Less Than 2000

Every kid from the 80’s and 90’s remembers the weekend ritual of going to the video store and picking up your entertainment for the weekend.  The feeling of walking up and down the aisles, hoping what you want is in stock, with nothing to go on except the back of the box or a recommendation from an employee.  You were committed to that movie or game for the weekend – good or bad. Adam and Chad rem...

Chad’s Mom joins the show to share her story about falling asleep in the theater during Star Wars in 1977.  Adam and Chad talk about how slow and “boring” they thought Episode IV was compared to The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi when they were kids. Join us on Patreon this weekend for the extended, uncensored 80-minute episode full of personal, embarrassing stories about young Adam an...

Adam and Chad wax poetic about the dopest band to come out of their hometown of Omaha, Nebraska.  Chad reminiscences about the 1993 debut LP by Nick Hexum, P-Nut and SA Martinez, while Adam laments the more commercial direction they took in 1995.  The episode drops a day early so you can enjoy 311 Music on 420!  Finish off your leftover Peeps and chocolate bunnies and kick back and listen in style...

It’s time to tackle the most memorable, raunchiest comedy of 1999 that’s etched in the memories of an entire generation leaving high school as well as the 20th Century. Warm apple pie, one time at band camp, Stifler’s mom and a pact to enter college as new men only scratch the surface of some of the funniest, unforgettable moments and quotable lines from the break out cast starring Jason Biggs, Al...

Adam and Chad dip back into the dark side of cinema and dissect David Lynch’s 1997 cult classic staring Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette and Balthazar Getty, with a super creepy performance by Robert Blake, and a soundtrack produced by Trent Reznor.  Does it help or hurt if we tell you Adam reads from his college paper?  < ’00 | an Art House Empire Production | a proud member of the HyperX podca...

Legend of Zelda changed video games forever upon its release on NES in North America in 1987.  In a world where video games only had one screen or only allowed you to run left to right, LoZ allowed you to move up, right, left, down, inside and under in a sprawling world of forests, plains, deserts and caves.  Zelda was literally a game-changer and continues to influence video games to this day. Di...

Adam and Chad embark on a movie they’ve never seen before… 1979’s Meatballs directed by the late great Ivan Reitman with Bill Murray staring in his first feature film. The boys discuss this National Lampoon’s style, VERY PG movie, trying desperately to give some praise where due to the man who brought us some of the most iconic films of the 80s and 90s. Comedy sure has come a long way since Meatba...

Adam & Chad LOVED Ice Cube when they were tweeners in the early 90’s.  His lyrics opened their eyes to all sorts of things they didn’t experience in their middle class suburban lives.  It was SO COOL at the time. Now that the guys are middle aged professionals, how do they feel about it after going back to Ice Cube’s early solo career for the first time in nearly a quarter century?  They grapp...

It’s almost impossible to overstate how big Beavis & Butt-Head were in the 90’s. They could make or break a band simply by saying it rules or sucks.  Was the show everything that was wrong with youth culture as politicians and parents claimed?  Or was it low-key brilliant satire?  Do middle aged men still find it as funny as when they were thirteen? Special guest Sam Fischer makes his second a...

Stories from your friends next door they never told… but filmed and sent to ABC for a chance to win ten thousand dollars! Before YouTube, there was only one place to see people and animals doing funny and dumb things on video.  The talented Bob Saget pulled it all together and put it over the top.  America, this is you. < ’00 | an Art House Empire Production | a proud member of the HyperX podca...

What better way to blow off some steam than to blow up some killer robots? Terminator 2: Judgement Day was one of the most memorable arcade games of the 90’s.  With Arnold Schwarzenegger’s voice and likeness, and the most satisfying gaming machine guns ever made, it was hard not to spend all your tokens on this one game.  Chad confesses about his shortcomings as a gamer, and Adam waxes nostalgic a...

In 1996 Chris Rock took the world by storm with a stand-up routine for the ages.  Equal parts offensive and thought-provoking, the landscape of comedy would never be the same again.  Chad provides deep cultural context while Adam delivers a performance that would make Michael Scott proud. < ’00 | an Art House Empire Production | a proud member of the HyperX podcast Network | #LessThan2000 Suppo...

I desperately needed to use the bathroom because the only restaurant in existence is Taco Bell.  When I was done I couldn’t find any toilet paper, just a little shelf with three seashells on it, so I swore under my breath and got a fine for violating the verbal morality statute!  I tuned on the radio in my self-driving car and all I heard were commercial jingles from the 50’s.  I tried to kiss my...

Adam and Chad are too young to have experienced the vanguard of punk music so they bring on a seasoned guest on to explain what life was like back in the day. Grizzled music aficionado Matt Miller reminisces about thumbing through LP sleeves at the record store, which was the style at the time. Our distinguished guest illuminates the boys about Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols...

Get to the choppa!!  Who needs a complex plot when you have muscles, explosions, and one of the most iconic movie monsters of all time?  Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, and Jesse The Body Ventura bring the body mass… Adam and Chad bring the brains! < ’00 | an Art House Empire Production | a proud member of the HyperX podcast Network | #LessThan2000 Support the show

In Living Color was the hippest sketch comedy show of the early 90’s.  It gave the world the Wayans brothers, Jamie Foxx, Tommy Davidson and Jim Carrey.  So you know when the show took on the likes of MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice and Michael Jackson it was gonna be FIRE! < ’00 | an Art House Empire Production | a proud member of the HyperX podcast Network | #LessThan2000    Support the show

We kick off Season 3 with some real bollocks!  If you do an 80s/90s nostalgiacast, sooner or later you have to get around to Vanilla Ice.  To the Extreme was life changing for nine year old Adam and Chad.  Surely it holds up in 2022, right??  Adam provides plenty of enthusiastic rapping and Chad pretends to be too cool for old school.   < ’00 | an Art House Empire Production | a proud member of...

Adam and Chad break from the usual format to do a spoiler free review of a movie from 2021. Sure, it’s based on a property from the 80s and one of their most cherished and formative movies of all time! Does the born hater Adam despise the new take on Ghostbusters? Does it live up to the hype that professional filmmaker Chad has been building up in his mind for years? Find out on the Season 2 Final...

Childhood friend, Patron, and superfan Michelle Phillips joins the show to boldly go where Adam and Chad have been too afraid to go on their own… a deep discussion of Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, and 90’s boy bands.  Michelle brings the enthusiasm of a teenage girl and intelligence of a full grown woman. She has seen boy bands live five times… as an adult!  Did Adam really listen to Backstreet Boys’ en...

Tonight’s Matchup: 90’s Wrestling versus Dawson’s Creek!  In the red corner, we have WWF Monday Night Raw and WCW Monday Nitro… in the blue corner, we have James Van Der Beek and Katie Holmes… set to square off in a no hold barred cage match!  This was a thing in the late 90’s.  Kids got together for watch parties on Monday or Wednesday nights to watch their favorite shows with their friends.  Ada...

Patron and dear old friend Darren Deffley joins the show to talk about the 1992 cinematic classic A Few Good Men.  Written by Aaron Sorkin, directed by Rob Reiner, and starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, and Demi Moore, it taught the world the we “Can’t Handle the Truth!”  Adam and Darren swept all the duet acting speech tournaments with their performance of the climactic courtroom scene in 7th g...

Adam and Chad dissect a movie neither of them watched back in the day, Joel Schumacher’s St. Elmo’s Fire.  Staring six members of the Brat Pack, it featured even more Brat Packers than The Breakfast Club!  Does the coming-of-age story hold up as well in 2021 as it did upon its release in 1985? Those of you who lived through it let us know on social media! < ’00 | an Art House Empire Production...

Chad interviews Adam about the “adult cartoon” Night Court. Did Adam really become a lawyer because of this zany sitcom? Can Chad find value in it even though he didn’t watch it back in the day? < ’00 | an Art House Empire Production | a proud member of the Greenlit podcast Network | #LessThan2000 Support the show

Adam and Chad have a stream-of-consciousness discussion about the sodas, juice boxes, and powdered drinks of the 80’s and 90’s and how they have been brainwashed by a lifetime of advertising and marketing. < ’00 | an Art House Empire Production | a proud member of the Greenlit podcast Network | #LessThan2000 Support the show

Weird Al is the unparalleled paragon on parody. With a musical career spanning five decades, no one can write and perform music send ups as successfully as he can.  So surely his one and only movie is great, right?! It has Conan the Librarian, Spatula City, and Wheel of Fish after all. Well, at least it gave us a great performance by Michael Richards. < ’00 | an Art House Empire Production | a...