Episode 94 - 1994 and Burgerchamp!
Oct 07, 2022•1 hr 42 min•Season 4Ep. 94
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Episode description
Trav and Alex invite their long-time pal Burgerchamp onto the show to discuss what 1994 was like to a rural high schooler in the south. Burger also happens to be a pop-culture encyclopedia and no one is better for fielding questions related to TV show theme songs.
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- Sports
- MLB strike
- NY Rangers win Stanley Cup in June, NHL lockout starts and lasts 3 and a half months
- 49ers over Stan Humphries and the San Diego Chargers
- Nebraska over Miami in CFB
- Houston Rockets over New York Knicks
- World Cup takes place in the US (Brazil/Italy final, Baggio misses penalty kick)
- Gaming
- Super Nintendo
- Super Metroid
- Donkey Kong Country
- NBA Jam
- Mortal Kombat II
- Illusion of Gaia
- NES somehow *still* kicking around
- Mega Man 6
- Star Tropics 2
- Wario’s Woods (last officially-licensed NES game published in NA)
- Genesis
- Sonic 3
- Sonic and Knuckles
- Contra: Hard Corps
- Earthworm Jim
- Sensible Soccer (Best selling game in the UK)
- Game Boy
- Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
- Donkey Kong 94
- NBA Jam
- Ask for emails about games released in other parts of the world
- Super Nintendo
- Music
- Soundgarden, “Superunknown”
- Nirvana, “Unplugged in New York”
- Pearl Jam, “Vitalogy”
- Alice in Chains, “Jar of Flies”
- Live, “Throwing Copper”
- Melvins, “Stoner Witch”
- Forgot to mention Weird Al! Alapalooza in 93, Off the Deep End in 92
- Songs
- Warren G, “Regulate”
- Tootsee Roll - 69Boyz
- Basket Case - Green Day
- The Sign - Ace of Base
- I Swear - All4One
- Fantastic Voyage - Coolio (RIP)
- Movies
- Pulp Fiction
- Shawshank Redemption
- Hoop Dreams
- Forrest Gump
- Lion King
- Clerks
- Jim Carrey trilogy (Ace Ventura, The Mask, Dumb and Dumber)
- Speed
- True Lies
- The Crow
- World events
- OJ Simpson
- Kurt Cobain suicide
- Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding drama
- Most popular TV shows in 1994
- The State
- The Head
- Anything MTV
- Teen “cool” food and beverage trends of the year
- Best Selling Books
- Midnight
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