20th Century Pop! is a podcast that tries to understand the present by living in the past. Each episode 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.
HOW DID I MISS THIS?: "Fantastic corns and mythical cheeses." (1982). In celebration of his recently regenerated hit points, Bob and Tim are watching one of Tom Hanks’s earliest roles. But what should be an adventure film just like Willow winds up a Regan-era damnation of fantasy world role-playing. Best to Charisma check yourself before you Charisma wreck yourself as they drag into the dungeon of 80s television programming.
00:00:00 PRE-SHOW PRATTLE - segue of artifice
00:01:00 THE MECHANICS OF OPENING - and exactly what an opposite is
00:07:45 CAMPAIGN SEASONING - and a Bob’s tale of old
00:12:35 DECEMBER 28TH, 1982 - fellowship of the ding-a-lings
00:22:15 T-S-ARRGH - is this how college, kids and role-playing games work?
00:28:52 I BEG YOUR PARDUE - Tom Hanks is loosing it
00:36:22 PANIC! AT THE DUNGEON - (Part Of) The Strange Tale Of James Dallas Egbert III
00:41:58 HALL AND ELEVATORS - and Bob comes full circle
00:49:42 DENOUNCEMENT AND DRAGONS - (The Rest Of) The Strange Tale Of James Dallas Egbert III
00:59:32 CLOSINGS - contacts, plugs and no catch phrase
01:02:49 BONUS BEHIND THE SCENES AUDIO - mic distance
Campaign hither, come feast of Sol, tis thy bard’s melodic tongue which spouts forth thee verily majestic PROMO FOR MAZES AND MONSTERS.
Kneel before the graven image of J.J.s far too many hats as it accompanies RETRO JUNKIE’S REVIEW OF MAZES AND MONSTERS.
Delve a little further into the unfortunate reality that was twisted into this film’s misguided intent with SUMMER OF SLEAZE: THE EXPLOITATION OF JAMES DALLAS EGBERT III BY GRADY HENDRIX first posted on TOR.com.
Hear some varying opinions on the DUNGEONS AND DRAGON’S SATANIC PANIC in this 2016 RETRO REPORT from the NEWY YORK TIMES.
And finally, parry your mother’s T-Square and strap on that fanny-pack of holding, you’re about to descend into the feature length , TV movie campaign of MAZES & MONSTERS STREAMING FREE ON YOUTUBE.
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MUSIC FEATURED IN TODAY’S EPISODE:
“Super Poupi ” (opening theme) and "Poupi Great Adventures: The Arcade Game" (closing theme) performed by Komiku from the 2018 album POUPI'S INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES available at Freemusicarchives.org. Cleared for public domain use through Creative Commons under a CCO 1.0 Universal License.
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20TH CENTURY POP! will return next week to hopefully shed some light on what happened to the new podcast that, last week, Tim said would be debuting this week (which will be last week by next week’s standards).