Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture

This week, Chris and Derek go all the way back to 1964 to review the Stanley Kubrick classic, "Dr. Strangelove" starring Peter Sellers and George C. Scott. The guys discuss the box office, cast, scenes, music, trivia and more about the film. For the "Fun with Caveman" segment of the show, Chris gives Derek the titles of songs that have won the Oscar for Best original Song. Derek has to name the fi...

Based on the positive feedback we have received in regard to the "Fun With Caveman" segment of the podcast, we have put together a "Best of" episode containing only the final segment of the show. If you enjoy Millennial trivia, Generation-X trivia, movie facts, music quizzes, game shows or you just enjoy having fun with Millennial and Gen-X pop culture, you'll enjoy taking a trip back with Chris a...

This week, Chris and Derek go back to 1984 to review the break dancing movie and greatest (worst?) sequel title of all time: "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo". The guys discuss the box office, cast, scenes, music, trivia and more about the film. For the "Fun with Caveman" segment of the show, Derek has Chris try to guess movie titles that have become part of the pop culture lexicon.

This week, Chris and Derek each compile a top 5 list of the worst movie titles of all time. These are not just bad movies (although most certainly fit that category!). These are movies with exceptionally BAD titles.  For the "Fun with Caveman" segment of the show, Derek has Chris try to guess the titles of movies based on their foreign translations.

After discussing pop culture from the year 1999 on episode 313, Chris and Derek decided to go back and review "Fight Club" starring Edward Norton, Brad Pitt and Helena Bonham Carter. The guys discuss the film, focusing on the cast, director, box office performance, themes, and much more. For the "Fun with Caveman" segment of the show, Derek takes a seat in the Winner's Circle of the "$100,000 Pyra...

After recently discussing pop culture from the year 1999, Chris and Derek decided to go back and review "Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace) since it was the number 1 film from that year. The guys are joined by regular guest, Greg Martin to discuss the film, focusing on the cast, style, CGI, plot, influence, the score, and much more. For the "Fun with Caveman" segment of the show, Chris has...

Chris and Derek go back to the year 1999 to discuss the pop culture from that year. They talk about the movies, music, TV shows, pop culture events and more from this seminal and defining year in pop culture. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Derek play a game of "Pokemon or Drug". The premise is simple: Chris mentions an odd name. Derek must guess if it is a prescription medication or...

Derek loves his Sci Fi movies. So this week he has Chris watch "The Fifth Element", Luc Besson's 1997 futuristic film. The guys discuss the box office, the director, the cast, scenes, special effects, themes of the film and more. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Derek play a game of "Pick the Flick". In this game, Derek has to guess the titles of films that all have a number in the ti...

It was time for Chris to suggest a movie to watch and review. He went back to 1986 with the John Hughes classic "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" starring Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara and Jennifer Grey. The guys discuss the box office, the cast, themes, soundtrack, scenes and more. For the trivia segment of the show, Derek asks Chris some trivia questions about the movie itself.

In the first episode of the 10th season, Chris and Derek take a look back at the year 2024 in regard to pop culture. The guys discuss movies, TV shows, music, celebrities that died and more. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris gives Derek a pop culture event and Derek has to guess if it occurred in the decade of the 2010's or the 2020's.

With the Christmas season here, Chris and Derek run down their personal top 5 favorite TV Christmas episodes. No Christmas specials or movies were allowed. These had to be TV series' that featured an episode dedicated to Christmas. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris asks Derek trivia questions about some of the most popular Christmas 'villains' of all time in pop culture.

This week, it was back to Derek to nominate a movie to review. He decided to go with the 2006 Mike Judge film, "Idiocracy", starring Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolph. Chris had never seen the movie, so he brings a fresh perspective. The guys discuss the box office from 2006, the cast of the movie, scenes, quotes, themes and they discuss the relevance of this film as a social commentary on today's worl...

This week, it was Chris' turn to nominate a movie to review. He decided to go back to 1992 and discuss the pop culture phenomenon that was "Wayne's World" starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey. Chris and Derek discuss the film's box office success, the cast, scenes, quotes, themes and the film's influence on pop culture in general. For the trivia segment of the show, Derek has Chris play a game of "...

After a few weeks off, the guys return and take a look at some of their favorite 'narrated' movies. Chris and Derek each put together a top 5 list of their personal favorite movies that prominently feature a narrator as part of the storytelling process.  For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Derek try to name the actors that provide the voice of several movie characters. 

With Halloween around the corner, Derek suggested that he and Chris go back and watch the 1981 comedy/horror John Landis film, "An American Werewolf in London". The guys discuss the themes of the film, the box office, scenes, cast and behind-the-scenes trivia about the making of the movie. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Derek play a game of "Name That Tune" where Derek must guess th...

It's finally available on the streaming services! Chris has Derek go back and watch the 1982 sex comedy, "Zapped!" starring Scott Baio and Willie Aames. The guys discuss the box office performance of the film as well as the cast, quotes, scenes, themes, music and more. For the trivia segment of the show, Derek has Chris play a game of "Pick the Flick" where he has to guess movies with an exclamati...

We've all heard some version of this idea before. It's a standard question: "If you could sit down and have a beer with any celebrity, who would it be?". This week, Derek and Chris each present a top 5 list of such celebrities. They also discuss one question they'd ask each celebrity if given the chance to sit down for a drink together. For the trivia segment of the show, Derek takes a seat in the...

This week, Derek and Chris go back and watch the 1984 film, "Revenge of the Nerds" starring Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards and Curtis Armstrong. They focus mainly on how the movie looks through the lens of 2024, with some interesting takes on wither side of the debate. The guys then discuss the box office, the cast, scenes and quotes from the movie. For the trivia segment of the show, Derek

This week, Derek and Chris go back and watch the 2006 Christopher Nolan film, "The Prestige" starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale. The guys talk about the cast, scenes, box office, critical acclaim and more. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris asks Derek questions about magic in pop culture: movies, TV shows and music all featuring magic in some way or another.

This week, Derek and Chris look back on 300 episodes of the "Pop Goes Your World" podcast. They discuss some of their favorite episodes, best (and worst) movie reviews, previous guests on the show (and guests they'd love to have on the podcast), and shows they'd like to perhaps 'do over' if given the opportunity. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Derek try and name the titles of TV sho...

This week, Derek and Chris go back to the year 1984 to a time before Tom Hanks was an award-winning actor and the most-respected actor of his generation. It was a time when Tom Hanks starred in a raunchy sex comedy. The guys review "Bachelor Party". Chris and Derek talk about the box office performance that year, the cast, memorable scenes, quotes and behind-the-scenes trivia about the movie. For...

This week, Derek and Chris run down some of their personal favorite movies that are 'third installments' in a movie series or franchise. Chris' movies are al older Gen-X films (surprising, I know). Derek's movies are mostly newer films.  For the trivia segment of the show, Chris debuts a new game, "Name the Tagline" (complete with a brand new theme song). In the game, Chris gives the tagline form...

This week, Derek wanted to have Chris watch a 'newer' film so the guys watched and review the 2017 Wolverine movie, "Logan". Chris has seen very few of the Marvel movies and he was completely unaware of the Wolverine character going into it (he had never even read a Wolverine comic book), so this gives a fresh perspective. Chris and Derek discuss the box office, the cast and their overall takes of...

We're right in the middle of summer so what better time than the present to review a summer movie? Chris and Derek go back to 1985 to re-watch and review the comedy "Summer Rental" starring John Candy. The guys discuss the box office, the cast, script, scenes and quotes from the film. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris takes a seat in the Winner's Circle of the "$100,000 Pyramid" where he h...

It's been a bit of a struggle to find time to get into the studio to record a new episode, as Chris & Derek have been busy with their summer vacations. However, this week, they found the time to record an episode about their top 5 favorite movies that take place during the summer. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Derek try to identify which of the four seasons that is featured predomi...