1. Say What? Karaoke, which was hosted by Dave Holmes and always seemed to be on at the most random times:
2. Jewel's poetry book:
3. Wendy the "Snapple Lady," who appeared in all of the company's commercials:
4. Hot Topic stores that had a neon green sign outside and were bright inside (before they became dark dungeons):
5. The cast of Friends' "Who’s gonna drink the Diet Coke?" ad campaign that made no sense:
6. Mossimo being an upscale brand you could only get at fancy department stores:
7. Buying a CD at Blockbuster Music (which was a separate entity from Blockbuster Video):
8. Imani Coppola's "Legend of the Cowgirl"...
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9. ...and Jimmy Ray's "Jimmy Ray." They played their videos non-stop on MTV and VH1:
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10. The teen movie Teaching Mrs. Tingle, which starred Katie Holmes and Helen Mirren (!!!):
11. Lever 2000 soap, which every mom loved to buy in bulk:
12. Rolling Stone magazine when it came in a larger size (and, also, The Prodigy):
13. Jane magazine, which was oh-so-cool and grown-up:
14. Levis' "I Think I Love You" wide leg jeans commercial...
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15. ...and Levis' upscale Silver Tab jeans line:
16. MTV's Pager Network (which I don't think anybody even knew what the hell it was):
17. SNL's the "Roxbury Guys"...
18. ...and "Goth Talk," which was hosted by Circe Nightshade and Azrael Abyss:
19. Ordering a bunch of magazines from Publishers Clearing House and never paying for them:
20. Breath Asure, which promised to freshen your breath "from the inside out" — and by "fresh" they meant taste like parsley:
21. Clearlasil Daily Face Wash that came packaged like this:
22. The Spice Girls' "Generation Next" Pepsi commercial:
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23. Lay's WOW chips that were made with Olestra and gave people diarrhea:
24. Beeper protective holster cases...
25. ...and chains for the holsters so that you could attach them to your jeans 🤦🏻♂️:
26. Ultimate Dance Party 1997, which had dated songs by the time it was released, but still bopped:
27. The Pure Disco CD that your mom played at every family party:
28. E!'s Wild On!, which sometimes was a little trashy:
29. Structure clothing stores — which had the distinct looking faux Ionic columns façade in the front of its stores:
30. Serena Altschul as the main anchor of MTV News:
31. Five-Star binders that were super padded and had a Velcro to close it with:
32. Ben Stein in those Clear Eyes commercials:
33. Revlon's Street Wear collection, which was a serious dupe for Urban Decay makeup:
34. Old Navy's Tech Vest, which always seemed to be the "Item of the Week":
35. Using Mentadent and thinking it was the bougie toothpaste:
36. Volkswagen's "Da Da Da" commercial that seemed to play every 25 minutes:
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37. MTV's The Sifl and Olly Show:
38. Those random free CD compilations you could get if you subscribed to Entertainment Weekly:
39. Hot Pockets Toaster Breaks Pizza, which was basically a Hot Pocket you could put in a toaster:
40. Those bright yellow Tower Records shopping bags:
41. These Skechers boots that everyone owned:
42. Billy Blanks' Tae Bo workout tapes (which just randomly appeared in your house somehow):
43. Chupacabra-mania — the Bigfoot of the late '90s:
44. Road Rules and the marathons they would have for it on MTV; it was the only way you could binge-watch a show back then:
45. McDonald's fries that came in packages that looked like this:
46. The Peach Pit After Dark on Beverly Hills, 90210 — which like every character owned at some point in the show (it made zero sense):
47. Brisk's claymation commercials:
48. E!'s Talk Soup that was hosted by John Henson (the original way to watch ~viral videos~):
49. And finally, the Rachael Leigh Cook “This Is Your Brain on Drugs” PSA were she goes cray:
