1995, Rachel, Monica, Ross, Phoebe, Chandler & Joey became America's best “Friends”. And if you were more of a family type, not to worry...Party of Five gave us the Salingers. What could say “family show” more than a show about 5 kids whose parents were killed in a drunk driving accident? They probably could have been saved by Dr. Ross a.k.a. George Clooney on “ER”. But what if you feel like some adventure? Xena & Hercules could use some help in their journey. Although I don't know if you’d look that great in a skirt. Speaking of good legs,did someone say Mel Gibson? Braveheart topped the year's box offices. Now what if you need a little play time? How about Toy Story - who ever said that toys couldn't speak? But they weren't the only ones...M&M's came to life in 1995 with our beloved Red & Yellow, and Frogs started praising the joys of Bud-wei-ser. The Sony Playstation was born. Scandals of 1995: Drew Barrymore flashed Dave Letterman, and Hugh Grant was caught with Divine Brown...oh my! I guess they got inspired by 1995's sexy classic, “Show Girls” Any music? This was definitely the year of Hootie & the BlowFish "I Only Want To Be With You" was played everywhere. TLC surprised us with "Crazy, Sexy Cool" and Bone Thugs in Harmony dropped their album. The fashion consisted of many mini skirts, tattoos, piercings, baggy jeans and heroin chic were all the rage in 1995. If you got confused you could ask Cher, she definitely was the fashion expert in “Clueless”. As if!!!! 1996, How 'bout Dennis Rodman in a white wedding dress? That'll keep you up nights. But Dennis wasn't the only sportsman making news in '96. A young Tiger went pro and ate the competition alive. ’96 had a warm and fuzzy side: Tickle Me Elmo had kids everywhere giggling deliriously...while the rest of us went crazy trying to learn the Macarena. “America's Funniest Home Videos” and Mentos commercials hit the TV waves. Meanwhile, ”Independence Day” hit the bigger screen. Well, Come on Ride The Train but, be sure to strap yourself in because this is one “Twister” of a year.
’97-‘99
1997, mmm bopped its way into our hearts, bought us a talking chihuahua, Dolly the first cloned sheep, the first septuplets were born, Mike Tyson went on a biting frenzy and we were introduced to Matt & Ben. 1997 gave birth to true girl power - the Spice Girls told us what we really, really wanted, Ally McBeal showed us that you really could be a better lawyer if you wore a mini skirt, talked to a dancing baby and NEVER ate. Buffy kicked eveyone's butt. “Titanic” ruled the box office and sending millions home with the theme song stuck in their head…FOREVER. Tamagotchi helped us figure out it was easier to take care of an electronic pet than a real one. ”Wowza! "1998’s Sex and the City made the number one priority “Getting Jiggy Wit It”. McGwire and Sosa battled it out to break the home run record. The Backstreet Boys became the biggest boy band. There was “Something About Mary” There was Martha Stewart who made something out of anything. And then there was the Jerry Springer Show. Even the Teletubbies. the National Security Agency banned the toy Furby from its offices citing a national security threat. Armageddon arrived, allowing Bruce Willis team of oil drillers to save the earth and Dr. Fraiser Crane kept us sane…until everyone knew Y2K was coming. While everyone was quick to stock up on canned goods, bottled water and cut off the computer, it was 1999!!! Many awaited the return of Star Wars. Jar Jar Binks?? Everyone suddenly thought Regis Philbin was cool and that he could make us all millionaires, Lou Bega was preaching his Mambo #5 all over town. Christina, Britney, Jessica & Mandy popped out of nowhere to the top of the charts. Tony Soprano had everyone glued to their television sets. Sunday night, the Mafia was back in full effect and we loved it. Another powerhouse had us glued to the set - Mia Hamm and Brandi Chastain showed us true girl power by winning the World Cup. Do you see dead people? Haley Joel Osmand did and Bruce Willis confirmed it. Dr. Atkins told us all to stick to the beef and we too could shake our lambada like Ricky, Enrique and Mark Anthony. 1999 got millions of kids and adults to fall in love with Harry Potter - reading was suddenly fun again. So all you Matrix fans are you going to take the red pill and see where this rabbit hole goes? Grab your Pokemon because that’s 1999 for ya!
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