Gettin' Sidetracked

Send us Fan Mail It's that time of year again! The air is getting cooler. The days are getting shorter. Halloween is right around the corner. Dusty wants to talk about it. Not the holiday itself. Today, we're talking about Michael Myers and the iconic Halloween horror franchise. While the series has experienced many highs, it has certainly had its fair share of lows as well. On this epis...

Send us Fan Mail It's episode 100! First and foremost, thank you all for the support. Everyone involved really appreciates it more than you know. Now that we got that sentimental crap out of the way, what do you guys wanna talk about this week? David just can't get the number 100 out of his head so we decided he wants to talk about what was going on 100 years ago. Back in 1925 there were...

Send us Fan Mail An unavoidable fact of modern life is that we all have to work. What you decide to do for work on the other hand, is completely up to you. That's where the fun/anxiety begins.  Between the three of them, the guys have quite a bit of experience in quite a few different areas of the workforce and Dusty wants to talk about it. From David's old habit of pulling a "no ca...

Send us Fan Mail Yeah, you read that right. We're talking about a very strange day on this week's episode. Dan came across something he wanted to share with everyone and boy is it a doozy. Back in the late 1800's in rural Kentucky, meat started falling from the sky. There are some pretty interesting theories about what actually happened but the guys have some of their own. Spoiler a...

Send us Fan Mail With the college football season about to get underway and the KSU Wildcats starting the season off overseas, David thought it would be a great chance to talk a little about the country where the game is taking place. Ireland! With only one brief mention of the Blarney Stone, we think you guys will actually like this one. From the world's oldest pub to the origins of Hallowee...

Send us Fan Mail It's our last real summer episode and Dusty wanted to end the season by talking about a true American pastime. Going broke at an amusement park. Kansas City's own Worlds Of Fun, Dollywood, Silver Dollar City, Universal Studios and Disney are all on the topic of discussion this week. From Dusty being extremely lucky when it comes to Disneyworld to Dan eating his way throu...

Send us Fan Mail Oh boy. Here we go. It's time to get serious around here people. Dan just opened the guys eyes to some serious evidence that proves without a shadow of a doubt. Now everyone is about to hear the truth whether you can handle it or not. Are you ready? The Earth......is round Dummy. Everybody knows that. Well, maybe not EVERYBODY. Dan wants to talk about those lovable goofs that...

Send us Fan Mail Spinoffs have been around almost as long as tv itself. David has a list that includes some of the most successful ones.....and some of the not so successful ones. "Joey" is on one of the lists. We'll let you figure out which one. From "After M.A.S.H." and "Top of the Heap" to "Frasier" and "The Jeffersons", we'll go throu...

Send us Fan Mail Just when you thought it was safe to download another podcast! JAWS celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and Dusty wants to talk about it. A best selling novel that turned into the first ever summer blockbuster and shattered box office records in its path. The only problem was just that making it was an absolute nightmare. So much so that it actually gave a young Steven Spiel...

Send us Fan Mail All hail the Prince of Darkness! No, not that Devil guy. I'm talking about the Godfather of Heavy Metal, Ozzy Osbourne! More specifically, Dan wants to talk about The Madman himself. We witnessed the last performance of the musical icon last week and Dan wants to talk about The Blizzard of Oz. From his early time in England as a young theater geek that was made fun of to his...

Send us Fan Mail The combatants are ready and the showdown is about to begin. David has soda on his mind this week. In particular, the two titans of the cola world. The longtime associate of Santa Claus, Coca-Cola and the choice of a new generation, Pepsi. From the Pepsi challenge to New Coke and even lighting Michael Jackson on fire, the two brands duked it out starting in the 70's. Obviousl...

Send us Fan Mail Get to the choppa! And load up this weeks brand new episode. It's a pretty big year for the Predator franchise. With a brand new animated movie getting rave reviews and a new live action movie on the horizon, Dusty decided it would be a good idea to talk about the franchise as a whole with the guys. With a total of 5 live action movies and an animated movie in the can, there...

Send us Fan Mail Behind the white picket fences of this midwest town lies a darkness that lurks behind every corner. Nah, not really. At least, not for this show. Some Manhattan Kansas true crime is on Dan's mind this week so he wants to talk about a few particular cases and enlighten the guys on some history. Mostly 80's. A little 90's. One grocer that was born in the early 1900&ap...

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...