Start your drive home with Kannon and the Throwback Three at Three, where we feature the top three songs of any given year and throw it back to good times, great music and amazing memories! Do you remember what your were doing back in 2000? Because we sure don't.
Can you believe how much the dollar has changed?
The price of Russet Potatoes, 5 pounds in 2000: 79 cents
The price of a Dell Dimension computer, 64 MB, with the monitor: $899.00
The price of a Samsung MP3 player: $399.00
The price of a Sony Playstation: $299.00
The cost of a Superbowl ad in 2000: $2,200,000
How many of you ended up with a name off this list:
Did you use this back in the 00?
“I have nipples Greg, could you milk me?”
– Robert De Nero in Meet The Parents
Do you remember these iconic people from 2000:
In 2000 Time Magazine’s Man of the Year was George W. Bush. Time Magazine also listed Albert Einstein as The Person of the Century. In 2000 Heather French from Maysville, Kentucky was nominated as Miss America and Lynnette Cole from Tennessee was nominated as Miss USA. Did you know Did you ever find yourself crushing on any of these heartthrobs from 2000:
Did you know all these cool things happened in 2000:
-2000 was the first year Martin Luther King Jr. Day was officially observed in all 50 states.
-In the year 2000, Heinz introduced colored ketchup products called EZ Squirt, which eventually included green (2000), purple (2001), mystery (pink, orange, or teal, 2002), and blue (2003).
-All arcade games imported into North America from 1989 to 2000 had the following FBI slogan included into their attract mode: “Winners Don’t Use Drugs”.
-In the year 2000, about 37 percent of Earth’s land area was agricultural land.
-In 2000 a mining company in Mexico discovered a cave filled with giant crystals under the Sierra de Naica Mountain.
-Bicycle, Jacks, Jump Rope, Mr. Potato Head and Slinky were all inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in the year 2000.
Here's the top 10 movies of 2000:
1. How The Grinch Stole Christmas
2. Cast Away
3. Mission Impossible II
4. Gladiator
5. What Women Want
6. The Perfect Storm
7. Meet The Parents
8. X-Men
9. Scary Movie
10. What Lies Beneath
And the top 10 t.v. shows of 2000:
1. Survivor: The Australian Outback (CBS)
2. ER (NBC)
3. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (ABC)
4. Friends (NBC)
5. Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
6. NFL Monday Night Football (ABC)
7. The Practice (ABC)
8. CSI (CBS)
9. Law & Order (NBC)
10. Will & Grace (NBC)
Did you know they were born in 2000?
1. Halle Bailey, Singer & Actress
2. Noah Cyrus, Singer
3. Zion Williamson, NBA Player
4. Yara Shahidi, Actress & Model
5. Jazz Jennings, LGBTQ Rights Activist & TV personality
6. Willow Smith, Singer
7. Gabby Barrett, Singer