"Shhooooowww Meeee Thhhhee Mmmonneeeyy!!!"...This is 1996, and it's a Scream!! Whether it was Neve Campbell and Kevin Williamson making theaters everywhere safe again for horror movies...or Alanis' Jagged Little Pill shouting bloody murder for scorned lovers worldwide...you outta know that 1996 was one scary good year!

Not convinced? How 'bout Dennis Rodman in a white wedding dress? That'll keep you up nights. But Dennis wasn't the only sportsman making news in '96. A young Tiger went pro and ate the competition alive...while another man-eater, Jenny McCarthy kept teen boys up late for different reasons.

But '96 wasn't all chills and thrills, it had a warm and fuzzy side all it's own. Tickle Me Elmo had kids everywhere (and Rosie O'Donnell for some reason) giggling deliriously...while the rest of us went crazy trying to learn the Macarena. America's Funniest Home Videos made making-an-ass-of-yourself an art form and Mentos proved that the only thing worse than candy commercials are foreign candy commercials.

Still, there were many valuable lessons to be learned in 1996. The "so-money-they-don't-even-know-it" combo of Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau taught us the finer points of babe-hunting in Swingers...while Joan Osborne taught us valuable lessons in Theology (What if God Was One of Us?) The Brothers Gallagher showed us all the way to a healthier sibling relationship (see also: Bar Fights) and Independence Day rewrote the handbook for averting Alien Takeover.

Excited yet? Oh, I know...we had you at hello. Well, Come on Ride The Train but, be sure to strap yourself in because this was one Twister of a year.