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In this episode of the Super Retro Podcast, a group of NFL players gathers at the Tennessee Titans practice facility to identify and react to various items from the 1990s. The segment begins with the players examining an MP3 player and a Walkman, where they quickly realize that modern technology has made these devices seem archaic. The discussion highlights how young people today rely on streaming services like Spotify and often lack knowledge about physical media such as CDs or cassette tapes. The players also encounter a Furby, a toy from the mid-90s known for its eerie behavior of waking up at night and speaking in gibberish, which immediately strikes them as creepy and possessed rather than cute.
The identification game continues with several other iconic pieces of technology and toys from that era. The players correctly identify a pager, noting how essential it was for communication before cell phones became ubiquitous. They also recognize Build-A-Bear Workshop plushies, moon shoes that promised impossible jumps, and the infamous Pizza Hut basketballs given away with pizza deliveries. A significant portion of the interaction involves the Talkboy tape recorder from *Home Alone 2*, which allows users to record their voices and play them back with pitch-shifting effects. Additionally, they identify a Tamagotchi digital pet, discussing the responsibility required to keep the virtual creature alive without losing progress if it died.
As the players sort through the collection, they express amusement at the absurdity of some items, particularly the moon shoes, which they dismiss as terrible toys that scammed children into thinking they could jump great heights. The segment concludes with a game where the players flip over various collectibles like Pogs and vinyl records to determine who keeps them based on simple rules. Throughout the video, the contrast between the nostalgia felt by older participants and the confusion of younger ones underscores how much consumer culture and technology have evolved since the 1990s. Ultimately, the group decides to keep a few items while discarding others, celebrating the fun of revisiting these forgotten artifacts from their childhoods.
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Can I keep this?
>> MP3 player. I know this.
>> It's from Guardians of the Galaxy.
>> I would not want this in my bedroom like
staring at me when I woke up.
>> Then how in the hell am I supposed to
know what this is?
>> Hey.
>> You need the receivers. Put these on.
>> It's a camcorder.
>> Oh.
>> Mhm.
>> Oh, VHS uh
>> No.
>> What's up, guys? We are Super Retro
Podcast. We're here at the Tennessee
Titans practice facility and it's time
to show these players some items from
the '90s. Let's go.
>> Uh this is what MJ used to use when he
would go to the games.
>> I watched this on the drive.
>> Things.
>> Yep.
>> This was how we
>> this?
>> Rock. That's tough personally.
>> No, that's actually yours. You can keep
it. Hell yeah.
>> You can have it, bro.
>> Boom.
>> Yep. Then you put the
>> Yep. And then once you're done, you got
to switch it out. That's how you listen
to the other side.
>> Like you're going down the street on
>> Like
>> Or you're going to the game, that's what
you put on.
>> Yeah. Okay.
>> You're in the locker room trying to get
pumped up. Jordan used to do
>> Ready to go.
>> I hear you.
>> Listen, that's E-40, E-40, bro.
>> Where's Snoop? Where's Snoop at?
>> Oh, we don't got it.
>> He's probably on there. It's above the
rim.
>> Above the rim.
>> I know what you're saying.
>> Like
I know what it is, I just don't I don't
know the name of it.
>> know, bro. It's old.
>> But I like I I know it.
>> MP3 player. I know this.
>> That was before, bro.
>> It's not DVD player. They're not DVD
>> It's from Guardians of the Galaxy.
>> Let's go.
>> This is what?
>> Oh, no. Y'all Y'all ain't got no E-40 in
here.
>> Yeah, yeah, we do. E-40 follows us. He's
our homie.
>> It's not a CD. No, before.
>> Yeah, it's uh
Yeah.
It's a Walkman.
>> Yeah, like what do you What's the like
correct term for it? Like uh
>> It's a Walkman. That's right.
>> So the Walkman is the
>> Walkman was a brand.
>> It plays these. This is literally all
you got.
>> Yeah, that's awesome that
>> Before the internet.
>> Kids these days, they don't know
anything.
>> even want that stuff.
>> They got They just go straight to their
little albums on their on Spotify and
>> And then play the songs they like and go
out.
>> This was the only access you had to an
artist. And this was most of the time
this is the only way they had to tell
their story.
>> That's so right.
>> Uh what are those called?
That Are these the TDKs? These are a
Tiller to me.
>> It's a It's a Furby.
>> Furby.
>> Yeah, I would not want this in my
bedroom staring at me when I woke up.
>> Furby.
>> Are you close, bro?
>> I will be in there.
>> Yep.
>> They're kind of creepy though.
>> Yeah.
>> Dude, good. I'm glad you said that.
>> I'm glad to see that's so funny that you
can
Let someone
>> His instinct was it's creepy.
>> creepy. These things This is a Furby.
>> Yeah, that's right.
>> This is a Furby and these things would
wake up in the middle of the night and
just start talking.
>> And they would
>> behaviors
>> And you're like, "This is possessed. Get
it out."
>> Yeah, parents hated these things.
>> You know what that is?
>> Oh.
>> me. I don't want to play.
>> Yeah, you see.
>> Is it a
like a walkie-talkie?
>> Right off the top of my head, I do not.
Then how the hell am I supposed to know
what this is?
>> Hey.
>> Now, this looks
old.
>> Yeah.
>> You would have had to
>> It looks like a pager, obviously.
>> It is a pager.
>> Yeah.
>> This is like a
pager?
>> Yeah, okay.
>> Back in the day, everyone had one.
>> Oh, this is a pager.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah, I know what this is.
>> Nailed it.
>> Like when they trying to They're trying
to get in contact with you. You get your
pager.
>> So, like you would you would have to
page me and like you put number five so
I know it was you.
>> It's a pager, yeah. Everyone had one,
bro.
>> Yeah, I just ain't never seen like a
blue one.
>> Always wanted a pager.
>> Yes, sir.
>> Always wanted a pager. My mom My mom
wouldn't let me have one, you know, but
uh
I mean we should bring these back.
>> Okay, I'm not going to lie. I forgot
what these were called. My grandma had
one.
>> Oh, yep.
>> You know what these are?
>> No, I do not.
>> There was a craze for these.
>> Any guesses?
>> What is called Build-A-Bears? These the
back in the day Build-A-Bears?
>> You're close.
>> Hey, I'm not closer than I thought.
>> What these is?
>> Do you remember what they're called?
>> No.
>> I used to collect these.
>> Bro, these were a craze back in the day.
>> I called it a
a black bear. I called them bear bears.
>> Hell yeah.
>> Some of these are like really rare.
>> That's what we said. People thought that
if they collected these, they were about
to be rich.
>> And they're not.
>> Yeah.
>> There is some rare ones out there, but
they're still not worth anything.
>> This was goofy.
>> I don't know what this is.
>> You need your receivers to put these on.
>> Yeah.
>> Look at these wild things.
>> You put your feet in them and you just
put like you make you taller?
>> No, you jump.
>> Jump.
>> Anti-gravity shoes?
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah, bro.
>> Yeah, it's like trampolines for your
feet.
>> you put these on when we were kids and
you were going to be on the moon.
>> What are these? Skating shoes? What are
these?
>> You You put your feet in them.
>> Hey, trash.
>> Terrible trash.
>> This is a terrible toy.
>> Yeah.
>> These These These fit right?
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> So, these are moon shoes.
>> Yeah. You put those on thinking you were
about to jump 3 ft and you wouldn't go
hardly off the ground.
>> Yeah, man. I bet they scammed all of
America with these.
>> It was the worst toy ever, man.
>> tell you right now.
>> Trash.
>> Absolutely trash.
>> These were trash.
>> Pack them up. Get them out of here.
>> Camera?
>> This?
>> No.
>> The whole time.
>> It's not a camera.
>> It's a camcorder.
>> Nope.
>> Oh.
>> It's a record player, right?
>> No.
>> Oh, VHS uh
>> No.
>> Mhm.
>> I used to do that with my brother.
Tape recorder?
>> Yeah, it's a recorder. Yeah.
>> You nailed it.
>> Talkboy and it was in Home Alone 2.
>> Got to be something like that.
>> Yeah, right. Yeah, bro.
>> Guessing it's a Talkboy.
>> Yes.
>> Yeah.
>> That's Yeah.
>> Um yeah, I have uh I've actually never
seen one of these.
>> Have you ever seen Home Alone 2?
>> It's a tape recorder.
>> This is a This is a tape recorder,
right?
>> Yeah. Yeah, you nailed that.
>> Yeah.
>> And we were the first time we could ever
record our voice on a tape and then play
it back with different kind of like uh
>> effects
>> You speed it up, slow it down. That's
the first time we could ever do that.
>> Oh, dang. Good old Talkboy.
>> Yep.
>> From Home Alone.
>> Yeah. I can't I can't fit my hand in
there, but you you get the gist.
>> Uh-oh. Throwing them Throwing them out.
>> These Okay, I'm I'm I might be a little
lost here.
>> Yeah.
>> Like Nickelodeon?
>> No, these were something called Pogs
back in the day.
>> There you go.
>> Yeah, so now that's your winner.
>> Yeah, so then you'd walk away with more
pogs than you came with.
>> Okay.
>> Yeah. It was a silly little game.
>> Bro, we didn't have Wi-Fi.
>> Too hard.
>> Yeah, so then like if any of them were
like that, they'd be yours.
So, see if any of them flip this way, so
he gets to keep it.
>> If they flip that way, even if they're
yours, those are now mine.
>> So, you just lost.
>> I'm going to keep Beauty and the Beast
though.
Yep.
>> That's cool.
>> That's super collectible.
See, I didn't have one of them either.
>> See, but this is This is This is how
boring handheld games were in the '90s.
>> No, this is a stopwatch.
It's got to be some
No, what year is this from?
>> Was this is the little like it would
like dance on the screen? But like was
it on your mood or no?
>> It was like dude, you had to keep this
thing alive.
>> This is This is your your little pet you
used to have to keep alive.
>> it. You had to keep it alive.
Tamagotchi.
>> But like what happens like if you if it
like dies? Do you have to get a new one
or what?
>> over.
>> No, no, it you start over on the game.
>> Oh, so you can like restart on the game.
>> All you everything you've built up is
gone.
>> But this is where handheld gaming was at
in the early '90s.
>> Yeah.
>> Uh
Tamagotchi, that's my sister for sure. I
didn't think of this picture. This Pizza
Hut.
>> Back in the day.
>> used to sell basketballs.
>> No, you'd order a pizza, they'd come
deliver it, and for a short time they'd
give you a ball with it.
>> In in in the '90s.
>> The sit-down the sit-down joints, right?
>> Yeah.
>> I'm keeping this.
>> No, I'm going to keep that one. Yeah.
>> Pizza Hut basketball.
>> We get a pizza and then
>> Didn't have Pizza Hut in Ireland.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> All of us were just ordering pizzas for
no reason. Just to get the basketball.
>> This one Jerry Maguire. What a movie,
man.
Just Tom Cruise in general.
>> Do you know what this is though? Like
>> Is it a
VHS? No, not VHS.
Before.
>> You're you're in the realm.
>> Uh
Is it a sound Is it a soundtrack
so it's a record I think it might be
both you all got me on this one okay it
looks like a vinyl record this is
actually a laser disc movie that threw
me off right there but yeah same thing
oh this golden axe one of the best games
ever Sega Mega Drive Sega Mega Drive
Sega Mega Drive baby 60 in here how much
did you pay for this
$37 oh that's an old yeah that's game
exchange 2023 though
it's not it's not from like No 80 93
this was how we
rock that's tough personal
you can keep it you can have it bro
we would be honored we would be honored
to give you that this is what we do