Notable Nostalgia

This week, we invited our good friend Cassandra of Cassandra Explains it All to talk about Nickelodeon's dark and disturbing history. We discuss child actors like Jeanette McCurdy and Amanda Bynes who have spoken out, banned episodes from Rocko's Modern Life and Ren and Stimpy so bad they couldn't make it to air, the child predators like John K. and Dan Schneider Nickelodeon employed, and the mish...

This week Andy and Ally are joined by their good friend and sports guru, Delo as they dive into the 1993 kids film The Sandlot! They break down everything about its box office numbers, writer and director, cast, plot, some fun facts, and of course all the quotable lines of the iconic film. They top it off with their own baseball Mt. Rushmore's! You're killing me, Smalls if you don't listen to this...

A special Jeff led episode discussing the season 6 episode of Beverly Hills 90210, One Wedding and a Funeral! This episode is packed with bachelorette and bachelor parties, finicky ministers, mob hits, honeymoons, lost cats, and so much drama! Find us, our social pages, and our 90s Dungeons and Dragonsmpodcast at www.bigdoorprize.com/podcasts

We are joined by Jurassic Park expert and superfan Zach Payne to discuss everything about the 1993 film Jurassic Park! Now, exactly 29 years removed, we look back on the film's background, plot, cast, score, effects, and a lot more! Find Zach on Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/ @zaaay33?lang=en Find us and our sister podcast Dungeons and Decades here: www.bigdoorprize.com/podcasts

We are thrilled to be joined by astrophysicist and author or Treknology, Dr. Ethan Siegel to discuss some Star Trek! We get to know Ethan a little better, then dive into a discussion on the Next Generation Episode, The Inner Light! Find anything Ethan Siegel at https://www.startswithabang.com/ Find anything Notable Nostalgia and Big Door Prize podcasts, including our 90's DND podcast Dungeons and...

Its our 50th episode! We are joined by Ria and a special guest, Jason from Dungeons and Decades! We each list our top 10 worst films of the 90s! Tune in to see what we think are the worst from the entire decade! Find everything about us and our podcasts at www.bigdoorprize.com/podcasts

Its our 50th episode! We are joined by Ria and a special guest, Jason from Dungeons and Decades! We each list our top 10 worst films of the 90s! Tune in to see what we think are the worst from the entire decade!

Ally, Andy, Jeff, and Ria round out their top television series of 1991 lists, now 3o years removed. Tune in and find out which made the #1! We follow up with a Wait Wait style round of Do You Know It?! and Andy leads a Then and Now. All this and more on a new Notable Nostalgia! Find us, our DND podcast, and social pages all at bigdoorprize.com/podcasts Part of the Big Door Prize Network.

We start the conclusion of our Movies and TV of 1991. This episode Ally, Andy, Jeff, and Ria discuss their top 3 series from the year 1991, now 30 years removed. Jeff starts us off with some awards and other tidbits from the year, and we start off with our lists. Tune in for part two in two weeks! Find us and our socials pages at bigdoorprize.com/podcasts Part of the Big Door Prize Podcast Network...

Ally, Andy, Jeff, and Ria revisit their favorite movies from 1991, now 30 years removed. We start out with our top movie from '91 then round out the episode with some Do You Know it?! hosted by quizmaster Andy, and Ally finishes off with an Oscar worthy Then & Now! Find us including links to our social pages here. Fin our new 90's themed D&D podcast Dungeons and Decades here. --- Send in a voice m...

Ally, Andy, Jeff, and Ria revisit their favorite movies from 1991, now 30 years removed. Jeff starts us off with a review of the box office numbers and awards, as well as some other highlights of the year. Plus, Andy and Jeff reenact the scandalous Tampax-gate. We then finish the episode with our top 3 movies from the year! Stay tuned for part two, and then for our top 3 tv series of 1991! Find us...

We are joined by Actor and Voice actor Jason Marsden! You might remember Jason from all sorts of roles including Max from a Goofy Movie, Thackary Binx (cat) from Hocus Pocus, and Spirited Away, as well as acting roles on Full House, Step by Step, Boy Meets World, Eerie Indiana, and Will & Grace. He sits in to chat about his most recent project, The Mars Variety Show on Youtube, now in it's third s...

This week Andy, Jeff, and Ria are joined by Cassandra from the podcast Cassandra Explains it All! They join forces to review the 90s teen horror classic, The Craft!  Find Cassandra Explains it All Find Notable Notable Nostalgia  Part of the Big Door Prize Podcast Network --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/notablenostalgia/message

It's our first episode dedicated to professional wrestling! To help us with the inaugural episode is Ashley and Amanda from the podcast How to Talk to Your Friend About Wrestling! Ally, Andy, Ashley, and Amanda review the madness that was the 1997 WCW pay-per-view Halloween Havoc! The main event pits Hollywood Hulk Hogan of the N.W.O. against Rowdy Roddy Piper in a steel cage match! Also on the ca...

We attempt for the first time writing episodes of our favorite 90s series in a new episode segment we're calling "90s Fan Fiction!" First up is Ally who wrote her very own original script for The Adventures of Pete & Pete called "Pete State Fair." Ally, Andy, Jeff, and Maria all portray the roles of the beloved series. We play a round of "Do You Know It?!" with Quizmaster Andy, and Ally leads a Pe...

We wrap our discussion on the music of 1991 with our favorite new artist, album, and song of the year! We are joined again by Maria from Just What I Needed (JWIN) Playlists. Ally takes over this time as quizmaster for a round of Do You Know It?! and Jeff sends us off with a diva's version of Then and Now! All this and more, on this week's Notable Nostalgia! Find JWIN Playlists here: Website Facebo...

We are back from our hiatus and discussing all things music from the year 1991. Now that we are 30 years removed, we brought along Maria from Just What I Needed Playlists to talk VMAs and Grammys from that year and listing our favorites from five different categories. First up, we talk our favorite Music Video and favorite Soundtrack from that year! Tune in for the next episode for more favorites...

It's PRIDE Month and since we are an LGBTQ+ identified and allies podcast we are dedicating all of June to 90s LGBTQ+ topics!  This week, Jeff leads an episode and discussion on HIV and how it was represented in the 90s. Jeff has been an HIV activist for over a decade, and with PRIDE this month, felt it was important to talk about how the world in the 90s viewed HIV and AIDS. We discuss our experi...

*Content warning: We briefly discuss topics of homophobia and slurs towards the gay community. It's PRIDE Month and since we are an LGBTQ+ identified and allies podcast we are dedicating all of June to 90s LGBTQ+ topics! Up first, we discuss the monumental two part episode of the series Ellen, the Puppy Episode. The series starred comedian Ellen DeGeneres and is notable during the 90s since Ellen,...

On a special episode of Notable Nostalgia, we are joined by Al Jean! Al is notably known as a writer from the Simpsons starting at season one and over the years has been a producer, head writer, and showrunner for the series on almost all 32 seasons of the series. He is also notably known as the co-creator of the very funny animated 90s series The Critic! We ask Al about his start in comedy writin...

Cassandra from the podcast Cassandra Explains it All joins Ally, Andy, and Jeff to discuss the 1995 Film Now and Then! The film starring Christina Ricci, Thora Birch, Gaby Hoffman, Ashleigh Aston Moore, Demi Moore, Rosie O'Donnell, Melanie Griffith, and Rita Wilson is a beloved 90's film about the coming of age of four young girls growing up in the seventies. The film also had roles from Hank Azar...

Ally, Andy, and Jeff are joined by Beth May! She's an author of the new collection of Poetry the Immortal Soul Salvage Yard, a playwright, comedian, actor and co-host/daddy of the very funny podcast Dungeons and Daddies! We chat with Beth about all her projects, some Dungeons and Dragons know-how, her character on Dungeons and Daddies Ron Stampler, and what makes her nostalgic for the 90s! Plus, w...

We are ending Simpsons Month with a bang, as we bring you the second in a two-part series of the top 5 Simpsons episodes! Ally, Andy, and Jeff do the impossible, with the help of returning guest Brett Wilson, of narrowing down their five favorite Simpsons episodes ever! Plus, we play a round of Do You Know It?! led by Quizmaster Jeff! Join us and see if we made the right call in determining the cr...

We are ending Simpsons Month with a bang, as we introduce the first in a two-part series of the top 5 Simpsons episodes! Ally, Andy, and Jeff do the impossible, with the help of returning guest Brett Wilson, of narrowing down their five favorite Simpsons episodes ever! Plus, we catch up with Brett on his latest Are You Afraid of the Dark work and other 90s nostalgia! Join us and see if we made the...

Simpsons month continues, and this time we are joined by former Simpsons writer and show-runner, Bill Oakley! We, of course, talk Simpsons, but also his start in writing, Mission Hill, Portlandia, and his new position as head writer for the hit HBO series Close Enough. Bill is also regarded as the Gordon Ramsay of fast food, so we talk all about the best things in fast food today, and some other g...