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Nineties - Golden Age Page 3

Quote: zooo @ March 10 2011, 5:59 PM GMT

Clothes?
Are you sure???
:)

Totally!!! Spice girl t-shirts, spice girl jackets, rainbow shorts, scrunchies whats not to like?????? Pleased

aaaand the cartoons were brilliant:

Rugrats,
Bump,
Forgotten Toys,
Hey Arnold,
Babaar,
Moomin,
Gummi Bears,
The tooth mice,
Rosie and Jim,
The secret life of toys,
The Riddlers,
The teletubbies (even though I was 11 when it came out),

There was some great 80s stuff too though Laughing out loud

Gummi Bears and Babaar were awesome. Are you sure they weren't '80s though?

Re. clothes, I did rather like those t-shirts that changed colour with heat!

Quote: zooo @ March 11 2011, 1:26 AM GMT

Gummi Bears and Babaar were awesome. Are you sure they weren't '80s though?

Re. clothes, I did rather like those t-shirts that changed colour with heat!

I just Googled it..... Babaar started in 1989, but it ran all throught the 90s, so I'm going with 90s Whistling nnocently

The Gummi bears were in 1985 :O So you win that one Unimpressed Laughing out loud

I never heard of those heat t-shirt things? Sounds cool though!

I win!

The shirts were rubbish, but a massive thing.

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Quote: zooo @ March 11 2011, 1:37 AM GMT

I win!

The shirts were rubbish, but a massive thing.

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They look rather stylish lol!! Did you have one?

I used to have those tshirts with little reflective pictures on them, like smilies or hearts........not such a trendy kid lol

I think it depends...

I did not have one. :(
I just used to play with them in the shops and make my hand print show up. *thrilling* ;)

Quote: zooo @ March 10 2011, 5:59 PM GMT

Clothes?
Are you sure???
:)

Absolutely, the grunge period was the only time my tragic wardrobe was ever fashionable

Oh yeah, I forgot grunge.

I was thinking of the bright coloured baggy suits. Sick

"Game On" was great.

Quote: Matthew Stott @ March 10 2011, 1:44 PM GMT

There are TONS of great US sitcoms!

Not sure about that. I think there's been maybe ten great American sitcoms in the last fifty years, of which Frasier is the best (season 1-6 only, of course).

I think the quantity sometimes masks the quality but from Bilko to 30 Rock via Taxi, Cheers, Seinfeld, Friends, Arrested Development et al. American comedy more than matches the British offerings.
But British comedy at its best, holds its own.

Quote: Dave @ March 11 2011, 8:37 PM GMT

Not sure about that. I think there's been maybe ten great American sitcoms in the last fifty years,

Wrong!

Quote: Steve Sunshine @ March 11 2011, 8:51 PM GMT

from Bilko to 30 Rock via Taxi, Cheers, Seinfeld, Friends, Arrested Development et al. American comedy more than matches the British offerings.

Correct!

Both nations have produced a ton of great sitcoms. And a slew of terrible ones.

Quote: Joey Moose @ March 11 2011, 7:59 PM GMT

"Game On" was great.

I hear you!!!!!

Quote: zooo @ March 11 2011, 1:13 PM GMT

I did not have one. :(
I just used to play with them in the shops and make my hand print show up. *thrilling* ;)

Fondling clothing you have no intention of buying is absolutely the best way to spend the afternoon!

Er? Back to 90s sitcoms: One Foot In The Grave, The Brittas Empire, Bottom, Game On, to add to the original list for me, not many US sitcoms do it for me but I liked Friends, Will and Grace and Frasier.

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