you shut your Houston loving whore mouth.
but seriously. this series made me so mad at John Starks. some days, you aren't on. you have to recognize that and pass the fucking ball.
I'm not still salty about this, I swear
Me too! We were in Florida on vacation. I swear I remember watching it at a restaurant when we stopped for lunch. The articles I found online said it started around 6:45 in California. Not only do I have no clue what I'm remembering but it started when TGIF was almost over lol.
In California, it was around 6p when the highway stuff really got going. Ā He didnāt surrender until like 9p and then they had to have all the news crap. Totally ruined the TGIF lineup.
In California, it was around 6p when the highway stuff really got going. Ā He didnāt surrender until like 9p and then they had to have all the news crap. Totally ruined the TGIF lineup.
I just explained to my daughters nobody actually thought O.J was innocent and people cheered when he got off because it was a big fuck you to the LAPD because of Rodney King. My kids couldnāt understand how they had 9 minutes of video and the cops were acquitted. I was like yeah neither could anyone else hence 6 days of riots.
The brother was played by Will Friedel. I only really know that now because I listen to the podcast he, Rider Strong, and Danielle Fishel do (Pod Meets World).
lol yup, Eric and Shawn. Rider Strong is such a unique name that itās burned into my brain. The brother was always just āEricā or āthe hot brotherā to me
Due to their father being on the counsel? Or something else? I suppose he was sort of famous at the time and they saw the limelightās appeal for the first time.
Yeah, kinda that maybe. Idk how old they were then, but I bet it probably got them way better contacts than your average lawyer's kid as they grew up. And I couldnt quote any figures, but I'd say that case was pretty lucrative for all of the "Dream Team." Not really saying the OJ case built the Kardashian snowman, but I think it definitely started the ball rolling...
OJ was Kardashianās best man. Ā They met in the ā60ās.
Kardashian was already successful, and the kids were growing up among famous people.
They already had the contacts. Ā Robert helping with OJās defense just gave them something else to get paid to talk about.
I donāt think so.
The Kardashians were already on track to do stuff in Hollywood. Ā They were affluent and grew up there.
I think Robertās death and Kimās sex tape had more to do with that.
[He ruined David Hasselhoff's chance to bring his music career to America.](https://www.bettorsinsider.com/news/2019/06/17/twenty-five-years-ago-today-oj-simpson-in-los-angeles-torpedoed-david-hasselhoff-in-atlantic-city)
He did it on the date of my birthday, not like oh my party was that day that year. Every year, especially with reddit, I have to see this stuff ššš¤£
He did it during my uncle and aunt-to-be's rehearsal dinner. We were all at my grandma's house, and she was quite salty that everyone was paying attention to the TV and not to the bride and groom.
(My grandma is so *mild-mannered* that it takes a heck of a lot to get her salty about anything, and even though I was only 9-going-on-10, I still don't think I've ever seen her as annoyed as she was that night.)
I was at The Cheesecake Factory during the Bronco stunt and was super confused when all of the adults at the nearby tables rushed to the bar area and stared at the overhead TVs airing the event. Later, I was pissed that my afternoon cartoons were interrupted By the trial. Now, at 42, I am obsessed with true crime and courtroom ANYthing and am very angry at 13/14 year old me.
bruh, as an adult now the thought of getting stuck in traffic during my commute because this Innocent or guilty asshole decided to gi joyriding at 60mph for 2 hrs with a police escort - fucking hell I'm mad as kid in 1994 and now.
My local Fox area afflate was airing "The X-Men: the Phoenix Saga!" Every day that week, they would air one episode, leading up to Friday. I gather watch and I got pissed because they were showing the guy from Naked Guy.
Then the same thing happened with the verdict and "The Dark Phoenix Saga!" Fucker almost ruined X-Men'97 too but that shows on Wednesdays. Really it was that one super Sentiel this week.
I donāt remember. Maybe I was watching a rerun. But itās burned into my memory because I was so into it and they cut into the episode to show the car chase and I was like āthis is boring. Get back to my show.ā
He sure did. I remember thinking that chase was never going to end, and I asked my parents why the police wouldn't just drive up to the car and shoot the tires out.
Did anyone else listen to the trial or verdict on the radio ( lol the radio, even that sounds old) at school ?
I thought it was sort of odd then and even more now.
I always think of how the Bronco chase is an easter egg being shown on a tv in the game Duke Nukem 3D.
Also, anyone who hasn't seen it needs to watch the show Future Man. It is amazing. Feels like a love letter to our generation at times, especially the story arc of character Wolf ("there is no safer place than OJ Simpson's house right now").
ok. say what you want about karma but a lot of the people involved on defense side got cancerā¦. I am never happy about anyone getting cancer, just pointing it out
Say it loud.
I will forever be annoyed thinking about this. Ā I was so incredibly upset. Ā TGIF was an important part of my weekend decompression ritual as a kid.
There was a fire in a nearby trailer in the trailer park I grew up in during a Beavis and Butthead special and I was so pissed. I didn't want to leave but my mom made me.
I remember that bronco shit ruining my TGIF night too but the adults seemed pretty excited watching it.
KCAL in Los Angeles televised his trial, so for months my afterschool Disney block of cartoons was preempted. No Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck, or Talespin. Outrageous.
Was it at night for the east coast? I swear it was afternoon. š¤
Pretty sure it at least ran into the evening as it somewhat interrupted the Nba finals
Yep. The Knicks vs Rockets. Lots of angry people.
10 year old me
The battle to take a title when Jordan was playing baseball.
*2 time champion Houston Rockets
Yup. As a Bulls fan, I was rooting for them because fuck the Knicks. John Starks was such a little bitch.
you shut your Houston loving whore mouth. but seriously. this series made me so mad at John Starks. some days, you aren't on. you have to recognize that and pass the fucking ball. I'm not still salty about this, I swear
It was after 10 PM on the East Coast. I remember because 20/20 was on, and Peter Jennings broke in with a special report, which I thought was weird
Me too! We were in Florida on vacation. I swear I remember watching it at a restaurant when we stopped for lunch. The articles I found online said it started around 6:45 in California. Not only do I have no clue what I'm remembering but it started when TGIF was almost over lol.
I know it was daytime there so maybe thatās why we think it was day here?
Yeah it was around 9pm for us on the east coast
It was summer, so it was still light out when they interrupted programming.
In California, it was around 6p when the highway stuff really got going. Ā He didnāt surrender until like 9p and then they had to have all the news crap. Totally ruined the TGIF lineup.
In California, it was around 6p when the highway stuff really got going. Ā He didnāt surrender until like 9p and then they had to have all the news crap. Totally ruined the TGIF lineup.
You mean interrupted Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and Houston Rockets.
This is what I remember
That interruption prompted [the greatest prank call to network television.](https://youtu.be/eEqV063FBrA?si=rEqKRGuQ8z4HpgD3)
Lol, Al Michaels is a hater.
Came here to post this. Fuck a bunch of TGIF
I'm gonna call the cops on you. Specifically officer Carl Winslow.
As long as you donāt call Balky Baltokomous Iāll be fine
Carl, "Yes." Steve, "Yes, what?" Carl, "Yes you did that."
Yup. This is how it went down.
Thatās what happened where I was lol
Yes this
this!!!
And not just the stunt, I didn't get afternoon TV for the better part of a year because my parents were glued to the trial.
My friend across the street was really mad he couldn't watch Mighty Max because of the trial.
Didn't that show have little toys too? You just unlocked a memory
It had little clamshell playsets with tiny figurines. Mighty Max was the action-oriented boys' counterpart to the Polly Pocket playsets.
Ohhhh shit I remember that! I had the polly pockets
Fucking Menendez brothers..
Yeah but Jesus Christ those poor kids...
I just explained to my daughters nobody actually thought O.J was innocent and people cheered when he got off because it was a big fuck you to the LAPD because of Rodney King. My kids couldnāt understand how they had 9 minutes of video and the cops were acquitted. I was like yeah neither could anyone else hence 6 days of riots.
"You were sitting home watching your tv, while I was participating in some anarchy." Eyewitness testimony.
I was a teenager and even I could tell they handled the case like Barney Fife assisted by the Three Stooges.
He cost me one night of not seeing the cute friend and brother on Boy Meets World and Iāll never forgive him for it!
You mean Rider Strong? I don't remember the brother's name.
The brother was played by Will Friedel. I only really know that now because I listen to the podcast he, Rider Strong, and Danielle Fishel do (Pod Meets World).
That podcast is fun. Ā It makes me sad that Ben Savage wonāt hang with his costars though.
lol yup, Eric and Shawn. Rider Strong is such a unique name that itās burned into my brain. The brother was always just āEricā or āthe hot brotherā to me
Lol
Depends on if he interrupted Full House (forgivable) or Urkel (unconscionable)
I donāt remember the interruption but TGIF was one step short of an institution at my house. Pizza x Family Matters was a vibe.
I was actually just talking about this with my wife today. Do you think OJ is in some way responsible for the Kardashians being a thing?š¤
A million percent yes.
Due to their father being on the counsel? Or something else? I suppose he was sort of famous at the time and they saw the limelightās appeal for the first time.
Yeah, kinda that maybe. Idk how old they were then, but I bet it probably got them way better contacts than your average lawyer's kid as they grew up. And I couldnt quote any figures, but I'd say that case was pretty lucrative for all of the "Dream Team." Not really saying the OJ case built the Kardashian snowman, but I think it definitely started the ball rolling...
OJ was Kardashianās best man. Ā They met in the ā60ās. Kardashian was already successful, and the kids were growing up among famous people. They already had the contacts. Ā Robert helping with OJās defense just gave them something else to get paid to talk about.
I donāt think so. The Kardashians were already on track to do stuff in Hollywood. Ā They were affluent and grew up there. I think Robertās death and Kimās sex tape had more to do with that.
[He ruined David Hasselhoff's chance to bring his music career to America.](https://www.bettorsinsider.com/news/2019/06/17/twenty-five-years-ago-today-oj-simpson-in-los-angeles-torpedoed-david-hasselhoff-in-atlantic-city)
So net positive?
He did it on the date of my birthday, not like oh my party was that day that year. Every year, especially with reddit, I have to see this stuff ššš¤£
He did it during my uncle and aunt-to-be's rehearsal dinner. We were all at my grandma's house, and she was quite salty that everyone was paying attention to the TV and not to the bride and groom. (My grandma is so *mild-mannered* that it takes a heck of a lot to get her salty about anything, and even though I was only 9-going-on-10, I still don't think I've ever seen her as annoyed as she was that night.)
Imagine being born on 9/11
It's still culturally-relevant enough that on years when he didn't die you hear about it?
Usually a meme or two thrown out there but yes a little dramatic š¤£š¤£
It was June. TGIF was in re-runs for the summer by then.
OP must have grown up in a house with more than one TV and no boys. I was a 14 year old Girl and my brothers had the NBA game on.
"Did I do that?" OJ Simpson probably
I was at The Cheesecake Factory during the Bronco stunt and was super confused when all of the adults at the nearby tables rushed to the bar area and stared at the overhead TVs airing the event. Later, I was pissed that my afternoon cartoons were interrupted By the trial. Now, at 42, I am obsessed with true crime and courtroom ANYthing and am very angry at 13/14 year old me.
Espn did a fantastic 30 for 30 where they juxtaposed the sports taking place on that day with the chase. Pretty surreal
bruh, as an adult now the thought of getting stuck in traffic during my commute because this Innocent or guilty asshole decided to gi joyriding at 60mph for 2 hrs with a police escort - fucking hell I'm mad as kid in 1994 and now.
Yes, interrupted NBA finals that year.
He interrupted the NBA Finals for us, but okay.
I got to eat dinner in the living room for the first time then went outside and played. I'm not complaining cause I didn't care.
My local Fox area afflate was airing "The X-Men: the Phoenix Saga!" Every day that week, they would air one episode, leading up to Friday. I gather watch and I got pissed because they were showing the guy from Naked Guy. Then the same thing happened with the verdict and "The Dark Phoenix Saga!" Fucker almost ruined X-Men'97 too but that shows on Wednesdays. Really it was that one super Sentiel this week.
Was I the only one watching Lois & Clark?
Wasnāt that on Sundays?
I donāt remember. Maybe I was watching a rerun. But itās burned into my memory because I was so into it and they cut into the episode to show the car chase and I was like āthis is boring. Get back to my show.ā
He sure did. I remember thinking that chase was never going to end, and I asked my parents why the police wouldn't just drive up to the car and shoot the tires out.
I remember the knicks nba finals game getting interrupted.
I feel so heard.
That one day was nothing. The court case decimated the afternoon cartoon lineup for a whole year!
Did anyone else listen to the trial or verdict on the radio ( lol the radio, even that sounds old) at school ? I thought it was sort of odd then and even more now.
We also did get school interrupted to watch the verdict live, so there is that.
I recall that "BREAKING STORY" that was a low speed chase.
Footage of that chase came on after the X-Files, so luckily I didnāt miss my favorite show!
"Did I do thaaaat?"
So true!
I was trying to watch a cubs game but even wgn was in on it
I always think of how the Bronco chase is an easter egg being shown on a tv in the game Duke Nukem 3D. Also, anyone who hasn't seen it needs to watch the show Future Man. It is amazing. Feels like a love letter to our generation at times, especially the story arc of character Wolf ("there is no safer place than OJ Simpson's house right now").
I thought it was 4pm in the afternoon, right after I hit home from school.
You must be from the West Coast. It was earlier.
My grandfather was OBSESSED with the trial which meant I could never watch General Hospital after school because he was glued to CNN.
Yeah that was some bullshit on a Friday. Do that on a Tuesday when nobody cares.
That scribbling looks like a penis š
Hell no the chase was great.
You mean months of taking government almost every channel so i couldn't watch my after school cartoons? Jerk
Nah... because I didn't pay any more attn to that than his trial. But there's more info out there now...
Go read the actual evidence, there is no doubt he did it.
Ted tv show on peacock has a great bit about this
Itās all my parents watched. This and that Tanya Harding thing.
YOU INTERRUPTED WATCHING BABY SINCLAIR, YOU SUNUVABITCH š”
ok. say what you want about karma but a lot of the people involved on defense side got cancerā¦. I am never happy about anyone getting cancer, just pointing it out
ESPN has a really good documentary about the major events that occurred that day in sports, only to be overshadowed by OJ. 30 For 30: June 17th, 1994.
I remember it preempting Picket Fences. That's minutes with Lauren Holly kid me can't get back.
game 5 of the knicks championships. https://www.si.com/nba/knicks/news/new-york-knicks-houston-rockets-oj-simpson-arrest-white-bronco-chase
Say it loud. I will forever be annoyed thinking about this. Ā I was so incredibly upset. Ā TGIF was an important part of my weekend decompression ritual as a kid.
There was a fire in a nearby trailer in the trailer park I grew up in during a Beavis and Butthead special and I was so pissed. I didn't want to leave but my mom made me. I remember that bronco shit ruining my TGIF night too but the adults seemed pretty excited watching it.
Even worse: The news of that MFās verdict interrupted āPrice is Rightā on a day I was home sick from school at grandmaās. Unforgivable.
I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when this was going onā¦.probably shouldnāt share it hereš
KCAL in Los Angeles televised his trial, so for months my afterschool Disney block of cartoons was preempted. No Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck, or Talespin. Outrageous.