The 1990s could be very good for performers, be they an actor, musician, comedian, or athlete, provided they could break through into the mainstream. Pop culture at that point was still mostly a monoculture, meaning most everyone was subject to the same handful of TV channels, major-label music, venue-headlining comics, and superstars of just a few major sports leagues. Because so many eyeballs were on so few things, entertainment and being a public figure paid very well. A hit sitcom, smash-hit single, or significant fan following could garner a celebrity millions of dollars and leave them set for life.

Be that as it may, the 1990s are now a long way off, and the decade and its pop cultural contributions are fading into the past and the distant collective memory. Many of the era's most d

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