Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang - The Top Ten Decades

Episode Date: December 11, 2023

In this BONUS episode, Matt and Bowen give you their Top 10 Decades.  This bonus episode is available early for subscribers to Big Money Players Diamond on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/lasculturistasSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Oh, I see. Wow. Bowen, look over there. Wow. Is that culture? Yes. Oh, my goodness. Wow.

Las Culturistas. Ding Wow. Las Culturistas. Ding dong, Las Culturistas calling. Yet another list. I hope you've all enjoyed the journey that we've embarked on collectively as Culturistas, Readers, KDs, Publicists, Finalists. Las Culturistas is a collectivist podcast. We love collectivism.

We love to collect all of our listeners and gather them and sort of take you as our own. Whether you're a Katie, a finalist, a publicist, or a reader, which is not really the order

that we say that in usually, it doesn't really matter because you are part of a collectivist experience here at Last Couch. Matt just made a really cute hand gesture. He said, doesn't really matter.

He did little fingers, kind of windshield wiping. Okay, this is a really... Remember that one? Yes! Oh my god, Janet? Janet. Well, that's a little preview of our next list, even though she's

not on that list. But that, just wait. It'll all make sense in about a month. Okay. But you know, in many ways, she does figure into this list because this is decades, top 10 decades. And she has been a part of several decades. Not at least as a person existing in the world. But yeah, but as a person who has sort of really had an impact on many different decades, wouldn't you say?

I would say so. And I mean, the impact is across many media, film, television, music, dance. Of course, music. Yes. Choreography. Choreography. The written word. Yeah, the written word.

Has she written books? I think she's written songs. That's true. That's definitely true. Let's not get ahead of ourselves. Let's talk about what's important, which is ranking the decades. Bowen, what do you think earns a decade, a spot on this list, as one of the top 10 decades?

Here are my requirements. Okay. They need to span 10 years at least. Yes, at least. At least. Yes, at least. For them to make this list, at least three of those years had to be pretty good. Yeah. They had to have churned out at least 10 pop culture icons.

Correct. Correct. Correct. Correct. Correct. Correct. And I think the last requirement is that there are pictures. Correct. And I think the last requirement is that there are pictures.

Yeah. That we can visualize what things looked like. Yeah. 100%. I need to close my eyes and be able to picture it. Now, what do you have to say? Charisma, uniqueness, and talent, as always. All right. Let's get into it. These are the top 10 decades as ranked

by Las Culturistas, Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, acclaimed podcasters. And it just gets bigger and bigger. This is why. I mean, you're about to see why we're about to make incisive cultural commentary on the top 10 decades. And of course, every decade was considered. We sat tirelessly and thought for months about this. Hundreds of decades. Every decade was carefully considered. It just so happened this is how it

shook out. I hope no decade takes offense. But should we start at number 10? Let's start at number 10 for the list of the top 10 decades. Lost Cult. Lost Cult, number 10. The 2010s. This is pretty recent. This was actually fairly recent if you really think about

the world. If you think of the world as a clock, this was but a half second ago. Because of course, and this is just to say the impact of this decade is time is actually an ever-flowing river. That's actually a line from the Jurassic Park River Adventure.

The 2010s were really Obama for one. one well let's not forget trump too he was also there see here i am there and isn't that so the 2010s of us like yes it was good but also it was bad you know what i mean like really the first five six years of the 2010s were sort of a cultural period of renaissance. And then we sort of descended into hell. The beginning of this decade was the pop divas going at it. Off, off, off and at it.

Going off, just dressed up in ridiculous outfits, writing ridiculous songs about self-love. I mean, there was an optimism in the air that might have blinded us to the realities of the world. Absolutely. I mean, I think when Rihanna released her Loud album, that only could have been released during the Obama years. I think she could only have felt such pride and such experimentalism during that time, which was very much one of abandon, very much one of possibility.

She said, so I'm going to dye my hair fire hydrant red and say, oh, what's the name? Now you think Loud is her most experimental album? I think that it was her most experimental hair color and that bled into the music blood red as it were

blood red as it were absolutely well what else is there to say about the 2010s I don't know we covered Obama, Trump and the loud album but from Rihanna so I think that's why the 2010s are number 10 on the list of top 10 decades lost cult number nine

1970s okay disco inferno for real first of all girl and i would say flower power for sure don't 100 and you know hippie love crossing over hippie love was more 60s but then of course you know 100% what you experienced in the 70s was a little thing called disco disco Nixon was maybe gonna be impeached

here you go again I'm here saying flower power love disco and you're saying Nixon no I just we have to contextualize the pop culture I'm here saying Flutter Power, love, disco, and you're saying Nixon. No, I just... We have to contextualize the pop culture with the world culture, the political culture.

You're so right, and that's sort of the tension here in this type of list is because during all these decades, I mean, there were certainly icons. I mean, one word, Travolta. But there was also the dark side. I mean, one word, Travolta. But there was also the dark side. I mean, one word, Travolta. Travolta. Oh, my God. You think Travolta is the perfect vessel for the complexities of this decade? Thievinite is my response to what you just said. I think that basically there was a huge boom of Travoltaism in the 70s.

There was actually a political movement they called Travoltaists were sort of all over the world and they didn't know what was bubbling under the surface, which was some chaos, some tension, some tug and tug and pull, as it were. Everything was getting tugged and pulled. Girl. I mean, back

behind the scenes at Studio 54? Honey, don't get me started about what's happening at Studio 54. Can I say, maybe one of the only decades on this list where retroactively icons were made. When I say the names, Kelso, Fez,

Jackie, I mean, these are 70s icons that were made in the 90s. I'm going to say something right now. I know this is going to be a rule of culture after it lands. Most important Jackie of the 20th century? Mila Kunis.

That's rule of culture number five. Most important Jackie of the 20th century? Mila Kunis. I think that was... Oh, that Jackie was Mila Kunis. I was thinking Laura Prepon was Donna. I was getting Donna and Jackie mixed up. So famously Donna

it wasn't even funny. I know. I know. But again, there's a darkness to that 70s show with the Danny Masterson of it all. You can't help yourself. The Lisa Robin Kelly of it all, let's not forget. I mean, there was darkness afoot.

Well, anything with success comes a price. And I think that that is the reason why the 1970s are number nine on top ten decades. Lost culture. Number eight. 1770s. Well, look who's arrived on the scene. Her name is America. And no, I'm not talking about Miss Ferreira

She would come 200 years later America was first A country, a nation And really a statement to the world We're here There are So many iconic Moments from this decade

Oh, honey I mean, honey When I say the words, the British are coming, tell me, let me count the words. One, two, three, four. Four words that have resonated through the centuries. Paul Revere did that. Paul Revere? I revere him. And, you know, there were so many people that were making big impacts at this time.

I mean, John Hancock, whenever you say put your Hancock on that, you know exactly what it is. It means a big signature. And sure, if you did sign a document as big as him, you might earn the ire of your colleagues and friends. But let's just say that he famously said he wanted the British to see it all the way across the Atlantic. And baby, we certainly feel it all these years later. Here's my theory on John Hancock. This is a place for theories. For theories.

He grew up, every birthday card that he signed, he kept it short, he kept it small. You know he was just writing his initials down in the tiniest possible lettering. And I think he knew the impact of the Declaration of Independence. And he said, you know what? I'm going to make my mark. Enough of the shrinking. Enough minimizing myself.

I'm going to really put my mark on this document. And now we're talking about him. A lot of people are saying it in quiet voices, but I'm going to say it with my full trust right now. John Hancock signing the Declaration of Independence

was his Rihanna loud moment. He said, I will no longer be silent. I am dying my hair fire engine red. I am absolutely saying, hold on. What's dying my hair fire engine red. I am absolutely saying, hold on, what's the name? John Hancock. And I hope that the king can see it from across

the Atlantic Ocean. You think John Hancock said, I will no longer be silent in the words of the new Jasmine song in the Aladdin live action movie? I will not remain speechless. I will not remain speechless. I will not remain speechless. That's what she said.

Oh my God. What if that song is a nod to John Hancock? I think everything is. And that is why the 1770s ranked at number 8 on Top 10 Decades Lost Culture. on Top 10 Decades, Lost Couch. in a New York Minute. She had this wild night and ended up getting pregnant by some other guy.

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I was just so mad at life everything that wasn't right was everybody's fault but mine I had such a victim mentality I took zero accountability for anything in my life I was the kid that if you asked what what happened I immediately started with everything but me it took years for me to break that, like years of work. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app,

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Trust me, you won't want to miss this one. On Thanksgiving Day, 1999, a five-year-old boy floated alone in the ocean. He had lost his mother trying to reach Florida from Cuba. He looked like a little angel. I mean, he looked so fresh. And his name, Elian Gonzalez, will make headlines everywhere. Elian Gonzalez. Elian Gonzalez.

Elian. Elian. Elian Gonzalez. At the heart of the story is a young boy and the question of who he belongs with. His father in Cuba. Mr. Gonzalez wanted to go home and he wanted to take his son with him. Or his relatives in Miami. Imagine that your mother died trying to get you to freedom.

At the heart of it all is still this painful family separation. Something that as a Cuban, I know all too well. Listen to Chess Peace, the Elian Gonzalez story, as part of the My Cultura podcast network, available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Number seven. 1920s.

I hear some roaring in the distance. I'm just going to get out of the way early. It ended in austerity and tragedy. People jumping off buildings in the financial district in New York on Wall Street. But wow, oh boy, did we have a nice

party leading up to that moment. And you know, I think it's so important that we acknowledge that tension and that ultimately this really did not go so great. But the Roaring Twenties, wow, did they roar in the beginning. I mean, The Great Gatsby. This was a book that

really talked about excess. It really talked about, you know, the pros, the cons, you know, the green light on Daisy's dock. That's definitely something that people wrote essays about. Cars. That book was about cars. And the tragedies that can come from them. Yes.

The American dream was having a car, driving into the city, seeing a Broadway show, perhaps. And I would say it's about hooch. Hooch. Oh, absolutely. Let's prohibit prohibition, first of all. First of all. Can you talk about the effect of this decade on Real Housewives-themed parties? Not just Real Housewives. I'm not going to limit it to Real Housewives-themed parties. I'm going to go ahead and expand it all to, and I'm sorry to to limit it to real housewives themed parties I'm just going to go ahead and expand

it all to and I'm sorry to make it about race it is white people's favorite thing to do a great Gatsby themed party to do I think it's white people's favorite thing to do you know a speakeasy moment but I think what transcends race

is Chicago I think Chicago is the thing that is a level. I think Chicago is the more relevant 1920s work in America than the Great Gatsby because everyone loves Chicago, but only Real Housewives love. I mean, everyone loves Chicago enough to throw a themed party after it. Only a certain amount of people, a certain group of people love the Great Gatsby to throw a party. Does that make sense? 100%. Yeah, it made perfect sense to me. And I would also

say that Chicago being one of the great films of the 2000s. Stay tuned. Stay tuned. But for now, we say all this is why the 1920s rank at number 7 on Top 10 Decades. Lost Cult. Number 6. all this is why the 1920s rank at number 7 on top 10 decades.

Lost Cult. Number 6. The 2000s. Now what were you saying about Chicago? Do tell. This was a movie that came out in 2002? 2003? Spiritually, it came out

in all those years. It was 2002. I think it was 2002. You're right. Miramax was at its peak. Thank you, Harvey Weinstein. Thank you, God. Thank you, God. He was the king of the 2000s, wouldn't you say? For better or worse, he was. He really sort of

ruled the roost. Ruled the roost? I mean, he was the one who was beaming images into our little eyeballs. Two people ruled the 2000s. Harvey Weinstein and Lauren Elsie Conrad. Who could forget when she burst onto the scene on Laguna Beach and was the breakout star earning her own show, The Hills. At that moment, she became one of the leading players in Hollywood

alongside Harvey Weinstein. Now, would you say that Lauren Conrad, I think she is so fascinating because how did that happen? She's actually one of the least compelling people in America, I would say. I'm going to go ahead and say that. I think we all saw our not very compelling selves in her. And also, this was a time where you have to remember, everyone wanted to look and be just like everyone else. So here was a girl who was put on TV by stroke of luck.

She was wearing her side bang. You know what I mean? She was sort of giving that Hollister look. And everyone said, I can cipher my personality down to her so easily because I know that she is exactly the boring thing that everyone wants. And she, actually a smart individual, said, I'm going to take my basicness and take it to the moon. To this day, she's a trillionaire. She's a trillionaire. Do you remember, I mean, this is the 2000s on a personal level for me. I moved to New York, to the city of New York,

right as The City with Whitney Port spun off. And that was a huge success, that show. Major success. But to be real, it wasn't. And I think that was because once someone moved to The City, that just became a little bit too much. They were like, oh, The City, this girl's trying too hard. You know what I mean?

The Hills, she was able to still be a lazy LA girl. Right. Once Whitney moved to the city, I'm sorry, New York swallows you up. It did. It changed her. It changed her. But I'm saying you disappeared because people don't give a shit about you.

It's New York City. What an interesting choice to spin off the show with the character who the entire time in the hills literally only ever said, oh my god, seriously? What happened then? But what then? No, you did not. What did you say?

She became the sort of fan favorite because she was totally neutral. I think they didn't give Audrina a chance. Audrina should have led something. You're making a face. I think Audrina was a star. Did you know that Audrina,

speaking of the 2000s, was in the film Sorority Row? Did you ever see the film Sorority Row? I did not. It was a serial killer movie about they all came to a sorority and killed them all? Oh, yes, yes, yes. I do remember this. was a serial killer movie about they all came to a sorority and killed them all. Yes, yes, yes. I do remember this.

Those were the days when I was on IMDb every day just looking up any person I could think of. And I remember going on Audrina Patrick's IMDb and in production, in parentheses, I see Sorority Row. What's this? And just following it with bated breath. The 2000s were

peak IMDb message board culture. 100%. 100%. Can we also just give a toast to the movies of that era? I like to propose a toast. No. Sorority Boys?

Just Friends? I'm saying this is American Pie 2. Back to the House. Back to the house. Back to the house. These are the movies of the 2000s. I'm not going to say any prestige titles. I'm just going to say the mid to low tier

movies that were put out in theaters because, wow, do I yearn for that time. For movies that are not very good to proliferate the American cinema. And that reason is why the 2000s rank at number 6 on top 10 decades

Lost Cult Number 5 BC Now does this count as a decade? I think it does. Because I think we can all agree that in this world, in this little thing we call life, there was before Christ and after Christ. He came along and shook it up.

Say what you want about your religious beliefs quietly to yourself. Quietly, please. But you can't deny this young girl was a legend. She came along and she made everybody listen. Doing her tricks, making her magic, turning water into wine. I said, this is how you do it. This is how you capture a conversation. This was the original LC because people were like, I'm seeing you and I'm watching.

I'm watching you. This is what Jesus did to the girls. People were like, I'm seeing you and I'm watching. I'm watching you. Jesus. This is what Jesus did to the girls. This is how Jesus gagged the girls. He did his thing, passed away. This is what the girls said around the world, at least in the Roman Empire. Start the clock again. Reset the clock.

Start it over. Can you imagine? Yeah, I can't. Who would have to die today in order for all of us to be like, we're restarting the clock. The calendar is back to zero. We all know that answer

is Beyonce Knowles. Beyonce Knowles. But you know what's funny is we've been talking about the impact of Jesus and BC is famously before Christ. So this was the prequel. Okay, let's talk about BC. You had

the ancient Greeks. The dinosaurs. You had the algae. The little things in the water. Sharks. Sharks. sharks the assyrians the mesopotamians the chinese the japanese oh and by the way all these groups getting so messy with each other like getting all into it with each other like there was not a time when there wasn't a war

there was not a time of peace there was always a time of unrest until BC and then afterwards there was a time of relative peace but before he was sort of offed at 33 and then there was unrest again but there was a beautiful time there in BC where it was just like sort of like all

the girls sort of tussling for the top spot yes and none of them no one really won out. No. Just to say, war is not the answer. No. And because we finally arrived at that message, that is why

the BC is number five on top ten decades. Lost Cult. Oh, this one gets me excited to even see. Number four. The 1980s! Pew, pew, pew, pew, pew!

This was a huge decade in culture. In history. Should we get a special guest to speak to the 80s? Yes! Mom! Come in here! Oh my god, this is so huge. We are about to get an expert on the 80s With us on the podcast

I want some tea spilled on the 80s So take this Put it in your ear, you're on the podcast Hi, hi Katrina So come on, now we're talking about the top 10 decades of all time And number 4 is the 1980s So could you share with us some things that happened in the 80s?

Tell us about the 80s. What are your favorite memories? Oh, boy. What are your favorite memories? Well, I worked in discotheques. She worked in discotheques. So she. What kind of things did you see there that we'll never forget? I'll never forget.

Let's see. All the fabulous styles. the high shoulder pads the big belts the big hair who's your party with who does your party with in the club that you always talk about um let's see well yes i stood next to andre the giant in studio 54 and i and I chased Superman. Oh, oh, oh. Christopher Reeves. I was standing there and I was kind of near the men's bathroom and I saw him walking and I walked into

the men's bathroom to try to go meet him and then I chickened out and I turned around. Oh my god. Oh my god, Katrina. That is Matt Cohn. That's so amazing. So the 80s, you would say were a crazy Oh my God, Katrina. That is Matt Cotto. That's so amazing. Wow. So the 80s, you would say, were a crazy wild time?

It was a crazy wild time. Do you miss that? Well, let's say I had a lot of fun. You know, I was a bartender in a nightclub. I was the only girl. Oh, really? And I had all these gorgeous guys. Were they gay?

There was not many gay guys there, but there were some. There were some, just like the world. Not many, but some. Not the bartenders. Not the bartenders. But I had a lot of fun. I bet you did with all those hot guys. Yeah, all those hotties.

You know, all the dancing. But I have to tell you, in the 80s, we had the nightclubs. But then on special nights, the nightclubs turned into alternative dance clubs. What does that mean, alternative? Alternative rock. Punk rock. Oh, amazing. And it was one of my favorite nights.

You loved punk rock nights? I loved it. Because it was a time where, because I didn't really do like the you know the real disco dancing but when you went to a punk rock alternative rock uh nightclub you could just go out on dance floor you could dance by yourself you could just dance by yourself the way people dress like i because i worked in the garment district and i went down to like the west village and I went into a shop at the thrift store and I bought myself

a big old coat. It was like a military coat. And I loved that coat. And I had white patent leather flat shoes. And you went and danced at the alternative club. I kind of went against the grain. She kind of went against the grain.

And there was a lot of gay and queer people there. And punk rock alternative night because they were doing alternative stuff. It was fabulous. Give a round of applause for Katrina. She did great. She recapped the 80s. And that is why the 1980s are number four on top

10 decades. Lost Coach. Thank you. Thanks, Mom. She did amazing. That was fab. I mean, we can't beat that. We cannot add to that at all. That was a first-person account. That was a witness.

Primary source. Okay. Primary source. Number three. Let's keep going. 1970. 1970. I put this twice?

Matt put this on twice. I think you meant to say 1960s. 1960s, baby. That's what I meant to say. Number three. Number three. I mean, the 1960s were... This was when America and the world figured out what was beautiful.

I'm just going to say that. That's a beautiful sentiment. This was when everyone cared about the way things looked in a way that was not shallow in a way that was intentional and deep. This was when you had so many new fonts

appear, new styles of clothing appear, new hairdos appear, New makeup styles I'm being totally serious here I think the 60s were a very important time for aesthetics Not only that You wouldn't even have Forrest Gump Without the 60s

Girl And you need to stay tuned Because the Forrest Gump came out in the 90s Stay tuned Let's just say Robin Wright, she represented the 90s. Stay tuned. Let's just say Robin Wright, she represented the 60s. I was going to say, you know what?

I was going to say the 70s gave us retroactive icons. Of course the 60s gave us retroactive icons as well. 100%. Two words, Janis Joplin. I was going to say Don Draper. I was going to say Don Draper. Talk about how Mad Men was one of the great series Mad Men was appointment television

maybe one of the last oh you know what no Succession was monoculture and was appointment television so I take that back Mad Men didn't do anything did nothing but still you know we respect what it tried to do. And we respect it really trying to capture a time,

a time that is actually ranked on this list, top 10 decades last culture at number three, the 1960s. The Real Housewives of New York City are back for another bite of the Big Apple. Look who it is. Joined by elite new friends. Rebecca Minkoff. Have you ever heard of her?

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All new Tuesdays at 9 on Bravo or stream it on City TV+. Hey, I'm Jay Shetty and I'm the host of On Purpose. My latest episode is with Jelly Roll. This episode is one of the most honest and raw interviews I've ever had. We go deep into Jelly Roll's life story from being in and out of prison from the age of 13 to being one of today's biggest artists. We talk about guilt, shame, body image, and huge life transformations.

I was a desperate, delusional dreamer, and the desperate part got me in a lot of trouble. I encourage delusional dreamers. Be a delusional dreamer. Just don't be a desperate, delusional dreamer. I just had such an anger. I was just so mad at life. Everything that wasn't right was everybody's fault but mine. I had such a victim mentality. I took zero accountability for anything in my life. I was the kid that if you asked what happened, I immediately started with everything but me. It took years for me to break

that, like years of work. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Trust me, you won't want to miss this one. On Thanksgiving Day, 1999, a five-year-old boy floated alone in the ocean. He had lost his mother trying to reach Florida from Cuba. He looked like a little angel. I mean, he looked so fresh.

And his name, Elian Gonzalez, will make headlines everywhere. Elian Gonzalez. Elian Gonzalez. Elian. Elian. Elian Gonzalez. At the heart of the story is a young boy and the question of who he belongs with. His father in Cuba.

Mr. Gonzalez wanted to go home and he wanted with. His father in Cuba. Mr. Gonzales wanted to go home and he wanted to take his son with him. Or his relatives in Miami. Imagine that your mother died trying to get you to freedom. At the heart of it all is still this painful family separation. Something that as a Cuban,

I know all too well. Listen to Chess Peace, the Elian Gonzalez story, as part of the My Cultura podcast network, available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Number two, the 1950s. Post-war eleganza.

One of those times where mothers were smoking cigarettes in the kitchen and they said, you know what, go ahead, take the bike, kids. Go wherever you want. There's no risk of abduction. This was when you go, leave the door unlocked. We just moved to the suburbs from the city.

And we have money, honey. Because guess what? America is number one. A time of great flow for America. Flow. Amazing prosper. Amazing prosper at this time. This was a time of very cool cars.

Very cool offhand parenting. Like laissez faire, as they say. Yes. To borrow from the French. And then of course, you know, the fifties,

it was very, uh, businessman culture. You know what I mean? They were going into the city with their flat rim hats saying, how you doing Mike? Oh, hey,

hi, hi there. Don. Hey there, Don. Yeah. Yeah. But talk about the darkness of the decade. Talk about the darkness. Well, you know what? The 50s were

actually quite nice. There wasn't too much darkness. And that's why it ranks so high. That was reported. Girl, you know what? History is written by the victors. And I'm sure the losers of the time would have something else to say.

But guess what? That wasn't us. That wasn't America. We don't take responsibility for that. You know what? It's like the 70s, the late 70s, 1978, that's how the film Grease released. And that was about the 50s, correct? I'm not sure. Ride El High.

Ride El High, but was that the 50s? yeah let's say that was the 50s Back to the Future also depicted in 1955 I mean this was American ideal this was American peace there was we are speaking as an American

America first to borrow from Donald Trump we're speaking as an America first podcast this is the time America First, to borrow from Donald Trump, where we're speaking as an America First podcast. And this is the time when people can most universally agree as those were the days. You know what I think? I think that you're right. And also, you know what I think is a literal mess?

That we are taking a really sweet figure in the culture, which was the milkman, and we're making it about adultery. But that happened. This is the darkness I was talking about that they don't talk about. The 50s were, I'm just gonna say, I'm gonna venture to guess, I don't have

the exact dates and years. I think this was when we were all a little scared. We were like, well, we have a means to wipe out humanity with the nuclear weapons. That was a time of girl, where are the nukes?

Hide under the desk? Why don't ya? Ooh. You know what? And I thought there would be no darkness, and here I am ending it on darkness. This is one of the darkest things I'll ever say. You can find darkness anywhere. Anywhere.

So true. So true, bestie. Oh, this is why the 1950s rank at number two on the top 10 decades. Lost Gulch. Number one. The 90s! The 90s!

The 1990s! Woo! Gave us these two icons right here. Queen, there is nothing that can compare to this period. Do you remember when five girls came into the public consciousness? Ginger,

Posh, Baby, Scary, and Sporty. I remember when five boys came in from the backstreet, That's for sure. Kevin. AJ. Nick. Howie. Howie. And more. There was the other guy. Brian.

Oh, Brian. I think half of them are Trumpers. Tracks. Tracks. Well, the 90s, even the scandals of the 90s, even the darkness of the 90s was pretty fun. You know what I mean? Well, this was the first decade of pulp.

Of pulp. But I'm saying, like, God bless Monica Lewinsky for surviving what is a traumatic ordeal. Mm-hmm. But you got to admit, the Lewinsky scandal was like get the popcorn out. This is crazy. Honey, not only am I chewing down popcorn

to Lewinsky scandal, I'm watching OJ fucking drive down the 405 and I am wrapped. I'm saying, what is going on today? I go to the damn multiplex. I'm waiting in line. I'm waiting in line for

Titanic. Say it. 100%? This decade gave us everything and it was firing on all cylinders. You know, I would say two words what I said before. Forrest Gump. And sure, some people watch it now and they think it's

an iffy movie, but guess what? You don't understand magical realism. You don't understand 90s culture, maximalism, more is more, stupid is smart. Do you understand? 90s!

If you don't get it, then get out! Get out, and I'm gonna say some words. Some names, even get out. Get out. And I'm going to say some words. Some names, even. Clinton. No, I was going to say Molly Shannon. Sherry O'Terry. Yes, SNL.

Kristen Tann. Say the words. This was a time of true peak SNL. Oh, I think you could not deny. You can't deny. Coming off of Sandler, Spade, Farley, Norm. There was a pre and post Norm SNL

and this, I'm sorry to wax historic about SNL, but this was when I started watching and I'm sure the same is true for you. Oh, the same is so true for me. Mike Myers is something you forgot to say until now. Mike Myers. How dare I?

One of the kings of that decade, especially. This decade gave us Austin. It definitely did. And I would say that Austin Powers, if anything, has stood the test of time. Everyone talks about it still every day. Yeah. I would say, as millennials, that we the test of time. Everyone talks about it still every day. Yeah. I would say as millennials that

we definitely get a bad rap from Gen Z. I would say that they definitely think the words they make up are things like choogy. But here's what I'll say to the Gen Z generation. You're obsessed with the 90s? We had it first, bitch. We actually created that shit.

We invented it. You're obsessed. Basically, what you're doing is you're recycling our culture. So nothing that you could ever do is original. Because, oh, low-rise? Oh, oh, oh,

oh, oh, grunge? Oh, oh, Olivia Rodrigo? We created Olivia Rodrigo. It's giving derivative. Let me say some more things. Tamagotchi. Beanie Baby. Pokemon.

Dragon Ball Z. Princess Diana. Five. Power Rangers. Sailor Moon. Six. Seven. Power Rangers. No one could ever really pinpoint how important it was. The first ever sexual tension captured on television was between Kimberly the Pink Ranger and Tommy the Green Ranger. Kimberly was the...

Who became the White Ranger, famously. Who became the White Ranger. Kimberly was the crush for everybody. All the boys, gay, straight, whatever, and the queer girls were loving Kimberly. Amy Jo Williamsburg. What was her name? Amy Jo

Johnson. Amy Jo Johnson. Amy Jo Williamsburg. Girl. I know a couple Amy Jo Williamsburgs. Wait. Yeah, girl. girl I know a couple Amy Jo Williams Berg's wait yeah girl wait do you remember her

film this was a 90s film Suzy Q yes I remember Suzy Q oh my god Suzy Q is why the 90s ranked as number one on the top 10 decades last culture I think we nailed the 90s rank as number one on the top 10 decades last culture

i think i think we nailed this and specifically you nailed this because you were the one who set this order even though you included 1970s twice yeah but you know what i meant i do and you quickly said it was the 60s which you were right about and what I would say is that if you even think that this list was worth its salt, just stay tuned for two weeks from now because my girl that I'm looking at on the Zoom screen has curated a list for the top 10 diva moments. It will be our last list of the year.

It will be the best list of the year. And you need to gird your loins and really understand that we're about to give it to you like Christopher Reeve almost gave it to my mother in the 80s. In the men's room at... Was it Studio 54?

I think that's what she said. It might have been some other bar. It would be legendary if it was indeed if Katrina Clarity's would have followed Christopher Reeve to the men's room at Studio 54 oh my god clearly a beautiful man she left that part out

but I know that's true alright well listen thank you all for joining us this has been an amazing list stay tuned because before you even know it because time actually flies so fast if this episode duration and this topic have proven anything, time flies so fast. Before you know it, it'll be a new decade. So keep enjoying this one and keep your eyes peeled for a new episode very soon.

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