Nostalgium Arcanum
A Repository For The Pop Culture That Made Us Who We Are
Displaying Episode 31 - 40 of 63 in total of Nostalgium Arcanum with the tag “comedy”.
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It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
October 2nd, 2023 | 1 hr 2 mins
animation, cartoon, cartoons, charles schulz, charlie brown, comedy, halloween, horror, peanuts, snoopy
Good Grief! It's finally Halloween and that means it's time for comedian Rich Baker (@richbakercoaching) to join our yearly vigil in the seasonal Peanuts special that is the most sincere.
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Calvin and Hobbes
September 11th, 2023 | 1 hr 5 mins
cartoon, cartoons, comedy, comic, comic strip, comics, drawing, nostalgia, watercolor
Arguably the greatest comic strip of all time, Bill Watterson's masterpiece Calvin and Hobbes melded artistic mastery, comedic timing, and most of all the profound sense of wonder at the heart of our collective childhoods. Guest Case Aiken of the Certain Point of View podcast networks joins us to go exploring in its timeless wilderness. Yukon Ho!
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Impressions
September 4th, 2023 | 1 hr 13 mins
comedy, impersonation, impersonations, impression, impressions, improv, mimic, mimicry, stand-up, vo, voice over, voiceover
Gifted impressionists Dan Oster (@senatordanoster from MadTV and A Podcast, But Evil) and Rich Baker (@richbakercoaching) join us to discuss our favorite impressions, how we got started, and be all (and whoever) we can be.
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My Cousin Vinny
July 31st, 2023 | 1 hr 39 mins
1990s, 90s, cinema, comedy, film, joe pesci, judge, judicial, judiciary, law, legal, litigation, litigators, marisa tomei, movies, pesci, tomei
Hailed by audiences and lawyers alike, My Cousin Vinny has been sustained while other legal comedies have been overruled. Returning guest Ami Lief brings her best Marisa Tomei impression along with lifelong friend Ryan Merlo to celebrate, quote ad nauseum, and happily render a verdict in favor of this classic.
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer (Series)
July 17th, 2023 | 1 hr 12 mins
1990s, 90s, angst, anthony head, comedy, demons, dracula, halloween, horror, nostalgia, sarah michelle gellar, satan, scooby, teen, television, tv, vampires
Slayers gonna slay as paranormal fiction writer Betsy Allen joins our Scooby Gang to revisit TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", where our heroes face off against the undead, the unholy, and all the awkward emotional garbage the life slings at you as you grow from teens to adults.
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
July 10th, 2023 | 1 hr 59 mins
1990s, 90s, action, arnold schwarzenegger, comedy, film, movies, nostalgia, schwarzenegger, science fiction, scifi
We time travel back to 1991 with Rich Baker (@richbakercoaching) and Ken Cole (@kenergycole) to ensure that John Connor and his incredible story stay alive. Join us for a look back at one of the greatest sequels, sci-fi, and action movies ever made.
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Rocky IV
July 4th, 2023 | 1 hr 24 mins
1980s, america, boxing, cold war, comedy, dolph lundgren, film, montage, movies, olympics, patriotic, patriotism, russia, sports, stallone, sylvester stallone, ussr
For our 4th of July special it's the U.S. vs. U.S.S.R. and also this time, it's personal as the Italian Stallion faces off against his toughest opponent yet, Ivan Drago. Returning guest Tania Newton and her brother, Jonathan Cardoso, get in the ring with us to discuss one of the most successful sports films of all time. Also there's a robot for some reason.
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Jurassic Park
June 11th, 2023 | 1 hr 28 mins
1990s, 90s, action, adventure, comedy, dinosaurs, entertainment, jeff goldblum, laura dern, movies, paleontology, sam niel, sci-fi, scifi, spielberg, steven spielberg
We spared no expense for Jurassic Park's 30th anniversary. Guests Rich Baker (@richbakercoaching) and clever girl Ami Lief (etsy.com/shop/MomoBunnysmoreCo) hold onto their butts to gush over an adventure 65,000,000 years in the making.
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Superman: The Movie
May 22nd, 2023 | 1 hr 14 mins
action, batman, christopher reeve, comedy, comic books, comics, dc, dc comics, entertainment, gene hackman, marlon brando, movies, scifi, superheroes, superman
It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's special guest Ken Cole (@kenergycole) joining us to discuss the superhero and his movie who set the template for all comic adaptations to come.
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Homestar Runner
May 15th, 2023 | 1 hr 15 mins
00s, 2000s, animation, cartoon, chaps, comedy, fhqwhgads, flash, homestar runner, internet, strong bad
Everybody! Everybody! This week Rich Baker (@richbakercoaching) joins us to click our way through Homestar Runner, a veritable witch's brew of inside jokes, songs, and games which exemplifies the dadaism of early 2000s internet flash cartoons.