And Susan Powter's "Stop the Insanity!" infomercials — which was a lot of yelling and played right after Saturday morning cartoons ended:
Cindy Crawford as the host of MTV's House of Style:
CDs that came packaged in wasteful long boxes. And in case you were still wondering why: this was done because CDs were too small for store shelves created for vinyl, so by packaging them in long boxes, retailers could just reuse the shelves they already had. It also helped make them harder to steal:
Cassette singles, which usually came with a remix or B-side:
Sony Sport Walkmans that were bright yellow and came with hard plastic headphones that went directly into your ear — and were always slightly uncomfortable to wear:
The infomercial that featured Cher selling Lori Davis hair products:
America's Funniest Home Videos hosted by Bob Saget, which was one of the original ways to watch viral videos:
The Jurassic Park soundtrack — which EVERYBODY owned:
Howard Stern's ~superhero~ persona, Fartman — which we probably all just remember from the 1992 VMAs, but was actually a character on his radio show and was almost made into a movie:
Melrose Place and it being appointment television:
Then-vice president Dan Quayle decrying Murphy Brown as a terrible show that was basically ~destroying America~ because the title character decided to be a single mother:
The Club steering wheel lock and the commercials they would play nonstop for them (especially if you stayed home sick and watched daytime TV):
The Rock the Vote commercials MTV played during elections and featured a bunch of famous singers:
Ray Charles' "You got the right one" campaign for Diet Pepsi:
The black-and-white ads inside TV Guide that would give you a little synopsis about what that week's episodes would be about:
The big reusable plastic water bottles with the thick-ass straws that gave everything a plasticky flavor. These were also the bottles you would freeze and then wrap in aluminum foil (to keep cold) on field trips:
And lastly, these square radio alarm clocks that would flash red or green light in your face in the middle of the night:
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And it was a great headphone for its time. Cant complain about it.