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

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Episode 209: Fashion in Pop Culture Feb 17, 2022

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This week, Chris and Derek are joined by Lisa and Jason Marks from the "Designated Quizzers" podcast to discuss fashion in pop culture. With a focus on Generation-X pop culture, they discuss trends in fashion, the influence of pop culture on fashion, hairstyles and more. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Lisa and Jason try and guess which movies won the Best Costume Design Oscar for each year of the 1980's.

Episode 208: “Batman” (1989): Movie Review Feb 10, 2022

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This episode, Chris and Derek go back to 1989 and review Tim Burton's dark comic adaptation of "Batman". They discuss how the movie holds up (especially in regard to the MCU movies), the cast, the director, and the stylistic elements of the film. For the trivia segment of the show, Derek stumps Chris with celebrities 'real' names.

Episode 207: “When Harry Met Sally…” (1989): Movie Review Feb 03, 2022

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This episode, Chris and Derek go back to 1989 and review Rob Reiner's romantic comedy, "When Harry Met Sally...". They discuss how the movie holds up, the cast, the director, the script and the core theme about the relationship between men and women. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris asks Derek questions about famous movie quotes. Chris debuts a new song to introduce the trivia segment.

Episode 206: 1989 Pop Culture Fantasy Draft Jan 27, 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 1989. Each team must be comprised of the following: 3 movies 3 songs 3 TV shows 1 personal pick All of the picks must have debuted in the year 1989. 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 questions about 1989 pop culture.

Episode 205: “Gladiator” (2000): Movie Review Jan 20, 2022

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This week, Derek and Chris go back and watch the 2000 Ridley Scott film "Gladiator" starring Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris asks Derek trivia questions about adult film titles based on legitimate movie titles.

Episode 204: Toys of Generation X Jan 13, 2022

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This week, Derek and Chris take a trip down memory lane to discuss some of the best toys of Generation-X. They reminisce about some of their favourite toys when they were young kids growing up back in the 1970's and 1980's. What were some of your favourite Gen-X toys? Listen in and see if any of these toys were from your youth! For the trivia segment of the show, Chris asks Derek trivia questions about Generation-X toys.

Episode 203: 2021 – The Year in Pop Culture Jan 06, 2022

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This week, Derek and Chris go back through the pop culture from 2021: movies, TV shows, celebrities and the famous people we lost last year. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris quizzes Derek about pop culture from 2021.

Episode 202: “Fright Night” (1985): Movie Review Dec 17, 2021

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This week, Derek and Chris go back and watch the 1985 movie "Fright Night". The guys discuss the many vampire tropes that are present in the movie. They also discuss the cast, the box office performance of the movie, the script, the special effects and much more. For the trivia segment of the show, Derek quizzes Chris about various actors that have portrayed vampires on film over the years.

Episode 201: “Real Genius” (1985): Movie Review Dec 10, 2021

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This week, Derek and Chris go back and watch the 1985 movie "Real Genius". With Val Kilmer in the title role, Martha Coolidge directing and Neal Israel and Pat Proft writing the script, this has to stand up as one of the best comedies of the 1980's, right? For the trivia segment of the show, the guys play a game of "One Degree of Val Kilmer", where Derek has to guess the titles of movies in which different actors have appeared with Val Kilmer.

Episode 200: 200 Is a LOT of Episodes! Dec 03, 2021

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This week, Derek and Chris celebrate 200 episodes! They look back on some of the highlights, Chris' original songs, things they wish they could "do-over" as well as some TV shows that got to 200 episodes. For the trivia segment of the show, Derek quizzes Chris about past episodes of the podcast.

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