The One With All The 90s

'90s Nickelodeon child-star David Eck joins Katie in a conversation about current TV shows and documentaries like Call Me Miss Cleo. You know, the '90s TV psychic that would charge $5 per minute to have your fortune read over the phone by people that were secretly reading from a script? Katie also watched the thrilling Bernie Madoff documentary on Netflix! You know, the chairman of Nasdaq in the 1990's that orchestrated the largest Ponzi Scheme in history? They also chat about student loan debt and the Columbine shooting in a more serious tone.Clutch your pearls and let's go back to the decade when David auditioned for the Backstreet Boys, no one was talking about mental fitness yet, and we all wanted to "Call Miss Cleo, now!"Life. Was. Good.

Katie and Heather continue the conversation and reminisce on the nostalgic toys, foods, memories and so much more from the '90s!Grab your orange Rugrats VHS tapes and let's go back to a time when Bill Nye made us interested in Science, the Spice Girls made us want to become fashion designers and JTT made us weak in the knees.Life. Was. Good.

Join Katie and Heather as they stay kind and rewind back to the decade that shaped our childhoods! The 90s tried to turn us into collectors that could have potentially made us all millionaires with things like Pokémon cards and Beanie Babies!Grab your $50 savings bond from 1991 and cash it in because those dust-collectors aren't gonna save you now and let's go back to a time when sitting right in front of the TV made you a rebel, the Pure Moods commercials were the soundtrack of our youth and we all faked sick, at least once, to stay home and watch The Price is Right!Life. Was. Good.

Join Katie and Heather as they get a little raunchy on episode 69! In celebration, they touch on some of the sex scandals of the '90s from Prince Charles to Hugh Grant. The decade brought out the McNasty in so many people..mostly the men! They also talk about the current headlines involving sexual allegations against Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys and how it affected the groups recent appearances.Grab your 6 and we'll grab our 9 and let's go back to a time when we still wanted to be Mrs. Nick Carter, he was allegedly telling people it was possible so they'd hook up with him, and Prince Charles was caught having sexy talk involving.. a tampon?!Life. Was. Good.

Christmas themed '90s sit-coms?! You got it, dude! Television in the '90s gave us great holiday memories with shows like Family Matters, Friends, Boy Meets World, Full House, Seinfeld and Home Improvement. Katie and Heather talk about the top rated holiday episodes while getting into some recent pop-culture stories and debates involving actors that have appeared on these shows! Warning: Real Santa talk in this episode so keep the young ones out of the room!Grab your Yule logs and lets go back to a time when Uncle Jessie saved the spirit of Christmas, Topanga was dating Lance Bass of *N Sync in real life, and Ross Gellar won the holiday with his armadillo costume.Life. Was. Festivus.

Supersize it for only 39 cents - McDonald's through the '90s is the topic! Did you know, these four B words in the title represent the shapes of the McNuggets? The more you know! Join Katie and Heather as they laugh and reminisce over things like the birthday parties we had at McDonald's as children, the popular Happy Meal toys we just HAD to have, and the menu items that have come and gone. This one will surely have you craving a Big Mac with extra pickles and onion while internally debating if other fast food restaurants and sauces of today are actually better!Grab your Hamburglar cookies and let's go back to a time when we were begging our moms to take our photo with the creepy Ronald McDonald statue, Grimace's character was originally supposed to be a swollen taste bud but just looked like a weird purple avocado, and the old Styrofoam food containers are still decomposing in our landfills today. Life. Was. Good.

Katie's '90s middle school friend ('96-'99), Ashley, is back in studio to talk about the toys, dolls and games from our favorite decade that shaped our childhoods! Hear clips from the hit commercials like Boppit, Guess Who, Pogs, and all of our memories that come along with it PLUS a bunch of random stories that will forever live in our minds and our hearts!Grab your lightbulb-not-included Easy Bake Oven and let's go back to a time when we all became professional bakers, Creepy crawlers told us we could "be creepy without being bad," and your dad was gonna need a Sam's Club membership to get that trampoline that was always hanging from the ceiling.Life. Was. Good.

MTV's Total Request Live, AKA TRL, was a must-watch after school show that ran from 1998-2008 and was hosted by Carson Daly, DUH! Join Katie and Heather as they take a stroll down memory lane and attempt to explain the shows history and how it helped to create pop stars like Britney & Christina, thrust new boy bands like 'N Sync and Backstreet Boys into stardom, while introducing us to "cool kid music" from artists like Eminem and Puff Daddy. They reflect on the top videos that were played and their favorite memories including when Mariah Carey came for a surprise visit!Grab your Nokia cell phone and let's go back to a time when we were all dialing 1-888-311-4343 to vote the "Baby, One More Time" music video into the top 10, Nick Carter's '90s music inspiration was Nirvana, and Mariah was simply just trying to hand out popsicles to her fans, Darling!Life. Was. Good.

Play along with Katie and Heather as they host another round of '90s trivia with the best sound effects! Where did the Oprah Winfrey show originally film? Zubaz was a popular brand of what type of clothing? What was the patch of hair men grew under their bottom lip commonly called? Magician, David Copperfield, was engaged to which German supermodel and actor?Grab your Guess jeans and let's go back to a time when we were all humming the Oprah theme song while cooking dinner, we all wanted to jump into the Matrix, and Helen Hunt was America's sweetheart. Life. Was. Good.

Are you ever scrolling through social media and come across one of those random nostalgia posts like, "Things from the '90s you probably forgot about!"? Katie and Heather chat about one of these types of posts that are sure to bring up all the thrills and chills from the decade that raised us all! Remember those erasers they promised us would erase pen ink but it never really did? How about forgetting your floppy disc at home and racing to the school store to purchase a new one before Computer/Typing class?Grab your Yikes pencils and let's go back to a time when sharpening your colorful pencil was such a delight in the middle of social studies, hanging out by the Fruitopia machine was for the kewl kids, and being an origami expert was a requirement to get you through the school year.Life. Was. Good.

Extra, extra, hear all about it! The '90s decade is back and in full effect and it's all around us! Katie shares the hit '90s shows are possibly getting reboots, the movies that are getting a sequel and which HOT '90s star has a new memoir. Even Danielle Fishel and Lance Bass's real '90s love story is getting the rom-com treatment! Plus Mark McGrath drops by?! Well, sort of!Grab your copy of that Sugar Ray album and let's go back to a time when Mark McGrath's frosted tips were posted all over our walls, Good Burger had us all craving orange soda, and Matthew Perry was a friend for all of us.Life. Was. Good.

That's what she said! It's a trivia episode, guaranteed to make you giggle, where Katie & Heather challenge each other to '90s trivia topics like famous quotes, TV shows, hobbies, toys & games, arts & literature, news, pop culture and MORE! Hear questions like: What did the very first text message ever sent say and how many texts per month in 1995 did the average American send? It's sure to make your jaw drop!Grab your beepers and buzzers and let's go back to a time when we actually remembered the names of the dog and cat from The Simpsons, Spam was a household pantry product and a good Uranus joke was all you needed to make friends.Life. Was. Good.

Power Rangers, Terminator and Barney, OH MY! Do you remember the Halloween costumes people were wearing in the '90s? From cartoon characters like Bart Simpson to real life characters like the Spice Girls, they were still rocking the more sweet and innocent costumes like Baby Bop and not "Sexy Baby Bop." (If you lived through the 2000's you'll know what we're talking about!) Join Katie and Heather as they go back as far as 1980 and talk about each year's most popular costumes through 2022!Grab your thermal underwear to sport underneath your Princess Jasmine costume because it's snowing in Ohio on Halloween and let's go back to a time when we were all 'Scream'-ing for Ghost Face, McDonald's was giving away trick-or-treat candy buckets with their Happy Meals, and our parents were just learning to check our candy for razorblades! Life. Was. Good.

Half of the fun of going to the movie theaters is picking out a treat to munch on! The '90s were an exciting time filled with technological advances, nostalgia and the anticipation of a new millennium but the candies we were snacking on were going extreme like Airheads! Friends dared one another to eat ultra-sour Warheads and new candies were still being released like the Nutrageous bar!Grab your box of Nerds and let's go through the decades to learn about the history of our favorite '90s concessions, how Skittles can't seem to stay out of the controversial headlines, and how Seinfeld helped to boost the sales of candies like Jujyfruits and Junior Mints.Life. Was. Good.

We love snacks, especially eating them in a dark movie theater! But how did noisy, crunchy popcorn even become a snack to begin with and how much was everyone paying for it through the '90s decade? It sounds silly but there's so much to unpop..err..unpack here and we have the Great Depression to thank for it! Coming out of the '80s popcorn was $0.75 and a drink was about $1. Then in 1994 it was said that, "The scariest thing at the movies isn't Jason or Freddy...it's popcorn!" Wait til' you hear why!Grab your $22 in 2022 movie theater popcorn and let's go back to a time when the Great Depression paved the way for theater snacks, the first movie theater in 1905 was called the Nickelodeon, and in 1994 our mom's were turning up their noses to the popped snack and instead probably reading their Atkin's diet manuals.Life. Was. Buttery.

Released in the summer of 1994, the American adventure comedy film Camp Nowhere stars Christopher Lloyd, Andrew Keegan, Jonathon Jackson and Jessica Alba in her (very small) film debut! Join Katie as she covers the plot of the movie, the actors and everything in between! In a nutshell, a group of middle schoolers are being sent away for the summer to different summer camps. They end up tricking their parents and form a fake but fun summer camp for 8 weeks instead with Lloyd as the Camp Counselor! The theme of the movie boils down to this one thing: Be smart enough to act stupid. Hey, that sounds like the theme of this entire podcast series too! Grab your $4.18 movie ticket from 1994 and let's go back to a time when apparently all kids were going to summer camp except for us, Jonathon Jackson was one of America's heartthrobs, and two of the movies actor's later quit the biz to join real-life cults! For realz!Life. Was. Good.

Tom & Nicole, Kurt & Courtney, Will & Jada, Pam & Tommy; This one is all about celebrity couples that said "I do" in the '90s! Remember when Emilio Estevez was willing to give up his marriage to Paula Abdul because he didn't want any kids with her? Or when Cindy Crawford met the dreamy Richard Gere at a friends backyard BBQ? Whether "you do" or don't, Katie and Heather will walk you through the decade and down the aisle of some of Hollywood's A-list couples, their weddings and everything in between!Grab your unity candles and let's go back to a time when Kurt & Courtney tied the knot in Hawaii, Celine and Mariah married their (much older) managers, and Ethan's frontal lobe apparently wasn't fully formed enough to stay married to Uma. Life. Was. Good.

Say “I do!” to the interesting wedding trends of the ‘90s! The hair, the makeup, the dress styles and more are all discussed as Katie and Heather walk you down the aisle… err…memory lane! They compare the decades most popular trends against the wedding trends of today and will surely have you laughing along with them! Though this episode sounds super girly, men are sure to enjoy it too!Grab your disposable camera from your wedding table and let's go back to a time when halter dresses were all the rage, brides had look like an *absolute* princess, and Vera Wang rode that gravy train all the way to the top of the bridal industry!Life. Was. Good.

Katie and her friend Ashley watched the Dark Side of the 90's documentary on “Trash TV: Dirty and Deadly Talk” and deep dive on the popular show hosts of the decade like Oprah, Geraldo and that darned Jerry Springer! Back in the ‘90s the media blamed Springer for almost anything that went wrong with the youth and society. Was it deserved? Listen and find out for yourself!Grab your chair (but please don't throw it at anyone!) and let's go back to a time when Phil Donahue started the talk show culture, the Jenny Jones show changed it, and Maury Povich continues its legacy to this day! Phew, what a wild ride!Life. Was. Good.

This one is all about the 1995 cult classic movie, Showgirls rated NC-17. Described as an erotic drama film, it was written and directed by the same guys responsible for Basic Instinct and stars Elizabeth Berkley AKA Jessie Spano from Saved By the Bell in a VERY scandalous, mostly naked, and cringy performance. David Eck (Clarissa Explains It All) joins the conversation as he and Katie take a deep dive on the movie and the behind the scenes drama! And there was plenty of it!Grab your VHS copy and let's go back to a time when we were “so excited” to see Jessie Spano on the big screen, being a Cheetah girl had a different meaning in the ‘90s and boobies flopped at the box office.Life. Was. Good.

What a weekend! Held in July in Rome, NY, Woodstock 1999 was meant to be a celebration of peace, love and music. The festival was anything but peaceful and lead to a lack of respect between the venue and the festival goers. They experienced hot weather, lack of shade, overpriced food and water, sexual assault, looting, vandalism and fires! But hey, Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit crowd surfed on plywood and got the crowd hyped up which apparently lead to the demise of the entire weekend - so said the festival promoters. (Insert eye roll)Grab your disposable cameras and let's go back to a time when Kid Rock demanded to be pelted with water bottles to make a statement, high school and college aged kids were first introduced to capitalism and the security team did it all for the nookie.Life. Was. Good.

Join Katie as she deep dives into the 1996 movie Jack, starring Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Jennifer Lopez, Fran Drescher and Bill Cosby. The movie is about a boy named Jack, played by Williams, who ages four times faster than others. When Jack is 10 he appears to be a 40 year old man, has a hard time fitting in, develops a crush on his teacher, played by J-Lo, and inspires others along the way.Grab your stuffed Ren & Stimpy dolls and listen and learn more about the plot, Roger Ebert's opinion, behind the scenes drama and fun facts on the actors and director. Two special little guests join Katie at the end of the show to give their opinions as well and the conversation takes a quick and hilarious turn! Ahh, ‘90s Robin Williams movies, how we love them all.Life. Was. Good.

It's a celebration episode! Heather joins Katie this week to celebrate the 50th episode of the show! Complete with sound clips and hilarious recollections, Katie shares her personal top 50 favorite things about the 1990's decade so this one is guaranteed to bring back loads of nostalgia. What would the '90s be without Starter jackets, Mariah Carey and inflatable furniture from Delia's?! Grab your TV Guide and let's go back to a time when Arsenio Hall got his start on Alan Thicke's show, Roseanne got her start on Arsenio's show, and Bill Clinton stole the whole darn show with his sexy saxophone skills helping to earn him his seat in the White House.Life. Was. Good.

Join Katie as she tells the insane story of businessman Lou Pearlman and how he fooled everyone with the longest running Ponzi scheme in American history! He is also responsible for creating two of our favorite boy bands, Backstreet Boys and *N Sync in the ‘90s! This one will have you scratching your head, yelling out loud and laughing at the things Lou was able to pull off.Grab your No Strings Attached album and let's go back to a time when Orlando, FL was the breeding ground for boy bands, Justin Timberlake's hair resembled an after school snack, and parents were okay with sending their 12 year old son off to travel the world in a boy band with an old perv!Life. Was. Good.

TLC is the best-selling American girl group of all time and we are here to deep dive in on the juicy rise and fall (and rise!) of the group. They were music icons of the 1990's but were also known for promoting safe sex, anti-drug, and HIV/AIDS prevention through their music. Their story includes everything from bad contracts, major health issues, arson, bankruptcy, cheating, public disputes and a tragic death. Grab your CrazySexyCool album and let's go back to a time when they each received less than $0.20 per album sold, "girl power" wasn't so powerful yet, and burning down your boyfriend's two story home was just something to laugh about later.Life. Was. Good.

You're killing' me smalls! This one is all about the 1993 hit movie, The Sandlot! Heather joins Katie in studio to talk about their fondest memories from the movie and share fun facts about the actors and the making of The Sandlot! Warning: After talking about lighting a fart in a can on fire in the tree house, it leads to a conversation about other hysterical bodily functions so consider yourself warned! This movie is a year away from hitting its 30th anniversary - if you didn't feel old enough yet! Roger Ebert gave the movie 3 stars and compared it to a "summertime version of A Christmas Story."Grab your Babe Ruth signed baseball and let's go back to a time when we were all afraid of English Mastiff's, Benny was the best friend any kid could ask for, and Wendy Peffercorn was the babe in ALL of our dreams!Life. Was. Good.

Heather joins Katie in studio and they talk about a hodge podge of topics from Katie recently seeing Britney Spears in her Vegas hotel room to the podcast hitting the top of the charts! Katie has seen some amazing '90s concerts this summer including artists like NKOTB, Rick Astley, En Vogue, Backstreet Boys, and Hanson!Grab your concert tickets and lets go back to a time when were duking it out over which boy band was better, Jodie Sweetin was (and still is) America's Sweetheart, and now she's fighting the good fight for America!Life. Was. Good.

Katie hosts LIVE ‘90s trivia in Boca Raton, FL at another PodAPalooza! Questions range from topics on the technology, song lyrics, movies and television through the ‘90s decade. One lucky player got to join Katie on stage and answered the questions like a BOSS! Special thanks to Boca for hosting us for this episode and thank you to Goodpods for ranking the show in the *TOP 10* in multiple categories on its podcast platform! The ‘90s are alive!!Grab your Discman and let's go back to a time when music on the go was always skipping, it took 5 minutes to write a basic text message on the old Nokia cell phones, and Gwen Stefani was everyone's dream girl!Life. Was. Good.

Katie has a new friend and his name is Izzy from Alabama! They became friends through TikTok with a shared love of childhood nostalgia. His favorite ‘90s movie is Point Break with Keanu Reeves from 1991 and they share some fun facts about the making of the movie! They play some ‘90s trivia that is sure to bring back some memories!Grab your surfboard and let's go back to a time when Patrick Swayze was America's hot leading man, Keanu was a close second and Gary Busey was so far from it!Life. Was. Good.

Katie hosts ‘90s trivia at the first “PodAPalooza” LIVE from Hudson, OH! Questions range from The Spice Girls to the internet to Titanic! This is a great appetizer sampler of some of the most nostalgic topics from the decade!Grab your color-changing spoon from a box of cereal and let's go back to a time when Scary Spice wasn't scary at all, Kate Winselet made us want to be really great at spitting over the side of a ship, and dial-up internet was the wave of the future!Life. Was. Good.

Feeling nostalgic? This episode helps to uncover how and why we get these feelings. Nostalgia is so powerful that it was deemed both a psychological disorder and case of demonic possession in the 17th century! Yikes! Nostalgia is one of the 27 main emotions that humans feel and can be triggered most by the sense of smell. This one is definitely nerdy with scientific findings that help us to uncover why we are so obsessed with the music, food and movies from the '90s (or any) decade!Grab your smell-o-vision and lets go back to a time when those who actually survived the 17th century were probably really clever at hiding their true emotions, Grandma's meatballs gave us all of the feels, and Steve Urkel could easily transport himself back in time with a wrist watch and we were all jealous. Life. Was. Good.

From Gwyneth and Brad, Reese and Ryan, Britney and Justin, to Johnny and Kate/Winona/Jennifer/Vanessa/Ellen/Amber Heard, the '90s made for the best celebrity couples and many uncoupling's! Join Katie along with Heather and David Eck (Clarissa Explains It All/almost BSB member) as they reminisce about all of the leading couples through the '90s decade! Will & Jada? Got you covered. Rose and Marilyn? Ugh, as if! Grab your Star magazine and let's go back to a time when the tabloid magazines of the '90s ruled our little gossiping lives, David and Victoria were, and still are, huge couple goals, and Winona was certainly "forever!" Life. Was. Good.

Heather joins Katie in studio for another fun round of ‘90s trivia! They go live on TikTok for the first time which leads to some funny moments! Get to know Heather a little more and hear about her deep rooted obsession with JC Chasez from ‘N Sync! Topics include hot ‘90s musical artists like Madonna, Marilyn Manson, Hanson, Snoop Dogg, East 17, The Cardigans, Deee-Lite, Alanis Morissette, Ricki Martin, Boyz ll Men and many more! Grab your boom box and let's go back to a time when Vanilla Ice was a sex symbol, Hanson didn't even know what sex was yet, and Alanis Morissette made us never want to have sex with anyone. Life. Was. Good.

Do you remember the dELiA*s catalog/magazine, dubbed as the magalog of the ‘90s decade? This episode takes a deep dive into the rise and fall of what was basically the clothing Bible for girls ages 10-24! The models were real girls who were scouted off the streets of their small towns and made us all feel like we could someday grace the pages of dELiA*s. Though the company was formed by two guys, they figured out the perfect formula to get new fashion trends into the hands of young girls until.. they hit a brick (& mortar) wall.Grab your parachute pants and let's go back to a time when MiXeD teXT was super cool, girl power was brand new and we were suddenly experiencing the (much needed) “death of regionalism.” Life. Was. Good.

The ‘90s were the best for giving us some of our favorite kids movies! This week Katie's kids join her in studio to talk about the 1993 hit movie, Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey. This one is great for young listeners to tune in to hear about the plot of the movie, that it was based on a book, and how the film all came to be! There are cat and dog jokes and the kids, ages 6 and 9, go way off script and it makes for a super cute episode! This will surely bring back nostalgia from nearly 30 years ago!Grab your VHS tapes and let's go back to a time when we all wished we had a faithful dog like Shadow, that our cat actually had the voice of Sally Fields and Chance, voiced by Michael J. Fox, finally defeats Birdzilla! Now we are “too pooped to poop!”Life. Was. Good.

This episode is guaranteed to have so much '90s nostalgia for you! Katie and Heather remind you about all of the things you could do and OH the places you could visit in our '90s malls that you can't go to today! We all turned into animal rescuers as we saved the wind-up, yapping animals from their backs as we walked in to KB Toys. Owe shopped at stores like Wet Seal, Sharper Image, The Limited Too, Delia's, Structure, Rave, 5-7-9 and SO many more! Don't forget about the nostalgic food and drinks we had too like Orbitz, Creme Savers, String Thing, Squeezit, Pepsi Blue, Butterfinger BB's and Baby Bottle Pop! Commercials clips included!Grab your Toys 'R Us Geoffrey Dollars and let's go back to a time when rummaging through the toy aisles could provide hours of titillating entertainment, stores in the mall like Discovery World helped us to discover freeze-dried ice cream for the first time and immediately made us want to become astronauts just so we could eat more, and the food pyramid that emerged in 1992 became our holy grail of dieting.Prepare for your deepest memories to be unlocked! This is a fun one!Life. Was. Good.

Join Katie and Heather for part one on the nastalgic topic of "Things You Could Do In the 90's, That You Can't Do In 2022!" Remember ordering things from a catalog and then waiting 4-6 weeks for its delivery?! How about frequenting restaurants like Planet Hollywood and Chi-Chi's? And let's not forget about all of the technology we had in the 90's! Hello 5-disc CD changer in the trunk of your car!Remember when you had to be kind and rewind your VHS tapes so you didn't get fined $1 from Blockbuster? Or how about memorizing all of your friend's phone numbers out of necessity, and without an area code? How about looking through the peephole on a disposable camera to take a photo of your friends only to find out a week later that half of them blinked and now you're stuck with the doubles? Remember calling the movie theater to listen to a pre-recording of what times the movies started? Or not being able to save your progress in a video game?Grab your chimichanga from Chi-Chi's and let's go back to a time when the restaurant peaked in the mid 90's, then was hit with the largest Hepatitis A outbreak in the country from contaminated onions and filed bankruptcy after many filed lawsuits against the restaurant chain. What a time to be alive! Well, as long as you didn't eat the onions!Life. Was. Good.

The year 1998 was filled with tasty headlines, scandals, award shows and iconic music! In a nutshell it was the year of Titanic, Madonna, Bill Clinton, Will Smith, Usher and the Furby! In this episode, Katie will remind you all about what made this year in the 90's so special with 13 sound bites, fun facts and stories that will take you back to a time when Carson Daly and Jennifer Love-Hewitt were true relationship goals! This episode will cover the cost of living, popular toys, the top 10 in music, movies and television, sports headlines and celebrity couples. Katie then goes through month by month so you catch all the vibes of 1998!Grab your head gear and lets go back to a time when sinking ships made our hearts go on, we lived without Google, and the Spice Girls showed off their mad lip-syncing skills, style and choreography that will forever live rent-free in our minds. Life. Was. Good.

Love 90's movies? Join Katie as she deep dives on the 1991 hit movie, My Girl, starring Macaulay Culkin, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd and Anna Chlumsky. Katie covers the plot, juicy behind the scenes stories and fun facts about the actors careers through the 90's to now! Listen to this episode then go check out the movie on Netflix. If you like to know how and why things came to be, this will surely scratch all those itches! Grab your mood rings and let's go back to a time when this movie made us want to steal money from a cookie jar to join a summer writing group, kiss our best friend in a tree, and get routine checkups for prostate cancer. Life. Was. Good.

Katie and Heather deep dive on the 1993 movie, Dennis the Menace. If you loved Home Alone, Richie Rich or Hook this one is right up your alley! Even if you've never seen Dennis the Menace we suggest you listen first then check it out later!This movie was written by John Hughes and stars Christopher Lloyd as Switchblade Sam, Lea Thompson as Alice Mitchell and Walter Matthau as Mr. Wilson. Do we need any more reasons to convince you to watch it?!Grab your Chiclets and your sling shot and let's go back to a time when John Hughes shaped our childhoods, baked beans were the magical fruit and we were still trying to figure out where babies came from!Life. Was. Good.

Trivia time! Katie and Heather go head to head with more 90's trivia on topics like movie quotes, Madonna, Jerry Springer, Friends, Back Rub, Jumanji and the scary theme music to the most popular tv shows of our childhoods. Many quotes of “that's what she said” occur so you can turn this episode into a fun drinking game if you'd like!Grab your bottle of Surge and let's go back to a time when we handed out chill pills daily, Mortal Combat was all the rage and Will Smith was still someone to look up to.Life. Was. Good.

Remember the headlines and scandals of the 90's? Katie's dives in on the 1997 headline of the Heaven's Gate Cult where 39 members wore matching Nike's (so 90's!) and drank poisonous applesauce, giving their lives in hopes that an alien spacecraft would come and take them to the Kingdom of Heaven. It was one of the first cults that used the internet to find new members, and led to the largest mass suicide on US soil in history!Heather tells the story of Lorena and John Wayne Bobbitt, married in 1989, whose relationship made headlines in 1993 when Lorena cut off John's wiener schnitzel with a knife while he was asleep in bed! John later went on to star in adult films!Grab your 90's bowl hair cut photos and let's go back to a time when it was the popular cult style, wearing matching Nike shoes with your friends really made a statement, and reattaching a male body part made headlines for months!Life. Was. Scandalous!

The scandals of the 90's gave the tabloids a lot to write about resulting in hot and steamy headlines at the grocery store checkout aisles! Heather shares the story of sexy Pamela Anderson and rocker Tommy Lee's sex tape that was released without their consent in 1995. Katie tells the juicy story of the first lip syncing scandal involving pop duo Milli Vanilli in 1990, resulting in the group having to give back their Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Hide your homemade sex tapes and let's go back to a time when people mailed in a check and waited to receive adult entertainment via snail mail, celebs were still learning the importance of the world wide web, and we played our cassette tapes over and over until they practically broke while dancing to the song Girl, You Know It's True. Life. Was. Scandalous!

Remember pee-wee cheerleading and the importance of being either at the top or the bottom of the human pyramid? Join us this week as Katie's friend Ashley reminisces about being on the bottom of that pyramid throughout middle school in the 90's, her love for Tom Selleck, and how her young Mother and Grandmother's pop culture influences shaped her sense of humor and view of the world through the decade. They talk about going to their first 'N Sync concert together, chatting to their first AOL chat room friend together, and share their favorite stories from 25 years ago, together! Grab your New Kids on the Block trading cards and let's go back to a time when we were 99% sure we'd marry our teen heartthrob, being voted as having Best Hair was a social status game-changer, and Pantene Pro-V was only for the rich and famous. Life. Was. Good.

Katie's friend, Shaylyn Ford, was recently crowned Mrs. World 2022 and together they geek out over their love for pageantry through the 90's and beyond! Shaylyn is one of the most insightful and unique women with a secret love for 90's grunge and they do some fun trivia based on song lyrics and the pageant queens through the 90's! Katie finds a secret link that connects pageantry and boy bands! Grab your Ribbon Dancer and let's go back to a time when baton twirling was a serious sport, Vanessa Williams started a huge pageant world “scandal,” and Ali Landry inspired some of us to pursue our local pageants in the hope that we could some day be Mrs. Nick Lachey! Life. Was. Good.

David Eck is back to talk about the Disney Renaissance period from 1989-1999 when Walt Disney animation studios returned to making more musical animated films that were based on well-known stories to make that money, honey! David and Katie battle with their fun facts about these iconic Disney movies, share their favorite stories and so much more!Grab your gizmos and gadgets a-plenty and let's go back to a time when Alyssa Milano inspired a Disney princess's likeness, Simba's mane was styled after a rock star, and MC Hammer lent his pants to some iconic movie moments! Oh, and cheers to you, Alan Menken! You will likely never hear this but if you do, good job at your job! You made the 90's what it was; Simply magical. Life. Was. Good.

Heather joins Katie in studio to chime in as they dive in on things like the top movies, tv shows and baby names from the year 1996. Go through month by month to hear the headlines and major news events that took place! It's sure to bring back memories, or you may even learn something new.. like, totally!Grab your Sony PlayStation and let's go back to a time when Super Mario was all the rage, watching Wheel of Fortune was a family affair, and your favorite news networks were just getting started! Life was good.

Heather joins Katie in studio to chime in as they deep dive on the top headlines, toys, cars, music and sports from 1996. Katie shares a drink that she named Bat Out of Hell in honor of the passing of Meatloaf. This was a year when the cost of a Super Bowl ad was somewhat reasonably priced and those commercials still live on in our memories. Grab your Lisa Frank trapper keeper and let's go back to a time when the Macarena was all the rage, the Tickle Me Elmo's were flying off the shelves and Tom Cruise was still ‘normal.'Life was good.

Test your memory of 90's pop culture with Katie and show producer, Brian! Topics include Saved by the Bell, Sheryl Crow, Boy Meets World, Friends, Jerry Springer, SpongeBob, 90210, Whitney Houston and Right Said Fred. Grab your number two pencil and let's go back to a time when you chose “B” on multiple choice tests if you didn't know the answer, Ted Danson was a real hunk, and Zach & Kelly were the “it” couple. Life. Was. Good.

It was the first year of the 90's era that set the tone for the rest of the decade. Join Katie as she takes you down memory lane and deep dives on the year 1990 with the top 10 music hits, movies and tv shows. A total of 16 sound bites are sure to unlock some memories for you! Hear about the cost of living including the gas and home prices, popular baby names and toys of the year. Go through the year month by month and reminisce over things like the finding of Sue the T- Rex and the Milli Vanilli scandal! Grab your Miracle Mop and let's go back to a time when Roseanne thought she could sing the National Anthem, Nelson Mandela was finally freed and we quoted “I've fallen and I can't get up!” way too often. Life was good.

Test your memory of 90's pop culture with Heather and Katie as they play a fun trivia game that's sure to bring up some interesting memories! They start the show with a light and refreshing drink officially called the “Right on top of that, Rose! spritzer!” It's a mouthful to say, but so delicious!Trivia questions include topics from Twin Peaks, Friends, Kurt Cobain, Third Rock From the Sun, Spice Girls, Cheers, Paula Abdul, Frasier, Blink 182, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Sex and the City and so many more!Grab your grocery bag wrapped geography book and let's go back to a time when we actually knew all the states and capitals, we all watched the same television shows on air at the same time, and we heard the blues a-callin' tossed salads and scrambled eggs.Life. Was. Good.