Yeah, late 90s is right when things took a turn.
It was a premium channel from 1983-1990. From 90-97, it was included in some basic cable packages, and from 97 onwards it's been basic cable, with a major shift in focus to preteens starting in 2002. (according to the Disney Channel Wikipedia page I just read.)

Mr. Greene doesn't mean that. A test track killed his brother. Dropped a piano on his head.

I'm concerned that your comment implies that there is an amount of piss that is acceptable for cereal.

Fucking hell. I'm older than the guy complaining about the young people? I'm going to go jump in Brian Dennehy's pool.

Professional Wrestlers are divided into "heels" and "faces." The "heels" are the bad guys, and when they do shows around the country, they'll stand in the middle of the ring and say something like "[NAME OF CURRENT TOWN/CITY] sucks! Everyone in [NAME OF CURRENT TOWN/CITY] is a big, dumb loser!" And the crowd boos,…

I really miss "premium channel" Disney. No commercials, except for other Disney Channel shows. Like Avonlea. I never had any desire to watch Avonlea, but when Coleen Dewhurst showed up in Murphy Brown as Murphy's mom, I knew who she was from the Avonlea commercials.

i don't know when that officially started, but I saw Song of the South in theaters when it was re-released in the 86.

Fleischer was also the tour guide at the Haunted Mansion when Woody from Cheers went as a kid on the Disneyland 35th Anniversary Special. I had that on tape with The Muppets at Walt Disney World and watched the hell out of them. Remember security guard Charles Grodin trying to take down the "Kismet Gang?" Well I do.

True, but I'm more familiar with the recorders with longer straps that you sling over the shoulder. Wearing a tape deck around your neck like beat reporter Flavor Flav must have been a fad that lasted exactly as long as this video.

That one had some mustard on it.

I don't know if anything from Grim Fandango would count here. Since you can't die in LucasArts games, there aren't really any "safe houses" because they're all "safe houses." Although there's plenty of idle moments while you try to figure out what you're supposed to do. But more importantly, I'd never be able to pick…

That's good to hear. I loved all the music from the first three games. Then Donkey Kong 64 happened.

But they also brought me Peter Dinklage hula-hooping, which sounds like the best version of 12 Days of Christmas ever.

Maybe a lot of people have been mispronouncing things.

Ded mau five? I've been calling him Crandall! Why didn't anyone tell me? Oh, I've been making an idiot out of myself!

Man band. He's in a man band now.

I don't recognize any of the people on the covers of the tabloids these days, but that's only because they are celebrities in the sense that potted meat is food.

You could always try to be one of those people who doesn't know any actors' names. I had a friend like that. Terrible at trivia.

Groot's roots are his feet.

The spoiler would be that the giant plant guy dies. Or appears to, but you know he'll make it because the dancing Groot part all your friends are talking about hasn't happened yet.