I Love the '90s: Part Deux

I Love the '90s: Part Deux
Genre	Documentary
Country of origin	US
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Release
Original network	VH1
Original release	January 17 – January 21, 2005

I Love the '90s: Part Deux is a miniseries on VH1 in which various music and TV personalities reminisce about 1990s culture. It premiered on January 17, 2005. This series is a sequel to I Love the '90s. Its title is a reference to the 1993 comedy, Hot Shots! Part Deux.

Recurring segments

In addition to the commentary on specific events, each year's episode also has all of the following segments:

• Ben Stein's Pimpest Tracks: Ben Stein presents a list of the popular rap music songs of the year.
• Guys We'll Go Gay For: Jay and Silent Bob present a list of male celebrities or fictional characters from each year.
• Raw: Each celebrity gives an opinion on a certain topic from the episode.
• Bootyfone: The announcer of Moviefone, creator Russ Leatherman, lists the three songs most conducive to a romantic environment.
• Andrea's 90210 Lost Diary: A summary of the events in the TV series Beverly Hills, 90210 is read from a journal, ostensibly from the point of view of Andrea Zuckerman.
• College Radio Cut: A. Jay Popoff and Jeremy Popoff of the rock band Lit discuss the college rock song of the year.
• Then and Now: Emma Bunton presents a comparison of trends in the given year and the present day
• During the credits of every episode, a clip from a popular music video was played without any type of commentary. These were usually replaced with a show promo by VH1.

Topics covered by year

1990

• Misery
• Supermarket Sweep
• Bell Biv DeVoe's "Poison"
• Fanny packs
• Nelson
• 2 Live Crew
• 'MTV Unplugged^[A]
• Paula Abdul's "Opposites Attract"
• Dolphin-safe tuna
• James "Buster" Douglas' defeat of Mike Tyson
• Days of Thunder
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
• Dick Tracy/Madonna's "Vogue"
• Moscow gets its first McDonald's
• Cop Rock
• Caller ID
• Arnold Schwarzenegger in Total Recall and Kindergarten Cop

Raw: Michael Ian Black on 90's fans

Ben Stein's Pimpest Tracks of 1990: "911 is a Joke" by Public Enemy, "100 Miles and Runnin'" by N.W.A and "I Left My Wallet in El Segundo" by A Tribe Called Quest

Guys We'll Go Gay For: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Keifer Sutherland

Bootyfone: "Come Back to Me" by Janet Jackson, "Close to You" by Maxi Priest and "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" by Heart

College Radio Cut of 1990: "The Summer" by Yo La Tengo

1991

• Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
• Planet Hollywood
• David Duke
• Public Enemy and Anthrax's "Bring Tha Noize"
• Lollapalooza
• Jungle Fever
• Soviet Union goes out of existence
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game"^[B]
• The Atlanta Braves Tomahawk Chop controversy
• Starter Jackets/Pagers and their use for numeric spelling
• Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Give It Away" and Weird Al's parody version
• Wilt Chamberlain's A View From Above
• Extreme's "More Than Words"
• Rugrats
• Cape Fear

Ben Stein's Pimpest Tracks of 1991: "Summertime" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, "Can't Truss It" by Public Enemy and "Jackin for Beats" by Ice Cube^[B]

Guys We'll Go Gay For: Val Kilmer and Kevin Costner

Bootyfone: "I Adore Mi Amor" by Color Me Badd, "I Can't Wait Another Minute" by Hi-Five, "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)" by Stevie B^[B]

College Radio Cut of 1991: "Dirty Boots" by Sonic Youth

Raw: Michael Ian Black on Wilt Chamberlain

1992

• The Crying Game
• American Gladiators^[A]
• Thighmaster
• House of Pain's "Jump Around"
• Singles
• Studs^[C]
• Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
• Mr. Big's "To Be With You"^[D]
• The nicotine patch
• Bill Clinton says he "didn't inhale"
• Body Count's "Cop Killer"
• Mad About You
• George H.W. Bush vomits on Japan's prime minister
• Larry Bird retires
• Sinéad O'Connor rips a picture of the Pope on Saturday Night Live
• A League of Their Own
• Teen Talk Barbie
• Euro Disneyland
• Northern Exposure^[E]
• White Men Can't Jump

Ben Stein's Pimpest Tracks of 1992: "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" by P.M. Dawn,^[D] "Flavor of the Month" by Black Sheep^[D] and "They Want EFX" by Das EFX

Guys We'll Go Gay For: Matt Dillon and Wesley Snipes

Bootyfone: "Masterpiece" by Atlantic Starr, "Forever in Love" by Kenny G and "Save the Best for Last" by Vanessa Williams

Raw: Hal Sparks on Bush barfs

College Radio Cut of 1992: "Push th' Little Daisies" by Ween

1993

• Cliffhanger
• Energizer Bunny
• The Proclaimers' "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"^[F]
• The Chicken Soup For The Soul series
• The U.S. military's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy
• Mrs. Doubtfire
• Radiohead's "Creep"^[G]
• Monica Seles gets stabbed
• Paintball
• Falling Down
• Cypress Hill's "Insane in the Brain"
• What's Eating Gilbert Grape
• Leprechaun
• Great Flood of 1993
• Frank Sinatra's Duets
• Animaniacs/Pinky and the Brain
• Zima
• True Romance

Ben Stein's Pimpest Tracks of 1993: "Slam "by Onyx, "Passin' Me By by The Pharcyde and "Rebirth of Slick" by Digable Planets^[G]

Guys We'll Go Gay For: Sylvester Stallone^[H] and Robert Redford

Bootyfone: "Knockin' Da Boots" by H-Town, "Again" by Janet Jackson and "One Last Cry" by Brian McKnight

College Radio Cut of 1993: "My Name is Mud" by Primus

Raw: Rachael Harris on Zima

1994

• The Wonderbra
• Anna Nicole Smith marries J. Howard Marshall
• Tales From The Crypt^[A]
• The Cranberries
• The Club
• Michael Fay's caning
• Benedictine Monks' Chant
• The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
• Models, Inc.
• Warehouse clubs
• Beck's "Loser" ^[X]
• New York Rangers win the Stanley Cup
• Blues Traveler
• Clerks
• Tony Little
• Counting Crows
• Ricola
• Natural Born Killers

Ben Stein's Pimpest Tracks of 1994: "Keep Ya Head Up" by 2pac^I , "U.N.I.T.Y." by Queen Latifah and "Fantastic Voyage" by Coolio

Bootyfone: "Bump n' Grind" by R. Kelly, "I Wanna Be Down" by Brandy and "I Swear" by All-4-One

College Radio Cut of 1994: "Cut Your Hair" by Pavement

Guys We'll Go Gay For!: Woody Harrelson and Dante or Randall

1995

• The Usual Suspects
• Fashion Cafe
• Shaggy's "Boombastic"
• NewsRadio
• Species
• Psychic Friends Network
• Starbucks
• Mallrats
• Se7en
• Newt Gingrich vs. women in the military
• The hemp debate
• Montell Jordan's "This Is How We Do It"
• To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
• Babydoll dresses
• Moviefone
• Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
• O.J. Simpson murder trial

Raw: Juliette Lewis on Shaggy

Ben Stein's Pimpest Tracks of 1995: "Player's Anthem" by Junior M.A.F.I.A., "I Wish" by Skee-Lo and "Big Poppa" by Notorious B.I.G

Guys We'll Go Gay For!: Patrick Swayze and Tom Hanks

Bootyfone: "Water Runs Dry" by Boyz II Men, "Candy Rain" by Soul 4 Real^[J] and "Brown Sugar" by D'Angelo

College Radio Cut of 1995: "Seether" by Veruca Salt^[J]

1996

• Kerri Strug
• The Crocodile Hunter
• Romeo + Juliet
• The Caesar haircut
• Jeff Foxworthy's redneck routine
• Busta Rhymes' "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check"
• Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee's sex tape
• Deion "Primetime" Sanders
• East Coast-West Coast hip hop rivalry
• Jenny McCarthy
• David Crosby fathers Melissa Etheridge's child
• R. Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly"
• The Unabomber
• Michael Flatley
• 7th Heaven
• Evita

Raw: Modern Humorist on Kerri

Ben Stein's Pimpest Tracks of 1996: "Sure Shot" by Beastie Boys, "California Love" by 2Pac feat. Dr. Dre^[K] and "Tha Crossroads" by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

Guys We'll Go Gay For: Leonardo Di Caprio and Ving Rhames

Bootyfone: "Don't Let Go (Love)" by En Vogue, "You're Makin Me High" Toni Braxton and "No Diggity" by Blackstreet^L

College Radio Cut of 1996: "What I Got" by Sublime

1997

• Air Force One
• Kenny G breaks the world record for longest note held
• Meredith Brooks' "Bitch"
• "Death" of Joe Camel
• Con Air
• The beginning of ratings for TV shows (e.g. "TV-MA", "TV-14", "TV-PG")
• Marcy Playground's "Sex and Candy"
• Latrell Sprewell chokes his coach and Marv Albert bites his girlfriend
• The death of Chris Farley
• Mary Kay Letourneau
• The WNBA
• Sugar Ray's "Fly"
• Starship Troopers
• Pokémon^[M][N]
• Barbie and Paula Jones get makeovers
• G.I. Jane
• Titanic

Guys We'll Go Gay For: Harrison Ford and George Clooney

Ben Stein's Pimpest Tracks of 1997: "Let Me Clear My Throat" by DJ Kool,^[O] "Been Around the World" by Puff Daddy & the Family and "No Diggity" by Blackstreet^[O][P]

Raw: Patrice O'Neal on Marv Albert

Bootyfone: "You Make Me Wanna" by Usher, "In My Bed" by Dru Hill^[O] and "Nobody" by Keith Sweat^[O]

College Radio Cut of 1997: "All Is Full of Love" by Björk

1998

• Godzilla
• Ginger Spice leaves the Spice Girls
• Alanis Morissette's "Thank U"
• Raves
• Blade
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer^[Q]
• Lay's WOW chips
• Mad cow disease
• Urban Legend
• Gary Coleman punches a fan
• MTV's guest VJ Jesse Camp
• Pras' "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)"
• The Waterboy
• Behind the Music^[Q]
• The Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up"^[R]
• Naomi Campbell throws a cell phone at an assistant^[S]
• El Niño
• Run Lola Run

Raw: Michael Ian Black on Raves

Ben Stein's Pimpest Tracks of 1998: "I Got the Hook Up" by Master P, "Find A Way" by A Tribe Called Quest and "Intergalactic" by Beastie Boys

Guys We'll Go Gay For: Adam Sandler and Kevin Bacon

Bootyfone: "Lately" by Divine, "All My Life" and K-Ci & JoJo and "The Boy is Mine" by Brandy and Monica

College Radio Cut of 1998: "Sexy Boy" by Air

1999

• Freaks and Geeks
• Chris Gaines
• TRL^[T]
• Jay-Z's "Hard Knock Life"^[U]
• Emeril Lagasse
• Red Bull
• Lance Armstrong
• Matthew McConaughey arrested for playing the congos naked
• Cruel Intentions
• Limp Bizkit
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• The Tom Green Show^[V]
• Win Ben Stein's Money^[Q]
• Being John Malkovich
• Varsity Blues

Raw: Juliette Lewis on Jay-Z

Ben Stein's Pimpest Tracks of 1999: "Can I Get A..." by Jay-Z,^[U] and "Party Up" by DMX and "Love is Blind" by Eve

Guys We'll Go Gay For!: James Van Der Beek and Jason Biggs

Bootyfone: "Angel of Mine" by Monica, "Back at One" by Brian McKnight^[N] and "The Hardest Thing" by 98 Degrees

College Radio Cut of 1999: "My Own Worst Enemy" by Lit

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