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Commentary: Scrunchies, TLC and me. How ’90s Con helped me understand ’90s nostalgia

I was onstage, the pressure mounting. Across from me, Melissa Joan Hart, star of “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” glared, willing me to fail. Finally, I said “scrunchies?” The crowd burst into cheers. This was not some fever dream brought on by watching too much Disney+. This was part of my very real experience participating in a trivia contest at the recent ’90s Con in Hartford, Connecticut. As ...
Rider Strong attends the "Safe Spaces" screening during Tribeca Film Festival at Village East Cinema on April 29, 2019, in New York.

I was onstage, the pressure mounting.

Across from me, Melissa Joan Hart, star of “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” glared, willing me to fail.

Finally, I said “scrunchies?”

The crowd burst into cheers.

This was not some fever dream brought on by watching too much Disney+. This was part of my very real experience participating in a trivia contest at the recent ’90s Con in Hartford, Connecticut.

As one of the actors on the ABC sitcom “Boy Meets

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