1990-1993EventsMusicTVMoviesSports

1990 Events•The movie rating NC-17 is created to keep

children out of movies with adult content but avoiding the X rating

•Iraq invades Kuwait•Smoking on domestic flights is banned •Dr. Jack Kevorkian assists in his first

“mercy killing”•Nelson Mandela is Released from Prison•Muppet creator Jim Henson dies

1990 Music•The Black Crowes: Shake Your Money Maker

▫“She Talks to Angels”▫“Jealous Again”

•Queensryche: Empire▫“Silent Lucidity”▫“Jet City Woman”

•Phil Collins: Serious Live… Hits▫“Another Day in Paradise”

•Wilson Phillips: Wilson Phillips▫“Hold On”▫#1 song of 1990▫Daughters of Brian Wilson, & Michelle & John

Phillips

1990 Music•Mariah Carey: Mariah Carey

▫Debut album▫“I Don’t Want to Cry”▫“Someday”

•Vanilla Ice: To The Extreme▫“Ice, Ice, Baby”

•Snap: The Power▫“The Power”▫Made digital hip hop a new genre of music

Then&

Now

Mariah Carey

Vanilla Ice

1990 TV• New Shows

▫ “In Living Color” Keenen & Damon

Wayans Jim Carey

▫ “Beverly Hills, 90210” Jason Priestley

Shannen DohertyJennie GarthIan ZieringGabrielle CarterisLuke PerryBrian Austin GreenTori Spelling

▫ Seinfeld Jerry Seinfeld Julia Louis-Dreyfus Michael Richards Jason Alexander

• Top 5 Shows1. “Cheers”2. “60 Minutes”3. “Roseanne”4. “A Different World”5. “The Cosby Show”

“In Living Color, Fire Marshal Bill”

Beverly Hills, 90210

Seinfeld

1990 Movies•Home Alone: An eight year left home

alone, defends his home against robbers▫Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern

•Pretty Woman: A wealthy businessman and a beautiful prostitute fall in love▫Julia Roberts, Richard Gear

•Goodfellas: Henry Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob.▫Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro

•Back to the Future III: Marty must rescue Doc from Mad Dog Tannen before Doc is killed▫Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd

Home Alone

Pretty Woman

Goodfellas

Back to the Future III

1991 Events•Jan 17th - Operation Desert Storm

begins-US led allies vs. Iraq•Apartheid is ended in South Africa•Lech Walesa the Polish Workers

President is elected President of Poland •Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president

of the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union officially ceases to exist

1991 Music•The KLF: The White Room

▫“3 am Eternal”▫More digital music

•Lenny Kravitz: Mama Said▫“It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over”▫Launches Kravitz as a hit maker in the 90s

•Nirvana: Nevermind▫Kurt Cobain, David Grohl, Chris Novoselic▫“Smells Like Teen Spirit”▫Introduces the world to “grunge” music▫Seattle is home of “grunge”

Nirvana

Lenny Kravitz

1991 Music•Natalie Cole: “Unforgettable”

▫A remake of her father’s hit, but as a duet with him

▫1st of its kind•Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch: Music for

the People▫Mark Wahlburg, the brother of Donnie from

NKOTB▫“Good Vibrations”

•Pearl Jam: Ten▫More grunge from Seattle▫“Even Flow”▫“Jeremy”

Marky Mark

Nat & Natalie Cole

Pearl Jam

1991 Music•The Spin Doctors: Pocket Full of

Kriptonite▫“Jimmy Olsen’s Blues”▫“Two Princes”

•Toad the Wet Sprocket: Fear▫“Walk on the Ocean”▫“All I Want”▫“Nightingale Song”

1991 TV• New Shows

▫ “Darkwing Duck”▫ “Rugrats”▫ “Home Improvement”

Tim Allen Starts Pam Anderson’s

TV career

• Top 5 Shows1. “60 Minutes”2. “Roseanne”3. “Murphy Brown”4. “Cheers”5. “Home Improvement”

Darkwing Duck & Rugrats

Home Improvement

1992 Events•Mafia boss John Gotti is sentenced to life

in prison after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and racketeering

•Bill Clinton becomes U.S. president •The largest shopping mall in the US,

Minnesota's Mall of America is constructed spanning 78 acres

•Prince Charles and Princess Diana separate

1992 Music•A New Diva arrives

▫Celine Dion: Celine Dion “Beauty & the Beast” with Peabo Bryson “If You Asked Me To” “Where Does My Heart Beat Now”

•A Teen Superstar’s Father▫Billy Ray Cyrus: Some Gave All

“Achy Breaky Heart” “Could’ve Been Me”

•The Gin Blossoms: New Miserable Experience▫“Hey Jealousy”▫“Found Out About You”

1992 Music•Alternative Rock•Blind Melon: Blind Melon

▫“No Rain”•Alice in Chains: Dirt

▫“Rooster”•Stone Temple Pilots: Core

▫“Plush”•One of the most successful movie sound

tracks•Whitney Houston: The Body Guard Sound

Track▫“I Will Always Love You”▫“I Have Nothing”▫3 more hit songs

1992 TV

• New Shows• 5/22: Johnny Carson hosts

his last “Tonight Show”• 5/25: Jay Leno hosts his

first “Tonight Show”• “The Real World” on MTV• “Melrose Place”

▫ Courtney Thorn-Smith▫ Jack Wagner

• “Hearts Afire”▫ Markie Post▫ John Ritter

• Top 5 Shows1. 60 Minutes 2. Roseanne 3. Home Improvement 4. Murphy Brown 5. Murder, She Wrote

1992 TV: Melrose Place

1992 Movies•Unforgiven: A retired gunslinger takes

one last job▫Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Gene

Hackman•Aladdin: A poor street urchin accidently

meets Princess Jasmine▫Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Scott

Weinger•Dracula: The vampire comes to London to

find his lost love.▫Winona Ryder, Gary Oldman, Anthony

Hopkins•A Few Good Men: A young military lawyer

defends two young Marines on trial for murder.▫Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore

Unforgiven

Aladdin

Dracula

A Few Good Men

1992 Olympics•The 1992 Summer Olympics: Barcelona,

Spain▫“The Dream Team”

Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Patrick Ewing, Karl Malone, David Robinson,

Charles Barkley, John Stockton, Clyde Drexler, Scotty Pipen, Chris Mullen,

Christian Laettner •The 1992 Winter Olympics

▫Albertville, France

The Dream Team

1993 Events•Federal Agents lay siege to the Branch

Davidian religious cult complex in Waco, Texas on 28th February, 50 days later a raid & fire kills 77 members▫Led by David Koresh

•The US and Soviet Union sign Start II reducing nuclear warheads by 3,500 each

•Ty Warner USA launches the first Beanie Babies

•The World Wide Web was born at European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

1993 Music•Biggest Debut Album of 1993

▫Ace of Base: The Sign “The Sign” “All That She Wants” “Don’t Turn Around”

•More Alternative Rock▫The Cranberries: Everybody Else is Doing It,

Why Can’t We “Dreams” “Linger”

•Country Superstar▫Shania Twain: 3 major albums during the 90s

“Any Man of Mine” “Man!, I Feel Like a Woman”

“From This Moment”

Shania Twain

THE CRANBERRIES

1993•Rebirth of a rock star

▫Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell II, Back Into Hell “I’d Do Anything for Love” “Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear

Closer Than They Are”•The most successful female rap group

▫Salt-n-Pepa: Very Necessary “Whatta Man” “Shoop”

1993 TV• New Shows

▫ “Walker, Texas Ranger” Chuck Norris Sheree J. Wilson

▫ “Boy Meets World” Ben Savage Danielle Christine Fishel

▫ “Lois & Clark, The New Adventures of Superman” Dean Cain Teri Hatcher

▫ “Frasier” Kelsey Grammer David Hyde Pierce Ran for 11 seasons

• Top 5 Shows1. 60 Minutes2. Home Improvement 3. Seinfeld 4. Roseanne 5. Grace Under Fire

“Walker, Texas Ranger”

“Boy Meets World”

“Lois & Clark, the New Adventures of Superman”

1993 Movies•Jurassic Park: During a preview, a power

fail releases cloned dinosaurs▫Sam Neill, Laura Dern

•Groundhog Day: A weather man is stuck in the same day over and over▫Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell

•Mrs. Doubtfire: An actor disguises himself to spend time with his children▫Robin Williams, Sally Field

Jurassic Park

Groundhog Day

Mrs. Doubtfire