Nostalgic Things From The Past (16 pics)

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The Simpsons being a controversial TV show because it satirized the nuclear family and because Bart was considered a bad influence on kids:

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And the "Do the Bartman" music video that played on VH1 and MTV:

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The Gap when their logo was spelled out in lowercase letters and it was the absolute coolest store:

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Earring Magic Ken, who ended up being a gay icon after he was accidentally designed to look like an early-'90s gay man heading out for a fun night at the clubs — complete with a cock ring necklace:

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Madonna's Sex book and the huge backlash she got after releasing it:

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In Living Color which, aside from being hilarious, was probably the edgiest show on TV:

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And In Living Color's Fly girls dancers — which included Jennifer Lopez:

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CK One, which was the coolest fragrance and had everyone smelling like it:

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And Sassy magazine, which was one of the coolest magazines around and had a brother (it was aimed towards guys) magazine called Dirt:

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Batman Returns being one of the most-anticipated sequels ever and the tons of backlash it got for being too dark:

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SNL's "Coffee Talk with Linda Richman" — whose voice you can probably hear in your head right now:

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And SNL's "Gap Girls" skit, which Chris Farley would steal every moment of:

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Cordless home phones that were giant with big antennas that stuck out and, weirdly, did not have much range. They also had zero battery life:

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MTV's early seasons of The Real World, which was reality TV before it truly existed. Also, cast members were truly themselves and not there to make careers out of being on television:

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Tony Little's Ab Isolator infomercials. As soon as they came on on Saturday mornings, you knew cartoon time was over: