# What ONE name comes immediately to mind when you hear "1990's"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254 "2014-02-13T15:58:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/21 "2014-02-13T22:18:05Z")
MC Hammer ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/22 "2014-02-14T03:16:47Z")
William Jefferson Clinton. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/23 "2014-02-14T04:03:18Z")
Anthony Keidis. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/24 "2014-02-14T04:29:14Z")
Nirvana. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/25 "2014-02-14T04:57:22Z")
Bill Clinton ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/26 "2014-02-14T05:00:39Z")
Seattle. Hey, it’s the _name_ of a city! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/27 "2014-02-14T05:01:48Z")
Boris Yeltsin ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/28 "2014-02-14T05:24:01Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Bill Clinton first, then Kurt Cobain. Kurt Cobain first, then Bill Clinton. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/29 "2014-02-14T06:13:29Z")
Almost 30 posts, and no one has mentioned Ross Perot! :eek: Or George HW Bush, or Dan Quayle, or Saddam Hussein, or Robert Maxwell, or Wolf Blitzer, or Larry King, or the Doles, or Monica Lewinski, or Gennifer Flowers, or Quentin Tarantino, or Austin Powers, or Scully and Mulder… ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/30 "2014-02-14T06:18:45Z")
Erle Stanley Gardner was the first name that came to find. Granted, he died in 1970 so he probably won’t be the #1 answer, but there you are. ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/31 "2014-02-14T06:35:31Z")
O.J. (white Bronco) ---
**Author:** ![VanillaGorilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@VanillaGorilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanillaGorilla)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/32 "2014-02-14T07:48:18Z")
Kurt Cobain ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/33 "2014-02-14T08:56:44Z")
Bill Clinton. (Sorry I can’t come up with something less predictable.) ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/34 "2014-02-14T14:02:12Z")
Jerry Seinfeld ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/35 "2014-02-14T14:31:14Z")
Kurt Cobain first. Bill Clinton second. Jennifer Aniston third. ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/36 "2014-02-14T15:19:19Z")
Bill Cosby. I loved the Cosby show, and watched it to the bitter End. Cliff Claven, Norm, Sam Malone. Hmm, I think I watched too much TV in the 90’s. ---
**Author:** ![Peaton\_of\_peat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecae2f/32.png) [@Peaton\_of\_peat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peaton_of_peat)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/37 "2014-02-14T15:47:50Z")
> [@Silver\_Fire](#): > > Kurt Cobain first, then Bill Clinton. 🙂 Same here, and thinking of Bill Clinton reminds me of [this cartoon from the '90s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jdgFCg_rxc). Make sure you watch all the way to the credits! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/38 "2014-02-14T16:08:01Z")
Bill Clinton ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/39 "2014-02-14T16:36:12Z")
Steve Urkel ---
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I have no idea why maybe because _I’m gonna to party like it’s 1999_ Prince I was a programmer back then and I remember having to change all the date fields to allow for a 4 digit year. Dozens and dozens of file descriptions and programs having to be changed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254.md?page=3)