THINGS I REMEMBER FROM CHILDHOOD

* I don't remember it from that exact year but it was still popular a few years later.
** Started before I could remember but ended at a time I could still remember new episodes.

1990
- Slap bracelets *
- Supermarket Sweep**
- fanny packs*
- Seinfeld**
- Home Alone*
- The Rescuers Down Under*

1991
- Rugrats*
- Commander Keen*
- Beauty and the Beast* (this was my first movie in theaters)
- Home Improvement**
- Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?**
- Kid Pix
- Father of the Bride
- Doug
- Hook*

1992
- Barney
- House of Pain's "Jump Around"*
- pogs (approximate year)
- Aladdin
- Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
- House of Pain "Jump Around"

1993
- Jurassic Park
- Where's Waldo
- Free Willy
- Mrs. Doubtfire
- The Big Comfy Couch
- Bill Nye, the Science Guy**
- Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- The Nanny
- Beethoven's 2nd
- Happily Ever After
- Our FIrst Video
- The Secret Garden

1994
- OJ Simpson car chase
- Ace of Base (especially "the Sign")
- The Lion King
- Beck's "Loser"
- The Magic School Bus
- Friends**
- The Puzzle Place
- Black Beauty
- All That
- The Little Rascals
- The Mask
- Miracle on 34th Street
- The Return of Jafar
- The Secret of Roan Inish
- The Swan Princess
- Thumbelina
- All-4-One's "I Swear"
- Green Day's "When I Come Around"

1995
- Toy Story
- Waterworld
- Babe
- Starbucks (I thought the logo had spaghetti hair)
- OJ Simpson murder trial
- Pocahontas
- Full House ended
- Goosebumps
- Wishbone
- Simcity 2000
- Balto
- Casper
- A Goofy Movie
- It Takes Two
- Jumanji
- A Little Princess
- Napoleon
- The Rembrants's "I'll Be There For You"

1996
- The Macarena
- Twister
- Tickle-Me Elmo
- Bob Dole
- The Crocodile Hunter
- R. Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly"
- the Unabomber
- 7th Heaven
- 3rd Rock from the Sun
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ends
- Flipper
- Kenan & Kel
- The Rosie O'Donnel Show
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
- 101 Dalmatians (live action)
- Fly Away Home
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- James and the Giant Peach
- Matilda
- The Nutty Professor
- Toni Braxton's "Unbreak My Heart"
- The Oregon Trail computer game
- The summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia
- Arthur
- OMC "How Bizzare"

1997
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
- Spice Girls
- Spice World
- Hanson
- Dolly the sheep
- Beanie Babies
- Tamagotchi
- Ally McBeal
- Aqua's "Barbie Girl"
- Pokemon
- Titanic
- Green Day's "Good Riddance"
- Flubber
- Pepper Ann
- Popular Mechanics for Kids
- Air Bud
- Bean
- George of the Jungle
- Men In Black
- Hercules
- Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
- Hanson "MMMBop"
- Marcy Playground "Sex and Candy"
- Backstreet Boys "Everybody (Backstreet's Back), "As Long As You Love Me"

1998
- Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky scandal
- Teletubbies (STILL stupid!)
- The Jerry Springer Show
- Furby
- Frasier
- Martha Stewart
- the soccer mom
- Ginger leaves the Spice Girls
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Mad cow disease
- That '70s Show
- The Parent Trap
- Antz
- A Bug's Life
- Doctor Dolittle
- Ever After
- The Horse Whisperer
- Mighty Joe Young
- Mulan
- The Prince of Egypt
- Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
- You've Got Mail
- Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On"
- The winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan

1999
- The Blair Witch Project
- Who Wants to Be A Millionaire
- Y2K
- The Taco Bell chihuahua
- The Sixth Sense
- Harry Potter (actually, the first book came out a few years before this - I first remember reading it in 1997)
- Britney Spears
- Elian Gonzalez
- Christina Aguilera
- The Matrix
- Ricky Martin
- Red Bull
- Lance Armstrong
- Spongebob SquarePants
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
- 10 Things I Hate About You
- The Amanda Show
- Zoom
- Passport to Paris
- Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost
- Stuart Little
- Superstar
- Switching Goals
- Ricky Martin's "Livin' La Vida Loca"
- Santana's "Smooth" featuring Rob Thomas
- Britney Spears's "Hit Me Baby One More Time"
- Smash Mouth's "All Star"
- Backstreet Boys "I Want It That Way", "Larger Than Life", "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"

Things I Appreciate (or not) Now Through Reruns, Reissues, etc.
- Family Matters (1991)
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
- C+C Music Factory's "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) (1991)
- Wayne's World (1992)
- Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy" (1992)
- Billy Ray Cyrus's "Achy Breaky Heart" (1992)
- Fabio (eeeeewwwwwwwwww can you say UGLY?) (1992)
- Woodstock '94 (1994)
- Snapple (1995)
- Oasis (1996)
- Step by Step (1991)
- Vanilla Ice "Ice Ice Baby" (1990)
- MC Hammer "U Can't Touch This" (1990)

Miscellaneous
- Macintosh IISI
- Mr. Roger's Neighborhood
- Sesame Street
- The Simpsons
- The Brave Little Toaster
- The Oprah Winfrey Show
- The Price Is Right
- Charlotte's Web (70s version)
- Big
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
- A Christmas Story
- Sound of Music
- Mary Poppins
- Disney movies in general
- SimCity
- Skip-It
- Hula hoop
- American Girls
- Babysitters Club
- Nancy Drew
- Barbie
- Legos
- Yo-yo
- Slinky
- Wiffle ball
- Etch - A - Sketch
- Hotwheels
- bicycle
- Play-doh
- tea set
- Twister
- battleship
- Guess Who
- Cabbage Patch Kids
- Crayola crayons
- silly putty
- Lite Brite
- water guns
- nerf balls
- Puppy (my stuffed animal)
- Madlibs
- Barrel O'Monkeys
- Viewmaster
- frisbee
- Raggedy Ann
- jump rope
- army men
- stickers
- slip and slide
- jigsaw puzzles
- Rubik's cube
- Operation
- spirograph
- sea monkeys
- My Little Pony
- Little Golden Books
- Wooly Willy
- Karate Hamster
- docter set
- clackers
- Duplos
- ant farm
- toy trolls
- The Magic Attic Club
- Babysitter's Club Friendship Kit
- MYST, Riven and Exile
- Bob Saget on America's Funniest Home Videos
- American Girls Premier
- Amazon Trail
- Magic School Bus computer games (solar system, animals and dinosaurs)
- old style Doritos bags
- Capri suns
- Pony Pals series
- Thoroughbred series

I Remember...
- before the Internet
- before cell phones
- before CD players
- before digital clocks
- before DVD players
- before eating at McDonald's was considered gross
- when I didn't know cable TV existed