 The 90s
A decade of fads and prosperity leads to everything from Power Rangers to Pogs to Pokémon. Tickle Me Elmo pulls a Cabbage Patch on holiday-shopping parents, while Beanie Babies raise the collector frenzy to more... 
 The 80s
The Smurfs spawn a tidal wave of cute clones: Monchichis, Snorks, Popples, etc. Rainbow Brite and My Little Pony fly high, Jem steals some of Barbie's thunder, He-Man leads the Masters of the Universe to more...
 The 70s
Stretch Armstrong fuses "tug of war" with the action figure, and Japan totally revitalizes the concept with the Shogun Warriors and Micronauts. Shrinky Dinks prove that ovens aren't just for food any more more...
 The 60s
Hasbro responds to Barbie with G.I. Joe, the world's first "Action Figure." NASA's high-profile space race inspires a constellation of new toys, with Major Matt Mason and Billy Blastoff leading the way. The Hoppity Hop bounces onto the scene more...
 The 50s
For boys, it is the age of cowboys and spacemen: Davy Crockett and Roy Rogers lead the pack of western heroes that share the toy aisles with the out-of-this-world likes of Commando Cody and Tom Corbett more...
 The 40s
World War II halts the production of metal toys for the first half of the decade, but the post-war years more than make up for it. Chutes and Ladders, Cootie and Candy Land delight the pre-adolescent set, Slinky makes kids crazy over a metal spring more...
 The 30s
The 1929 Stock Market Crash makes toys a luxury most 30's kids can't afford, but imagination makes do in the meantime. The Great Depression does make the man who invented Monopoly a millionare, and a mouse named Mickey brings smiles more...
 The 20s
The twenties roar on, as kids play with everything from Lincoln Logs to Yo-Yo's. Antonio Pasin starts mass-producing the little red wagons that will soon be called "Radio Flyers," Pogo Sticks send kids bouncing happily down the street more...
 The 10s
Raggedy Ann sweeps the imaginations of girls, while Erector sets and Tinker Toys get boys excited about contruction. Henry Ford's Model T car gets shrunk down to toy form, as die-cast cars from Tootsietoys and others more...
 The 1900s
Contrary to the later beliefs of the Pokémon generation, kids at the Turn of the (last) Century have more than their share of toys to play with. By refusing to shoot a cub, Theodore Roosevelt inspires the invention of the Teddy Bear. more...
 The 90s
The Simpsons reinvent the prime time cartoon, while Animaniacs, Ren & Stimpy, and Batman take the animated world to wacky, icky, scary new frontiers. more...
 The 80s
Video games (Pacman), toys that became cartoons and other fads (Smurfs, G.I.Joe, Transformers), as well as a wave of "regressed" characters as children more...
 The 70s
Hanna Barbera's teen sleuths with talking animal sidekicks (Goober and the Ghost Chasers, Scooby Doo, Funky Phantom), primetime spinoffs and psychedelic more...
 The 60s
The first post-TV generation grew up in the golden glow of animated splendor as the Jetsons, The Flintstones, and a vast array of superheroes invaded the living more...
 The 50s
It was the age of the atom, and the dawn of Saturday morning as the original Baby Boomers tuned in to see Howdy Doody, Mighty Mouse Playhouse, and Kukla, Fran and Ollie more...
 The 90s
Left Home Alone, Macaulay Culkin finds slapstick gold, while Disney hits the mother lode from Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin to Mulan and Tarzan. A new wave of digital more...
 The 80s
E.T. phones home and the Spielberg era continues with Raiders of the Lost Ark, Goonies, Gremlins, Explorers and Back to the Future. The Care Bears and Rainbow Brite more...
 The 70s
America's favorite beagle hits the road with his pal Woodstock in Snoopy, Come Home, while Benji comes home to stay. Wilbur finds salvation in Charlotte's Web, Charlie finds a golden more...
 The 60s
Disney unleashes 101 Dalmatians, Hayley Mills lights up the screen in Pollyana, Fred MacMurray invents flubber in The Absent-Minded Professor, and Julie Andrews more...
 The 50s
Danny Kaye makes movie magic in Hans Christian Anderson and again in The Court Jester. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea thrills moviegoers, Godzilla stomps Tokyo, more...
 The 40s
Max and Dave Fleischer's Mr. Bug Goes to Town bows on Dec. 7, 1941. Walt Disney brings Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo and Bambi to animated life. Alexander Korda's Thief of Bagdad more...
 The 30s
Shirley Temple lifts America's Depression-era spirits with The Little Colonel, Curly Top, and Heidi. Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse cartoons hit new heights, Mickey Rooney more...
 The 90s
A little something for everyone! Depressed? It always rains in the grunge world of flannels and army surplus. Angry? Let it out, you riot grrrl more...
 The 80s
The tide comes in as a new wave washes away the fashion debris left by disco. Neon is the newest color of the rainbow, designers get crazy more...
 The 70s
Jeans get tighter, bikinis get smaller, tube socks get higher, afros gets bigger and colors get brighter. It's all about spreading the plumage more...
 The 60s
From the Jackie Kennedy's proper A-line and pillbox hat to Beatlemania mop tops, from space age styles to hippies with long hair more...
 The 50s
The teenage lifestyle is born, and with it come bobby socks and boppers, poodle skirts and pompadours. But if all that rock and roll is too much more...
 The 40s
World War II puts fashion on hold, but the postwar leisure class makes up for it. Girls look just like Mom in identical outfits, while the boys dress up in more...
 The 90s
The future arrives with a tiger uppercut to the jaw in Street Fighter II, and the era of the one-on-one fighter kicks in. Mortal Kombat amps up the gore to more...
 The 80s
The entire world gets a major case of Pac-Man fever, and video games get their first true superstar. Video takes the arcade into a new golden age, riding on more...
 The 70s
The era of the video arcade game is ushered in with Computer Space in 1971, but few really notice. Pong rights that wrong the following year, and more...
 The 60s
The future can be yours, as long as Zoltan and Madame Morgana get their due. If action is more your style, Bazaar and Hayburners II give a few new more...
 The 50s
Photo booths become a national craze, letting best friends and puppy lovers take home a four-strip keepsake. Shuffle games move beyond bowling with more...
 The 40s
The Voice-O-Graph lets amateur crooners save their performances on a cardboard record, Drive Mobile puts gamers behind the wheel, and Monkey Climb? well, more...
 The 30s
Baffle Ball single-plungerdly invents the pinball craze, while Bumper and Contact take the game two steps into the future. At the penny arcades, fortune telling more...
 The 90s
They're underachievers and proud of it. Bart, Homer and the rest of the Simpsons put the "nuclear" in the nuclear family sitcom, while Jerry Seinfeld scores with a show about "nothing." more...
 The 80s
Family Ties conservative offspring Michael J. Fox reverses traditional family values, while Bill Cosby takes them to new heights. Blair, Natalie, Jo and Tootie learn The Facts of Life. more...
 The 70s
The Bradys get groovy, The Partridge Family goes on the road, Good Times and What's Happenin' lay down some serious urban slapstick, Happy Days ignites a tidal wave of nostalgia more...
 The 60s
The sitcom moves into the office on Dick Van Dyke and Andy Griffith, and the western moves to the inner city as private-eye and traditional cops and robbers shows. more...
 The 50s
We interrupt this program to bring you this late-breaking bulletin: In the beginning, there was live TV. The migration from radio had begun. From Donna Reed's perfect family to Marshal Dillon and Joe Friday, more...
 The 90s
Hip-hop music jumps off the streets and into the pop mainstream thanks to high-stepping, fast-rapping performers like Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer. Later on, the hip-hop more...
 The 80s
Blondie, Devo and Duran Duran usher in the new wave with electronic sounds and pop hooks. In the stadiums, Foreigner, Van Halen and Journey more...
 The 70s
Led Zeppelin adds extra volume and energy to r&b to create heavy metal, inspiring a legion of hard-rocking groups like Aerosmith and AC/DC more...
 The 60s
The Beatles bring pop music into a new era as they charm the world with their cute image, jangling guitars and stunning pop melodies. The British Invasion hits in full force more...
 The 50s
Elvis Presley shakes his hips on The Ed Sullivan Show, and the rock 'n' roll craze begins. For those scandalized by such unwholesomeness, there's always nice young men like more...
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