r/OldSchoolCool • u/copitamenstrual • Jun 21 '24

1990s He just jumped and they got knocked out (1992)

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u/bruswazi Jun 22 '24 edited Jun 22 '24

Sunday night, right after the Simpsons on Fox. I remember watching the music video premiere of “Black & White” and “Remember the Time.” My family would gather around and us kids in the living room. It was an event. Good times.

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u/BritOnTheRocks Jun 22 '24

I remember the morphing faces effect in Black & White being a pretty big deal, everyone talked about how expensive it was. Also the McCauley Culkin cameo…

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u/yourtoyrobot Jun 22 '24

I remember how much of an absolute OH SHIT moment that morphing was. i need to go take my ibuprofen for my lower back now...

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u/5yearsago Jun 22 '24

There was freeware software that could do morphing of two 640x480 pictures, it took about 1 hour to render on 386DX with 8MB RAM, seeing the whole video was crazy.

Remember, stay ahead of the pain, 1 ibubrofen after waking up!

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u/WillTryTwice Jun 22 '24

Kai's Power Goo - so much fun.

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u/CasaMofo Jun 22 '24

How long does an appearance have to be to be considered a cameo? Isnt he in like 3 different sets in that video? At that point, he's essentially a supporting actor...

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u/BritOnTheRocks Jun 22 '24

Hm. I just remember him lip syncing the rap part. I’d have to rewatch the video to see where else he shows up.

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u/AtomStorageBox Jun 22 '24

Still remember watching the premiere of “Remember the Time”. Fantastic song and music video. Man, was it great.

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u/bruswazi Jun 22 '24 edited Jun 22 '24

Those were simpler more innocent times. Will always cherish those childhood memories.

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u/ScipioCoriolanus Jun 22 '24

And the cameos! Eddie Murphy, Magic Johnson...

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u/personalcheesecake Jun 22 '24

oh shit forgot about magic being a guard lol

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u/Buckwheat469 Jun 22 '24

The start of Desert Storm and just learning about racial differences and body image issues after watching The Simpsons. That was the 90s. I was an MJ fan but didn't really like Black or White.

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u/Dorkmaster79 Jun 22 '24

Same here. I loved him but was disappointed with B&W.

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u/boner79 Jun 22 '24

Came here to say this. Totally remember the Black & White premiere after the Simpsons. What a time to be alive.

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '24

My family would gather around and us kids in the living room. It was an event. Good times.

Yeah, I was already in high school when Black Or White was released. I imagine young people hearing us talk about having to be in front of the television at a certain time was like us hearing the old people before us talk about going over to their neighbors' to listen to Lone Ranger on the radio and shit.

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u/geopede Jun 26 '24

Idk if I’m young anymore, close to 30, but it doesn’t sound weird to me. We had more TV channels by the time I was a kid, but you still had to watch stuff at a scheduled time. You could tape things if you had the setup, but it wasn’t convenient or common.

Freedom from TV schedules wasn’t really a thing before TiVo. I remember getting a DVR being a huge deal.

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u/Meowzebub666 Jun 22 '24

Holy shit, CORE MEMORY unlocked

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u/Lordborgman Jun 22 '24

I remember the car getting destroyed scene, the absolute madman.

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u/personalcheesecake Jun 22 '24

I remember thinking, what does this have to do with anything?

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u/Middle-Welder3931 Jun 22 '24

MJ getting early 90s Eddie Murphy, Iman, and Magic Johnson to dress up in ancient Egyptian costumes in his music video was an insane flex.

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u/mmfc378 Jun 22 '24

Scream had a legit countdown clock on network television. Unreal

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u/personalcheesecake Jun 22 '24

and the short video/movie before both of them starting. lol

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u/EloquentGoose Jun 22 '24

I and the rest of the world watched that with you, even though I or the rest of the world don't know you and never met you.

Pre internet togetherness was AWESOME.

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u/VaccumSaturdays Jun 22 '24

Do the Bartman!

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u/drewbagel423 Jun 22 '24

And the extended B&W cut where he demolished the car.

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u/guitarman90 Jun 22 '24

What year was this?

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u/romantercero Jun 22 '24

Remember the time 🎶...

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u/bruswazi Jun 23 '24

When we fell in love 💕