Wow. My brothers, my friends, my cousins and anyone else I knew agreed that this was the best and most hi-tech football video game out there (this was back in 1992).
We were amazed at how the game actually talked to you and how it would narrate the game as if it was a live man. No, it wasn't Joe Montana speaking. It was a radical robot with a radical voice speaking and somehow it kept up with all of our plays.
We have some really amazing memories of playing this game and it's cool to think how this game paved the way to today's "Madden NFL 12". Which game is better?
This video below will show you what every single boy played in 1992-93 on their Sega Genesis.
Growing up in the 1980's and 1990's, we always noticed a common theme in many of the movies and tv shows we watched back then: That the one main dude would have brown hair, and the other main dude would have blond hair. Well, we're gonna get right to it so if you don't believe us then you best take a look below!!!
Gilbert Lowell / Lewis Skolnick
Lewis & Gilbert
"Revenge of the Nerds" (1984)
Bill S. Preston, Esq. / Ted Logan
Bill & Ted
"Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" (1989)
Wayne Campbell / Garth Algar
Wayne & Garth
"Wayne's World" (1992)
Butt-Head / Beavis
Beavis & Butt-Head
"Beavis and Butt-Head" (1993)
Lloyd Christmas / Harry Dunne
Lloyd & Harry
"Dumb & Dumber" (1994)
We know that there are a bunch more brown and blond-headed dudez from the 80's and 90's but can't think of any more right now. So everyone out there...be sure to let us know which ones we forgot so we can add them to the list!!
Today we lost a legend of the 80s and 90s. "Macho Man" Randy Savage died after having a heart attack while he was driving his car, which then smashed into a tree. It is believed that the trauma from the car accident was the cause of death.
He was definitely one of our favorite wrestlers to watch back in the WWF days. We have many good memories watching him say “Oohhh Yeahhhhhhh!!!” and finishing people off with his famous elbow drop.
Randy, you will be missed!
Here's a flashback to 1992 with "Macho Man" Randy Savage selling WWF wrestling toy figures!
"In Living Color" was a great show. We have many radical memories of this show from being youth of the 90's, including this one where David Allen Grier and Jim Carrey play Rodney King and Reginald Denny (in case you don't know... one was a black guy beaten by white guys and the other was a white guy beaten by black guys!). We don't know about you, but we remember saying "Can't we all just get along?!?!!?" all the time as kids after this episode aired!!!!
It originally aired on September 27, 1992, which was five months after the LA Riots. Enjoy!
On April 29, 1992, a jury acquitted four white Los Angeles Police officers accused in the videotaped beating of black motorist Rodney King. A shit storm followed later. The riots lasted six days, destroyed $1 billion worth of property, killed 53 people, and injured thousands.
Below is a portion of the Rodney King beating and the shit storm:
The band Sublime somehow made a mistake with the lyrics when they wrote the song "April 29, 1992 (Miami)". It's a song about the LA Riots, which started on April 29, 1992, but (for whatever reason) they mistakenly say "April 26, 1992" in the lyrics. Great song anyway! Above is a video of the song along with clips from this hectic time period.
Right now, we know you're asking yourself, "Who is Ralph James"? We asked the same question. Ralph James was a voiceover artist who voiced Mr. Turtle from the classic Tootsie Pop commercials, which ran from 1978 to 1982. Ralph James died at the age of 67 on March 14, 1992. That was 19 years ago today! He had a small part but he will be remembered forever!
We have fond memories of this commercial. We always liked how Mr. Turtle was a grumpy old man and didn't want to deal with the weird naked kid's questions. "GO ASK MR. OWL, YOU YOUNG WHIPPER SNAPPER SON OF A BITCH YOU!!!!"
Here is an old Whiskas cat food commercial from 1992. It features a talking Lovebird with a French accent. He basically tells cat owners to throw away their old cat food and feed them new recipe Whiskas instead. He believes that this will stop "uncivilized felines" from attacking "small, colorful birds" like himself.
Also, the commercial states that "Cats would buy Whiskas". I'm pretty sure that my cat wouldn't buy Whiskas. If she had the choice, she'd continue chasing, terrorizing and eating birds and other small animals in my yard. But that's just my cat.
Would your cat choose Whiskas over hunting and eating animals in your yard??
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This episode is from 1992 and it's hosted by Jessica Duarte and Scott Tunnell. Part One starts off with Jessica and Scott on stage at the San Diego Zoo with a South African Cheetah. Next, they talk about different animal colorings and camouflages and why they have them. After that, they hang out with some Rhinos and get slimed by one!
Part Two begins with Jessica and Scott at Custer State Park in South Dakota where they see a herd of Buffalo, which are actually called American Bison. Next, they visit The Prairie Edge which is a store there that sells Native American art. Then they visit Steven Kutcher aka "The Bug Man" who has thousands of insects and bugs which he keeps as pets. They include tarantulas, cockroaches, scorpions, spiders, beetles, and many more.
Did Jessica call the Arachnophobia spiders radical? Yes she did! That's RADICAL!!!
Part Three has Jessica and Scott going to the Triple Seven Buffalo Ranch in South Dakota. There Scott meets up with some boys and he wears Coyote fur while crawling alongside a herd of Buffalo. Then Jessica and Scott jump on a couple of horses and round up some Buffalo! They herd them over to stalls where they get treated with their shots.
"Wild Side Show" was a TV show for kids on Nickelodeon that was hosted by two kids and featured various wild and zoo animals with an emphasis on education and wildlife conservation.
We used to love this show and luckily recorded a couple of episodes when they originally aired. There's barely any information about Nickelodeon's Wild Side Show anywhere online. As of writing this, there's no info on Wikipedia and barely any on IMDB. But after doing extensive research and gathering clues from around the web, here is what we found:
The show definitely premiered in 1992 but there are conflicting reports of when exactly. We personally think it was on Sunday, August 23, 1992 at 8:30pm EST and after that Sundays at 5:00pm EST (other sources have premiere dates listed as February 1, April 10, and August 22, 1992). We also believe the show lasted for two seasons (each with a different set of hosts) and that reruns were shown on Nickelodeon for at least until 1995.
SEASON ONE (13 Episodes): Premiere: Sunday, August 23, 1992 at 8:30pm EST on Nickelodeon (?) Host: Jessica Duarte Host: Scott Tunnell Locations: Mostly at the San Diego Zoo & Wild Animal Park
(plus other locations throughout the US)
SEASON TWO (13 Episodes): Premiere: Saturday, November 6, 1993 at 5:30pm EST on Nickelodeon Host: Jillian Hirasawa Host: Gordon Michael Woolvett Locations: Africa and Ontario, Canada's Chapleau Crown Game Preserve
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Video Title: (1992) Wild Side Show - Nickelodeon TV show (buffalo episode, parts 1, 2 & 3)
Product: Nickelodeon's Wild Side Show
Original Air Date: 1992
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This episode is from 1992 and consists of three parts which is hosted by Jessica Duarte and Scott Tunnell. Part One starts off with Jessica and Scott at the San Diego Zoo with a bird called a Scarlet Macaw. Then they talk about all different kinds of birds and how they're related to dinosaurs. After that they play a game called "Animal Relatives" and have us guess which animals are the most closely related to each other. (Spoiler Alert! It's kinda funny how all 3 questions are the answer C and the animals are the most different from the original animal! We answered correctly, so where is our busload of 1990's tourists wearing fanny-packs, fluorescent clothing, and radical sunglasses???)
Part Two begins with Jessica at The Theater of the Sea in Islamorada, Florida talking about bottlenose dolphins. It then shows how physically handicapped people can swim with the dolphins for therapy. The next segment is Scott and Jill talking about different types of wild cats, especially Tigers and how they could soon become extinct. (It's radical how they decided to include the puking cat in this segment!)
Part Three has Jessica and Scott at the San Diego Zoo and they're talking to zookeepers and trainers about how they started their careers. Next, Jessica goes swimming and dancing with the bottlenose dolphins! After that, she goes on a boat with a Marine Biologist to look for dolphins in their natural habitat. Unfortunately, she finds a mother dolphin trying to bring her lifeless baby dolphin back to life. The poor baby drowned. It was taken to SeaWorld for an autopsy.
"Wild Side Show" was a TV show for kids on Nickelodeon that was hosted by two kids and featured various wild and zoo animals with an emphasis on education and wildlife conservation.
We used to love this show and luckily recorded a couple of episodes when they originally aired. There's barely any information about Nickelodeon's Wild Side Show anywhere online. As of writing this, there's no info on Wikipedia and barely any on IMDB. But after doing extensive research and gathering clues from around the web, here is what we found:
The show definitely premiered in 1992 but there are conflicting reports of when exactly. We personally think it was on Sunday, August 23, 1992 at 8:30pm EST and after that Sundays at 5:00pm EST (other sources have premiere dates listed as February 1, April 10, and August 22, 1992). We also believe the show lasted for two seasons (each with a different set of hosts) and that reruns were shown on Nickelodeon for at least until 1995.
SEASON ONE (13 Episodes): Premiere: Sunday, August 23, 1992 at 8:30pm EST on Nickelodeon (?) Host: Jessica Duarte Host: Scott Tunnell Locations: Mostly at the San Diego Zoo & Wild Animal Park
(plus other locations throughout the US)
SEASON TWO (13 Episodes): Premiere: Saturday, November 6, 1993 at 5:30pm EST on Nickelodeon Host: Jillian Hirasawa Host: Gordon Michael Woolvett Locations: Africa and Ontario, Canada's Chapleau Crown Game Preserve
WE WILL POST ANOTHER WILD SIDE SHOW EPISODE VERY SOON. STAY TUNED!!!
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Video Title: (1992) Wild Side Show - Nickelodeon TV show (dolphins episode, parts 1, 2 & 3)
Product: Nickelodeon's Wild Side Show
Original Air Date: 1992
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Here is an old Twizzlers candy commercial from 1992. It features the famous Twizzlers lips! Do they still use these lips in Twizzlers ad campaigns?? The lips are dreaming about......you guessed right! Twizzlers!!!
Here is an old Kid Cuisine frozen dinner commercial that's from 1992. It features BJ (the penguin) and The Chef (the polar bear). They're perfect characters for selling frozen dinners since they love the cold and live in the freezer. But unfortunately they were dropped by the company and now some new penguin named K.C. has taken over.
Also, back in 1992, Kid Cuisine frozen foods were promoting the re-release of Walt Disney's "Pinnochio" so they offered a free Pinnochio game board with each dinner. We want all four!!
Lucky the Leprechaun was created in 1963 and was voiced by voice actor Arthur Anderson until 1992, the year of this commercial. Is this Arthur or an impostor? You decide!
Here is an old "Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland" movie trailer that was recorded in 1992.
This animated feature film was actually originally released in Japan on July 15, 1989. Three years later it was re-released in the US on August 21, 1992. Here is the trailer for the US re-release.
Basically, Little Nemo is "a young explorer who must save a noble king, outmatch a mighty monster, and win the heart of a princess!" Although it was considered a flop in Japan, it did somewhat well in the US.
This commercial has Cosmo as a giant and him picking up a McDonald's restaurant! Wait, but it was only a dream! His friends wake him up since they're all heading over to McDonald's. But Cosmos bicycle is HUGE now! I guess he's gotta run there!!
Here is an old WWF Wrestling toy figures commercial from 1992. This commercial came out a decade before the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) became World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
It stars "Macho Man" Randy Savage and it includes wrestling figures such as "The Hulkster" Hulk Hogan, The Texas Tornado, Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake, and Sgt. Slaughter (who makes a very quick cameo in this commercial).
Does Randy's voice ever start hurting after a long day of screaming???
Here is a Pinnacle by Score Baseball Cards commercial that was recorded in 1992.
This commercial features the late Kirby Puckett throwing out the runner all the way deep in center field. Just several months prior to this commercial, Puckett hit his walk-off homer in Game Six of the 1991 World Series which some say was the highlight of his career. Unfortunately, he died of a stroke on March 6, 2006 at the age of 45.
Pinnacle was a trading card company that competed against the "Big Three" companies (Donruss, Fleer, & Topps) from 1988-1998. Their first card set was called Score and it was the first to have a color mugshot of the player and 2nd to have a full color back. Pinnacle's player biographies were the most extensive of any major baseball card set of its time. This set being featured in this commercial (at 893 cards) were among the largest card sets of that time.
This commercial features the late actress Brittany Murphy in 1992 when she was about 14 years old. She has a list of great movies she was in such as "Clueless", "Girl, Interrupted", "Spun", "8 Mile", etc... and was the voice of Luanne Platter from "King of the Hill". She also starred in the short-lived "Drexell's Class". Remember that show? This commercial was right after she was done with "Drexell's Class" and right before she started getting roles in feature films.
Unfortunately, she died on December 20, 2009 and the cause of her death is still somewhat uncertain though it was listed as "natural". You will be missed Brittany!!
Now on to the commercial...So why is this guy so small and wandering around the kitchen so early in the morning? Did we miss something? Well at least he added more cinnamon sweetness to the cereal and made everyone happy!!
