Nostalgium Arcanum
A Repository For The Pop Culture That Made Us Who We Are
Displaying items 1-10 of 25 in total of Nostalgium Arcanum with the tag "entertainment".
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Young Frankenstein
October 12th, 2026 | 2 hrs 22 mins
1970s, 70s, Gene Wilder, Halloween, cloris leachman, comedy, entertainment, film, films, frankenstein, horror, madeline khan, marty feldman, mary shelley, mel brooks, movie, movies, parody, spoof, teri garr
We're puttin' on the ritz revisiting another of Mel Brooks' timeless comedies, "Young Frankenstein". This abby normal send-up of James Whale's "Frankenstein" and the Universal horror classics is a pitch-perfect masterclass, as Brooks, Gene Wilder, and the rest of the stellar cast put on a comedy clinic that, like the film's subject, achieved immortality. We're joined by comedian Tarik Davis (https://tarikdavis.com/) and film podcaster Sophia Ricciardi from Moviestruck (https://moviestruck.transistor.fm/) to celebrate Mel and Gene's giddy love letter to the black and white terror tales of the 1930s.
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The Mighty Ducks
August 31st, 2026 | 2 hrs 37 secs
1990s, 90s, Sports, disney, emilio estevez, entertainment, hockey, ice skating, joshua jackson, movies, nhl, skating
Quack! Quack! Quack! We send a flying V to revisit Disney's "The Mighty Ducks" which put the Bad News Bears' format on ice, with a classic sports Cinderella story. We're joined by Keith Lehtinen from the "We Have Issues" and "World of Tomorrow" podcasts to celebrate this endearing story of kids with a frozen chip on their shoulder.
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2001: A Space Odyssey
April 13th, 2026 | 2 hrs 45 mins
AI, Science Fiction, Stanley Kubrick, alien, aliens, arthur c. clarke, artificial intelligence, astronomy, cinema, entertainment, evolution, film, films, kubrick, movie, movies, sci-fi, scifi, space
While the year 2001 has passed, Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece set in that year looms as large as its imposing monolith, and casts as long a shadow. A spectacular artistic achievement, the film is about nothing less than the entirety of the human experience, the exultation and terror of first contact, evolution, and Lovecraftian ideas of unfathomable cosmic power and insignificance. Few films have reached for such heights, let alone achieved them. We're joined on this mission by fellow podcasters Randy Allain and Kris Ingersoll (Media/Lit), and Case Aiken (Another Pass, Men of Steel) to journey to Jupiter and beyond the infinite.
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Point Break
May 5th, 2025 | 2 hrs 4 mins
1990s, 90s, Action, entertainment, heist, keanu reeves, lori petty, movie, movies, patrick swayze, surf, surfing
For Cinco de Mayo it's "vaya con Dios" as we revisit surfing and bank robbing classic "Point Break". We start our Patrick MAYze month by hanging ten with Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) and Bodhi (Patrick Swayze) for a radical ride that never lets up. We're joined by superfan Tania Newton to give this tubular movie two guns fired in the air, way up.
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Blockbuster Video
April 28th, 2025 | 1 hr 21 mins
1980s, 1990s, 80s, 90s, Genesis, SNES, Super Nintendo, Video, blockbuster, dvd, entertainment, film, films, games, gaming, movie, movies, nes, nintendo, sega, vhs, video game, video games
It's time to be kind and rewind back to the days when home media rental was a pillar of daily life. Whether it was Blockbuster, Hollywood Video, or your local mom-and-pop shop, renting movies and games was a ritual of living in the 80s an 90s that is now lost to the dominance of streaming. We're joined by Chris Coplien of the Retro Hangover podcast to rack up a few very late fees in service to the lost world of video rental.
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Die Hard
December 16th, 2024 | 2 hrs 7 mins
1980s, 80s, Action, alan rickman, bruce willis, christmas, die hard, entertainment, heist, let it snow, movie, movies, x-mas, xmas
Yippie-Kay-Yay and Ho... ho... ho... It isn't Christmas until Hans Gruber takes a dive off of Nakitomi Plaza. On this episode we're joined by comedian Rich Baker (@ricbakercoaching) and Tarik Davis (@tarikrdavis) to celebrate the greatest Christmas story since 0 A.D. Come on out to the coast with us and have a few laughs.
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In Living Color
September 16th, 2024 | 1 hr 51 mins
1990s, 90s, BLM, Black Lives Matter, Improv, JAMIE FOXX, TV, black, comedy, damon wayans, david alan grier, entertainment, jim carrey, keenan ivory wayans, marlon wayans, saturday night live, sketch, sketch comedy, snl, television, 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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3 Ninjas
June 17th, 2024 | 1 hr 41 mins
1990s, 90s, TMNT, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, cinema, colt, comedy, entertainment, kids, martial arts, movie, movies, ninjas, rocky, 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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The Big Lebowski
April 1st, 2024 | 2 hrs 22 mins
Film Noir, Mystery, bowling, coen brothers, comedy, detective, dude, entertainment, film, jeff bridges, john goodman, julianne moore, los angeles, movies, noir, steve buscemi, the dude
The Dude abides, and his stupefying tale from the Coen Brothers continues to make people laugh to beat the bend... parts anyway. Little Lebowski Urban Achievers Dylan Ris (Lost Moon Radio) and Dan Oster (MadTV, A Podcast, But Evil) join us to revisit this inside-out noir tale of bowling, kidnapping, and beverages in need of saving. You see what happens? You see what happens when we make a podcast?
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A League of Their Own
March 18th, 2024 | 2 hrs 4 mins
1990s, 90s, Sports, aagpbl, athletics, baseball, entertainment, film, geena davis, madonna, movies, penny marshall, racine, rockford, rosie o'donnell, softball, tom hanks, world series
Batter up, hear that call. The time has come for one and all... To play ball. We load the bases with guests Ami Lief, Ryan Merlo, and Tania Newton to revisit "A League of Their Own", a seminal sports movie that's still in a league of its own.