“Wannabe” (Spice Girls), 184
WarGames (movie), 120
Warheads, 182, 183
Warner Bros., 80
Washington, George, 210
Washington Post, 43
Waterworld “Fishtar” (movie), 212–13
Watterson, Bill, 41
Wayans, Keenen Ivory, 194
Wayne’s World and Wayne’s World 2 (movies), 201
Wayne’s World on Saturday Night Live (TV show), 1, 213–14
WB, 36, 53
Weathers, Carl, 43
WebTV, 7
“Whassup?” ad, 215–16
“whatever,” 216–17
Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? (Cooper and Bellmont), vii
What Not to Wear (TV show), 25
Whedon, Joss, 36
When Animals Attack! (TV show), 154
“Where’s the beef” ad, 101
Where’s Waldo? (Handford), 217–18, 218
White, Betty, 202
White, Jaleel, 210, 211
White, Shaun, 222
White, Vanna, 39
“White & Nerdy” (video), 162
Wiesel, Elie, 148
Wild (Strayed), 149
Wilkening, Matthew, 122
Will.i.am, 199
Williams, Barry, 180
Williams, Kimberly, 69
Williams, Montel, 194
Williamson, Kevin, 172
Willis, Bruce, 137, 214
Wilson, Carnie, 194
Wilson, Dan, 49
Windows 95 & 98 operating systems, 218–19
Winfrey, Oprah, 148–49
Winter, Edgar, 140
Worf, Lieutenant (TV character), 187
WWJD (What Would Jesus Do?) bracelets, 220, 220–21
Wyman, Carolyn, 104
Xena: Warrior Princess (TV show), 223–24
X-Files, The: Fight the Future (movie), 222
X-Files, The (TV show), 155, 221–22
X Games (TV show), 222–23
Y2K panic, 225–26
Yanagita, Mike (movie character), 69
Yankovic, Weird Al, 101, 162
Yoakam, Dwight, 22
YouTube, 3, 9, 58, 92, 103, 130
“You’ve got mail,” 148
ZackMorrisCellPhone.com, 85
Zamora, Pedro, 161
Zemeckis, Robert, 73
Zima, 47, 226, 226–27
zines, 227–29, 228
Zubaz, 229
About the Authors
Gael Fashingbauer Cooper is a journalist who writes the nationally recognized pop culture blog Pop Culture Junk Mail.
Brian Bellmont is a former television reporter and producer who now runs a public relations agency.
Visit their website at www.genxtinct.com or www.facebook.com/genxtinct.
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