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

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Episode 217: “The Shining” (1980): Movie Review May 05, 2022

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Derek has Chris watch "The Shining" starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall & Scatman Crothers for the first time. They discuss the film, its box office performance, cast, behind-the-scenes and elements from the movie. For the trivia segment of the show, the guys play a game of "Pick the Flick". Chris gives the year and synopsis and Derek must guess the film. The common thread for all of the answers: all of the movies are based on Stephen King novels.

Episode 216: 1980 Pop Culture Fantasy Draft Apr 28, 2022

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This episode, Chris and Derek combine pop culture with fantasy sports. They each draft a 'team' of pop culture from the year 1980. 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 1980. 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 1980).

Episode 215: “Tron: Legacy” (2010): Movie Review Apr 21, 2022

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Derek has Chris watch "Tron: Legacy" for the first time. They discuss the film, its box office performance, cast, behind-the-scenes and elements from the movie. For the trivia segment of the show, the guys play a game of "Pick the Flick". Chris gives the year and synopsis and Derek must guess the film. The common thread for all of the answers: all of the movies involve video games.

Episode 214: Celebrities We’ve Met Apr 14, 2022

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Chris and Derek are joined by Greg Martin to discuss personal encounters they have had with celebrities. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Greg play a round of "Rock the Quote" (Chris gives movies quotes, Greg has to guess the film they are from - all of the quotes are from Gen-X movies).

Episode 213: “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” (1982): Movie Review Apr 07, 2022

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This episode, Chris and Derek go back and watch the 1982 Steven Spielberg film, "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial". They discuss the box office, cast, themes, behind-the-scenes trivia and (most importantly) what it was like to be there back in 1982 when this movie was originally released. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris asks Derek to guess movies with acronyms in the titles.

Episode 212: “An Officer and a Gentleman” (1982): Movie Review Mar 31, 2022

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This episode, Chris and Derek go back and watch the 1982 Richard Gere and Debra Winger film, "An Officer and a Gentleman". They discuss the box office, cast, themes, behind-the-scenes trivia and more. For the trivia segment of the show, Derek asks Chris trivia about military films from the 1980's.

Episode 211: 1982 Pop Culture Fantasy Draft Mar 23, 2022

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This episode, Chris and Derek combine pop culture with fantasy sports. They each draft a 'team' of pop culture from the year 1982. 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 1982. 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 asks Derek trivia about pop culture from the year 1982.

Best of Pop Goes Your World 17: Fun With Yancy/Caveman Mar 09, 2022

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Based on the positive feedback we have received in regard to the "Fun With Yancy/Fun With Caveman" segments 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, Derek and Yancy as they have fun with all of these things. Included in this compilation: EPISODE 72: The Best Guitar Solos of All Time (Chris asks Yancy trivia questions about guitar solos) EPISODE 73: "WALL-E" (2008): Movie Review (Chris asks Yancy questions about the movie) EPISODE 74: "Back to the Future" (1985): Movie Review (Yancy quizzes Chris about this movie) EPISODE 75: Superhero Movies (Chris has Yancy play a round of "Pokemon or Drug")

Best of Pop Goes Your World 16: Fun With Yancy/Caveman Mar 02, 2022

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Based on the positive feedback we have received in regard to the "Fun With Yancy/Fun With Caveman" segments 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, Derek and Yancy as they have fun with all of these things. Included in this compilation: EPISODE 68: "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981): Movie Review (Yancy asks Chris questions about "Raiders") EPISODE 69: Romantic Comedies (Yancy takes a seat in the Winners Circle of the "$100,000 Pyramid" and must name the titles of romantic comedies) EPISODE 70: "Contact" (1997): Movie Review (Chris quizzes Yancy about this movie) EPISODE 71: "The Princess Bride" (1987): Movie Review (Yancy asks Chris trivia about the movie)

Episode 210: “Passengers” (2016): Movie Review Feb 24, 2022

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This episode, Chris and Derek watch and review the 2016 movie "Passengers" starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris gives Derek the year and a synopsis and Derek has to guess the movie. All of the movies feature space travel.

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