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re: Pretty Fly for a White Guy

Posted on 12/29/25 at 1:11 pm to
Posted by Chicken
Jackassistan
Member since Aug 2003
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Posted on 12/29/25 at 1:11 pm to
Anyone else like the song "I Choose"?
Posted by madmaxvol
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Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 12/29/25 at 1:12 pm to
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For a year? I Barely remember her.



Per Wikipedia - The Ricki Lake show ran from 1992-2004 (2,420 episodes) and then had a revival show from 2012-2013.
Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
41672 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 1:12 pm to
No, Rickie Lake was popular all throughout the 90s. Definitely more than a year.
Posted by muttenstein
Member since Oct 2012
3043 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 1:15 pm to
quote:

The Offspring completely sold out with that album and that shitass song.


Please expand. Great song, IMO.
Posted by bbap
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2006
96880 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 1:19 pm to
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You are right. Lasted about one year. Still bizarre..


lol wut
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
89666 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 1:20 pm to
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Anyone know why Rickie Lake is featured. Obscure reference.w


do you know what year this song came out?
Posted by Aguga
Member since Aug 2021
3757 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 1:21 pm to
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Rickie Lake


FAF. Great show for many years too.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
89104 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 1:22 pm to
quote:

Rickie Lake


FAF.


wut?

Posted by muttenstein
Member since Oct 2012
3043 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 1:25 pm to
So why not Oprah.
Posted by Aguga
Member since Aug 2021
3757 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 1:26 pm to
quote:

wut?


Like an A350.
Posted by muttenstein
Member since Oct 2012
3043 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 1:30 pm to
Why is this controversial? Lame people = lame topics.
Posted by Nutriaitch
Montegut
Member since Apr 2008
10642 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 1:39 pm to
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So why not Oprah.


the easy answer is that Oprah doesn't rhyme with any of the other lyrics.

and listen to the song.
a lame white dude trying to be cool wouldn't go on Oprah, he'd go on Ricki Lake.

it was released in '98, so likely written a year or two before which would have been right around Ricki Lake show's peak in popularity.
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
32786 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 1:42 pm to
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Why?

quote:

Pretty Fly for a White Guy

quote:

Great video
Posted by Bard
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Member since Oct 2008
58008 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 1:52 pm to
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For a year?




The song, Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) by The Offspring, hit the charts in 1998. Ricki Lake's first show ran from from 1993-2004, putting the release of the song right in the middle of her run. At one point, her show was 2nd only to Oprah's.
Posted by Wolfhound45
Member since Nov 2009
126511 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 1:57 pm to
quote:

Great video.
Posted by WheyCheddar
Member since Aug 2024
1224 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 2:10 pm to
He smoked all the pots
Posted by PJinAtl
Atlanta
Member since Nov 2007
14057 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 2:22 pm to
quote:

Anyone know why Rickie Lake is featured

I seem to remember David Letterman saying that the fishing was pretty good on Ricki Lake.
Posted by redstick13
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Member since Feb 2007
40475 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 2:25 pm to
Posted by Floating Change Up
Member since Dec 2013
12887 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 3:08 pm to
quote:

It is possible.


Posted by MardiGrasCajun
Dirty Coast, MS
Member since Sep 2005
5963 posts
Posted on 12/29/25 at 4:00 pm to
quote:

Offspring


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