Podcasts by When We Were Young - an 80s and 90s pop culture podcast
WHEN WE WERE YOUNG takes a look back at different beloved parts of pop culture from our formative years (1980-2000), and decides if they hold up today.
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127:“NOW A Warning?!”–Death Becomes Her from 2023-11-30T10:30
Death comes to us all - unless you're Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn. These two actresses have found the secret to living forever: being immortalized in one of the most beloved horror comedies of cul...
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126:"I Award You No Points, And May God Have Mercy On Your Soul"- Adam Sandler's 90s Comedies from 2023-10-21T21:52:09
Put on your yarmulke, it’s time to celebrate ADAM SANDLER! In the third and final installment of our series Saturday Night Leavers - Celluloid Man-Children Of 90s Cinema, we revisit Adam Sandler’s ...
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125:“Fat Guy In A Little Coat”–Chris Farley’s 90s Comedies from 2023-09-30T10:06:39
Saturday Night Live is not just a TV comedy institution but also an incubator for some of the brightest comedy stars of the silver screen. In our three-part miniseries Saturday Night Leavers - Cell...
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BONUS Mini-Sode: So I Married An Axe Murderer from 2023-09-28T06:11:45
Here's a bonus mini-sode where we discuss Mike Myers'SO I MARRIED AN AXE MURDERER (1993) as well as our own childhood pop cultural touchstones. Join us for the rest of Mike Myers’ epic journey from...
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124:"Shall We Shag Now Or Shag Later?"- Mike Myers'90s Comedies from 2023-08-31T20:53:55
Many of the big screen’s most successful comedians got their start on the small screen, and no TV series has launched more comedy all-stars than Saturday Night Live. In 1995, the long-running weeke...
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123:"We're Into Barbie!"- Girls'Toys of the 80s&90s from 2023-07-23T09:30
We hope you like the color pink, because that's all you're getting in this episode! In the second part of our Toys of Summer series, we look back at the most popular toys from our youth that were t...
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122: “More Than Meets The Eye” - Boys’ Toys of the 80s and 90s from 2023-07-20T09:30
In this"Boys'Toys"episode of our two-part TOYS OF SUMMER podcast, we revisit icons ranging from Zack the Lego Maniac to Sergeant Slaughter in remembrance of the toys we played with in the 80s and 9...
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121: “I Had Bugs For Lunch”–Indiana Jones Part 2 from 2023-06-29T10:16:40
After thoroughly raiding the lost ark in their previous outing, Chris, Becky, and Seth found themselves on shockingly shaky ground with Indiana Jones superfans. Can the three opinionated podcasters...
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“It’s Not The Years, Honey, It’s The Mileage” - Indiana Jones Part 1 from 2023-06-21T09:30
Why did it have to be podcasters? After seven years of fan requests, When We Were Young is finally getting around to the beloved Dr. Henry Walton Jones, Jr. franchise - better known to moviegoers b...
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119:“Don’t Forget To Breathe”–Interview with Author Chris Clews from 2023-02-01T10:30
The Karate Kid features one of the most beloved movie mentors of all time in Mr. Miyagi, who teaches young Daniel valuable lessons about patience (taking time to breathe), efficiency (putting the w...
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118: “Strike First, Strike Hard, No Mercy”–The Karate Kid from 2023-01-24T10:35:45
If you're an'80s kid, you can remember karate being the chosen after-school activity of pretty much everyone in your class (and likely yours too). You can thank THE KARATE KID for getting everybody...
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117:“A Blue Furry Charles Dickens Who Hangs Out With A Rat?”–The Muppet Christmas Carol from 2022-12-22T11:04:18
Do you feel that chill in the air? This holiday season, When We Were Young’s listeners will be visited by three all-knowing spirits who serve as guides through the past, present, and future of all ...
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116: “Music To Hug Frogs By”–The Muppet Show&The Muppet Movie from 2022-12-14T10:48:02
It’s When We Were Young’s most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational episode yet! Gonzo, Miss Piggy, Fozzy, and friends may be best known for kid-focused fare these days, but Jim...
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115:“Stupid Is As Stupid Does”–Forrest Gump from 2022-12-02T10:00
It's Part 2 of Hanksgiving, our special holiday series showing gratitude for America's Dad TOM HANKS! In this episode we revisit 1994's FORREST GUMP, the blockbuster dramedy from Robert Zemeckis th...
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114:"I Wish I Were Big"- Big from 2022-11-22T11:09:26
Happy Hanksgiving, everyone! In our first of two episodes sharing our gratitude for one of Hollywood's most endearing, reliable stars - that would be none other than TOM HANKS, of course - we take ...
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113:“I’m Your Number One Fan”–Misery from 2022-10-26T09:00
Becky, Chris and Seth wanted to pull out the big scares this Halloween season, and what's scarier than being adored? Join us as we take a look back at MISERY (1990), director Rob Reiner's fi...
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112:“I’m Rooting For The Crocodile”–Anaconda, Lake Placid&Deep Blue Sea from 2022-10-05T09:00
Oh, you thought we were done talking about all the creepy-crawlies that go bump in the night, that slither in wait hoping to swallow you whole, and that can somehow turn on a gas oven using a dorsa...
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111: “Put ‘Em On The Endangered Species List”–Tremors, Arachnophobia&Congo from 2022-09-22T12:00
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the'90s, an elite team of podcasters has been selected to journey deep into the jungle, dive deep into the ocean, and dig deep underground to locate ...
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110:“Who Is Your Daddy And What Does He Do?”–Kindergarten Cop&Junior from 2022-08-24T09:00
If you thought we had just one bun in the oven for our lineup of Arnold Schwarzenegger comedies about birth and child-rearing - surprise! This topic is actually twins! In our previous episod...
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109:“The Most Fully Developed Human The World Has Ever Seen”–Twins from 2022-08-17T10:22:06
Arnold Schwarzenegger became world famous in the 1980s as the jacked-up star of macho blockbusters like CONAN THE BARBARIAN, PREDATOR, COMMANDO, and THE TERMINATOR. But in the late 80s and early 90...
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108:“The Big Orange Couch Is in Place, So Hop On!”–SNICK from 2022-07-14T16:30
If you were a'90s kid, chances are you wanted just two things in life: for Nick to take over your school, and a spot saved for you on the big orange couch synonymous with SNICK. Nickelodeon'...
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107:“I’ll Be Right Here”–E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial from 2022-06-13T15:30
You know the score. You know the quotes. You know the poster. Forty years ago, a wrinkly alien with a magic touch waddled into moviegoers’ hearts and made E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL one of the most...
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106:“…And Start Getting Real”–MTV’s The Real World Part 2 from 2022-05-24T17:30
In Part 1 of our look back at MTV's The Real World, we were impressed with how quickly the show defined the tone, format, and style that reality television would use for the next thirty years (and ...
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105: “Stop Being Polite”–MTV’s The Real World Part 1 from 2022-05-19T10:17:11
What do RuPaul, Guy Fieri, Jennifer Hudson, Ozzy Osbourne, Honey Boo Boo, and the Kardashians have in common? They all owe a debt of gratitude to MTV’s THE REAL WORLD, which popularized the tone, f...
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104:“I’m Gonna Get Medieval On Your Ass”–Pulp Fiction from 2022-03-31T08:57:04
McDonalds, TV pilots, Elvis, and foot massages - just the usual topics of conversation between gangsters, drug users, hitmen, and criminals, at least in Quentin Tarantino's world. The release of th...
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103:“The Only Thing That Kills The Demon Is Love”–Natural Born Killers from 2022-03-28T11:44:32
Hollywood got a double dose of ultraviolence in 1994 with the release of not one but two postmodern, blood-soaked meditations on pop culture and the media from a new and exciting filmmaker named Qu...
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102:“Reality Is Very Disappointing”–Mannequin&Mannequin On The Move from 2022-02-26T09:09:02
Sometimes, iconic characters from a movie become pop culture references that outlast and outshine the movie itself. Sometimes, you’d rent a movie at Blockbuster based on the cover alone. And someti...
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101:“Would You Please Check My Head For Signs of Spoiling?”–Return To Oz from 2022-01-13T11:24:37
As we discussed in our 100th episode, L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz delighted generation after generation of children, and MGM’s 1939 musical adaptation became one of the most popular ...
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100:“Bang On My Chest If You Think I’m Perfect”–The Wizard Of Oz from 2022-01-03T14:09:12
Surrender, Dorothy! For the 100th episode of When We Were Young, Seth, Becky, Chris and returning guest host Jan have clicked their heels together three times and summoned a twister to whisk them a...
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99:“Help Me Help You”–Jerry Maguire from 2021-12-11T07:47:15
When We Were Young's Tom Cruise double-feature sets sail on what might be the movie star's ultimate role, the titular charming and conflicted sports agent of Cameron Crowe's JERRY MAGUIRE. T...
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98:“Take Me To Bed Or Lose Me Forever”–Top Gun from 2021-12-01T02:05:55
Do you feel the need? The need to speed back to the 80s and bro out with Iceman, Wolfman, Slider, Viper, Goose, and Maverick all over again? If so, you'll love Part One of our cruise through the ca...
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97:"There Is No Dana, Only Zuul"- Ghostbusters&Ghostbusters II from 2021-10-27T16:30
In our latest episode, we answer the existential question that has plagued mankind for centuries: Who you gonna call?Join us as we take a look back at Ivan Reitman's groundbreaking action-comed...
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96: “Draw A Crazy Picture, Write A Nutty Poem"- Shel Silverstein from 2021-09-15T16:00
If you’re a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, a magic bean buyer, or you just hate doing dishes and taking the garbage out, you’ll surely find something to relate to in our episode on celebrated author, i...
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95:"He Can't See Without His Glasses"- My Girl from 2021-08-16T16:30
If you're nostalgic for the summers of your youth, there's a chance you're likely also pining for the first time you watched MY GIRL (1991) and MY GIRL 2 (1994). In When We Were Young's Manic My Gi...
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94:“Okay To Go”–Men In Black&Contact from 2021-07-07T16:00
It's Part Two of (deep breath) the When We Were Young Early Late Mid-to-Late 90s Summer Alien Invasion Spectacular, taking on the top alien flicks to invade 1997! In our latest episode, here come t...
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93:"Now That's What I Call A Close Encounter"- Independence Day&Mars Attacks! from 2021-06-30T16:30
In the mid-90s, multiplexes were invaded by an influx of movies centered on mankind’s first contact with extraterrestrials. And unlike the cute and friendly aliens we got to know in the 80s, like E...
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92:"You'll Be Dumb With Wonderment"- Moulin Rouge! from 2021-05-28T16:30
If ever a movie earned its exclamation point, it’s MOULIN ROUGE! In Part 2 of our Baz Luhrmann Spectacular Spectacular, we revisit the scintillating (and over-stimulating) 2001 musical that saw the...
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91:"My Only Love Sprung From My Only Hate"- Romeo + Juliet from 2021-05-25T16:30
Baz, Baz, wherefore art thou Baz Luhrmann? On the latest episode of When We Were Young, we travel back to the mid-90s (and then even further back to the 16th century) to rewatch the Australian dire...
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90: “It Rubs The Lotion On Its Skin, Or Else It Gets The Hose Again” - The Silence Of The Lambs from 2021-04-24T05:22
Have the podcast hosts stopped screaming? Not yet! We follow last episode’s discussion of the Best Actress nominees of 1991 - including the groundbreaking, genre-defying tale of female outlaws Thel...
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89:“You Watch Your Mouth, Buddy”–Thelma&Louise from 2021-04-20T16:00
When it comes to leading ladies, you’d have a hard time finding a more powerhouse lineup than 1991’s THELMA&LOUISE, which saw both of its stars nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars that year. G...
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88:"I Don't Need You Anymore"- #1 Pop Singles Of The 90s from 2021-03-23T10:40:15
We came away from our musical journey through the #1 Pop Singles of the 1980s loving many of the biggest hits of the decade. Good job, 80s! The 90s? Well, that’s another story. We’ve already...
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87:"Let Me Hear Your Body Talk"- #1 Pop Singles Of The 80s from 2021-03-21T02:04:43
In the days before YouTube and Spotify, most people discovered new music through a little device called the radio, and tracking the popularity of hit songs was much simpler. Back in the 80s, Billbo...
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86: “Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.” - The Fly from 2021-01-02T05:46:42
We’ve been afraid… been VERY afraid… for most of 2020. Now we’ve made it to the New Year - a time of change, of hope, of possibility. But if you’re considering mutating into a human-insect hybrid a...
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85: “The Chameleon Strikes In The Dark” - The Thing from 2020-12-24T17:30:27
Is this a podcast, or is it merely pretending to be? It’s 2020, so we’re celebrating the holidays a little differently this year. We’ve swapped twitching tentacles for twinkling lights, exploding w...
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84:"In the End It's All Nice"- Requiem For A Dream from 2020-11-23T17:30:47
As if 2020 couldn't get any more dismal, we sat down to rewatch Darren Aronofsky's REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, a movie so depressing that many of its viewers refuse to ever watch it again. Released in the...
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83: “You’re The Moron That’s Been Invading My Turf?” - Hackers from 2020-10-23T16:30:56
In cyberspace, there is no right or wrong… there’s only fun and boring! At least, that’s what 1995’s techsploitation thriller HACKERS would have you believe. After getting caught up in THE N...
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82: “Give Us The Disk And We’ll Give You Your Life Back” - The Net from 2020-10-21T16:00:08
You’ve got podcast! In our latest episode, we’re flashing back to the bygone days of floppy disks, away messages, and actually disconnecting from the world wide web sometimes. It’s a two-part When ...
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81: “It’s So Tasty, Too!” - Nick At Nite Part 2 from 2020-09-23T16:30
Does the phrase “Bewitched Be-Wednesdays” ring a bell? If so, you may remember that the mid-90s spawned a revival of classic sitcoms from the 50s, 60s, and 70s through Nick At Nite’s Block Party Su...
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80: “I Hate Spunk”–Nick At Nite Part 1 from 2020-09-21T16:30
Hello, friends! In the latest episode of When We Were Young, we are sitting on the sofa, there’s a TV in the corner, we are watching Major Nelson… and Mary, Lucy, Samantha, Herman, Horshack, and Se...
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79:“We End Up In Bed Together”–The X-Files Part 2 from 2020-08-16T16:30:08
Last time on the podcast, we shared our own histories with the X-Files from back When We Were Young - so listen to Episode 78 for Part 1 of this conversation. Here in the second installment, we tal...
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78:"Nobody Down Here But The FBI's Most Unwanted"- The X-Files from 2020-08-14T16:30
The Truth Is Out There… but so are lies. And so are two extremely beautiful FBI agents. And so is a Fluke Man who lives in the sewer, but also hides out in Porta-Potties! The WHEN WE WERE YOUNG pod...
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77: “I Learned That From A Rat”–Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze from 2020-07-03T16:30
If you thought this podcast was done discussing everyone’s favorite gang of pubescent crime fighting reptiles, we’ve got news for you! Less than a year after the first TMNT movie did some major lea...
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76: “They’re Heroes In A Half-Shell, And They’re Green” - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from 2020-06-30T16:30:40
The world’s most fearsome podcast team unleashes its most tubular episodes yet, diving deep into the mythos of those lean, green phenoms of yore, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. First, we ...
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75: “Sal’s Famous Pizzeria is Here to Stay”–Do The Right Thing from 2020-06-13T04:30:28
Riots. Fires. Police violence. Ruinous bigotry. A cacophony of voices calling for justice for Black Americans. These are all very present in today’s newspaper headlines and social media feeds, and ...
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74:“There’s Something Very Familiar About All This”–Back To The Future Parts II&III from 2020-04-17T16:30
We've already passed the future depicted in BACK TO THE FUTURE, PART II (1989) and we know just how many things the action-adventure flick got wrong about the year 2015. (Though the film's hellish ...
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73:“You’re Safe and Sound Now, Back in Good Old 1955”–Back To The Future from 2020-04-15T15:30
Great Scott! We're back! And we're discussing one of the most popular movie trilogies of all time. BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) was an enormous hit straight out of the gate, turning Robert Zemeckis in...
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72:"Whatever Happened to Predictability?"- TGIF from 2019-10-28T03:12:35
If you've been waiting for us to tackle ABC's family-friendly Friday night programming block known as TGIF - you got it, dude! TGIF premiered in 1989, and hosted, oh, about a hundred thousand sitco...
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71:"I Am Jack’s Medulla Oblongata” - Fight Club from 2019-10-09T07:24:06
Shirts and shoes are forbidden in the latest episode of the When We Were Young podcast — and the fight will go on as long as it has to. It’s been 20 years since David Fincher’s savagely funn...
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70:"Don't You Ever Laugh as the Hearse Goes By"- Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark from 2019-08-08T16:30:33
They eat your eyes, they eat your toes - but all we're asking for is your ears to listen to us revisit SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK, the book series featuring stories retold by Alvin Schwartz ...
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69: “Shining, Shimmering, Splendid” - Disney’s Renaissance Era 1989-1994 from 2019-07-18T16:30:24
Look at these films, aren’t they neat? Any Disney fan’s movie collection’s complete if it includes THE LITTLE MERMAID (1989), BEAUTY&THE BEAST (1991), ALADDIN (1992) and THE LION KING (1994). These...
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68: “Suck Me, Beautiful” - American Pie from 2019-07-04T16:30:41
Feeling patriotic this July? Well, if there’s one thing more American than apple pie, it’s a questionable attitude toward sex — and that’s exactly what we’re serving up in our latest episode! ...
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67:"Hi, I'm Chucky, Wanna Play?"- Child's Play from 2019-06-20T16:30:49
Some movie characters become way bigger than the movies they're in, and that definitely holds true for Chucky. The redheaded murder-loving doll is no doubt one of horror's most recognizable villain...
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66:"This Town Needs An Enema!"- Tim Burton's Batman from 2019-06-06T16:30:39
Every generation gets the BATMAN it deserves, and ours is hands-down the best to ever glower down at us from the big screen — Michael Keaton's scowling, brooding Caped Crusader, and his equally bro...
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65:"The Whim of a Madman"- Speed from 2019-05-24T16:00:31
Cinematographer-turned-director Jan De Bont never met a mode of transportation he didn't want to blow up, and it all started with SPEED (1994), the action-thriller that whittled Keanu Reeves into t...
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64:"Happy Happy Joy Joy"- 90s Nicktoons from 2019-05-10T16:30:02
If you were older than a toddler and younger than a teenager in the 90s, chances are you were obsessed with Nickelodeon. The kids network churned out countless entertaining programs for younguns in...
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63: “It’s Hard to Stay Mad When There’s So Much Beauty” - American Beauty from 2019-04-25T16:30:01
"I feel like I've been in a coma for 20 years... and I'm just now waking up."That's what Lester Burnham tells us in AMERICAN BEAUTY, and may also describe some people's reaction to this Best Pictur...
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62:"But It Did Happen"- Magnolia from 2019-04-11T16:00:25
The year 1999 was a banner year at the cineplex, with dozens of fresh, exciting stories being told by a new crop of auteur filmmakers. Paul Thomas Anderson released his breakthrough movie Boogie Ni...
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61:"Who Is The Fairest One Of All?"- Disney's Golden Era 1937-1942 from 2019-03-29T16:30:10
Magic mirror on the wall, which Disney animated movie is the greatest one of all? It would be easy to make an argument for any of the Mouse House's first five full-length animated features - SNOW W...
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60: “Do You Have The Time To Listen To Me Whine?” - 1994 Alternative Music from 2019-03-14T16:30:19
When Kurt Cobain died in April 1994, the grunge movement expired too, giving way to a broader spectrum of angry, bummed out rock that came to be defined as “alternative” (even though it may very we...
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59:"Earn This"- Shakespeare in Love vs. Saving Private Ryan from 2019-02-21T17:30:53
Don’t snub our latest episode! It’s awards season, so the When We Were Young podcast is taking a hardlook back at the Academy Awards from 1999, which saw a battle royale between Steven Spielberg’s ...
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58:"She's Evil! She's Brilliant!"- Michael Douglas Erotic Thrillers from 2019-02-07T17:00:34
There's something about Michael -- Michael Douglas, that is. The actor has starred in the top 3 highest-grossing erotic thrillers of all time: FATAL ATTRACTION (1987), BASIC INSTINCT (1992) and DIS...
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57:"A Run-By Fruiting"- Mrs. Doubtfire from 2019-01-24T17:30:19
the When We Were Young podcast The late, great Robin Williams played many iconic characters in the 90s, including Aladdin’s Genie and a grownup Peter Pan. But nothing showed off his talent f...
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56:"She's So Lucky, She's A Star"- 1999 Pop Girls from 2019-01-03T17:30:54
Oh baby, baby, how was the world supposed to know that BRITNEY SPEARS'1999 breakout debut'Baby... One More Time'would become one of the best-selling albums of all time, turn the performer into the ...
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55:"Another Reason To Hate Christmas"- Gremlins from 2018-12-20T17:30:54
Never get them wet. Avoid bright lights. Don't feed them after midnight. And whatever you do, don't miss When We Were Young's holiday episode! The yuletide takes a dark turn this year as we take a ...
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54:"...And I'm All Out Of Bubblegum"- 80s Dystopias Part 2 from 2018-12-06T18:00:49
The 1980s may not have been quite as bleak as 1984 predicted, but the Reagan era did see plenty of doom and gloom in entertainment, from Mad Max and Blade Runner to The Terminator and RoboCop. In W...
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53:"My Complication Had A Little Complication"- 80s Dystopias Part 1 from 2018-12-04T17:30:13
The 1980s may not have been quite as bleak as 1984 predicted, but the Reagan era did see plenty of doom and gloom in entertainment, from Mad Max and Blade Runner to The Terminator and RoboCop. In W...
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52:"Come With Me If You Want to Live"- The Terminator&Terminator 2: Judgment Day from 2018-11-19T17:30:51
We need your clothes, your boots, your motorcycle and your full attention for our new episode! James Cameron's THE TERMINATOR (1984) put the filmmaker on the map, becoming a classic almost instantl...
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51: “Everyone’s Entitled To One Good Scare” - Halloween from 2018-10-18T18:30:32
Masks on, listeners! This October, we’re celebrating Halloween by celebrating HALLOWEEN — the iconic horror film that unintentionally concocted the formula for an entire genre. John Carpenter’s 197...
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50: “Reader Beware, You’re In For A Scare!” – Goosebumps from 2018-10-08T16:30:16
Calling all creeps! If you were a literate kid in the 90s, you almost certainly cracked open a GOOSEBUMPS book at some point. With 62 titles in its original run, R.L. Stine’s legendary YA horror an...
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49:"3 Minutes To Wapner"- Rain Man from 2018-09-20T16:30:19
How does 1988’s Best Picture Oscar winner hold up? We’re too busy answering a question from a half hour ago to weigh in right now, so you’ll have to listen to When We Were Young’s latest episode, j...
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48:"Put Me Back In! Put Me Back In!"- Look Who's Talking from 2018-09-06T16:30:12
Our Summer Bruce Willis trilogy - Bruce Willogy, if you will - comes to a close as we return to the womb and the year 1989 to reexamine Amy Heckerling's hit comedy LOOK WHO'S TALKING. Willis voices...
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47:"Light As A Feather, Stiff As A Board"- The Craft from 2018-08-23T16:30:04
Do you believe in magic? In this episode, your three favorite podcast hosts call all four corners with the help of returning guest Krissy, our go-to guru for movies involving spells and sorcery. ...
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46:"For I Compose the Music of the Night"- Andrew Lloyd Webber from 2018-08-09T16:30:58
The Phantom of the Opera is here... and so are Eva Peron, Mr. Mistoffelees and Jesus Christ! Our latest episode explores the magical musical world of ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER, the man who pretty much co...
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45:“Is That Hair Gel?”–There’s Something About Mary from 2018-07-26T15:00:33
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY (1998) Bad taste. Bad behavior. Bad hair. There's a lot to be offended by in the Farrelly Brothers'1998 hit comedy, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY, which celebrated it...
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44:“Come Out To The Coast, We’ll Get Together, Have a Few Laughs”–Die Hard from 2018-07-09T16:00:16
DIE HARD (1988) Welcome to the party, pal! In this episode, we’re celebrating Christmas in July with the 30th anniversary of DIE HARD, a (debatable) holiday favorite. John McTiernan’s 1988 hosta...
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43:“Prepare the World for Bad News”–Deep Impact&Armageddon from 2018-06-28T16:30:43
Grab some tissues, because in our latest episode, we’re sharing the movies that made us cry when we were young! In the summer of 1998, two blockbusters hurtled into theaters with virtually the s...
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42:“Life, Uh, Finds A Way”–Jurassic Park from 2018-06-07T16:30:45
JURASSIC PARK (1993), THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK II (1997), and JURASSIC PARK III (2001) Dodgson! Dodgson! We’ve got Dodgson here! Does the fact that JURASSIC PARK is celebrating its 25th anniv...
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41: “A Waste of Perfectly Good Yearbook Space” - 1999 Prom-Coms from 2018-05-17T16:30:21
90s PROM-COMS We bet you can't make that girl with glasses listen to this podcast. In our latest episode, we look back to the teen movie explosion of the late 90s via SHE'S ALL THAT, NEVER BEEN ...
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40:“Laughter, Secrets, Cheesecake”–The Golden Girls from 2018-05-03T16:00:29
THE GOLDEN GIRLS (1985-1992) Hungry for a midnight snack? Cozy up in the kitchen with your three best audio-friends and help yourself to a slice of rich, satisfying comedy cheesecake, because it...
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39:“I’m Erect, Why Aren’t You Erect?”–Showgirls from 2018-04-19T16:30:34
SHOWGIRLS (1995) You can't touch us, but we can touch you. In When We Were Young's raw, uncensored NC-17 episode, we reveal our most inappropriate pop culture encounters from childhood, then set o...
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38:“I Wanna Really, Really, Really Wanna Zig-A-Zig Ah”–The Spice Girls from 2018-04-05T15:00:25
THE SPICE GIRLS So here's the story from A to Z: you wanna get with us, ya gotta listen carefully! In this episode, we're headed back to the years of 1996-1998 when the world collectively spiced ...
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37:“Thank You, Mario! But Our Princess is In Another Castle”–Video Games from 2018-03-15T15:30:46
NINTENDO Video Games&THE WIZARD (1989) Sliding down drainpipes... chucking smiley-faced vegetables at ghost-faced villains... transforming into a raccoon and flying through the air... either we ...
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36:“You’re a Lebowski, I’m a Lebowski”–The Big Lebowski from 2018-03-01T09:01:42
THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998) A rug that really tied the room together until it got peed on. A hippie burnout who kept burning. A Vietnam vet who drags everyone else into his world of pain. Add to thi...
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35:“Express Yourself, Don’t Repress Yourself”–Madonna from 2018-02-15T08:36:16
MADONNA Before there was Britney. Before there was Beyonce. Before there was Gaga. There was one woman who reigned the radio waves in the 80s and 90s — Her Madgesty, now and forever the Queen of...
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34:“Can I Keep You?”–90s Teen Idols from 2018-02-01T08:25:54
90s TEEN IDOLS JONATHAN TAYLOR THOMAS, DEVON SAWA, JONATHAN BRANDIS, BRAD RENFRO, ANDREW KEEGAN, and RIDER STRONG For our very special Valentine's Day episode, we're taking a look back at the fa...
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33:“My Recipe For Disaster”–Dante’s Peak&Volcano from 2018-01-18T08:48:52
DANTE'S PEAK and VOLCANO (1997) Don’t look back. The pressure is building. This thing’s gonna blow, and it’s hotter than hell! No, this is not When We Were Young’s episode on the best porn of th...
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32:“The Royal Penis is Clean, Your Highness”–Coming to America from 2018-01-04T08:54:16
COMING TO AMERICA (1988) Eddie Murphy was already a huge star when"COMING TO AMERICA"was released in 1988, and he went on to make a few more hits (and, let's be honest, a few clunkers). But the s...
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31:“Deck Them Halls and All That Stuff”–Christmas TV Specials from 2017-12-21T11:22:47
RUDOLPH THE RED NOSE REINDEER (1964), A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (1965), HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (1966) In our first holiday episode, When We Were Young looks back on Christmas and Hanukka...
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30: “The Water is Freezing and There Aren’t Enough Boats” - Titanic from 2017-12-07T09:41:42
TITANIC (1997) It’s been 20 years, and we can still smell the fresh paint… the sheets had never been slept in… and we’d never heard Celine Dion belt her heart out over James Horner’s pennywhistl...
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29: “We Gladly Feast On Those Who Would Subdue Us” - The Addams Family from 2017-11-23T11:30:16
THE ADDAMS FAMILY (1991)&ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES (1993) To mirth! To merriment! To manslaughter! Thanksgiving isn’t known for inspiring many movies, but the mysterious and spooky Addams clan should...
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28: “No TV and No Beer Make Homer Something Something”–The Simpsons’Golden Years from 2017-11-09T07:48:35
THE SIMPSONS (1989-1999 Seasons) Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie and the seemingly unlimited citizens of Springfield have been up to their TV hijinks for nearly thirty years. But chances are...
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27: “I’m Everything You Ever Were Afraid Of” - Stephen King&Stranger Things from 2017-10-20T06:01:51
STAND BY ME (1986)&STEPHEN KING'S IT (1990) Stranger things have happened than what happened on Stranger Things — thanks in large part to one of horror’s most prolific names. In honor of the Net...
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26: “Smart, Clean, Totally Decent Human Being… Gay!” – The Birdcage, Ellen and In&Out from 2017-10-06T06:11:11
THE BIRDCAGE (1996), ELLEN: “THE PUPPY EPISODE” (1997), IN&OUT (1997) Come one, come all, and COME OUT ALREADY for When We Were Young’s most same-sex-loving episode yet! In honor of Coming Out D...
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25:“Glitter in the Dark”–Blade Runner from 2017-09-21T08:18:57
BLADE RUNNER (1982) Do androids dream of electric sheep? Do replicants dream of unicorns? Does Sean Young dream of being in a movie where she isn’t manhandled by a major movie star? In Episode 2...
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24:“How I Became the Prince of a Town Called Bel-Air”–The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air from 2017-09-07T04:58:19
THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR (1990-1996) This is a story all about how Will Smith's life got twist-turned upside down when he seamlessly transitioned from rap star to sitcom star with his hit NBC...
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23:“Take This Pink Ribbon Off My Eyes”–No Doubt from 2017-08-21T17:00:57
Sorry we're not home right now, we're walking into 1995 to discuss No Doubt's breakthrough album TRAGIC KINGDOM in our latest episode! We've already repeatedly mentioned Tragic Kingdom on the po...
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22:“Dirt in the Skirt”–A League of Their Own from 2017-08-07T17:00:33
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (1992) Did a baseball diamond used to be your playground? If so, you’re probably one of the fans who made the Rockford Peaches stars of the most successful baseball movie o...
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21:“Einhorn is Finkle! Finkle is Einhorn!”–Jim Carrey’s 1994 Movies from 2017-07-17T17:00:33
Somebody stop us! In Episode 21, the When We Were Young podcast says “alrighty, then!” to a trip back to 1994, when Jim Carrey soared to superstar status in three back-to-back blockbusters: DUMB&DU...
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20:“You Remind Me of the Babe”–Labyrinth and Dark Crystal from 2017-07-03T23:40:31
Turn back, Sarah - we're headed into the imaginative mind of Jim Henson on this week's episode, and anything could happen! Though many think of The Muppets or Sesame Street when they think of Jim H...
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19:“You Could Never Be Jell-O!”–My Best Friend’s Wedding from 2017-06-19T17:00:03
Dearly beloved, we gather today to celebrate the union of a pretty woman, Ms. Julia Roberts, and a talented filmmaker, Mr. PJ Hogan. If anyone can show just cause why they should not be joined — we...
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18:“Your Mother’s A Tracer!”–Chasing Amy from 2017-06-06T00:00:54
The WHEN WE WERE YOUNG podcast isn't even supposed to be here today! But in this episode, we took a fresh look at Kevin Smith's influential 90's romantic comedy CHASING AMY, and touched on CLERKS, ...
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17:“Game Over, Man!”–The ALIEN Franchise from 2017-05-15T21:48:35
Encounter the xenomorph in WHEN WE WERE YOUNG's ickiest episode yet! First, the gang discusses their personal experiences with body horror, including bruised ears and splinters in places there shou...
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16:“Here We Are Now, Entertain Us”–Nirvana from 2017-05-01T17:00:41
Bring your friends and your anti-depressants to the 16th episode of the WHEN WE WERE YOUNG podcast, when we revisit Nirvana - the band that later became known as the entire musical genre called"gru...
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15:“Businesswoman’s Special”–Romy&Michele’s High School Reunion from 2017-04-17T17:30:55
Is that an earthquake? In honor of the 20th anniversary of their 10 year reunion, we join the Madonna twins and a big giant girl who smokes and says"shit"a lot to revisit 1987 and 1997 in ROMY&MICH...
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14:“I’m Not Bad, I’m Just Drawn That Way”–Who Framed Roger Rabbit from 2017-04-03T17:00:10
Robert Zemeckis'WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (1988) effortlessly blended live action and animation in a cinematic experience never seen before (and rarely since). It was also a colossal hit for Touchsto...
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13:“In An MMMBop, They’re Gone”–Now That’s What I Call Music from 2017-03-20T17:00:53
Heya, Barbie! Wanna go for a ride? How about all the way back to 1998, when boy bands were just starting to be a “thing” (again), we listened to music on compact discs, and the blonde brothers Hans...
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12:“She Saved the World A Lot”–Buffy the Vampire Slayer from 2017-03-06T18:00:43
In every generation, there is a Chosen One. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons, and the podcasts. She is the slayer. In When We Were Young's 12th episode, Chris shares his teenag...
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11:“Now I’ll Never Be a Teen Model!”–The Brady Bunch Movie from 2017-02-21T05:28:24
In the latest episode of WHEN WE WERE YOUNG, we discuss what made us laugh the most growing up. If you thought THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIE (1995) and A VERY BRADY SEQUEL (1996) were the funniest (and mos...
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10:“Hailing a TAXI CAB”–Jagged Little Pill from 2017-02-07T07:01:25
Why are you so petrified of silence? See if you can handle this as the When We Were Young podcast revisits Alanis Morissette's 1995 monolithic album JAGGED LITTLE PILL. One of the best-selling albu...
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9:“Who Needs Reasons When You’ve Got Heroin?”–Trainspotting from 2017-01-16T18:00:05
WHEN WE WERE YOUNG travels back to the mid 1990s, when Hollywood was inundated with an exciting new class of independent filmmakers who would change the movie business as we knew it. People - yes, ...
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8:“I Gave My Panties To A Geek”–Molly Ringwald from 2017-01-02T19:41:33
Your first crush. Detention. The prom. That time your entire extended family was horrendously racist toward a foreign exchange student. In Episode 8, When We Were Young takes you back to simpler ti...
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7:“Some Wes Carpenter Flick”–Scream from 2016-12-19T18:00:12
What's your favorite scary movie? If you grew up in the 90s, there's a good chance your answer is SCREAM. In Episode 7, WHEN WE WERE YOUNG plunges bone-deep into the millennial teen horror craze wi...
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6:“Song As Old As Rhyme”–Disney Pop Hits from 2016-12-05T18:00:16
The 1990s were an innocent time where cassette singles ruled and Disney pop songs were a regular fixture on the Billboard charts. The singles released during this decade earned the Mouse House mult...
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5:“Welcome to Being Dead”–Don Bluth from 2016-11-21T20:10:56
Hey, kids! Do you like cartoon mice? Catchy songs? And lots and lots of death? If your answer to these questions is"yep, yep, yep!,"then have we got the podcast for you! In Episode 5, When We Were ...
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4:“Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That”–Seinfeld from 2016-11-07T18:00:22
"Seinfeld"is the most successful and arguably the most beloved sitcom of all time. But how do the antics of TV’s favorite self-absorbed foursome hold up today? In this episode of WHEN WE WERE YO...
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3:“Harmonious and Productive”–Election from 2016-10-17T17:00:55
Movies, Music, TV and More... Nothing is Safe. WHEN WE WERE YOUNG takes a look back at beloved parts of pop culture from our formative years (1980-2000) and decides if they hold up today. Episode...
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2:“A Serious Cackling”–The Blair Witch Project from 2016-10-03T17:00:29
In October of 1994, three podcasters disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland. Police were baffled by the podcasters'vanishing... mostly because podcasting had not been invented yet. A...
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1:“We Got Cows”–Twister from 2016-09-19T19:00:20
WHEN WE WERE YOUNG takes a look back at different beloved parts of pop culture from our formative years (1980-2000) and decides if they hold up today. Strap yourself down to a pipe with us and enj...
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