Why Do We Still Love the ‘90s?
The Sam Sanders Show
KCRW & Sam Sanders
4.9 • 707 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
We’re so excited to be featured this month by Apple Podcasts’ Society & Culture.
This episode, comedian and TikTok star Rob Anderson brings back the '90s!
From 'Boy Meets World’ to 'Baywatch', Rob unpacks the most absurd pop culture from the era. He even breaks down an exceptionally unhinged episode of 'Touched By An Angel’ featuring civil rights icon Rosa Parks. Through jokes, songs and recaps, he breaks down why the ‘90s are the perfect moment to look back on. He also explains our enduring need for nostalgia.
Rob is currently touring his solo show, ‘Are You Afraid Of The '90s?’
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| 0:00.0 | sum up the 90s, in three words. |
| 0:03.0 | It meant well. |
| 0:04.9 | It meant well. |
| 0:06.1 | It meant well. |
| 0:07.0 | Come on. |
| 0:08.1 | Like, well intentioned. |
| 0:09.7 | Well intentioned. |
| 0:12.9 | Hey, y'all, Sam here. |
| 0:14.3 | Thank you so much for listening to my show with KCRW. |
| 0:17.6 | That voice you just heard was comedian and TikTok star Rob Anderson. Rob has devoted much of his |
| 0:24.5 | current life and career to studying and recapping in detail the pop culture of the 90s. |
| 0:31.8 | There is an episode of Save by the Bell where Zach's whole world caves in when he realizes |
| 0:36.2 | his crush is homeless. I have been rewatching every single Mary Kate and Ashley movie. |
| 0:40.3 | We need to talk about Clifford, the Big Red Dog, because something's off here. |
| 0:45.3 | Peak 90s insadity. |
| 0:47.3 | Everything from Baywatch to Boy Meets World to my personal favorite, Steve Urkel and Family Matters. Did I do that? |
| 0:56.2 | Rob has also been hitting the road with a 90s pop culture nostalgia variety show, |
| 1:01.5 | full of jokes and songs and recaps. |
| 1:05.0 | It's called Are You Afraid of the 90s? |
| 1:08.4 | As an elder millennial myself, I think this is the Lord's work, |
| 1:13.2 | especially in this moment |
| 1:14.4 | when it seems like everyone |
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