Pop Culture Man Children

You shot who in the what now? Welcome to pcmc, your one-stop-shop for fandom talk and pop culture ephemera. On today's episode, Mike is joined once again by Bill, and together they are discussing the 1995 pop culture phenomenon "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" At the end of season 6 of The Simpsons, the producers decided to create a cliffhanger wherein the most evil man in Springfield would be shot by an uns...

Welcome to pcmc! Your one-stop-shop for fandom talk and pop culture ephemera. On today's full episode, Mike is joined by dear friend of the show, Bill Gagliardi. Mike and Bill talk about the trailers for The Odyssey (2026), Avengers Doomsday (2026), Supergirl (2026), and Madden (2026). The guys also discuss what they're "chilling with" (reading, watching, playing) and confess their current pop cul...

Happy New Year! It's 2026 and this year has got to be better, right?....right? On today's show, Mike and Janine look forward to the pop culture coming our way in 2026 and list their most anticipated new releases. This is going to be a great year in media and a great year for your favorite podcast pcmc! If you like what you hear, be sure to subscribe anywhere you get your pods so you'll get all the...

Oh boy! Welcome to a spectacular holiday episode of pcmc! On today's show, Mike is joined by Janine, and together they are discussing "From All of Us to All of You", an episode of the classic TV show Walt Disney Presents, which first aired in 1958. In the show, Jiminy Cricket and Mickey Mouse host an arrangement of classic Disney shorts and clips from their feature films. But to understand the rea...

Primeee! Welcome to an all new episode of pcmc. Your one-stop-shop for media musings, nostalgia, and pop culture ephemera! Transformers conversation continues on today's show, as Mike is joined once again by Peter Marsh. Today's episode is about the would-be reboot of the Transformers franchise, 2024's Transformers One. The prequel film was great, but no one cared about it. Peter is a huge Transfo...

Autobots roll out! Welcome to an all new episode of pcmc. Your one-stop-shop for media musings, nostalgia, and pop culture ephemera! On today's show, Mike is joined once again by Peter Marsh. Peter is a long time friend of the show and something of a podcaster himself (The Lasser Cast / Comic Books Transformed). This episode's topic is the fan favorite animated film The Transformers: The Movie fro...

Hello! Welcome to an all new episode of pcmc. Your one-stop-shop for media musings, nostalgia, and pop culture ephemera! On today's show, Mike is joined once again by Anthony. Together the guys are returning to a concept first visited in episode 280. Describing movies they haven't seen. Each person has given the other the titles for three movies they know the other has never seen. That person has...

Jellybeans! Welcome to an all new episode of pcmc. Your one-stop-shop for pop culture musings, celebrations, and ephemera! On today's show, Mike is joined by Anthony to discuss the Bravo franchise The Real Housewives of New York City. Specifically, an infamous three-episode arc known to fans as "Scary Island." This was a foundational moment in Real Housewives history, as one of the housewives stra...

I'm pcmc and you're not. Welcome to an all new episode of pcmc. Your one-stop-shop for pop culture musings, celebrations, and ephemera! On today's show, host Mike Bongiorno is joined, once again, by Vin Forte, and they continue last week's deep dive into the dark and desperate world of failed late-night talk shows. Today's subject: The Chevy Chase Show (1993). Like many a failed talk show before i...

Can I buy a vowel?! Welcome to an all new episode of pcmc. Your one-stop-shop for pop culture musings, celebrations, and ephemera! On today's show, host Mike Bongiorno is joined by Vin Forte, and they dive into the dark and desperate world of failed late-night talk shows. Today's subject: The Pat Sajak Show (1989). This show ran for one season before being put to sleep like an old sick dog. Pat Sa...

Quack! Welcome to an all new episode of pcmc. Your one-stop-shop for pop culture musings, celebrations, and ephemera! On today's show, host Mike Bongiorno is joined by frequent contributor Janine Gagliardi. The topic of today's episode: Our Favorite Anthropomorphic Animals. Pop Culture is full of animals acting like people, and Mike and Janine are here to discuss why that is, and which are their f...

Surprise! Just when you thought it was safe to turn on your phone, pcmc Halloween 2025 is back! It's Halloween day and pcmc is coming to you with one last super secret Halloween special! Mike is joined by the one and only Emilio Sparks to celebrate the spookiest day of the year. Mike and Emilio got together to both discuss, and taste-test, General Mill's famous Monster Cereals; Count Chocula, Fran...

Double, double toil and trouble! Welcome back to Halloween 2025! It's the most important time of year here at pcmc, and we continue coming to you all month long with Halloween specials! On today's show, Mike and Janine discuss two foundational TV specials from Disney. Two Halloween specials that have a strangle hold on the millenial zeitgeist. Disney's Halloween Treat (1982) and DTV Monster Hits (...

Oww my boobs! Welcome to pcmc Halloween 2025! Spooky season is the most precious time of year for the pcmc brood, and we continue rolling along with our month-long scare-tacular Halloween specials. On today's episode, the host, Mike Bongiorno, is joined by the lovely Jennifer "Grave" Litrell. Mike and Jen are discussing the highly underrated spooky stop-motion film ParaNorman (2012). It's the stor...

The funeral is about to begin! Welcome to pcmc Halloween 2025! Spooky season is the most precious time of year for the pcmc brood, and we come to you all month long with our scare-tacular Halloween specials. On today's episode, the host, Mike Bongiorno, is joined, once again, by Peter Marsh (Comic Books Transformed / The Lasser Cast). Mike and Peter got together to discuss the 1979 horror classic...

BoooOOOOOooo! Welcome to pcmc Halloween 2025! Spooky season is the most precious time of year for the pcmc brood, and we come to you all month long with our scare-tacular Halloween specials. Today we travel to Hong Kong in 1985 to hop onto the hopping vampire craze! See what I did there? Today's film is Mr. Vampire — a slapstick comedy, martial arts, horror film! This movie modernized the mytholog...

BoooOOOOOooo! Welcome to pcmc Halloween 2025! Spooky season is the most precious time of year for the pcmc brood, and we come to you all month long with our scare-tacular Halloween specials. Today we kick things off with the HIGHLY PROBLEMATIC film Dressed to Kill from 1980. It's Brian De Palma's homage to Alfred Hitchcock. The film is suspenseful, sexy, and brilliantly made. Sadly, it's also comp...

Pcmc does what Nintendon't! On today's all-new episode of pcmc, host Mike Bongiorno, is joined by longtime contributor to the show, Vin Forte. In this episode, Mike and Vin discuss a famous episode of television from the early 2000s; MTV's True Life: "I'm a Gamer." If you haven't seen this (or any) episode of True Life, go watch it right now, then come back! The guys talk about the winners and the...

Set it and forget it! On today's all-new episode of pcmc, host, Mike Bongiorno, is joined by America's sweetheart Vin Forte. In this episode, Mike and Vin discuss Informercials, what they were, how they worked, why they were great, and where they went. From the ThighMaster to Girls Gone Wild, if you were awake at ungodly hours in the 1990s you experienced infomercials! If you like the show, make s...

Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo! On today's all-new episode of pcmc, host, Mike Bongiorno, is joined by frequent contributor Nadia Kader. Today's topic is the outrageous, gross, and incredible 2025 film The Ugly Stepsister. This is a dark, violent take on the Cinderella story, told from the point of view of her "ugly stepsister." But the movie is more than just a gimmick, it's a smart, heartbreaking tale of w...

Hello! On today's all-new episode of pcmc, host, Mike Bongiorno, is joined by frequent contributor (and frequent brother) Anthony Bongiorno. Together, Mike and Anthony review the new trailers for the upcoming movies and series: Good Boy (2025), Only Murders in the Building (Season 5), Chain Reactions (2025), Him (2025), and The Carpenter's Son (2025). In the "chill session", the guys discuss the b...

Woot woot! On today's all-new episode of pcmc, host, Mike Bongiorno, is joined once again by Janine Gagliari. Today's topic is "Our Favorite Nudity in Pop Culture." Not necessarily the sexiest nudity in pop culture. Although there are some HOT picks here! It's a conversation about the best use of nudity; the sexiest, funniest, scariest, and most interesting use of (all-gender) nudity in pop cultur...

Fit check for my napalm era! On today's all-new episode of pcmc, host, Mike Bongiorno, is joined by the great Janine Gagliari, to discuss the phenomenal Netflix animated movie KPop Demon Hunters (2025). If you haven't seen this incredible movie, GO WATCH IT RIGHT NOW! Then come back and listen to Mike and Janine gush over their favorite songs, favorite fights, and favorite outfits. This episode is...

Welcome! On today's all-new episode of pcmc, host, Mike Bongiorno, is joined once again by Bill Gagliardi. Mike and Bill are discussing Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992), a film that isn't about wax, time, or being lost. It's the superior sequel to the mostly forgotten horror/comedy Waxwork (1988). The film is about two young people who go on an adventure that takes them through some of the biggest...

"When people don't want a circus, the world just don't make any sense." On today's all-new episode of pcmc, host, Mike Bongiorno, is joined by Bill Gagliardi. Today Mike and Bill are discussing the oft-maligned 1988 movie Big Top Pee-wee. Yes, that's right. Pcmc is covering the "bad" Pee-wee movie. But is it really that bad??? Mike and Bill argue that the film has a lot of good stuff in it that's...