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

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Best of Pop Goes Your World 30: Fun With Caveman Jun 27, 2024

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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 128: TV Shows Ripe for Reboot (Chris quizzes Derek and Kaye to see how much they know about movie sequels.) EPISODE 129: "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" (1988): Movie Review (Derek challenges Chris with trivia questions about movies that feature both live action and animation. ) EPISODE 130: "Memento" (2000): Movie Review (Chris challenges Derek with trivia questions about movies that feature non-linear storytelling. ) EPISODE Episode 131: Political Movies (Chris challenges Derek with trivia about Best Picture Oscars and top grossing films. Derek is clearly off his game this week.)

Best of Pop Goes Your World 29: Fun With Caveman Jun 20, 2024

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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 124: "Aliens" (1986): Movie Review (Chris quizzes Derek and Kaye to see how much they know about movie sequels.) EPISODE 125: Movie Songs (Chris quizzes Derek on songs that appear in the opening or closing credits of movies.) EPISODE 126: "Big" (1988): Movie Review (Derek quizzes Chris on body-swapping movies.) EPISODE 127: "Guardians of the Galaxy" (2014): Movie Review (The guys play a round of the Winners Circle from the $100,000 Pyramid.)

Episode 294: “Team America: World Police” (2004): Movie Review Jun 13, 2024

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This week, Chris McBrien and Derek Myers go back to 2004 to watch and review Trey Parker and Matt Stone's marionette movie, "Team America: World Police". Chris and Derek discuss the box office performance, critical reception, cast, scenes, trivia and quotes from the film. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Derek try to guess the titles of movies that have 'America' (or 'American') in the title.

Episode 293: “48 Hrs.” (1982): Movie Review Jun 06, 2024

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This week, Chris McBrien and Derek Myers go back to 1982 to review Eddie Murphy's big screen movie debut, "48 Hrs." directed by Walter Hill and also starring Nick Nolte. Chris and Derek discuss the box office performance, critical reception, cast, scenes and quotes from the film. For the trivia segment of the show, Derek gives Chris a series of questions about Nick Nolte.

Episode 292: Soundtracks That Were Better Than the Movie May 30, 2024

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This week, Chris McBrien and Derek Myers are joined by resident music expert, Greg Martin to run down their personal top 5 lists of great soundtracks. The hitch is: all of the soundtracks have to come from 'bad' movies. The guys each discuss their picks and critique each others' picks as well. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris had Greg try and guess which movie certain songs come from. However, due to copyright issues, Chris must sing the songs.

Episode 291: “Brewster’s Millions” (1985): Movie Review May 23, 2024

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This week, Chris McBrien and Derek Myers go back to 1985 to watch and review the Walter Hill comedy, "Brewster's Millions" starring Richard Pryor, John Candy and Lonette McKee. The guys discuss the box office success of the film, the cast, scenes, trivia, themes and more. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris makes Derek play a round of 'Pick the Flick'. The common thread of all the movies is that they all have money in the title.

Episode 290: “Caveman” (1981): Movie Review May 16, 2024

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This week, Chris McBrien and Derek Myers go back to 1981 to watch and review Carl Gottlieb's directorial debut, "Caveman" starring Ringo Starr, Barbara Bach, Shelley Long and Dennis Quaid. The guys discuss the box office success of the film, the cast, scenes, trivia and more. For the trivia segment of the show, Derek challenges Chris to name the titles of Dennis Quaid's filmography (with hints, of course).

Episode 289: TV Cooking Shows May 09, 2024

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This week, Chris McBrien and Derek Myers are joined by fellow podcaster (and former "Chopped" contestant), Chef Robert Rose to discuss TV cooking shows. They talk about the history of cooking shows, some of their personal favourites over the years, and how the genre has evolved. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Robert take a seat in the Winner's Circle of the "$100,000 Pyramid" where he gives clues and Robert must race to the top of the pyramid.

Episode 288: “Sliding Doors” (1998): Movie Review Apr 25, 2024

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Chris McBrien and Derek Myers go back to 1998 to watch and review the Gwyneth Paltrow film "Sliding Doors". The guys talk about the success of the film (commercially and critically), scenes, themes, quotes and behind-the-scenes information about the film. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris asks Derek some pop culture trivia about the year 1998.

Episode 287: “Night Shift” (1982): Movie Review Apr 18, 2024

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Chris McBrien and Derek Myers go back to 1982 to watch and review the Ron Howard-directed film "Night Shift", starring Henry Winkler, Michael Keaton and Shelley Long. The guys talk about the success of the film (commercially and critically), scenes, themes, quotes and behind-the-scenes information about the film. For the trivia segment of the show, Derek has Chris play a game of 'Pick the Flick' where Derek mentions a movie where prostitution is involved in the plot and Chris has to try and guess the film title.

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