How can you define a decade? Through television, of course. The 1990s featured many memorable TV moments, providing a fascinating picture of the decade. In this book, 99 episodes across all major television genres are discussed--from police procedurals, hangout sitcoms, and cartoons to game shows and much more. Some of these episodes became iconic and helped define the '90s; other episodes reflect events in the world at the time.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents
Must-See TV: An Introduction
Twin Peaks: "Pilot"
Tales from the Crypt: "The Switch"
Family Matters: "Rachel's Place"
Newhart: "The Last Newhart"
Saved by the Bell: "Jessie's Song"
Cop Rock: "Cop-a-Feeliac"
Married ... with Children: "I'll See You in Court"
In Living Color: "February 10, 1991"
Full House: "Joey Goes Hollywood"
Shop 'til You Drop: "July 10, 1991"
Darkwing Duck: "Comic Book Capers"
Blossom: "Rockumentary"
Columbo: "No Time to Die"
The Ren & Stimpy Show: "Stimpy's Invention"
Barney & Friends: "When I Grow Up..."
The Arsenio Hall Show: "June 3, 1992"
Clarissa Explains It All: "Total TV"
Murphy Brown: "You Say Potatoe, I Say Potato"
Quantum Leap: "Lee Harvey Oswald"
Martin: "Forever Sheneneh"
Saturday Night Live: "Tim Robbins/Sinead O'Connor"
Baywatch: "Rookie of the Year"
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? "Bad Day on Broadway"
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: "A Night at the Oprah"
The Ben Stiller Show: "With Rob Morrow"
Seinfeld: "The Contest"
Law & Order: "Point of View"
X-Men: The Animated Series: "Days of Future Past"
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: "Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues"
Beverly Hills, 90210: "Something in the Air"
Beavis and Butt-Head: "Scientific Stuff"
Cheers: "One for the Road"
Late Show with David Letterman: "August 30, 1993"
Melrose Place: "Much Ado About Everything"
Animaniacs: "Episode 15"
Saved by the Bell: The College Years: "The Poker Game"
Diagnosis: Murder: "Murder at the Telethon"
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman: "Pheromone, My Lovely"
Home Improvement: "The Eve of Construction"
Space Ghost Coast to Coast: "Spanish Translation"
Frasier: "My Coffee with Niles"
Dinosaurs: "Changing Nature"
The Real World: "Getting Dropped"
My So-Called Life: "Why Jordan Can't Read"
Silk Stalkings: "The Mud-Queen Murders"
Picket Fences: "Rebels with Causes"
Sister, Sister: "Get a Job"
Living Single: "There's No Ship Like Kinship"
The Parent 'Hood: "Ring Around the Nosey"
All That: "Da Brat"
All-American Girl: "Pulp Sitcom"
The Critic: "Siskel & Ebert & Jay & Alice"
The X-Files: "Humbug"
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: "April 11, 1995"
ER: "Motherhood"
The Wayans Bros.: "Blood Is Thicker Than Watercolor"
Goosebumps: "The Haunted Mask"
Xena: Warrior Princess: "Prometheus"
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective: "The Reindeer Hunter"
Muppets Tonight: "Michelle Pfeiffer"
Mad About You: "The Finale: Part 1"
Dexter's Laboratory: "Dexter's Rival / Dial M for Monkey: Simion"
Clueless: "As If a Girl's Reach Should Exceed Her Grasp"
7th Heaven: "No Funerals and a Wedding"
Judge Judy: "Episode 30"
Mystery Science Theater 3000: "Revenge of the Creature"
The Simpsons: "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show"
Friends: "The One with the Morning After"
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "Angel"
King of the Hill: "Keeping Up with Our Joneses"
Ellen: "The Puppy Episode"
Todd McFarlane's Spawn: "Burning Visions"
Roseanne: "Into That Good Night"
Emeril Live: "Dueling Woks"
Walker, Texas Ranger: "Lucas"
Jerry Springer: "I Refuse to Wear Clothes"
Ally McBeal: "Cro-Magnon"
3rd Rock from the Sun: "36! 24! 36! Dick"
Veronica's Closet: "Veronica's $600,000 Pop"
South Park: "Mecha-Streisand"
Boy Meets World: "If You Can't Be with the One You Love..."
The Larry Sanders Show: "Another List"
The Drew Carey Show: "What's Wrong with This Episode?"
Monday Night RAW: "April 27, 1998"
Cousin Skeeter: "Mo' Skeeter Blues"
Will & Grace: "A New Lease on Life"
Hang Time: "High Hoops"
Sports Night: "Intellectual Property"
Celebrity Deathmatch: "Masters of Martial Arts"
That '70s Show: "That Disco Episode"
Total Request Live: "November 9, 1998"
NYPD Blue: "Hearts and Souls"
The PJs: "Rich Man, Porn Man"
The Sopranos: "College"
Futurama: "Space Pilot 3000"
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: "What You Leave Behind"
The West Wing: "Pilot"
Felicity: "The List"
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? "November 19, 1999"
Warm Glow: A Conclusion
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