Generation In-Between: A Xennial Podcast
As If - The 90's Fest, 2024: A Xennial Field Trip
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Tootsie Roll on down with us as we recap As If: The 90's Fest, 2024 -- our first podcast field trip!
We talk about the live music of Paula Cole, Fastball, 69 Boyz and Deana Carter, the vendors, the food and the FASHION of the festival.
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The butterfly? Uh-Oh, that's (30 years) old.
Tootsie Roll on down with us as we recap As If: The 90's Fest, 2024 -- our first podcast field trip!
We talk about the live music of Paula Cole, Fastball, 69 Boyz and Deana Carter, the vendors, the food and the FASHION of the festival.
Were you there? Tag us in your social media photos! @generationinbetween on Instagram.
Leave us a glowing review wherever you listen to podcasts, and connect with Generation In-Between: A Xennial Podcast at all the places below:
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Email us at generationinbetweenpodcast@gmail.com
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Do you remember slow dancing to the song strawberry wine at a school dance? Do you remember when you could buy a cold beer for only five bucks at an outdoor festival, whether you were of age or not, if you can't help but dance when you hear to the left, to the left, to the right, to the right, to the front, to the front, to the back, to the back. Sorry, you might be as any all. Yep, Katie and I were both dancing while we were saying that, and you might have been at as if the 90s Fest this weekend, and we were too. Hi, I'm Danny and I'm Katie, and you are listening to generation in between, a zennial podcast where we revisit, remember, and sometimes relearn all kinds of things from our 80s childhoods and our 90s teen, young adulthoods and today everyone we're gonna do a little recap of our very first field trip.
Katie Parsons:Yes, I can't wait. And then at the end of that, stick around, because we're gonna do a little bit of hella 90s trivia too, just because there were so many, like trivia things that were at this, oh my gosh, like, again, you know, we pull the cards at random, so who knows if any of it will align. But all these like kind of blasts from the past that I didn't think about. I know that was so cool. And also guys, just so you know, we're starting something new with this episode forward for our patrons, yay. Each time we record a normal episode, we are going to record an after show anywhere from like five to 10 to 20 minutes, I don't know however long we want. That's just some bonus content, whether on the topic we were talking about or just about, or just like, funny stories. Today, I know we have a really funny story for you, related to 90s fest, so just a little something extra for our patrons. You won't be missing any of our main content. It's just extra after show stuff. So if you're a patron, be sure after this episode you listen to the after show.
Dani Combs:Yeah, just bonus, Katie and Danny. That's, that's, that's it, because you cannot ever have enough. That's all you get. So okay, so last weekend, Katie and I headed to St Augustine, Florida for the day to enjoy, as if, the 90s fest. And OMG. It was a memorable time, for sure. So today, we're gonna just kind of share with you some things we really loved and some things we wish were just a little different, and then maybe we'll have time for a few minutes of trivia, just like Katie said so. But before we get going, I do have one circle back to do, and it is thanks to our friend and new listener, Carlos,
Katie Parsons:yay. Carlos, welcome. He's also he's
Dani Combs:been binging our episodes while he's he works from home, and so he's been listening throughout his work day, and he's listening in order. So I'm not quite sure when he'll hear this exactly, so he'll hear it eventually. But anyway, he did skip ahead a little bit to listen to my I was gonna say my Troy. My true he is my Troy. Listening to my husband's guest starring episode, because he knows him. And he also listened to our interview with Amanda, who played Diana, because Carlos was on the show too. But anyway, so when he was listening to the Nintendo episode. He let us know the origin of the name game boy, because remember Katie, you asked
Katie Parsons:Troy. I was like, what is it a child, right? Console. Like, why is it called that? And he wasn't sure yet. He
Dani Combs:you stumped him. He had no idea, but Carlos found out, and he said the name of Game Boy was derived from the name Walkman. Everybody had a Walkman, right? And hopefully you kids out there know what that is, Google it. I'm not gonna explain to you All right. So Walkman freed music from only being listened to at home. So the Game Boy freed gaming from only being played at home. That is so cool, yeah. And that makes sense once you see that, right?
Katie Parsons:Yeah. And just from a, like, writing word perspective, I love that. It's like a verb, noun, yes, like, it has the same format and how, like, walk. You're walking, and it's a, I don't know what man has to do with it, but Game Boy, right, yeah. I mean human, yeah, walk human doesn't sound as great. I know Walkman, so we'll take it.
Dani Combs:I know anyway. So that's it. So that's our only circle back. I'm sure we have shout outs from 90s fest we're gonna do throughout as we're chatting with names of people we've we met at the fest and all the things so nice. Anyways, let's get right into it. Katie, so why don't we start? Let's talk about things we loved. So you go first and I'll just chime in. Yeah.
Katie Parsons:So I think we both kind of have this as one of our first points was just the live music, I know, right? So part of what attracted us to it at all was because we knew we were going to be able to see fastball 69 boys, Deana Carter and Paula Cole. Oh, yeah. And then there were like some local groups in between too, which was cool. And they had like a DJ playing different 90s music, although we did hear some, like, early 2000s music too. Yeah, they
Dani Combs:got a little confused.
Katie Parsons:I mean, it's fine. We don't hate early, no, but I think wrong decade, though, yeah, I
Dani Combs:think they got a little confused. Yeah, they played some songs. And I was like, this was definitely 2000 not 90s everyone, yeah,
Katie Parsons:but we loved it. And the big highlight for me, and then you can Yeah, tell us all yours was definitely Paula Cole, oh, yeah, I agree, right. So our Dawson's Creek fans are our listeners. Here. We're doing our rewatch bonus episodes on Dawson's Creek bonus in our feed, not bonus for patrons. And just want to make that clear, everyone can listen to Dawson's Creek, obviously, the theme song of Dawson's Creek. I don't want to Yes, and we saw it live to be over that whole thing, we saw her, and we looked her up. She was what? Now, I don't remember what. We've got our computers. We'll look her up later, but she's
Dani Combs:older. Oh, her age, yeah, I don't remember that. I
Katie Parsons:thought we figured out she was like 10 or 15 years older than Yeah, so she's probably in her mid 50s. And not that that's like, super old or anything, but she was, like, such a great performer. Her voice was so strong, so strong. She was doing all sorts of, like, little riffs at the top, yes, some soulful singing down low. She was playing piano, she was playing tambourine, like she was so great. And I just really feel like we got spoiled, because she was so she was so good, good, like whale, I
Dani Combs:forgot that she can do those. I don't know the proper word for that, but almost like those heavy metal yells like, but they sound melodic. Is there a word for that? Probably, like you're the you're the educated musical theater. We'd
Katie Parsons:say belting, but it's not a heavy, but almost like a it's almost like a yell, scream, but singing,
Dani Combs:she times, and I was like, Whoa, girl, giddy, yes, because those of you that don't sing, your voice does change as you get older, even if you are a professional who's done it for a long time, your voice still matures. So sometimes you can't do the things you did when you were recording in your 20s. But I swear, if you closed your eyes while she was singing, she sounded exactly like she did in the 90s, right? Absolutely. Plus, she
Katie Parsons:just had this amazing aura. Oh, she did. She had kind of this, I looked at Danny at one point and said, it's, it's giving Stevie Nick Yeah, from Fleetwood Mac. She had this, like, very flowy black dress, yeah, little black choker, and her hair was like this grayish silver, probably her natural color, just like long and the wind was blowing. It was very like, witchy, yeah, and it was so great. And this, this man that introduced her, I was hoping you're gonna bring him. I don't know who he was. I know, I know he was affiliated with the festival, but, you know, like a purse, someone with the fest would come up and introduce, okay, here comes fast ball, blah, blah, blah, blah, let's cheer for them. Whatever. This guy gets up there. Bless him. He was like, This person has changed my life, like, the apex of my whole being, yes, hinges on her. Like, we were like, What is going on? And then, of course, before she came on, she gave him, like, a big hug. He started crying. He went down. And the audience was like, up close. Yeah, we think it was his mom. Yeah, was down there. And when he came down after, like, the hug and introducing, he was like, did you get that? I know, like, she was videoing, and then he just, and he was tall, he was probably, what, six four maybe, I don't know. I'm super short, so I always think everybody and so we could see him really easily from where we were, because we weren't too far back either. And he was singing every word, every word, he was crying. And it was almost like I felt honored. I know in that experience with him, we couldn't stop watching him because, like, you know what I just forgot, like, like he was extreme fanboy, which
Dani Combs:was, I loved it. I think I forgot how I think I wrote this down as one of the things that was really nice, and I remembered how powerful live music is, but also how powerful music is in general. Because I don't know what was going on in his life when he found Pollock hole or whatever. But I think we all have those artists, Katie and I talked about this while we were there, where their album just came along at, like a time of your life, where it was like a pivotal moment, and their music was your soundtrack. And so, like, we could probably all sit here and think of one, two, maybe three musicians, if we met them, we would be just like that, yep. And it was so genuine to see his just adoration of her and he was just having his time of his life, like just the time of
Katie Parsons:his life, yes, and like, I was also very happy to be. Hearing Paula Cole and really enjoying it. And I was just like, so inspired by her, yeah, like, in general, I was like, oh, I want to be more authentic. Oh, I want to be singing when I'm 1015, years down the road. Oh, like, what new things can I do with my voice? Of course, all of that. But just to be like, in his experience of that was really, really special, yeah? And I totally agree that I know that was just really cool to me, but what did what did you think? I mean, I loved everyone else too, but I'll just chime in as Danny touches on the other live music.
Dani Combs:Yeah, I agree with everything you said. Obviously, we were just like, floored at how good she was. We didn't, yeah, we didn't get to really take in much of the local cover bands because the weather sucked, which we'll talk about in a minute. But okay, so I will say fastball, Paula Cole 69 boys and Deanna Carter or Dina. Sorry. I always say Deanna. That is incorrect. I will say like props to them for seeing musicians still doing their thing after decades of being out there and doing it like literal decades. I mean, they're all still masters of their craft. Some we enjoyed more than others, but it's not because they were bad or sounded bad. It's just some we just were in the mood for and some we weren't right. But they all are still singing. They still sound great. They still are doing their thing. And I think we should just give mad props to
Katie Parsons:that. Yes, and they played new stuff. Oh yes, they all did. They're all still creating you or whatever. And it's like, I think that's amazing, because if you're a Paula Cole or a fastball, and you're still getting whatever royalties for those big hits you had back in the 90s, early, 2000s I don't know, it might be easy just to be like, Oh well, I'm good, like I said, and eventually they probably will, but to actually want to make new music. Yeah, it's really
Dani Combs:cool. It is cool. But let's talk who brought the energy. Yes, I
Katie Parsons:know who you're gonna say, Oh
Dani Combs:my gosh. 69 boys.
Katie Parsons:Oh my god.
Dani Combs:The funny thing was, I looked at Katie before they came on, and I said to her, have you ever seen like, hip hop or rap artists live? And she said, No. And I said, Okay, well, just like, get ready, because sometimes it's really awful, like she was that is no shade yourself. Like, yeah, brace yourself, because you never know, and I'm not throwing shades to hip hop slash rap artists out there. I'm not. I'm not, but sometimes it's harder to replicate what you do in a studio in that genre of music and replicate it live like sometimes it doesn't translate. But whole m g that was so fun as soon as they started, she looked at me and was like, You're wrong. And I'm like, I know. Forget everything I said I was 100% wrong. I honestly will never say that again, because they brought so much energy, so much fun. They totally played into the crowd. They had, oh yeah, like they were master entertainers. So good favorite were there two backup vocalists slash dancers. I tried to find out if that was like their OG, like male dancers, and I don't know, but they were older. I mean, they weren't like 20 up dancing, and they were, you know, normal, average body size. They weren't these little bitty like, things, they were amazing, yeah, those, I could not stop watching their dancing. Their
Katie Parsons:dancing was so good, right? And their face,
Dani Combs:they were so in it. Everybody on that for that set was in it, yep, like, the DJ was in it. Like, I mean, it was just, it was so much fun. And I apologize now for all the people who had to watch Katie and I dancing.
Katie Parsons:It was rough, it was rough, but it was fun. It was fun, so it was okay. And everyone, everyone was dancing similarly. Yes, there
Dani Combs:was a lot of white people dancing Yes, Elaine from Seinfeld. Like
Katie Parsons:Much, much of that, I love the surprise in that one, because they played Quad City DJs got ride that train because I guess they were on the remix of that or something, or they helped produce it. Yeah. So it's funny is when I was thinking, before we went of 69 boys songs, obviously you think of Tootsie to zero, yeah. And I looked up a few, and in my head, I was like, Oh, do they sing that one? And I was like, Oh no, no, that's the Quad City DJs. So I was like, dang, I really like that song. And then they started to play, yeah, they were on the song. And that made me so happy. And, boy, everybody was really like, everybody and but it was great. They did a dance contest, and Danny did not go up on stage. Very disappointed in her. As soon as they said it, they're like, we're gonna pull some people up for a dance contest. Katie whipped her head around, and I was like, I'm not doing that. Like, no, I
Dani Combs:have only had one drink. I am not doing that. But it was very entertaining. Waiting to watch the people on that stage, and you can see a little clip of it. We have a little video montage on our socials. You can see everybody had a great
Katie Parsons:time. Yeah, that was so much fun. I almost wish they were last just I know, such a high. But then it got darker, and Dina Carter was the last one. And I will say the vibe of her stuff was kind of fun for like, Twilight, like, yeah, the weather and stuff, it was very like, kind of bringing us all back down or whatever. Yeah, she was my
Dani Combs:least fave, not because she's a bad entertainer, just because it's country and I am not, even though it's pop country, yeah, that's not my favorite kind of
Katie Parsons:music. Yeah? I mean, I liked it because it was basically just a sing along. Katie knew all the songs. I knew, every single song, every single words I forgot I knew. Yeah, oh, wait, I do know this one. She knew all the words, yeah. She's saying, How do I get there from here, which I forgot I knew. Did I shave my legs for this obviously strawberry wine? And there's, like, one or two, yeah, there's
Dani Combs:a couple others, you know, you're like, Oh, I
Katie Parsons:forgot about this one, and then, and then I'd be like, singing literally ever heard. Isn't that fun? That's
Dani Combs:a zennial thing we should say talk about right now, because we seriously can remember words to songs that we even forget. We know, remember every single word and note
Katie Parsons:out of nowhere. And that goes back to like, the power of music, and also the power of like, foundational memories of music, like the man who was so excited about Paula Cole that's tapping into something foundational for him. Like you said, was he a teen? Was he in his 20s? Who knows, but it must have been a period of time where that he needed that music, right? And I'm not saying I needed Dana Carter at any point? Well, by my hat, well, maybe I did, but maybe I think, like when you foundationally are learning things, and I will say her songs are very easy to sing, yeah. And same reason. I mean, I'm a huge Reba fan. We'll probably have to do a whole episode on her. And I went and saw her by myself in Nashville last year. I was like, I don't care. I'm going. No one can go. Flew myself to Nashville, got myself a little hotel room, went to the concert, sat between two couples on either side of me. There's a couple getting drunk and enjoying and, like, making out on the left and the right, and then just little me in between. Like, hello. I was like, hi there. But we were all buddies by the time fancy played. We were like, friends for life. Love it good to go. But like, I think for people who really like storytelling, yeah, like me and storytelling through song, there's something to like the Dena Carters and the rebas and and even outside the country genre, where their songs are telling stories, and when you're first learning to do that yourself, I think for me, that's foundationally why I remembered those words and why I remembered those melodies. Because it was more of like learning how to do that thing right when I learned when I first listened to her, right? Yeah, not because I'm like a super but him, Reba, super fam. Well, another day, another day, friends, Danny will be so happy about that
Dani Combs:way for that one. That's okay. Actually, we
Katie Parsons:might have to bring Jen on. I was just thinking that, yeah, Jen. Um, oh, gosh, you know which Jen you are. I
Dani Combs:know I'm gonna be like you were during Nintendo, and you were like, okay, yes, during country, we're doing it all right. So that was the music. That was fun. Another fun thing was we got to see our OG Jennifer, Patrick and his wife, Zena, in person. Katie has never met them, so she got to meet them. Big hugs. It was so nice, right? Isn't it fun? And then they were there as vendors with their their storage, isn't it? So it's really fun to get to see other cool stuff. We got to chat with them for a while. They're going to be our guests really soon. They're going to come on this summer. We're going to have them on to talk about all things retro collecting. So stay tuned for that. We also bought some really cool things from them. We did. So tell us what you bought. Katie,
Katie Parsons:they do this really cool thing where they have a retro Happy Meal boxes, yes, so they're like, the same shape as today, but maybe have, like, retro movies and characters and stuff, and then they make them surprise boxes, so they put other stuff in them, not necessarily McDonald's stuff, right? Just anything retro Pogs, trading cards, stuff like that. But you can open it like you just buy it, and then whatever is in it. So my daughter, Tegan, like, loves all this stuff. So I got her one. It was $15 which I thought was super affordable. The particular box we got had, like, hook, yeah, movie, hook, I love, like, all over it. And I was like, oh my god, I forgot about this movie. So when I waited, she opened it, when we got home, and it did have a little Happy Meal toy, cabbage patch doll. Oh, still in the package. Oh, my God yes. Great pic, yes. So she loved it. And then it had, like, Lion King, I don't know, like trading cards unopened, and some Pogs and things like that. So she absolutely loved it. And then, of course, I got some really. Super cool shiznit retro neon stickers that Patrick designed. Yes, I got those for my daughter Aaron, and they were really, really cool. So I was very happy with my purchases. They had a lot of cool clothes too. I noticed that I really liked, like, there was a good variety. There was clothes I wish I would
Dani Combs:have got that jacket. Remember that jacket? The leather running? No, remember the one? It was like bright colors was hanging right behind where Patrick was sitting. Oh, yeah,
Katie Parsons:I should have got it. You still probably can. I
Dani Combs:still probably can. Let me know, guys, if you want to sell it. Anyways, they targeted me, actually, and it worked, because I bought the book. They had a book out that was a is hardcover, like people like the magazine put the book. This book out. They used to come out with these yearbooks, sometimes every year, and it was just highlights of things that happened in the year. And the one they had, not only had Princess Diana on the cover from the year she died. She died in 97 but it also was 1998 which was the year I graduated. So I was like, Well, duh, I have to buy this book. Yeah. And they're like, oh my gosh, really? Because we totally put that out to target you, and it works.
Katie Parsons:So
Dani Combs:thanks guys, because I have had so much fun reading it. So I'm gonna bring it in one day and we'll go through it. So that was really fun to see them. Speaking of merch, Katie,
Katie Parsons:I was just gonna grab their outfits too. Powerpuff Girl, almost like a cut off. Yeah. Super cute jean skirt. Yes. I don't know what was on Patrick's show. Just remember it was like, colorful and fun designs. I don't know if it was actually, it's probably something from video games, and that's why I don't remember. I'd have to look at the picture to let me know what it is, but they looked super cool. But they always dress cool like they're just cool peeps, so they always look cool.
Dani Combs:So yay. It was fun to see you guys. So shout out to them. So Katie, speaking of merch, let's tell them about our favorite piece of merch we've bought from the festival. Yeah.
Katie Parsons:So we went to the official merchandise tent, and they had a bunch of different T shirts. They were cute. They were neon. Oh, but
Dani Combs:do you remember about the shirts, what they were? Oh, no,
Katie Parsons:you I forget what it was called. So they were hypercolor shirts,
Dani Combs:everybody. So those of you that grew up in the 80s and 90s, if you don't remember what hypercolor shirts were, they would chain. And I'll tell you the problem with these in a second. They would change with heat. So it when you were inside, or whatever, like, they'd be pink, and then you go outside and turn purple. Or, actually, I think it was reverse, or sometimes a green and orange. And you could, like, put your hand on it, and it would change color. But here's the problem, when you grow up somewhere that's really hot all the time. Guess what changes color? First, the armpits. So that was my memory. I had a purple, hyper color t shirt that changed to pink, and I remember quitting wearing it because literally, I'd walk to school, and by the time I get to school and have a hot pink underpants under my god and or, and a
Katie Parsons:hot pink back, because I'd be sweating, yeah, from your like backpack, which is gross, yeah? So that was so anyways, so essentially, it highlights your sweaty area. This is what happens, yeah? Well, those were very cool, but we did not get those. We admired them. They had these very awesome neon trucker hat that said, as if 90s fest, which we which? If you haven't been on our socials yet, you need to go look so you can see what we were wearing. Yes, but these went perfectly with our outfits. Also, it was really hot, and we thought it might rain, which it did, which we'll get to. So we were like, you know, a hat would be, would be amazing. And as if we didn't stand out enough, we really did. We were like these hats. People can find us, yes. So we got like this bright neon green Tucker hats again, go check our socials. Yeah, peak. And they were awesome. They were such a good buy. Except I couldn't, I have a history of not really being good at wearing hats. And I know that sounds really weird. It's like, you guys, I should make like, a reel of all these pictures and videos of me in hats, because it's bad. There's like, always just, like, not quite right, or it's too loose, or it's like, I just look weird in hats. And so I put on this hat, and Danny's like, you didn't take the paper out the cardboard that's in the front of the hat. I thought she meant like, the sticker on the front. So I take it off, I remove the sticker, I put it back on, and then, like, what? 10 minutes later, you're like, you still have cardboard in there. We
Dani Combs:were taking a picture, yeah. And you're like, Why do I look so weird in this hat? And I'm like, well, because the cardboard, it's not forming to your head. It was so funny. But I love those hats. That was such a good fun. Speaking of I also loved everyone's outfits. Yes, there was so much fun retro clothing. Yes, um, not now Katie and I had a full up outfits. So we had on neon. We did Lisa Frank themed. Okay, so we had on neon, kind of like our. Background of our logo is like neon cheetah print. Plus we had pink, neon pink fanny packs. We had on bike shorts, bright shoes, bright shoes. Oh, we had on bright green, neon green hoops, earrings, of course. And then we had our hats. So we did stand out, which was good, because we were there to meet people so but I mean, tell us about someone that you saw that you liked, like what people had on him.
Katie Parsons:I think he said his name was Jason. He did take a selfie with us, but it's on his phone. I haven't seen it yet. So if you're listening and your name is actually Jason, but if it's not, please, please tag us, because I would love to see that picture that was a lot of people wanted to get pictures with us, yeah, because of our outfits, which was really cool. And then we give them a sticker, and hopefully they're listening right now, and
Dani Combs:somebody videoed us dancing down the lane. Oh, I forgot about that, and I don't know where that's gonna end up.
Katie Parsons:I don't and stupidly, we gave her a sticker because we were like, sir, we say, look hilarious. So that's fine, maybe, maybe we'll still find it. But I think his name was Jason, and he had, like, the overalls, but yeah, one was unhooked, and then like a fanny pack. It was almost like a Fresh Prince, kind of like graffiti, print graffiti, yeah. And then, like a, what is it? Like, a bucket? Yeah, he looked cool. I loved his outfit. And then what else? There were a bunch I loved
Dani Combs:seeing all like the TV show themed like there was a guy wearing a Rocco's modern life print shirt with a Rocco's modern life t shirt, which we will get to in our next episode. We're gonna do something on cartoons. So there was a Rugrats like baseball jersey. That was cute, that was fun. We saw some other Lisa Frank peeps wearing Lisa Frank stuff. They're, of course, band shirts, like from the 90s. Oh,
Katie Parsons:there were these two young women who looked amazing in these like windbreaker shorts and jackets. We're going to wear those until we put them on our bodies, and we have very different body types, and it ain't looking good. Oh, sorry to and also, it wouldn't have been very comfortable. They looked amazing. Oh
Dani Combs:my god, they looked so good. But they're also decades younger than us. They are, and that's fine. We're like, oh, okay, it's
Katie Parsons:probably really good. We're
Dani Combs:like, it's meant for you, not not at us, yeah, which was funny. These outfits also goddess asked if we were a couple.
Katie Parsons:Oh yeah, which
Dani Combs:actually was a compliment. I was like, Oh well, look at us looking like we're a couple.
Katie Parsons:Kind of like, do couples match like this? I don't know it either. I don't know. Well, the
Dani Combs:girls in the outfits that we almost bought were a couple. Oh yeah, yeah, they were a couple. And they look cute. They looked really good. But anyway, it was funny. We had these really fun girls behind us that were lesbians and couples, yeah, and, I mean, everybody's been drinking, and so that her partner was like, just ask them. Just ask them. And I was like, Oh, do y'all want a sticker? Like, because I had the stickers on my fanny pack, right? I thought, Oh, she wants a sticker. And so she's like, Oh, just ask him, goodness gracious. And so, um, she's like, are y'all together? And at first I was like, Yeah, we do a podcast. And she's like, No, like, I mean, are y'all together? I was like, Oh no, we're we're married and we're straight, like, not to each other. But then we talked to them for a long time. They were really fun, really nice. Um, one of the girls was a trainer, like me, also part time bartender, so that was really fun. And
Katie Parsons:one of the girls had been there the well, they had all been there the year before, when Vanilla Ice was there, yeah, so we got to hear about that, and they showed us a video of them, like dancing. She got put on stage. Yeah, that was fun. Outfits were really good too. Yeah, they
Dani Combs:looked really cute. So then they asked us about this whole debate, because I guess it was her wife. It was her wife. She was like, I keep telling her, we need to match See, look how cute. And she was like, I am not wearing that. But then Katie suggested. She was like, what if y'all did, like a Gwen Stefani vibe? And they were like, both like, oh. So I'm excited if we meet them next year to see if they, if they totally
Katie Parsons:pull it off. Yeah? It was like, seeing the vision. I was like, yes, you guys have Yeah, this year, like, everything, yeah. So, hopefully, so that was so, so, yep. So that was fun. We
Dani Combs:got a nice compliment there. Yeah, I'm trying to think of some other outfits, but we just saw a bunch of cool ones.
Katie Parsons:There really were some good ones, yeah, lots of, lots of like, just like the Nickelodeon print and the like, almost, I almost, like, Saved by the Bell, like, our box, yeah, that 190s is, like, the geometric, bright colors, a lot of that, yeah, there's a lot of really good stuff. Yeah, it
Dani Combs:was fun. I was like,
Katie Parsons:oh butterfly clips.
Dani Combs:Oh butterfly clips. I forgot, I for y'all that don't remember are no there are these little, tiny hair clips that were butterflies that we used to put a bajillion of in our hair. We would do, like braids and twists. And I forgot about them, but I saw this girl, and her hair looked so fun with all these butterfly clips. I was like, Man for. Right about those, I don't have the patience to do that now, but yeah, anyway, so we did, we did meet some really fun, nice people. We just mentioned a few. I am horrible with names. I am fantastic with faces. Katie is much better with names, yeah. So
Katie Parsons:we saw, let me see, I think Jason, if that really was his name, Cameron. Oh, right. And Erica, right, our Tiktok friend, yes, yes. And Mindy. I met her by the bathrooms. Oh, that was another thing that sounds so creepy, please. It does, please. And it was. So they had this big line of porta potties, obviously. So every now and then we'd be like, All right, let's go pee. So I would hold everything while Danny would go in, and then vice versa. And while each of us was waiting for the other, we just kept, like, meeting people, because they would ask us about like, they'd be in line, or they'd be washing their hands and leaving or just walking by, and they'd ask about our outfits, or we'd just strike up a conversation. So we gave out, like, more stickers at the bathroom than like, anywhere. And what I just remember one lady I had a conversation with. Her name was Mindy. She was really cool. See, Katie's much better with names. I
Dani Combs:remember faces, but like, names just float in my head and out. I do not know why I've always been like that. It's really annoying. And who was the Georgia? Wasn't that her name the other retro store? Yeah, Georgia. Yeah. I forgot the name of her store, but she had some really cool retro stuff and some of the stuff she handmade.
Katie Parsons:And she's in St Augustine, right? You could probably find her if you Yeah, she I wish I could remember the name of her store.
Dani Combs:If we remember, we'll put it in the show notes. But, you know, meeting people, it reminded me like that about the era of community and, like, lightheartedness and connection that that festivals bring, like, everybody just goes happy, and it's been so long since I've been to one that I forgot, like, everybody just is so excited to talk to each other and meet. Wasn't a huge crowd, which actually was kind of nice.
Katie Parsons:It wasn't overwhelming, right? Lots of space, and you could have conversations with people, and it didn't feel like you were, like, trapped, right? Like you could, like, chat and then, like, go on your way, right? And I think that's less intimidating, for sure, for me. Anyway, yeah, it was really, really fun. So
Dani Combs:I just, I loved, I loved being able to be a part of that, like vibe again, like festival vibes. Definitely know why people go to them all the time, because it really is a thing. It's a it's a thing, and we don't get to do that much so. And that brings me to my other thing, like getting to spend just almost 24 hours with Katie, and all we did was just we got to brain cast. Brain cast. Wow, what happened? That's a new one. Brain storm. Oh, okay, podcast ideas. We got to just brainstorm podcast ideas. We got to chat about life. We got to talk to people. Just got to let loose and relax a little bit and have fun. That was really great, because we don't get to do that much. Usually, we either have children with us, or we're trying to hurry up, because we got to get to the next thing, like when we when we record. We fit this in amongst our other life. So sometimes we have to hurry up and shut it down and Katie goes, jumps on a meeting, or I'm going to class or whatever. So that was really fun. It was, we had a, we had a nice time in the car on the way. There was a little squirrely, we'll talk about that in our
Katie Parsons:like, little bonus guy in the after show, yeah, the After Show in, but, yeah, it was nice. And just knowing it's like, like, you know, there's no necessarily end point, right? Like, we can take as long as we want. At the festival, we got, like, tacos. And what did you get? A quesadilla or something. Yeah, afterward, we did eat in our room because, because we were, like, hot and tired, of like, we were gross, plus, the place was about to close, but like, there's like, No rush, we could just like, Yeah, eat and chat and, like, we left relatively early the next morning, but didn't settle. I didn't set an alarm. We just kind of were like, when we get up, we'll eat and we'll eat and we'll go. And it was just nice, yeah, and we did brainstorm a lot of ideas we
Dani Combs:did so, so it was, it was that was, that was a fun part, that was a pro. Was really fun. Okay, so anything else you have that you loved about 90s fest, I think you pretty much covered it, like, okay, yeah, anything pops back will come. So here's some things that, I mean, we kind of wish were a little different. I mean, we're not going to hate on the fest, because it's a big job to prepare those things. So we appreciate all the hard work that everybody put in to making that happen. And some things you can't control Exactly. Which brings us to the first thing, no weather. We live in Florida, and we're about to enter rainy season, and the weather kind of sucked half the day. Yeah, like, I mean it was literally pouring at one point, and thank goodness we were with Patrick and Dina at that time, because we were under their tent. We. But it started to even blow away, so Katie and I literally were holding on. Like, yes, we were helping them hold it down, because it was windy too. So and they unfortunately had, like, half their stuff got completely ruined, which stinks because there was nothing they could do. I mean, they had some totes they could put stuff in under tables, but at some point
Katie Parsons:it's just too late. Yeah, and the way that it rains in Florida, if you aren't from here, aren't familiar. Umbrellas don't really matter. And sounds don't really matter, because once it really starts to go, it just goes. It feels sometimes like, literally, it's coming out of the ground every direction. So it doesn't matter if you're like under something, it might shield you from a little bit, but it was blowing in sideways, and it was just, it was really, really bad weather. There. It was bad.
Dani Combs:And I feel, I felt so bad for for Patrick and Dina and all the vendors and the performers, because they were still performing during that and it was just a mess. So I feel really badly about, I mean, there you can't control rain. When it's an outdoor festival, it didn't get muddy, that it didn't get super muddy, which I expected to happen, which
Katie Parsons:was strange. That is weird now that I think about it, because it was kind of like an open field grasp. But I mean, it, it was not money. Not surprisingly, I know it's weird, it was just too hot,
Dani Combs:so the rain sucked. I just have no other I have no other thing to say about that. That was sucky. Yes, the other thing is, I would have loved to have seen more 90s themed vendors and activities. Yeah, wouldn't you say
Katie Parsons:there wasn't a whole lot to do, right? That makes sense, like, once the music started, but that was what, I think. It opened at one, and music started maybe at five,
Dani Combs:or maybe, well, the music had been going, the big names didn't come, sorry, yeah, till later in the day. That's yeah.
Katie Parsons:So it was kind of like you could go look at vendors, and I guess, spend money, but we already paid to get in. And again, we were paying for the accident. Wasn't that expensive, but still, there was a photo booth, but it was$15 yeah? Like, I if, if it were me, if I were promoting something like this, I would have all sorts of photo opportunities that were free, yeah, because I would want people posting about me well, and they had a few, but not I guess they had, like, a big select when we first walked in and there wasn't. And even some of the vendors I pay, like local vendors and stuff, awesome, but some of them didn't. Most of them didn't really have anything to do with, like, the 90s, necessarily. So it was sort of like just your average kind of, what is it, farmer's market type vibe for some of it? Well,
Dani Combs:yeah, some of them were, I mean, obviously she isn't. It was 90s scene, yeah. And then that other gal, Georgia had hers, and it was 90s. There were a few others. There were some, there were a few others, but some were not, which is fine. I just, I would have liked to seen more 90, like an airbrush tent. How much fun with that? So fun where you could, like, buy whatever and then get an airbrush that was huge in the 90s. Yeah?
Katie Parsons:And, I mean, of course, these vendors have to exist and be willing to come to these events. So this is, again, is not like an organized fault, but even just like little like, more more immersive of an experience.
Dani Combs:Yeah, agreed, because some of the, some of the tents were random, like, there was like a lawyer and like a bathroom renovation. Like, I don't think anybody at 90s Fest was trying to talk about renovating their bathroom. Like, I don't know, maybe I'm wrong,
Katie Parsons:yeah. And I mean, you know, you got to have those big sponsors right to bring in, like, the artists that you want. Oh, sure. So I get it. I totally get it, for sure. It just kind of felt like, I don't know it didn't. It kind of took you out of the like magic of, yeah, that trans, like, the retro stuff, yeah, yeah. I
Dani Combs:mean, I think, like even, like we were talking Katie and I were talking about, like 90s activities, like I was thinking that would have been fun if one of the tents would have had, like, 90s trivia, like, where you could go and, like, play, that'd be fun trivia. Or even, like, board game. I mean, the rain would have totally jacked that up, yep, um, like, old school video games have been fun, but I don't know how that works with power, so maybe that would not have been, yeah. I mean, I'm sure there's all sorts of things, yeah, but yeah. I mean, or even things like cornhole, because I think they had that the year before. Maybe they had it. We missed it, but we walked around everywhere. They did have, like, a big, giant water slide that was cool, but like, we weren't doing that. We were wet enough. But like, even having, like, the Super Soaker water guns that would have been fun, or,
Katie Parsons:I don't know, maybe. And I mean, I'm totally thinking out loud. I don't know if it would be this festival or a different one. Maybe we could even have, like a trivia tent or something for the podcast at some point. That would be fun. Get people to come in and you can win little prizes or stickers or just record it too. Yeah, that'd be fun. Okay, look,
Dani Combs:we're brain casting love. Five. Oh, I can't, I don't know where I come up with weird stuff. So that was that. Again, I know, like Katie said, there's only so much control. Like you, these people have to exist and come want to pay to be at your place. But anyway, that's just if we rolled the world. Yeah,
Katie Parsons:that's what, when I could just, like, be like abracadabra vendors, that's what we would do. And
Dani Combs:this was totally our bad I don't know what we were thinking. What happened? We didn't realize the hotel we were staying at, well, not as close as we thought to the venue. I mean, a 33 minute walk isn't that bad. But we thought it was gonna be more of like five to 10 minutes,
Katie Parsons:or less, or less, yes, and why we didn't
Dani Combs:just look that up and map it out is beyond me. I don't know.
Katie Parsons:There are a lot of questions surrounding the travel of this trip that we were like, do we have we never been anywhere, ever I know. Are we grown adult? Are we okay?
Dani Combs:And then, I mean, the 33 minute walk, we did walk there, and it was fine. I mean, because dealing with parking is never fun at anything, so it was nice not to have to worry about that. But after you've been standing all day, we did not want to walk back in the night. No, it was nine o'clock at night. Yeah, it was nine o'clock at night. We walked up to the top of the street, and we're like, and let's call an Uber
Katie Parsons:like, and we're done. He was there in two minutes. I know we're home in like, four minutes. Like, it was fine, it was fine. It was great.
Dani Combs:And then, speaking of standing, we definitely should have brought chairs or a blanket. And honestly, I think that spending the extra bucks on that early bird VIP ticket would have been worth it. I
Katie Parsons:agree, the VIP tent, just like it sounds like it was almost like a big, like wedding, like you would say, the wedding, yeah, giant tent, chairs, places you could, like, put sand, put your stuff, fans, so especially when it was raining, we were like, oh, but also, yeah, like, literally being on our feet. Now I had it was a crazy week for me, because I went to a theme park three different days, and then 90s fest, yes. So we're talking like four days within seven that I was on my feet for 10 to 12 hours each day in the heat and the outside, yeah, inside. And so by Saturday, I was like, whatever, this ball, like, my god, it would have been nice to have a chair. Yeah, yeah. Well, we
Dani Combs:said you couldn't bring backpacks or reusable water bottles into the fuss, which we were super stressed about. We were fine. We were fine. The water wasn't that expensive, thankfully. Yes, I
Katie Parsons:was worried about that was like $1 depending where you got it, or $2 Yeah, it was cold and it was good. Oh, I
Dani Combs:will say the food was delish, yeah. And that lemonade, whoever she was, that Lemonade was fabulous, really good.
Katie Parsons:So the food tent, the food trucks were great. Love that the food trucks were awesome. We had a was it like a spicy chicken Sammy from a place called chunky chunkies that was really good, and like a tater tot truck that had also tater tots, tater tots, those were
Dani Combs:good. Listen, if you want the weight of my heart, it's fried potatoes, because I and my family knows I cannot pass them up and it is in any way, shape or form. You fry up some potatoes, I will eat them, and I cannot pass them up. Like, if I'm ever at a restaurant and they're like, Would you like fries or a salad? I'm like, Duh, french fries.
Katie Parsons:Like, get out of here. Why
Dani Combs:would I pick a salad if I could have the french fries? Right? Right? Anyways,
Katie Parsons:yeah, you also, did
Dani Combs:you know that they also had an open bar in the VIP tent? No, really, yeah, they
Katie Parsons:probably had like a limit, I'm sure. Well, I
Dani Combs:know, I'm sure it was not the same, but from what
Katie Parsons:I remember, it wasn't that much more. Well, it wasn't the early bird for the early bird, but
Dani Combs:then if you waited, it was, it was almost like 100 but I think it would have been worth it at this age of our life. Yeah, also, I think it would have been good for not just the comfort, but for a more, like personalized networking, meeting people, because you're all, like, kind of in there together for whatever, yeah, from a networking perspective, yeah. So, so maybe we'll change that. So that's really it. That's all I had that I didn't like about or fun.
Katie Parsons:We've got some potential ideas in the works for future events that we might go to, some even a little bit bigger than this one, and we'll see where we're at next year this time because we both will have seniors in high school this time next year, so we may not be able to make 90s fest, but we'll see. I would definitely go again, though. Oh, I would say I would easily go again with a VIP ticket. I know early bird VIP.
Dani Combs:I would we definitely will step up our bougie game and stay in a hotel that's a little closer.
Katie Parsons:And yes, maybe pack ponchos. Yeah, all the things, all the things. But that was super fun. All right, well, all right, if we met at 90s fest, send us a message, because we want to say hi. Yeah. Haven't yet. So now I get I think we have a little time here. So just as a reminder, if you haven't listened to our other trivia episodes, we played this game called hella 90s that was gifted to Danny by our friend Victoria for her birthday. And we still have many, many cards to go, despite all the trivia we've done, and so I think today, what we're gonna do that each card has two sides, so there's a blue and a pink. So I think we decided, Daniel say, Hey, did you want blue or pink? And then I'll tell her, and she'll do the question from that side, and vice versa. Yeah. And neither of us have seen each other's car, the cards that we pull we haven't seen. So we're going to be guessing, and we have gotten many things wrong. Oh, bless so just, you know, hey, we're hearing this along with you listeners, and if you are yelling an answer at us because we are so dumb, I cannot believe we don't know the answer, definitely message us because we'd love to hear and that happens which one's frustrated, yes, and people message us all the time and are like, I
Dani Combs:cannot believe y'all didn't know this. Like, it's so great. It's like, well, there's a lot, a lot of things we don't know. All right, you ready? You want to go all you want to go first. You want pink, or you want blue,
Katie Parsons:let's go blue. All right, so
Dani Combs:this is supposed to be a battle against somebody else, but you're battling yourself, so we'll see if you can guess this. Okay, okay, so there's three clues. It's supposed to be whoever guesses first wins after each clue. Does that make sense? Okay? You just say it as soon as you know it. Okay, I am a dinosaur with two small arms. Sorry, that's a silly clue. I i come to life in a child's imagination before I finish each episode, I like to sing about how much I love you.
Katie Parsons:It's Barney. Barney is a dinosaur from our imagination. Telly is what we call a dinosaur sensation. Yeah, I knew that one.
Dani Combs:I didn't watch Barney that went past me. Yeah, that little pasta so late, mid, maybe mid, mid 90s,
Katie Parsons:I think, yeah, he loved that show. I remember we got him like a little stuffed Barney for Christmas when we are that saying, that's
Dani Combs:all so cute. Well, there I will say we have this really fun. Me and my husband and my oldest kiddo have this. There's this spoof video, and somebody dubbed in voices on I'm going to show you when we're done. It's not appropriate to play on air, but it's about a kid's shoes. And it is hilarious. They take, like a real clip from a real show, they just dub in different voices. Oh god. Anyway, if y'all have seen it, you go laugh. And if you want to know what it is, message me. I'll send it to you. There you go.
Katie Parsons:Anyway. All right, you
Dani Combs:got that right? You got that right. Barney,
Katie Parsons:okay, do you want pink or blue? I would like pink please. Ooh. Okay, so I'm gonna tell you three things, and you have to tell me what links them together. All right, okay, so what links these three clues? Skids, Zubaz, manprees, they're all pants, yeah, yeah. Pants from the 90s. I think
Dani Combs:my sister, I still remember the tag. It was like a yellow yield sign. I think they were like, and they also had some called jammers. Is that right? I
Katie Parsons:think Troy and I talked about that one time, jammers with a Z jammers. I
Dani Combs:don't remember. I vaguely remember
Katie Parsons:these. I don't know if I would have gotten I maybe would have got it on, man, pris, but I don't know if I would have gotten this one. I'm fairly
Dani Combs:certain skids were like the the pants that had, like the bright prints. Okay, yes, I guess I could have looked it up, but we'll look it up later. Cool.
Katie Parsons:All right, so what did I do? Did I do blue last time? Uh, yes, all right, let's do pink. Okay, so
Dani Combs:Ooh, one of my favorite movies from this is actually from the 80s, though, so that's weird. Okay, the movie, say anything featured the iconic moment. Well, maybe it was early 90s. Sorry. Let me start over. The movie say anything featured the iconic moment where Lloyd dabbler serenaded Diane court by holding a boombox over his head outside of her window. What song was he playing?
Katie Parsons:Was it? I think this is totally wrong, and I think I'm thinking of a different movie, but don't you, nope, very good. That's breakfast club. That's the Breakfast Club.
Dani Combs:I'll give you one more try.
Katie Parsons:Is it fast or slow? It's slow, it's slow, I honestly don't know. In your eyes, yeah, the light, the
Dani Combs:heat in your eyes, you know, things are Peter Gabriel, yeah, okay, yeah, that's one of my favorite movies. I swore that that was an 80s movie. But, okay, so here's a Double or Nothing. Okay, what sport did Lloyd Dobler say was the sport of the future? If you've never seen the movie, you're not gonna know this. No, I'm just gonna say hockey. Then kickboxing is a kickboxer.
Katie Parsons:Have you ever watched that movie? My husband loves this. Oh, God, I do too. I have never. Sat and watched the whole thing through. I just, I know the scene with the boombox, but I've never actually, doesn't she like work on cars or something? Is that this movie or is that a different one? No, that's
Dani Combs:the one. No,
Katie Parsons:that's a different one. Okay, he likes that movie, though. Oh,
Dani Combs:I love that movie.
Katie Parsons:Yes. All right. All right, good. Try. Didn't get that one pink or blue, blue. Okay, oh, this is a fun one. Okay, ooh, this is good. Which of these is not a compliment? Uh oh, fat, fly, whack, dope, whack. Yeah, come
Dani Combs:on, fat is pH, right, yeah, yes. Pretty hot and tempting, is what that stands Oh, I didn't know that. I don't know if that's really real. That's what we always
Katie Parsons:say. So that's a compliment and a movie. I
Dani Combs:think that's in a movie that's not Danny words,
Katie Parsons:but also, but if something's whack that, right, no good.
Dani Combs:That was awesome. Watching you say those words was so entertaining that whack dope, dope, oh my gosh. Okay, all right, one and one. All right,
Katie Parsons:you're winning.
Dani Combs:You're winning. All right. You want pink or blue? This go,
Katie Parsons:um, I'll go back to blue. Okay, so good one on pink.
Dani Combs:You're like, I am not feeling pink today. All right, no, this says team up, but you're not gonna do that. Okay, okay, I'm gonna give you clues to get you to guess an object. It's like taboo or I can't say certain things. Got it, all right. We used to use these to watch cinematic creations, projection, VHS, VCR. It's after that one, oh, um,
Katie Parsons:they were like, CD player, yes. Oh, okay. I was trying to say cd player, and I'm like, right?
Dani Combs:I couldn't say disc, movie player, laser or tape. Oh, okay. I guess I could have just said, You know what? I could have just said pre VHS and post VHS, oh yeah. That would have been, I would
Katie Parsons:have sat here long time trying to think of what you were trying to say.
Dani Combs:Did y'all have beta tapes? Oh yeah, oh yeah. My stepdad had so many, like, so many, and took him forever to get rid of them. Yes, I wonder if he still has them. I
Katie Parsons:don't know. He does. Probably get rid of them, but he didn't know. I better still hire him. Okay, pink or blue? Okay, I'll go blue. Okay. Oh yeah, you'll like this one. We've talked about this one, so surely you'll get it. What handy system was added to phone lines that severely hampered prank call attempts in the 90s. Ooh, caller ID. Caller ID killed the prank call. Man,
Dani Combs:do you remember how awesome that was when you knew who was calling you? Yes, but then it messed me up, because then I could not call my mom and tell her I was somewhere exactly I will take this is a confession, and you know, my youngest listens to this. So sorry, Cooper, you're never getting away with anything, because I know all these technology so I had a friend, my friend, Lauren, she lived to like on the same street as another friend of ours named Charlie. In high school. Charlie's mom was never home, so he would always have parties, as the cops always got called blah, blah, blah, but we would all lie and say we were all spending the night at Lauren's house. She had her own phone line, so we would go there to call our parents from her phone line to say, yep, we're here. And then if they called it, would they could leave a message, and we would check it like sporadically. I wonder if y'all even remember we did this. Everybody who was friends with me in high school, which is probably nobody that listens to this show. So, yeah, I used to do that all the time and just stay out all night at these parties. Oh
Katie Parsons:my gosh, that, yeah, like, you really couldn't do that. Now, no, you really couldn't because, I
Dani Combs:mean, I was like a senior, but still, yeah, still, I was still a teenager. Had no business children listening. Don't do that. Like, yes, don't there's all kinds of bad things that could happen. That's, I mean, everything was, everything was fine. Obviously I'm here. So
Katie Parsons:caller ID, caller ID, yes, preventing
Dani Combs:teenagers from doing naughty things.
Katie Parsons:But you know, the thing about teenagers of the human species, oh, they, yeah. They're very resilient, slash, adaptable, innovative, innovative. They will always find a way. They will always find a way. You know why?
Dani Combs:Because their frontal lobe is not developed.
Katie Parsons:That's right, they take bigger risks. I
Dani Combs:know it's very terrible risks. All right, it's
Katie Parsons:my turn, so let me see. Did I get the last one when I did blue? Yes, because it was DVD player. I don't know. I'll take a I'll take a risk. I'm gonna pretend I'm a teenager for one second. I'll do pink. Oh, okay, you're probably gonna get this. Okay, good.
Dani Combs:What links these three clues together? Kirsten Larson. Okay, Samantha, Parkington, Molly McIntyre, oh,
Katie Parsons:American girls, very good. Oh, my gosh, American girls. We haven't even talked about. I
Dani Combs:know I had the OG very first American girls, all that came out. Samantha, she was the very first one, nice. I have a picture of me with her. I was like 88 or not, 89 maybe, maybe 90, I don't know. I'll have to find it. We'll have to do an episode on them.
Katie Parsons:I had Kirsten. All right, did
Dani Combs:I say Kristen? No, you
Katie Parsons:say Kirsten. You said it right. Did
Dani Combs:I say it wrong? Okay, no, you said it right. So you had Kirsten. She came out second. Yeah,
Katie Parsons:I had her, but I read Samantha's book. Yeah. I mean, they were books before the dolls were they? Yeah, they were books first. I
Dani Combs:just remember the doll came with the book eventually.
Katie Parsons:So they were, I mean, we can re research this, but my collections, I remember reading the books when I was probably seven or eight, which I guess would have been about when the dolls were maybe coming out. And then it was like a whole additional merchandising kind of thing. And they had, like, the first three or four girls, and then they started adding girls. Yeah,
Dani Combs:I can't remember that. We'll have to, we'll have to do an episode. That's we will, because that's why I'm really good. Oh, Christmas time. Yeah, that'd be a good one,
Katie Parsons:because now they're still going, well, the capitalism on that one, No, buddy. Like, I've taken my girls to that American girls, have you? It is a lot of fun. Did you do, like, a little restaurant where you, like, sit down with a doll picture of Amelia and I going, maybe when she turned eight or nine, we went for her birthday, just me and her. She picked out, like, a doll and clothes, and you can get, I mean, literally, you can get everything possible for these dolls. But we had a really good time. And then she read a few of the books. But I don't think my other girls have read any of them, but oh my gosh, that's so cute. I loved American Girl stuff. Probably some problematic stuff in there, though. Now that I'm just thinking about always, we almost have to talk about it, but maybe reread a book or two too. Yeah, we probably do anyway. Okay, last one for you, pink or blue?
Dani Combs:I'm gonna go with pink. Okay,
Katie Parsons:when we're done with pink, I want to read you blue too, because I just saw a look at what the blue question was, and it's awesome, okay, but pink, which store would you not find in a mall during the 90s? Okay, back to our mall episode, Claire's Hollister, Contempo casual structure. Hollister, that's right, yeah, the first tour opened in 2000 Yeah, they weren't till later. They were later, but close, nice. Yeah, we're not gonna get them all question packed. Remember that all right? So here we go. Here's the blue question. Okay, I want to, I want to read it. Oh yeah, let's do the math.
Dani Combs:Oh, no question. But hold on, you're gonna like
Katie Parsons:it. You're gonna this one. You're gonna like 90 style. Just get the answer to score pencils ready.
Dani Combs:Just get the answer. Do I need a pencil for real? Are you sure?
Katie Parsons:So I think you could do this one in your head. Okay, okay. According to the bear naked ladies, number of weeks since you looked at me, plus number of days till we say we're sorry.
Dani Combs:It's been one week since you looked at me, plus
Katie Parsons:number of days till we say we're sorry, okay,
Dani Combs:three, four. That the answer five,
Katie Parsons:Oh, you're right. It is three. It's one plus two, yeah, equals three, one week, then two days, yeah, still be two days till we say we're sorry. Yeah,
Dani Combs:I got it right. You got it right? Oh, yeah, no, pencil needed I literally was holding fingers up in the air, like, That's how good at math I am. I was
Katie Parsons:hateing. They were fingers. She was counting.
Dani Combs:I was also trying to remember, yeah, it was a lot going on, but you got it right. I hate it on the spot math. I hate it. I math gives me anxiety. Everyone okay, 90 Spelling Bee, okay, all right. Do you just spell the name? This is the character with the green hat on South Park. Okay,
Katie Parsons:okay, so
Dani Combs:Kyle brusky, I've never knew he had a last name. Yeah, let me re pronounce,
Katie Parsons:I'm not gonna be able to spell this, but go ahead, Kyle,
Dani Combs:I'm saying this wrong, so y'all can just correct me and just don't worry about it. Brovsky, there, Kyle.
Katie Parsons:Brovsky, I'm just gonna guess. Here we go. Oh,
Dani Combs:it's so bad, okay, b r, O, wait, his first name, Kyle, yeah, you gotta spell that, oh, k,
Katie Parsons:y, L, E, good, okay, bro. Flo's, uh huh, okay, b, r, O, F, l, flov, A, V, s, k, I,
Dani Combs:it was a. Oh, not an A, but you almost Oh, but it was a B, all right, I'm gonna give you a different Oh, no, the one on the back is not, it's not it,
Katie Parsons:let me That's okay. I'm good. I'm good.
Dani Combs:Okay, wait, we'll try this one because I don't know how to pronounce words and do math, so I'm making myself sound really intelligent. So what is Weezer's 1994 self titled first release album, commonly called, okay,
Katie Parsons:um, think of the cover. Is it Buddy Holly? No, it's that was later. That was way later.
Dani Combs:Think of the cover. You might remember,
Katie Parsons:I don't know, the blue album. Oh, okay, here's
Dani Combs:a bonus. What is Weezer's third album? Commonly known as was that the one I just said, No, I don't know. I don't know this one. I don't know any the green album. Oh,
Katie Parsons:okay, wow, thanks, Weezer. Okay, those were fine. Those we got one. Oh, I thought we were done. Yeah, because I did next one for you. There's one of these you can't do because it's like you have to compete with someone anyway, so we're just gonna do this one, all right, but you're gonna like this one. Okay? Very much dialed into a recent episode. What links these clues together? Okay? Banana peel, Bowser, mushroom cup.
Dani Combs:Oh, Mario Kart,
Katie Parsons:yes. Nice job. You definitely won, because I think you got all of them right. That I gave you one, you
Dani Combs:got three, right. 2345,
Katie Parsons:you got five plus the bonus, right? You got six, right. I won. You won. That's great, awesome. So I hope you guys had fun playing along with us. Yes, and again, make sure you tune in for our after show, which we have a fun little travel story on that's in our Patreon feed. Again, you can find us on Patreon. It's $8 a month, and if you're just not into that, that's okay. Eventually, maybe we'll see you in person. We can tell you then, and make sure you share us with other xennial friends and all your friends from every generation, and leave us a review wherever you're listening that helps us a bunch, if it lets you write out a review that helps, like, way a lot, yes, so, and you can even say way a lot, because it's like, super good English in your review, that you like our podcast way a lot, way a lot. And then give us five stars as well, and that helps other people find us. We really appreciate it. Yeah, so thanks for listening today. If we met you at 90s fest, thanks for being a new listener. Holla Adam, yes, and hopefully we'll have more festivals to talk about in the future. All right, we'll see you guys later. Bye. You