#Amusement Parks

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Video thumbnail — Dippin' Dots TV Commercial (Dippin' Dots Rock!)
Food 1988–present

Dippin' Dots

Beaded "ice cream of the future" invented in 1988 by microbiologist Curt Jones, who flash-froze ice cream mix in liquid nitrogen into tiny spheres. Served in a cup and eaten with a spoon, Dippin' Dots became a quintessential 1990s amusement park and mall treat — a novelty that felt futuristic and tasted like the 90s.

Video thumbnail — ORIGINAL Mr. Six It's Playtime Six Flags Amusement Park Television Commercial (2004)
Trends 2004–2010

Mr. Six

A bald old man in a tuxedo and giant glasses shuffles off a vintage bus, the Vengaboys kick in, and suddenly he's dancing like his knees are twenty-five. Six Flags' Mr. Six made an entire country want to follow that bus to the park.