Yesterdaze

Season 3 Episode 27: Back to The Future    Load up the plutonium, and gun it to 88 because this episode delivers 1.21 Gigawatts of ENTERTAINMENT! Just in time for its 40th anniversary, it's Back to The Future! Join us, won't you please, and kick off July PROPER!   http://patreon.com/ YesterdazePodcast

Season 3 Episode 26: Christopher Pike & The Young Adult Horror Genre   This week, Allison Troy's Producer Pick takes us off the beaten path. Come along with us as we touch upon the career of Christopher Pike, his contributions to YA Fixtion (particularly horror and thrillers), his competitor RL Stine, and who stands the test of time as the stronger writer. Bret Easton Ellis comes up a lot, too! An...

Season 3 Episode 25: Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers Alpha, this is one extreme episode...get me four podcasters with ATTITUDE! Every decade, it would seem, has that one property that is a runaway hit or seems to be synonymous with the period. The 70's has Star Wars, the 80's has MANY to choose from so let's just say MOTU, and the 90s? Well, they had one that took the 'geist by STORM...which is craz...

Season 3 Episode 24: Dick Tracy (1990) Hot on the heels of 1989's Batman, Disney took a big swing at the classic comic character craze that was kicking off going into the 90s. After years in developmental Hell, Warren Beaty would emerge as the Director, Producer, and Star of this post Ishtar joint that ended up at Touchstone due to strong adult themes of action, as well as Madonna's nipples. Join...

Season 3 Episode 23: The Warriors Listeners...come out to Yester-daaaaaze...This week we have a patron pick that reaches right up and tickles Jason's balls. Courtesy of our boy Poncie, it a cult classic pick that made a definitive impact on film making, and continues to be a go to action thriller for many even to this day. Stay alert, Boppers ...because this week we're revisiting The Warriors on Y...

Season 3 Episode 22: The Smurfs Start your week off great with a smurfy new episode of Yesterdaze! This week we revisit one of the pinnacle franchises of the 1980s (that somehow doesn't have a Secret Galaxy episode, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?), and find out the depths of Dutch's appreciation as we revisit The Smurfs! This brainchild of a misogynistic Belgian made a HUGE cultural impact here in the States...

S3 Ep 21: The Gang's Favorite Video Games It's your classic list episode. This also manages to double as Nostalgia Nate's second pick! Joining us is Jason's oft mentioned little brother Ryan, co-owner of The Item Shop in Bloomington, as well as the creator of The RAPIDLY approaching Game Con! It's our favorite classic video games; From the days of arcades to playing our Sega Genesis, we dive into...

S3 Ep 20: The Rocketeer Oh the best laid plans of mice and men... This week features a pick from Patron Mike, and it really speaks to the cult classic status of certain properties, the perils of heavy handed studio interference, and how even the best efforts toward a film does not always lead to success. It's The Rocketeer, of course. Join us as we try to crack the code for what went wrong with th...

S3 Ep 19: UltraMan in the 80s! Coming to you by way of Busirus aka Corey, the boys take a swing at the UltraMan franchise. Beginning in the 60s, this franchise is far too extensive to cover everything about the subject...but thanks to some discussions with Corey, we landed on focusing on UltraMan in the 1980s. Special thanks again to Corey for this pick, as well as working with me to find the righ...

Season 3 Episode 18: The Raccoons We are kicking off a Patron Pick heavy May with one from our brother to the north, Nostalgia Nate, and it's one I've really been looking forward to covering! This week, we get whisked away to the world of The Evergreen Forest and Burt Raccoon when we revisit The Raccoons! We even get some musings about the series from some of our favorite Canadians as well. Join u...

Season 3 Ep 17 - The Police Academy Franchise   We close out April STRONG as we revisit Police Academy! The films, the cartoon, the tv series, and you better believe the toys are discussed, too. PLUS, we're joined a real life police sergeant! My old friend Brian joins us for laughter and libations! Enjoy!   http://patreon.com/ YesterdazePodcast

Season 3 Ep 16 - Mighty Max   Our compliments to Mo for this tremendous pick! This week we visit the world of Mighty Max. Inspired by Polly Pocket, the property produced a slew of toys, a cartoon, and even a video game. Enjoy!   http://patreon.com/ YesterdazePodcast

Season 3 Ep 15 - The California Raisins   This week we revisit The California Raisins, a patron pick courtesy of our buddy Jacob aka Red Mountain Retro. Not only was this IP a real fave of Jason and Dustin's, it also has quite the back story. Enjoy!   http://patreon.com/ YesterdazePodcast

Season 3 Ep 14 - ProStars   We're kicking off April with a pick from our man Quip! Join us as we revisit DiC's ProStars. Originally proposed as a cartoon for ESPN, the show found its way to NBC's final season of Saturday Morning Cartoons. Enjoy!   http://patreon.com/YesterdazePodcast

Season 3 Ep 13: Food Fighters   Forget all the manners and etiquette you may have been brow beaten with as a kid, because today we're playing with our food! It's been referenced, it's been asked for, even begged for…it was the third record of the night, so you know the energy is going to be completely batshit crazy. Knife, fork, tuck in shirt…because it's time for Food Fighters! Enjoy!   http://pa...

Season 3 Ep 12: C.O.P.S.   A cool concept, sweet play gimmicks, sci-fi slickness, and cartoon with a banger of an opening, COPS was primed to be the next big property from Hasbro in the 80s. Having a little GI Joe DNA in it couldn't hurt either, right? One season, two waves, no lady figures…what happened? Tune in and find out as the boys revisit COPS aka Cyber COPS! Enjoy!   http://patreon.com/ Ye...

Season 3 Ep 11: Dinosaucers   It's time to prove to Jason that this insane idea was in fact a show. Brought to you by Batman's cinematic daddy and Coca-Cola, and ultimately done in thanks to that DICK of a Tracy hoarder Warren Beaty…Dinosaucers came and went in the US with little fanfare, but managed to make a huge mark in South America, ultimately becoming one of the rarest and most expensive toy...

Season 3 Ep 10: She-Ra, Princess of Power   In honor of her 40th anniversary, the boys complement last week's MOTU episode in their revisit of She-Ra: Princess of Power. Mattel rolled the dice on making the world of MOTU a family affair, and delivered She-Ra as a way to bring more of the girls' market over to MOTU. For the honor of Grayskull, give it a listen! Enjoy!   http://patreon.com/ Yesterda...

Season 3 Ep 9: He-Man & The Masters of The Universe   Welcome to March, spring is in the air, and my god…it's time for a big property. This week, the boys dive into the world of MOTU, namely the genesis of He-Man, the 80s toyline, and the series by Filmation. We naturally mention other facets and legacies of the property, and pay our respects to John Erwin. Join us, please, as we discuss easily on...

Season 3 Episode 8: 10 Insane Cinematic Toy Lines We've referenced them, joked about them, and questioned the rationale that led to them...Now it's time to talk about some of them. Born from Atom Z's confusion of anthropomorphic kangaroos, we set out to have our first list episode of the year. Handpicked by all of our patrons, Dustin, Jason, and myself comes 10 toy lines born from media that was m...

Season 3 Episode 7: Tank Girl It's our second Patron Pick of Season 3, and it's all thanks to our good buddy Atom Z. Join us as we revisit the 90's cult classic with a BANGER of a soundtrack...TANK GIRL! We naturally discuss the hard hitting matter of interspecies romance, give our man of the hour Atom Z a call, we shout out our producer Quip and his glorious YouTube debut, as well as my therapist...

Season 3 Episode 6   VENGEANCE IS MINE! New boot goofing and being loosey goosey can only take you so far…that said, the pettiness is real as Hammerman is inflicted upon Jason and Dustin! Easily the best example of DiC's waning quality heading into the 90's, Hammerman not only proved to be one of the oddest concepts for a cartoon…but also boasted the strangest cross promotion items one might ever...

A Very Bellamy Yesterdaze   And so… a bit comes to fruition. Our good buddy Kevin sits in for HIS Patron Picked episode…Bill Bellamy. It's a Kevin episode centering on a ridiculous subject…things go off the rails, and quickly at that! Join us as we tip our cap to Bill Bellamy…because Kevin paid us…   patreon.com/YesterdazePodcast

Season 3 Episode 4 Pryde of The X-Men  We close out the month revisiting a pilot that shows us what could have been! Created before financial turmoil put the kibosh on a series, and born of the budget for Robocops 13th episode, Pryde of The X-Men gave us a look at what an X-Men series in the late 80's may have been like. From an Australian Wolverine, to one of the greatest arcade games of all time...

Season 3 Episode 3 The Incredible Hulk (1982) Welcome to week 3 of Make Mine Marvel Month, and brace yourself for a property that many have forgotten about altogether! Smashing its way into NBC's 1982 Fall Line Up, The Incredible Hulk spun out of a backdoor pilot on Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends and managed to last one season for 13 episodes. Why is it largely forgotten or more obscure? Simple:...