Just so you don't have to do the homework for my last toot:
1978: JVC sells first VHS recorder.
1994: Dumb and Dumber out.
1997: Ally McBeal first aired.
1999: 10 gigabyte hard disks widely available.
2001: Bram Cohen introduces Bittorrent.
2002: final Ally McBeal episode first aired.
2003: 30% of Dutch households have broadband.
2003: US DVD rentals exceed VHS rentals.
2004: 25% of all internet traffic is Bittorrent.
2006: IT Crowd's first joke about Ally McBeal's co-ed toilets.