Home Alone Rewind Presented by Nineteen Ninety What

We've arrived at Christmas Eve, and we've arrived at the ultimate destination for this Rewind miniseries, 1990's Home Alone. This is the beginning of the best Christmas movie franchise in existence, even if there are only a small handful of good movies in the bunch.

We tried to do this great movie justice, and along the way we tangent into The Adventures of Pete & Pete, Ren & Stimpy, Don Henley and growing up in the hood. 

Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals.

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Kevin McCallister has been separated from his family for the second year in a row (but really, the movies came out 2 years apart). This time Kevin winds up in a magical land beyond the seven levels of the candy cane forest, past the castle of the abominable snowman, past the sea of swirly, twirly gumdrops and through the Lincoln Tunnel: New York City!

Fortunately Kevin is equipped with a perfect device for a lil stinker, a Talkboy with a voice changer. And of course, because he's the eternally resourceful Kevin McCallister, he is able to use this device to book a suite at the world-renowned Plaza Hotel, New York's most exciting hotel experience. He's also able to record hard evidence on the crimes of the escaped convicts, Harry and Marv, now calling themselves The Sticky Bandits. 

This ep is packed with lots of fun 1992 talk, and we get into Disney's The Jungle Book, getting a Sega Genesis for Christmas, hockey, school cafeteria lunches, Sunkist vs. Fanta Orange soda, finding out the truth about the Big Guy in Red, and lots more!

Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals.

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We couldn't picture watching all 3 of these bad Home Alone sequels, and we couldn't imagine making you listen to 3 episodes worth of that. So we each watched one of them, and sum them up for you in our own way in this one compact ep. You don't have to watch these movies, unless you're some sort of masochist who hates spoilers for irrelevant movies.

Mike watched 2012's Home Alone: The Holiday Heist. It has a haunted house/mobster subplot, a hidden speakeasy, and made Mike wanna drink.

Jake watched what legitimately sounds like the worst idea for a Home Alone movie ever, with 2002's Home Alone 4. 

Adam watched 1997's Home Alone 3, and, though I forgot to mention it in the episode, one of the biggest letdowns was that the kid never used the yellow Sega Game Gear he had hanging from his utility belt on the movie poster. False advertising. Deal Breaker. Game over.

We also tangent about sleeping on the floor, cold showers, and The Office.

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Welcome to December, welcome to our new Rewind miniseries! We are covering the Home Alone franchise of Christmas movies, as only we do: in reverse! This is 199? Presents Home Alone Rewind.

In this, the first ep of the series, we are discussing 2021's direct-to-streaming-on-Disney-Plus "legacy sequel," Home Sweet Home Alone. 

Ellie Kemper and Rob DeLaney are trying to get their hands on a $200,000 ugly little boy to sell to an old lady to save their house. Of course, they know they're talking about a porcelain doll, but the kid, Max, thinks they want to kidnap him. So he creates a plan to defend himself and his McMansion.

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We are getting close to the Ends here, folks! Tonight we discussed Halloween II, which came out 3 years after Halloween, but picked up on the exact same Halloween night, of better or for worse. 

More kills, more blood, more mayhem and way more hospitals, come listen to more of our discussion about Michael and Loomis raging through Haddonfield!

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This week, we leave Michael Myers behind to discuss Halloween III. Audiences at the time weren't properly prepared for a "Halloween" movie without Michael Myers, and it got a terrible reputation. Time has been kind to it though, and taken for what it is, it is finding its audience. Its definitely a fun one to watch with friends at a Halloween party!

The original idea for an anthology series of unrelated Halloween films is a free idea that’s just sitting out there. We still think this needs to happen!

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Sure Michael is back, but there’s no Laurie. There’s no involvement from John Carpenter. No JLC. But set your worries aside! This is still a pretty great Halloween movie! Michael is revealed to have survived the events of Halloween 1 & 2, and has been catatonic in a mental hospital for the intervening 10 years. And, fools that they are, they are transferring him somewhere else on the day before Halloween. Donald Pleasance is back as Loomis and he is trying to protect Laurie’s recently orphaned daughter, Jamie, from her maniacal murder Uncle Michael.

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Jamie Lloyd is back, and this time she’s played by Danielle Harris, a great actress. But she’s a mute for the first half of the movie. And they do nothing with and then kill off her “sister,” Rachel, who we will get to know better next week in Halloween 4. Rachel’s friend Tina leads a group of crazy Haddonfield teens looking to get their Hallofreek on. Loomis rages around town scaring more people than The Shape himself. Production problems and a tight budget might just doom this one! Judge for yourself, but be reasonable!

I’m never reasonable if I can help it!! 

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Theatrical Cut, Producer's Cut, whatever. Halloween 6 has PROBLEMS. But at least the mask looks good in this one. And there are some great kills. However, you have to have some interest in the power of Runes to influence evil to truly enjoy The Curse of Michael Myers. Paul Rudd stars in this one, though, and it was his first movie! 

So listen as we discuss the film that wraps up the Jamie Lloyd trilogy, despite recasting her with a complete zero, and totally ruining the character's life. 

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You may not know it from listening to our podcast, since she's appeared in every movie we've covered so far, but H20 was Jamie Lee Curtis' return to the franchise after 17 years. With the resurrection of Laurie Strode, H20 became the first—but not the last—soft reboot in the franchise, discarding Halloween 4-6. This movie has its issues (what is up with that MASK?!), but overall, it is a scary and fun slasher movie that doesn't go over-the-top. There are gratuitous jump scares along the way, but the final showdown between Laurie and Michael Myers is worth the watch! 

Halloween (Halloween 20) Twenty Years Later 

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Just how easy is it to start a gas-powered chainsaw you've never operated before?? Why does Busta Rhymes yelling at Michael Myers like he's his boss not get him murder-stabbed? How did Tyra Banks die? Why did they retcon the ending of H20?

Halloween Resurrection raises a lot of questions! Let's try to answer one or 2, at least.

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Halloween 2018 is a reboot of the franchise that wiped out 9 other films from the timeline. Get used to that kind of thing happening.

Going backwards through these things is about to get real weird.

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Knowing our love for (and fear of) all things Michael Myers, friend of the podcast, Jake, told us he had an idea: to cover all of the Halloween films*, but in reverse. We loved the idea of exploring new territory, and the opportunity to break out of the 90s. As this was Jake's brainchild, it's only fitting to invite him along for the ride. Join us as we go from the recent to the original John Carpenter classic, all leading up to October 31st. We're calling it Halloween Rewind, and we're excited to talk about these films in our own backwards way!

Tonight we start with what is currently the most recent film in the franchise, 2021's Halloween Kills. Michael gets his hands bloodier than ever before as he continues his 2018 rampage through Haddonfield. This has got to be the longest Halloween night ever.

How does this film fit into the timeline? How does Michael's mask look? What's on the soundtrack? How many kills does Michael rack up? Does evil die tonight? These are the questions we'll try to answer every episode.

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*No Rob Zombie movies. Sorry, dirt bags.

CDs sometimes had these thing called hidden tracks, and here’s what that was all about! We will play songs from Spacehog, Collective Soul, No Use for a Name, Travis, Stone Temple Pilots, and many more!

Plus we announce our plans for an upcoming big project!

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We recorded another podcast episode! Tonight we are going to play a 90s bands version of popular children's board game, Guess Who, and we found a way to pack it full of 90s music. We'll play Oasis, U2, Beastie Boys, Robyn, Spice Girls, blink-182, Will Smith, 2Pac, Smashing Pumpkins, Goo Goo Dolls, Sublime, Green Day, and many more, as we play the game twice.

Stick around to the end and you'll also get to hear our thoughts on the Beach Boys, Weezer's latest project, classical music, and movie scores! 

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Tonight, after some movie news, Mike and Adam play a friendly game of Candyland. With every move we play a color-coordinated song from the 90s. This is a super varied episode that features Stone Temple Pilots, Montell Jordan, Bush, Boyz II Men, Green Day, Public Enemy, George Strait, Luther Vandross, Janet Jackson, Diamond Rio, Quad City DJs, Hanson, Elton John, Bon Jovi, Right Said Fred, Brooks & Dunn, Boy Howdy, Elastica, The Boo Radleys, and many, many more!

Adam also talks about his football and soccer careers, and Mike has advice for getting into Crypto.

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We said we'd get on a more consistent schedule... Ugh, as IF!

Tonight we talked about the 1995 teen movie, Clueless, and listened to the soundtrack! 

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We’re back! And we’re playing a fun game! It’s like Heads Up. We each pick a 90s band or musician for the other person to guess. When it’s been revealed, we play their music! Simple as that! Can’t spoil which artists we play, but some good tunes are found herein!

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Do you like the heart in a blender band?

Mike and Adam get back to recording episodes for the first time in seven months, and we're indulging with an exploration of the first 2 Eve 6 albums, their self titled debut, Eve 6, and Horrorscope.

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It's spooky season again, guts and ghouls! Adam and Mike are here to help you celebrate with long, late-night discussions about their Halloween costumes of yesteryear, the scariest movies of the 90s and beyond, why Michael Myers is the best slasher (suck it, Vorhees), Germany, and Steve Harvey. Get ready to hear about our favorite store-bought and homemade costumes! If you need a fright, be sure to check our Twitter for Adam's garish Sonic the Hedgehog costume. Because... yikes.

There Are Certain Rules That One Must Abide By In Order To Successfully Survive A Horror Movie.

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su·per·group

/ˈso͞opərˌɡro͞op/

noun

1. an exceptionally successful rock group or one formed by musicians already famous from playing in other groups.

Somehow talking about supergroups from the 1990s led us to finish the show with way too much opera. This is not an apology.

Artists featured include: Golden Smog, Down, Homie, Highwaymen, Westside Connection, The Three Tenors, Neurotic Outsiders, Cork, Traveling Wilburys, Slash's Snakepit, Me Frist & the Gimme Gimmes, A Perfect Circle, Damn Yankees, the Vaughan Brothers and many more!

Associated acts from those groups include: NOFX, Ice Cube, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Soul Asylum, Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne, The Jayhawks, Lagwagon, No Use For A Name, Foo Fighters, Scream, Nirvana, Weezer, CAKE, Soul Coughing, TOOL, Smashing Pumpkins, Waylon Jennings, Ted Nugent, Luciano Pavarotti, Jimmie Vaughan, Guns n Roses, Gin Blossoms, Kris Kristofferson, Mel Tillis, Jerry Reed, Styx, Night Ranger

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We recently watched the highly underrated 1995 teen comedy, Angus! The soundtrack is among the best of the 90s alt-rock soundtracks, featuring Ash, the Smoking Popes, The Riverdales, Dance Hall Crashers, Love Spit Love, Pansy Division, Goo Goo Dolls, Weezer & Green Day! 

Angus... Isn't that a cow's name?

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It's been a long quarantine, but we're back! We're social distancing, and we're ready to listen to some more 90's alternative! What better way to get into the American holiday spirit of Independence Day is there than listening to Great Britain's finest, Oasis? Typing this just now, I realized that we got through an entire 2 hour episode on these lads with not a single mention of Blur. Good for us!

Anyway, Mike and Adam will take you through Oasis entire discography, and by the end, you will have a better understanding of their music, cultural impact, and snide cheekiness!

I said maybe...

(We're not playing Wonderwall)

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When is the last time you played Candy Land? For your hosts, the answer to that question is last night until past 2 a.m. Crazy stuff, sure, but they did it for you. But, hey, we have a sweet twist! Every colored square that we land on indicates a song that we are going to play from the year 2000. In the first year after the 90s, our decade of discussion, the hit music was varied and polished, and sweeter than a lollipop.

On our journey to the Candy Castle, will hear from some of the biggest pop artists and groups, the best rock bands, many rappers and far too many country artists! Get ready to hear from Jennifer Lopez, Dynamite Hack, Christina Aguilera, No Doubt, Lonestar, Wheatus, George Strait, Bright Eyes, Shaggy, N*Sync, Janet Jackson, Backstreet Boys, Jay-Z, Destiny's Child, Madonna, Eminem, Dr. Dre, Nelly, Bush, Snoop Dogg, 3Doors Down, Nine Days, and many, many more!

Beware the Licorice Lagoon!

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In June of 1999 Fat Wreck Chords put out an insane compilation of 101 punk bands doing 30 second songs. The result is pretty legendary. In this episode, we listen and discuss the entire thing. Get ready for a lot of music coming at you quick!

Featuring: Green Day, The Offspring, blink-182, Rancid, NOFX, Wizo, Dance Hall Crashers, Bouncing Souls, Bad Religion, Anti-Flag, No Use for a Name, Hi-Standard, Circle Jerks, the Misfits, Swingin' Utters, The Ataris, Less Than Jake, Teen Idols, Good Riddance, Nerf Herder, Unwritten Law, A.F.I., Gwar, Lagwagon, Samiam, Bracket, Descendents, Mad Caddies, Screeching Weasel, Strung Out, Spazz, 88 Fingers Louie, Pulley, The Vandals, The Queers, All, Frenzy Rhomb, Black Flag, Avail, The Muffs & MANY MANY more.

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Happy New Year!

We recorded an episode with our first ever guest, Jake from the Jet (Jake's Entertainment Talk) Podcast. Jake is a big movie buff, and so he came on the show to play some of his favorite songs and scores from 1990s soundtracks.

You'll hear Randy Newman, R.E.M., The Quad City DJs, the Pixies, Letters to Cleo, John Williams and many more!

Listen to past episodes of the Jet.! New episodes may be coming soon.

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The Nineteen Ninety What boys are back, and are excited to play some alternative Christmas tunes for your holiday listening pleasure. We try to get you into the spirit of the season with some excellent, weird, and more obscure offerings from a variety of artists. You'll hear Collective Soul, Smashing Pumpkins, U2, Local H, Bad Religion, Everclear, She & Him, Bright Eyes, blink-182, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer, Oasis, the Old 97's, Marcy Playground & Counting Crows! We'll also talk about a few Christmas films and memories, and the secret to overcoming anxiety and self-doubt. Wow. Heavy stuff.

A long December and there's reason to believe
Maybe this year will be better than the last

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Adam and Mike play some Thanksgiving-related music! Guns N Roses! John Williams? Dido! Cracker. 

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