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12 Essential ‘90s Clothing Brands

Remember Bum Equipment and Limited Too? Of course you do! Take a look back at 12 of the most essential ’90s clothing brands.

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The 10 Best ‘80s Commercial Jingles To Get Stuck In Your Head – Ranked

Warning: You WILL get these ’80s commercial jingles stuck in your head. But we think you’ll secretly love it! We’re ranking the top 10 best commercial jingles from the ’80s.

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Choose Your Own Adventure: You’re (Still) the Star of the Story

If you decide to read about the Choose Your Own Adventure series of books, click the link.
If you decide you’d rather read something else, keep scrolling.

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Oh! I remember that!

’90s Teen Dream Girl: Christina Ricci Edition

10 Awesome (or Awesomely Bad) ’90s Mens Hairstyles

Christmas Cereals of the ’90s: The Ultimate in Sugary Anticipation

Movies

Meg Ryan’s Romantic Comedies – Ranked

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

Jen Brown January 26, 2021 No Comments

The Renaissance of Animated Disney Movies (1989-1999) – Ranked

If you grew up in the ‘90s, you may not have known it, but you were living in a golden age of Walt Disney Animation Studios movies. And now it’s time to rank those movies!

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Ranking The Christmas Movies of the ‘80s

Bust out your VHS player – we’re ranking the Christmas movies of the ‘80s! Did your favorite make it to the top spot?

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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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TELEVISION

The 10 Best ‘90s Commercial Jingles To Get Stuck In Your Head – Ranked

Singing slogans have been around for a long time, but the ’90s served up some of the most memorable commercial jingles that we had to rank the top 10!

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The Most Awesome-est Episodes of Saved by the Bell

It’s time to celebrate the best episodes of one of the quintessential early ’90s teen shows – Saved by the Bell!

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The Top 10 ‘90s TV Love Triangles – Ranked

’90s TV love triangles made all of us think we were destined to be loved by two different people and have to choose between them. Not so common in real life, but ’90s TV shows were all about some dramatic love triangles.

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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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Music

Billboard Hot 100 Top #1 Singles of 1993 – RANKED

We can’t help falling in love with these Billboard Hot 100 singles from 1993 — check out our ranking of the number one singles and see if you agree!

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Billboard Hot 100 Top #1 Singles of 1998 – RANKED

We’re gettin’ jiggy with these ’90s hits! Check out our ranking of the Billboard Hot 100 singles of 1998.

Bianca Paris May 13, 2021 No Comments

Billboard’s “The Hot 100” #1 Singles of 1985 – RANKED

It’s time to head back to the mid-80s for a ranking of Billboard’s The Hot 100 #1 Singles of 1985!

Bianca Paris February 11, 2021 No Comments

The 10 Best Original Christmas Songs Released in the ’90s

Our totally subjective list of the 10 best holiday hits released in the 1990s, ’cause don’t you get sick of the same old classics over and over again?

Bianca Paris December 17, 2020 No Comments

Technology

ReBoot: A Look Back at the First Fully CGI Animated Half Hour Television Show

Though some version of CGI animation had been around since the ’80s, it was the ’90s that saw some real impact on the entertainment world. Let’s take a look back at ReBoot, the first half hour television show to be fully computer animated.

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Welcome to Retropond

Welcome to Retropond, a brand new website dedicated to everything you grew up loving, from Saved by the Bell, to Dunkaroos, to Teddy Ruxpin, to Gameboy, Oregon Trail, and everything in between.

Jen Brown November 30, 2020 No Comments

The Oregon Trail: You Have Died of Dysentery

Did you ever make it to the end of The Oregon Trail, the educational computer game popular in the ’80s and ’90s? They sure tried hard to make that impossible!

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Napster: The Meteoric Rise and Fall of the Disruptive MP3 Giant

The modern music industry might look a whole lot different if not for the disruptive peer-to-peer MP3 file-sharing service Napster. Let’s take a look at it’s spectacular rise and subsequent mighty fall.

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Food

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!

Jen Brown May 19, 2021 1 Comment

Hot Pockets: An ‘80s Frozen Food Phenomenon

All about Hot Pockets, everyone’s favorite microwave snack that debuted in the ’80s.

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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: Lunchables

Was there anything more fun than pulling Lunchables out in the cafeteria in elementary school? We think not.

Jen Brown February 3, 2021 1 Comment

Beauty / Fashion

10 Popular ‘90s Hairstyles You Totally Rocked (At Least One Of) If You Were a ‘90s Girl

We take a look back at 10 of the most popular ’90s hairstyles, and if your ‘do didn’t match any of these, then did you even really live in the ‘90s?

Jen Brown February 26, 2021 No Comments

Charm Bracelets: The Lasting Jewelry Sensation

One of the most enduring pieces of jewelry are charm bracelets — it’s been around in some form since ancient times. We’re taking a look back at their history.

Jen Brown March 9, 2021 2 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