Place to Be Nation POP Experience
Place to Be Nation’s Pop Culture podcast feed featuring shows on movies, TV, books, comics, music, sports, nostalgia and much more!
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Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
This week on It Was a Thing on TV we talk SNL, baseball, strange stuff in a small Indiana town and ….. Tony Schiavone?!?!
First, in 1986, NBC expected to air Saturday Night Live in its usual post-news time slot. The New York Mets had other plans, forcing SNL's hand to record that night's show in the dead of night, and causing the episode to air weeks later.
Then, Our final Halloween episode for this year is about a show which could be considered Twin Peaks for kids. Originally, it lasted a season but found life after its demise on several networks, including a follow-up series and a series of young adult books. Prepare yourself for the bizarre world of Eerie, Indiana.
Finally, wrestling fans tuned into the WCW Halloween Havoc 1993 Pay-Per-View expecting a night of exciting wrestling and what happened in the first four minutes was so weird that it's been on Greg's mind for the last 29 years.
Find out if a bunch of trick-or-treaters from Atlanta can be scared by Tony Schiavone.
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Timestamps
0:30 - The Episode of SNL preempted by Game 6 of the 1986 World Series
1:23:32 - Eerie, Indiana
2:39:09 - The Opening to WCW Halloween 1993
Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
Wednesday Nov 02, 2022
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 “How Do You Like Me Now?” by Toby Keith from 1999.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3umaLe37-LE
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
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 “Sunglasses At Night” by Corey Hart from 1984.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2LTL8KgKv8
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
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 “Send Me On My Way” by Rusted Root from 1994.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGMabBGydC0
Friday Oct 28, 2022
Friday Oct 28, 2022
On Episode 15 of Popcorn Chicken Salad, join Ben Locke and Logan Crosland as they live watch Scary Movie.
Topics discussed include: a very British guidance message, Anna Faris: hot or not?, all manners of nasty, how we feel about horror films, grooming techniques, Wassup?, cinema etiquette, Ben learns about American foods and a man and his Hoover.
Come for the concept but stay for the inappropriate song lyrics its Popcorn Chicken Salad!
Friday Oct 28, 2022
Friday Oct 28, 2022
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. With Halloween soon, this week we’re watching videos for those songs that should be on your holiday playlist. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton & Steve Riddle are watching “Thriller” by Michael Jackson from 1983.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA
Thursday Oct 27, 2022
Thursday Oct 27, 2022
On the twentieth episode of Blockbuster Rewatch, Andy Atherton welcomes Tim Capel to do a live watch of 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War continuing his MCU rewatch. Originally broadcasted live on Stream Lounge, the duo discusses how the movie wastes no time in raising the stakes; movie deaths that stick; Hulk’s performance issues; Tony’s nanotech; the Children of Thanos; James Gunn’s touch with the Guardians of the Galaxy; Star Lord vs. Thor; Captain America’s return; Drax’s comedic timing; the future of Thunderbolt Ross; The White Wolf; using hero names; Thanos’ plan (and it’s holes); Spider-Man’s pop culture references; the scenarios Dr. Strange saw that we didn’t win; trailer fake outs; the introduction of Storm Breaker; Star Lord’s huge blunder; Okoye’s great line; the showdowns in Wakanda and on Titan; the emotional toll the ending takes on the viewer and where the MCU will go from this point.
To watch the Stream Lounge Broadcast, click on the link below:
https://www.streamlounge.io/watch/b1a65257-f1a5-4710-bba5-6d5f7870d867
Thursday Oct 27, 2022
Thursday Oct 27, 2022
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. With Halloween coming soon, this week we’re watching videos for those songs that should be on your holiday playlist. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching “Runnin’ With The Devil” by Van Halen from 1978.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5txwFv-zYM
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
This week on It Was a Thing on TV we talk TGIF and werewolves.
First, ABC went against the grain with some of their TGIF offerings. First, Dinosaurs aired during TGIF. Second, it was followed by Camp Wilder, an untraditional family sitcom loaded with future star power.
Then, We start Halloween off looking at an obscurity from the early 90s which apparently has a small cult following. Originally, this was called She-Wolf of London but due to budget cuts and production moving from London to Los Angeles, the show underwent a format change and went by Love and Curses.
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Timestamps
0:30 - Camp Wilder
1:04:52 - Mid-Show Interlude: She-Hulk Episodes 5-7 Recaps for Mike
1:12:15 - She-Wolf of London/Love and Curses
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
Wednesday Oct 26, 2022
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. With Halloween coming soon, this week we’re watching videos for those songs that should be on your holiday playlist. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching “The Monster” by Eminem featuring Rihanna from 2013.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHkozMIXZ8w
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
The season is currently underway, so Adam decides now is a good time to take a week off and go to Canada...so what better subject to talk about then our fine neighbors to the north? kids from up there used to be tiny small school prospects (read: Steve Nash) now are becoming 5* prospects, staying in the country (sorry Oak Hill Academy), and becoming early lottery picks. So see what the fuss is all aboot, eh?
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
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. With Halloween coming soon, this week we’re watching videos for those songs that should be on your holiday playlist. On today’s episode, Steve Riddle is watching “This Is Halloween” from the movie “The Nightmare Before Christmas” from 1993.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVuToMilP0A
Monday Oct 24, 2022
Monday Oct 24, 2022
In the thirty-sixth episode of Making Mt. Rushmore, panelists Eric Eells, Keith Langston & Mirandia Berthold join moderator Steve Riddle to discuss which Halloween TV Specials deserve a place on their respective lists. Is “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” a no-brainer? What about the Wandavision episode “All Halloween Spooktacular”? Does the Buffy The Vampire Slayer episode “Halloween” grab a spot? Does the Parks & Recreation episode “Halloween Surprise” or the Freaks And Geeks episode “Tricks And Treats” deserve a place? After that, they discuss which Treehouse of Horror episodes of The Simpons will be part of that grouping. Can you argue that #III from 1992 shouldn’t get a spot? Will #VI from 1995 be included? Is Treehouse of Horror #1 from 1990 in the conversation? What about #IV from 1993 & #V from 1994?
Monday Oct 24, 2022
Monday Oct 24, 2022
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. With Halloween coming soon, this week we’re watching videos for those songs that should be on your holiday playlist. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching “Ghostbusters” by Ray Parker Jr. from 1984.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe93CLbHjxQ
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
Greg and Chico finish the final two episodes of Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+ as they look to see if Obi-Wan can protect Luke and Leia before the Empire does and the answer is ................ well, obviously yes, because you know what happens later on.
But hey prepare yourself for the most why the hell were you in that place the whole time? cameo at the end of Episode 6.
Timecodes in case you are following the episodes along with us on Disney+.
Episode 5 - 4:08 (Start the stream at 0:03 in the timecode on the episode)
Episode 6 - 44:44