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George R. R. Martin at Worldcon 75, Helsinki, before the Hugo Awards.

When the 704-page 'A Game of Thrones' hit shelves on August 1, 1996, it received positive notices and respectable sales, but there was little hint of the hysteria that would follow.

Jake Rossen
ABC

From 'Full House' to 'Perfect Strangers,' if you turned on a TV set in the 1990s, it was impossible to escape ABC's Friday night "TGIF" lineup.

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Ralph Macchio in The Karate Kid (1984).

You'd better start practicing those crane kicks again! More than 30 years after Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence faced off in one of cinema's most iconic showdowns, The Karate Kid has officially made a comeback.

Tim Lybarger








Paramount Pictures

It takes just 14 words—“Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger, can I take your order?”—to make a ‘90s kid swoon with nostalgia.

Tara Aquino


Fred Rogers remains an icon of kindness for the ages. An innovator of children’s television, his salt-of-the-earth demeanor and genuinely gentle nature taught a generation of kids the value of kindness.

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Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network’s boorish Elvis homage, which premiered 20 years ago, originated with a college kid’s thesis project.

Jason Serafino