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E!'s Talk Soup hosted by John Henson, which was the old-school way to watch viral videos...
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...and Coming Attractions , which was literally a half-hour show of just movie trailers:
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Volkswagen's "Da Da Da" commerical for its Golf car:
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4. The Kmart Cafe, which had the distinct Little Caesars smell that would hit your face as soon as you walked into the store:
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Snaps , which had some of the best insults and jokes ever:
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"Goth Talk" on SNL , which was hosted by Circe Nightshade and Azrael Abyss:
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The late-'90s Disney Channel logo that was a TV with Mickey ears:
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The '90s-meets-psychedelic design on Fruitopia vending machines:
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The creepy AF Puttermans from the Duracell commercials:
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Having a ton of blank VHS tapes with covers that looked like this:
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Blank cassette tapes that were supposed to capture the sound of CDs best, but honestly, sound exactly the same:
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The THX logo that would play before some movies. (And that you can still hear in your head!):
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And the green FBI warning screen that played before Disney VHS tapes:
15. Having to put on Channel 3 if you wanted to watch a movie or play a video game:
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Buddy Lee from the Lee Jeans commercials (which I am sure was a haunted doll):
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The Jerry Springer Too Hot for TV! VHS tape that they would show commercials for late at night:
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Magic the Dog and all the Old Navy commercials he appeared in:
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Dave Thomas, who was the founder of Wendy's and appeared in all the commercials for them:
20. These chairs that your parents still had from the '80s, and that were only comfortable for like two minutes:
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Lay's Wow chips that were made with Olestra and gave people diarrhea :
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The Living in the '90s CD commercial that played ALL THE TIME and only had songs from 1990–92:
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Having to know what type of film you needed to use depending on the time of day and/or exposure you wanted:
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Publishers Clearing House magazine stamps that you would use to order magazines that you then would never pay for:
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The Spice Girls' Generation Next Pepsi commercial (FTR, the song they sang was a bop):
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And the Brisk Iced Tea claymation commercials that featured celebs and characters like Rocky Balboa, Frank Sinatra , and Bruce Lee:
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Bath & Body works stores when they used to have red awnings and white shiplap on the exterior:
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The Chevron Cars who were OVER IT and loved to spill the tea about their owners:
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The ads inside TV Guide that would tell you what that week's episode of a TV show was going to be about:
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Lever 2000 soap, which every mom loved to buy in bulk:
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The late-'90s Sony CD Walkman that looked like UFOs:
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Those micro cassettes that were primarily used in answering machines:
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Wendy the "Snapple Lady," who appeared in all of the company's commercials:
37. The Coca-Cola Rewards Card, which got you free drinks at the movies and various restaurants (well, as long as you brought it with you):
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Binaca and how your breath wasn't minty fresh until it felt like you had burned a hole in your mouth with it:
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Real California Cheese commercials (that featured this logo):
40. Phones built into the back of airplane seats that required a credit card to use (and that you always wanted to use):
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Cookie Crook, Chip the Dog, and Cookie Cop as the mascots for Cookie Crisp cereal:
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The Nintendo Rumble Pak, which everyone would fight over (if you only had one) when playing N64:
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The giant cutout displays stores would have just to announce the release of an upcoming album or movie:
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Having to carry around change in case you needed to use a payphone:
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And lastly, Bree Sharp's David Duchovny parody song and video that is the most late-'90s thing ever and featured cameos from a ton of celebs like Brad Pitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Whoopi Goldberg, and Alex Trebek:
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