094 1990S: THE MOVIE
/Bob and Tim attempt to crown the one film that best represents what is was to be them in the 1990s.
Read MoreBob and Tim attempt to crown the one film that best represents what is was to be them in the 1990s.
Read MoreTalk 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.
Read MoreBob and Tim light up the anthems of apathy and symphonies of disconnect that make up Green Day’s 1994 release, “Dookie.”
Read MoreIn 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.”
Read MoreIt'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 as Bob and Tim dive into just what it was that the Matrix was.
Its 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.
Read MoreCelebrate the holiday as Bob and Tim 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.
Read MoreTake a break from checking that list and join Bob and Tim as they watch out and don’t cry over Christmas episodes of MacGyver, Knight Rider and Beverly Hills 90210.
Read MoreEver 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.
Read MoreIts 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.
Read MoreIt’s Thanksgiving, which means day-drinking to help talk politics with your in-laws around a table of stuffing, gravy and marsh-mellow ambrosia. Or join Bob and Tim as they indulge in six Must-Have-Seen episodes of FRIENDS.
Read MoreBob and Tim recorded an entire episode about childhood snacks. And now ... 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.
Read MoreComic book creator, author, editor, promoter and all-around fan Stan Lee has passed from this world. He was an immeasurable influence and inspiration to Tim's life, so here are a few words in mourning.
Read MoreWhat if Pop Culture .. DOESN’T … matter? What the EFF .. man? What … what if it DOESN’T mean anything .. what .. what would that mean for .. THIS .. podcast and .. more so … what would it mean for TIM?
Read MoreIts 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.
Read MoreLast 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 that’s got ghosts, werewolves and a 70s-accurate key party. Basically “The Ice Storm” for kids.
Read MoreWhy this film is supersonic. It’s idiotic. It’s disconnecting... not respecting. Why … it’s Teen Witch. And Bob and Tim are struggling to understand how it went from from laughable VHS rental to beloved cult classic.
Read MoreTim’s mid-80s cassette collection was a mix of stand-up, movie scores and Weird Al Yankovic. Then, on his 11th birthday, he was gifted a ten song compilation of synthesizers, hair metal and Weird Al Yankovic. Find out why this soundtrack was truly more than met his eye… err… ears.
Read MoreThere was a time when not a day could go by without encountering Gary Larson’s “The Far Side.” And for co-host Bob, these single panels left an absurd impact on both his creative pursuits and abhorrent outlook on humanity.
Read MoreBob and Tim unsnap their Trapper Keepers to talk about one of the ‘80s cult sitcom, Square Pegs. Its a Sara Jessica Parker starring oddity that informed their second grade selves what their future nostalgia would consist of.
Read More20TH CENTURY POP! is a podcast that tries to understand the present by living in the past. Each week 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.
Be nostalgic for the nostalgia of a year ago here:
Be a pal (like Matt Leblanc) here:
Tell us what you think about what we think here:
Treat it like a Far Side panel here:
Hear what Bob thought someone should have heard here:
Witness the sequential comedy of Bob's life here:
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