The 90s thread

[Hawk Dork]

They are a tomato stock cube bomb.
Throw one or two into a sauce

I made an omelette with a few ,a few months back wasnt bad had cheese too

 

[Shell]

Melrose Place cast reunites 20 years on

The cast of Melrose Place has reunited 20 years after the show went off the air.

www.news.com.au

 

[Scotland]

That actually makes me feel young. I can't believe it was still on the air in 1999. If I had to guess I would've said it ran 1992-1995.

But then how many people know that Grey's Anatomy is still going?

 

[Plugger35]

I never watched a single episode of Melrose Place, it was huge in the 90s, people would have Melrose Place parties just to watch episodes.

ER was big back then too especially when George Clooney was starring in it, didn't watch a single episode of that either.

I don't think I ever watched a full episode of Friends either, watched bits and pieces of it here and there but I never found it that funny, the only character I liked was Chandler played by Matthew Perry, the rest of the characters were just annoying so I couldn't tolerate watching it for any length of time.

I was a huge fan of Seinfeld though, I started watching it back in 1993 when it was only shown late at night on Ch9. It wasn't that big here at that stage, I didn't know anyone else that even watched it back then, it only took off here in the mid 90s when Ch10 got the rights to it and showed it in prime time.

There was a big debate in the 90s about which sitcom was better out of Friends and Seinfeld but it was no contest for me, Seinfeld was by far the better show and has been proven to be better with how popular the re-runs still are, it has stood the test of time while Friends just looks dated now.

 

[Shell]

ER (and Around the twist) have particular fond memories for me of my older brother- we were never close but we always watched those two shows together

 

[Kram]

I never watched a single episode of Melrose Place, it was huge in the 90s, people would have Melrose Place parties just to watch episodes.

Yeah. Sure.

 

[Scotland]

ER was another show that hung around for ages after its popularity waned. Never really got into it.

There was a big debate in the 90s about which sitcom was better out of Friends and Seinfeld but it was no contest for me, Seinfeld was by far the better show and has been proven to be better with how popular the re-runs still are, it has stood the test of time while Friends just looks dated now.

Not much of a debate there. I watched Friends and it was enjoyable enough to an early teenager but it was the sort of show US audiences lap up. Inoffensive with likeable mainstream characters and a few low brow laughs here and there. Seinfeld was 10 fold better. It would not have surprised me if Seinfeld had not been popular in the US.

 

[Kram]

How could anyone have not seen a single episode, there was like only 2 or 3 channels on TV back then.

 

[Scotland]

I think 'never watched an episode' is like 'my dad can beat up your dad' kinda of stuff.

I didn't watch Melrose Place either but I'm sure I saw episodes at some point. The dramas of a bunch of 20 and 30 somethings in LA didn't really appeal to me when I was 8 or 9 when the alternatives included Eric Bana as Poida or getting up to watch Saturday Disney.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

There was a big debate in the 90s about which sitcom was better out of Friends and Seinfeld but it was no contest for me, Seinfeld was by far the better show and has been proven to be better with how popular the re-runs still are, it has stood the test of time while Friends just looks dated now.

Idea youngsters now are looking at Friends as "The 90s Comedy I Should Watch" is quite sad. It wasn't remarkably funny and looking back what was it even about? That it's nice to have friends in your 20s? (Edit: It was a soap opera masquerading as a sitcom) Seinfeld has The Show About Nothing premise and Frasier is funny and has a whole bunch of themes going on.

 

[Shell]

Melrose Place was an occasion. Me and mum went next door watched it with them. Only show really ever to do that for.

 

[Plugger35]

I watched the X Files back in the 90s, that was a big show here in the 90s too, that was also on Ch10 as well from memory along with Melrose Place.

Ch10 had most of the popular shows in the 90s, they had The Simpsons, Seinfeld, X-Files, Melrose Place, Beverly Hills 90210, they focused on the younger demographic, I watched it a lot more than Ch7 and Ch9 who were mostly catering to the older viewers.

I think Friends was on Ch9 and I honestly don't think I ever watched a full episode, I couldn't tell you a plot from any Friends episode like I could with almost every Seinfeld episode. I still knew that Chandler was the best character though and Matthew Perry was the funniest one in that cast.

Matthew Perry hosted SNL back in the 90s, he even participated in a Friends parody where his character was made to look effeminate.




Another good 90s SNL skit featuring Matthew Perry.




Jennifer Aniston has also hosted SNL, she was actually approached to join SNL before Friends kicked off but thought the show was too sexist, that was back when SNL was a boys club with Sandler, Farley, Spade, Schneider and Norm Macdonald while females were usually relegated to bit part roles.

 

[Shell]

Ive seen maybe half a dozen eps of the x files

 

[Plugger35]

Ive seen maybe half a dozen eps of the x files

The first few X-Files series was great when they just had weird scary shit like alien snake monsters in sewers and there was sexual tension between Mulder and Scully but then it lost it's way when it went into all the boring conspiracy shit, the reboot series they did in recent years was also a massive let down.

There was even a great X-Files themed rock song from Catatonia sung with a Welsh accent back in the 90s, how many other 90s shows can claim that?

 

[Gough]

I think 'never watched an episode' is like 'my dad can beat up your dad' kinda of stuff.

I didn't watch Melrose Place either but I'm sure I saw episodes at some point. The dramas of a bunch of 20 and 30 somethings in LA didn't really appeal to me when I was 8 or 9 when the alternatives included Eric Bana as Poida or getting up to watch Saturday Disney.

Melrose was good in a bit of a camp so bad it's good kind of way. Legit never seen a full episode of Friends.

 

[Kram]

The first few X-Files series was great when they just had weird scary shit like alien snake monsters in sewers and there was sexual tension between Mulder and Scully but then it lost it's way when it went into all the boring conspiracy shit, the reboot series they did in recent years was also a massive let down.

There was even a great X-Files themed rock song from Catatonia sung with a Welsh accent back in the 90s, how many other 90s shows can claim that?

So much this.. it was excellent right at the start then it turned into an average (and overrated) show full of boring overarching crap that you realised early on that was gonna drag on forever without a resolution.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Ch10 had most of the popular shows in the 90s, they had The Simpsons, Seinfeld, X-Files, Melrose Place, Beverly Hills 90210, they focused on the younger demographic, I watched it a lot more than Ch7 and Ch9 who were mostly catering to the older viewers.

It had the most popular shows for young people. It was a distant third in the ratings until 2001 when Big Brother started, then got the AFL the year after.

 

[Plugger35]

I think I've said it before but Newsradio was an underrated 90s sitcom. it went downhill though when Phil Hartman got murdered by his wife in 1998.

That also spelt the end for Troy McClure, Lionel Hutz and several other great Simpsons characters.

One of my favourite SNL cast members too, he did some great impressions not least of all his Donahue impression which had to be seen to be believed.

 

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[norway blue]

Now that's something we can agree on, great film, unless you're being sarcastic then f*** you.



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Really great song in this movie also. The one where they are dancing on the table .


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[Plugger35]

Great film, Mike Myers was on a roll in the 90s with Wayne's World and Austin Powers, Hollywood was his oyster and then he made The Love Guru.

Killed his movie making career stone dead, they showed it on 9 GO last night and I watched it thinking it may not be as bad as they said it was.

Turns out it was even worse than I thought, Mike Myers shamelessly shoehorning his love of ice hockey and the Toronto Maple Leafs into a movie.

 

[Plugger35]

You would think that Mike Myers and Dana Carvey would be best buddies after Wayne's World but that's not the case.

Dana is not that happy that Mike stole his Lorne Michaels impression for Dr Evil in the Austin Powers movies.




Mike is great at doing English and Scottish accents because his parents were English and Scottish, think Austin Powers and Fat Bastard.

Dana is by far the better impressionist though, he can do John Lennon talking to Paul McCartney and you would swear it was them.

 

[Plugger35]

Howard Stern is great too, the best radio host bar none, I used to listen to him religiously when I was in the States back in 1999.

His show was a lot wilder back then, that was back when he would get strippers in the studio and get them to do dirty stuff and describe it on radio.

He was huge, his show was syndicated in just about every US city back then, I used to listen to him in San Diego when I was an auto parts driver.

Then the whole PC #metoo thing happened and Howard had to clean up his act, no more strippers but he's still the best radio host.

He gets the best guests and he gets them to open up, like Paul McCartney.

 

[norway blue]

Norman Gunston interviewing Chevy is interesting.


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[footyfan1978]

Ive seen maybe half a dozen eps of the x files

Probably saw first season or two or three. Cannot remember. Like a lot of shows if I miss two or three episodes in a row due to being out that night, I sometimes just give up trying to catch up. I either missed episodes or it got too stupid I lost interest. Melrose Place I remember watching but once established as a stupid soap opera I must have just not bothered. I remember watching E Street too for a bit...lol..

Not sure what else I saw much of back then, certainly Seinfield never really watched. If re-runs on a decade later I would watch it a bit but never when it was originally on tv. Never bothered with Friends. Cheers I watched but I think were re-runs. At night if got home late would regularly watch Star Trek Next Generation and Sandra Sully with Late Night News..lol... Sports Tonight..

Never watched Twin Peaks and cannot recall what tv channel it was even advertised then.
I did see Fire Walk With Me at cinema. Did not know it was connected to famous tv show Twin Peaks... but because I enjoyed the movie I ended up borrowing the tv series from video rental stores.. Was weird how tv show had less horror in it...and was more quirky. Another show around then seemed to feed off the quirkiness , think called Northern Exposure.... Might have seen a few episodes but never watched regularly. Most of my sporting diet would be footy and cricket.

Think watched far more tv shows since the internet allowed you to download stuff. Binge watching in last 10 years is so much better than old days of tv shows running one episode a week...