The 70s vs The 80s

The gang discusses the passing of guitar legend Eddie Van Halen. Jim thinks it is Diamond Dave’s fault the band broke up. But our special “80s Hair/Glam/metal expert” Matt Beard disagrees with this. Then Matt & Jim square off in the “Spotify Game, Van Halen edition” as they try to put the groups top 5 songs in order. Mike also discusses the passing of The Outfield”s lead singerTony Lewis. Then the...

Mike starts out blasting Spotify for their power rankings of Styx songs. Then Jim & Mike discuss the John Hughes movie’s Sixteen Candles/The Breakfast Club and wonder whatever happened to “the Brat Pack” anyways? Then the boys are joined by Kurt Carlson to discuss AWA regional wrestling before the big bad WWF came in to break up a hell of a party. And we hear another “Kurt’s Crazy Tales” involving...

This week Brian joins us to talk about “the bad boys” of 70s sports. We talk about the classic Paul Newman movie “Slap Shot” with those bad boys the Hanson Brothers. Then Jim & Mike talk about the bad boy 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates complete with their very own theme song “We are Family” Then we finish the episode with that bad girl Clara Peller crying “Where’s the Beef!”

Kurt Carlson joins the Land of the Lost chat before the new segment “Kurt’s Crazy Tales” in which Kurt talks about the origin of his hilarious tats! Then Jim & Mike Talk about the merits of Disco vs 80s Electronica and finally we discuss the famous lollipop commercial.

Jim & Mike discuss which Chrissy Snow was the purest snow and ask the question why wasn’t Hot Lips—Hot Lips after all? They then discuss the iconic commercial “Ancient Chinese Secret” and wonder could that commercial air today?