20th Century Popcast is a podcast that tries to understand the present by living in the past. Each week hosts Bob and Tim take a sociological look at the pop culture of the '80s and '90s. Its a ruining of their childhood that hopefully explains how they became adults.
POP PSYCH - "On being Harry, Richard and some kid going into space.“ (1984-1996) It’s an episode of questionable gestures as Bob and Tim embark down the path of relationships past. Along the way they share stories of how they copped their most romantic gestures from the films of their youth. So hold up that boom box, confess those fated feelings and hope they don’t call it stalking. Or the police.
Stills for today’s discussion can be found @subcultist on Instagram as well as linked in the episode summary below.
Episode Summary
00:00:00 - UNLICENSED AUDIO CLIP - "Karaoke machine with a fringe on top ”
00:00:33 - CELEBRITY STASIS - Podcast Infamy/ “I’ll Be You"
00:04:44 - THE LONG AND WINDING EXPLANATION - Iconic images (to us)
00:06:34 - THE LAST STARFIGHTER (1984) - see the image HERE
00:09:10 - WHEN HARRY MET SALLY (1989) - see the image HERE
00:16:19 - ANYTHING BUT LOVE (1990) - see the image HERE
00:23:16 - FRIENDS (1996) - see the image HERE
00:25:32 - THE LONG DISTANCE LONG-SHOT - Bob’s story
00:29:57 - L.A. STORY (1991) - see the image HERE
00:36:44 - MAGNETIC FIELDS IN THE PUBLIC GARDEN - Tim’s story
00:44:15 - CINEMATIC EXPECTATIONS -a movie kind of love
00:52:53 - CLOSINGS - Contacts, plugs and no catchphrase / "Hopeless Romantic”
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MUSIC FEATURED IN TODAY’S EPISODE:
“I’ll Be You” performed by The Replacements off the 1989 album “DON’T TELL A SOUL”
“Hopeless Romantic.” performed by The Bouncing Souls from their 1999 release “HOPELESS ROMANTIC”
The use of these songs are for entertainment purposes and without the expressed permission of the recording artist.
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