Be fain to be strike by a wafture of memories .
1.MTV’sSingled Out, which always had like 35 contestants who would get eliminated in the first round:
2.Rosie O’Donnellplaying different games with the audience in a segment on her show that aired before the guests came out:
3.The Jack in the Box car antenna topper — also, just antenna toppers in general:
4.Cool Spot, that was the 7-Up mascot, and that I never realized was supposed to be the dot from the 7-Up logo:
5.Movie guide books that gave you reviews and quick synopses of hundreds of films so you could know which movie to pick the next time you were at the video store:
6.Pizza Hut’s “The Pizza Head Show” commercials:
7.Steve Kmetko as the host ofE! News Daily:
8.AndComing Attractions, which was literally a half-hour show of just movie trailers:
9.The Best ofSNLVHS tapes your parents bought but never watched:
10.And theJerry Springer Too Hot for TV!VHS tape that they would show commercials for late at night:
11.The Free Money guy who was always dressed like the Riddler in his commercials:
12.The Body Shop, with its green façade and bay window displays:
13.And Suncoast Motion Picture Company, which had a huge selection of movies (that were all over-priced):
14.The stamps that came with the Columbia House VHS order forms in the mail:
15.And the magazine stamps and ordering forms that came in the Publishers Clearing House mailer:
16.The yellow and red plastic bags (that had that plasticky smell) that you’d get whenever you bought something at Tower Records:
17.Jon Stewart’s late-night talk show on MTV:
18.Mentadent toothpaste, which was the bougiest and messiest toothpaste you could get:
19.Cyber cafes, where you could buy a coffee and then log onto public computers and “surf the web”:
20.The “Diet Coke Break” commercial that featured female office workers thirsting over a shirtless construction worker:
21.TheRicki Lakeshow and her audience yelling “GO RICKI! GO RICKI!” at least 12 times an episode:
22.How stores would place developed photos in a section where anyone could just grab your photos if they wanted to:
23.The car stereos that had the removal faceplate (which everyone would usually just put under the seat):
24.Models Inc., the short-livedMelrose Placespin-off:
25.Marky Mark’s (akaMark Wahlberg) home workout VHS tape. But also, all the other celebs that released home workout tapes:
26.The sneaker phone that came free if you subscribed to Sports Illustrated:
27.The absolute trend phenomenon that was WonderBra:
28.All the extra labels that came with blank VHS tapes that no one would ever use:
29.Drew Barrymore’s infamous 1995 interview with David Letterman, where she jumped on his desk and flashed him:
30.And lastly, Apple’s “Think different” ad campaign which featured black and white photos of big cultural icons:
