The 90sTV blog
Stories and odd facts from 1990s television: the shows, the music videos, the cartoons and the commercials in between.
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On September 28, 1997, during the network premiere of Toy Story, Richard Dreyfuss narrated Apple's "Think different" commercial. Steve Jobs had recorded a version that never aired.
- Forrest Gump and the bench in Savannah
Forrest Gump opened on 6 July 1994. Its Savannah bench was a fiberglass prop on the north side of Chippewa Square, and that curb is empty now.
- Baywatch after the cancellation
NBC canceled Baywatch after the 1989–90 season. In 1991 David Hasselhoff and the producers brought it back in syndication, and the lifeguard show went around the world.
- The night sixty-two cleared the wall
On 8 September 1998 at Busch Stadium, Mark McGwire hit his 62nd home run and passed Roger Maris, in the summer he and Sammy Sosa spent chasing 61.
- The Saturday Jamiroquai played the NME stage
On 26 June 1993 Jamiroquai played Glastonbury's NME stage at half past four, the week their debut album entered the UK chart at number one.
- Aaron Burr, peanut butter, and an empty carton
On October 29, 1993, a California milk commercial left a history buff with peanut butter, an empty carton, and the name Aaron Burr.
- The summer Jurassic Park changed the picture
On 11 June 1993, Jurassic Park opened with six minutes of computer-generated dinosaurs, a hurricane in its shoot, and a box-office record that held until Titanic.
- The summer the World Cup came to America
In the summer of 1994 the World Cup came to the United States, and it ended with a scoreless final at the Rose Bowl and Roberto Baggio's penalty over the bar.
- The night Seinfeld signed off
On May 14, 1998, the last Seinfeld drew 76.3 million viewers, record ad prices, and a very strange night of television everywhere else.
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- Two stages at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics
An AT&T stage in Centennial Olympic Park, and a House of Blues in the old church across the street. Tito Puente, Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan were on the bill.