I Love the 90s
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I Love the 90s is a television mini-series originally produced by the BBC, and later for American audiences by VH1, in which various music and TV personalities reminisce about 1990s culture. I Love 1990 premiered on 18 August 2001 in the UK, with the final part I Love 1999 premiering on 3 November 2001. In the United States, the show premiered on July 12, 2004.
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Partial list of featured ideas and happenings of the 90s
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Movies
- Armageddon
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
- Babe
- The Big Lebowski
- Blair Witch Project
- The Bodyguard
- Boogie Nights
- Boyz N the Hood
- Braveheart
- Clueless
- Dances with Wolves
- Dazed and Confused
- Edward Scissorhands
- Fight Club
- Forrest Gump
- Free Willy
- The Fugitive
- The Full Monty
- Ghost
- Goodfellas
- Independence Day
- Jerry Maguire
- Jurassic Park
- The Matrix
- New Jack City
- Office Space
- Point Break
- Pretty Woman
- Pulp Fiction
- Reality Bites
- Reservoir Dogs
- The Silence of the Lambs
- Single White Female
- The Sixth Sense
- Sling Blade
- Speed
- Thelma and Louise
- There's Something About Mary
- Toy Story
- Twister
- Waterworld
- Wayne's World
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Music
- Ace of Base's "The Sign"
- Alanis Morissette
- The Alicia Silverstone trilogy of Aerosmith videos
- Aqua's "Barbie Girl"
- Arrested Development
- The Backstreet Boys
- Billy Ray Cyrus' "Achy Breaky Heart"
- Blind Melon's "No Rain"
- Boyz II Men
- C&C Music Factory's "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
- Chumbawamba's "Tubthumping"
- Color Me Badd
- Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise"
- The Crash Test Dummies' "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"
- Deee-Lite's "Groove Is in the Heart"
- Digital Underground's "The Humpty Dance"
- Dr. Dre/Snoop Dogg
- Fiona Apple
- Garth Brooks
- Gerardo's "Rico Suave"
- Girls in Teen pop: Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Mandy Moore, Jessica Simpson
- Grunge
- Hanson
- Hootie and the Blowfish
- Jewel
- Joan Osborne's "One of Us"
- John Tesh
- Kris Kross
- Latin music explosion: Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias, Marc Anthony
- LFO's "Summer Girls"
- Lilith Fair
- Lou Bega's "Mambo No. 5"
- Macarena
- Marilyn Manson's "The Dope Show"
- Master P's "Make 'Em Say Uhh"
- MC Hammer/Vanilla Ice
- Metallica's "Enter Sandman"
- Natalie Imbruglia's "Torn"
- Oasis
- Quad City DJ's' "C'Mon Ride the Train"
- Rednex's "Cotton Eye Joe"
- Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy"
- Salt-n-Pepa
- Sinéad O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U"
- Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back"
- The Spice Girls
- Swing revival
- TLC
- Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You"
- Will Smith's "Gettin Jiggy wit It"
- Wilson Phillips' "Hold On"
- Woodstock '94
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Television
- Ally McBeal
- Barney & Friends
- Beverly Hills 90210
- Dawson's Creek
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
- Family Matters
- Frasier
- Hercules: The Legendary Journeys/Xena: Warrior Princess
- In Living Color
- The Jerry Springer Show
- Martin
- Melrose Place
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
- Murphy Brown
- The Nanny
- NYPD Blue
- Party of Five
- Quantum Leap
- The Real World
- Ren and Stimpy
- South Park
- Teletubbies
- Twin Peaks
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
- The X-Files
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Fashion trends
- Bugle Boy jeans
- Guess? jeans ads
- Heroin chic
- Snap bracelets
- Tattoos/Body piercing
- Tommy Hilfiger
- Zubaz
- Beanie Babies
- Digital pets
- Furbies
- Mortal Kombat
- PlayStation
- Tickle Me Elmo
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Sports
- Dave Johnson and Dan O'Brien in the failed "Dan and Dave" Reebok ads
- Dennis Rodman
- Dream Team
- Extreme sports
- George Foreman
- John Rocker
- Marge Schott
- Mark McGwire vs. Sammy Sosa
- Mike Tyson bites Evander Holyfield
- Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding
- Scott Norwood blows a field goal and loses Super Bowl XXV
- Tiger Woods
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People and events
- Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky
- Bob Dole
- Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill
- Dolly the sheep
- Elián González
- Fabio
- Hugh Grant and Divine Brown
- Jack Kevorkian
- Jesse Ventura becomes governor of Minnesota
- Joey Buttafuoco and Amy Fisher
- John Bobbitt has his penis cut off
- John Glenn returns to space
- The Kathie Lee Gifford sweatshop scandal
- Marion Barry smokes crack with a prostitute
- The McCaughey septuplets
- The O.J. Simpson white Bronco chase
- Paul Reubens gets caught masturbating
- Ross Perot
- Susan Lucci finally wins a Daytime Emmy
- Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn
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Fads
- The Y2K bug
- The Atkins diet
- Chat rooms
- Crystal Pepsi
- Ebonics
- Harry Potter books
- I've fallen and I can't get up
- The Lambada
- M&M's spokescandies
- Madonna's Sex
- Martha Stewart
- Mentos commercials
- Rollerblades
- Snapple
- Soccer moms
- The Taco Bell chihuahua
- Tae-Bo
- Viagra
- Where's Waldo?
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List of episodes
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Recurring segments
- MC Hammer presents the dance songs for each year.
- Liz Phair presents the "Dirty Alternative Rockers" for each year.
- Wendy The Snapple Lady answers viewers' e-mail.
- A various celebrity gives a raw and uncensored opinion on a pop culture event from each year.
- Michael Bolton presents the female entertainment personalities he calls "Hotties" for each year.
- Jay & Silent Bob re-name each year's favorite TV show.
- Jerry Springer gives his "final thoughts" on that year at the end of each show.
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