Just watched an Episode of Clarissa Explains it All....

mookeywrench
mookeywrench Posts: 6,059
edited October 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
Browsing youtube, I came across an episode from 1993 or 94 and it had all of the commercials included.

Some things to take away:

1) Shows from the 90's didn't talk down to kids, you may have not always gotten the joke, but it came across as real dialogue.

2)Clarissa says, "I predict by the year 2000, with virtual reality classrooms, there won't be a need to go to school." Now there's online classes...coincidence? or did Clarissa explain it all?

3)A friend dropped off some belongings to Clarissa and said something along the lines of, "Here's your notebook, the new Nirvana tape, and your calculator." It was so refreshing to hear Nirvana regaurded as just another band rather than carrying the heavy conventional connotation that they are rock icons, saviors, or martyrs to music.

4) You would think that you would forget commercials from 15 years ago, but apart from the local ones, I remembered everyone of them.

5) I miss the 90's
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  • markin ball
    markin ball Posts: 1,076
    How 'bout that sweet guitar lick that played when Sam came through the window. :D
    "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win ."

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  • Lauri
    Lauri Posts: 748
    for a terrible show, that show was pretty good :)

    Remember when Clarissa got backstage passes to pearl jam?
  • so-much-clearer
    so-much-clearer Posts: 303
    Lauri wrote:
    for a terrible show, that show was pretty good :)

    Remember when Clarissa got backstage passes to pearl jam?
    Wow, I vaguely remember that.

    Loved that show, it wasn't terrible!
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  • prytocorduroy
    prytocorduroy Posts: 4,355
    Guilty pleasure.
  • washedinblack91
    washedinblack91 Posts: 3,079
    i used to LOOOOOOOVE that show! it was the first time i had ever heard a reference to pearl jam and i remember going "pearl jam? what kind of band name is that!" hahahaha... i was a silly child back then :D
    but yes i agree, the nick shows i grew up with were awesome, they had real problems and realistic lives unlike that 15 year old chick who's the vice president of a fashion company. wtf?! whatever. i'm happy i had a great childhood even though this new generation of kids don't :D
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  • gearboy
    gearboy Posts: 349
    markin ball wrote:
    How 'bout that sweet guitar lick that played when Sam came through the window. :D
    :lol: yeah that was awesome!

    loved that show
    LOVED Clarissa ;)
    forgot all about it, I'll be checking youtube later for it no doubt!
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  • gobrowns19
    gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    Nick shows were the best. We own all the seasons of the Adventures of Pete and Pete and watch them religiously. I still have the largest crush in the world on Ellen.
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  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    mookeywrench wrote:
    5) I miss the 90's

    :clap::clap::clap:

    A decade that will forever be missed...
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  • Lauri
    Lauri Posts: 748
    gobrowns19 wrote:
    Nick shows were the best. We own all the seasons of the Adventures of Pete and Pete and watch them religiously. I still have the largest crush in the world on Ellen.

    oh my god. Pete and Pete may have been the best show ever on television, at least that's how I remember it. Smart comedy for kids. I was in high school when that show was on and I still loved it. I've watched a few of the kids shows that are popular these days and they can't even hold a candle to some of those Nick shows from the 80s and 90s.
  • TravisTheSky
    TravisTheSky Posts: 615
    gobrowns19 wrote:
    Nick shows were the best. We own all the seasons of the Adventures of Pete and Pete and watch them religiously.

    Ooh, most episodes of Pete are on Veoh. I always enjoyed the alternative music artists who had little roles.

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  • markin ball
    markin ball Posts: 1,076
    gobrowns19 wrote:
    Nick shows were the best. We own all the seasons of the Adventures of Pete and Pete and watch them religiously. I still have the largest crush in the world on Ellen.
    Me too... In fact I married a girl named Ellen. :o
    "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win ."

    "With our thoughts we make the world"
  • gobrowns19
    gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    Yes! To all who expressed love for Pete & Pete, you are all invited to a viewing party at my house next time Pearl Jam comes to Grand Rapids.

    Seriously.
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