Welcome back to the Basement! We are cracking open some spiked Twisted Teas and jumping straight into the absolute chaos of life as a 90s kid. Remember getting shocked by your CRT TV? Or the trauma of your parents opening a $150 Nintendo Tip Line phone bill? Today we are breaking down the peak of the Monday Night Wars, the bizarre genius of Space Ghost Coast to Coast, and why 90s appointment TV built the best pop culture shared experiences. Grab a drink, pull up a chair, and let's hang out.

00:00 - 05:58 CRT TV shocks, cell phone speaker static, and spiked Twisted Teas. 05:58 - 08:30 Retro Rewind: Project Hail Mary and the Wellington Artemis II connection. 08:30 - 16:40 Monday Night Wars: WWF breaks WCW's streak, Stone Cold vs. Vince McMahon. 16:40 - 21:46 90s Headlines: In Living Color, Super Metroid tip line bills, and Nas drops Illmatic. 21:46 - 26:22 Tiger Woods, the Sega Dreamcast 9/9/99 launch, and Kazaa computer viruses. 26:22 - 32:43 WTF Moment: The bizarre origins of Space Ghost Coast to Coast. 32:43 - 35:39 Cartridge Conundrum: 1996 NBA Hangtime arcade trivia. 35:39 - 44:20 New Game: Silicon Valley Suit or Squared Circle Jabroni? 44:20 - 51:22 What's on Mike's Mind: Bilmuri, cooking for The Home Team, and Magic the Gathering. 51:22 - 54:41 Breaking Trav & Lost in Translation: Unhinged Dobby and misheard lyrics. 54:41 - 01:02:12 Trav's Take: SNICK, All That, and the glory of 90s appointment TV. 01:02:12 - 01:06:24 Conundrum Answer & Custom Cartridge and Quest shoe giveaway plans.

• Retro Tech & Gaming: We recount the days of downloading PS1 ROMs on Bleem and Kazaa, getting the absolute tar shocked out of us by CRT monitors, and the brutal difficulty of Super Metroid on the SNES.
• Wrestling History: We dive into the monumental April 1998 Monday Night Raw where Stone Cold Steve Austin and Dude Love took on a jacked Vince McMahon, officially ending the WCW 84 week ratings streak.
• 90s Television: The 1994 premiere of Space Ghost Coast to Coast and its wild college kid interview tactics, plus the peak era of SNICK, TLC's All That theme song, and Kenan and Kel's Good Burger.

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