When We Were Young – an 80s and 90s pop culture podcast
WHEN WE WERE YOUNG takes a look back at different beloved parts of pop culture from our formative years (1980-2000), and decides if they hold up today.
83: “You’re The Moron That’s Been Invading My Turf?” - Hackers
Oct 23, 2020
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In cyberspace, there is no right or wrong… there’s only fun and boring! At least, that’s what 1995’s techsploitation thriller HACKERS would have you believe in Part 2 of our "net-trospective."
82: “Give Us The Disk And We’ll Give You Your Life Back” - The Net
Oct 21, 2020
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You’ve got podcast! In our latest episode, we’re flashing back to the bygone days of floppy disks, away messages, and actually disconnecting from the world wide web sometimes. It’s a two-part When We Were Young Net-rospective as we reminisce on all things internet, including the cyber-conspiracy thrillers that were Hollywood’s first attempt at cashing in on the dot-com boom of the 90s. In Part 1, our hosts recall their earliest memories of both the net and THE NET — the 1995 techno-thriller that raised issues of online privacy long before social media made being tracked and manipulated by sinister forces part of our everyday lives.
First, we share our memories of chat rooms, CD-ROMs, and what it was like to dial-up with a modem every time we wanted to get online. Then, we learn a little about why 1995 was such a seminal year for the information superhighway, before diving into that year’s surprisingly prescient Sandra Bullock flick — made back when ordering a pizza on the internet was still just a bit of movie magic.
So close out that chat with CyberBob, get a virtual fire started, and whatever you do, don’t push the ESC key — because we’ve only just begun hacking into the 90s!
Help us defray the costs of creating this show, which includes purchasing movies/shows/music to review, delivery food to eat our feelings, and producing & editing in-house at the MFP Studio in Los Angeles, California, by donating to our Patreon account at patreon.com/WhenWeWereYoung
81: “It’s So Tasty, Too!” - Nick At Nite Part 2
Sep 23, 2020
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Does the phrase “Bewitched Be-Wednesdays” ring a bell? If so, you may remember that the mid-90s spawned a revival of classic sitcoms from the 50s, 60s, and 70s through Nick At Nite’s Block Party Summer programming, allowing a whole new generation of viewers to binge “oldies” like I Love Lucy, The Munsters, I Dream of Jeannie, and Welcome Back Kotter for the very first time.
In Part 1 of our return visit to TV Land, we checked in on the seminal, groundbreaking Mary Tyler Moore Show — which is still fresh and funny nearly 50 years after its debut — and the horror-inspired sitcom The Munsters, which is… less so. In Part 2, our look back at Nick At Nite’s Block Party Summer continues, starting with “Lucy Tuesdays” and an appreciation of TV’s mischievous redhead goddess of physical comedy, Lucille Ball.
Join us as we revisit seven beloved Nick At Nite shows to see which ones still taste just like candy, and which go down like a spoonful of Vitameatavegamin now that our TV palettes have matured. So fold your arms, twitch your nose, and toss your hat up in the air as we take you back to a long-ago era before we were young, when entertainment was sweeter, simpler, and way more sexist. Yeah… these shows have some ‘splainin’ to do!
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Help us defray the costs of creating this show, which includes purchasing movies/shows/music to review, delivery food to eat our feelings, and producing & editing in-house at the MFP Studio in Los Angeles, California, by donating to our Patreon account at patreon.com/WhenWeWereYoung
80: “I Hate Spunk” – Nick At Nite Part 1
Sep 21, 2020
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The mid-90s spawned a revival of classic sitcoms from the 50s-70s through Nick At Nite’s Block Party Summer programming. In Part 1 we talk about comfort food TV and check in on the groundbreaking Mary Tyler Moore Show and the horror-inspired The Munsters.
79: “We End Up In Bed Together” – The X-Files Part 2
Aug 16, 2020
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In the second part of our X-Files discussion, we revisit impactful and fan-favorite episodes from the show, and the X-Files Movie: Fight The Future - and we discuss the cultural impact of The X-Files and its online fan community. Part 2/2
78: "Nobody Down Here But The FBI's Most Unwanted" - The X-Files
Aug 14, 2020
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The Truth Is Out There... but so are lies. The WHEN WE WERE YOUNG podcast continues our Quarantine Indoor Summer Slam by revisiting Chris Carter's THE X-FILES, the long-running smash hit Fox TV drama starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Part 1/2
77: “I Learned That From A Rat” – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
Jul 03, 2020
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If you thought this podcast was done discussing everyone’s favorite gang of pubescent crime fighting reptiles, we’ve got news for you! Go ninja, go ninja, go listen to part two of our podcast — back by bodacious demand.
76: “They’re Heroes In A Half-Shell, And They’re Green” - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Jun 30, 2020
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The world’s most fearsome podcast team unleashes its most tubular episodes yet — a deep dive into the TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES franchise. Do we still feel the Turtle Power after all these years?
75: “Sal’s Famous Pizzeria is Here to Stay” – Do The Right Thing
Jun 13, 2020
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Spike Lee’s seminal modern classic DO THE RIGHT THING is no less urgent in 2020 than it was upon its 1989 release, so our cohosts discuss just how difficult it is to “Fight the Power” or do the right thing when that power is armed with a license to kill.
74: “There’s Something Very Familiar About All This” – Back To The Future Parts II & III
Apr 17, 2020
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We've already passed the future depicted in BACK TO THE FUTURE, PART II (1989) and Westerns were already dated by the release of BACK TO THE FUTURE, PART III (1990). Do these sequels hold up more than 30 years later, or sink like a hoverboard over water?
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