BY MICHAEL GOODPASTER
(FOUR) SURF CULTURE
In the 90’s, people cared about surfing again. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sounded a lot like surfers. A lot of kid and karate stuff mingled with the surf talk. Bill and Ted had it too. On top of that, there was the movie “Point Break”. I’m not saying we need to dye our hair blonde and sound like stoners, but the slang was awesome. Like “Gnarly, Dude!” or “Cowabunga!” or “Excellent!” or any of those awesome things.
(THREE) 9 VOLT BATTERIES
I don’t think I’ve had a use for a 9 volt battery since Clinton was President. These little rectangle boxes of battery acid were really cool for one reason. If you talked your friend… or enemy into touching the tip of it to their tongue you’d get the pleasure of watching them get shocked. Hell, I think that might have been the last time I used one. Sorry.
(TWO) BELL BOTTOMS
I missed out on bell bottoms. In the 60’s and 70’s, I wasn’t born and then in the early 90’s when people were doing the hippie/grunge throw back I was still a bit too young. Instead of being around for nice bell bottoms I got stuck with the parachute raver pants of the late 90’s/early 00’s and then the skinny jeans of now. This is why I wear slacks at all times. I’m not being overly-classy, I’m just holding out for bell bottoms.
(ONE) TOM GREEN
“My bum is on this plant! My bum is on this plant! Look at me! My bum is on this plant!” No greater words have ever been spoken. Tom Green was huge on MTV for awhile and then just sorta went crazy and faded away. His first show was classic and then his talk show was really underrated stuff. I loved “Freddy Got Fingered”. I always enjoy seeing him. I don’t get why he’s not doing something on a bigger scale like hosting, acting, or just around more. He was Jackass before Jackass and without the douchey-ness. He was a real dude who filmed stupid shit on his video camera and then took over the world… for a little bit. I’m always going to have a soft spot for this dude.
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