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Fascinating Facts About the Original Mortal Kombat

When Mortal Kombat hit arcades across the country in 1992, it didn’t just enter the fighting game arena…it uppercutted its way into pop culture history. Developed by Midway, this gritty, digitized brawler stood apart from

RoboCop in WCW: When Sci-Fi Met Suplexes

Mickey Yarber

In the annals of pro wrestling history, few moments are as bizarre, or as gloriously ’90s, as the night RoboCop walked into a WCW ring. Capital Combat: Return of RoboCop, held on May 19, 1990, at

The ’90s Closed the Book On Saturday Morning Cartoons

Mickey Yarber

For generations of kids, Saturday mornings meant one thing: cereal in hand, eyes glued to the TV, and a lineup of animated heroes, slapstick antics, and toy-commercial interludes that stretched from dawn until lunch. But

HyperColor Was Going To Be the Fashion Trend Of the Future

Mickey Yarber

In the summer of 1991, fashion got weird—in the best way possible. That was the year Hypercolor shirts exploded onto the scene, turning ordinary cotton t-shirts into thermochromatic canvases that changed color with heat. For

The Short Life of the Chevy Chase Show

Mickey Yarber

In the crowded and competitive world of 1990s late-night television, The Chevy Chase Show stands out. Not for its longevity or acclaim, but for its spectacularly short and disappointing run. Airing on Fox in 1993, the show

Comics & Cards

Knightfall: The Breaking and Rebuilding of Batman

Mickey Yarber

Knightfall was the storyline that shattered Batman to his core, a brutal early‑’90s epic that broke the Dark Knight’s body, tested his legacy, and forced Gotham to confront what happens when its greatest hero finally falls.

The Easy‑Bake Oven Gave Us Tiny Cakes and Big Memories

Mickey Yarber

Mom didn’t always welcome your presence in the kitchen, and occasionally, she even had the gall to claim your old pots and pans symphonies, performed in wooden spoon G-minor, weren’t quite the delicious aural treat you remember

Pizza Hut’s Bigfoot Pizza: The Pizza So Big it Fed a Generation

Mickey Yarber

In the golden age of over-the-top fast food promotions, few items loomed as large, literally and culturally, as Pizza Hut’s Bigfoot Pizza. Launched in 1993, this rectangular behemoth wasn’t just a meal; it was a

Super Soaker 50: The Backyard Blaster That Ruled the Decade

Mickey Yarber

In the summer of 1990, backyards across America were transformed into splash zones thanks to a revolutionary new take on an old toy: the Super Soaker 50. Sleek, pressurized, and wildly powerful compared to the

Woodstock ’94: 2 More Days of Peace, Music, and Mud

Mickey Yarber

In August 1994, 25 years after the original Woodstock defined a generation, a new wave of music lovers descended on a muddy field in Saugerties, New York, for a revival that was part tribute, part

Fascinating Facts About Days of Thunder

Mickey Yarber

Released on June 27, 1990, Days of Thunder was Tom Cruise’s high-octane follow-up to Top Gun, reuniting him with director Tony Scott and producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. Set in the world of NASCAR,

Hulk Hogan and the Heel Turn That Shocked the Wrestling World

Mickey Yarber

In all the history of professional wrestling, few moments have rivaled the seismic shock of Hulk Hogan’s heel turn at WCW Bash at the Beach on July 7, 1996. For over a decade, Hogan had

POGs: The Fad That Slammed the ’90s

Mickey Yarber

In the world of ’90s playground obsessions, Tamagotchis, slap bracelets, and Beanie Babies, few fads hit harder (literally) than POGs. These colorful cardboard discs, paired with chunky “slammers,” turned recess into a battlefield of flips,

MTV Unplugged: Top 10 Performances of the 90s

Pitfall Gary

With the recent news of Paramount+ streaming the highly popular MTV Unplugged series I thought I’d take a look back at the top performance that defined the show. MTV Unplugged Debuted in 1989 featuring the

Etch A Sketch: The Mechanical Marvel Behind a Generational Favorite

Mickey Yarber

It’s a nice feeling to finish an Etch-A-Sketch picture you’re semi-proud of. “It actually looks like a tree this time!” you tell yourself. But then that brainy cousin of yours shows you the portrait he’s Etch-A-Sketched and

Looking Back at Creepy Crawlers

Mickey Yarber

Before flowers from the neighbor’s yard and boxes of melty chocolate, little boys were known to give Creepy Crawlers to the girls they had crushes on. Oh, don’t wrinkle your nose…nothing says “maybe we can