Felicity Pilot: The Most '90s Moments
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Felicity getting information about the University of New York through the mail
The postal service was a big part of our lives back then, kids.
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Ben scamming his way into college by writing an essay about his fake brother
"UNY" would sniff that out in a hot second on social media.
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Ben's Parker Lewis Can't Lose paisley shirt
Oh, who are we kidding? He totally pulls it off.
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Her mom documenting her high school graduation with a camcorder
Hope she's gotten that transferred to digital since then.
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The professor's old-school chalkboard
Back in my day, before whiteboards and touchscreens, we had to choke on chalk dust in order to get an education.
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Felicity's dad's whole look
The boxy blazer, the loud patterned tie, the swooping hair... he looks like a male model in a JCPenney catalog from 1995.
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Felicity's "Dear Sally" tape-recorded messages
Felicity famously communicated with her beloved French tutor by mailing her (!) cassette tapes (!!) that she poured her heart and soul into. These days, though, wouldn't they just Skype?
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Felicity's cavernous freshman dorm room
Ah, the days when TV shows could give college students an unrealistically gigantic dorm room and not get roasted on Twitter for it.
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Noel envisioning a great life for Felicity that includes "four phone lines in your home"
Wow, fancy!
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Her guidance counselor's office... with no discernable computer
He has plenty of lamps for proper mood lighting, though.
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Julie's neon hair clips
Almost certainly purchased at a Claire's near campus.
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Julie's hand-written note to Felicity
Nowadays she'd just text her an emoji.
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Felicity calling her parents on a touchtone landline
The curly cord matches her hair, actually.
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Felicity legitimately not knowing a thing about her roommate Meghan, even after moving in
Back then, college freshmen just slept next to complete strangers. It's kind of terrifying, when you stop and think about it.
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Felicity's mini leather backpack
Actually, these are back in style again! (God, I'm old.)
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Noel's fondness for Swingers-era bowling shirts
This trend didn't age as well, sadly. And the "Bad Kern" T-shirt marks him as a dork in any era.
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Noel's floppy, Hugh Grant hairdo
He and Ben both had serious 90210-style sideburns, too.
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Felicity snooping in Ben's student file to learn more about him
It's printed on actual paper! This was the pre-Internet version of cyberstalking... which was just stalking, I guess.
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Felicity getting stuck with a terrible school photo
She couldn't see what it looked like, or even ask them to take another one. Film costs money, young lady!
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Felicity worrying about having to pay for college "a decade after I graduate"
Ha! That's a best-case scenario. The real NYU now costs more than 50 grand a year. You'll be lucky if your grandkids manage to pay it off.
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A New York City street with only a few visible bags of trash on the sidewalk
Thanks, Mayor Giuliani!
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Felicity going to Ben's apartment in person to yell at him
Couldn't she just have sent him a nasty text, or refused to like his Instagram posts?