Gettin' Sidetracked

Send us Fan Mail Okay folks, not gonna lie. This is probably our most sidetracked episode yet. David wants to attempt to talk about The College World Series but we go off the rails quite a few times. Join in for sidetracked topics such as Loony Toons, The Last Of Us, little kids birthday parties and so much more. All of this plus a little bit about The College World Series on this week's epis...

Send us Fan Mail I want my......I want my Podcast Boyz. I mean, my Gettin' Sidetracked. I mean, my MTV. There we go. Nailed it. It's Dusty's turn this week and he wants to talk about some of the highs and a lot of the lows throughout the history of Music Television. If you can even call it that anymore. From their small but impactful start in 1981 to their growth into a cultural jug...

Send us Fan Mail Pogs! Stanley Cups! Beanie Babies! All of these things have something in common. They were all crazes that swept the nation for some reason or another. Were they good reasons? Usually not but they still managed to carve their niche wile they could. Dan wants to talk about these and a few others that the guys have all experienced over the years. Let's explore what the hell hap...

Send us Fan Mail Space. The final frontier. These are the recordings of a few dumbasses. David is feeling cosmic this week so he wants to talk about Space. Mostly. Plus a little tangent about Dallas Cowboy fans amongst many other distractions. From some fun little facts, we're sure at least some of which are true, to their thoughts on some space related media, they'll cover a little bit...

Send us Fan Mail It's "Get to know your podcast host" Day here on Gettin' Sidetracked! While the guys aren't brand new to the game, they are to YouTube so Dusty thought this would be a good time to get to know the guys a little better. He came up with a few questions to ask the guys that may enlighten you on just who the hell it is you've been listening to all this ti...

Send us Fan Mail Holy schnikes! The classic Chris Farley/David Spade comedy celebrates its 30th Anniversary this year and Dan wants to talk about it. This movie was a staple of all three of the guys childhoods. In other words they're going to annoy the hell out of each other with constant quotes and random facts. In all seriousness, Dan actually did do some research so we actually do have som...

Send us Fan Mail Gentlemen! Ladies! Start your engines! Get ready to roll out while we burn some rubber and (insert car cliche here)! This week, David wants to talk about cars. Not just any cars but some of the cars that the guys grew up with. Hear about how many doors Dusty had to open to get into his Explorer, what kind of a Porsche Dan might actually be able to afford and how David cried when h...

Send us Fan Mail Look, Dusty won't shut up about it so we decided we might as well let him get it out of his system. Planet Comicon in Kansas City was last weekend and Dusty and his son went for the very first time and now he wants to blab about it. From some of the nicest celebrities you could imagine running into to some of the coolest cosplays, he'll take us through his weekend and fi...

Send us Fan Mail Just sit right back and you'll hear three guys talk about themes from tv. They'll cover some of your favorites like Beverly Hillbillies. Okay, that's enough with trying to write to the tune of Gilligan's Island. On this week's episode, Dusty wants to talk about some of the guys favorite tv theme songs. Of course, they didn't cover them all so feel fre...

Send us Fan Mail From the shadows, secret societies have been controlling aspects of the entire world for centuries. Even cooler is the fact that we all know about them so they're really not all that secret. Are they? Dan wants to talk about some of the more famous ones and a few you may not have heard of. Yeah, you know all about the Illuminati but what about the Molly Maguires? Yeah, us eit...

Send us Fan Mail Holy poorly run podcast Batman! On this week's episode, David wants to talk about what makes a good sidekick. We're not just talking tv and movies either. David wants to talk about food sidekicks and real life sidekicks too. From Spock and Barney Rubble to potatoes and Scotty Pippin, they'll cover quite a few. Rest assured there is plenty of gettin' sidetracked...

Send us Fan Mail For a long time, Hollywood actually stayed away from sequels, thinking that audiences wouldn't want to see the same story/characters twice. Boy, how they were wrong. But can a sequel ever actually add anything worthwhile? Or are they all simply established audience cash grabs? In this episode, Dusty wants to talk about some sequels that are arguably equal to, or sometimes eve...

Send us Fan Mail Dial up your modems and get ready to surf the wide wide world of web. Dan wants to lead the guys on a talk about the internet. As a generation that grew up seeing its infancy and watching it evolve into what it is, they have been there for it all. From the early days of YouTube to dropping a pin in a random city on Google Earth and just looking around, the internet has certainly c...

Send us Fan Mail Home, home on the range. Where the Gettin' Sidetrack crew comes to play. This last week was Kansas Day so David decided it would be a great time to dispel some of the stereotypes about Kansans.... and possibly lean into others. Do you ever eat cinnamon rolls with your chili? Do you listen to strictly country music? Do you ride a horse everywhere you go? People from outside of...

Send us Fan Mail Any of you that know him knew that this episode was coming eventually. Dusty's favorite band of all time is Pink Floyd. He decided now was the time to finally hold the guys hostage so they'll let him gush about them for a little while. From their early beginnings as the Architectural Addabs and many other names to their final studio album that just so happened to come ou...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Dan wants to delve into the eerie world of cursed films - movies shrouded in mystery AND misfortune. We explore the infamous Poltergeist series where real life tragedies haunted the the cast and crew, the twisted history of The Twilight Zone: The Movie and the shocking events surrounding The Exorcist, these films all become even more notorious for the dark...

Send us Fan Mail K State is set to face off against Rutgers on December 26th this year in The Rate Bowl. Strangely enough, this isn't the first time that Kansas State has been to this particular bowl game. You may know it by a different name....or several different names to be more accurate. David wants to talk about the teams history with this bowl game that even went a year without a sponso...

Send us Fan Mail What makes a great hero? A great villain, of course! From the most vile of the vile, the guys highlight just a few of their favorites. Disney villains like Scar, comic book villains like Homelander and horror villains like Chucky are all celebrated in this week's episode. Find out if David ever actually beat a Mario game and why he's pissed at a certain college basketbal...

Send us Fan Mail It's getting to be that time of year again. The time where we all try to be on our best behavior so we don't make it on you know who's naughty list. Just so we're clear, we mean the list that gets you snatched up, put into a giant sack and then dumped straight into hell. Who's list did you think we meant? We were talking about Krampus of course. He is just...

Send us Fan Mail We've all heard the story of Beauty & The Beast. Right? The one where the girl ends up marrying her cousin? Or what about Cinderella? You know the one I'm talking about! The one where the step sisters permanently disfigure themselves for a shot at being Queen. No? Maybe you remember them a little differently than the original authors intended. That's exactly wha...

Send us Fan Mail "After these messages, we'll be right back." These words have been heard countless times on countless televisions. Of course, this meant that you were about to be treated with the latest commercials for new toys, fast food places, O O O O'Relilly Auto Parts and of course the latest information on the mesothelioma lawsuit which you or a loved one can take action...

Send us Fan Mail It's the end of spooky season around here and Dan wanted to end it on a scary note. What makes you afraid? Is it your own mortality? Some existential threat? Or maybe it's something as simple as "the dark". Whatever it is, Dan wants to talk about it. On this week's episode he'll ask the guys to delve into some of their fears. Some common, some not so...

Send us Fan Mail David wants to take a little trip down memory lane this week. Businesses come and go each and every day. Some make an impression that sticks with you a little longer than most and those are the ones that David wants to talk about. Places like Digital Shelf, Game Guy, Kreem Kup and Video Express. So join the guys while the reminisce about some of the businesses in Manhattan that ha...

Send us Fan Mail Dusty is feeling a little rebellious on this weeks episode even if it is just a little bit. Stupid reasons why some books were banned is what he wants to talk about. Book banning isn't a new phenomenon so there are a lot of different ones to choose from. These just happened to catch his eye as particularly dumb. We won't go into too much detail here but titles include &q...

Send us Fan Mail We've all been there. We upload a video on the internet where we scream to leave Brittany alone and all of a sudden, we're viral. Or our Mom takes a picture of us for our rap album and all of a sudden we're viral as "Scumbag Steve". Just the typical American story. Right? Dan wants to talk about these two and a whole slew of other folks that went viral for...