JERRY: “Oh, gee, I can’t talk right now. Why don’t you give me your home number and I’ll call you later.”

TELEMARKETER: “Uh, I’m sorry, we’re not allowed to do that.”

JERRY: “Oh, I guess you don’t want people calling you at home.”

TELEMARKETER: “Uh, no.”

JERRY: “Well, now you know how I feel.” [Audience laughter]

"Seinfeld" was, in the words of its creator, a "show about nothing." But Jerry and his friends Elaine, George and Kramer managed to find plenty of humor in life's everyday problems and situations.

(MUSIC: "The Simpsons")

Another popular show in the nineties was the animated series "The Simpsons," which like "Seinfeld" premiered in nineteen eighty-nine. New episodes of "The Simpsons" -- Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie -- continued into the twenty-first century.

(MUSIC "Titanic")

ELDERLY SURVIVOR: “Titanic was called the ship of dreams. And it was; it really was.”

JACK DAWSON (LEONADO DiCAPRIO): “All right, open your eyes.”

The nineteen ninety-seven film "Titanic" became the first movie to reach one billion dollars in ticket sales at theaters worldwide.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet arrive at the 1998 Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California

​​JACK DAWSON: “You never know what hand you’re going to get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes at you.”