The 90s thread

[Shell]

Groundhog day was shit.

 

[Papa G]

Groundhog day was shit.

Did you feel the same the next time you saw it?

 

[Scotland]

I never watched SNL in the 90s, in fact I don't remember it being on TV here.

I've seen it since (it's 2019, there are a gazillion channels and platforms) and it's powerfully unfunny.

 

[Hawk Dork]

I never watched SNL in the 90s, in fact I don't remember it being on TV here.

I've seen it since (it's 2019, there are a gazillion channels and platforms) and it's powerfully unfunny.

It was on in either the 80s or 90s ???

 

[Shell]

I only "know" SNL from the references to it via "Freaks and Geeks"

 

[Plugger35]

I don't think SNL was ever shown on any of the regular commercial channels here, it was shown on pay tv here though.

You can watch most of the old skits on youtube now and while there are a lot of funny skits there are plenty of unfunny ones too but that's to be expected when they are trying to produce an hour or more of live television every week, not every skit is going to be a comic masterpiece.

 

[Hawk Dork]

I don't think SNL was ever shown on any of the regular commercial channels here, it was shown on pay tv here though.

You can watch most of the old skits on youtube now and while there a lot of funny skits there are plenty of unfunny ones too but that's to be expected when they are trying to produce an hour or more of live television every week, not every skit is going to be a comic masterpiece.

Im sure it was on really late at night on some channel maybe ABC ???? maybe 7 or 9

 

[Plugger35]

Im sure it was on really late at night on some channel maybe ABC ???? maybe 7 or 9

It may have been, I remember watching it back in the 90s when guys like Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Mike Myers and Norm Macdonald were on it.

I know In Living Color was shown late at night here back in the 90s, that was like the Fox version of SNL with Jim Carrey and Damon Wayans.

Letterman's talk show was always shown late at night here too, like Colbert is shown here now as Ch10 and Ch9 before them were affiliated with CBS.

 

[Scotland]

I can't really reconcile SNL with producing good comedians. I definitely associate it with Will Ferrell though.

 

[Procrastinator35]

I can't really reconcile SNL with producing good comedians. I definitely associate it with Will Ferrell though.

I believe Eddie Murphy got his start on SNL (Buckwheat)....Others include Chris Rock, John Belushi & Dan Aykroyd (Blues Brothers) Tina Fey (30 Rock), Mike Myers (Austin Powers), Bill Murray, David Spade (Just Shoot Me), Billy Crystal, Martin Short, Adam Sandler....There's plenty of names to chose from.

 

[Scotland]

Yes I'm aware.

 

[Plugger35]

I can't really reconcile SNL with producing good comedians. I definitely associate it with Will Ferrell though.

He was the big star on SNL in the 2nd half of the 90s and early 2000s before he went on to star in movies. There would only be a handful of comedians from SNL who have gone on to have that sort of success in movies though, there was Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd from the 70s cast, Eddie Murphy back in the 80s and then Adam Sandler, Chris Farley and Mike Myers from the 90s. Most SNL cast members go on to other tv shows and having minor roles in movies or they just disappear altogether.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Looking at ‘90’s architecture, I feel like that was the start of the modern McMansions we have.

 

[Scotland]

Looking at ‘90’s architecture

I wouldn't.

When I think 1990s I think timber kitchens with melamine benchtops and endless feature walls.

Shaynna Blaze dislikes this, right Shell?

 

[Papa G]

I wouldn't.

When I think 1990s I think timber kitchens with melamine benchtops and endless feature walls.

Shaynna Blaze dislikes this, right Shell?

Beige was big in the 90s.

 

[Scotland]

So many lounge rooms designed around big CRT TVs.

 

[Cuzz09]

I dont mind SNL but the ratio of crap to something half funny is around 50:1

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[raskolnikov]

Roxette

 

[Shell]

Tried to make it... little by little... tried to make it. Bit by bit on my own

 

[footyfan1978]

Stop it.

 

[Mofra]

Sundried tomatoes were in 50% of cafe meals in the 90s. Glad that trend died.

 

[Papa G]

Sundried tomatoes were in 50% of cafe meals in the 90s. Glad that trend died.

...on Focaccias

 

[Scotland]

Sundried tomatoes are one of those things that someone discovered on the continent and has got wrong since.

Nothing against them, they have their place alongside olives and cheese and cured meats etc. but they are a strong flavour.

The way they were used here was like someone in France discovering Vegemite then spreading half a jar of it onto every baguette ever.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Sundried tomatoes are one of those things that someone discovered on the continent

Antarctica?

 

[Cuzz09]

I dont mind them in smallish doses.

Don't really like the oil drenched ones.

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