Feeling nostalgic? Do you wish you could travel back in time and experience meaningful moments again? Well, until time machines are invented (which is only a matter of…time! See what we did there!?) there’s not much you can do. Or is there? You could take a cue from celebrities and recreate those happy days again. Whether they’re reminiscing about vacations with their young children or are just thinking fondly of their own youthful days, here are 12 famous people who have posted “before and after” photos taken decades apart. 

The Cast of Boy Meets World

When Ben Savage, Rider Strong, Danielle Fishel and Will Friedle first starred in the coming-of-age sitcom on ABC, they were all in middle school. The show lasted 7 seasons and took the cast all the way through their first year of college. Fast forward almost 30 years and the only thing that’s changed is that Savage subsequently vowed to never smile his mouth open ever again. Not really. We’re just making that up.  

Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Mario Lopez

Another nostalgic, school-centered 90s show, Saved By the Bell is a show that both Gen-Xers and Millennials can agree on. Gosselaar as Zack Morris was the ma in protagonist, while Lopez played A.C. Slater, a buff Latino heartthrob. Both have reprised their roles in the 2020, with Morris now the governor of California and Slater the PE teacher and football coach at Bayside High. 

Kelly Ripa

Named one of the Most Powerful People in Media in 2014, the co-host of Live! with Kelly and Ryan was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2016. She’s been married to fellow actor Mark Consuelos, with whom she has three children. Here she is with the kiddies on the beach back in the early 2000s and again more recently.

Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis

The veteran actresses starred together in the 1991 chick flick Thelma and Louise, for which they were both nominated for Best Actress, the last film to date to hold the distinction of having two lead actors in the same movie nominated in the same category. The film features the two taking a selfie long before that became a thing everybody was doing. Fast forward to today, and they’re still doing it. 

Kiernan Shipka and January Jones

Starring on the AMC series Mad Men from 2007 until 2015, Jones played Don Draper’s ex-wife Betty while Shipka played their daughter Sally. The two photos were taken almost a decade apart. 

Nick Lachey

The former member of the boy band 98 Degrees and ex-husband of pop singer Jessica Simpson still remains involved in the music industry, currently hosting American’s Most Musical Family on the Disney Channel, as well as co-host of the Netflix show Love is Blind alongside his wife Vanessa.