40 Random Bits of Nostalgia to Help Inspire Those Nerds at Time Travel Inc. to Finally Finish That Machine Already!

Set that time machine prototype to the not-so-distant past!
40 Random Bits of Nostalgia to Help Inspire Those Nerds at Time Travel Inc. to Finally Finish That Machine Already!

You know what’s great about an unfinished time machine? If we get sent back a few decades, it’s okay if we’re not able to come back! It was a simpler time. Well, probably because we were children without a care in the world. As adults, we’d have to get an apartment and start paying bills, but at least we could sport frosted tips without fear of judgement! 

Not to mention, we could see Nirvana live and buy a ton of Apple stock!

VHS Tapes

Some people still think VHS is cool, especially younger generations who are into the nostalgia of it. PINOCCHIO The ALICE MEONAN WONDERLAND ELTS PeterPan Bambi FANTASIA Aladdin BAMBI ETURN JAFAR THE LION KING Winnie the Pooh Was Disney - - Professo POIN Tube POCAHONTAS FINDING NEMO Fox PINAL RESCUERS Hound Jungle Book Beauty EBeast des كتاج Sword Store RCULES 1110-16 HITU CRACKED.COM Snow White Target and Disney no are selling products that evoke VHS culture, and used tapes can be found easily on sites like eBay and Amazon Marketplace.

Casette Tapes

EMINEM COLLECTS CASSETTES The rapper collects all the cassette tapes he couldn't afford when he was a kid.

Vinyl

40 Random Bits of Nostalgia to Help Inspire Those Nerds at Time Travel Inc. to Finally Finish That Machine Already!

CD Cases

CD cases Remember lugging around this party suitcase with 300 little slots for your CDs? Now, with apps like Apple Music and Spotify, we have every song we could ever want right there on our phones. @ CRACKED.COM

Columbia House

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Napster

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Myspace

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The Dixie Chicks

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John Cena

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Vanessa Carlton

CRACKED VANESSA CARLTON WAS THE QUEEN OF 2002. Her hit single A Thousand Miles and its music video made her world-famous. It remained in the Billboard Top Ten for 41 weeks, went double platinum and charted worldwide. No other song came close.

Sir Ian McKellen

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Avril Lavigne

This singer had some monster hits in the 2000s. Usually she wears a bit more eye makeup. It's Avril Lavigne.

Scream

The original title for Scream was Scary Movie. CRACKED.COM The 1996 horror film would be parodied in 2000s Scary Movie, starring Anna Faris and Marlon Wayans.

Ethan Suplee

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer

CRACKED GOOGLE AS A VERB. Google existed before Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but the show was the first to use the word as a verb in 2002. Willow asks Xander, Have you googled her yet? Googling someone as a quick background check quickly caught on.

The Aughts Are Back!

Identifying as a 90s kid CRACKEDCONT Teens (understandably) hate our '9Os nostalgia (since it's the early aughts that are now back in style)

Best Week Ever

VA2A BEST In the early 2000s, WEEK Best Week Ever Evehe featured pop culture observations by some future comic superstars. Including John Mulaney, Mel

Car Stereos

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'90s TV

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Sports Cards

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The Nutty Professor

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The Rachel

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Pogs

Pogs were a rip-off of the Japanese game Menko. Menko's been popular since the 1600s, travelling to Hawaii when Japanese people imigrated in the early 20th century. CRACKED.COM

Chris Cornell

ICONIC '90s FRONTMEN SOUNDGARDEN Chris Cornell The Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman was a huge influence on Seattle's Grunge scene in the early '90s. Sadly, he took his own life at 52, on May 17, 2017. CRACKED

Comic Books

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The ‘90s

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Space Jam

EASTER EGGSTRA SPACE I AM Larry Johnson references his famous '90s commercial. Johnson featured in a series of Converse commercials titled Grandmama in the '90s. When the NBA players lose their skills to the Nerdlucks, Johnson remarks: My grandmother played better than I do. CRACKED.COM

Sylvester Stallone

Stallone jumped between Rocky and Rambo in the '80s. Between 1976 and 1990, he made 5 Rocky movies and 3 Rambo movies. Between 1982 and 1985, the first 2 Rambo movies dropped between Rocky III and IV.

Kids Movies

CRACKED YOU CAN'T MAKE DARK, DISTURBING MOVIES FOR KIDS ANYMORE. In the '80s, we had The Dark Crystal, The NeverEnding Story, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, and Gremlins before everything brightened up in the '90s. Back then, a ghost gave Ray oral in Ghostbusters and Batman was made by Tim Burton.

Hook

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The Goonies

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G.I. Joe

In the 1980s, the struggling HASBRO toy company released a new action figure for its GIJOE line. The new character SNAKE EYES was clad completely in BLACK because Hasbro couldn't afford COLORED PAINT. CRACKED.COM

Waterbeds

Almost 1 of every 4 beds sold in the late '80s was a Waterbed. GRACKED.COM Waterbeds date all the way back to 3600 ВСЕ, when- Persians filled goat-skin mattresses with water warmed by the sun. Mod- ern waterbeds were de- signed for hospital ра- tients with bed sores.

‘80s Movies

Only 3 of the 15 highest grossing movies from the 1980s haven't been given a sequel, prequel or turned into a franchise. MAVE RICK CRACKED.COM Those movies are E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Tootsie, and Rain Man. Top Gun Maverick is the latest 36-year-old sequel, which proved to be a worthwhile risk.

Wayne Gretzky

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Sour Patch Kids

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Nintendo

1970s:1980s Video games NINTENDO IS AS OLD AS THE EIFFEL TOWER. 1889 Playing cards

Supergirl

A ASHION-MINDED FAN DESIGNED SUPERGIRL'S 1970S COSTUME. All through the '70s, Supergirl had a very '70s look, complete with plunging neckline, bishop sleeves, choker, and hot pants. The outfit was sent in in 1972 by reader John Sposato, and Supergirl wore it for ten years.

All My Children

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Muscle Cars

The Last Jedi costume designer Michael Kaplan designed the Red Guard to look like 1970s muscle cars. CRACKED COM

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