2. The Fired Up! "as seen on TV" compilation CD, which, honestly, was actually pretty good:
And the fire commercial it had that made you want to get it immediately (and also played repeatedly in your mind):
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3. Those weird and random different music countdown specials that VH1 put out in the early 2000s — like 40 Most Awesomely Bad Love Songs...Ever:
5. The beanbag toys the Disney Store released to compete with Beanie Babies:
6. And the cool, limited edition lithographs the Disney Store would give you if you preordered a VHS movie with them:
7. Riverdance starring Michael Flatley — which was pretty meh, but everyone's mom was into it:
8. Manually having to turn off your PC and having "Turn off computer" options on Windows XP that looked like this:
10. The Starbucks iTunes Pick of the Week cards that had an artist you wanted to hear at least 50% of the time. Even if you didn't care for the artist, it was still FREE:
11. The catchy-as-heck Starbucks Doubleshot Espresso "Glen" commercial, which featured Survivor doing a take on their "Eye of the Tiger" song:
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13. Michigan J. Frog as the mascot for WB TV, and the entertaining bumpers and commercials he appeared in:
14. Blockbuster cards that were laminated in that super-hard plastic. Seriously, that thing could take a bullet and it wouldn't even penetrate it:
15. And the branded microwave popcorn that Blockbuster had in its checkout line (that everyone ended up buying because the store also smelled like it):
staying out of the blockbuster discourse. just gonna sit here and eat my popcorn.
16. MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch, which, looking back, was a bit problematic and not very funny:
17. Those Girls Gone Wild commercials that played at midnight (usually on MTV, E!, and Comedy Central) and you were scared someone would catch you watching, even if by accident:
19. The whole Tinker Bell mania, but in particular, all the very sassy and weird Tink T-shirts Disney put out:
20. Morgan Fairchild and Magic the Dog in those campy late-'90s and early-'00s Old Navy commercials that always included "the item of the week" at the end of them:
21. And Lil' Kim's kinda cringey "You're in the hood now" Old Navy holiday commercial:
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22. The CD section at Borders that was filled with light-wood displays full of disorganized and overpriced CDs. Even though you knew they were pricey, you were always tempted to buy some:
23. Steve Carell as a correspondent on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart:
24. And Jon Stewart and The Daily Show's book, America (the Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction, which parodied a school textbook:
25. The 100-pack blank CD spindles you would have right next to your computer — you always tried to get the biggest pack you could find so you knew you wouldn't run out quick:
27. Hilary Duff's Stuff clothing line, which she sold through Target:
30. E!'s Wild On series, which they only played late at night because it was always more on the PG-13 side:
31. The weird and kinda creepy Levi's commercial for the low-rise jeans that featured the belly buttons singing Diana Ross's "I'm Coming Out":
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32. Ace and Gary, who were the stars of Saturday Night Live's hilarious "The Ambiguously Gay Duo":
33. And the other genius SNL "TV Funhouse" animated sketches — like The Smurfette Show:
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35. And lastly, waking up to the song "Low Rider" playing loudly because you fell asleep with the TV on, and a rerun of the George Lopez Show came on late at night:
