Press "Enter" to skip to content

Toy Story and Tamagotchis! This Week in History: November 18-24


gotta get back in time welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be opening
up our time capsule to tell you what
happened this week in history
November 18th to the 24th before we
begin we publish new content every day
so be sure to subscribe to our Channel
and ring the bell to get notified about
our latest videos for this list we’re
scouring our memory banks and the
history books to find five interesting
stories that’ll make you ask when did I
get so old be sure to keep an eye on our
community tab to vote for your favorite
memories on upcoming episodes for this
episode like two hundred and eighty
thousand of you guys voted so thanks
keep them coming
twenty-five years ago Robin Williams
introduces the world to mrs. Doubtfire
November twenty fourth nineteen ninety
three allow us to set the stage it was
November 1993 Pierce Brosnan was two
years away from becoming the next James
Bond mara Wilson was just the most
adorable little child star and mrs.
Doubtfire was the number one movie in
America we close any closer in the weeks
to come
this hit comedy secured its place as the
second biggest film of the year right
behind Jurassic Park its success would
extend from the box office to the Award
scene where picked up two Golden Globes
and an Oscar for makeup effects nearly
twenty years later it was announced that
a sequel was officially in development
although the project was cancelled
following Robin Williams untimely death
in 2014
Taddy yeah it’s me 23 years ago
woody meets Buzz Lightyear November 22nd
1995 23 years before Ralph breaks the
internet came crashing into theaters the
first fully computer animated film went
to infinity and beyond
but judging by the fact that over half
of you voted for this story you probably
already knew that
although Pixar had only dabbled in
shorts up to this point their first
animated feature was a runaway success
becoming the highest-grossing film of
1995 and we’re
a special achievement Oscar that wasn’t
flying that was falling with style in
addition to forever changing animation
characters like Woody and Buzz Lightyear
would become childhood staples watching
the film today we can’t help but
experience the same nostalgic sentiment
and II felt in Toy Story 3 which came
out a decade and a half later however it
wouldn’t be the franchise’s final
curtain as Toy Story 4 is set to come
out in 2019 22 years ago
Tamagotchi distracts children from their
schoolwork November 23rd 1996 if you
think the Nintendo DS’s old-school
you’re probably too young to remember
Tamagotchi with its basic graphics retro
design and keychain size this toy must
look like a dinosaur egg to the iPad
Tamagotchi
the original virtual reality pen
nevertheless these digital pets took the
world by storm in the late 90s selling
over 80 million units and inspiring
competitors like giga pet and digimon if
you were growing up at the time your
entire world revolved around taking care
of this virtual creature until you got
bored and let it die they might have
ended up buried away in the back of a
closet but we’ll always remember a
simpler time when Tamagotchis were
cooler than cell phones
14 years ago Nintendo doubles the fun
with the dual screen DS November 21st
2004 believe it or not there was a time
when we thought the Game Boy Advance was
the pinnacle of handheld gaming so you
can imagine how blown away players were
when the Nintendo DS hit the market with
its multiple screens stylus pen and the
most impressive graphics we get to see
on a portable console with ports of
Super Mario 64 and Diddy Kong Racing it
was like we were playing an n64 game on
the go 14 years after its launch the D s
remains history’s second best-selling
game system
right after Sony’s PlayStation 2
obviously the big end would never be
able to top themselves
now what’s this Nintendo switch oh wow
25 years ago Nirvana records MTV
Unplugged
in New York November 18 1993 no band
defined the Seattle sound like Nirvana
in many respects this live album marked
the beginning of the end for the grunge
era good evening
following two days of intense rehearsing
Nirvana recorded their performance for
MTV Unplugged at New York’s Sony Studios
primarily playing their more obscure
songs and covers of other artists at the
request of frontman Kurt Cobain the
stage was decorated quote like a funeral
less than six months later Cobain
committed suicide at his Seattle
Washington home when the album was
released posthumously in November of
1994 it topped the Billboard 200 and
eventually won the Grammy for Best
alternative music album although grunge
music would decline in popularity soon
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and be sure to subscribe and ring the
bell to be notified about our latest videos
Please follow and like us: