1. The Halloween episode of Family Matters that featured the the creepy AF ventriloquist's dummy, Stevil:
Which tried to kill Urkel!!!
2. Speaking of creepy puppet things, the Puttermans from the Duracell commercials were frightening as heck:
3. The hilarious Bud Light "Real Men of Genius" radio ads:
4. Fabio as the spokesperson for I Can't Believe It's Not Butter and his series of horny margarine commercials:
5. The Spice Girls dolls that, um, sorta looked like the Spice Girls:
6. And the Britney Spears doll that actually looked like her:
7. Toys "R" Us' blue checkout counters:
8. And Kay Bee Toys storing all its video games right behind the registers:
9. E!'s Talk Soup hosted by John Henson, which was the old-school way to watch viral videos...
10. ...and Coming Attractions, which was literally a half-hour show of just movie trailers:
11. McDonald's French fries when they came in the packaging with the stripe on the top:
12. And the huge plastic Super-Size soda cups that came designed so you could still put them in your car's cup holder:
13. Volkswagen's "Da Da Da" commercial for its Golf car:
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14. Those Big Dog T-shirts that were only worn by 13-year-old boys or 49-year-old men and no one else:
15. "Goth Talk" on SNL, which was hosted by Circe Nightshade and Azrael Abyss:
16. The turtle and pirate "art test" that was featured in the commercials for Art Instruction Schools:
17. The late-'90s Disney Channel logo that was a TV with Mickey ears:
18. The '90s-meets-psychedelic design on Fruitopia vending machines:
19. The empty, plasticky-smelling 35mm photo film canisters that you would either use to play with, or if you were older, store your weed in:
20. Laura, the very Gen X, couldn't-give-a-crap secretary on Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist:
21. Having a ton of blank VHS tapes with covers that looked like this:
22. And all the extra labels that came with blank VHS tapes that no one would ever use:
23. The bunch of coupons that came inside Disney VHS tapes:
24. The THX logo that would play before some movies. (And that you can still hear in your head!):
25. And the green FBI warning screen that played before Disney VHS tapes:
26. Seeing billboards for cigarettes everywhere (and not even thinking twice about it):
27. The ads inside TV Guide that would tell you what that week's episode of a TV show was going to be about:
28. Gap's "khaki swing" commercial that brilliantly used bullet time photography:
29. Those morbid, "What do you want on your Tombstone?" Tombstone Pizza commercials that featured people about to be killed saying what they wanted on their pizza:
30. Little Caesars' Pizza by the Foot:
31. Fancy restaurants that featured jewel-toned carpets, walls, and seat covers, and gold accents:
32. Every mall having a Glamour Shots store:
33. The 25 AOL free-trial CDs you and your family would get every month:
34. Magic the Dog and all the Old Navy commercials he appeared in:
35. And Dave Thomas, who was the founder of Wendy's and appeared in all the commercials for them:
36. Real California Cheese commercials (that featured this logo):
37. McDonald's gift certificates, which were always a default gift you got from a relative you didn't know very well:
38. Publishers Clearing House magazine stamps that you would use to order magazines that you would never pay for:
39. The Nintendo Rumble Pak, which everyone would fight over (if you only had one) when playing N64:
40. The Weekly World News newspaper that you would always see at the checkouts at the supermarket that had the most ludicrous stories on the covers:
41. Bath & Body Works stores when they used to have red awnings and white shiplap on the exterior:
42. Lever 2000 soap, which every mom loved to buy in bulk:
43. The Herbal Essences commercials that featured women having orgasms while using it:
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44. Automatic seatbelts that always felt flimsy as heck:
45. Every TV show having a CD soundtrack:
46. Those big Nature Sounds music displays inside Target:
47. These leather and plastic covers they made for the Nokia 3210 that was the equivalent of a plastic cover for a couch:
48. The Daily Show hosted by Craig Kilborn:
49. Blockbuster Video's "Guaranteed to be there" ad campaign — which, TBH, I don't know if anyone actually put to the test:
50. And lastly, Jeff Goldblum as the spokesperson for Apple:
