That's So '90s
- 2018-2018
- 1 season
- Documentary
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2018
Episode 1
We Found Lisa Frank!
Tue, Jun 5, 2018 4 mins
Lisa Frank's signature aesthetic-rainbows, unicorns, puppies-defined childhood for kids in the '90s. But as her empire grew, Lisa Frank withdrew. Until now. See what life is like as Queen of the Rainbows.
Episode 2
Thank 'Star Wars' For Laser Tag
Tue, Jun 5, 2018 3 mins
Remember laser tag? The sweaty, pizza and soda-fueled birthday parties. The fog-filled, dark room with flashing lights. Since its birth in 1984 with the release of the Photon toy, laser tag evolved into an iconic game. Meet its inventor.
Episode 3
The Nasa Scientist Who Invented the Super Soaker
Tue, Jun 5, 2018 3 mins
Remember the childhood hours of fun spent blasting your friends with neon-tinged water cannons? You can thank a NASA scientist for that. In 1982, Lonnie Johnson designed the Super Soaker. But that wasn't Johnson's only invention. The award-winning scientist came up with everything from the Nerf gun to a thermoelectric energy converter, and now he's got even bigger aims.
Episode 4
The Comedy Roots of R.L. Stine's Goosebumps
Tue, Jun 5, 2018 3 mins
If you're a child of the '90s, chances are you know R.L. Stine's "Goosebumps" books. You remember-the spooky young adult novels that made you check under your bed before lights out. Well, get this: before Stine was scaring innocent children, he cut his teeth on bizarre comics and funny stories. Find out how he went from jokes to jitters.
Episode 5
Meet the Voice of the Early Internet
Tue, Jun 5, 2018 2 mins
If you logged onto the internet circa 1997, chances are you heard this guy, Elwood Edwards, greet you with a warm "Welcome! You've got mail." Edwards scored his place in internet history back in 1989, after submitting a handful of recorded phrases to a company that would soon be known as America Online. Thirty years and hundreds of millions of logins later, the rest is history.
Episode 6
The Godfather of Tween Board Games
Tue, Jun 5, 2018 2 mins
Mike Gray knows a bit about the tween psyche: Among his greatest games are "Mall Madness" and "Dream Phone." We caught up with Gray to get the story on the first crushes of your youth.