American Latinostalgia

Remember what it was like to return to school after a long, fun summer break? Back to School shopping in the 80's and 90's could be fun or it could be miserable. Happy Summerween!

Have you watched the movie Sleepless in Seattle? I just did for the first time, 30 years after it came out and hijole , what a weird movie, I have some thoughts and I could never. Also, Little Aiden and Home Alone 2 references!

Today we mourn the loss of an era, where cereal was king, especially on Saturday mornings. Everyone had a cereal in the 80's an 90's including TMNT, the WWF and the Super Mario Bros. We also speak about cereals in Mexico and clowns. Secretly, this is just an episode for my parents to listen to and one day explain to me why they insisted on buying Con Fleis all the time.

You into vulgarity, excitement, history and cultural landscape shifts? Puppies? Find out how the WWF/ WWE Attitude Era revolutionized professional wrestling and how it introduced cool changes for women and Latino wrestlers. Oh, it's true! Sprinkled in with some silly stories from my youth in Mexico, viva la raza!

On the heels of Wrestlemania weekend, we look at how professional wrestling came to be so big. The role of WWF and Lucha Libre in the early 1980's and how I got in trouble in school. Hulk Hogan, Andy Kaufman, Vince McMahon and MTV helped too.

We’re so excited!  We’re so excited!  Our first Bonus Episode! You voted on the first episode and here it is. Watch along in real time as we talk about  the infamous Saved By the Bell episode “Jessie’s Song” (S3E9).  Kind of a cool commentary track from someone who is not too familiar with the show. Caffeine pills are still drugs right? Remember, Just Say No! 

Saturday evenings were a little different for us. We literally got to experience history with Don Francisco, Javier, La Cuatro and product placement.  Isn't 1980's and 1990's television nostalgia the best? Sabado Gigante is a real institution, kinda miss it tbh.  Que dice el Publico?

In tise first episode of Season 2, we use a painful childhood regret to talk about BARNEY!  Barney the purple dinosaur was a sensation in the pop culture scene during the 90's.  Unfortunately, Barney & Friends brought more than love, catchy songs and imagination to the public it brought... edgelords.  

Happy Hanukkah Marv!  We close out Season 1 with a show on nostalgic Christmas Commercials.  Listen to jingle jangle about snow, running away, possible improper sibling relationships. Flinstones and Jesus, and an evil ginger kid.  Merry Christmas, happy holidays.  Santa is watching!

Happy Thanksgiving!  Listen to my wacky relationship with this holiday and how confused I was as a bi-cultural kid.  Also we talk about family metiche dynamics, old people on Facebook, Black Friday, Clapbacks and Pretty Pretty Princess.   

Back in the 1980's and 1990's, Halloween memories happened at school, while trick or treating or maybe at Mc Donald's with a McBoo pail.  Did any one of you also channel surf for Halloween episodes of shows like a spooky dork?  No? Oh. me neither. 

Just as we were working on this episode, we got major viral  breaking news this week from Mc Donald's Halloween pails.  We aso talk about the best Halloween commercials and Elvira and Spud McKenzie and Psycho.

August is the officia start of Spooky Season here in America and in this week's episode we explore the myth that is Freddy Krueger.  Listen as we see how he is more than just another horror movie slasher.  From hip-hop to hot lines to Japanese televisoin, Freddy was everywhere in the 80's and 90's.  Some say he never left and is still here waiting for you to go to sleep an...

Do you know what a Blue Light Special is/was? Did you know people used to have to go to special stores that sold only music to buy music?   Same for toys and electronics and books.  In this episode, we talk about five American stores that existed and thrived but are no longer with us. Some of these stores were around for almost a century before they disappeared.  They were able to s...

Back in the late 1900’s, some of us did not have the luxury of going to summer camp, or taking long trips. While our parents were at work, we stayed home, like the latchkey kids that we were. Luckily there were other means of entertainment like daytime talk shows, Nintendo, pools and being the victim of a crime. FYI, this episode is a bit heavy on the media which includes bits from Sesame Street,...

We're driving to Mexico, just like old times. The act of driving to Mexico over a couple of days is quite the adventure that doesn't get talked about enough. Let's relive the nostalgia.  If you've never had the (pleasure?) of experiencing this, listen and see how this road trip is different than going to Grandma's house in Miami or Walley World. Then we delve a little into what it's like once...

Haiiiii!   How can one of the most iconic and popular sitcom of the 1980's, be considered by many the WORST televison show of all time? Is it really that bad?  Listen as we have fun but also discuss some of the darker recurring themes in Small Wonder like slavery, potential perversion, racism, and child labor. Get an update on the cast and relive the nostalgia! Hopefully the ear wor...

This one's not about giant puppets.  The art of the Public Service Announcement or PSA was perfected in the 1980's and 90's. Ronald Reagan's continuation on the "War on Drugs" and  Nancy Reagan's Just Say No Campaign ushered in a multitude of anti- drug PSA's.  Once these became a thing, we saw PSA's for all sorts of non- drug related things.  Both in the United States and in M...

How well do you remember your kindergarten year?  Let's take all the typical challenges kids face when leaving home for the first time and let's add not knowing the language, not having shared peer experiences but for some reason, knowing things like Burbujas and novela theme songs. Things that will not help, like at all.  Luckily, Sesame Street has a tremendous amount of wacky and educa...

What comes to mind when you think about Nostalgia?  Food?  The 80's?  TV Shows? AOL?  In this premiere episode, we talk about a place near and dear to many hearts, Chuck E. Cheese.  You like pizza right? Let's test this out and see how it goes talking about Showbiz Pizza Place and Chuck E. Cheese's stuff.