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

This week, Chris and Derek are joined by Lisa and Jason Marks from the "Designated Quizzers" podcast to discuss fashion in pop culture. With a focus on Generation-X pop culture, they discuss trends in fashion, the influence of pop culture on fashion, hairstyles and more. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Lisa and Jason try and guess which movies won the Best Costume Design Oscar for ea...

This episode, Chris and Derek go back to 1989 and review Tim Burton's dark comic adaptation of "Batman". They discuss how the movie holds up (especially in regard to the MCU movies), the cast, the director, and the stylistic elements of the film. For the trivia segment of the show, Derek stumps Chris with celebrities 'real' names.

This episode, Chris and Derek go back to 1989 and review Rob Reiner's romantic comedy, "When Harry Met Sally...". They discuss how the movie holds up, the cast, the director, the script and the core theme about the relationship between men and women. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris asks Derek questions about famous movie quotes. Chris debuts a new song to introduce the trivia segment.

This episode, Chris and Derek combine pop culture with fantasy sports. They each draft a 'team' of pop culture from the year 1989. Each team must be comprised of the following: 3 movies 3 songs 3 TV shows 1 personal pick All of the picks must have debuted in the year 1989. The goal is to have the best list (which will be determined by a panel of judges). For the trivia segment of the show, Chris a...

This week, Derek and Chris go back and watch the 2000 Ridley Scott film "Gladiator" starring Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris asks Derek trivia questions about adult film titles based on legitimate movie titles.

This week, Derek and Chris take a trip down memory lane to discuss some of the best toys of Generation-X. They reminisce about some of their favourite toys when they were young kids growing up back in the 1970's and 1980's. What were some of your favourite Gen-X toys? Listen in and see if any of these toys were from your youth! For the trivia segment of the show, Chris asks Derek trivia questions...

This week, Derek and Chris go back through the pop culture from 2021: movies, TV shows, celebrities and the famous people we lost last year. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris quizzes Derek about pop culture from 2021.

This week, Derek and Chris go back and watch the 1985 movie "Fright Night". The guys discuss the many vampire tropes that are present in the movie. They also discuss the cast, the box office performance of the movie, the script, the special effects and much more. For the trivia segment of the show, Derek quizzes Chris about various actors that have portrayed vampires on film over the years.

This week, Derek and Chris go back and watch the 1985 movie "Real Genius". With Val Kilmer in the title role, Martha Coolidge directing and Neal Israel and Pat Proft writing the script, this has to stand up as one of the best comedies of the 1980's, right? For the trivia segment of the show, the guys play a game of "One Degree of Val Kilmer", where Derek has to guess the titles of movies in which...

This week, Derek and Chris celebrate 200 episodes! They look back on some of the highlights, Chris' original songs, things they wish they could "do-over" as well as some TV shows that got to 200 episodes. For the trivia segment of the show, Derek quizzes Chris about past episodes of the podcast.

This episode, Chris and Derek combine pop culture with fantasy sports. They each draft a 'team' of pop culture from the year 1985. Each team must be comprised of the following: 3 movies 3 songs 3 TV shows 1 personal pick All of the picks must have debuted in the year 1985. The goal is to have the best list (which will be determined by a panel of judges). For the trivia segment of the show, Chris a...

This episode, Chris and Derek are joined by guest (and radio industry veteran) Greg Martin to discuss some of their personal favourite heavy metal albums of the 1980's. The discussion includes different styles of heavy metal music, thrash metal, mainstream metal and much more. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris gives Greg song titles and Greg has to name the '80's metal album that album the...

This episode, Chris and Derek review the 2015 FBI border thriller "Sicario", directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and Benecio Del Toro. The guys talk about the cast, trivia and box office. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris asks Derek trivia questions about movies involving FBI agents.

This episode, Chris and Derek go back in time to when they were kids and recall some of the movies that they watched at way too young of an age. Needless to say, 80's teen sex comedies come to mind but so do a few horror films. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris gets Derek to take a seat in the Winner's Circle of the "$100,000 Pyramid" where he lists characters from 80's sex comedies and De...

This episode, Chris and Derek go back and watch the 1981 John Carpenter movie, "Escape From New York". They discuss the cast, the plot, direction, production notes and the box office performance of the movie. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris gets Derek to name movies with a city in the title.

This episode, Chris and Derek go back and watch the 1981 James Bond movie, "For Your Eyes Only". They discuss the cast, the stunts and the box office performance of the movie. They also talk about who they feel is the best James Bond, they discuss the theme songs over the years and debate if this movie holds up after 40 years. For the trivia segment of the show, Derek asks Chris questions about mo...

This episode, Chris and Derek combine pop culture with fantasy sports. They each draft a 'team' of pop culture from the year 1981. Each team must be comprised of the following: 3 movies 3 songs 3 TV shows 1 personal pick All of the picks must have debuted in the year 1981. The goal is to have the best list (which will be determined by a panel of judges). For the trivia segment of the show, Chris a...

This episode, Chris and Derek review the 2002 Steven Spielberg film, "Catch Me If You Can". They discuss 2002 box office, the cast of the movie, the plot and give some behind-the-scenes trivia as well as their individual takes on the film (Chris had never seen the movie prior to this week). For the trivia segment of the show, Chris quizzes Derek on films involving cat-and-mouse style chases in the...

This episode, Chris and Derek each run down their top 5 movies based on real life events or real people. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris gives Derek the titles of movies and Derek must try and guess the real life person depicted in each film.

This episode, Chris and Derek go back and watch the 1984 movie"The Last Starfighter". The guys discuss the cast, favorite scenes, quotes from the film and provide their take on how the movie holds up after almost 40 years. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Derektry and guess films with "last" in the title.

This episode, Chris and Derek go back and watch the 1984 blockbuster "Ghostbusters". The guys discuss the cast, favorite scenes, quotes from the film and provide their take on how the movie holds up after almost 40 years. For the trivia segment of the show, Derek gives Chris clues about pop culture with "buster" in the title.

This episode, Chris and Derek combine pop culture with fantasy sports. They each draft a 'team' of pop culture from the year 1984. Each team must be comprised of the following: 3 movies 3 songs 3 TV shows 1 personal pick All of the picks must have debuted in the year 1984. The goal is to have the best list (which will be determined by a panel of judges). For the trivia segment of the show, Chris a...

With the passing of bassist Dusty Hill, Derek and Chris reminisce about one of their personal favorite bands of all time, ZZ Top. The guys discuss the musical style of the band, the iconic music videos from the 80's, the individual band members and some of their favorite songs. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris gives Derek lyrics and Derek has to name the ZZ Top song. the lyrics are from.

Based on the positive feedback we have received in regard to the "Fun With Yancy/Fun With Caveman" segments 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 b...

Based on the positive feedback we have received in regard to the "Fun With Yancy/Fun With Caveman" segments 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 b...