# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**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, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/41 "2014-02-14T18:12:43Z")
Screech. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/42 "2014-02-14T18:18:10Z")
For the record, Screech made his debut in 1988 on _Good Morning, Miss Bliss_, the precursor to _Saved By the Bell_ (which itself also began airing in the eighties.) ---
**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, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/43 "2014-02-14T18:23:45Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > For the record, Screech made his debut in 1988 on _Good Morning, Miss Bliss_, the precursor to _Saved By the Bell_ (which itself also began airing in the eighties.) Perhaps but the vast majority of his work was recorded in the '90s (albeit early 90s). ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/44 "2014-02-14T18:35:46Z")
The first name that popped into my head was Alanis Morrissette. ---
**Author:** ![Win\_Place\_Show](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/win_place_show/32/13469_2.png) [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/45 "2014-02-15T07:08:19Z")
mine was Tone Loc, for some reason that even I can’t figure out. ---
**Author:** ![cuniculus\_albuquercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@cuniculus\_albuquercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuniculus_albuquercus)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/46 "2014-02-16T02:32:17Z")
Prince/TAFKAP ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/47 "2014-02-16T06:33:49Z")
Kurt Cobain (God, has it really been 20 years already? Jesus.) ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/48 "2014-02-16T08:09:20Z")
Cobain too. ---
**Author:** ![Kiyoshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kiyoshi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiyoshi)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/49 "2014-02-16T08:21:49Z")
Not a single person, but the Spice Girls. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/50 "2014-02-16T08:28:38Z")
Ross. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/51 "2014-02-16T11:28:46Z")
Vanilla Ice. God damn it. ---
**Author:** ![Attila\_the\_Nun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Attila\_the\_Nun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attila_the_Nun)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254/52 "2014-02-16T17:05:17Z")
Aqua for Barbie Girl. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1990s/681254.md?page=2)