Slap Bracelets

Slap Bracelets
Hall of Fame Category: Clothing & Attire

Remember the first time you saw a slap bracelet? You were probably in 4th or 5th grade and someone brought in something that looked like a ruler covered in leopard print fabric. There was a big crowd around that kid that day wasn’t there? You walked into the crowd and said “Gee golly, Bobby, what’s that swell new toy you get there fellow?” (That’s how I talked in the early 90’s anyway) You reached out to touch it, Bobby slapped it against your wrist and it scared the bejesus out of you as it coiled around your wrist like a tiny boa constrictor. Then everyone laughed at you for soiling yourself in the middle of the classroom. Nonetheless, you went to your local toy store after school that day and bought like 10 of them. The next day you played with them throughout math class and that is why you still have a problem with algebra to this day. There was a huge teacher rebelion against slap bracelets, if teachers caught you with them, you could count on not getting them back. Then there was a big fight and someone called the teacher a doodie head and feelings were hurt. Speaking of hurt, snap bracelets had their own injury toll. Many kids actually got hurt by these little fabric-covered metal bracelets. Soon, slap bracelets were labelled a menace and outlawed in school. But there was always that one kid. The one who never had any slap bracelets. You felt sorry for this kid but never gave him any of your slap bracelets. Then one day slap bracelets got boring, and went “out of style.” The next day that kid who didn’t have any slap bracelets comes waltzing into class with both forearms full up to the elbows with slap bracelets. And you felt even more sorry for him.

Slap Bracelets Links
- On Wikipedia

Doug

Doug
Hall of Fame Category: Cartoons

Doug had it all didn’t he? He had a kickass neighbor, a hot babe in Patty Mayonnaise, a beatnik sister, a dog named porkchop, and a blue friend named Skeeter. Not that there’s anything wrong with blue people, I know a lotta blue people and they are all nice people. A little loud at times, but good people nonetheless. (And, like they say, “once you go blue, you never…. go… through… it again?”) Doug also had the honor of being the first Nicktoon ever! Needless to say Nickelodeon got it right on the first try. Doug is by far my favorite nicktoon ever. Doug & Skeeter kicked the asses of Ren & Stimpy, Tommy & Chucky, Rocko & Heffer, Ickis & Krumm, and all other Nicktoons buddy pairings. Doug was not without his epic fails however. The Disney/ABC version of Doug ruined the show. Doug was happy at Nickelodeon, thanks alot mouse. All-in-all, Doug was a big part of 90’s kids’ viewing schedule, and who needed Indiana Jones when you hade Race Canyon? Anyone who didn’t watch this show lived in fear of Quialman’s Quaileye!

Doug Links
- On Wikipedia
- On The Big Cartoon Database
- On Jump The Shark

Goosebumps

Goosebumps
Hall of Fame Category: Books & Literature

While the goosebumps series didn’t have the same user interaction that the Choose Your Own Adventure series did, it still took ya on a spooky tale, ya know, when you’re 11. The Goosebumps series lasted for 62 books, full of really scary monsters like Slappy the Dummy, Cuddles the Hamster, Curly the Skeleton, and a pair of evil lawn gnomes. It also spawned a few spin-off series also written by author R.L. Stine. Spin-offs like “Give yourself Goosebumps,” and “Goosebumps: 2000″ which weren’t before in the year 2000, but back in the 90’s it was cool to add 2000 after something. But when it got to be the year 2000 it was kinda over rated… I guess that would mean adding “2010″ after the name of something would be cool now. Anyway, unless you couldn’t read, or you were part of some weird cult that thought books were the devil, no kid from the 90’s made it through the decade without at least reading the back of a Goosebumps book. And what was the first thing you did when you picked up a Goosebumps book? You ran your fingers over the embossed “Goosebumps.” It’s not braille dude.

Goosebumps Links
- Official Goosebumps Graphix Site
- On Wikipedia
- List of Goosebumps Books on Wikipedia