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Chapter 1: Where were the hosts during the Knicks' last Finals in 1999?
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Chapter 2: What was the impact of the Y2K scare in 1999?
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99, the last time the New York Knicks made the NBA Finals. Yo, that was before you and I knew each other. 27 years ago. Rich and I were already working in radio, believe it or not. In fact, I was a young man in the game, still in college trying to get my feet wet. I had graduated college in 98, not to date myself.
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Chapter 3: How did Pokémon become a cultural phenomenon in 1999?
I just got through quick, man. But 99... Where were you when the Knicks made it to the finals? Spot, you got that picture of me, right? This is me back in 99 just trying to make my way on my radio, come up, drive in the station, van. That was the K-Rock kick-ass van. Were you living in that van down by the river? No, but I was giving away lots of swag and reaping all the benefits.
Well, you might have reaped the benefits. I know that sometimes women would do anything for a K-Rock t-shirt, but I also heard a story where there was a time some dude took a shit on the van and you had to clean it. That is true. It was at a Metallica concert. Yeah, but you know, I was on my radio come up.
Just trying to get some air time, driving around, promoting, just doing anything I could in radio. Yeah, man. So where were you? You were probably on your come up. But that was the last time the Knicks made it this far. That's how long it's been, 27 years. Dude, as they said on Chappelle's show, a long, long time ago. Feel me.
So let's go back to 1999 and discuss what you were possibly doing, what you were watching, where you were in life in 1999. Got to start it off with the fear that was sweeping the nation.
the y2k bug remember they thought airplanes were gonna fall out of the sky computers were gonna glitch everything was gonna go wrong meanwhile nothing happened nothing happened i was sitting there on my hewlett packard you were there on your gateway computer i don't know whatever computer you had your commodore 64 probably so and i'm waiting for something to go on and nothing nothing i heard someone the other day on social media point out that when you're a younger guy
Families had a computer room. Yeah. With your compact stereo. Took up space. Took you all day to download one nudie picture. Remember that feeling of like little piece after piece of the photo?
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Chapter 4: What were the major music trends and artists in 1999?
Yeah. I think I see a nipple. These were still the dial-up days for sure. Y2K. You know, we were partying like it was 1999, Prince style, fearing what would happen. Nothing happened. The biggest nothing burger ever. Of our lifetime. Y2K. I got a six-year-old son who cares about two things. Okay. Baseball and Pokemon. Ooh.
And 1999 was the year Pokemon came to the United States, and that was the OG, like the first Pokemon rage. And, you know, gotta catch them all. Pokemon! Never understood it, man. That was my little brother's era. 99, he was into that, and... I think his first word was Power Rangers. Let me tell you, it's wild. I coach all these little six-year-old kids. All they care about is Pokemon.
Bulbasaur and Charizards. I feel like my son's like Rain Man when it comes to knowing all these Pokemons. So 1999 is when Pokemon came to the US. So a long, long time ago. And you think about it now, like, oh my God. How big has it gotten? It's crazy.
Chapter 5: What role did the Yankees play in 1999's sports landscape?
And the value of some of these cards. Everyone thinks they have some sort of hidden treasure in their attic. Can I tell you about the fucking nerds? At the supermarket by me, and this is, I know it's not just by my house, but they have those Pokemon vending machines. Have you seen these at, like, supermarkets? It's a vending machine.
It almost looks like the old school Redbox, but it's a Pokemon card machine. And people know when it drops. Like, times a day, they're, like, releasing more cards. A line... of dopes waiting there. So when you try to get Pokemon cards for your kids, it's always empty. You say dopes, but Ken Golden is making his flow on these cards. By the way, 99's when it came out when it exploded.
Yeah, no, yeah.
Really?
When it exploded, yeah. Oh, okay.
You know what?
You were talking about computers before. I remember what I was doing in 99. I was sitting up late at night on my AOL Instant Messenger, ASL, running my game, flirting it up. AOL Chats became a thing back then. The H sex location. Yeah. You were like, 20. Yes, please. Jersey. Union, New Jersey. Who wants to hang out? But I'd be there hours at a time. Blink, blink, blink, blink.
Just sending messages. You've got mail.
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Chapter 6: What are the implications of baseball celebrations today?
I was fired up about it, man. Can I tell everyone a fun Covino AOL chat story? Sure. One of my favorites. Covino, you can imagine knowing our show and knowing Fox Sports Radio. And if you've been with us a long time. I said sure, but I'm not sure. The maturity of Steve Covino. Yeah. Back in the day, Kavina would have passwords like fart boy.
And one time, an AOL chat popped up on the screen, and it was a girl hitting him up. It wasn't just a girl. It was like Vita Guerra. It was like someone hot. Get out of here. It was. It was a hot Jersey girl. You didn't realize you were typing into the messenger. You thought you were typing into a password. And all of a sudden, you sent a random girl fart boy. And she's like, what does that mean?
You're like, oh! Fart boy 69. She's like, what's that? I'm like, oh! Nothing. My little brother did it. But it was my password and it just went right into the message. If you want to get into Camino's bank accounts at 401k, fartboy69. But dude, you know what, man? You were running your game. That's where you were learning online game and you were chatting it up. And you know, that's also where...
Rich and I bonded early on Dane Cook in the early 2000s. That's where he started hitting up all his fans and it became a thing and he became famous because of that.
Chapter 7: How does UFC's recent event reflect on American culture?
That was years later, but yeah, the early days of interacting with strangers on social media. In fact... It was peculiar then to meet someone online. Yep. Now they say, well, like 80 plus percent of people meet on social media or apps or something. So a different time. How about this one? Go back to 1999. How about artists that were popular and brand new to the scene?
Maybe Eminem, Britney Spears hit me baby one more time in that school girl outfit and like young dudes like Britney Spears, like Britney Spears and Eminem, a young slim shady with the bleach blonde hair. That was big in the MTV TRL days. But as a rock fan, I got to give you some shout outs here, buddy boy, because it was the end of the grunge era was fading and fizzling, right? Grunge was out.
New metal and other rock bands were in. Avenged Sevenfold. You had Disturbed, Chevelle, Three Days Grace, Slipknot, Limp Bizkit started to blow up. Creed and Kid Rock, that started to become a thing. And on the anniversary, we're doing this on a Thursday, on the anniversary of Harambe, the death of Harambe 10 years ago, Gorilla Radio, Rage Against the Machine was one of the biggest songs.
Gorilla Radio! But none of that compared to... Britney Spears and Eminem. I mean, you say that, you see me in front of the K-Rock van, dude. I mean, you know, for me, dude, I mean, no one was into rock. Limp Bizkit was huge. Creed was huge. Eminem's still around. Britney Spears is, all of those guys are still around.
I mean, I'm not saying, I'm saying there's more to life than Britney Spears and Eminem. Of course, but did you see the latest about Britney Spears? When she got arrested in our neighborhood, and she got arrested in our neighborhood, and then wielded a knife at the burger spot right behind Fox Sports Radio.
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Chapter 8: What lessons can we learn from the Harambe incident?
Do you know when she got arrested, it came out that she told the police officers, if you want, why don't you come to my house for lasagna and a dip in the pool? It's like, yo, sounds good to me. Lasagna, dip in the pool? All right, let me give you something else from 1999, 27 years ago. Again, the last time the Knicks... Made it this far.
The last time the garden was popping at this level, Ben Stiller was there. The Sandman was there. Spike Lee. Speaking of Limp Bizkit, Ben Stiller, you're my favorite, mo' sucker. All right. How about this one? On television, you know you were watching. Yeah. You want to use the lifeline? Who wants to be a millionaire with Regis Philbin? Oh, I watched the Indian version. From Slumdog Millionaire?
The guy with the hair? That's the one. You watched Slumdog Millionaire?
I was a bigger fan of that one.
Great movie. But Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was, honestly. It was massive. You even, I guarantee, you owned one of those solid Regis ties. You probably went to some formal event wearing that solid silver tie a la Regis. Really? Yeah. The whole tie line. I didn't own one. I don't even know what you're talking about. You don't remember Regis? No. Regis had a whole tie line.
I'm not wearing some tie that some 70-year-old guy was rocking back then. He was alive and well in like 50. Respectfully, because I am a Regis fan. He was a New York guy. I admired him very much. But I did not rock his ties. He had solid ties, and it was a tie line, and it was like the hottest thing. Really? Good for him. But that show was huge. Maybe you missed it. Maybe you missed it.
I wasn't rocking ties. I was just rocking. You saw me. Oh, I'm sorry. Yeah. What was I thinking? Rocking ties. Fuck that. He was just rocking. Get out of here. All right. Now, let me take you back to 99 when the Knicks last were in the finals. I had this phone in college because, again, I was still in college in 99. You had that Zach Morris phone problem. No. My first phone? Yeah.
A Flip StarTech. I was big. Did you have the StarTech? I did have that. But you know what else I had? A little antenna pulled up. Around that time. Yeah, I had that and I probably had the leather case over it. Oh yeah, I did too. And I probably strapped it right to my belt just to be like, yo, what's up? What's up, cowboy?
But yeah, I think I had Nokia's too back then with the dope-ass leather case. But yeah, that was the one. You were playing Snake on your Nokia phone. Yeah, you weren't even sending picture messages really. And you weren't really texting. Remember texting cost money per text at that time? Yeah, you were worried about your night and weekend still. We totally use our phones different now.
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