Koosh kins, 111–12
Kramer (TV character), 175
Krasinski, John, 76
Kremer, Howard, 7, 8
Kris Kross, 112–13
Krueger, Freddy (movie character), 172
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (movie), 170
Kunis, Mila, 49
L.A. Times, 137
Lachey, Nick, 28–29
Laffer, Larry (game character), 115
Lak
e, Ricki, 194
Lamb Chop’s Play Along (TV show), 113–14
Land Before Time XIII (movie), 52
landlines, viii, 85
Land of the Lost (TV show), 132
Lawless, Lucy, 224
Lawrence, Joey, 24
Lawrence, Martin, 144
Lebowski Fest, 19
Leisure Suit Larry (game), 114–15
L’elan Vital, 46
Lemon Twist, 176
Leno, Jay, 193
“Less You Know, The” on Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The (TV show), 203
Lethal Weapon 2 (movie), 135
Letterman, David, 226
Lewis, Jerry, 143
Lewis, Shari, 113, 114
Life Alert, 101
LifeCall, 101
light-up sneakers, 115–16
Lincoln, Abraham, 210
Linz, Alex D., 95
Lion King, The (Broadway play), 143
Lion King, The (movie), 117–18
Lipnicki, Jonathan, 52
Lisa Frank school supplies, 118–19, 119
Little Mermaid, The (movie), 142, 165
Lloyd, Jake, 189
Locklear, Heather, 128
Lode Runner! (game), 120
Lonely Island crew on Saturday Night Live (TV show), 1
Lord of the Dance (stage show), 167
Lost (TV show), 155
Love, Buddy (movie character), 144
Lowe, Al, 115
Lucas, George, 188, 189
“Lunch Lady Land” (Sandler), 1, 2
Lundegaard, Jerry (movie character), 68
Lundgren, Dolph, 43
Luscious Jackson, 2
Lynch, Jane, 32
“Macarena,” 121–22
Mac Classic II, 119–21, 120
Macy, William H., 68
Mad Max (movie), 213
Madonna, 17, 132
MadTV, 101–2
MagiCan Coke contest, 50
Magic Eye pictures, 122–23
Magician, The (movie), 222
Magic Middles cookies, 123–24
Main Ingredient, 52
Majorino, Tina, 76, 213
Mallrats (movie), 123
Malone, Sam (TV character), 175
Manos: The Hands of Fate (movie), 139
Marcel on Friends (TV show), 65
Marist College poll, 217
Mark, Marky, 137
Mars, 197
Martha Stewart Living, 124
Martin, Ann M., 10–11
Martin, Steve, 69–70
Marx, Karl, 46
Mary Poppins (movie), 70
Mary Tyler Moore (TV show), 175
M*A*S*H (TV show), 169
Mask, The (movie), 106
Masterpiece Theater (TV show), 104
Mattel, 63, 80, 81, 82
Mayans, 225
McAllister, Kevin (movie character), 94, 95
McBride, Danny, 49
McDonald’s, 6–7, 50, 57, 126–27
MC Hammer (Stanley Burrell), 125, 125–26
McKellen, Sir Ian, 9
McLean, A. J., 66
McRib from McDonald’s, 126–27
Mega Warheads, 182, 183
Melrose Place (TV show), 49, 128, 147
Menken, Alan, 142
Mentos, 129–30
Menudo, 184
Merida (Disney princess), 166
Miami Vice (TV show), 46
Michaels, Lorne, 201
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