The X Millennial Man Podcast: Recent Episodes
RD Kulik
The X Millennial Man is the podcast for SeedSing.com. We discuss society, politics and pop culture from the view of generation X and the millennials.
This episode originally premiered on April 11th, 2020
Napoleon's dance, Wayne and his buddy headbanging, the first time we see Baby driving the getaway car, these great movie moments are made with the songs that go with them. Join the X Millennial Man as they discuss how certain songs are forever linked to the movie scenes they were a big part of. Download the podcast for free.
Napoleon's dance, Wayne and his buddy headbanging, the first time we see Baby driving the getaway car, these great movie moments are made with the songs that go with them. Join the X Millennial Man as they discuss how certain songs are forever linked to the movie scenes they were a big part of.
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Summer is a special season. Baseball, falling in love, and avoiding sharks make the hot months a special time to be alive.
Join Ty and RD as they discuss their favorite movies that take place during the summer season.
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Some white men are very insecure. Many of these insecure white men have money and influence and like to use their status to be crybabies. Many of these fragile white men like to lash out at movies that have diverse casting, themes of compassion, or just feature women. When these fragile white men are confronted with those things, they go to the internet and cry out. This is some of those stories.
Join Ty and RD as they discuss the recent phenomenon of review bombing and how no matter how hard fragile white men try to control the culture, they never will.
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The grass has been trampled, the strawberries and cream eaten, and two new champs have been crowned at Wimbledon.
Join RD as he welcomes Tina to talk all things grass, suburbia London, and the tennis that took place over a summer fortnight.
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Imagine different musical artists, albums, or songs walk into a fancy restaurant. The problem is that there is only one seat left to sit anyone. Between the musical acts, who would get the table?
Join Ty and RD as they go over many different scenarios where they pick the artists, albums, or songs from all over music and try to decide who would get the table.
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America... F Yeah
Join the X Millennial Man as they celebrate 250 years of America by looking at the country through quotes in movies and television shows.
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We are at the half way point of 2026 which means it is time to look at how strong the movie year has been so far.
Join RD as he discusses the best, and worst, films he has seen this year and what is he looking forward to in the second half of the year.
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Imagine two different famous athletes walk into a fancy restaurant in the city they play. The problem is that there is only one seat left to sit anyone. Between the two athletes, who would get the table?
Join Ty and RD as they go over many different scenarios where they pick two athletes from all over American sports and try to decide who would get the table.
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The clay season is over, and the French Open saw two new champions.
Join Tina as she sits with RD, on location in London, to discuss the tournament, the new champions, and stay to hear them discuss being there live to see the return of Serena Williams.
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In 1987 Cannon was making big swings. In 1987 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe was still a big deal. A marriage made in heaven brought us the 1987 live action film of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.
It was not good.
Join Ty and RD as they go over the production, the movie, and the aftermath of the Cannon films disaster of The Masters of the Universe.
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This Episode originally premiered on August 20th 2022
Xanadu, The Transformers Movie, Dirty Work, what do these movies have in common? These are the last films of famous movie actors?
Join the X Millennial Man as they talk about the tragic stories of actors taking from us far too soon.
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Travel means eating local cuisine. Many times it's fast food and other forgettable stops, sometimes it is a memory of one of the best meals ever.
Join Ty and RD as they discuss the best meals they ever ate, and then look forward to the food they are anticipating to eat in the future.
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The tanking in the NBA is getting out of hand. With a new proposal to end the fan unfriendly practice, we decide to discuss it.
Join Ty and RD as they talk tanking, the NBA playoffs, their early thoughts on the MLB season and the upcoming year in the NFL.
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In the early 1980s Atari was flying high. To continue their incredible growth, the video game company conceived of a contest with video games, comic books, and prizes worth tens of thousands of dollars. The Swordquest contest was on.
Join Ty and RD as they go back and look at the highs of the Swordquest conquest, and the rapid fall of Atari and the games. They also try to get the answer to the question, where is The Sword of Ultimate Sorcery.
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Let's play a game. The X Millennial Man is going to preview the 2026 summer movie season by predicting who will be at the top of the box office.
Come join Ty and RD as they talk summer movies, what they think people will see, and what they want to see themselves.
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When the groundbreaking comic series "The Watchmen" ended its run in 1987, Hollywood came calling to make a movie. The story that could not be filmed went through a number of A-List actors and directors before it finally hit the theaters in 2009. Following the underwhelming theatrical film, television and comic books have tried to carry on the legacy of "The Watchmen" with varied success commercially and critically.
Join Ty and RD as the discuss the failed and completed projects associated with "The Watchmen"
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If you are from Generation X, the early days of video games defined your youth. First pong, then Atari, then the dawn of computer games was part of our story. If you are a Millennial, this all seems like ancient history.
Why is that?
Join Ty and RD as they discuss the event that defined what video games were, and what they would eventually become. The 1983 Video Game Crash.
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The new movie "Project Hail Mary" is partly about humans first contact with alien life. That got us thinking about what other movies we loved that are about first contact.
Join the X Millennial Man as they go through their favorite films about the first time humans meet up with alien life forms.
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In the 1970s and early 1980s hip culture was growing in the south Bronx. The music phenomenon was ready to break out. filmmaker Charlie Ahearn captured the rap music, graffiti art, and breakdancing of the scene before it hit the rest of the world with his low budget drama "Wild Style"
Join Ty and RD as the talk about the movie "Wild Syle" and what cultural impact the movie and it's stars have today.
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Spring has sprung which means it is time to talk about some sports. The New MLB season just kicked off, March Madness is in full swing, and the NBA Playoffs are on the horizon. The X Millennial is ready for some sports talk.
Join Ty and RD as they preview what is coming up for some of their favorite sports.
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Jack in the Box came along in the post World War II boom of fast food chains. There was not much different about this new quick service burger chain, except this burger chain also had tacos. The rest is history.
Join Ty and RD as they go through the wild, tragic, and iconic history of the fast food chain Jack in the Box.
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The Oscars are the top awards for movies, and people associated with the film industry. The top awards do not always go to the best films and performances.
Join Ty and RD as they talk about the Oscar winning movies and performances that won over much better competition.
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This episode is from our podcast First Watch Rewatch.
In the early 1980s Cannon Films had few hits with movies about ninjas. In 1985 it was decided to start a new franchise about an American soldier who is also a ninja. With model actor Michael Dudikoff on board "American Ninja" was released in theaters.
Join Ty and RD as they discuss the Cannon Films staple "American Ninja" and what its legacy is today.
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"The Ninja Song" by Cory Williams
If you have ever driven through the state of Tennessee you have seen the red barns with the black roofs that says in big white letters SEE ROCK CITY. Every few miles you will also see billboards advertising Ruby Falls. What are the wonders locations.
Join Ty and RD as they discuss the iconic tourist attractions of Rock City and Ruby Falls in Chattanooga Tennessee.
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If you grew up in Generation X or as a Millennial, you probably went to Disney World at least once. Well the X Millennial Man never went, until very recently that is.
Join Ty and RD as they discuss their recent visits to Disney World. What rides were worth riding? What is the best thing they ate? Did they get access to any secret clubs? Listen to find the answers you crave.
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This episode originally premiered on February 24th, 2024
Are you ready for the sex girls? Are you ready for the misogyny, bad plots, and racism? If you are ready for all of that, oh boy do I have a movie genre for you.
Join Ty and RD as they look at the 1980's birth of teen sex comedies, and what has happened to this film genre recently.
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It is the start of a new tennis grand slam season, so that means Tina needs to come in and explain to RD what just happened at the 2026 Australian Open.
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To many Gen Xers, Mr. T is like Mr. Rogers. Sure Mr. T was the villain in Rocky III and played the gun-toting van driving B.A. Baracus in the A-Team, but in between he was teaching kids lessons about respect, breakdancing, and treating our mothers right.
Join Ty and RD as they go through the history, and awesomeness of Mr. T.
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The Indiana Hoosiers are College Football Champions. If you said that to any college football fan three years ago, they would have you locked in a mental hospital. In honor of the Hoosiers incredible turnaround, we decided to look at a few of the other craziest worst to first stories.
Join Ty and RD as they tell tales that are hard to believe, yet still actually happened.
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There will be a time when we all need to drive. We may drive for vacation, we may drive to escape government intervention, or we may drive to bootleg Coors, whatever the reason we will drive.
Join Ty and RD as they talk about their favorite movies and tv shows all about driving.
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Bad movies premier in January. That has been the way for all of the 21st Century. Yet sometimes a movie the studio thought would fail at the box office somehow becomes a big hit in the junk month of January.
Join Ty and RD as the go through the January films from the 21st Century that were box office hits, attained cult status, or were rom coms.
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New year means it is a new time to get excited by all the pop culture coming our way. Join Ty and RD as they discuss the movies, music, television, and other things they are looking forward to in 2026.
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Some people have traditions that help them enjoy the holiday season. For the X Millennial Man their traditions consist of food, drink, music, tv specials, and movies.
Join Ty and RD as celebrate the season with their favorite holiday treats, music, and other entertainment.
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2025 was a great year for movies and television shows. What were the best? Join Ty and RD to find the answers you are looking for.
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What were our favorite sports, music, video games, books, and podcasts in 2025? What were some of our not so favorite of those things. Join Ty and RD to find out.
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Thanksgiving is day born out of immigration. Tina S takes over the hosting duties to hear the stories of two immigrants. First up Tina talks with her mother Usha about coming from India to the US in the 1960s. Next up, Tina's friend Kay talks about escaping Great Britain for the sunny shores of America, twice.
Check out Kay Woods website kidstogo.co.uk
What made co-host Ty and RD happy this year? Come on in and join the conversation on what we are thankful for in 2025.
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"Back to the Future" was built to be a franchise. In 1989 Part 2 came out followed by Part 3 a few months later. The movies were met with mixed reviews. Once the franchise was completed "Back to the Future" would live on as a cartoon, comic book, theme park ride, and even a Broadway musical. We keep on wanting to go back in time.
Join Ty and RD as they discuss the rest of the "Back to the Future" universe and stay to hear them discuss if the show should go on.
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This year we are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the release of "Back to the Future" To join in the festivities Ty and RD are going to talk about the turbulent road that led to the creation of one of the greatest films of all time.
Hop in your very own time machine with us and lets visit a time when a great idea almost did not make it.
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In season 2 of "The Simpsons" the show gave us a halloween special with three separate stories told from Bart's treehouse. A tradition was born. For the next 30+ years "The Simpsons" has delivered a new set of stories around every Halloween.
Join Ty and RD as they go over their all time favorite segments from "The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horrors"
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Why are we firing college football coaches midseason? Our impatience in sports has not allowed us to enjoy the great moments our favorite teams give us. Add easy gambling avenues to our sports and everything is becoming more miserable and harder to enjoy.
Join Ty and RD as they look at how impatience and gambling are ruining some of our favorite sports.
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The 1984 LA Olympics had it all. The All American Girl in gymnastics, the brash upstart in track and field, the dominate basketball team, and tons of free McDonald's. What the 1984 LA Olympics did not have was any real competition because the a bunch of world class athletes would not come due to political boycotts.
Join Ty and RD as they talk about the 1984 LA Olympics and what it means to sports today.
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What is a good television show we should watch? Should we start with something from the late 1990s, early 200s, or is there a few shows on today we should begin with? There is a lot of great television to watch. There is just way too much of it.
Join Ty and RD as they talk about the rise of prestige tv and why most of the shows do not work in the end, and why the ones that do work out become legendary.
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Christopher Reeve brought Superman to the big screen, and it was a huge success. At least the first two movies were huge successes. After a disappointing Superman III, Cannon Films graabed the rights and tried to bring success back to the Big Blu Boy Scout with Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. Reeve was back along with Margot Kidder and Gene Hackman. Up and coming stars Muriel Hemingway and Jon Cryer were added. Succes seemed to be in the cards. The movie had bad effects, a bad story, and it killed the Superman movie franchise for decades.
Join Ty and RD as they discuss the movie Superman IV: The Quest for Peace and reflect on the legacy of one of the worst films ever made.
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It is time to stop the dumbening and go through our non-Homer favorite quotes from "The Simpsons".
Join Ty and RD as they reflect on the pathetic life of Milhouse, the unpossible words of Ralph, and why Krusty is depraved, drunk, and lonely.
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The last grand slam of the year is finished and Tina is coming to tell us all about it. Is their a third man who can emerge, who is the next women to win her first major, and why did a bunch of Europeans come to New York to insult players, throw tantrums, and steal hats from children? Tina and RD have the answers you crave.
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2010 is a legendary year for movies. Franchises were started, or coming to an end, and up and coming directors were about to deliver their masterpiece. 2010 was truly a great year at the movies.
Join Ty and RD as they go through the year and discuss the many highs, and few lows, of the films of 2010.
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In the beginning there was "The Super Bowl Shuffle" and it was good. Then the 1986 Cleveland Browns decided to try and top it, and it was ... something. Then Browns did not stop in making there short genre films, and it was wonderful.
Join Ty and RD as they discuss the late 80s Cleveland Browns barbarian epic "Masters of the Gridiron" and E.T. ripoff "D.T. in Dawg Territory".
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Are we ready for some football?
Join Ty and RD as they discuss their thoughts and predictions for the 2025 seasons in pro and college football.
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Hot take time.
Join Ty and RD as they discuss rude cyclists and why John Lennon is the most overrated member of The Beatles.
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After being in 3D, Jaws needed revenge. The disappointment of Thunderdome, led the masterpiece of Fury Road. Endgame proved that the fourth time is the charm.
Join Ty and RD as they discuss the very worst, and the very best, fourth films in movie franchises.
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"The Fantastic Four: First Steps" and "Superman"are both in theaters and both are doing well at the box office. Ty and RD have seen both and want to talk about why they are successful.
Join the X Millennial Man as they talk about what worked with the movies, why other recent superhero movies have not done well, and if we should be excited where the genre goes next. Stick around to hear Ty and RD discuss the history of The Fantastic Four.
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Today's podcast is going to embiggen everyone with some very cromulent quotes from our favorite show "The Simpsons"
Join Ty and RD as they trade quotes with each other and try not to ruin the show by laughing loudly into the microphone.
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Another year, another Championship at the All England Club. Legacies are forged, dominance was on the menu, and Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner have some new hardware.
Join Tina and RD as they recap the 2025 edition of Wimbledon and look forward to what is next in tennis.
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In the 1980s toys needed to be sold to young boys and the best way to that at the time was to have a comic book series. Marvel answered the call and delivered the legendary runs of GI Joe and Transformers.
Join RD as he goes through his history with these comic books and talks about what they mean to him, and other fans, today.
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In the 1980's seeing the Orion Pictures logo before a movie meant you were about to watch a quality film. Oscar winners like "Amadeus" and "Platoon" were joined by genre defining movies like "Robocop" and "Terminator" in the Orion Pictures family. The problem was that many of these movies were not making any money, and very soon Orion Pictures was doomed to bankruptcy.
Join Ty and RD as they look back and discuss the past, and new future, for Orion Pictures.
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Miles and Teddy join the podcast to give sports hot takes. Hear their thoughts on MVPs, who has the best playoffs and is Jalen Hurts a top 5 QB.
The season of clay has come to an end and Roland Garros has crowned two new tennis single champions.
Join Tina and RD as they discuss the 2025 French Open and talk about the state of tennis today.
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Get ready for another round of hot takes.
First up, Ty thinks Martin Scorsese makes the same movie and is not that great of a director.
Next, RD proudly crowns the greatest trophy in all of sports.
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Things are not good right now. Everyday brings more suck than the day before. Is there no joy in our world today?
Join Ty and RD as they discuss how sports and entertainment are two areas where we can find pleasure and hide from the stupidity of the times we live in.
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By the mid 1980's The Transformers were a cultural powerhouse. The toys were flying off the shelves, kids were rushing home from school to watch the cartoon, and the promise of a feature length movie was on the horizon. Once the kids settled in to watch their hero Optimus Prime battle Megatron and his Decepticons hopes were high. What followed was nearly 90 minutes of brutal fights and the deaths of their favorite heroes. We were all traumatized.
Join Ty and RD as they bear witness to the carnage, process all the death, and rock out to "The Touch".
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In 1961 The Fantastic Four premiered and Marvel Comics and went on to be one of the most popular, and influential, comic series of all time. Television and movies followed, and the team was firmly placed into American pop culture. Yet the FF have not had the same success of Spiderman, Captain America, or the X-Men. What is wrong with the Fantastic Four?
Join Ty and RD as they look at the history of Marvel's first family and look to the future with the new big budget movie trying to once again introduce the FF to the public.
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Can a urinal be funny? What about reading "The Great Gatsby" to a punch of comedy wanting college students? How can a shake, fries, a meatball, and fat crass Jersey man make great comedy? If it is absurd, it may be just the comedy we are looking for.
Join Ty and RD as they discuss their favorite absurdist comedy from their past and what they love today.
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This episode originally premiered on April 6th, 2024
Who knew a thumb could be so powerful?
Siskel and Ebert created, and defined, the genre of reviewing movies on television. They were entertaining, informative, and influential. Then it suddenly came to an end.
Join Ty and RD as they discuss the history, and personal influence, of Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert.
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In 1927 director Fritz Lang his sci-fi classic "Metropolis". In 1984 music producer Giorgio Morodor released a recut version of the movie with a contemporary 1980s music score and soundtrack. In 2010 the most complete version of "Metropolis" was put out to the world after a decades long restoration project. "Metropolis" has been a significant part of film history throughout the entire time films have been a thing.
Join Ty and RD as they go over the history of the influential silent film and why it is as important today as ever.
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Val Kilmer was a movie superstar for nearly four decades, Starting with movies like "Real Genius" and ending with an emotional send off in "Top Gun: Maverick" Val Kilmer was a one of a kind movie star for Gen X. Sickness cut his career, and life short, but his hall of fame filmography has made Val Kilmer immortal.
Join Ty and RD as the remember the movies of the late great Val Kilmer.
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Basketball is great. March Madness was full of small schools with State in their name making a run. The NBA used to be rough and brutal with a bunch of at the basket action. Now it is all gone.
Join Ty and RD as they discuss the state of Men's college basketball and the NBA and what they think needs to happen to fix one of their favorite sports.
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Welcome to a round of hot takes here on the X Millennial Man.
In round 1 Ty will try to convince RD and the audience that The Beach Boys are the most overrated music act ever.
In round 2 RD will explain to Ty and everyone that all Star Wars is good, except for the sequel trilogy.
Come get a ringside seat for some hot take action.
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The Intellivision video game console was a memory maker. Games that looked and played better than Atari and the backing of a major toy company. It just took a video game crash to wipe out any future for the Intellivision.
In 2018 Intellivision was ready for a comeback with the new Amico game console. The problem is, the Amico never arrived.
Join RD as he tells the tale of the future retro console that never was.
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Recently RD watched the documentary series "1982: Greatest Geek year Ever" and he remembered a conversation he had few years ago about the movies of 1982. Now he wants you all to her about what he believes is the greatest year in movie making history.
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It is the 420th episode of The X Millennial Man so that means it is time to get high.
We are not actually getting high, but Ty and RD are going to talk about all the great movies with marijuana as featured player.
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Over the last fifty years, Saturday Night Live has adapted, but never really changed. The troupe, commercials, and pre-taped segments we love today were there in 1975. The show endured and continues on.
Join Ty and RD as the finish the history of SNL leading up to the present day.
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RD of the X Millennial Man was born the same year of Saturday Night Live. They grew up together. In honor of each of them turning 50 years old this year, RD thought he would tell Ty the story of the iconic tv show.
Join them for part one of the incredible story.
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Back in 2007 making a superhero team up movie was not a sure thing. This did not stop Warner Bros, along with Mad Max, Babe, and Happy Feet creator, George Miller from coming up with the first big super hero team up movie "Justice League: Mortal". A writer's strike later, an unknown cast, and a non-committed Australian government would be too tough a foe for Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and friends, and the movie would be lost before a single shot was taken.
Join RD as he goes over the script and wonders if we missed out on a potential super hero masterpiece.
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Luka for AD may be the wildest trade in sports history. Is it though?
Join Ty and RD as the discuss the latest NBA trade blockbuster, and also recount the wildest trades in sports history.
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The first tennis grand slam of the year is completed and there is plenty to talk about.
Join RD as he welcomes Tina into The X Millennial Man booth to talk about the good, the bad, and the facts of life that was the 2025 Australian Open.
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Back in 2007 a couple of Australians made the viral hit "Italian Spiderman". The artists in Australia took notice and asked the creators to make another hit. What followed was the equally absurd, and more competently made, television series "Danger 5". Here is their story.
Join Ty and RD as they discuss "Italian Spiderman" and how it's success led to a bigger cult comedy hit with "Danger 5".
Enjoy my friend.
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In 1974 Prez Rickard became the first teen ever elected to be President of the United States. If that sounds like a story from a comic book, you would be correct.
Join RD as he reads the premiere issue of the comic book "Prez" and stay as he reflects on the book's messages, failings, and what it says about our current political landscape.
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The Golden at Bat, a three point slam dunk, college football overtime in the NFL, these are a few changes to sports that could make things better for the fan experience. Will they work?
Join Ty and RD as they go through radical ideas that have been proposed to make our favorite sports even better.
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2025 is upon us, and with a new year we have new things to look forward to.
Join Ty and RD as they discuss the movies, television shows, music, video games, and sports they are most excited to see in the new year.
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December 25th has been an important day of celebration since the dawn of man. the day has honored the sun, the upcoming hard months, and the birth of Jesus. All of the traditions of December 25th in time have formed into the super holiday we know of today as Christmas.
Join Ty and RD as they go over the creation, and evolution, of Christmas.
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2024 saw some big swings, and hits in the movies and on television. Epics like "Dune: Part 2", "Wicked" and "Shogun" joined the small budget gems like "The Substance", "Super|Man" and "Self Reliance" to make 2024 another great year at the movies and on television.
Join Ty and RD as they look back at the year in movies and television for 2024.
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The X Millennial Man year in sports was very heavy on the Michigan Wolverines. The Wolverines also figured in our year of video games. What about music?
Join Ty and RD as the look back at what was great in sports, music, and video games in the year 2024.
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Thanksgiving is day born out of immigration. Tina S takes over the hosting duties to hear the stories of two immigrants. First up Tina talks with her mother Usha about coming from India to the US in the 1960s. Next up, Tina's friend Kay talks about escaping Great Britain for the sunny shores of America, twice.
Check out Kay Woods website kidstogo.co.uk
1999 was supposed to be the year of "Star Wars Episode I", "Wild Wild West" and "American Beauty". Instead it became a great year in film because of movies like "Office Space", "South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut" and "The Matrix".
Join Ty and RD as the discuss the big misses of 1999 and why the hidden hits of the year make this time the greatest year in film history.
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The 2024 election did not go the way I thought it would. In order to evaluate what happened, and how wrong I was, it was in the cards to take a road trip and record my thoughts.
Enjoy.
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This episode originally premiered on March 3rd, 2023, We felt like this is a good time to revisit the topic.
Let's make this simple. Kamala Harris is the only good option to be the next President of the United States. She has the experience, vision, and she is not Donald Trump. Come in and let RD explain it.
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In 1992 the world of video games was changed with Mortal Kombat. It was excessively violent, fun to play, and made a whole lot of money. Many more games followed, along with movies and congressional hearings.
Join Ty and RD as they go through the history, and cultural impact, of the Mortal Kombat franchise.
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Sometimes a hero needs to sacrifice themselves for the team. There is a big speech, some tears, and occasionally a giant shark to grab the hero and munch away.
Join Ty and RD as they discuss some of their favorite movie deaths that are more laugh out loud than sad and poignant.
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Today the X Millennial Man is presenting an episode from High Heels and Politics, The Last Living Mall - The Story of The Kenwood Towne Centre.
The day of the mini-mall is over. They are closing all over the country and being redeveloped into new mixed use properties. All the malls are dead, except for one. The Kenwood Towne Centre.
Join High Heels and Politics as they look at the past, present and future of the Kenwood Towne Centre.
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Welcome into the political ramblings we do every week on Patreon
Join RD this week as he rambles on about the VP debate, why states like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Nevada are hard to predict, and what will happen between now and election day.
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The X Millennial Man wants to introduce to the podcast The Vaporware Tales. Enjoy hearing about the Star Wars Episode 9 movie we almost got to see.
Back in 2012 Disney bought Lucasfilm and promised the public a new Star Wars sequel trilogy. For the third, and final movie, "Jurassic World" writer/director Colin Trevorrow was going to make it.
Then Colin Trevorrow was let go.
Shortly after the not well recieved "Rise of Skywalker" was released, the script for Colin Trevorrows Episode IX was leaked.
Join RD as he breaks down what happened with Star Wars Episode IX and looks at Trevorrow's script and tries to see if we almost got a good end to the Skywalker Saga.
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Join the X Millennial Man as we introduce the latest episode from our sister podcast First Watch Rewatch.
The late 1970s and early 1980s was a golden age of iconic science fiction films. Films like "Blade Runner", "E.T.", and "Star Wars" were making lasting cultural imprints. In 1982 the low budget "Liquid Sky" would try to join those films in cultural significance.
What is "Liquid Sky"? RD brings Ty into the cult of aliens getting high on orgasms type of cinema. What happens now?
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Another year of tennis majors are in the book and there is a lot to discuss. Join RD as he invites Tina in to talk about everything US Open, 2024 edition.
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What is the definitive book, song, movie, and historical event of generation x? What about the millennials? What history and pop culture defines us?
Join Ty and RD as they put forth the parts of history and pop culture that defines their respective generations.
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The dog days of summer are coming to an end and that means one thing. We are ready for some good old football.
Join Ty and RD as they give their thoughts and predictions on the upcoming season in the NFL and in the colleges across our great landscape.
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The 2024 US Presidential election is about to go into full swing. Vice President Kamal Harris and former President Trump have cast their die and it is now time for America to chose. What will happen next?
Join RD as he sets the stage for the election and stay for his thoughts on all things Harris and Trump.
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In post World War II America, kids played football at home on a vibrating board. It was great. Twenty years later students at Dartmouth could simulate an entire football game on a computer that filled a room. It was still great. Today we play football from our couches with the best graphics, the most complex play books, and the ability to play the game with EA sports latest offering.
Join Ty and RD as the go through the history of football games starting with Electric Football and ending with modern day Madden and College Football games.
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Once upon a time a person could get an Olympic event for writing a poem, or for jumping a horse a long distance, or for killing a lot of pigeons. Those days are gone.
Join Ty and RD as they discuss real Olympic events that gave out medals, yet they have been lost to time, and good sense. Also, bring back the tug of war. The people demand it.
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You can get McDonald's, Taco Bell, and Burger almost everywhere in the US, but what fast food can you only get in a small part of the country. Local burgers, buscuits, and hot chicken can sometime make a mark for locals and visitors alike.
Join Ty and RD as the discuss the best, and most famous, regional fast food chains.
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This article is the inspiration for the episode. -https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/travel/best-regional-fast-food-2024/
This episode originally premiered on July 1st, 2023
A remembrance of the greatness of The Battle of the Network Stars, and the terribleness that followed.
The white attired snob fest that is Wimbledon 2024 is now complete. A not expected women's champ was joined by a men's champion that may be on a path of unheard of greatness.
Join RD as he welcomes Tina in to talk all things Wimbledon, the 2024 Olympics, and what does the future look like for the world of tennis.
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The 2024 presidential election campaign is in full swing. On one side you have a crazy despotic maniac. On the other side you have an old man. Who is going to win?
Join RD as he tries to make sense of fumbling old man President Biden and what it means to the 2024 presidential campaign when the other side is an authoritarian failure of everything that is called Donald Trump.
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The X Millennial Man welcomes the new podcast The Vaporware Tales to tell you the story of the never released video game system the Nintendo Play Station.
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The X Millennial Man welcomes in First Watch Rewatch to tell you all about a film we need to remember.
The early 1980s saw the rise of the teen sex comedy. "Porky's" and "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" were critical and commercial success. Cannon films thought, hey we should get into the genre, and in 1982 released "The Last American Virgin". It was quickly forgotten.
Join RD as he shows Tine this lost movie that may be better than it's name suggest. Come listen to it, or be it.
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The controller for our video games allows us to immerse in the world of the game. Most of the time we use the regular controller because that is what works. Sometimes the games have special controllers that make the experience more immersive. Let's talk about those controllers.
Join Ty and RD as they look at some of the wildest video game controllers ranging from a piece of wood to a very competent vibrator.
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It's mid June so that means it is time for Tina to come in and tell the X Millennial Man what happened at the 2024 French Open. What were the big storylines? Who is the next hot thing? What happens next in the world of tennis? You have questions, Tina has answers.
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Why would a studio spend money to make a movie and then never let it out for the public to see? Bad marketing, terrible end product, and movie studio greed all factor into the stories of some of the craziest movies made, and then never let out for the public to see.
Join Ty and RD as they discuss some of the most famous stories of never released movies and what their opinions are on works of art we will never get to watch.
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There has been a lot of talk about big time movies not doing well at the box office. Unfortunately this is not a new conversation.
Join Ty and RD as they discuss the best movies that had a terrible theatrical run.
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The new era of Apple started in 1998. New ad campaigns, new products, and new leadership would mold the company we know today.
Join Ty and RD as they discuss the history of Apple from the iMac to the Vision Pro.
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Apple is one of the most influential companies of the X Millennial man's life. Watches, tablets, phones, and even computers from Apple have been a part of our lives.
Join Ty and RD as they go through the early days of Apple and discuss what made the company so important, and what bad habits have been there since the beginning.
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The last few weeks have seen the news media obsessed with the protests and some of America's most prestigious, and most expensive, universities. The media coverage has not been good.
Along with bad media coverage, the college administration and our elected leaders have also failed the protesting students. It is a dark time in America.
Join RD as he talks about his thoughts on the protests, the reaction, and why he sees hope for our country's future.
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Today Ty and RD discuss the film "Civil War" and the environment the movie is being released in.
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The NFL Draft is a day of hope. Years later, the NFL Draft is pure nightmare fuel. Some players fulfill their promise after draft day. Many more flame out and become cautionary tales.
Join Ty and RD as they discuss the very worst draft day picks, and the very best.
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It's time to grab the kids, head to Wendy's, and eat...pasta? How about we go to Taco Bell and get a ...burger? What about heading to Sonic to grab a refreshing slush flavored like a ... pickle? What the hell is going on around here?
Join Ty and RD as they discuss the best, weirdest, and absolute worst fast food items that were discontinued and lost to time.
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Who knew a thumb could be so powerful?
Siskel and Ebert created, and defined, the genre of reviewing movies on television. They were entertaining, informative, and influential. Then it suddenly came to an end.
Join Ty and RD as they discuss the history, and personal influence, of Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert.
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With one bite of a bell pepper, or apple, and the announcement "Allez Cuisine" one of the strangest, and long lasting television cooking competitions was launched.
Join Ty and RD as they discuss the early Japanese days of Iron Chef and what monster(s) was made with the American version. Plus learn what a swallows nest is used for in cooking and ask yourself why.
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This episode originally premiered on August 20th, 2022
Xanadu, The Transformers Movie, Dirty Work, what do these movies have in common? These are the last films of famous movie actors?
Join the X Millennial Man as they talk about the tragic stories of actors taking from us far too soon.
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With the release, and success, of "Dune:Part 2" everyone is excited to visit Frank Herbert's sci fi fantasy. The problem is the movies only cover part one of a six novel series. We have yet to see laser tigers, dog chairs, sex powers, human worm hybrids, and a Van Gogh painting. Yes, all of those things exist in Frank Herbert's Dune universe.
Join RD as he tells Ty about everything that happens after "Dune: Part 2"
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After the successful songs "Do They Know it's Christmas" and "We are the World", the music world wanted to capitalize on the public's interest in famine relief. In July of 1985 a concert was going to be held starting in London England and ending in Philadelphia USA. The event was called Live-Aid.
Join RD as he tells Ty the story of Live-Aid and gets his opinion on what is considered the greatest live show ever, and what is considered the worst rock reunion ever.
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In the mid 1980s the nation of Ethiopia was going through a terrible famine. The lack of food led to war, and the war led to countless deaths. Something had to be done.
Join RD as he tells Ty the stories of Band Aid and USA for Africa and what they did with the songs "Do They Know its Christmas" and "We are the World" and what it did for famine relief in Ethiopia.
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Are you ready for the sex girls? Are you ready for the misogyny, bad plots, and racism? If you are ready for all of that, oh boy do I have a movie genre for you.
Join Ty and RD as they look at the 1980's birth of teen sex comedies, and what has happened to this film genre recently.
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The era of the MAGA comedian has arrived. The success of Gutfeld!, the transphobia of Chappelle, and the bothsideism of John Stewart has made conservatives feel empowered in the field of comedy. The problem is that none of this comedy is funny.
Join RD as he walks down the maddening path of modern conservative political comedy.
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In honor of the Big Super Game, the X Millennial Man decided to give you the listener a taste of what we talk about on our Patreon exclusive podcast.
Join Ty and RD as they talk game, ads, and food.
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And the winner of the Mens 2024 Australian Open is...Not Novak Djokovik.
Really?
Tina comes in to tell The X Millennial Man what happened in the recent tennis tournament down under, and she stays to go over the overall doings in the sport today.
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French Fries are a delicious enigma. Where did they come from? What are the best cuts? What toppings/dipping sauces are must haves? French fries are one of mankinds greatest puzzles.
Join Ty and RD as they discuss the greatness of french fries.
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In the beginning there was an empty box. After that over 100 figures, vehicles, and playsets would define the Star Wars toyline. In that time there were legends, great memories, and a lot of money to be spent.
Join RD as he tells Ty the story of Star Wars action figures.
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With the Michigan Wolverines football team winning the 2024 College Football National Title, the X Millennial Man thought it would be a good time to talk about their favorite sports memories.
Join Ty and RD as talk recent and past Michigan football and other great moments that helped maintain their sports fandom.
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2024 is upon us and Ty and RD want to talk about a bright future.
Join The X Millennial Man as they discuss the movies, television, music, video games , and more that they want to see in 2024.
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2023 was another great year for pop culture. Join Ty and RD as they go over the good, and not so good, movies, television shows, music, and more from the year about to end.
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Star Wars is great, the holiday season is great, what if we combined the two. Great? Right?
No
Join RD as he introduces Ty to the notoriously terrible The Star Wars Holiday Special.
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What were the sports high lights of 2023? Join Ty and RD for all the answers. We discuss the highs of new champions and the idiocy of made up scandals.
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2023 started with a speaker it did not end with, a New York Congressman who was expelled, and a Republican Presidential field who has no chance.
It was a weird year politically.
Join RD as they looks back on the politics of 2023, and looks forward to what we may see in 2024.
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Thanksgiving is day born out of immigration. Tina S takes over the hosting duties to hear the stories of two immigrants. First up Tina talks with her mother Usha about coming from India to the US in the 1960s. Next up, Tina's friend Kay talks about escaping Great Britain for the sunny shores of America, twice.
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It is the time to give thanks and RD has some advice.
Join the X Millennial Man as he tells you what to serve, and what activities to partake in, on Thanksgiving Day.
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Grease was definitely the word, and a huge hit. A few years later the studio tried to strike gold once again with Grease 2.
It did not work.
Join Tina as she shows RD one of her favorite childhood films, and the movie that introduced the world to Michelle Pfeiffer.
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Michigan Football stealing signs from the opponents is the worst scandal ever.
Is it really?
Join Ty and RD as they discuss the latest scandal at Michigan and compare it some of the real issues college football has faced in the past.
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Evil E.T.? We almost got that. Elvis against 1960's she vampires? It was almost a dream come true. Del Toro adapting one of the most famous horror stories ever with Tom Cruise starring? The studio killed it.
Come in and listen to Ty and RD tell the tales of why we never got to see some of the greatest ideas for horror films ever.
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It is 1976, and comedy superstar Paul Lynde has invited his friends over for a Halloween Special. There's Betty White, Donny and Marie Osmond, classic witches, and introducing KISS. It was quite weird.
Join Ty and RD as they dissect this drug fueled gem from a bygone era.
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Maury Povich wanted to bring families together, and he kinda did that in a perverse way.
Join Ty and RD as they look back at the insanity of Maury Povich's daytime show and reminisce on the iconic phrase, You Are (not) The Father.
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The 2023 writers strike is over, and how it changed our television and movies is still unknown. What we do know is how the last writers strike changed our pop culture for the better, or the worse.
Join Ty and RD as they look at the movies and television shows that were forever altered by the 2007-2008 WGA strike. We will talk about robot testicles.
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Oh hi listeners, welcome to our First Watch Rewatch of The Room. Is Tommy Wiseau's crap masterpiece worth it's cult status, or is this a truly great film? Come on in and we will throw the football around as we discuss.
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This episode originally premiered on June 25th 2022.
There is nothing better than seeing a big monster tear stuff up on screen. We want to talk about it.
Join the X Millennial Man as we highlight the greatest monster movies of our lifetimes.
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The 2023 US Open has concluded and Tina sits down with RD to explain everything that happened. Will Djokovic ever lose again? Is Coco the emerging champion we saw in New York? Should Venus join John Isner in retirement? We have the answers you crave.
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There really is no film quite like "Buckaroo Banzai", and RD made sure Ty sat down to watch the cult sci fi masterpiece.
Join Ty and RD as they go over the history, plot, and legacy of one of the most original and iconic films from 1984.
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For the iPhone to walk the Newton had to crawl, badly. Microsoft has only seen big success when it learns to stop replicating it's failures. Nintendo innovates, fails, and then innovates into more success. These are the stories of the greatest product failures from our greatest tech companies.
Join Ty and RD as the reminisce about the great failed gadgets they bought and lived through to tell the tale.
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Are you ready for some football?
Join Ty and RD as they look at predict the 2023 Pro and College Football seasons. The takes are going to be smoking hot.
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We take a look at the history of Barbie, including the influence of the recent hit motion picture.
Barbenheimer is here to consume all of our movie theater going dollars. Why has no one thought of this before?
The truth is that we have been doing Barbenheimer for a very long time.
Join Ty and RD as they look back at the biggest movies that opened against each other on the same day.
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ed Note: This episode originally premiered on September 12th 2020
August 1st, 1981.
A rocket launch followed by the words "Ladies and Gentlemen, rock and roll". MTV is born.
Join Ty and RD as they go through the first four hours of one of the most influential cable channels of all time. Some of the videos were great, many more were terrible.
Join us for this trip into a very important time capsule for Gen Xers and Millennials by downloading the podcast for free.
Welcome to First Watch Rewatch, the podcast where one person introduces a piece of pop culture the other has never seen. The only way to premier this podcast is with a discussion on 1980's terrible musical film "The Apple".
Join RD and Tina as they walk you through the craptastic "futuristic" musical dystopia.
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A remembrance of the greatness of The Battle of the Network Stars, and the terribleness that followed.
Marvel movies are some of our favorite movies. Why is it that we won't go see the new Marvel movie when it comes out? Why do we skip it on streaming?
Join Ty and RD as they talk about Marvel fatigue and what can be done to fix the problem.
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Check out RD talk G.I. Joe on the podcast Joe on Joe
Read the Seedsing ranking of every episode of the Sunbow G.I. Joe cartoon.
Thanksgiving is day born out of immigration. Tina S takes over the hosting duties to hear the stories of two immigrants. First up Tina talks with her mother Usha about coming from India to the US in the 1960s. Next up, Tina's friend Kay talks about escaping Great Britain for the sunny shores of America, twice.
Check out Kay Woods website kidstogo.co.uk
The X Millennial Man is back together and ready to talk about summer vacation. Join Ty and RD as they discuss their time apart and how they rediscovered part of America. Download the podcast for free.
The 1980s were a scary time. Drugs, pollution, and kidnapping were always around the corner. Thank goodness the PSAs kept us safe. Join the X Millennial Man as they look back on the PSAs that told us what the dangers were and how to stay alive. Download the podcast for free.
Many movies have fights, but very few movies have fights we remember. We discuss those fights today. Join Ty and RD as they discuss the best fist fights in movie history. Download the podcast for free.
How does the world end? Is it infertility? What about forced pregnancy? Could it be lawlessness? Is it super intelligent apes? Where do we find the answers? Join Ty and RD as they discuss the most prophetic dystopian films of our time. Download the podcast for free.
On this podcast you will hear about people yelling at teenagers in rat masks, a passed out employee who loves whipped cream, a severed finger, and many other reasons we quit our crappiest of jobs and how that relates to the great quit of the modern times. Join Ty and RD as they talk about the recent change in the job market and what their history says about the workplace of the past. Download the podcast for free.
It has been another wild and crazy year in sports and the X Millennial Man has you covered with a look back at all the wild and craziness. Join Ty and RD as they talk about recent sports news and how the year led up to what is going on. Download the podcast for free.
Thanksgiving is day born out of immigration. Tina S takes over the hosting duties to hear the stories of two immigrants. First up Tina talks with her mother Usha about coming from India to the US in the 1960s. Next up, Tina's friend Kay talks about escaping Great Britain for the sunny shores of America, twice.
Check out Kay Woods website kidstogo.co.uk
Some presidents inspire, some disgust. Some leaders are meant to lead, and some are meant to be ignored. Join Ty and RD as they discuss some of the best, and worst, fictional presidents in movies and tv. Download the podcast for free.
Warning: This podcast is extra sexy. You have been warned. Join Ty and RD as they discuss, and listen to, the greatest sax solos in songs from their lifetimes. Download the podcast for free.
It started in the 1940's with idea that ghosts could be busted. It tried agin in the 1970's, and it finally hit in the 1980's. Once we finally could say that we are not "afraid of no ghosts" the marketing began. Join Ty and RD as the recount the history of ghost busting as a film and cartoon franchise and then follow the evolution into toys. Download the podcast for free.
For the first time in three years, the NBA is going to try to have a normal season of professional basketball. Join Ty and RD as they break down each team and look at who will pick in the lottery, and who has the chance to be champions of the world. Download the podcast for free.
The 2021 Grand Slam Tennis season is now finished. What have we learned? Join the X Millennial Man as they welcome Tina in to talk all things tennis. Download the podcast for free.
Join Ty and RD as they remember comedy legend Norm Macdonald and talk about why he is one of the best ever. Download the podcast for free.
The two biggest political things in the news is school mask mandates and the US retreat from Afghanistan. RD is not happy with this. Join us for a X Millennial Man politics update where RD takes on the anti-maskers, and explains why we can be mad at President Biden about the US withdrawal in Afghanistan. Download the podcast for free.
Is the pandemic coming to an end? Is it already over? No matter the answers, I am not ready. Join RD as he discusses what is happening to his mental health as we enter a new normal in our post pandemic world. Download the podcast for free.
Thanksgiving is day born out of immigration. Tina S takes over the hosting duties to hear the stories of two immigrants. First up Tina talks with her mother Usha about coming from India to the US in the 1960s. Next up, Tina's friend Kay talks about escaping Great Britain for the sunny shores of America, twice.
Check out Kay Woods website kidstogo.co.uk