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Entries in nostalgia (19)

Wednesday
Aug222012

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Ep #37

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They're the world's most fearsome fighting team. They're heroes in a half-shell and they're green. They're the reason Drew draws and John hangs out in the sewers. They're the TMNT, and we're talking about them.  

Show Notes: 

01:15 Jumping headlong into the ooze
03:55 Nineteen eighty-fourigins
04:40 "Stick"
06:01 The animated series
08:40 "Did you say clang?"
09:20 Turtle mania (bedsheets / lunchbox / Hostess pies / ice cream bars)
13:10 Interlude: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Pies commercial 
15:50 "I love toxic waste"
16:09 Sewer playset / Pizza Thrower
16:48 Casey Jones
17:30 Bebop and Rocksteady
18:32 The Technodrome
22:10 Turtle Van / Turtle Blimp
24:35 Side characters
26:40 Shredder
27:00 Interlude: Partners in Kryme: "Turtle Power"
30:06 "I don't believe it." - TMNT: The Movie
36:35 TMNT 2: The Secret of the Ooze
37:51 TMNT 3: Turtles in Time
41:10 New toons (2003 series / 2007 movie)
43:10 2012 animated series
44:20 Interlude: Vanilla Ice: "Ninja Rap"
45:15 Turtle tunes
48:25 "Make it ice"
49:30 Turtle preferences
51:57 Cashing in on kids
53:30 FCC deregulation 


Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Ep #37

Wednesday
Jun272012

The Great Outdoors | Ep #30

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Break out the bug spray and start singing your favorite campfire song; we're spending the night with mother nature.   

Show Notes: 
08:50 It's a pleasure to burn
14:45 Interlude: Get Up Kids: "Campfire Kansas"
15:50 The best waylaid plans
43:10 Summer camp blues

The Great Outdoors | Ep #30

Wednesday
Jun202012

E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial | Ep #29

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Our retrospective series on the movies of 1982 continues with enough Spielbergian praise to make Drew Barrymore blush and an argument for the removal of one of the most iconic scenes in movie history. Can't listen right now? That's ok, take your time. We'll. Be. Right. Here.    

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial | Ep #29

Wednesday
Jun132012

Summer Vacation | Ep #28

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No more pencils, no more books; this week we’re cannonballing into the pool and casting reflective looks back at summer vacation and all of its lazy, languid, langering (?) glory as we kick off a special series of summer-themed episodes. Come on in; the water’s great!  

Summer Vacation | Ep #28

Tuesday
Jun052012

Board Games | Ep #27

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Do not pass go; do not collect $200; but do press 'play' and tag along on a retrospective of our favorite board games, and the ones we think would make cool movies (because that's clearly a bankable premise).    

Show Notes: 
03:10 The Monopoly monopoly
06:25 Hero Quest
08:40 Concentration Perfection
11:40 Operation
13:36 The Pop-o-matic Bubble
13:55 Interlude: Trouble commercial (1995)
17:10 Pac-Man
22:06 Mouse Trap
26:10 Battleship
31:25 Sorry
40:50 Key Largo
45:30 Interlude: Clue clip
26:30 Game-based movies

Board Games | Ep #27