We're not making fun of styles here, because there really isn't that great a difference from today to 1995 -- except for that girl wearing the vest on the far right; and they'd all be wearing Uggs while listening to their iPod and talking on their cell phones.

These, however, are surely the most ridiculous two sentences in the entire book: "This Ricki Lake show's topic, 'My Boyfriend is Sleeping with my Sister,' was a humorous display of our right to freedom of speech. The students enjoyed the time they could share laughing at the 'problems' displayed daily on talk shows."

Granted the mid-90s were the pinnacle of unfortunate talk shows, but it still pains me to realize this was entertainment at which we could laugh, and put quote marks around the word problems, as if to imply they aren't real concerns.

To say nothing of the random mention of the First Amendment.

When students couldn't catch their favorite shows they had friends "tape" them on something called a "VCR." These poor kids didn't have TiVo?

Big shows of the day included All My Children, Days of Our Lives, Friends, Seinfeld and ER.

For television in Auburn in 1953 click here and here.

For an outstanding recollection of the first television in Auburn try my friend Jeremy Henderson.

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