Twenty One Years (21 Years) Podcast: Recent Episodes
Sam Williams
21 Years (TwentyOneYears) is a podcast that explores the greatest time in pop culture history, 1980-2001! Every episode is about the stories behind the stories you've forgotten about. Your host El Dangeroso takes you on a journey exploring some of the greatest pop culture events and news stories of the times. Episodes will include "Was Just Say No Successful?", "The story of Swatch", "Why Coke Decided to Market New Coke", "How Michael Jackson Saved Record Stores", "The Jim Bakker Scandal", "What Happened to MTV?", "What Happened in Waco?", "The Mysterious Disapperance of Arsenio Hall", Back to the Future and the story of the Delorian" Plus More!
We know The Beatles and their impact on music and culture, but John Lennon's death resulted in absolute chaos in the streets. This is 18 years after The Beatles first broke on the scene and 10 years after the bands breaks up. Yet millions morn the loss of this icon as if he was in his prime. But why did it effect an entire generation so heavily? Why did people physically cry in the street on their knees? Our episode digs deep as we discover what his death signified for our parents and how the ripple affect changed and entire generation to accept that "Greed is good"! Peace and love was dead, consumerism and capitalism could now thrive and it affect Generation X immensely. Welcome to 21 Years a podcast about the 80s and 90s.
600 downloads bonus episode! Do you remember the $1 Million Dollar Menu Song Contest? Did you know only one person won and his life is worst today thant it was when he won the record? How about Magi-Cans? Cokes amazing efforts to take prize winning into the 21st century! Both of these were horrible marketing ploys but 30 years later we remember them fondly.
The 1995 Source Awards are pivotal. Going back to watch it for my research brought me back to why the Super Bowl HalfTime show is such a huge deal in 2022. From 1993-1997 gangster rap went mainstream, 59 million records were sold, labels were started and lost, and many lost their lives or were seriously harmed. But one thing that is deniable is the amazing music between the two biggest record labels of the time, Death Row and Bad Boy. This is the story of the 1995 Source Awards and the following 18 months that lead to the downfall of gangsta rap.
In this episode we revist out Saturday morning friends and dig into what happened to them. A deep look at everything your heart desires Saturday mornings, and don't forget your favorite cereals!
This episode explores the hysteria around Cabbage Patch Dolls, why they were so popular and why our parents went to war trying to find them. Sit back and relax as we explore the psychology and mania around these fabric plastic headed rays of sunshine. BONUS: We can't talk about Cabbage Patch Dolls without talking Garbage Pail Kids! This is an episode you can't miss! Please share our podcast and help us grow!
Fandom of the show "Friends" is beyond anything we've ever witnessed, but why is that? Why do fans refuse to let the show go. In the episode we do our best to explain why fans are bonded more to Friends on a wider scale than other comedies of the same time period.
This episode is about the greatest 12 months in music history, January 1991 through December 1991. What we are going to discover here is going to leave your head shaking in disbelief that not only did you live through some of the greatest times in music history, but that you did it at the speed of light.
We reached the anniversary of one of the greatest movies ever made in "Back to the Future" but in this episode we talk about the real star of the movie the Delorean DMC12. The Delorean is surrounded in dreams, failures and scandals. In this episode learn the rise, fall and controversy surrounding this amazing looking car, and how Big Lots came into selling Deloreans. Even giving away a 24 kt gold Delorean to a customer in a raffle. It's true! On this episode of 21 Years.
Arsenio Hall did a show for our generation and for 4 years it was one of the most popular forms of entertainment the MTV Generation had. It didnt deserve to disappear in obscurity and it's one of the biggest questions I get... "What Happened to The Arsenio Hall Show?" So here it is, my research on why the show disappeared. Get ready Dog Pound, this one deserves your attention. Plus a bonus! I answer the question I often get "How did you get rid of your cable?" Here's the breakdown in all its gloriuous streaming detail just for you.
Tonights episode is on the story behind Tim Burtons 1989 Batman movie and how it saved Prince from losing everything. You don't want to miss this one!
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Cyndi Lauper changed the face of wrestling by helping push Hulkamania to the moon! How? Its all right here on the story behind the story of Hulkamania. Give it a listen and check it out. Don't forget to follow and share!
What happened to record stores? That's easy...Napster! Actually no, well not completely. If anything Napster was a warning the record companies ignored or they might still be around today. In this episode we talk about Malls, How Michael Jacksons "Thriller" saved record stores in the early 80s and how it's success also played a part in their demise. Buckle in Pop Culture Vultures we're visiting the late 90s to witness the slow death of our favorite record stores.
We all remember Max Headroom, but do you remember the Max Headroom "Incident"? One of television broadcast greatest mysteries.
Heritage USA was a Christian Theme Park and it became the 3rd largest theme park behind Disneyworld and Disneyland boasting 6 million visitors a year at one point. Families came from all over the world to visit the vision of Televangelist Jim Bakker. The park was extremely successful making $128 million a year... well thats what the crooked accounting books said anyway, in reality we may never know because the entire theme park was surrounded by lies, greed and scandal. Lets revist 1987, the Bakkers, the scandals and the theme park. WELCOME TO HERITAGE USA!
April 21st 1986 at 7PM CST the world was waiting on pins and needles for the live event of the century! Geraldo Rivera promised us a wild adventure by opening a vault that once belonged to Al Capone. What would be in it? The entire world speculated. Was it money, cars or bodies? We found out with 90 seconds left in the broadcast as the last brick came down.
This episode is about the story behind the story of how Al Capones Vault was even discoverd, how hard it was to put together, and how Geraldo Rivera even got involved.
Suit up Pop Culture Vultures....we're going back to 1986!
In 1985 Coke made a product change that many considered to be "the worst marketing decision in history", when they changed their original soft drink recipe after 99 years to compete with rival Pepsi. In this episode we explore why the decision was made and how it actually helped Coke become the number one soft drink despite its failure. Turn on your Flux Capacitors, grab your Gremlins and pack yourself a Watchmacallit because we're going BACK to 1985...this is the story behind New Coke.
In this premiere episode we talk about the "Just Say No" campaign. Why it was developed, who developed it and did it even work? If not...why? Plus we talk about the impact of the Swatch! 21 Years discusses the stories behind the stories from the 80's and 90s. Every episode is an adventure into the past. Please subscribe and follow!