The Nostalgia Pit

Hey folks! Busy times for us here at the Pit. We tried to prevent the inevitable, but alas, we had to take a week off in order to oil the ol’ gears. But instead of just skipping a week or longer as we have in the past, we decided to do a best of episode instead.  But we still wanted to keep it fresh for most, so we decided to to pool together three different Patreon exclusive sections togethe...

Today is a day where we let our interests dictate the flow. We discuss everything from the Three Rivers Dam in China, to waste management, to the museumification of society. We also talk Mark Twain, Animorphs, and the infamous Action Park. Wash all that goodness down with a shot of snail vodka and nice helping of surströmming for a pallet cleanser…  We also did something very visual in this e...

It’s almost as if this podcast was an animated movie voiced by actors like John Goodman, Rhea Pearlman and Walter Cronkite because We’re Back!  Back from what you ask? Back from the Big Apple! We had to fly out east to check on our Spleen and spread our scent abouts the boulevards of Brooklyn. This story is wrought with all the drama. Flight cancelations, damaged luggage, sweaty subways, and...

Before social media, word of mouth was the way an average Joe could learn of all the stories that may be too hot for the mainstream… Often, these stories had a brief moment in the sun and were able to make a long-lasting enough impression to linger in the fringes of society for decades after. So our resident bracket curator Drinks w/ Ron gathered many of these stories and assembled a heavyweight t...

Howdy folks! Have we got one helluva an episode for you todo! I mean today… Gah! This autocorrect function is getting really bad… But it is quite an episode, as we preview our brand new watch-a-longs that will be coming this October! Tune in for details as to what we may be watching in the future as well as when to keep an eye out! Obviously, that’s not all we talk about… We discuss everything fro...

Howdy, folks! For this episode, Rob and I ventured down to Texas to talk with friend-of-the-pod Tyler Rickshaw! You may remember him from season three’s episode number twenty-one entitled Blanket of Sadness… But maybe you’re new to the party and missed that one… No worries, you can always go back as most all our episodes are evergreen. But on THIS episode, we discuss everything from Walker Texas R...

What do Walt Disney, JFK and Elvis all have in common? Well, besides them all being deceased, of course… What if I added in the CIA, Paul McCartney, and LSD?! Would that narrow things down at all? No?! Well, all of these things listed are steeped deeply in conspiracy theories. Drinks w/ Ron joins the fun to surprise us with a bracket on some of the best, most well known & interesting concepts...

Today, we did something a little unorthodox… Perhaps, a bit uncalled for… Maybe even a little unnecessary... We decided to mess with the timeline, and record an impromptu episode and shuffle it ahead. What could be so important that would earn such a shuffling? As you may know by now, Rob and myself - aka Araless and Hash Adams - released a project called the Toxic Crusaders. As the Troma Entertai...

Time to fire up that echo chamber and start screaming into the void! Rob and Colin talk AI psychosis and the virality of delusion, as well as everything from super string theory to Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls. Quite the array today! But you know that that’s not all… We also bust out ye ol’ Song Spelunker and look into the 2000 smash hit Jumpin’, Jumpin’ by Destiny’s Child. All of these things,...

This week is a doozy.... We got special guest Celina Flores to join Colin to look back to a day and time when things were simpler and the adventure was a little more exhilarating. Almost 30 years in fact... This special Limited Recall looks into one of the biggest movie franchises of the 20th century. None other than… Indiana Jones.  And that’s not all of course. It’s Rob Review’s time, folks...

This week we welcome in the producer and co-host of Static Radio: one Bob Lament to discuss any topics that tickled his fancy. Everything from Honey I Shrunk the Kids! to collective consciousness to the evolution of advertising… Nothing was off the table in this one.  We also discuss potentially the worst film of all time. Bob challenges Colin to watch this film and even offers a whopping $5...

Do you remember being taught things by teachers as a kid, things that as you got older seemed suspiciously false? The biggest and most egregious example that comes to mind always is that of Christopher Colombus. They told us he “discovered America” and that he was one of the, if not the greatest explorer the world had ever seen. Well, it is that time of the month… where we welcome back in Drinks w...

Today we welcome in a man all the way from the swampy bosom of Dallas, Texas. Music producer and filmmaker extraordinaire Thad Wenatchee joins the Pit to discuss everything from butt plugs, to geopolitics, to the new(ish) Toxic Crusaders project (which he produced the entirety of).  But that’s not all of course. As a lad born and bred in the Pacific Northwest, you can probably imagine there w...

Have you ever been in a public setting and felt an overwhelming bout of emotion coming on? Have you ever taken those emotions and crammed them down into a dark place that no one can see, only to put on a smile in the face of the seemingly judgemental?  Well so has Melissa Manchester and she would like to tell us all about it with her hit song Don’t Cry Out Loud from 1978. So Rob and I put on...

Today we welcome in the illustrious Canadian orator known as Wordburglar. Originally hailing from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Burgie is now representing Toronto, dominating the nerdosphere and representing his country with the finest of artwork. Growing up a comic book nerd (which clearly shows through his music), we invited him here to talk about a lifelong goal coming to fruition. The Wordburglar Rhym...

Today, we have a helluva episode for you. For those who are fans of hip hop, this one may feel like getting a wisdom tooth removed… But for those of you who are starfuckers out there, this one should be a lot of fun.  We welcome our monthly resident Drinks w/ Ron back in to do a bracket based solely on celebrities who attempted rap music. Whether trying to launch an entire career in the genre...

Today, we decided to go against the sage advice of a good friend, and do what many would not. If you may recall we had a guest Matt Goodwin on an episode a bit ago entitled Barefeet in the Moshpit… In this episode, we discussed Matt’s dabblings in Hollywood and some of the works he acted in… One of these films was released in 2006 and was titled Treasures of Painted Forest… Matt was quite adamant...

Boy, have we got an episode for you… Not only do we discuss Goosebumps knockoffs like Shivers and Graveyard School, but we also talk Korean corndogs, mood rings, and the illustrious wordplay of one Bob Dylan. But, that’s not why we’re here today. Today we had to bring in the wonderful brain of Melanie in order to Spelunk the 1994 smash hit I Only Wanna Be With You by Hootie & The Blowfish. As...

Where does your brain go when you think the words  perfection salad?  I imagine, the first thing you think of is celery, apple juice and pimentos all encased in a thick layer of gelatin… Cause OBVIOUSLY, that is perfection, right? Have you ever skimmed through an old cook book and wondered what the hell was going on in the 50s, 60s, and 70s? Well, I have! So that’s why it’s Snack Attack...

You know what time it is! It’s bracket time folks! Ron’s in the house and he decided to surprise us with a topic neither Rob nor myself knew of. So, to our delight and surprise, we got a battle of legends from the found footage world. That’s right. It’s Winnebago Man vs. Fred the Carver. No bells being rung by those names? No worries, you’ll soon fall in love. But that’s not all, of course. We als...

Well folks, put on those shoulder length gloves that Laura Dern wears in Jurassic Park, cause it’s Probin’ Time! This one here, is the deepest… the darkest… the craziest amount of research I have done for any episode yet. The lengths, depths, and girths that I went to to find out what the hell Ecco the Dolphin is really about… Holy mackerel. If you never played the 1992 smash hit game exclusively...

Today we welcome in a very special guest: the one, the only Matt Goodwin! You may recognize Matt from some of his musical endeavors like The Bad Tenants, or perhaps from one of his acting endeavors like Kung Fun Games (out now on Amazon Prime). But Matt, Rob and I go way back, so needless to say, we are very excited to have him on. Besides his dabbling in film and music, we also discuss bagels, to...

It’s season 5! Holy cow! Wait… Why isn’t it a holy pig? Or a holy goat? I should probably look up the etymology before continuing to use any phrase these days… Regardless, we’re back after the shortest hiatus ever to bring you another season of malarkey. As we’re back, we decided to spelunk the 1997 smash hit Everybody (Backstreet’s Back). For 28 years, I’ve wondered where they came back from… A t...

We made it folks! Made it all the way to the end of season 4 here at The Pit. As my grandma would say: holy mackerel. But you know what the end of a season means… It’s mailbag time. We fielded questions from our listeners and you KNOW there’s some gold. We meander through many a question: our origin story, favorite childhood board games, and even which Jim Carrey characters would be the best and w...

It’s bracket time, baby! That’s right, we welcome back in our resident bracketician Drinks w/ Ron to break down some of the trickle down effect of TMNT and the success of the first cartoon show. As you can imagine, just like with any success story, many followed in their footsteps, attempting to replicate the formula. So, we are going to look at 16 of these knockoffs… Everything from the direct co...