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By Connor Lees

He knows when you are sleeping. He knows when you’re awake. No, not Santa. FURBY.

Yes, this little demon seed combination of bird, guinea pig, and concentrated hate was a staple of many a 90’s childhood. And when I say staple I mean they scared the shit out of everyone.

Of course, these were always received as gifts because when unsuspecting ...

By Alexandra McComas

Maybe it’s a testimony to my eternal dorkiness, but I’m a wimp when it comes to scary movies and gory horror films.  I very simply can’t go there.  When a girl can be forever filled with terror by Jurassic Park and Gremlins, legitimate horror releases are out of the question.

So where am I, and others like me (don’t ...

By Elizabeth Elliott

Most anyone that was worth something in the 90′s remembers pogs, those little cardboard discs with pictures on them.  Pogs allowed typical 90′s youths to express their unique tastes and individuality at a level only the recent advent of Silly Bandz has been able to approach.  You could get Simpsons pogs.  You could ...

By Xavier Harding

Face – (n) the front part of a person’s head from the forehead to the chin; or the corresponding part on an animal.

In most cases this definition of “face” is true—except for the most important case of all. If it were up to Nickelodeon Junior (Nick Jr. for short) to decide what the word meant, they would tell ...

By Audra Foster

Remember Roseanne? That nice little show on Nick@Nite about the nice little family with their nice little house and nice little lives? Why, I remember it like it was yesterday…

The parents’ names were Dan and Roseanne Connor, (played by John Goodman and Roseanne Barr), and they never ever got into arguments or fought over anything. Roseanne was the ...

By Alex Thompson

As soon as we hear the words: “I wanna be the very best…”, we all know exactly what the following phrase it. We all remember either getting up early at 6:15 to watch the show before school or flying home at 3:30 to catch the show after. We all remember waiting in lines in front of Toys ‘R ...

By Audra Foster

We know you missed this column, but we also know what you’ve missed even more—your all-time favorite after-school snack: Dunk-a-roos!

We know you remember what it was like to take the bus home from school, run in your front door, and see your favorite yummy graham crackers just waiting for you to dunk them in frosting.

But DID YOU KNOW? ...

By Mike Altman

Welcome back to This Week in 90′s Nostalgia, where we travel in time to the land of grunge gods, the messiah prince of Bel Air and devil possessed Furbys. Let’s face it, you know you miss the 90′s and still secretly say WAZZZAP.

Today we revisit our favorite ice princess: Michelle Kwon. Her moves give you the chills. ...

By Sebastian DiNatale

Hello, and welcome all to our newest section of the Forum: This Week in 90′s Nostalgia, where every week we will showcase a familiar singer, television show, product, etc., reminding you that your life as a child was amazing, and that you can never go back to the comforts of the “mellow 90′s”.

We will be starting this wonderful ...