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I Asked My Gen Z Coworkers To Identify These '90s Celebs, And The Guesses They Made Were Hysterical - Yahoo Life

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Helloooooo fine people. I'm a "geriatric millennial" (b. 1982) but have watched the ongoing generation wars from the sidelines. Honestly, I admire a lot of the general (generalized?) qualities of Gen X'ers and Gen Z'ers, so I mostly find it fun, and funny, to see where cultural reference points converge and collapse, rather than pitting generations against each other.

With that in mind, I wanted to quiz some of my younger coworkers on famous people that feel distinctly '90s to me and see if they A) had any clue who they were and B) would be willing to guess who they might be.

"who the HELL"
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Honestly...it was fun and stupid, and I'm so glad I asked. Let's get into it.

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1.Pauly Shore

Pauly Shore

'90s Kids Know Him As: The Weez, a lovable MTV host/comedian — and thoroughly confusing stoner type — who had a run of hit movies seemingly out of the blue. Definitely file under: You had to be there.

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THE GUESSES:

"howard stern's love child"
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2.Christian Slater

Closeup of Christian Slater

THE GUESSES:

"Jeremy, James, Jesse"
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3.Sinbad

Sinbad

THE GUESSES:

"ice t"
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4.Josh Hartnett

Josh Hartnett

THE GUESSES:

"he looks like he'd star in a surfer movie...maybe Nick?"
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5.Rider Strong

Rider Strong holding a guitar

THE GUESSES:

"john mayer pre-fame"
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6.Mya

Mya

'90s Kids Know Her As: Singer on the late '90s party jam "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)" and part of the star-studded lineup on "Lady Marmalade."

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THE GUESSES:

"scarlet the starlet!"
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7.Jonathan Taylor Thomas

Jonathan Taylor Thomas holding a puppy

'90s Kids Know Him As: The massive tween heartthrob who costarred on Home Improvement and challenged Hartnett for "most magazine features about cute boys."

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THE GUESSES:

"he looks like his name is Nicky Lacrosse"
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8.The Smashing Pumpkins

The Smashing Pumpkins

'90s Kids Know Them As: Angsty grunge-pop legends led by grumpy savant Billy Corgan, with hits like "Bullet with Butterfly Wings," "Today," "Tonight, Tonight," and many more.

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THE GUESSES:

"Cig Money"
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9.Puck from The Real World: San Francisco

Puck

'90s Kids Know Him As: The thorny Gen X prankster from The Real World: San Francisco who famously clashed with housemate and AIDS activist Pedro Zamora.

Viacom

THE GUESSES:

"idk but he was at the capitol jan. 6"
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10.Tom Green

Tom Green

'90s Kids Know Him As: Oddball comedian and actor who had a bizarre-yet-delightful MTV show, a romance with Drew Barrymore, and an ill-fated film called Freddy Got Fingered.

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THE GUESSES:

"he has the same face as kid rock"
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11.John Leguizamo

Closeup of John Leguizamo

'90s Kids Know Him As: Irrepressible actor from a series of extremely '90s projects like Romeo + Juliet, Dr. Dolittle, and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar.

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THE GUESSES:

"Big Tony who runs the best deli this side of Queens"
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12.Lara Flynn Boyle

Lara Flynn Boyle

'90s Kids Know Her As: Primarily as Donna Hayward in Twin Peaks, honestly, but it would be remiss of me not to mention her small but memorable part as Stacy in Wayne's World.

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THE GUESSES:

"Debra"
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13.Minnie Driver

Closeup of Minnie Driver

'90s Kids Know Her As: The iconic curly-hair star of classic films like Good Will Hunting and Grosse Pointe Blank (so underrated!).

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THE GUESSES:

"Celine Dion"
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14.Wendy, "The Snapple Lady"

Wendy

'90s Kids Know Her As: Wendy...the Snapple lady.

Snapple

THE GUESSES:

"Bernadette S. Napple"
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Bonus 2000s Round
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15.Clay Aiken

Clay Aiken onstage

THE GUESSES:

"It's giving ian"
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16.Justin Guarini

Justin Guarini

'00s Kids Know Him As: The runner-up in the very first American Idol — he lost to future icon Kelly Clarkson in fairness — and costar of notorious bomb From Justin to Kelly (8% on Rotten Tomatoes 😬).

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THE GUESSES:

"He looks like a michael"
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Well this was a wild ride. Anybody else you wonder if my fantastic but much younger coworkers would know?

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