Best of I Love the... is the eleventh installment of the I Love the... series and a series of compilation specials composed of various clips from VH1's I Love the... series. It first aired on VH1 on February 20, 2010, with "Best of I Love the 70s" in hour 1, and ended with "Best of I Love the 90s" in hour 2.
The clips featured in these episodes were mostly easy to license. Most of the music that had been used in the clips in their original broadcasts were replaced with generic music tracks.
Commentators Commentators of I Love the '70s Commentators of I Love the '70s: Volume 2 Commentators of I Love the '80s Commentators of I Love the '80s Strikes Back Commentators of I Love the '80s 3-D Commentators of I Love the '90s Commentators of I Love the '90s: Part Deux
Best of I Love the '70s
Hour 1 Welcome Back, Kotter Kiss Shrinky Dinks Metrication in the United States The Dating Game "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd Lite-Brite Bell-bottoms Studio 54 The Hollywood Squares "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" by Rod Stewart Bedazzler Pop Rocks Josie and the Pussycats and Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space Wonder Woman Tab Ginsu Hank Aaron The Gong Show Hot pants Disco Demolition Night Rock 'n' Roll High School
Hour 2 Donny and Marie Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume 8 Track View-Master Billy Beer One Day at a Time United States Bicentennial Up In Smoke Mood ring Mister Rogers' Neighborhood "The Hustle" by Van McCoy and the dance craze Pong Leisure suit Baby Alive Password Pet Rock K-Tel Sea Monkeys CB radios The Shazam!/Isis Hour Mr. Whipple Skateboard craze Big Wheel Smokey and the Bandit
Best of I Love the '80s
Hour 1 Gremlins Miracle on Ice "Walk Like an Egyptian" by The Bangles Hungry Hungry Hippos Members Only Breakdancing and Breakin' The Day After "Land of Confusion" by Genesis Wacky WallWalker Teddy Ruxpin "Where's the beef?" "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man Big hair "Don't You Want Me" by The Human League "Just a Friend" by Biz Markie Press Your Luck Game Boy and Tetris Sunglasses 1986 World Series and the Bill Buckner fielding error "Whip It" by Devo Rubik's Cube Lee Press-On nails Back to the Future
Hour 2 Atari Richard Simmons "If I Could Turn Back Time" by Cher The party line The Royal Wedding "All Night Long (All Night)" by Lionel Richie Monster trucks Scratch and sniff and Trapper Keeper MacGyver Mullets "Pass the Dutchie" by Musical Youth Dungeons & Dragons Teen Wolf "Super Freak" by Rick James The fall of the Berlin Wall Grey Poupon Truly Tasteless Jokes Small Wonder Valley girl "Mickey" by Toni Basil My Buddy E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Best of I Love the '90s
Hour 1 Ally McBeal Raves Oakland Ebonics controversy Kenny G breaks the world record for longest note held Reality Bites The Clinton–Lewinsky scandal "The Humpty Dance" by Digital Underground Fanny packs Run Lola Run "Rico Suave" by Gerardo Mark McGwire vs. Sammy Sosa Fabio The Dream Team Moviefone Blues Traveler Provocative ads for Guess Zima Where's Waldo? "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba Supermarket Sweep Ghost
Hour 2 Melrose Place Kerri Strug Jewel Caller ID Ross Perot The Wonderbra The Caesar haircut Planet Hollywood Jenny McCarthy Dolly the sheep Energizer Bunny ThighMaster George Foreman's comeback Hootie and the Blowfish George H.W. Bush vomits on Japan's prime minister Zubaz MTV's guest VJ Jesse Camp Benedictine Monks' Chant album Starter Jackets and Pagers Singles
References
External links
I Love the '70s on VH1
I Love the '70s: Volume 2 on VH1
I Love the '80s on VH1
I Love the '80s Strikes Back on VH1
I Love the '80s 3-D on VH1
I Love the '90s on VH1
I Love the '90s: Part Deux on VH1