Things that were supposed to be big but never really were.

[LoZoccolo]

Spuds MacKenzie - did anyone ever explain why we were supposed to think he was cool?

Max Headroom - would have been cooler if he wasn't in Coke commercials and was just in the series (the sci-fi one, not the talk show)

Yahoo Serious - I think he made a movie even, right? But other than his hairstyle, what was he supposed to be about?

Fido Dido - I think I had socks with him on them, but I didn't get what he was supposed to be other than a drawing

It's weird that all these seem to be from the eighties too.

What ones have I missed?

[crispini]

1. Oasis!

:rofl:

Sorry, someone had to say it. :evilgrin:

[JohnKleeb]

3. They were supposed to be big?

[LoZoccolo]

11. OK, I didn't see that one coming.

I think they were pretty big though!

[crispini]

12. Hee!

oh, you KNEW someone was gonna say it! Just yankin your chain. :7

[gollygee]

2. Menudo

I remember reading that they were going to be "the next Beatles"

[SKKY]

4. Big Brother...

...It restored my faith in America that that show bombed here. After living in Spain for so long, and seeing how Europe as a whole is consumed by that one particular show (They have talk shows after the show to discuss what they just saw on the show).

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. The Bicentennial

and the Millennium.

[jmm]

6. The new Coke

That didn't last long

[Reverend_Smitty]

7. The New Coke...

yet another 80's invention

[politicaholic]

8. A John Kerry/John Edwards administration.

:cry:

[short bus president]

9. "IT" (aka the segway)

woohoo! yuppiescooters! was a bit of a let down, given the months and months of hype regarding "IT."

[LoZoccolo]

13. I'd feel like such a lazy-ass with one of those.

Actually, they do go faster than I thought, but I figured they were just a substitute for walking originally. I just picture like, people who wear sweatpants and fanny packs riding those.

[tuvor]

15. Whups, sorry.

Great minds, obviously.

[petronius]

10. Family values...

[tuvor]

14. The Segway.

[ThoughtCriminal]

16. 2001

Where's my flying car and jetpack?
Where are the cities on the Moon?
What happened to my Mars vacation?

"The future ain't what it used to be"

[orpupilofnature57]

18. 2000!! Armageddon ,Again

There's a giant on the beach! Run for your lives!I wonder if Kkkarl was behind that too, getting us ready for unfounded Fear.How many waited with high anxiety Dec 31 1999.

[sundog]

17. The Weakest Link

was

[wovenpaint]

19. Halley's comet

What a ripoff that was!

[ThoughtCriminal]

20. The Rapture

OH, you didn't know it already happened? I think Senator Wellstone and family were the only ones who left.