49 Things You've Forgotten About If You Were A Teen In The Late '90s That You'll Immediately Remember On Sight
Say What? Karaoke, which was hosted by Dave Holmes and always seemed to be on at the most random times:
Jewel's poetry book:
Wendy the "Snapple Lady," who appeared in all of the company's commercials:
Hot Topics that had a neon green sign outside and were bright inside (before they became dark dungeons):
The cast of Friends' "Who’s gonna drink the Diet Coke?" ad campaign that made no sense:
Mossimo being an upscale brand you could only get at fancy department stores:
Buying a CD at Blockbuster Music (which was a separate entity from Blockbuster Video):
Imani Coppola's "Legend of the Cowgirl"...
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...and Jimmy Ray's "Jimmy Ray." They played their videos non-stop on MTV and VH1:
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The teen movie Teaching Mrs. Tingle, which starred Katie Holmes and Helen Mirren (!!!):
Lever 2000 soap, which every mom loved to buy in bulk:
Rolling Stone magazine when it came in a larger size (and, also, The Prodigy):
Jane magazine, which was oh-so-cool and grown-up:
Levis' "I Think I Love You" wide leg jeans commercial...
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...and Levis' upscale Silver Tab jeans line:
MTV's Pager Network (which I don't think anybody even knew what the hell it was):
SNL's the "Roxbury Guys"...
...and "Goth Talk," which was hosted by Circe Nightshade and Azrael Abyss:
Ordering a bunch of magazines from Publishers Clearing House and never paying for them:
Breath Asure, which promised to freshen your breath "from the inside out" — and by "fresh" they meant taste like parsley:
Clearlasil Daily Face Wash that came packaged like this:
The Spice Girls' "Generation Next" Pepsi commercial:
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Lay's WOW chips that were made with Olestra and gave people diarrhea:
Beeper protective holster cases...
...and chains for the holsters so that you could attach them to your jeans 🤦🏻♂️:
Ultimate Dance Party 1997, which had dated songs by the time it was released, but still bopped:
The Pure Disco CD that your mom played at every family party:
E!'s Wild On!, which sometimes was a little trashy:
Structure clothing stores — which had the distinct looking faux Ionic columns façade in the front of its stores:
Serena Altschul as the main anchor of MTV News:
Five-Star binders that were super padded and had a Velcro to close it with:
Ben Stein in those Clear Eyes commercials:
Revlon's Street Wear collection, which was a serious dupe for Urban Decay makeup:
Old Navy's Tech Vest, which always seemed to be the "Item of the Week":
Using Mentadent and thinking it was the bougie toothpaste:
Volkswagen's "Da Da Da" commercial that seemed to play every 25 minutes:
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MTV's The Sifl and Olly Show:
Those random free CD compilations you could get if you subscribed to Entertainment Weekly:
Hot Pockets Toaster Breaks Pizza, which was basically a Hot Pocket you could put in a toaster:
Those bright yellow Tower Records shopping bags:
These Skechers boots that everyone owned:
Billy Blanks' Tae Bo workout tapes (which just randomly appeared in your house somehow):
Chupacabra-mania — the Bigfoot of the late '90s:
Road Rules and the marathons they would have for it on MTV; it was the only way you could binge-watch a show back then:
McDonald's fries that came in packages that looked like this:
The Peach Pit After Dark on Beverly Hills, 90210 — which like every character owned at some point in the show (it made zero sense):
Brisk's claymation commercials:
E!'s Talk Soup that was hosted by John Henson (the original way to watch ~viral videos~):
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