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The Top 10 Best Cartoon Cereal Mascots – Ranked

These cartoon cereal mascots still make us want to pour milk over a bowl of our most treasured childhood cereals. To put it simply, they are grrrrreat!

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Pac-Man: A Look Back at the Influential ‘80s Arcade Video Game

One of the most influential arcade video games in history has got to be Pac-Man! Today we take a look at how it came to be.

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’90s Lunchbox Staple: Gushers

Your lunchtime bartering power rose to the top when you had a packet of Gushers in your lunchbox. What made them so special?

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Oh! I remember that!

The Clapper: Cheer Yourself To Sleep

Billboard’s “The Hot 100” #1 Singles of 1988 – RANKED

Dream Phone: The Best ‘90s Slumber Party Board Game

Movies

The Top 10 ‘80s Teen Romance Movies to Remember – Ranked

The ’80s were a heyday of teen romance movies thanks to teen master John Hughes. But he’s not the only one who gave us iconic ’80s teen romance movies! Today we rank the top 10.

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Meg Ryan’s Romantic Comedies – Ranked

Take a look back at Meg Ryan’s iconic romantic comedies and see where your favorites ranked!

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Brink! vs. Airborne: Which ’90s Rollerblading Movie Is Totally Da Bomb?

It’s time for a ’90s rollerblading showdown: Brink! vs. Airborne. Which movie is better? To be honest, if you like one you probably will like the other, but we’re here to break them down and decide which reigns supreme.

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The Top 10 ‘90s Kids Sports Feature Films – Ranked

If you wanted a feel good sports film in the ’90s, there were plenty of options to choose from. Today we’re ranking the top 10 ’90s kids sports feature films.

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TELEVISION

The 5 Most Memorable Animated Christmas TV Specials – Ranked

It’s not Christmas without one of the animated holiday TV specials airing in the background. We’re here to rank the five most memorable.

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The 10 Best ‘90s Animated TV Show Theme Songs – Ranked

Sometimes, the most memorable part of a TV show you loved from your childhood is the theme song. Today, we’re ranking the 10 best animated TV show theme songs from the 1990s.

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’90s Teen Dream Girl: Sarah Michelle Gellar Edition

It’s time to take a look back at one of our favorite ‘90s stars, one of the ultimate kick-ass girls of the era, none other than… Sarah Michelle Gellar!

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The Ren and Stimpy Show: The Absolute Craziest ’90s Nicktoon to Ever Exist

One of the original ’90s Nicktoons was The Ren and Stimpy Show, a dark, shocking, and innuendo-laden animated series that influenced the animation industry for years to come.

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Music

Billboard Hot 100 Top #1 Singles of 1994 – RANKED

We wish we could stay in 1994, but at least we can rank the top Billboard Hot 100 #1 Singles of the year.

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Eat My Vids: All of the (Complete) ‘90s Spice Girls Music Videos – Ranked

The Spice Girls were an iconic part of the ’90s, even though they weren’t together for very long. Today we’re ranking all of their music videos!

Bianca Paris June 18, 2021 No Comments

Eat My Vids: Paula Abdul’s ‘80s and ‘90s Music Videos – Ranked

Paula Abdul was forever everyone’s girl in the late ’80s and early ’90s — but what about her music videos? We’re ranking all of her music videos from her heyday.

Bianca Paris May 28, 2021 No Comments

Billboard Hot 100 Top #1 Singles of 1992 – RANKED

We will always love these singles from 1992 — check out our ranking of the top songs that made it to the top of Billboard’s Hot 100 list.

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Technology

Geocities: The Best Web Neighborhood of the ‘90s

If you wanted to build your own website in the late ’90s, there was no cooler place to do so than Geocities. Let’s take a look back at the history and heinous design choices.

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Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Everywhere!

Carmen Sandiego was everywhere in the ’90s — video games, board games, game shows, animated series — the edutainment franchise took the world by storm.

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Talkboy: The Coolest ‘90s Toy Inspired by a Movie Prop

No one was as cool as Home Alone’s Kevin McAllister in the ’90s. But, you could at least try by getting yourself a Talkboy.

Jen Brown March 5, 2021 2 Comments

The 10 Most Influential ’80s Technology Innovations

The ’80s featured the ultimate in a combination of technology and culture. Let’s take a look back at the 10 most influential ’80s technology innovations.

Jen Brown March 26, 2021 No Comments

Food

The 11 Most Awesomely Memorable ’90s Bubblegums

Were you an Ouch fan or all about that Bubble Beeper? Whatever the case, you surely enjoyed some gum in the ’90s. Today we’re taking a look back at the best ’90s bubblegum!

Jen Brown April 28, 2021 No Comments

Reese’s Seasonal Shapes: Better than the Original

That’s right, we said it: Reese’s seasonal shapes are better than the original peanut butter cup!

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’90s Lunchbox Staple: Fruit by the Foot

Was there anything more fun than unrolling a Fruit by the Foot in the ’90s? Doubtful.

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‘90s Lunchbox Staple: Sunny Delight

If you had one of your own individual-sized Sunny Delight’s in your lunchbox in the ’90s, you were super hip.

Jen Brown May 5, 2021 1 Comment

Beauty / Fashion

15 Tubular ‘80s Fashion Trends

From mullets to music, the ’80s were iconic. But it wasn’t just the hair and the tunes — oh no — it was also the FASHION!

Jen Brown June 16, 2021 No Comments

15 Key ’90s Fashion Accessories in Every Girl’s Mini Backpack

To be in the cool girl crowd in the ’90s, you had to have a mini backpack — today we’re taking a look at 15 of the ’90s fashion accessories you carried in your coveted backpack.

Jen Brown January 8, 2021 No Comments