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Even though they'll be playing in the postseason for the second year in a row, the Cincinnati Bengals have not won a playoff game since the 1990 season. Which got us thinking… what exactly was the world like the last time the Bengals found postseason success? The last time the Bengals won a playoff game…
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1 / 10 The "Ickey Shuffle" was all the rage in Cincinnati. Al Behrman 2 / 10 George H.W. Bush was president of the United States. George W. Bush was a part-owner of the Texas Rangers. Associated Press 3 / 10 Ghost was the highest grossing movie of the year, and Macaulay Culkin was Home Alone for the first time. Paramount Pictures/Twentieth Century Fox 4 / 10 Andy Dalton was three years old. A.J. Green was two. Associated Press/Special to NFL.com 5 / 10 "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips was the #1 Hot 100 Single on Billboard. Kristen Wiig, who brought the song back to relevance in Bridesmaids, was wrapping up high school in 1990. Sam Jones/Associated Press 6 / 10 1990 was Chris Farley's first year on SNL. Justin Sutcliffe/Associated Press 7 / 10 Pete Carroll was the defensive coordinator of the New York Jets. National Football League 8 / 10 We still couldn't touch MC Hammer. "U Can't Touch This" came out in January of 1990. Sam Jones/Associated Press/AP1991 9 / 10 The Hubble Telescope launched. NASA 10 / 10 The Simpsons aired for the first time in 1990. 20th Century Fox Advertising This Ad will close in 3Advertising
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1 / 10 The "Ickey Shuffle" was all the rage in Cincinnati. Al Behrman 
2 / 10 George H.W. Bush was president of the United States. George W. Bush was a part-owner of the Texas Rangers. Associated Press 
2 / 10 George H.W. Bush was president of the United States. George W. Bush was a part-owner of the Texas Rangers. Associated Press 
3 / 10 Ghost was the highest grossing movie of the year, and Macaulay Culkin was Home Alone for the first time. Paramount Pictures/Twentieth Century Fox 
4 / 10 Andy Dalton was three years old. A.J. Green was two. Associated Press/Special to NFL.com 
5 / 10 "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips was the #1 Hot 100 Single on Billboard. Kristen Wiig, who brought the song back to relevance in Bridesmaids, was wrapping up high school in 1990. Sam Jones/Associated Press 
6 / 10 1990 was Chris Farley's first year on SNL. Justin Sutcliffe/Associated Press 
7 / 10 Pete Carroll was the defensive coordinator of the New York Jets. National Football League 
8 / 10 We still couldn't touch MC Hammer. "U Can't Touch This" came out in January of 1990. Sam Jones/Associated Press/AP1991 
9 / 10 The Hubble Telescope launched. NASA 
10 / 10 The Simpsons aired for the first time in 1990. 20th Century Fox Advertising This Ad will close in 3 Advertising