“Nobody writes emails anymore!” is something nobody in this piece quite comes out and says, but it’s almost there. Email nostalgia is just around the corner. Give it, hmm, five years? And then we have emailing ironically to look forward to! Haha oh god when does it end.
What the World Was Like When the Elder Gods Were Born
Because the contemplation of death is the highest level of human activity, every year we meditate on the passage of time by examining the pop-culture artifacts that were omnipresent at the time of birth of the students now entering high school and/or college. What was the world like when the high school class of 2018…
Of Course Disney Recreated the DuckTales Intro With Real Ducks
It is absolutely not surprising that this edit of the intro to Disney's DuckTales, starring real ducks, exists. It's just surprising that it took so long—we've passed the peak of '90s pop culture nostalgia by now, right?—and that so much effort went into redoing it shot-for-shot when a much lazier video could have…
This Is What Boyz II Men Has Been Reduced To
Boyz II Men: one of the most beloved R&B groups of our youth, whose songs provided the soundtrack to the vast majority of the slow dances, graduations, and funerals of the 1990s. What are those guys up to now?
Do You Ever Miss the "Old Internet"?
Yesterday, the good folks who run the venerable group/community blog Metafilter announced that it was in financial trouble. Founded in 1999, Metafilter has always devoted itself to a text-and-intelligence based approach to online discussion. Evidently, that's barely profitable these days.
Here's the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Taking Over Oprah Winfrey
"This is 43 minutes of nostalgic '90s insanity," reads the Uncanny Brett White Tumblr post accompanying this YouTube upload of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' appearance on a 1990 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Is Ricky Gervais a Millennial in Disguise?
Ricky Gervais is one of the most hated entertainers in America. Remember when he hosted the Golden Globes and was super horrible to everyone? Yeah, kind of unforgettable really.
Gift Guide Roundup: Never Stop Remembering The '90s
Last week, we asked you to embark with us on a leisurely paddleboat ride down the river Nostalgia to help choose the best gifts who people who not only lived through, but, remember the 90s. You delivered like DOMINO'S (in under 30 minutes or it's free—until that guarantee was dropped in the '90s because harried…
What Should You Buy Someone Who Lives to Remember the 90s?: A Gift Guide
The great thing about people who Remember the 90s is that, more often than not, a working knowledge of the 90s is these individuals' most dominant trait.
Cartoon Network Celebrates 20 Years in the Animation Entertainment Biz with a 'Nostalgia Inducing' Music Video
On October 1st, at precisely 6:58 PM ET, Cartoon Network officially turned twenty.
Today's Song: Wish 'Used to Love You'
Here are '90s R&B songs directly referenced to '90s R&B that I noticed in the first single from Wish's newly released free mixtape, Me Against Her, "Used to Love You":
Backstreet's Back? Alright.
Young neighborhood toughs the Backstreet Boys are coming out of retirement to give the world the new BSB tracks it demanded when it got drunk at that 90s-themed happy hour two weeks ago.
Today's Song: Pulp 'Sorted for E's and Wizz'
There's been lots of Pulp talk this week, thanks to frontman Jarvis Cocker's show at the Whitney (under his Relaxed Muscle guise), an appearance on Jimmy Fallon and two concerts at Radio City Music Hall. I'm seeing them there tonight to get a hit of the narcotic that is nostalgia.
Eight '80s Movies That Need to Be Broadway Musicals
Today news broke that there is a team working on bringing Back to the Future to the Broadway stage. That is an awful idea. There are so many better movies that they could transfer.
Ketamine Is the World's Dumbest Drug
Since all things go in 20 year cycles, we're about to be inundated with all sorts of '90s nostalgia. While I'm all for ironically dancing to "Poison" and embracing M.C. Hammer harem pants, there is one relic from my good old days that needs to stay in the past: Special K.
The Three Stooges: Nope, Still Not Funny
I'm sorry, but I never understood the appeal of The Three Stooges (outside of animated guest appearances on Scooby-Doo) and I don't at all understand why some brilliant sonofabitch in Hollywood thought it was a good idea to bring them back. It's the same joke over and over again for two hours!
Dallas: Never as Good as the First Time
Because everything old is new again, TNT is bringing back Dallas this summer. You remember Dallas, the show your mom watched the night you were conceived, you young whipper snapper. Get ready for round two.
Today's Things Hollywood Is Bringing Back: Woody Woodpecker, The Munsters
Because the entertainment industry is completely out of new ideas, here are the two newest old things that they're trying to make popular again: Woody Woodpecker and The Munsters. Get ready to fall into the nostalgia trap.
The Pointlessness of Your Life Revealed in Email
What were you doing this day a year ago? Thanks to your obsessive use of Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and/or Instagram, this information can now be mined in the blink of an eye. Sadly, the answer will probably be depressing.
