Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture

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Best of Pop Goes Your World 23: Fun With Caveman Dec 29, 2022

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Based on the positive feedback we have received in regard to the "Fun With Caveman" segment of the podcast, we have put together a "Best of" episode containing only the final segment of the show. If you enjoy Millennial trivia, Generation-X trivia, movie facts, music quizzes, game shows or you just enjoy having fun with Millennial and Gen-X pop culture, you'll enjoy taking a trip back with Chris and Derek as they have fun with all of these things. Included in this compilation: EPISODE 99: "American Pie" (1999): Movie Review (Derek takes a seat in the Winner's Circle of the old "$100,000 Pyramid" game show.) EPISODE 101: "Ishtar" (1987): Movie Review (Derek quizzes Chris about movies that take place in the desert.) EPISODE 102: "Iron Man" (2008): Movie Review (Chris asks Derek trivia questions about comic book alter egos.) EPISODE 103: U2 (Derek takes a seat in the Winner's Circle of the "$100,000 Pyramid" game show.)

Episode 241: Comfort Movies Dec 22, 2022

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You've heard of comfort food (food that provides a nostalgic or sentimental value to someone). Well, we believe that the same applies to movies! Derek and Chris run down their personal top 5 comfort movies. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Derek try and guess the over/under of the total domestic US box office of a variety of movies.

Episode 240: “Old School” (2003): Movie Review Dec 15, 2022

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In his ongoing effort to get Chris to watch any movie made after 1989, Derek has Chris watch "Old School" (2003). The guys debate how movie comedies have evolved (and 'died', according to Chris) since the raunchy comedies of the 1980's. They discuss the movie, the box office performance, the cast and memorable scenes. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Derek try and guess the titles of movies based on college.

Episode 239: B-Movies of the 1980’s Dec 08, 2022

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This week, Chris and Derek are joined by Patrick O'Riley, co-host of "Vintage Video". The guys run down their personal top 5 favorite B-Movies of the 1980's together. For the trivia segment of the show, Patrick takes a seat in the Winner's Circle of the "$100,000 Pyramid" where he has to guess categories related to pop culture.

Episode 238: “Planes, Trains & Automobiles” (1987): Movie Review Dec 01, 2022

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After their recent 1987 pop culture fantasy draft, it was over to Derek to choose a movie to review from 1987. Derek decided to go with the John Hughes film, "Planes, Trains & Automobiles". They discuss the box office, the cast, the director and several memorable scenes from the film. For the trivia segment of the show, the guys play a game of 'Pick the Flick' where Derek has to guess the title of movies with modes of transportation in the title.

Episode 237: “Lethal Weapon” (1987): Movie Review Nov 24, 2022

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After their recent 1987 pop culture fantasy draft, Chris has Derek go back and watch "Lethal Weapon", starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover and Gary Busey. They discuss the box office, the cast, the director and several memorable scenes from the film. For the trivia segment of the show, Derek quizzes Chris on other movie franchises that had 4 instalments.

Best of Pop Goes Your World 22: Fun With Caveman Nov 10, 2022

Show notes

Based on the positive feedback we have received in regard to the "Fun With Caveman" segment of the podcast, we have put together a "Best of" episode containing only the final segment of the show. If you enjoy Millennial trivia, Generation-X trivia, movie facts, music quizzes, game shows or you just enjoy having fun with Millennial and Gen-X pop culture, you'll enjoy taking a trip back with Chris and Derek as they have fun with all of these things. Included in this compilation: EPISODE 95: "Night of the Living Dead" (1968): Movie Review (Derek has Chris take a seat in the Winner's Circle of the old "$100,000 Pyramid" game show.) EPISODE 96: "Ready Player One" (2018): Movie Review (Chris has Derek try to guess the names of video games based on the 'bad guys' in the games.) EPISODE 97: Movies We've Never Seen (Chris asks Derek trivia questions about popular movies in history.) EPISODE 98: "The Blues Brothers" (1980): Movie Review (Derek quizzes Chris about all of the movies ever made that were based upon Saturday Night Live sketches.)

Episode 236: 1987 Pop Culture Fantasy Draft Nov 03, 2022

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Chris and Derek combine pop culture with fantasy sports. They each draft a 'team' of pop culture from the year 1987. Each team must be comprised of the following: 3 movies 3 TV shows 3 songs 1 personal pick All of the picks must have debuted in the year 1987. The goal is to have the best list (which will be determined by a panel of judges). For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Derek play a game of "Rock the Quote" where Derek has to guess the movie a particular quote comes from (all movies are from the year 1987).

Episode 235: “Avatar” (2009): Movie Review Oct 27, 2022

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This may be hard to believe (or not, actually), but Chris had never seen the highest-grossing film of all time, "Avatar". Derek has Chris watch the movie and then the guys review the film in detail. They talk about the history of the all-time highest grossing movies, talk about CGI in movies (especially the quality of the CGI in this movie), and they discuss the cast and some of the films themes. For the "Fun With Caveman" segment of the show, Chris has Derek play a game called "Pick the Flick". Chris gives the year and synopsis of the movie, Derek has to guess the movie title. All of the movies have one-word titles beginning with the letter 'A'.

Episode 234: Movie Monsters Oct 20, 2022

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With Halloween being so close, Chris and Derek decided it would be worthwhile to take a look at movie monsters. The guys each run down their top 5 favorite movie monsters of all-time. For the "Fun With Caveman" segment of the show, Chris has Derek play a game called "Pick the Flick". Chris gives the year and synopsis of the movie, Derek has to guess the movie title. All of the movies are rip-offs of "Jaws".

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