Category: the 90s
-
8 Beloved 90s TV Shows That Were Terrible
Listen: it’s not very positive to look back at the nostalgic past and trash shows that large swaths of people cherish. But this is the internet and being negative and mean about things pulls more traffic than positive articles, so here we are. Besides this, even though the 1990’s is enjoying a nostalgia boom due…
-
Awesome Garbage: Cool as Ice
At one point in the history of America -specifically the beautiful, stupid early 1990s – there was an awkward transition in pop culture when rap music was on the verge of being a mainstream genre and something entertainers aped to seem hip without actually working too hard at making their rap good or authentic. While…
-
37 Saturday Morning Cartoons From The 90’s
Having previously surveyed some of the more insane Saturday morning cartoon shows from the 1990s, focusing on twelve 90’s cartoons adapted from movies, let’s plumb the depths of the cartoon bounty that the decade provided and look at 37(!) Saturday morning cartoon shows from the era. I got so excited at the beginning of every…
-
Great TV: Mr. Show
Alternative comedy—a vague label affixed to any comedic material that seems unusual, iconoclastic, or transgressive—has gained incredible cultural cachet in the past 30+ years. While there have always been alternative comedy figures and material in American post-war pop culture (Ernie Kovacs, National Lampoon, Andy Kaufman, SCTV and Saturday Night Live, Bill Hicks, Second City and…
-
10 Radical 90’s Movies That Captured The Decade
O 1990’s America, where art thou? This fantastic decade–the last of the American Century that seemed to find the country at the height of its powers economically, socially, and politically–can easily be considered a high watermark in American history. With a booming economy, a culture that was dominating the world through its film and musical…
-
TGIF Revisited: Conclusion (America In The 1990s)
Well that was…something. Having watched 12 different episodes from the TGIF lineup that spanned both the beginning and end of my childhood (1988-1996, or from 6 to 14 years old in my life), I can honestly say that I miss the concept of TGIF programming as a cultural institution and wish that something like it was…
Me Like Movies 