I was born in the late 80s, raised in the 90s, slowly matured in the 2000s, and I don’t think I could’ve asked for a better decade to be raised in. The Internet started to get going, WWF (before it became WWE) was in its prime, Pokemon hit the nation, Dragon Ball Z was a highlight of my life, Toonami on Cartoon Network with robot Tom was amazing, the birthday parties, the stay-overs, camping trips, and my time in elementary to middle school were the best years of my life. The best friends I ever had, who all eventually went their separate ways, moved to different cities/states, never to be seen or heard from again after all those years. The mistakes I made in the past that ruined relationships I had. Opportunities I missed. The isolation I had, wondering why it is I liked so many things that those around me did not have any interest in.

When remembering the past, it’s important not just to remember the good things, but the bad things. Good, bad, they all shaped me into who I am today. While I have done things that I regret, that regret is what makes me a better person, because the regret reminds me why I should never do those things again. At the same time, it’s important to remember the good things, why I enjoyed them, why they are the best moments in my memories from my youth. For this series, I intend to revisit the entertainment culture from the 90s. The 90s because I was raised in that time period, have a lot of fond memories of great movies, shows, commercials, and other things of that decade which make me believe that it truly was the greatest decade to be a kid in America.

As for the 80s, well, I may try that out after taking on this monumental task sometime down the road. While I don’t have any memories of my years in the 80s, there was plenty of 80s culture that extended into the 90s that was still influential for me, plus I think that may have been the best decade to be an adult from an entertainment culture point of view. I’ll be covering a few things from the late 80s that carried on into the early 90s, mainly tv shows and such.

This is not going to be a short task that can be done in a day. It can’t even be done in a week. Initially I thought I could do it in 10 posts (plus 1 for the late 80s stuff). But after taking a deep look into much that there is, I’ve determined that is impossible. I can’t do that decade justice if I’m going to end up doing 1 post covering each year of the 90s (1 post for 1990, 1 for 1991, etc). There’s too much in each year. And I don’t want to half-ass this like that fucking show by National Geographic “The 90s: The Last Great Decade?”. That show was bullshit. It covered so much of the negative stuff from the 90s that it would make current generations wonder what the fuck was so great about that decade. Well I aim to remedy that and provide something more definitive. But I’m not going to focus on the entire culture, just on 1 main aspect of it and its various subdivisions. The entertainment industry. Films, shows, games, music, toys, clothing (to some extent), and some commercials and other et-cetera stuff. Because when one thinks back on the past, hanging out with friends aside, they think of the fun products around during that time. The stuff that was on tv. The stuff they and their friends talked about and played with. How those products allowed friends to share in the experience and have fun. That’s the stuff most remember.

So to do this decade justice, rather than 1 post covering an entire year, I’m going to do 1 post covering an entire month. 1 post for each month in a year, that adds up to at least 120 posts for this project. Like I said, massive. But it’s possible that there could be a few months where very little happened in any of the above categories, so I could end up combining a few. In any case, I don’t have the willpower to do this on a regular basis. So I’ll be doing a post in this series off and on, until the day I hopefully finish on December 1999.

So if anyone reading has suggestions as to what I should include in all this, mainly with what should be mentioned during the first 12-13 posts (late 80s-December 1990), let me know.