Flopcast episode 480! We’re kicking off ten weeks of 80s-themed shows… because when do we ever get to talk about the 80s around here? And this week we’re looking at the year 1980. It was the year that brought us Flash Gordon, Caddyshack, Pac-Man, the Rubik’s Cube, and a cheater in the
Flopcast episode 479! With the long-delayed release of Black Widow this week, many humans finally returned to actual movie theaters, where the $14 boxes of Raisinets had been waiting patiently since last year. Meanwhile Kevin and Kornflake are flopping back to 35 years ago, when the only Marvel movie in theaters was… Howard
Flopcast episode 466! It’s another “66” episode, which always reminds us of V66, Boston’s late great 1980s music video channel. (You’ve all seen the documentary Life on the V, right? RIGHT?) This time we decided to party like it’s 1985 and watch a bunch of music videos from the V66 era.
I did a mighty task of reading and finishing the last half of the book Ready Player One in one afternoon. To boot, I had rewatched the movie and then later in the same day, got together with Mr. Gene to record our thoughts.
Cigar Nerds Podcast Episode 40: Private Eyes. This week our nerds go undercover and back in time to discuss the 80’s explosion of detective shows. We look at everything from the great mustaches of Magnum P.I. to the question who had a better truck Simon and Simon or The Fall
30 years in the making and after three long years of being on the air the RetroCast finally cover’s one of the all time greatest movies to come out of the 80’s: Back To The Future! Join the full crew as we take a ride in our own DeLorean back
We are back! Joining Q and Strangeway is our new co-host Mark Curtis! This trio dives into the origins of the classic wasteland character: Mad Max! Learn how Max really became mad, and his journey through the post nuclear fallout Australia. Hear how Tina Turner gave us one liners that
We did it! We made it to our 50th episode! With this being a very special show, we went and did a video podcast! You can see us live as we dive into our favorite childhood movie, The Goonies! Big thanks to Battle & Brew for letting us use their
The year is 1985. Thirty years later we look back at one of the most influential years of the 80’s. Every medium that year was surrounded by pure awesome, so much that we may have to have a follow up show, maybe even a trilogy! Sit back as Q, Chris,
Grab your Trapper Keeper, Ray-Bans, and skateboard, it’s time to kick off 2015 with showing our love for all things John Hughes! Ripping our childhood dreams to shreds yet again and new host to the RetroCast, Chris adds a new flavor to the show. We pay our respects to Christine
In this episode, we take a deeper look at one of the great comedy writers of all time: Harold Ramis. Ghostbusters was just the tip of the iceberg, as we crash into some classics like Animal House and National Lampoons Vacation to Caddyshack. In addition we have a special return
Ratchet RetroCast Ep 32The crew of the Ratchet RetroCast are at it again, and we’ve crossed the streams to bring you a conversation about the sleeper hit of the 80s – Ghostbusters! We’re joined by special guests Chace and Alex of the Georgia Ghostbusters to talk all about our favorite
