Nostalgium Arcanum
A Repository For The Pop Culture That Made Us Who We Are
We found 10 episodes of Nostalgium Arcanum with the tag “comedy”.
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Ernest Goes To Camp
November 11th, 2024 | 1 hr 58 mins
1980s, 80s, camp, cinema, comedies, comedy, ernest, film, films, jim varney, movie, movies
Hey Vern! We're joined by writer/comedian/filmmaker Tarik Davis (@tarikrdavis) to head off to Camp Kikakee with one Ernest P. Worrell. Despite its humble trappings this is, we maintain, a cinematic masterpiece. By the end of this podcast you'll know what we mean, knowwhatImean?
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In Living Color
September 16th, 2024 | 1 hr 51 mins
1990s, 90s, black, black lives matter, blm, comedy, damon wayans, david alan grier, entertainment, improv, jamie foxx, jim carrey, keenan ivory wayans, marlon wayans, saturday night live, sketch, sketch comedy, snl, television, tv, wayans, wayans brothers
In Livng Color lived up to its theme and proved you could do what you want to do. We recorded a podcast about it. Kinda like it. Like to hear it? Hear it go! Guest Jala Prendes (host of Jala-Chan' Place, Monster, Dear Monster, and Duckfeed.tv's The Level) and Dave Cox (co-host of Monster, Dear Monster) join us to revisit the memorable cast and characters of one of the most important and groundbreaking sketch comedy shows ever made.
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George Carlin
September 9th, 2024 | 1 hr 36 mins
bill & ted, bill & ted's bogus journey, bill & ted's excellent adventure, bill and ted, comedian, comedians, comedy, george carlin, politics, satire, stand-up, stand-up comedy, standup, standup comedy, wyld stallyns
Instead of seven words you can't say, we can't say enough good words about comedy legend George Carlin. Guest comedian Rich Baker (@richbakercoaching) joins us to pay homage to an all-time great who taught us to be excellent to each other, and to never turn off your bullshit detector.
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2000s Movies: Part 2
September 2nd, 2024 | 2 hrs 47 mins
00s, 2000, 2000s, apatow, batman, cinema, comedies, comedy, coraline, dark knight, disney, film, films, judd apatow, marvel, mcu, movie, movies, neil gaiman, pixar, scorcese, seth rogen, the dark knight
The second half of the 00s found Hollywood taking fewer big swings, but the ones that connected found an audience hungry for something bigger and better. Our review-crew of Ami Lief, Ryan Merlo, and Tania Newton are back to discuss their nostalgic cinematic memories of 2005 to 2009.
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2000s Movies: Part 1
August 26th, 2024 | 3 hrs 6 mins
00s, 2000s, action, cinema, comedy, film, films, horror, lord of the rings, movie, movies, pirates, romcom, sci-fi, scifi, spider-man
The first half of the 2000s was a time for building franchises, adapting IPs, and getting a jittery country back on its feet. In this episode our crew (Ami Lief, Tania Newton, and Ryan Merlo) join us to round-table our favorite films from 2000 to 2004, and all that jazz.
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Friends
August 19th, 2024 | 2 hrs 29 mins
1990s, 90s, comedy, courtney cox, david schwimmer, friends, jennifer aniston, lisa kudrow, matt leblanc, matthew perry, pivot, sitcom, television, tv
Could our 100th episode BE any bigger? We're tackling one of the most popular television shows of all time. Our friend podcaster Case Aiken (Another Pass, Men of Steel) is there for us, along with many other past guests of the show dropping by to grab a cup of coffee and share their memories of this classic 90s sitcom. If you have fond memories of the show, tell us how you doin' and send some feedback.
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UHF
July 1st, 2024 | 2 hrs 4 mins
1980s, 80s, accordion, comedy, cult classic, cult classics, film, flims, fran drescher, geek, kevin mccarthy, michael richards, movie, movies, music, nerd, parodies, parody, polka, weird al yankovic
We become parodies of ourselves as Dan Oster (MadTV, A Podcast, But Evil) joins us to revisit UHF, Weird Al Yankovic's cult classic about weird people trying to run a weird tv station for a non-weird world. As a bonus treat, we've included some old audio of our interview with Weird Al himself, so you get to drink from THE FIREHOSE (of podcast content)!!!
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3 Ninjas
June 17th, 2024 | 1 hr 41 mins
1990s, 90s, cinema, colt, comedy, entertainment, kids, martial arts, movie, movies, ninjas, rocky, teenage mutant ninja turtles, tmnt, tum-tum
Hi-ya! We kick back with Josh Covel of the Still Loading podcast to knuckle up with Rocky, Colt, and Tum-Tum on their first adventure. The film hit hard in the early 90s with its blend of kid power, high kicks, and hijinks.
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South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
June 10th, 2024 | 2 hrs 14 mins
1990s, 90s, animation, broadway, cartoon, cartoons, cinema, colorado, comedy, film, matt stone, movies, musical, musical theater, musicals, satan, satire, south park, trey parker
South Park, CO may be a quiet mountain town but decades on it remains the locus for satire, profanity, and the occasional doomsday prophesy. Friendly faces Dave Jackson (the Tales From the Backlog podcast) and comedians Rich Baker (@richbakercoaching) and Rolland Lopez (@rollandlopezvoiceactor) join us to go down to South Park and have ourselves a time with their 1999 musical feature outing that fully let Trey Parker and Matt Stone off the leash of basic cable.
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90s Movies - Part 2
June 3rd, 2024 | 2 hrs 50 mins
1990s, 90s, action, cinema, clueless, comedy, david fincher, disney, fight club, film, high school, horror, jim carrey, matrix, movie, movies, scifi, teen
We conclude our survey course of 90s movies by revisiting the late teens of our crew of guests (Ami Lief, Tania Newton, and Ryan Merlo) for those films that challenged us and shaped us into who we are. Once again, our lists feature fan favorites and hidden gems alike.