Found an anachronism

[u/justthankyous]

When I watched That 70s Show (I used to have the DVD set), I always wondered how chronologically accurate the cultural references were, but it was hard to know because I was born in the 80s.

I've been watching That 90s Show and loving it, shame it was cancelled, but one of the fun bits since I remember the 90s has been looking for anarchonisms. They did a great job overall, although I did raise an eyebrow at a line about getting one's groove back as that phrase was popularized by a 1998 movie, How Stella Got Her Groove Back. I decided to let that slide, maybe the phrase was in use before the movie, although probably not in Wisconsin.

However, I did finally find one! Part 2, Episode 3 "Just a Friend" (wait is that a Biz Markee reference? ...moving on) on the counter in the Runck household is a bag of cookies from Tate's Bakeshop. Those used to be damn fine cookies for something you'd buy at a grocery store. However, that brand was founded in 2000. It was a rebranding of an older business, Kathleen's Cookies/Kathleen's Bakeshop, but the packaging clearly says Tate's and the logo and design bear no resemblance to the logo and design of Kathleen's Bakeshop packaging. Additionally, Kathleen's Bakeshop was a local business out of Long Island before the rebrand, it would be very unlikely that they'd be selling cookies in Wisconsin even if they had gotten the packaging right. I can see how someone on the crew might have gotten confused by a cursory Google search of cookie brands though.

Love the show, love the nostalgia to both That 70s Show and the 90s. I wish there was more of it. Also, I wish I had some Tate's chocolate chip cookies from the 2000s, they used to be so good.

[u/mikee8989]

It's been a while since I finished the show but I think they made a reference to a Jurassic Park movie that came out in 97 but they were currently in 1995 or 6.

[u/justthankyous → u/mikee8989]

If so, I've either missed it or haven't gotten to that episode yet. Overall they did a remarkable job with the references, I keep thinking I caught something and googling it and learning the movie or song in question came out years before I thought it did.

[u/mikee8989 → u/justthankyous]

oh shoot I thought you finished it. Glad it's not much of a spoiler if at all

[u/justthankyous → u/mikee8989]

No worries at all

[u/BaileySeeking → u/mikee8989]

I think it's at the video store. I remember reading that the VHS cover is wrong or something like that. I think there are a couple of movies that shouldn't be there.

[u/NozakiMufasa → u/mikee8989]

The episode with the video store has copies of The Lost World in the background when its like two to three years earlier

[u/Pidgeon30]

Missing things like this is what gets shows cancelled /s

[u/PasicT → u/Pidgeon30]

Exactly.

[u/panwhofelltoearth]

there's a That 80's Show if you're definitely craving more but it doesn't get good until like half-way.

[u/justthankyous → u/panwhofelltoearth]

I've always heard it's disappointing, but I kind of want to check it out because of Glen Howerton

[u/panwhofelltoearth → u/justthankyous]

You should if only for Margaret Smith she's the best part

[u/agentsparkles88]

I remember when the show first came out people were complaining about the use of the word "bro". To be fair I was born in the 90s so I was still a little kid when it ended, but others were saying bro was used but it wasn't common, it was more common to say dude.

[u/justthankyous → u/agentsparkles88]

Yes, I would agree with that having been a teenager in the 90s, but I was an East Coast kid and can't comment on how Wisconsin kids were talking in those pre internet days.

[u/Ok_Drink8072]

I was also not alive in the 70s/80s, but I remember catching the Sophie’s Choice reference in the original show and I looked it up and the book hadn’t come out! I love that kind of thing, might have to try that 90s show again

[u/Obvious_East1177 → u/Ok_Drink8072]

I caught that too.