I Love "I LOVE THE '90s"

This episode is dedicated to the incomparable OJ Simpson.

Two doctors - Dre and Quinn, Medicine Woman - lead us into the back half of I Love 1993, but Annie and Courtney are a little more equipped to discuss the impact of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. This episode also dips into Dazed and Confused, Crystal Pepsi, Quantum Leap, Aerosmith, and one of THE defining shows of the decade: The X-Files.

The first half of I Love 1993 sends Annie down some rabbit holes of notable true crime cases surrounding the Bobbitts and the Davidians, while Courtney mostly struggles to defend the opinion that "Informer" by Snow isn't really that bad. But between Jurassic Park, Where's Waldo?, and Martin, the major theme here is a sense of timelessness in entertainment, and it's a joy to see VH1's gallery of commentators revel in it!

The year continues with forays into the violence of Tarantino, Mortal Kombat, and playground hipster versions of Barney's infamous "I Love You" song. But after shrugging through discussions of a disastrous Olympic ad campaign and a rivalry between a fictional character and the then-current US Veep, we finally get to fawn over the greatest movie soundtrack of all time. What did VH1 miss along the way? Find out in our conclusion to I Love "I Love 1992!"

Join Annie & Courtney as they compare the quaint oddities of the US political landscape of 1992 to the nightmare parade of 2024. The year also brought us a certified cinematic comedy classic, a pioneering reality show, and some notable one hit wonders (even more notable? One of them is now famous for more than his honky tonk hit!) And just for the bookworms out there, a little spice courtesy of Madonna and Fabio!

We're rollerblading our way through the backend of I Love 1991! Annie & Courtney hang their heads in shame over some more major blindspots in their film knowledge (neither sister has seen Thelma & Louise?!?) But Annie makes up for it when she notes just how many major cultural artifacts the show itself skipped over. As for Courtney? You guessed it -- more moronic rants about events for which she was hardly present!

Between the meteoric rise of grunge music and the teen angst of Beverly Hills, 90210, 1991 was the year the '90s truly became the greatest decade of all time! We've sadly lost some legends since then, but even more sad is that a certain political figure has retained his position ever since. But on the bright side, this episode introduced us to some great movies and helped us contextualize the pop culture we already loved growing up!

There was so much Annie & Courtney wanted to talk about with 1990, they had to save some of it for a second episode! This time around, Courtney goes a little off track talking about the impact of filmmakers Tim Burton and Martin Scorsese, while Annie's disturbed by the lack of recognition for the Ozone Layer. What other trends did they find worthy of discussion?

Annie & Courtney look back on the first half of the series premier exactly 20 years after it's first airdate. 1990 was a year both sisters were still in diapers, so while there's the stuff they remember being popular years after the fact (Twin Peaks, Ghost, and Sinéad O'Conner's Nothing Compares 2 U video) there are a couple sequences that left the sisters scratching their heads (was there really a nationwide Lambada craze, or did VH1 just make that up?) It turns out there was so much to talk about, the podcast had to be split in half!

A quick rundown of who we are and why we wanted to start I Love "I LOVE THE '90s" - does it make any sense? Probably not, but let's just have fun!