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.
BINGE AND PODCAST: "When a VHS of wood burning won't do." (1986-1996) Its the most commercial time of the year, with many of them airing during Bob and Tim's favorite shows. So in that money-sucking spirit they are tuning in to some (theoretically) festive episodes of some (questionably) classic sitcoms. Seriously ... MORE Perfect Strangers?!?
00:00:00 - PRE-SHOW PRATTLE - a tinny tone
00:00:53 - MORNING DRIVE MATERIALISM - a conflict in gifting / “Put A Little Love In Your Heart”
00:03:47 - SITCOM ALL YE FAITHFUL - the holiday tradition of Christmas-themed episodes
00:08:10 - DECEMBER 17th, 1986 - Autobot city and diminishing plastic
00:11:59 - GOD REST YE LARRY APPLETON - a horny tradition and stranded for the holidays
00:21:21 - O CHRISTMAS TOOL - Oedipus Al and stranded for the holidays
00:30:53 - DECEMBER 13TH, 1996 - a blue Christmas
00:40:12 - CARL OF THE BELLS - standing ovations and stranded for the holidays
00:50:39 - IS IT THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR? - and a Riptide reference
00:53:09 - MALONE FOR THE HOLIDAYS - Network friends and family and stranded for the holidays
00:59:54 - URKEL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN - a pitch to David Fincher
01:02:49 - CLOSINGS - Contacts, plugs and no catchphrase / “Little Drummer Boy / Peace On Earth”
01:05:05 - BONUS FEATURES - a recurring fear
Follow along with today's episodes through the HULU and NETFLIX links below:
Witness Larry's perfect descent into morose depression on HULU.com HERE.
Apologize to your own eyes for viewing Tim and Al's exploits on HULU.com HERE .
Celebrate Tim's new perennial favorite on HULU.com HERE.
And understand why CHEERS is always worth cheering for on NETFLIX HERE.
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Watch Nell Carter open a box of crayons on this GIMMEE A BREAk holiday episode HERE.
And have yourself a Jason Bateman Christmas with that guy from Married with Children on IT'S YOUR MOVE HERE.
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MUSIC FEATURED IN TODAY’S EPISODE:
“Put A Little Love In Your Heart” performed by Al Green and Annie Lennox from the 1988 original motion picture soundtrack to the Richard Donner film SCROOGED.
"Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth" performed by Bing Crosby and David Bowie and first featured on the 1977 CBS presentation BING CROSBY'S MERRIE OLDE CHRISTMAS.
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20TH CENTURY POPCAST will return next week with an "out of this galaxy" POOP CULTURE.
