99 Episodes That Defined the ’90s
Television Milestones from Arsenio to Homer to Yada Yada Yada
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About the Book
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.
About the Author(s)
Bibliographic Details
Chris Morgan
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 286
Bibliographic Info: 20 photos, index
Copyright Date: 2024
pISBN: 978-1-4766-9419-1
eISBN: 978-1-4766-5333-4
Imprint: McFarland
Table of Contents
Must-See TV: An Introduction 1
Twin Peaks: “Pilot” 5
Tales from the Crypt: “The Switch” 7
Family Matters: “Rachel’s Place” 10
Newhart: “The Last Newhart” 13
Saved by the Bell: “Jessie’s Song” 15
Cop Rock: “Cop-a-Feeliac” 18
Married … with Children: “I’ll See You in Court” 20
In Living Color: “February 10, 1991” 23
Full House: “Joey Goes Hollywood” 26
Shop ’til You Drop: “July 10, 1991” 28
Darkwing Duck: “Comic Book Capers” 30
Blossom: “Rockumentary” 32
Columbo: “No Time to Die” 34
The Ren & Stimpy Show: “Stimpy’s Invention” 37
Barney & Friends: “When I Grow Up…” 39
The Arsenio Hall Show: “June 3, 1992” 42
Clarissa Explains It All: “Total TV” 44
Murphy Brown: “You Say Potatoe, I Say Potato” 46
Quantum Leap: “Lee Harvey Oswald” 49
Martin: “Forever Sheneneh” 52
Saturday Night Live: “Tim Robbins/Sinead O’Connor” 54
Baywatch: “Rookie of the Year” 57
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? “Bad Day on Broadway” 59
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: “A Night at the Oprah” 62
The Ben Stiller Show: “With Rob Morrow” 64
Seinfeld: “The Contest” 67
Law & Order: “Point of View” 72
X-Men: The Animated Series: “Days of Future Past” 74
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: “Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues” 76
Beverly Hills, 90210: “Something in the Air” 78
Beavis and Butt-Head: “Scientific Stuff” 81
Cheers: “One for the Road” 83
Late Show with David Letterman: “August 30, 1993” 86
Melrose Place: “Much Ado About Everything” 89
Animaniacs: “Episode 15” 91
Saved by the Bell: The College Years: “The Poker Game” 94
Diagnosis: Murder: “Murder at the Telethon” 97
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman: “Pheromone, My Lovely” 100
Home Improvement: “The Eve of Construction” 102
Space Ghost Coast to Coast: “Spanish Translation” 104
Frasier: “My Coffee with Niles” 107
Dinosaurs: “Changing Nature” 110
The Real World: “Getting Dropped” 112
My So-Called Life: “Why Jordan Can’t Read” 114
Silk Stalkings: “The Mud-Queen Murders” 116
Picket Fences: “Rebels with Causes” 118
Sister, Sister: “Get a Job” 120
Living Single: “There’s No Ship Like Kinship” 122
The Parent ’Hood: “Ring Around the Nosey” 125
All That: “Da Brat” 128
All-American Girl: “Pulp Sitcom” 132
The Critic: “Siskel & Ebert & Jay & Alice” 135
The X-Files: “Humbug” 137
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: “April 11, 1995” 140
ER: “Motherhood” 143
The Wayans Bros.: “Blood Is Thicker Than Watercolor” 146
Goosebumps: “The Haunted Mask” 150
Xena: Warrior Princess: “Prometheus” 153
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective: “The Reindeer Hunter” 156
Muppets Tonight: “Michelle Pfeiffer” 158
Mad About You: “The Finale: Part 1” 160
Dexter’s Laboratory: “Dexter’s Rival / Dial M for Monkey: Simion” 164
Clueless: “As If a Girl’s Reach Should Exceed Her Grasp” 167
7th Heaven: “No Funerals and a Wedding” 170
Judge Judy: “Episode 30” 173
Mystery Science Theater 3000: “Revenge of the Creature” 176
The Simpsons: “The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show” 179
Friends: “The One with the Morning After” 183
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: “Angel” 188
King of the Hill: “Keeping Up with Our Joneses” 190
Ellen: “The Puppy Episode” 193
Todd McFarlane’s Spawn: “Burning Visions” 196
Roseanne: “Into That Good Night” 198
Emeril Live: “Dueling Woks” 201
Walker, Texas Ranger: “Lucas” 203
Jerry Springer: “I Refuse to Wear Clothes” 205
Ally McBeal: “Cro-Magnon” 208
3rd Rock from the Sun: “36! 24! 36! Dick” 211
Veronica’s Closet: “Veronica’s $600,000 Pop” 214
South Park: “Mecha-Streisand” 216
Boy Meets World: “If You Can’t Be with the One You Love…” 219
The Larry Sanders Show: “Another List” 222
The Drew Carey Show: “What’s Wrong with This Episode?” 225
Monday Night RAW: “April 27, 1998” 228
Cousin Skeeter: “Mo’ Skeeter Blues” 232
Will & Grace: “A New Lease on Life” 235
Hang Time: “High Hoops” 238
Sports Night: “Intellectual Property” 241
Celebrity Deathmatch: “Masters of Martial Arts” 244
That ’70s Show: “That Disco Episode” 246
Total Request Live: “November 9, 1998” 249
NYPD Blue: “Hearts and Souls” 251
The PJs: “Rich Man, Porn Man” 254
The Sopranos: “College” 256
Futurama: “Space Pilot 3000” 259
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: “What You Leave Behind” 262
The West Wing: “Pilot” 264
Felicity: “The List” 267
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? “November 19, 1999” 269
Warm Glow: A Conclusion 272
Index 277
