In 1995, medical humor revolved around the struggle of the “Family Doctor” becoming a “Managed Care Specialist,” the high-tech mystery of the first digital thermometers, and the eternal battle between a physician’s handwriting and a…
In 1995, marriage was a world of shared landlines, tangled cassette tapes, and the high-stakes diplomacy of picking a movie at Blockbuster. It was the era of baggy sweaters and the first “family computers” that…
In 1995, before the internet gave us a million new things to complain about, we had the mother-in-law joke. It was the bread and butter of sitcoms and the “take my wife, please” style of…
In 2015, the internet was divided over the color of a dress, everyone was “whipping” and “nae-naeing,” and Drake’s turtleneck dance became the ultimate meme. It was the year The Force Awakens brought Star Wars back to…
In 2007, the world changed with a single “pinch to zoom.” Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone, the first Transformers movie made us look at our cars differently, and we all collectively yelled “Leave Britney Alone!” It was…
In 1996, the world was spinning faster. We were “Macarena-ing” our way through the year, watching the Chicago Bulls dominate the NBA, and trying to figure out if the “Information Superhighway” was actually going to…
In 1995, before LED was a household term and when “energy saving” was just a sticker on a clunky monitor, the light bulb joke was the king of the playground. It was the ultimate modular…
1995: The Year of the Talking Pig and the Digital Dog.Welcome to the year when cinema convinced us that a sheep-herding pig (Babe) is a legitimate career path and that toys have a complex social…
1995: The Year the Desktop Took Over.Welcome to the year where Bill Gates spent millions on a Rolling Stones song just to tell us to “Start” our computers. It’s the year we realized toys have…