Poor Boy’s Banter

Phillip and Roger share more stories from Halloweens past.  Vintage Halloween TV Specials: Great Pumpkin!  Garfield!  Fat Albert!  Things that scared us as kids, including a real-life scare with a peeper!  Halloween Haunted Houses...in a church?  

In this episode, Roger and Phillip celebrate Halloween in the 1970's and 1980's! They share favorite costumes and Halloweeen TV Specials, and a real-life scare freaked Philip out big time!  Plus, Roger waited too long to pick up a costume, ran out of ideas, and had to make something up that may (or may not) have been ingenious! Stay tuned for part 2. Also, please check out Roger's audio drama, Ol'...

This is an experimental episode of Poor Boy's Banter.  I've always wanted to produce an audio drama of some sort so I took an adaptation of an old folklore tale I wrote a few years ago and whipped up a podcast episode.   Halloween is Roger's favorite time of year so we wanted to do something a little special.  If you like it, let us know with a comment on our YouTube channel.  Please check out our...

In this episode, we talk about one of our favorite pasttimes as kids...riding our bikes.  But, not just riding...jumping, racing, flipping, wheelies, and more jumping!  It truly is amazing that we didn't die at times, or at least mame ourselves.   Music: Octosound - Road Rash (Pixabay license)

This episode is all about football!  We discuss some of our old toys and collectibles from our childhood...the plastic collectible NFL helmets found in 25 cent vending machines, NFL team pencils, helmet magnets found in potato chip bags, and the rarely intact NFL Action Team Mate action figure (those things are usually in pieces nowadays thanks to rotten rubber bands...but I rebuilt mine!). PLUS:...

In this episode, we talk about some vacations we took while kids.  We briefly visit Tweetsie Railroad (and talk about Phillip s dad overcoming his fear of heights), pre-Dollywood Silver Dollar City (and the beloved Flooded Mine Ride - RIP), and the Land of Oz (this Dorothy came from North Carolina, not Kansas).  Also, Roger's dad introduces Roger and Phillip to the wonderful deliciousness of the A...

In this episode, we talk about the day we got cable TV.  The cable guy did not have great social skills, but neither did Roger.  Plus, we mention Godzilla, Skinemax, (uh, I mean Cinemax), Benny Hill, the drawbacks of antenna TV, Roger changing channels with the power of his voice, recording Johnny Carson and Saturday Night Live, and lots of other things...we were all over the place in this episode...

In this episode, we honor our fathers for Father's Day.  Both of our fathers have passed but we wanted to celebrate them with some stories that respect their memory and pay deserved reverence for the men that they were.   We discuss our dads' ability and willingness to address function over form, their ingenuity and engineering skill, and being good role models.  Included: One dad defies conventio...

Join us this time as we talk about the era when going to McDonald's was a special treat and not an everyday thing.  When we were kids, a meal at McDonald's was a big deal, not a convenience as it is seen nowadays.  We talk about graduating to "big boy" status of getting a Big Mac instead of just a cheeseburger, Star Trek Happy Meals, McDonaldland calendars, a McDonald's Grand Opening that attracte...

This is it!  Our first full-length episode!  It's our first foray into the world of podcasting so please be gentle ;)   In this episode, listen to us make some rookie podcast mistakes, but more importantly, hear us talk about a local convenience store that was everything a young boy could want (candy, trading cards, and arcade games).  But, our transgressions catch up with us and we suffer the con...

Welcome to Poor Boy's Banter!  This is a short intro to quickly explain our mission...to tell stories and share our interests with like-minded folks.  Full-length episodes will be premiering soon and we can't wait to share!  We hope to make you laugh a little while feeling cozy waves of nostalgia while we talk about things that impacted our lives, and how we probably impacted others (and not alway...

Poor Boy's Banter is a nostalgia-fueled podcast where funny childhood stories collide with vintage toys, classic video games, and a slightly more adult sense of humor. Hosted by two early Gen X nerds who grew up with minimal supervision and even less money, each episode dives into the weird, hilarious, and sometimes questionable moments that somehow turned into great stories.