Today marks the 20th anniversary of the premiere of Party of Five, and as you can clearly see from the amazing behind-the-scenes video above: The roller-brush hair dryer has been around longer!
How else would you explain Scott Wolf and Matthew Fox's magnificently and perfectly curled-under bangs?
You guys. Why do I not remember this being a thing?! Hot guys with Dorothy Hamill hair? And we all SWOONED!
Anyway, to celebrate the 20th birthday of the beloved Salinger clan, we dug up our behind-the-scenes footage of E!'s very first set visit to Party of Five in 1994, and it is exquisite. For starters, everyone should know that Matthew Fox, Scott Wolf and Neve Campbell have not really aged in two decades, and clearly must have some sort of pact with the devil. And the hair. It's awesome.
For you who don't remember (and aren't ancient like moi), Party of Five aired on Fox from 1994 – 2000 and launched the careers of Matthew, Scott, Neve and also Jennifer Love Hewitt and Lacey Chabert.
But it was really all about: THE TEARS. Every single damn episode, we fans would cry our ever-living guts out because, not only were these five kids trying just trying to move on after the tragic passing of their parents in a car crash (they were the original Elena and Jeremy Gilbert—mmmkay?), but Charlie (Matthew Fox) batted cancer, Bailey (Scott Wolf) battled alcoholism, Julia (Neve Campbell) dealt with domestic violence and our hearts were never the same.
Party of Five was never a huge ratings hit, but it had a hardcore fan following, and was the surprise winner in 1996 for the Golden Globe for Best Drama, making it one of the lowest-rated shows ever to win the award.
So, a tip of the hat to the good ol' Salinger clan. And a tip of our curling iron to Scott and Matthew, who never looked more ridiculous/adorable.