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44. One Small Hero Aug 05, 2019

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Returning guest Evan Tognotti joins Chris and Kevin to relive One Small Hero, a rightfully forgotten 1999 children's film about perseverance, boring forests, and an extremely stress-free kidnapping. Once upon a time, a four-year-old Evan watched this movie about seven or eight times while trapped aboard a Carnival cruise ship, and now he's sharing the story of Sarah, Reese, Hutch, Baby, and Joey Cooper for our listening pleasure.

43. Trancers Jul 22, 2019

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Kevin and Chris are joined by Brian Houghton to discuss Trancers, a 1984 time travel/sci-fi flick starring Tim Thomerson as Trooper Jack Deth. A cop who embarks from the year 2247 to 1985 Los Angeles, all to foil a somewhat convoluted attempt at future government overthrow, Deth is aided in his mission by none other than a young, fresh-faced Helen Hunt. Prepare to go up the line!

42. Warriors of Virtue Jul 08, 2019

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This time around, Kevin and Chris are joined by India Hamilton to revisit Warriors of Virtue, a central plank of her childhood entertainment experience. Prepare to be sucked down the sewer to the land of Tao, to be thrust into a brutal war between anthropomorphic Roos, thickly-built bald generals with goatees, and Angus Macfadyen.

41. Earthbound Jun 25, 2019

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Following Kevin's completion of perhaps the most important video game of Chris' childhood, Earthbound for the Super Nintendo, the guys are joined by returning guest Seth Millstein and first-timer Sean Sterling to break down the all-time cult classic RPG. If you only know Ness from Super Smash Bros. it's time to get wise!

40. Godzilla (1998) Jun 10, 2019

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With moviegoers everywhere (or at least surely somewhere) buying their tickets for Godzilla: The King Of Monsters, Kevin looks back at Roland Emmerich's oft-derided take on the great lizard. Complete with old-young Matthew Broderick, Kent Brockman, Roger Ebert, baby Godzillas that are definitely not raptors, and Jean Reno griping about croissant and "french roast."

39. 1999 Golden State Warriors May 27, 2019

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The NBA Finals are nearly upon us, and for a lifelong Warriors fan like Chris, it's just another chapter in a seemingly impossible dream. Which is why he decided to celebrate by dipping two decades into the past, to a game between Golden State and the hated L.A. Lakers all the way back on April 20, 1999. And your favorite Warriors are all here! Erick Dampier! Chris Mills! Terry "Top Cat" Cummings! Bimbo Coles! Settle in for the jump ball.

38. Captain Power May 13, 2019

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This time, Kevin brings forth Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, a cherished late 80s single-season sci-fi series with a fake Darth Vader, a million-dollars-per-episode price tag, and a particularly brazen kid's toy tie-in gimmick. But you know what they say: Kid Kev gets what Kid Kev wants ("nobody puts Kid Kev in the corner" would've also been accepted).

37. Death and the Compass Apr 29, 2019

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Chris finally plays his ace in the hole, and Kevin simply wasn't prepared for it: Death and the Compass, a 1990s film adaptation of a Jorge Luis Borges story of the same name. Kid Chris was blown away by this low-budget, highly dissonant, Peter Boyle-as-mystic-detective indie film some 20 years ago, but what to make of it now?

36. Small Wonder Apr 15, 2019

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This week, Kevin pulls from the vault a truly bizarre relic of the 1980s: Small Wonder, wherein a cookie-cutter American sitcom family welcomes a robot daughter to the mix. Come for Vicki's incorrigable japes, stay for grandpa's anti-robot bigotry!

35. The 2002 World Series: Giants vs. Angels Apr 01, 2019

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Baseball season is finally upon us! And so, Chris decided to take Kevin ― and all San Francisco Giants fans ― back to a particularly harrowing time, a full eight years before the start of their golden, shimmering championship dynasty. Specifically, the 2002 World Series, perhaps the most ignominious moment in the franchise's history, and the formative experience of Chris' life as a sports fan.

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