The start of the reality television boom. 00s - Survivor is the show that really started the explosion, I think. Air Jordan shoes. 80s Spandex. 80s
Yeah I made a mistake with the Spandex and Jordans. The Real World started back in the early 90s and I thought that was the real start of it but oh well.
I think Cops is considered one of the first reality shows. Depends on what your definition of reality shows is though. I never understood why Survivor is considered reality, its more like a game show if you ask me.
The early '90s stuff might be interesting, but the later '90s are just too recent to be nostalgic about.
Anyone else worried that with all the Nostalgia...nothing new is taking place, and in 10 years we will be seeing shows "Remember remembering the 70's, 80's and 90's in the 00's?"
I feel old and I'm only 18 yrs old. (I guess it's worse for those of you guys who are like 30 or 100...) To think, within a few years they will be doing a remeber the 00's!
Z. Cavarichii's (sp) Girbaud's Fossil Watches Polo Sport CK one Drakkar Noir Dr. Martins Timberlands Weave Belts......
What do you expect from a lame channel whose headliner is Howard Stern... The real #1 reason is "The Internet"
Damn. I was groupie for that store in the Galleria. Also scooped up the 2 for $20 shirts from DJs in the mall where I worked (IOU shirts I believe) and the I used to think Wild Pair was the shiznit... : puke : Then the mid to late 90s brought us the ever so popular Ceasar cut the pasty white Eminem still sports.
These posts remind me of just how bad the nineties really sucked. It's the decade when the Baby Boomers officially took over things and made the world less fun. Music sucked, country music continued to evolve into something unrecognizably dull and crassly commercial, the consolidation of media companies sucked, politics sucked (Red Team vs. Blue Team obscures America's real problems and real debate), the televsion series "Full House", our military became underfunded and over extended, yet the drug war got a boost in funding. The rise of the Power Rangers, it becomes trendy (and consequently no longer safe) to wear earrings, tattoos, combat boots, cowboy hats, leather jackets or flannel, television programming sucked, Chrysler got bought by the Germans, that damn Oiler game against the Buffalo Bills. The rise of the Christian Coalition, people vote for Ross Perot, the death of the music video, unless its Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" , Kurt Vonnegut couldn't write a good book, AIDS ravages Africa, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, lawsuits against McDonalds because hot coffee was hot. The "assault" weapons ban, not one Cheech and Chong movie, Ruby Ridge, Austin ruined by growth -- largely from transplants from Silicon Valley who bring smoking bans, the Amiga computer died, the rise of AOL, Cowboys win more Superbowls, failure of the Oslo Accords and the dawn of the new Intifada. The Rabin assassination, the rise of Islamic terror and the underwhelming reponse by the western world, the internet bubble (and it's pop) and the lame and unstable business culture that it cultivated -- like all the free stuff starting to disappear, the media treating the planet to a Michael Jordan enema no matter who was actually winning NBA Championships. The movie "Independance Day" , the Yankees and Lakers start attracting bandwagoners again, the Oilers move to Tennesee, slavery in Sudan and Mauritania, the IRS goes after Willie Nelson, Branch Davidians, suddenly its cool to like hockey. Underachievment by the US in the 98 World Cup, it becomes cool for affluent teenagers and college kids to dress like gas station attendents and other workign class people, yet continue to mock them, cellphone saturation increases inversely with cellphone etiquette, everyone stops making slacks without pleats except Dickies and department stores in Mexico, Elian Gonzalez, rear wheel drive sedans with big engines start becoming an endangered species, only to be replaced by underpowered SUV's that are glorified jacked-up station wagons. *OJ*, Columbine, Rodney King/ LA Riots, suburban white kids with really, really stupid tattoos, the Star Wars prequel, Barney, Rosie O'Donnell's 15 minutes of fame, obesity on the rise, J.R. Richard found under a bridge, US loses Canal Zone, Britain loses Hong Kong, US continues embargo on Cuba, Castro responds with longevity. Arafat wins a Nobel Peace Prize, cultists attack Tokyo subways, girbaud jeans, no corner in America is safe from Starbucks and Blockbuster Video, no new music from Kinky Friedman, David Beckham costs England a World Cup exit in a quarterfinal vs. Argentina, denying Alan Shearer and Paul Gasciogne any chance at a World Cup. Akira Kurosawa dies, media frenzy surrounding death of Princess Di proves that real journalism is all but dead dead, Karl Malone's bearhug on Drexler...that's all I can think of a the top of my head, but I think its enough. On the bright side: Rockets win two championships MP3's the growth of the internet (in the sense of content) Linux Old 97's Belle and Sebastian Instant Messaging Zinadine Zadan the Sopranos PRI begins losing its monopoly on Mexico, Fall of Soviet Union the Ducati Monster Video games get much cooler (this is just as much a bad thing --wasted productivity) Boba tea comes to the US
