Nerd culture has since elevated into geek-chic, but back in the 1990s it was still just geek.

Witness the bit about Space Camp in episode one of “That ‘90s Show,” Netflix’s spinoff of popular bygone Fox sitcom “That ‘70s Show.”

Whereas “That ‘70s Show” centered on the oft-stoned hijinks of Wisconsin teenagers Eric Forman and Donna Pinciotti, “That ‘90s Show” depicts Eric and Donna’s daughter Leia Forman spending summer 1995 with grandparents Red and Kitty Forman.

In episode one, which dropped Jan. 19 along with another four eps, Eric (still portrayed by an ageless Topher Grace) informs the family — gathered in the familiar Forman kitchen — he and Leia are “going to Huntsville, Alabama for a little father-daughter Space Camp.”

Eric is clearly more stoked than Leia is about this. Red (reprised by the fantastically gruff Kurtwood Smith) isn’t impressed either.

Eric dad-joking only makes it worse: “Houston, permission to have fun, over.” Finally Donna (as in the original series, played by the statuesque Donna Prepon) mercifully steps in. “OK, Leia, go shoot some baskets. I don’t need you to see your dad get any nerdier.”

After Leia departs for the driveway hoop clutching a basketball, Kitty (the great Debra Jo Rupp returning to her signature role), interjects some maternal advise: “Leia, doesn’t seem like she wants to go. I think she might me at that age where she needs space.”

An unfazed Eric replies, “I’m giving her Space … Camp.” You can watch the Huntsville/Space Camp clip on YouTube.

“That ‘70s Show” ran on Fox from 1998 to 2006. In addition to Grace and Prepon, Neflix’s Smith and Rupp starring spinoff will also boast guest appearance from original cast members Ashton Kutcher (as hunky doofus Michael Kelso), Mila Kunis (the sexy/superficial Jackie Burkhart) and Wilmer Valderrama (daffy exchange student Fez).

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