Zach tests my knowledge with all things pop culture!
#Jeopardy
Just Friends(2005) 20th anniversary! Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, Amy Smart, and Chris Klein star in the Christmas time cult classic. We discuss all things Just Friends. The songs like Forgiveness, Jamie Smiles, and of course I Swear by R and B legends All 4 One. Is this a Christmas movie? Did Chris redeem himself? Simply Dusty? Is there any other kind? Class of 95’ and Jamie Palamino! Fat Ryan Reynolds singing and professing his love. We give Anna Faris and her great performance as Samantha James. We cover it all in Zach’s first watch and celebrate its 20th Anniversary! It’s the best holiday movie you didn’t know you were missing!
#JustFriends, #CultClassic, #ChristmasClassic, #ChristmasMovie, #20thAnniversary, #RyanReynolds, #AnnaFaris, #ChrisKlein, #AmySmart, #ClassOf95!, #Unqualified
So many Christmas songs so little time. We talk all things Christmas music. What are the best? Traditional or new? Zach and I actually on a lot of things. Jingle Bells, White Christmas, and All I want for Christmas is You!
#JingleBells, #AllIWantForChristmasIsYou, #WhiteChristmas
How much does Zach know about Christmas Pop Culture? We explore movies, traditions, cartoons, and all things Christmas Pop culture. Frosty, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Rudolph, Rockafellar Center, The Griswolds, Elf, The Christmas Story, and of course Home Alone! Let’s talk Christmas!
#HomeAlone, #Christmas, #ChristmasQuiz, #Elf, #FrostyTheSnowman, #Rudolph, #SantaClaus, #ACharlieBrownChristmas60YearsOld
The greatest Christmas movies of all time! Zach has seen about 4 of them. We talk through IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes lists of top 100 Christmas movies and ones we’ve seen. Zach has seen the Zach amount and I have seen all the others. The Christmas Story, Home Alone, Die Hard, The Santa Clause, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph, and of course Elf! We touch on A Christmas Carol and It’s a Wonderful Life and which version has classics and which is a snooze fest. I recommend movies to Zach as well. Just Friends, The Preacher’s Wife, Fred Claus, 4 Christmases, and Almost Christmas just to name a few. This episode could have been 2 more hours but we did our best.
#BuddyTheElf, #Ralphie, #TheChristmasStory, #ClarkGriswold, #CousinEddie, #Rudolph, #Frosty, #SantaClaus, #Scrooge, #RedRiderBBGun, #PinkNightmare, #Elf
25 years of great music! Is the last 25 years been the best? Will the next 25 years be better? Are the previous 25 years better? No Taylor Swift, no Drake, No Country, No boy bands, and no Justin Timberlake! Those are the rules we come up with the list!
#Rihanna, #EdSheeran, #MileyCyrus, #LadyGaga, #2000, #2025,
Is Kicking and Screaming a movie about kids or is it a movie about a kid who needs to act like a grownup? We discuss Will Ferrell’s favorite movie Kicking and Screaming. This is also one of Zach’s favorite movies ever. Ben watched it objectively and tried to find the funny. Was he successful?
#WillFerrell, #RobertDuvall, #soccer, #Futbol, #KateWalsh, #KickingandScreaming, #RottenTomatoes
Wicked and Wicked: For Good have taken the world by storm and are two of the most popular movies in the world right now, but Zach had never seen the movie that started it all. The Wizard of Oz(1939) is a cinematic classic. Zach watches completely for the first time. Based on the L. Frank Baum novel of the same name, 125 years old this year and still making people smile. Dorothy, Glinda, The Wicked Witch of the West or Elphaba before we knew her name. The Cowardly Lion, The Tinman, and The Scarecrow. Munchkin land, flying monkeys and of course The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. We talk about the history of the movie, the tumultuous making of the movie, and of course its connection to pop culture and the Wicked franchise. The color, the music, and the magic of one of the greatest movies ever made. It made Judy Garland a star, it won the Oscar for Somewhere Over the Rainbow, and it gave us lions and tigers and bears oh my!
#TheWizardOfOz, #Wicked, #Wicked:ForGood, #Glinda, #Elphaba, #Dorothy, #SomewhereOverTheRainbow, #JudyGarland
The football is over, the leftovers are packed, now it’s time for a board game! We talk about Zach’s love and actual immense knowledge of board games. All the classics, Monopoly, Sorry, Chess, Checkers, Life, and Scattegories! Are you a word game person or strategy? Real Monopoly rules? Or Street rules Monopoly? Scrabble or Pictionary? Catan or D&D?
#Monopoly, #Sorry, #TheGameOfLife, #UNO, #D&D
The Thanksgiving song! Gobble Gobble and just about anything that has to do with family and home. We discuss songs that are about Thanksgiving or could be the soundtrack to your families Thanksgiving! Let’s see how many country songs Zach chooses.
#AdamSandler, #MatthewWest, #TheThanksgivingSong, #GobbleGobble, #LouisArmstrong, #WhatAWonderfulWorld
Thanksgiving Pop Culture history! Macy Thanksgiving day parade, NFL Football, Friends episodes, Black Friday shopping, and of course Food! We talk about the history of the Macys parade and the balloons. We touch on NBC’s history with hosting the parade. We about the long long history of NFL football and Thanksgiving and American Football and Thanksgiving day. We also discuss the Westminster Dog Show. Are you a moist make fan? Do you want to win the Gellar Cup? Or would you rather win a slap bet? Friends Thanksgiving episodes or How I Met Your Mother Thanksgiving episodes. We also talk about the rise and fall of Black Friday shopping and its compacted history. Finally we talk about Thanksgiving Food its traditions and history.
#Thanksgiving, #Friends, #HowIMetYourMother, #MacysParade, #NFL, #BlackFridayShopping
The Thanksgiving Classic Planes, Trains, and Automobiles! Zach watches for the first time and I watch for the first time in 20 years! John Hughes, John Candy, and Steve Martin at their best! We follow Neal and Del as they traverse the Midwest trying to get from New York to Chicago to make it home for Thanksgiving . This is not only the best Thanksgiving movie ever, but maybe the best road trip movie ever. John Hughes writes, directs, and produces this legendary film. We discuss the casting, writing, and filming of the movie. It really holds up 38 years later. You can also watch it free right now on PlutoTv!
#PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles, #JohnHughes, #JohnCandy, #SteveMartin, #Thanksgiving, #RoadTrip, #PlutoTv, #ThoseArentPillows, #IWantACarRightNow
Line dancing, the peer pressure of dancing. We examine the history and the best line dancing songs of all time. We also touch on square dancing and its history and connection to Henry Ford. Billy Ray Cyrus, Alan Jackson, The Hustle, or the Electric Slide?
#BillyRayCyrus, #AlanJackson, #Shania Twain, #Trace Atkins, #BugsBunny, #CodyJohnson, #DariusRucker
Reading Rainbow helped me to love reading book. Audiobooks helped me to love listening to books. I try to help Zach achieve the same thing! We try to get to the root of why Zach doesn’t like books. I try every way possible to put a crack in his shield, will I be successful?
#BookClub, #StarWars, #HarryPotter, #JackLondon, #CallOfTheWild, #Books, #Library, #Audible
Basketball season is here! We discuss the best non documentary basketball movies! All the great ones Hoosiers, Space Jam, Above the Rim, Love and Basketball, and High School Musical!
#ZacEfron, #MichaelJordan, #Shaq, #StephCurry,#NbaOnNBC, #HighSchoolMusical, #LarryBird, #Hickory,#2Pac, #DuaneMartin, #WoodyHarrrelson, #WesleySnipes, #WhiteManCantJump, #HoopDreams, #TheRedeemTeam, #TheCourtOfGold
https://youtu.be/p_gyk_Y7QTw?si=xh9lew1UPEkEVywG
What is the greatest album of all time? Is it rap, rock, country, blues, or surf rock? We examine 6 different albums from country music and pop music. This includes some of the greatest song writers of all time! Brian Wilson, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Johnny Cash, and Stevie Wonder.
Trio-Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris. Live at Folsom Prison-Johnny Cash. The Gambler-Kenny Rogers. Abbey Road-The Beatles. Songs in the Key of Life-Stevie Wonder. Pet Sounds- The Beach Boys. With such songs as Isn’t she Lovely, Sir Duke, Here Comes the Sun, Folsom Prison Blues, Wouldn’t it be nice, God Only knows, and The Gambler these albums are stacked. Not only are the songs strong but so is the story telling and the writing.
#The Beatles, #BeachBoys, #JohnnyCash, #DollyParton, #StevieWonder, #AbbeyRoad, #PetSounds, #TheGambler, #KennyRogers, #PaulMcCartney, #JohnLennon, #GeorgeHarrison, #RingoStarr, #BrianWilson, #EltonJohn, #RockAndRollHallOfFame
We talk about books! Zach can read but doesn’t like it and doesn’t do it! We talk about the most popular books ever and he tries to guess them from my descriptions. Let’s see how he does!
#TheBible, #3LittlePigs, #HarryPotter, #TheLordOfTheRings, #Wonder, #DiaryOfAWimpyKid, #Goosebumps, #IT, #StephenKing
Adam Sandler’s 1998 classic The Waterboy! Tackling fuel and high quality H2O! Starring Adam Sandler, Henry Winkler(The Fonz), Academy Award Winner Kathy Bates, and country music legend Jerry Reed. Zach watches for the first time and we discuss what they got right, what aged really badly, and we pitch the sequel! Adam Sandler if you are listening we will split the profits!
#TheWaterboy, #AdamSandler, #KathyBates, #HenryWinkler, #Water, #H2O, #CaptainInsano, #TheBigShow, #PaulWight, #TacklingFuel
What spooky music makes you jump? What is your favorite Halloween music? Are you a fan of the classics or something completely different? We give our top 13 scary spooky frightful Halloween songs! As usual some will surprise and cause frustration and some will scare and delight! Zach and I break it down!
#Thriller, #Halloween, #JackSkelington, #MonsterMash, #Spooky, #FreddyKrueger, #FatBoys, #NightmareOnElmStreet
Zach’s
13. Scarecrow in the Garden-Chris Stapleton
12. Midnight in Montgomery- Alan Jackson
11. Riders in the Sky- Johnny Cash
10. Ghostbusters-Ray Parker Jr.
9. Bad Moon Rising- Creedance Clearwater Revival
8. Monster Mash- Bobby Pickett
7. Don’t Fear the Reaper- Tom Rhodes
6. The Devil Went Down to Georgia- Charlie Daniel’s Band
5. Superfreak- Rick James
4. Zombie- Bad Wolves
3. Beauty of Annihalation- Elena Siegman
2. Bring me to life- Evanescence
1. 115- Elena Siegman
Ben’s list
13-Theme from Psycho
12-are you ready for Freddy-The Fats Boys
11-This is Halloween from Nightmare before Christmas
10-Somebody’s watching me-Rockwell
9-Be Prepared-Lion King 2019
8-Theme from Jaws
7-Thriller-Michael Jackson
6-One- Metallica
5-They’re coming to take me away-Napoleon XIV
4-Black Sabbath-Black Sabbath
3-Theme from Halloween
2-What’s he Building-Tom Waits
1-Kim-Eminem
We talk history today! Candy, cats, costumes, and much much more. Where did Halloween get its origin? Do we like it or do we hate it? What costumes do you remember? Why do we trick or treat? Why October? Come join for this free for all conversation and you might stay and learn a little!
#Halloween, #UFC, #Reeses, #Snickers, #M&M, # Hershey, #HariboGummyBears, #NerdClusters, #StrangerThings, #Labubu, #KPopDemonHunters, #ToyStory, #PayDay