Episode 92 - 1992 was Party Time! Excellent!
Alex and Trav dig into 1992 and uncover the best-ofs and top stories from the year. What were you doing in 1992? Email the show and let us know.
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- Sports
- Toronto Blue Jays over Atlanta Braves
- How bout dem Cowboys
- Bama destroying Miami
- Chicago Bulls, again
- Pittsburgh Penguins over the Chicago Blackhawks
- Manon Rhéaume became the first woman to play in the National Hockey League during a pre-season game, and also the first woman ever to play in one of the Big Four Pro Sports
- Sports cards
- Baseball cards were our version of the stock market
- Big Hurt, Griffey, Bagwell, Twins players weren’t cool enough to collect
- Gaming
- Super Nintendo
- Contra 3
- Turtles in Time
- Street Fighter II
- Super Mario Kart
- Super Scope
- NES *still* kicking around
- TMNT 3
- Wizards and Warriors 3
- Mega Man 4 AND 5!
- Little Samson
- Gargoyle’s Quest 2
- Genesis
- Sonic 2
- Streets of Rage 2
- Ecco the Dolphin
- Golden Axe 2
- Kid Chameleon
- TurboGrafx 16
- Air Zonk
- Gate of Thunder
- Jack Nicklaus Turbo Golf
- Game Boy
- Super Mario Land 2
- Kirby’s Dream Land
- WWF Superstars 2
- Ask for emails about games released in other parts of the world
- Super Nintendo
- Music
- Older dude revival
- Neil Young, “Harvest Moon”
- Tom Waits, “Bone Machine”
- Eric Clapton, “Unplugged”
- Hip hop
- Dr. Dre, “The Chronic”
- Mary J Blige, “What’s the 411?”
- Beastie Boys, “Check Your Head”
- Rock
- Alice in Chains, “Dirt”
- Rage Against the Machine
- Faith No More, “Angel Dust”
- Stone Temple Pilots, “Core”
- Prince changed his name to a friggin symbol
- Older dude revival
- Songs
- Achy Breaky Heart
- “Jump Around,” House of Pain
- “Two Steps Behind,” Def Leppard
- Movies
- Unforgiven
- A Few Good Men
- Wayne’s World
- My Cousin Vinny
- Aladdin
- Single White Female
- Universal Soldier
- World events
- LA riots, Rodney King
- Hurricane Andrew
- Bill Clinton new US Prez
- Most popular TV shows in 1992
- Saturday Night Live (Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, Chris Farley, Mike Myers, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler)
- Home Improvement
- Northern Exposure
- Teen “cool” food and beverage trends of the year
- Dunkaroos hit shelves
- Best Selling Books
- Dolores Claiborne - Stephen King
- The Pelican Brief - Grisham
- Gerald’s Game - Stephen King
- Goosebumps!!
- Toys