Submitted by MJSMFANFOREVER, groovemaster.

Unofficially, we’ll call this 90s Music Video Tuesday. Don’t count on it becoming a trend or anything, unless you beg me to make it one. Then we’ll see what I can do. Anyway. Deee-Lite. You remember them. Well, you remember this song. There is a good chance you don’t remember anything about the group itself. This was their one big hit: “Groove is in the heeeaaa-ah-ah-ah-ahrt.” The song is a prime example of funky 90s dance music, and the video is a prime example of over-saturated 90s music videos. My personal favorite part is at the very beginning: The white fur coat, the gibberish French, and the echo of “Deee-Lite…lite…lite…”

Submitted by Kabuki K, customer service expert.

I ran across this video while watching the “Grill Skills” video of your nostalgia section. I’ve been sitting watching this thing and I have to admit it’s hilarious. Having worked in retail in the past, I also have to admit that it’s scary, since the video here is DEAD ON about how some customers act. There’s a good bit of comedy in this, which makes it a WIN, and not just a post about the old Nintendo

The customer is always right? Well, anyone who works retail can tell you that isn’t true. It’s fun to see just how wrong people can be, though. And that’s what we’re all about here at Once Upon a Win: Laughter at the expense of others. What? No, I mean…What we’re all about epic WINS from the past, of course!

Yes, nostalgia fans, Monday WTF is upon us again. Please feel free to leave suggestions for next week’s edition in the comments.

Submitted by Saywhat?, owner of gold sequined gloves.

Fearless lipsynching? Check! Spazzy dancing (including The Worm and The Mime)? Check! Incredibly dramatic facial expressions? Check! Great ’80s fashion? Check! High WTF factor? Check! I think we should pass this video around the internet and, if all is right in this world, endless parody videos (à la “Single Ladies”) will begin popping up.

Happy Holidays, Once Upon a Winners! As we get closer to Christmas, many of us may begin experiencing a stirring of holiday-tinted nostalgia. Childhood presents, delicious feasts, drunken office parties. As a way of celebrating all that is kitschy and fun about Christmastime, we are holding a Hideous Christmas Sweater Contest!

Send pictures of your favorite (or most embarrassing) tacky Christmas sweater from years past. Or send in pictures of that family member you’d particularly like to embarrass wearing something similar (or dare I say: even worse?!) to the Christmas couture pictured above.

As you know, Once Upon a Win deals in epic WINS from the past, so we suggest digging through those old photo boxes in the attic that haven’t been opened in 10 years for the really nostalgic fashions.

The contest will run for a week. We will be accepting submissions through December 28th, 2009. We will choose our favorites from your submission and post before all the snow has melted.

Have fun, good luck, and happy holidays!

Contest ends at 12:01 a.m. on December 29th, 2009

Email submissions to: onceuponawin@gmail.com

Submitted by Shannon S, not included (along with dolls, fashions, and batteries):

Just a guess: The novelty of this commercial has outlasted the actual dollhouse, itself. Even if the quality may seem a bit shoddy, every girl (and perhaps some of the boys) I knew wanted one of these things when the commercials hit the air in 1992. It was perfectly portable, which meant you could take it over to your friends’ and play. Or drag it along on long family road trips. And how ’bout that jingle?! Not really very catchy, is it? However, listening to it now, I am transported back in time, as I recall it playing during every commercial break on Nickelodeon.