Author: Colby Droscher

Colby has been in digital publishing for 15+ years. In a past life he was the Editor in Chief of Literally Media Entertainment brands (cracked.com, ebaumsworld.com, cheezburger.com).

McNugget Buddies: A Nostalgic Look at McDonald’s Iconic Happy Meal Toys

If you grew up in the 80s or 90s, chances are you remember the McNugget Buddies—those quirky, anthropomorphic nuggets that turned a simple McDonald's...

Inside Toys ‘R’ Us’ 1995 Black Friday Ad Insert

As a child, there was nothing quite as exciting as seeing the Toys R Us insert fall out of the Sunday Newspaper. The glossy...

Delia’s Catalog From Spring Break 1998

Was there anything more ubiquitous in the 90s than Delia's catalogs? So the year was 1998. Sono Bono dies in a skiing accident. MTV launches...

15 Viral Videos That Changed The Internet Forever

It's hard to overstate the impact that videos have had on the internet, or that internet videos have had on the real world. They're...

“Hair in a Can” Commercial From the 1990s

The 90s were a decade filled with magical, mysterious (and totally unnecessary) things being sold to us on cable TV late at night. It...

Digital Decompress: Sit Back and Relax with a Windows 98 Defrag Video

I don't think anything in my life today relaxes me the way that defragging an old Windows machine used to. Defrag, or disk defragmentation,...

20 Most Iconic 80s Songs: Synth-Pop, Glam Rock & MTV Hits

Something happened to music in the 1980s. Everything suddenly got bigger, louder, weirder, and a whole lot shinier. Synthesizers were no longer just a...

7 Mortal Kombat II Finishing Moves: Classic Fatalities and How to Perform Them

The "Mortal Kombat" series, first released in 1992, revolutionized the fighting game genre with its brutal and visually striking finishing moves known as Fatalities....

8 Super Mario Bros. Easter Eggs To Impress Your Inner 10-Year-Old

The original "Super Mario Bros." was released in 1985 for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), and it quickly became a cultural phenomenon. One of...

“This Is Your Brain on Drugs”: 80s and 90s Anti-Drug PSAs That Are Loaded With Nostalgia

Amidst all the glitz and glamour of the 80s and 90s, there was also a growing concern about the prevalence of drug use. The...

Miss Cleo: The Infamous Infomercial Psychic of the 90s

In the late 1990s, a charismatic figure emerged on late-night television, captivating audiences with her bold predictions and vibrant personality. Youree Dell Harris, better...

Pogs: What The Heck Were They And How Did You Play?

What Are Pogs? Ah, yes... Pogs—the small, circular disks that brought a whirlwind of excitement to playgrounds everywhere during the 90s. Originally known as “milk...

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