Place to Be Nation POP Experience

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching “You Make My Dreams” by Hall & Oates from 1981.
 
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EErSKhC0CZs 

On the twenty-ninth installment of the Pop Goes The Classics series looking at the Disney animated features, Mirandia Berthold, Andy Atherton & Steve Riddle look at 1995’s Pocahontas. They discuss the many aspects of the film including: the challenge the film had following the massive success of The Lion King; the effective setting the stage of the explorer’s dangerous voyage to the America as well as the conveyance of the native American way of life; the Romeo & Juliet aspects of the story with John Smith & Pocahontas; the fun sidekicks Meeko, Flit & Percy; the musical score and how the songs “Just Around The Riverbend” & “Colors of the Wind” move the story forward; Grandmother Willow’s sage advice; the delusions, ignorance and ruthlessness of Governor Ratcliffe; how the movie doesn’t shy away from violence; how historically accurate it is and whether or not the ending is a satisfying one.

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. On today’s episode, Scott Criscuolo is watching “I Ran (So Far Away)” by A Flock Of Seagulls from 1982.
 
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIpfWORQWhU

This week on It Was a Thing on TV we celebrate our 299th and 300th editions by revisiting two of our earliest topics!
 
First, in our second 'revisited' episode, we go back to the first half of episode 3 and take a second look at the short-lived NBC perennial bomb Manimal.  We get deeper into the show, the guests, and we have Chico present this time around.
 
Then, we have reached another milestone, this time looking back at the show covered in the second half of episode 3.  Unlike the first time, Chico is with us this time and thankfully can make the trip with us to Zippers?!?! Also, Greg has a major announcement which is truly a game changer. What is the major announcement? You have to listen to Episode 300 and find out!
 
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Timestamps
0:30 - Manimal Revisited
1:36:33 - Automan Revisited

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. On today’s episode, Ben Locke & Calum McDougall are watching “Don’t Look Back In Anger” by Oasis from 1996.
 
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
 
https://youtu.be/cmpRLQZkTb8

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. On today’s episode, Steve Riddle is watching “The Warrior” by Scandal feat. Patty Smyth from 1984.
 
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47y5bo8wtqM

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. On today’s episode, Jon Keselica is watching “Uptown Girl” by Billy Joel from 1983.
 
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCuMWrfXG4E

Bianca and Mirandia are at it again, with episode number 3. Back to discuss something they both love so much, reading and all the things that go with it.  This month they decide to keep with the format of each of them reading long separate books to review and then go over and explain it to the other one. However, they are sticking to the same genre. So, this one is for all you YA lovers out there. 
Bianca gives us a little insight and opinions on "A Darker Shade of Magic" by V.E. Schwab. Mirandia then brings in the old with the new when talking about "Mythos: The Greek Mythos Retold" by Stephen Fry. 
After that, it's another fantastical round of “adaptation minute” where they tell you shows or movies they have recently watched or even highly anticipated ones that are an adaptation of a book. 
Of course, as promised, here is a full list of books mentioned, discussed, or reviewed on this episode, in order of mention: 
The Guest List by Lucy Fowley
Southern Book Club Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendricks 
The Dead Romantics by Ashley Postin 
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling 
Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments and The Library of the Dead by T. L. Huchu 
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Vampire Knitting Club by Nancy Warren 
Dewberry Farm Mysteries by Karen MacInerney 
Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osmann
Percy Jackson Series by Rick Rioridan 
Song of Achilles and Circe by  Madeline Miller 
Neverwhere and Sandman by Neil Gaiman 
Riverdale comic series 
Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching “Working For The Weekend” by Loverboy from 1981.
 
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsgBpsNPQ50

On a special episode of Pop Goes The Classics, Andy Atherton is joined by Logan Crosland to do a live watch of 2001’s Monsters, Inc. Originally broadcasted live on Stream Lounge, the duo gives their thoughts on the physical comedy of Mike & Sully; the duo of Billy Crystal and John Goodman; the monsterization of the city of Monstropolis; scare training; the engineering of the scare floor; impressive scare totals; poor George Sanderson; 2319s; bad coffee; odorant scents; Boo the ninja; the sushi greeting; alphabetized DVDs; Bring Your Obscure Relative To Work Day; singing on the toilet; the horrific ways monsters dispose of garbage; Randall’s nefarious plot; mispronounced insults; Sully’s scare face; the best places to be banished; fighting an invisible opponent; Waternoose’s heel turn; hope for a Monsters, Inc. rollercoaster; Roz, undercover agent and Mike’s bad jokes.
 
To watch along on Stream Lounge, click this link:
https://www.streamlounge.io/watch/b1f05eb7-8d00-4dc3-86be-a1e0b37fc731

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. On today’s episode, Steve Riddle is watching “Bad Medicine” by Bon Jovi from 1988.
 
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOUtsybozjg

This week on It Was a Thing on TV we look at CBS’ attempt to dismantle TGIF and bring to you our third edition of Hometown Commercials.
 
First, In 1997, CBS took the bold steps of putting together a 2-hour comedy block on Friday nights versus ABC's TGIF, and even took two of TGIF's stalwarts in the process.  The two former TGIF shows were on its last legs.  We're here to talk about the two original shows to the Block Party--Meego and The Gregory Hines Show.
 
Then, on episode 98, we gave you Hometown Commercials. On episode 202, we gave you a second helping.  They're back for 298, more of the local commercials that are so bad, they're good. In the third edition we are introduced to new favorites including a man who sells gold, another lawyer, a taxidermist and a guy who wants to get serious about selling you windows.
 
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Timestamps
1:29 - The CBS Friday Night Block Party (Meego//The Gregory Hines Show)
1:11:14 - Classic Commercial Break
1:14:23 - Hometown Commercials, Volume 3

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching “Man In The Box” by Alice In Chains from 1991.
 
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAqZb52sgpU

We know who won the NBA’s Rookie of the Year award over the years, but which players in their respective classes had the best second season? Adam Murray and Andrew Riche, Place To Be Nation’s NBA-Team, on this special edition of the podcast, will go through the last decade-plus over the years and give out some retroactive Sophomore of the Year awards. Who got the 2014 award between Anthony Davis and Damian Lillard? Did the Ben Simmons/Donovan Mitchell ROY race of 2018 duplicate itself in 2019? Is it possible for Giannis and Rudy Gobert to NOT win on their second tries?! The answers may surprise you. So suit up and take it out with the NBA-Team! 

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. On today’s episode, Steve Riddle is watching “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” by The Smashing Pumpkins from 1995.
 
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-r-V0uK4u0