NOSTALGIA! (The 90s & 2000s) + Matt is Back! Good Influences Episode 34

AOL, Hit Clips, Nokia Phones, TV Guide, Tamagotchi, and so much more! We're talking a trip down memory lane today, as we review and discuss all of our favorite nostalgia from childhood and teenage years.
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[@LA-us6kp]

Why do I feel like this whole ep is gonna be Matt, Carly and Erin naming popular toys from childhood and Mike being like “what’s that”

[@Johhhnnnyyy]

when he said he's never heard of webkinz a part of me died

[@stephanierojo]

😊

[@lilypichon8221]

Literally 🙄

[@JessicaSilva-vw2cx]

Sounds like great content to me 😊

[@jennyc.8034]

early 2000 babies had a lot of the experiences that 90’s babies had and i hate how that gets overlooked! 😭

[@bellarandall6437]

literally😭

[@janiese.rivera]

yes literally like I was born in ‘02 and watched vhs until I was like 8/9

[@gabrielafloresenciso9613]

FRRRRR 😭😭😭

[@GoodCleanBrittany]

There’s a major difference between babies born early 90s and early 2000s I was born 1990, my sister 2002. We had completely different childhoods. Idk why 2000s babies want to be 90s babies so bad. Yes if you were born 97-02 probably similar media but brief interactions for other years

[@letteaseauh]

yes! especially the ones of us with older siblings

[@Kase1313]

Yes Carly hot lunch and cold lunch was absolutely a thing 😂

[@annsmith4731]

I’m 22, born in 2001 and we only had VHS tapes no DVDs until probably 2005-06. We went to Blockbuster every Friday night and rented a tape, and had to “be kind and rewind”! I remember when we were first getting the VCR’s that had a VCR and a DVD player in one. The 90s didnt just zap away on Jan 1, 2000, we still had a lot of the same things as an early 00’s baby/kid! Especially late 90s & super early 00s,--98, 99, 00 ,01, 02--all of us resonate with a lot of millennial culture but older millennials say we're too young to be classified as millennials but we say we are too old to be classified as gen z. 98-02 = Zillennials!

[@Baileyismyname99]

This is what I was gonna say! I was born in 2001 too and literally have a tub of VHS tapes in my closet that we'd watch and still have the DVD vhs combo player connected to my tv. Plus all my childhood videos are on VHS tapes haha

[@violettawright7539]

i agree!! i’m 23 and feel like i also recall a family computer

[@ashleydykas2006]

same! i was born in 98 and i had so many vhs

[@annsmith4731]

@@violettawright7539 omg yes a family computer!!! literally had a "computer room" in my grandmas house designated for just the computer. a full on desk top chunky computer that you could feel the static coming off the screen if you touched it! 😂

[@khyajo9371]

@@annsmith4731 i’m an 02 baby and same!! we had dialup internet too, i vividly remember that sound 😭 and AOL bahahhaa

[@kennedygarman295]

I was born in 2003 & remember VHS tapes! I remember we had a VHS played when I was a little kid

[@dianaaramos376]

When Carly brought up hot and cold lunch I immediately knew what she was saying.😅 I’m from Colorado and it’s always been said that way! Hot lunch is when you get it from school and cold lunch is your packed lunch!

[@macilemke4214]

2001 baby and I definitely still had all of these experiences.. hurts my soul a little that you said no 2000s babies had them

[@LifefulLife]

YESS Hot lunch vs cold lunch!! The roll call the teachers would do in the mornings! and talking with your friends like, " what do you have today?" "Ugh I've got cold lunch" "well hot lunch today is meatloaf so you should be glad" I'm from Michigan- it must be a midwest thing!

[@cararose9769]

Carly looks so pretty with her hair up!

[@abbybaby72]

early 2000s babies definitely was rockin w VHS still

[@sophiemackenzie8676]

I’m 21 and we watched movies on VHS until probably 2008 because we had so many of them

[@carleylp]

ahh, yes, a nostalgia podcast about everything in my childhood before I tuck myself into bed at 8.30PM… incredible

[@carleylp]

As a pre-school teacher, we still do shaving foam! So much fun 😂

[@audreyjoy6821]

I was born in ‘99 and I had a small VHS TV in my room for years! until I stuck a sandwich in the vhs slot lmao….

[@kennedygarman295]

I was born in ‘03 and my brother stuck a waffle in our VHS player😂

[@LittleMissCarolxox]

SAME BUT I STUCK TOOTHPASTE IN IT

[@destineygemme1006]

I was born in 2000 and have a millennial mom and I could relate to most of the nostalgia

[@Madisonlovesmakeup35]

My grandfather was in a dementia unit and a lot of the patients had those realistic robotic cats and dogs to bring them the comfort of having a real pet 🥹 it was super sweet! He really loved my “fur real friend” cat 😂😂

[@Sal-tm3tp]

This is too sweet! Wish they had this for my Nana when she was in care

[@beautyal3172]

I'm 21 so I was born in 2000. I watched VHS for years, but my family was broke af so I feel like my childhood was mostly hand-me-downs so it was always generations behind!

[@marianneneveut1017]

Ur 22

[@mhandy1029]

I’m 2001 and I remember a lot of the stuff y’all are talking about. I have an other sister born in 97 tho so I feel like I watched a lot of her stuff too

[@nellsluna9242]

This is why i stan matt. He experienced what most of us experienced as kids lol #1992 babies 🙌🏼

[@woo.zee.]

i was born in 01 and would always force my brothers to watch A Bug’s Life and Bear in the Big Blue House on VHS lol

[@taysworld7959]

Oregonian here! We said hot and cold lunch as well for elementary!!!!

[@aleiagracestender1559]

Born in 2001 and I had a VHS tape in my room!! They were still a thing for me.

[@Bilal_Aslam_]

The dilemma when Carly and Erin upload at the same time as the podcast

[@morganmomo101]

I'm from Iowa and I've never related more than when carly was talking about hot and cold lunch 😂 ABSOLUTELY

[@woo.zee.]

im from iowa too and thought the same thing lol! i thought everyone knew what it was

[@gracehobson18]

Sameeee hahaha

[@jasonhunter2819]

it's funny because I'm from KS moved around in the state some growing up and never heard it in any of my school but we also don't say hot dish here either so I think Iowa is like the cut off of culture bleed from the Dakotas or something

[@morganmomo101]

@Jason Hunter we don't say hot dish in Iowa either 🙃

[@jasonhunter2819]

@@morganmomo101 didn't Carly say they she'd heard it there?? Maybe I'm crazy!

[@america__1457]

Loved this episode!! Also I appreciate the photos included in the podcast :)

[@juanmaldonado3234]

Welcome back Matt 🙌🏼🤠🌈🕺🏻 i always look forward for this no matter what is the topic You guys makes my day 💚 also thanks for being consistent with the podcast 🕺🏻

[@emilyzimmermann9986]

Agreed! So excited they are super consistent I was worried lol

[@jopping_]

omg this topic is about to be so fun I'M EXCITED!!

[@allisongraves2028]

I look forward to Tuesdays because of this podcast 😂❤❤

[@milyamon391]

the way I just screamed “no” getting dismissed from the VHS era saying 98 and up lol I had an astonishing collection

[@LittleMissCarolxox]

SAME i was 99!

[@jen3328]

Omg yes Carly! Neopets games were my fave 😂

[@sitlalipadron5207]

YAY I needed to listen to this podcast while taking notes

[@daniiic3]

I’m from Arizona. (31 years old) I grew up calling packed lunches cold lunch and school lunch hot lunch lol. I have kids now and it’s still like that. So I’m with you Carly lol

[@theyJC]

Im in WA, 24 yrs old, and definitely called it hot/ cold lunch!

[@AZ-vj9fw]

I'm also from AZ, still here and we definitely called it that in all my Mesa schools

[@sagittariusgurl818]

Found some one else not in early 20’s hey girl hey I’m 27

[@daniiic3]

@@sagittariusgurl818 ayeeee. us “old folk” sure are rare in these comments lol. also a sag 💜

[@janetsalazar6050]

This has to be one of my favorite episodes ever! I love going down memory lane 😁 …also, I’m from California and it’s funny because we also did the hot lunch/ cold lunch thing at the beginning of each day in elementary. Memory unlocked! Thank you Carly💕

[@sarahfenske940]

Thank you so much for the photos during the video!

[@NikkiBWithTheAdHd]

I LOVED The Secret World Alex Mack! This episode really was so lovely. Side note, I also Clarissa Explains It All! It was Nickelodeon. Melissa Joan Hart was Clarissa.

[@ashleyc8933]

Mike asks all the questions we’re all wondering love the episode and you guys 🫶

[@emilyannexoxo77]

Carly is such a queen

[@nadiananez]

my work day has been dragging FINALLYYYYYY

[@alexiam0909]

Yesss I recommend this topic (the 2000s) in the icks video. So excited!!

[@trishalatabs9499]

i'm from Canada and the town where I am from called it hot lunch too! We had it every friday (if you wanted it) instead of every day. And at school, they provided the option of getting a school supplies pack like Matt said

[@marianneneveut1017]

Im from montreal and we have thi also!

[@NikkiBWithTheAdHd]

Yay! Always so excited to see a new episode! This one gave me all the throwback feels! KB Toys, oh man I lived for that place. Going to the mall this was the only store that mattered lol! I was huge into Trolls and they had tons 😅

[@AZ-vj9fw]

Yes!!! Trolls!! That was a missed opportunity to talk about but maybe it was a niche toy. But I collected Trolls like other people collected Beanie Babies

[@eileenmazariego4703]

Dude I’m from 2000 and I know everything you’re talking about vhs with dvd combo and the car that would rewind the his tapes crazy times

[@tootlesss]

Carly I have the best trick to stop your hiccups. Just tell yourself “I am not a fish.” It works I swear. Just convince yourself you’re not a fish and the hiccups will stop

[@staceyevans3308]

@Carly- girl your skin is glowing. Looks sooo good!😊 Loved this episode

[@Christine-bd5ze]

I loved all of these shows and glad other people remember them

[@trinityrodriguez1716]

I feel like being born in 1998-2002 sucks cause we have most of these experiences but don’t have something to call ourselves cause we were to old to eat tide pods but had iPhones most our lives

[@hihii3902]

Erin’s 😬 face during the intro lol

[@oliviatucker2492]

omg when mike said “hey ferbie” it triggered my siri

[@megan_1]

omg the barber play-doh 😭 childhood memory unlocked! & making the imprint with lid!!

[@PinkCandySkies13]

Omg hot lunch and cold lunch must be a midwest thing!! I totally had the exact same experience as Carly. I always felt soooo cool when I got hot lunch

[@joseeouellette7225]

Born in 1984 here and laughing at the pager conversation lol! You guys are so cute 🙂

[@mylittleds]

South Dakota here! We definitely called it hot/cold lunch 😁

[@Notnotdani]

1990 baby here! I’m 32 and I wish more podcasts had episodes like this 😅 it’s so fun going down memory lane like this. Definitely played Neopets non stop!! It was so fun 😭🙌🏻

[@MikeShefferFilms]

oh wow matt is back !!

[@pabloo014]

I was born 2001 and I still experienced VHS tapes

[@kateydid_wut]

In Oregon we also called it hot lunch or cold lunch and the cool kids always got hot lunches.

[@amandaboyea1566]

Carly I’m also from the Midwest and knew exactly what you were talking about with the hot & cold lunch!!

[@guywittamic]

Pagers: You called. It would play a recorded voicemail-like message you'd set up when you first got your pager, then the caller would dial in the number they wanted you to call them back on. You could add extra numbers, so sometimes you'd get a 911 written at the beginning or end of the number if it was an emergency. Or if it was someone you knew and it was like the only person who really called you, they might just dial in "911" alone with nothing else, and you'd know to go find a payphone soon and call them back.

[@laurynblake3824]

I’m from New England and we called it hot lunch and cold lunch!! It’s not just a Nebraska thing

[@jesssaunders3820]

I was born on August 18,2001 and I have very fond memories of having to wait for my vhs to rewind. So maybe 2002 still has memories growing up on them too.

[@Livemusiceventsuk]

I love mikes Netlfix idea and would like them to implement it immediately 😊

[@emilybolesky2166]

YES CARLY! Hot lunch and Cold lunch people- the start of classism!

[@secret99826]

i was born 2006 and we watched stuff on vhs pretty sure

[@anayeliroman5724]

Omg!!! AGENDAS!!! I miss that era 😢

[@MommaNic95]

I had hot and cold lunch always! Every school I went to 😊

[@sabrinawillow5032]

I grew up in connecticut and we also called it hot lunch and cold lunch!!

[@danielpruett2717]

Omg. The walk down memory lane.

[@kirfy]

I'm from Illinois and we did the hot/cold lunch in elementary school too! 😂

[@kristinmra]

YES, CARLY hot and cold lunch is definitely a thing, and I was in elementary school in the 2010s. But idk if it's specifically a midwest thing cause I'm from California and we still called it that.

[@joliz5489]

As someone who was born in 1998, I didn’t get DVDs until I was like 8-10. My family only had VHS players and we weren’t buying a DVD player until it became harder to find VHS. I have a core memory of binge watching Land Before Time and Clifford Specials on VHS😂

[@1tsbecca]

The first dvd was the movie Twister released in 1996.

[@miissssb]

i’m a substitute in california (2 hours from LA) and we still use the terms hot/cold lunch just like carly said!

[@2dannytwofurious]

Yaaaay Matt!!

[@theyJC]

My fav computer games were backyard soccer/baseball, tony hawk pro skater, webkinz, club penguin & then eventually the disney online games soo good

[@heyitsamyjay]

What Mike wants for streaming is how Peacock has the channels, I love to go on there and just turn on some random show in the background

[@jessicaaczerwinski]

I 100000% know what Carly is talking about with hot lunch and cold lunch!! Omg that just brought back a memory lol

[@o12.7am]

36:19 the tv listing thing mike was talking about peacock does it !

[@prabhjotsidhu06]

What I've always loved about Matt is how he has a way of just pulling me back to my childhood through his anecdotes and reminding me of stuff I've long forgotten, so this episode is very exciting for me!

[@ThaRealShanz]

My elementary school did something similar, we also had a snack bar and would have frozen yogurt days along with hot lunches

[@danichesney1876]

KB toys was founded by the Kaufman Brothers so I'm guessing thats what KB stands for. Loved a good KB trip.

[@mandaesser24]

I live in Omaha, Ne-and went to learning express all the time growing up-Carly is not that much older than me haha but that toy store was the best one in town!

[@angelinalaroussa7100]

Hot / Cold lunch is definitely a midwestern thing, I grew up outside of Chicago and all of the elementary schools refer to it as that!

[@benjidog1514]

Shawn Ashmore on “in a heartbeat” was my first crush when I was 7 years old 🤣

[@nlacounte]

Loved all of this was born in 90. Also as someone who has kids they definitely still play with toys! My house is fully of Barbie’s, dolls, Polly pockets, legos, play-doh all of it.

[@txchivette1815]

I just look up a general map of an area I'm visiting, memorize and go.

[@Sal-tm3tp]

The blonde guy that was in In a Heartbeat was one of the leads in Animorphs

[@gracenleejones]

we have an intercom system in my parents house. main one is in the middle of the house, one in the master, upstairs hall, and front and back doors. and they are so 70s

[@mel.bon12]

I was born in 1997! And the only toy I didn’t have we was a cabbage patch! They were freaky! Haha i watched vhs till like I was like 11 bc we didn’t have cable

[@mel.bon12]

My little sister was born on 2004 she watched it too haha but not for long

[@kristencrossno1171]

I’m 21 and I grew up with VHS tapes till I was like 10🤣🤣

[@reptilesurpreme841]

Born in 2003 and had a vhs lol

[@ganjabongmaster4204]

i was born in 98, i grew up with VHS, walkman players, burning CDs, all of it

[@elizabethsosa9453]

Pov: you’re born in 2002 & your first vivid memory is watching Nemo on vhs on repeat at my grandparents and having to rewind them using the little rewind box

[@GagaLikeGaga]

hot or cold lunch is a thing in the uk too!

[@maddiehoule]

I called it hot lunch and cold lunch too, I totally get what Carly is talking about and I’m from Mass lol

[@meganlentz1]

I was born in 2000 and we had a whole drawer full of VHS tapes! My brother was 2004 and he also remembers them

[@juritzihernandez]

Loved my webkins😂😭

[@jenstockstill2148]

i was born in 2004 and i def watched SOOO many VHS’s

[@Keeks0217]

I was born in 2001 and we did use VHS, but DVD’s did exist, so DVD players had a VHS insert too

[@leahmatthews669]

This is my fav podcast ever like love love love it but the vibe seemed a little off in this one.

[@emilyannexoxo77]

Erin seemed off

[@briannac7728]

As a mom of 6 I can firmly say yes toys still exist lol slime, pop its, Barbies, etc. Always something new coming out 😜

[@Damn_bruh029]

Why am I offended about the 2001 not knowing VHS comment lmao. That what we grew up on too