20th Century Pop!
157 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 17 ratings20TH CENTURY POP! is a podcast that tries to understand the present by living in the past. Each episode hosts Bob and Tim take a sociological look at the pop culture of the '80s and '90s. Its a ruining of their childhood that hopefully explains how they became adults.
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#105 – WORKING GIRL, FERRIS BUELLER & UNCLE BUCK: THE SERIES
November 14, 2019 08:30 - 1 hour - 76.2 MBBINGE AND PODCAST: “Uncle Buck the series, that’s not right.” (1990) While most of us in this modern age prefer streaming our entertainment at home, there was a time when we looked forward to piling into the family station wagon, stocking up on Kit Kats and checking out the big-screen exploits of John Candy. The 1990s were a big movie-going era and, in an attempt to replicate that endeavor, networks took some of these cinematic hits and transmogrified them into weekly programming. But ...
105 WORKING GIRL, FERRIS BUELLER & UNCLE BUCK: THE SERIES
November 14, 2019 08:30 - 1 hour - 76.2 MBBINGE AND PODCAST: “Uncle Buck the series, that’s not right.” (1990) While most of us in this modern age prefer streaming our entertainment at home, there was a time when we looked forward to piling into the family station wagon, stocking up on Kit Kats and checking out the big-screen exploits of John Candy. The 1990s were a big movie-going era and, in an attempt to replicate that endeavor, networks took some of these cinematic hits and transmogrified them into weekly programming. But ...
#104 – THE SEARCH FOR HOUDINI & OTHER POP CULTURE GHOST STORIES
October 31, 2019 07:41 - 1 hour - 83.3 MBGHOSTS AND GOBLINS: “Houdini gonna call?” (1987) Its Halloween night so Bob and Tim are avoiding the neighborhood kids by watching the live TV special “The Search For Houdini.” Hosted by William Shatner, this long-forgotten broadcast featured performances by popular ‘80s magicians as well the promise of contacting the long deceased escape artist via a live seance. But was that last part just some s**t my Kirk says or did something truly paranormal happen that forced producers to cut to a...
104 THE SEARCH FOR HOUDINI & OTHER POP CULTURE GHOST STORIES
October 31, 2019 07:41 - 1 hour - 83.3 MBGHOSTS AND GOBLINS: “Houdini gonna call?” (1987) Its Halloween night so Bob and Tim are avoiding the neighborhood kids by watching the live TV special “The Search For Houdini.” Hosted by William Shatner, this long-forgotten broadcast featured performances by popular ‘80s magicians as well the promise of contacting the long deceased escape artist via a live seance. But was that last part just some s**t my Kirk says or did something truly paranormal happen that forced producers to cut to a...
BOB AND TIM HAVE AN HONEST DISCUSSION
October 17, 2019 07:30 - 51 minutes - 58.8 MBThree weeks ago Tim uploaded an episode detailing his recent difficulties with the podcast. And, while honest in its insight, his diatribe was missing the most integral element to this show. The Bert to his Ernie. The Zan to his Jayna. The Nelson brother standing on the cover of After The Rain to his Nelson brother who is sitting on that same album cover. So today he’s re-joined with his friend Bob to react, rebute and regroup as co-hosts of this podcast. Its not the normal type of e...
#103 – THE REPLACEMENTS: DON'T TELL A SOUL
October 03, 2019 10:56 - 1 hour - 83.1 MBCOMPACT DISC-USION: “It’s too late to podcast here we go” (1989) When most people talk about the Replacements, they tend to focus on “Let It Be” or “Tim” or the Keanu Reeves movie where he lives on a houseboat. But today, Bob and Tim are dissecting a less raved about album (and not just because of its 30th anniversary re-release). “Don’t Tell A Soul” introduced Tim to the most impactive band of his adolescence. But will this re-listen reveal it to be the least Replacements offering The...
THE REPLACEMENTS: DON'T TELL A SOUL
October 03, 2019 10:56 - 1 hour - 83.1 MBCOMPACT DISC-USION: “It’s too late to podcast here we go” (1989) When most people talk about the Replacements, they tend to focus on “Let It Be” or “Tim” or the Keanu Reeves movie where he lives on a houseboat. But today, Bob and Tim are dissecting a less raved about album (and not just because of its 30th anniversary re-release). “Don’t Tell A Soul” introduced Tim to the most impactive band of his adolescence. But will this re-listen reveal it to be the least Replacements offering The...
IS THIS THE END OF 20TH CENTURY POP!?
September 27, 2019 07:30 - 36 minutes - 41.7 MBEpisode Notes WAIT . . . WHAT? (someone might be asking). A FINALE? THE END? NO MORE WONDERING IF THEY ARE ACTUALLY GETTING AN EPISODE OF THE SHOW UP THIS WEEK? Tim takes to the mic today to address the podcast's recently erratic release schedule and ponders what fate awaits it's digital existence. Its an existential treatise dipped in misanthropy and seasoned with just a hint of carnival barking hyperbole. And it all ends with an unlicensed Journey song MUSIC FEATURED IN TODAY’S EPI...
MEGAFORCE, WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S AND WHY WE LIKE BAD MOVIES
September 05, 2019 14:26 - 1 hour - 81.7 MBPOOP CULTURE: “Is that Richard Pryor in your pocket or is Barry Bostwick just happy to see me?” (1969-1989) We’ve all had to sit through an unexpectedly bad movie. The Rock. North. Mathew Perry’s filmography. But then there are some movies that we seek out BECAUSE they’re bad. Zardoz. Hudson Hawk. Matt LeBlanc’s filmography. But what is this attraction to terrible cinema that fills midnight screenings with the well-timed quips and recited quotes of a rampant fan base? Bob and Tim descend int...
BOSTON COMMON & MUST SEE TV
July 25, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 77.6 MBBINGE AND PODCAST: “At least we’re not talking about Wings.” (1996) You must have seen Must See TV, the legendary block of Thursday night programming that gifted us Seinfeld, Friends and Boston Common. Wait .. wasn’t that last one just a place they filmed Good Will Hunting? Actually, that’s the Public Garden. But despite not being THAT, Boston Common WAS a brief top ten hit meant to encapsulate the collegiate life of its Emersonian audience. For Undergrads Bob and Tim, it was a discordant at...
THE PHANTOM MENACE
July 10, 2019 16:22 - 1 hour - 98.6 MBPOOP CULTURE: “Now is this pod-racing?” (1999) In honor of their 100th episode, Bob and Tim are returning their Jedi selves to the first topic they ever discussed, Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace. But what starts as a look at how this show began soon reveals a more sinister discussion. Will Bob bring balance to the podcast? Or have Tim’s opinions been seduced by the dark side? Get ready to ratify some Galactic treaties with this extra-exciting anniversary episode. Yippee? 00:00:00...
SUMMER MOVIES: 1997
June 27, 2019 07:30 - 1 hour - 89.4 MBSUMMER OF SUMMER-TIME SUMMER: “I guess there’s a Speed 2?” (1997) In the summer of ‘97, a nation already mourning the loss of TV’s Wings turned to their Cineramadome to ask in anguish “How much Nicholas Cage can one marquee take?” It was a heated season full of Lost Worlds, Fifth Elements and more Batman and Robin physiology than a latex body suit cast by the shaky hands of an 80 year old man servant should render. So now, 22 years (and a two month hiatus) later, Bob and Tim take to this pod...
WHERE WERE THEY NOW?
June 19, 2019 22:03 - 45 minutes - 52.6 MBIts been two months since the last 20th Century Pop! and still another seven days until an officially numbered follow-up. So where are the two hosts? And what have they been up to since the show’s been up to nothing? Unpacking, apparently, as Tim relates in this off-the-cuff-but-on-the-mic diatribe posing as bonus content. So why not brush up on those listening skills and hear Tim tell what’s become of his once-massive comic collection. Then come back next Thursday for the glorious return of...
MORE BLOOPERS, OUTTAKES AND UNUSED AUDIO
April 18, 2019 07:30 - 56 minutes - 65.9 MBWith the show approaching its 100th episode, Bob and Tim delay that milestone with a bonus look behind the mic. What they uncover is some past audio deemed too unpolished for an actual episode. Unless that episode was an outtakes episode… in which case … here’s a blooper reel. The use of audio and video clips linked from YOUTUBE are for educational purposes and without the expressed permission of their legal holding companies. All rights remain with with their original distributor. This ep...
HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH: CRACKED REAR VIEW
April 11, 2019 07:30 - 1 hour - 89.8 MBCOMPACT DISC-USSION: “An aptly named sea creature.” (1994) Hootie and The Blowfish are back on tour which means everyone’s posting “Hold My Hand” memes on Facebook. But do people really care about this radio frat blast or are they just succumbing to that commercial trap of mid-life nostalgia? Bob and Tim tackle this very question as they dissect one of their favorite (and the other’s least favorite) college albums, “Cracked Rear View.” (full disclosure … the use of “tackle” was meant to be a...
POP SONGS IN ADVERTISING
April 04, 2019 07:30 - 46 minutes - 53.8 MBHaving bought in to the Gen X commercialism of last week’s episode, Bob and Tim sell out with a bonus look at pop music in advertising. They touch on songs they discovered, songs they already liked and songs that endorsed cars, clothes, curds and ways. And (somehow) Base-ketball gets a shout-out. The use of audio and video clips linked from YOUTUBE are for educational purposes and without the expressed permission of their legal holding companies. All rights remain with with their original d...
OK SODA & GENERATION X
March 28, 2019 07:30 - 57 minutes - 67.3 MBPOOP CULTURE: “The I’m-Not-Corporate baby Ts are on sale at Hot Topic.” (1993-1995) Today’s subject was intended to be OK Soda, a failed soft drink aimed at the slacker mindset of the early 90s. But in trying to discuss it, Bob and Tim unearthed an unacknowledged schism between the two of them. What follows is a dive into the sigh of Gen X and how that impacted their friendship, imposed differing life choices and eventually flung them on completely divergent paths. And they talk about a soda...
MAKING FRIENDS WITH FRIENDS
March 21, 2019 07:30 - 31 minutes - 37.2 MBFollowing last week’s look at the best and worst episodes of FRIENDS, Bob and Tim offer a real world take on who would be their best and worst friend. Who would they get coffee with? Who would they watch TV with? Who … actually that’s probably all they would really do. Be there for this bonus episode that definitely doesn’t choose Ross. The use of audio and video clips linked from YOUTUBE are for educational purposes and without the expressed permission of their legal holding companies. All...
FRIENDS: THE BEST & WORST ONES
March 14, 2019 07:30 - 1 hour - 69.7 MBBINGE AND PODCAST: “Still with one sixth Ross.“ (1995-1999) It would be odd if this episode was rating and debating people you didn’t actually know (or, given the listenership, were). That’s why Bob and Tim are instead looking at the 90s sitcom staple that wasn’t Two Guys A Girl And A Pizza Place. So main line that latte and make the best of that vest as they traverse the highs and lows of Must See TV’s FRIENDS. Again. 00:00:00 PRESHOW PRATTLE - carbo-hatred 00:00:49 NEW BEGINNINGS - Bob ...
JOE VERSES THE VOLCANO WITH JARF HARDEN
February 28, 2019 08:30 - 1 hour - 74.6 MBHOW DID I MISS THIS?: “When Hanksy met Ryan … is not something to be proud of having typed.” (1990) Pop podcaster Jarf Hardin returns to the show bearing a bubbling hot mess near and dear to his heart. Its a movie Bob and Tim fully remember happening yet fully managed to avoid for the past 29 years. But all that changes today as they follow Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan up an erupting fissure and down into the darker depths of the 1990’s rom-com question mark, Joe Verses The Volcano. 00:00:00 UNLI...
1990S: THE MOVIE
February 14, 2019 14:53 - 51 minutes - 60.3 MBLIST-A-RAMA-A-GO-GO: “We’re probably not going to talk about Mr. Nanny.” (1992-1995) The 90s gave us blockbuster giants like Jurassic Park and Titanic as well as the indie fare of Pulp Fiction and Being John Malkovich. But which of its films best represents what it was like to bear flannel in that age of sax-blowing presidents and Geocity pop ups? Its the question Bob and Tim are going to warp their brains around as they crown the one sole and official film that best represents what it meant...
GLORIFIED RERUN: TOTAL RECALL
February 07, 2019 08:30 - 47 minutes - 55.1 MBTalk about you Phillip K. Dick moves, this week’s episode is actually an older episode in which Bob and Tim discuss the 1990 Quato-caper, TOTAL RECALL. But amidst its singular reference to corn flakes, they find a strange reflection between this this sci-fi mind-bender and their own adolescent lives. So make that token “get your ass to somewhere” reference and listen to some podcast naiveté from two years prior (come on, you know its the podcast of your dreeeeams). Portions of today’s episo...
GREEN DAY: DOOKIE REDUX
February 01, 2019 15:08 - 1 hour - 87.9 MBCOMPACT DISC-USSION: "“We fixed our audio issues .. so here's those guys from the Angus soundtrack.” (1994) To Bob and Tim the word "Punk” meant spiked hair, safety pins and an un-listened to Sex Pistols album from BMG. Or did until they stumbled across the chord progressions of a power trio barely older than their teenage selves. That band was Green Day and, on today’s episode, they are discussing the anthems of apathy and symphonies of disconnect that make up the what-it-was-to-be-in-the-9...
PRELUDE TO GREENDAY
February 01, 2019 15:04 - 2 minutes - 4.26 MBThe Green Day episode that went up wrong yesterday is now up properly today. So here's a quick explanation from Tim to what happened, after which, please play the reposted and properly fixed GREEN DAY: DOOKIE REDUX! P.S. Many, many many thanks to my friend and cousin Mike for pointing out this whole Kremzeek of an issue
GLORIFIED RERUN: HE-MAN AND THE MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE
January 24, 2019 08:30 - 46 minutes - 54.7 MBYou can’t spell “LAZY PODCASTING” without at least a few of the letters in “FILMATION.” And in lieu of a new episode, Bob and Tim are reposting a past one all about the 1983 cartoon classic “HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE.” So join previous them in their already past attempt to uncover just who is behind “THE TAKING OF GREYSKULL” (knowing its exactly who you think it is). Watch the same episode Bob and Tim did with THE TAKING OF GREYSKULL as posted on the HE-MAN OFFICIAL Youtube pag...
THE MATRIX
January 17, 2019 08:30 - 51 minutes - 59.3 MBEFFIN’ SPOILERS: “Nobody knows the Matrix I've seen.” (1999) It's (two weeks into) the New Year! Its also the 20th anniversary of the Wachowski’s paradigm smashing, sci-fi spectacle, The Matrix. So dial up the modem, tolerate that Prodigy and get woke with Bob and Tim as they dive into just what it was that the Matrix was. 00:00:00 SPOILER WARNING - and its serious 00:00:32 IT’S A NEW YEAR - and an old segment 00:04:46 NOT YET A SPOILER - first impressions of The Matrix trailer 00:12:42...
BEST OF 2018
December 31, 2018 20:56 - 1 hour - 93.7 MBIts the end of the calendar year which means … self-indulgent year-end retrospectives. And, even though we are a show forever entwined in years already past .. we were still able to assemble a montage of past episodes from 2018. So enjoy this cop-out "best of" of a bonus episode. 00:00:00 PRE-SHOW CLARIFICATION - its a cilp show 00:00:55 CAIRO-TASTROPHE - episode 067: Raiders Of The Lost Ark 00:06:29 BASKIN IN DISCOMFORT - episode 56: Big 00:13:11 MISE EN SCREEN - episode 78: Summer Bl...
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
December 20, 2018 15:12 - 57 minutes - 66.4 MBRETRO SHOCK: “Every time a bell rings someone tells you what it means.” (1946) Oh the traditions of the season. Compost in your coat pocket. Failed Savings and Loan. Contemplating a leap into the cold lonely abyss. Yup, this is how Bob celebrates Christmas and this years he’s bringing Tim down with him as they indulge in the no-longer public domain of a Frank Capra classic. Merry Christmas Stitcher Radio. Merry Christmas Youtube. Merry Christmas all you other beautiful streaming platforms. ...
MORE CHRISTMAS EPISODES FROM THE '80S AND '90S
December 13, 2018 13:42 - 1 hour - 82.4 MBBINGE AND PODCAST: “Hark the Hasselhoff he sings.” (1983-1992) So what’s on your Christmas list? Talking K.I.T.T. car? Peach Pit play-set? Brass fastener with some chewing gum? Well take a break from checking it twice and join Bob and Tim as they watch out and don’t cry over Christmas episodes of MacGyver, Knight Rider and Beverly Hills 90210. 00:00:51 O COME ALL YE PHONY - the oft referenced radio voice 00:02:40 DECEMBER 18th 1989 - and Bob usually loves MacGyver 00:07:37 ITS THE MOST WO...
HE-MAN AND SHE-RA: A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
December 06, 2018 08:30 - 52 minutes - 60.6 MBUNSOLICITED COMMENTARY: “Deck Grayskull with boughs of Hordak” (1985) Ever wonder how a monotheistic holiday might play out on a planet consisting of demons, sorcery and ... well ... clear-cut morality plays? Tim did, which is why he’s talking through the entirety of the He-Man And She-ra Christmas Special. So click the LINK and synch what he thinks when seasonally affected cheer comes to Eternia. 00:00:00 BONEHEAD’S HOLIDAY - Skeletor doesn’t get Christmas 00:00:36 VISUALS NOT INCLUDED ...
CHRISTMAS IN THE STARS: THE STAR WARS CHRISTMAS ALBUM
November 29, 2018 08:30 - 1 hour - 79.2 MBCOMPACT DISC-USSION: “Happy X-Mas Amedda (Star Wars is over)” (1980): Its Life Day, pal. So let’s don some robes and walk single file into a burning sun. Or, to celebrate a slightly different holiday, why not turn to the gold-throated tones of C3P0 and his Proto-crooning revue, CHRISTMAS IN THE STARS. Yep … Star Wars did a Christmas album. And Bob and Tim listened to it. 00:00:00 PRE-SHOW PRATTLE - how talking works 00:00:38 BOBBY AND THE JETS - kicking of the commercial season 00:05:13 T...
FRIENDS: THE ONE WITH ALL THE THANKSGIVING ONES
November 22, 2018 08:30 - 1 hour - 81.2 MBBINGE AND PODCAST: “How you chewin?” (1994-1999) It’s Thanksgiving, which means day-drinking to help talk politics with your in-laws around a table of stuffing, gravy and marsh-mellow ambrosia. So if you need to step away for a sec, why not join Bob, Tim and some of their favorite acquaintances as they indulge in six Must-Have-Seen episodes of the 90s sitcom classic FRIENDS. As a heads up … Ross will be there too. 00:00:00 PRE-SHOW PRATTLE - Medicinal Gummie Bears 00:00:55 A SIT-COMICAL FE...
SNACKS
November 15, 2018 08:30 - 54 minutes - 62.8 MBPOOP CULTURE: "Num nums, stummy aches and questionable mascots.” (1978-1998) Bob and Tim stepped up to the USB mic to record an entire episode about childhood snacks. And now ... much to their surprise … they have an entire episode about childhood snacks. So eff that apple, screw those saltines and forget all about your Ssips juice box, as its a sugar bender to remember. Which means… maybe just a couple Ssips. 00:00:00 PRE-SHOW PRATTLE - Bob’s beat-box 00:00:53 SENSORY UNDER-LOAD - so the ...
REMEMBERING STAN LEE
November 13, 2018 00:43 - 34 minutes - 39.9 MBComic book creator, author, editor, promoter and all-around fan Stan Lee has passed from this world. He was animmeasurable influence and inspiration to Tim's life, so here are a few words in mourning. Watch the full first half of a 1977 INTERVIEW WITH STAN LEE as featured in this episode. This episode of 20TH CENTURY POP! was recorded on GARAGEBAND '11 and then mastered by AUPHONIC, a web-based post-production service that makes it sound like Bob and Tim are worth listening to. MUSIC FE...
THE MONSTER SQUAD
October 25, 2018 13:06 - 1 hour - 81 MBRETRO SHOCK: “Nards another teen witch movie.” (1987) This is Halloween, that time of year where small town kids brandish silver bullets and cigarettes against an apocalyptic army of universal horrors. So, with membership cards in hand, Bob and Tim are calling on THE MONSTER SQUAD a 1987 teen comedy about staking vampires, detonating werewolves and enlisting your younger sister for a virgin sacrifice. Its an adventure like The Goonies … but not actually the Goonies. 00:00:00 PRE-SHOW PRATTL...
WITCH'S NIGHT OUT
October 11, 2018 07:30 - 56 minutes - 66 MBHOW DID I MISS THIS? “Its Halloween, where’s everyone’s pants?” (1978) Last episode Tim ruined Bob’s week by forcing him to view the Halloween-adjacent film “Teen Witch.” So today he’s making up for it by forcing Bob to watch a special from even further back, “Witch’s Night Out.” Its got ghosts. Its got werewolves. Its got a 70s-accurate key party. Basically its “The Ice Storm” but for children. 00:00:00 UNLICENSED AUDIO CLIP - Nicely’s angry mob 00:00:44 ITS STILL OCTOBER - vaguely rememb...
TEEN WITCH
October 04, 2018 12:18 - 59 minutes - 68.6 MBHOW DID I MISS THIS? “Actually, I do give a -THUNK- what you think about that.” (1989) Why this film is supersonic. It’s idiotic. It’s disconnecting ... not respecting. Why, it’s not Grease … it’s Teen Witch. And today Bob and Tim are struggling to understand how something goes from laughable VHS rental to beloved cult classic. 00:00:00 PRE-SHOW PRATTLE - dog days of October 00:00:41 ITS OCTOBER MONTH - and broaching the topic 00:07:21 TEEN WHAT?- conjuring up a synopsis 00:15:03 ALCHEMI...
THE TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE SOUNDTRACK
September 27, 2018 16:56 - 1 hour - 36.6 MBCOMPACT DISC-USSION: “Rock out with your Kup out“ (1986) Tim’s mid-80s cassette collection was a not-so-eclectic mix of stand-up comedy, orchestral movie scores and Weird Al Yankovic. Then, on his 11th birthday, he was gifted a ten song compilation consisting of synthesizers, heavy metal … and Weird Al Yankovic. It was the first holy grail of his childhood and, today, he reveals just how this Transformers movie soundtrack was more than met his eyes...er.. ears. 00:00:00 PRE-SHOW PRATTLE - t...
THE FAR SIDE
September 20, 2018 16:05 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBBOOK AND PODCAST: “Paneling tonight … cows.” (1980-1995) There was a time when not a day could go by without encountering the single panel absurdity of “The Far Side.” Gary Larson’s work adorned the bookshelves, calendars and dorm room walls of our co-hosts well into the 1990s. But for Bob, there was an even deeper meaning to this comic, impacting both his creative pursuits and abhorrent outlook on humanity (Tim just thought the cows looked funny). 00:00:00 PRE-SHOW PRATTLE - very busy sche...
SQUARE PEGS
September 13, 2018 14:52 - 1 hour - 73.6 MBBINGE AND PODCAST: “Our school could be your life” (1982-1983) Stuck in detention due to the tardy slip of last week’s missed episode, Bob and Tim are unsnapping their Trapper Keepers to talk about one of their favorite sit-coms of the 1980s. SQUARE PEGS was a one season wonder that aired before either of their Hi-Tops ever stepped into a High School. Yet, somehow, this Sara Jessica Parker starring oddity informed these second graders what their future school nostalgia would consist of. 00:...
SUMMER BLOCKBUSTERS OF THE 1980S
August 30, 2018 07:30 - 1 hour - 73.8 MBLIST-A-RAMA-A-GO-GO: "Stranded at the indoor drive-in" (1983-1989). With the summer heat crashing their weather channel apps, Bob and Tim are taking solace in the cinema of their youth. And what unfolds out of focus isn't some escapist screenings meant to wait out the 80s. These are the big screen projections that inititated their life-long exploration of pop culture. So, turn down those lights (where applicable) and thrill to this full hour like it was Krull. 00:00:00 PRE-SHOW PRATTLE - an...
OASIS
August 23, 2018 07:30 - 1 hour - 78.3 MBOUVRE COMPENSATING: "He's a real Noel-where Man (formerly Liam It Be)" (1994-1998) There was a time when the biggest music act on the planet shot straight out of Britain to invade the U.S. Some would say they were bigger than Jesus. They would would say "eff the Beatles." And this episode Bob will say they were his collegiate education on the majesty of pop music (to clarify ... its an episode about Oasis ... not The Monkees .. but that was probably pretty clear). 00:00:00 PRE-SHOW PRATTLE...
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER WITH BONITA GUTIERREZ
August 16, 2018 07:30 - 1 hour - 79.2 MBBINGE AND PODCAST "Its like High School but with more stakes." (1997) High School can be Hell ... especially if its built on a Hellmouth. And today Bob and Tim are bellying up to The Bronze with author Bonita Guiterrez to relive their youth through the pop goggles of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. But with their conflicting opinions and varied impressions .. it may not be all three that survive the semester. 00:00:00 GIVING 15.789 PERCENT - estimating their track record 00:00:43 BOB AND TIM WI...
THE TWENTY-FOUR MORE EPISODES AND WE HIT ONE HUNDRED CELEBRATORY EPISODE
August 09, 2018 07:30 - 1 hour - 80.3 MBPOP 5: "Its 3/4s of a meaningful anniversary." In issue 75 of the original TRANSFORMERS comic book, Autobots AND Decepticons had to unite and fight side-by-side to defeat the Cybertron-dwarfing Chaos Bringer, Unicron. In episode 75 of this podcast Bob and Tim ... name ... a couple .... Ewoks. Its yet another arbitrarily celebratory anniversary that brings back the rarely-requested, slightly-reoccurring nostalgia-recall segment of the POP 5. 00:00:00 PRE-SHOW PRATTLE - the worst we could do...
GLORIFIED RERUN: SOME KIND OF RORSHACH
August 02, 2018 12:57 - 54 minutes - 62.8 MBSo there's no new episode of 20TH CENTURY POPCAST today but that doesn't mean you have to go a week without the show. In place of a slightly anticipated, newly recorded, insightfully researched pop culture discussion, listen to this rebroadcast of EPISODE 07 from back on March 2nd 2017. Its Bob and Tim at their earliest discussing the likes of THE LAST STAR-FIGHTER, FRIENDS and WHEN HARRY MET SALLY. And what results is an expose of how these pieces of pop art influenced their own adolescent ...
FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR
July 26, 2018 07:30 - 1 hour - 79.2 MBRETRO SHOCK: "Pee-Wee's Big Abduction" (1986) What 10 year-old wouldn't want to be cosmically kidnapped and forced to fly to a future where NASA wants to cut open their brain for star-charts? Well, half of this show's hosts ... to start with. Still, that's not stopping Bob and Tim from exploring this childhood space film that isn't "Explorers." Its Disney's oddest offering from the '80s, "Flight Of The Navigator" ... and some dogs playing frisbee. 00:00:00 PRE-SHOW PRATTLE - prop comedy is ...
SUMMER MOVIES: 1991
July 19, 2018 07:30 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBSUMMER OF SUMMERTIME SUMMER: "Problem Child 2 WAS my Judgement Day." (1991) It was a sweltering summer afternoon when Bob and Tim last sat down to record an episode. So hit the fans just like this conversation does as Bob and Tim reminisce on some some summer-time fun from 1991. Its Bruce Willis, bows and arrows and a couple Jim Belushi-less dog movies. 00:00:00 PRE-SHOW PRATTLE - modern research 00:01:13 THE WORST PIECE OF CONVERSATION IN THE WORLD - and Bob and Tim, together again 00:03...
STEVE DITKO
July 12, 2018 12:58 - 25 minutes - 29 MBORIGIN STORIES: "With great artists comes great creativity." Steve Ditko is an architect of modern pop culture. As the co-creator of Spiderman, his art brought forth one of the most recognizable and beloved icons of ... well ... EVERYone's childhood. He passed away this past week. And while mourning this loss Tim ponders what it means for a kid to realize that there are actual artists behind their actual heroes. For more insight into to the work of Steve Ditko listen to Spiderman authority...
OUTTAKES, BLOOPERS & BEHIND THE SCENES
July 05, 2018 12:38 - 51 minutes - 59.3 MBPOOP CULTURE: "Foul-ups, bleeps and ... wait, why are we broadcasting these?" Bob and Tim record a pop culture discussion every week. But what makes it to air is actually a truncated version of their actual interaction. So if you've ever found yourself wondering what doesn't make it online (mis-spoken moments, unrelated ramblings, tenuous tensions between hosts) here's the proper reel to gag on. 00:00:00 PRE-PRE-SHOW PRATTLE - a word about today’s episode 00:00:45 GOOD SHOW AND GOOD LUCK -...
STAR WARS TOYS BY KENNER WITH CHRIS NICINI
June 28, 2018 07:30 - 1 hour - 82.9 MBTOYS OF SUMMER: "Action Figrin Dan is Minch on Talon Karrde." (1978-1985) Who can forget Christmas morning? Rushing downstairs in character-specific pajamas. Tearing into some intricately wrapped gifts. All to reveal the anticipated find of ... General Nadine? Twin Pod Cloud Car? Pruneface? These were the things kids played with thanks to Kenner's original Star Wars collection. And today Tim welcomes Star Wars collector Chris Nicini to discuss his love of this toy-line and its continued impa...