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The Totally Sweet ’90s: From Clear Cola to Furby, and Grunge to “Whatever,” the Toys, Tastes, and Trends That Defined a Decade

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by Gael Fashingbauer Cooper


  “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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