Explores a century of American crazes and offers a look at the major historical events of each decade.

Here today, gone tomorrow -- Dance 'til you drop : the roaring twenties -- Playing through hard times : the depression & war years -- Phone booths & cereal box prizes : the fabulous fifties -- Flower power : the wild and crazy sixties -- Mood rings & disco dancers : the "me" decade -- Cabbage Patch Kids & Thriller videos : the have-it-all years -- Flashmobs & facebook : the milennium.