I Love the '90s (U.S. TV series)

"I Love the '90s" is a television mini-series produced by VH1 in which various music and TV personalities reminisce about 1990s culture. The show premiered July 12, 2004 with the episode "I Love 1990" and aired two episodes daily until July 16, 2004, when it ended with "I Love 1999". On January 17, 2005, a sequel (named "") was aired in the same fashion.

Recurring segments

* MC Hammer presents the best dance songs for each year.
* Liz Phair presents the best "Dirty Alternative Rockers" for each year.
* Wendy The Snapple Lady answers viewer e-mail.
* Various celebrity commentators offer a raw and uncensored opinion on a pop culture event from each year, extended from the segment devoted to it.
* Michael Bolton presents the top 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; this is a parody of the segment of the same name on The Jerry Springer Show.

Topics covered by year

1990

*"Pretty Woman"
*"Twin Peaks"
*"Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinéad O'Connor
*Marion Barry scandal
*"Ghost"
*Jack Kevorkian's controversial suicide technique
*"The Humpty Dance" by Digital Underground
*MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice
*"The Forbidden Dance" and Lambada
*"How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" by Michael Bolton
*"I've fallen and I can't get up" commercials
*"Groove Is In The Heart" by Deee-lite
*Provocative ads for Guess
*"Dances with Wolves"
*"In Living Color"
*"Hold On" by Wilson Phillips
*"Edward Scissorhands"
*Slap bracelets
*"Goodfellas"

1991

*"Beverly Hills 90210" (debuted the previous year)
*"Boyz N the Hood"
*The Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill sexual harassment hearings
*Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and the rise of grunge music
*"New Jack City"
*Color Me Badd
*The "Are those Bugle Boy jeans you're wearing?" commercial
*Gerardo's "Rico Suave"
*"Thelma and Louise"
*"Family Matters" (original debut 1989)
*Pee-Wee Herman caught masturbating
*Super Bowl XXV
*Metallica's "Enter Sandman"
*"Point Break"
*C+C Music Factory's "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
*Rollerblades
*Garth Brooks
*"The Silence of the Lambs"

1992

* "Wayne's World"
* Amy Fisher and Joey Buttafuoco
* Billy Ray Cyrus's "Achy Breaky Heart"
* Ross Perot
* Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy"
* Fabio
* "The Real World"
* Woody Allen marries his stepdaughter
* Kris Kross
* Madonna's "Sex" book
* Sir Mix-a-lot's "Baby Got Back"
* The Dream Team
* "The Ren and Stimpy Show" (debuted the previous year)
* "Murphy Brown" (original debut 1988)
* "Single White Female"
* Arrested Development
* "Reservoir Dogs"
* Mortal Kombat
* "Barney"
* "Thomas the Tank Engine
* Reebok's "Dan & Dave" campaign
* "The Bodyguard"

1993

* "Jurassic Park"
* Marge Schott's ethnic slur
* Snow's "Informer"
* "Where's Waldo?"
* "Martin" (debuted the previous year)
* "Free Willy"
* John and Lorena Bobbitt
* Blind Melon's "No Rain"
* "The Fugitive"
* The Waco Siege
* "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"
* Snoop Dogg
* "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers"
* "Dazed and Confused"
* Crystal Pepsi
* "Quantum Leap" (cancellation that year)
* Aerosmith's "Get A Grip"
* "The X-Files"

1994

* "Melrose Place" (original debut 1992)
* Tonya Harding vs. Nancy Kerrigan
* "Reality Bites"
* John Tesh
*Jim Carrey
* "Speed"
* The O.J. Simpson slow-speed chase
* "NYPD Blue" (debuted the previous year)
* Crash Test Dummies' "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"
* George Foreman becomes the oldest heavyweight champion
* Boyz II Men
* Tommy Hilfiger
* "Pulp Fiction"
* Ace of Base
* Woodstock '94
* Salt N Pepa
* "Forrest Gump"

1995

*"Toy Story"
*"Party of Five" (debuted the previous year)
*Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise"
*Snapple
*"Waterworld"
*Hugh Grant caught with prostitute Divine Brown
*M&Ms spokescandies commercials
*Heroin chic
*TLC's "CrazySexyCool"
*"Clueless"
*Rednex's cover of "Cotton-Eyed Joe"
*"Xena" and ""
*Tattoos and piercings
*"Babe"
*PlayStation
*Chat rooms
*X Games and MTV Sports
*Hootie and the Blowfish
*"Braveheart"

1996

* The Macarena
*Oakland Ebonics controversy
* "Twister"
* "The Nanny" (original debut 1993)
* Tickle Me Elmo
* Oasis
* "Independence Day"
* Bob Dole
* Zubaz
* Tiger Woods
* Dennis Rodman
* Mentos commercials
* Quad City DJs's "C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)"
* Alanis Morissette
* Kathie Lee Gifford's child labor scandal
* "Sling Blade"
* Joan Osborne's "One Of Us"
* "Jerry Maguire"

1997

*""
*Spice Girls
*McCaughey septuplets
*Chumbawamba's "Tubthumping"
*"The Full Monty"
*Hanson
*Dolly the sheep
*Beanie Babies
*"Boogie Nights"
*Fiona Apple
*Tamagotchi
*Jewel
*"Ally McBeal"
*Aqua's "Barbie Girl"
*Lilith Fair
*Mike Tyson bites off a piece of Evander Holyfield's ear
*The Heaven's Gate cult
*"South Park"

1998

*The Lewinsky scandal
*Viagra
*John Glenn's return to space
*"Armageddon"
*Will Smith's "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It"
*"Teletubbies"
*Backstreet Boys
*"Dawson's Creek"
*"Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia
*"The Jerry Springer Show"
*Jesse Ventura becomes governor of Minnesota
*Marilyn Manson's "The Dope Show"
*Furby
*"The Big Lebowski"
*The Swing Revival
*WWF vs. WCW
*Mark McGwire vs. Sammy Sosa
*"Frasier" (original debut 1993)
*Martha Stewart
*The soccer mom
*Master P's "Make 'Em Say Uhhh"
*"There's Something About Mary"

1999

*"The Blair Witch Project"
*Tae Bo
*"Who Wants To Be A Millionaire"
*LFO's "Summer Girls"
*Y2K
*"Fight Club"
*The Taco Bell chihuahua
*John Rocker
*Owen Hart's death
*"The Sixth Sense"
*Harry Potter
*Latin music explosion, specifically Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias, and Marc Anthony
*The Elián González affair
*Lou Bega's "Mambo No. 5"
*"Office Space"
*Susan Lucci wins an Emmy after nineteen consecutive nominations
*Teen pop explosion, specifically Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Mandy Moore, and Jessica Simpson
*The Atkins Diet
*"The Matrix"

External links

* [http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/i_love_the_90s/series.jhtml I Love the 90s at VH1.com]