-Welcome back, everybody.
One of our writers, Karen Chee, is 25 years old.
So every now and then,
we like to see exactly how much she knows about the past.
So it's time once again for a segment we call
"What Does Karen Know?"
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Hi, Karen.
-Hi. How are you?
-I'm good. I miss you very much.
I hope you're feeling healthy and safe.
-I am, thank you. I miss you too.
Are you also healthy?
-I am healthy and I am safe.
And I'm very excited to see if you know some of these things
from the past that I remember very well,
but you might not have any frame of reference for.
So I'm just going throw up the first picture.
Karen, do you know who this is?
-Um, no.
But they just look -- Are they famous?
They just look like normal people.
-You'd think. You'd think.
But they are -- Well, I should say
for a very brief period of time, they were super famous.
What do you think they were famous for?
-Are they a band?
-Yes, they are a band.
-They were famous --
They are the people who invented the Rachel,
the haircut in the '90s?
-No, no, but around the same time.
They had one very famous song,
and I'm going to give you the beginning of the title.
Mmm. -Okay.
-Mmm. -Mmm.
-They're brothers.
Would it help if I told you they're brothers?
-Um, no.
Is the title something I would know?
-It's "MMMBop."
-Oh, no. [ Laughs ]
-Okay, Karen, you're looking at a band called Hanson.
And Hanson were brothers.
And they had a song called "MMMBop,"
which very strangely was about, if I remember correctly,
sort of lost love, despite the fact that they were all,
I don't know, like 12 years old maybe and younger.
But it was -- They were a big deal.
Alright, you're 0 for 1, Karen. -That's too bad.
They were so sad, so young. -Yeah.
They seem very happy in the song,
but the lyrics didn't quite match.
Anyways, it's an upbeat song.
And I think we could all "MMMBop" our way
through this quarantine.
Alright, moving on. Karen, here's your next photo.
Do you know who that is? -Oh, God.
No. Oh, my God.
Like a Halloween figure?
-That is the Crypt Keeper.
The Crypt Keeper was the host of a television show,
a horror anthology show called "Tales from the Crypt"
that was on HBO, I believe.
-Okay. -And you know what?
He had a sense of humor, the Crypt Keeper.
And he wasn't quite as scary as you thought.
He liked a good pun.
And all things considered, I think,
if you could get by his looks,
the two of you would probably get along pretty well.
-Oh, that's a little bit mean. Okay.
[ Laughter ] Thank you.
-Oh, no, you fully judged a book by its cover
and I just expect more from your generation.
-Yeah, I looked at it and I was like,
"I don't want to be friends with that."
-You'd really like him.
Here's another historical figure of great note.
Do you know who that is, Karen?
-No.
But it looks like he's in trouble.
-He is on the stand, but this is after the trouble.
His name was John Bobbitt.
Do you know who that is?
-No, I don't think so. John Bobbitt?
-He and his wife had some marital trouble.
It's hard to explain.
Sometimes when a man and woman love each other very much
and they have a fight -- You know what?
I think it's maybe better --
Why don't you later just Google the Bobbitts?
-Okay. Is there a murder?
-No. Everybody -- insanely, everybody -- everybody is okay.
Alright. You did fairly well. Fairly well, Karen.
-Yeah, thank you.
Now I have photos that I'm going to show you
that you haven't seen before.
-Okay.
-Do you know who this is?
-I don't know who that is.
I don't have any --
I mean, it could -- I mean, it looks like --
you know, like it's sprung from the artistic tree of "Cathy,"
but that's -- that's not who that is.
-No. I don't know what that -- Okay.
So basically what this is, is -- it's Lizzie McGuire.
It's the cartoon version of Lizzie McGuire.
-Gotcha. And Lizzie McGuire was played by...?
-Hilary Duff.
-Oh, okay. That makes sense.
Alright, 0 for 1.
-Okay. Yeah. That's okay.
Solid zero percent.
Okay, do you know who this is?
-Well, it's -- it's obviously a baseball video game.
But it's definitely -- Why is it different?
'Cause it does seem like not a hyper-realistic baseball game.
-No. It's a perfect game.
It's called "Backyard Baseball."
And it was part of the series called Backyard Sports.
And it was a computer game -- and it's like the best game.
The character you see right there is called Pablo Sanchez.
And he's, like, the G.O.A.T.
He is so good at every sport
and you always want him on your team.
-And what computer system would you play it on?
-I think we had, like, this large gray PC.
And I always had computer time, 30 minutes a week,
so I would get to pick which half hour of the week I wanted.
And I would sit down and use the computer.
-That's fantastic.
I think in quarantine rules,
parents are giving their kids a full 30 hours a week.
-Okay.
So we know this actress is Elaine Hendrix
and she's legendary, but do you know what role she's playing?
-Is that like from "Gossip Girl" or something?
-No!
It's from "The Parent Trap."
-Oh. So that's the Lindsay Lohan version?
-Yeah. It's the best "Parent Trap."
I have not seen the older one and I don't care for it.
-[ Laughs ]
Alright. Well, obviously, we're trying to find things to watch.
I will try very hard to find time for this new "Parent Trap."
-[ Laughing ] It's not new anymore.
It's very old.
It's very good.
-Alright. Still, it's not my "Parent Trap."
Give it up for Karen Chee, everybody.
This has been "What Does Karen Know?"