In My Footsteps: A Gen-X Nostalgia Podcast

Send us Fan Mail The anniversary of an influential horror film. Some unbelievable stories from an unbelievable amusement park. The best horror movies made for little money. Episode 264 kicks off Spooky Season proper with some haunting GenX nostalgia. It starts with the story of Action Park , an amusement and water park where coming out unscathed was a bonus. For decades, visitors entered the groun...

Send us Fan Mail A pair of beloved Super Mario Bros. sequels. The premiere of Saturday Night Live. Some famous people singing backup on other famous songs.  Episode 263 kicks off the month of October with a lot of fun GenX nostalgia and pop culture. We begin with a double dose of video game classics. Super Mario Bros. 2 and 3 are so connected that it felt wrong to not talk about both. One was expe...

Send us Fan Mail Celebrating 40 years of Double Dare. Some of the worst after-school specials ever. A collection of weird and wild 1980s PC games. Episode 262 ends the month of September with all shades of GenX nostalgia and pop culture. On your mark, get set, go! The show sprints from the start with a look back forty years at the debut of Nickelodeon's sloppy fun game show Double Dare . Ever...

Send us Fan Mail The simultaneous success and failure of the US Festival. Pee-Wee's Playhouse hits the Big 4-0. Some famous fictional bands. Episode 261 welcomes fall with a show featuring varying shades of GenX nostalgia. It all begins with what could have been the next big evolution in music festivals. The US Festival had some of the biggest names in music and technology in the early 1980s....

Send us Fan Mail The debut of The Muppet Show. Some of the music fails of the 1970s. A school bus that acts like a dog? Summer is ending, but the Gen-X nostalgia continues with Episode 260. We start off with a look back to the debut of the original Muppet Show , which occurred 50 years ago this month. Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo, and so many more classic characters burst onto television sets...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Labor Day! When this episode premieres, I will be on location producing my first feature film, The Cabin . Thank you to everyone who donated to the fundraiser and helped to get this project made! Being on location means that in place of a new podcast episode, you get Mixtape #5 All of the Blink and You'll Miss It retro segments are here in chronological order. They cont...

Send us Fan Mail Back to the Golden Age of toy shopping.  Welcome to the sixth Hidden Track Podcast! For this show, we are looking at a pair of classic toy stores that so many Gen Xers frequented in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Child World and Kay-Bee Toys were staples growing up in those bygone decades. Walking the aisles, trying out some of the toys, and likely left a mess in our wake. It was the best...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 259 we're going to have all sorts of fun in 1971. We will be diving into all things music, television, movies, and pop culture. Those were the days . Television in 1971 was a dividing line between the old and the new. Older, safer shows were being shown the door while a new generation of shows changed the landscape of pop culture. All in the Family took the world b...

Send us Fan Mail The 40th anniversary of Stand By Me. Also, the 40th anniversary of Nintendo's Metroid. Some classes that are no longer taught in school. Episode 258 brings the Gen-X nostalgia in time for going back to school. 40 years ago this week, one of the seminal movies of 1980s kids' lives was released. Stand By Me was based on a Stephen King story and gave many kids of the time t...

Send us Fan Mail The original music festival. The follow-up to the king of video game consoles. Some favorite 1990s celebrity crushes. Episode 257 has a batch of Gen-X nostalgia, hot and fresh out of the oven like Poppin' Fresh dough. It starts with a look back at the original, and many say, greatest, music festival. Woodstock occurred this week in history in 1969 and changed not only music b...

Send us Fan Mail The Cape Cod time capsule that is One Crazy Summer. Some of the movies shot on the Cape and Islands. The creation of the cellular telephone. Episode 256 is a bit of a throwback for the podcast as it is loaded with Cape Cod topics. We start by going back 40 years ago this week. One Crazy Summer is among the best mindlessly fun comedies of the 1980s. It wasn't a major box offic...

Send us Fan Mail Donate to the GoFundMe for my feature-length film, The Cabin ! Who in the world was Mr. Living Corpse? Welcome to the fifth Hidden Track Podcast! These are short-form shows, clocking in at roughly 10-15 minutes. They will cover a topic or two, likely previously covered on the In My Footsteps Podcast. These are subjects that were part of Top 5's or other list-form segments and...

Send us Fan Mail Donate to the GoFundMe for my feature-length film, The Cabin ! Remembering 1980s summers. The creation of the sports drink. Some of the biggest 1980s TV show fails. The dog days of summer begin, and Episode 255 is here to try to keep you cool. It begins with the creation of the thirst quencher. Sports drinks have been helping athletes and everybody else stay hydrated for six decad...

Send us Fan Mail Donate to the GoFundMe for my feature-length film, The Cabin ! The sad genius of Robin Williams. The undeniable impact of Chappelle's Show. Some of the biggest collectibles trends that were investment fails. Episode 254 is loaded with legends and icons. Robin Williams was one of the most talented actors and comedians of his or any generation. He could be a ball of manic energ...

Send us Fan Mail Donate to the GoFundMe for my feature-length film, The Cabin ! A brief show that left a lasting impact. A band whose rise was cut short. Some of the most popular television programming blocks ever. Episode 253 shows the pop culture randomizer on full display. It begins with a look back at a show that only lasted a short time but left a big imprint on a lot of GenXers. BrainGames w...

Send us Fan Mail Donate to the GoFundMe for my feature-length film, The Cabin ! The tasty history of Doritos. The historic Live Aid concert event. Sports teams that were rebranded as others. Episode 252 is chock full of GenX nostalgia to try to keep you cool in the July heat. It starts with one of the most historic music events ever. Live Aid was a one-day event featuring many legends of the day....

Send us Fan Mail Donate to the GoFundMe for my feature-length film, The Cabin! Welcome to the fourth Hidden Track Podcast! For this show, we go back to the bygone era of the late 1990s and the dawning of social media . Today's TikTok, Instagram, Threads, and Facebook owe a debt of gratitude to the originals. Six Degrees and Friendster blazed the trail for what was to come in social media. Wha...

Send us Fan Mail Donate to the GoFundMe for my feature-length film, The Cabin ! Passing fads from the 2000s. Terminator 2, 35 years later. The origins of computer-generated imagery (CGI). Episode 251 brings the cool breeze of GenX nostalgia to the hot July weather. It all begins with a staple of today's entertainment. Computer-Generated Imagery, or CGI, is commonplace in the 2020s. So much so...

Send us Fan Mail Donate to the GoFundMe for my feature-length film, The Cabin ! Happy Fourth of July Weekend!  In addition to cookouts, beach days, fireworks, and family fun, I have a new mixtape to share with you. Mixtape #4 shines a hilarious light on some of the weirdest laws ever on the books in each of the six New England states.  It was illegal to throw pickle juice on a trolley in Rhode Isl...

Send us Fan Mail Donate to the GoFundMe for my feature-length film, The Cabin ! We're celebrating 250 episodes of the podcast with a special Listener's Choice show. Everything on this show was voted on by you, the listeners! It begins with a look at some soap opera fails from the 1980s . Daytime and primetime had their share of terrible shows. Cheap imitations, forced intrigue, boring sh...

Send us Fan Mail Donate to the GoFundMe for my feature-length film, The Cabin ! Some odd home workout tapes from the 80s. Some scandalous music moments from the 60s. The final concert from the King. Episode 249 ushers in summer with a fresh blast of GenX nostalgia. It all begins with fitness. Everyone wants a killer summer body, but are these workouts going to get you there? We look at some weird...

Send us Fan Mail Donate to the GoFundMe for my feature-length film, The Cabin ! From Indiana Jones' debut, to graduating high school 30 years ago, to the most dangerous roads in America, and everything in between. Episode 248 has something for everyone in the realm of GenX nostalgia. It all starts 45 years ago with the release of the groundbreaking film Raiders of the Lost Ark . The debut of...

Send us Fan Mail Donate to the GoFundMe for my feature-length film, The Cabin! Welcome to the third Hidden Track Podcast! The third podcast is a deep dive into something we older generations saw plenty of and never thought would become relics of the past: the telephone booth. From two million booths in 1999 in the United States to fewer than 100,000 today, the telephone booth is a piece of America...

Send us Fan Mail Donate to the GoFundMe for my feature-length film, The Cabin ! Episode 247 ushers in June with a summertime bonanza of GenX nostalgia. We kick it off with a journey to Busytown. Generations of kids have grown up with Richard Scarry and his children's books. Friendly animals, unique stories, hide-and-seek illustrations, and so much more make up the more than 200 books Scarry r...

Send us Fan Mail The definitive GenX late-night talk show. An unexpected musical comeback. Underrated 1980s moments. Summer is unofficially here, and Episode 246 of the podcast brings a fresh batch of nostalgia unlikely to spoil in the hot sun. Cue up the dog pound because we're starting off with a look back at the unique and highly influential Arsenio Hall Show . It broke barriers and broke...