Feeling nostalgic? Tyler watched too much TV as a kid. Katie didn't watch any. Each week, Katie and Tyler watch or play something from the 90s and decide if it's actually any good (spoiler alert: it usually isn't).
Take all your bad feelings and push them down, all the way down past your knees, until you're almost walking on them.
Part 2 of our Simpsons deep dive.
If you want a challenge, listen to this episode on European Extreme difficulty.
This episode if VERY visual - watch it on YouTube to see what's going on!
Hannah holds us hostage.
Watch this episode on YouTube.
Two corrections from the episode:
1. We did play a point-and-click adventure before - Stay Tooned!
2. We did beat a game on the show before - Oregon Trail
"Make all your days happy." - The 1996 Paramount Home Video marketing department
On July 7th, we're launching a very special Not-Stalgia mini-series/season. We'll be watching all 12 movies from the 1996 preview for the Paramount Family Favorites VHS collection. You probably remember the preview; it showed clips from the 12 movies set to the tune of the Happy Days theme song.
We'll cover one movie each week, beginning with Bugsy Malone on July 7th. If you want to watch along with us, here's the complete list:
Bugsy Malone (1976)
Popeye (1980)
Lassie (1994)
D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
Explorers (1985)
Andre (1994)
Dragon World (1994)
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
A Dog of Flanders (1960)
Bon Voyage Charlie Brown (1980)
Charlotte's Web (1973)
Pre-Hysteria (1993)
Katie takes her role as fake hospital administrator a little too seriously.
Also, details about our Not-Stalgia t-shirt giveaway!
Watch the video version of this episode.
"Ronald McDonald e-mailed me."
Our deep dive on the history of McDonalds, Ronald McDonald, McDonaldland, trick-or-treating at McDonalds, The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald VHS cartoons, and our interview with Jack Doepke, the actor who played Ronald McDonald from 1991 to 1999.
Did you know during the 16th century the Catholic church classified beavers as fish so they could be eaten during Lent? Listen to this episode for more beaver facts!
"I would make you folks a several course dinner which would consist of recipes based upon the mass-produced/overly-processed foods of the 1990s, as well as those foods themselves, which you would eat blindfolded and attempt to guess which is which."
