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

This week, Derek and Chris review the 1989 classic baseball movie comedy "Major League". The guys talk about the movie, box office performance, the cast, trivia about the movie and some of their favorite quotes and scenes. For the trivia segment of the show, Derek asks Chris trivia questions about Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez.

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...

This week, Derek and Chris are joined by Mark Myers to review the 2011 baseball movie "Moneyball". The guys talk about the film and the actors but also discuss some of the themes of the film like the use of advanced statistics and the viewpoint of baseball as an economic business. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris gives a list of movies and Mark must identify the sport that is featured in...

This week, Derek and Chris discuss actors and directors that have had impressive career 'winning streaks'... a consecutive run of films that are impressive without any 'stinkers' in between. Surprisingly, even the most accomplished actors, actresses and directors often fail to put up very many consecutive good movies. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris asks Derek some questions about impres...

Derek has Chris watch yet another superhero MCU movie. This time, it's the 2011 film "Thor". Will Chris enjoy this instalment of superhero flicks? For the trivia segment of the show, Chris gives a list of arch villains and Derek has to name the superhero associated with them.

This week, Chris and Derek go back and watch the 1984 Amy Heckerling film "Johnny Dangerously". This Gen-X comedy classic stars Michael Keaton and Marilu Henner. The guys discuss the cast, how the movie has held up after 37 years and also talk about scenes and quotes from the film. It's safe to say that Chris liked this movie significantly more than Derek did. For the trivia segment of the show, D...

This week, Chris and Derek are joined by Michael Govier ("Hey, It's Enrico Pallazzo Fantasy Baseball Podcast", "Cinema 9 Podcast") to run down their personal top 5 lists of their favorite 80's rock songs. It's time to bust out the big hair and power ballads! For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Michael sit in the hot seat and play a round of the Winners Circle on "The $100,000 Pyramid" wh...

This week, Chris nominated director Quentin Tarantino's 1992 debut film "Reservoir Dogs". Last episode, Derek had Chris watch "The Departed" (2006), so Chris thought "Reservoir Dogs" was a good Gen-X complement to Martin Scorsese's film. For the trivia segment of the show, Derek asks Chris questions about Best Picture Oscar nominees that have an animal in the title.

This week, Derek has Chris watch the 2006 Martin Scorsese Oscar-winning film, "The Departed". The guys review the film and discuss the cast, favourite scenes, box office performance and critical reception of the film. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris asks Derek several questions about Martin Scorsese including general trivia as well as a speed round of actors who have won Oscars in Scorse...

Have you ever thought that a TV show got cancelled too early or maybe just ended a little too soon? We all know TV shows that we felt deserved one more season. Chris and Derek run down their personal top 5 lists of TV shows that they feel should have gotten one more season. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris gives Derek a TV show and the over/under on the number of seasons in its total seri...

This week, Derek nominated the 2010 Tony Scott action film about a runaway train, "Unstoppable". Naturally, Chris has not seen this movie. Since the movie came out after 1989, we all know how much Chris will love it! For the trivia segment of the show, Chris gives Derek a year and a synopsis and Derek must guess the movie title. The common thread... all of the movies begin with "Un" in the title.

Chris has Derek go back and watch the 1981 Hal Needham car race movie, "The Cannonball Run". 40 years later, and the movie has some issues standing the test of time. How does it hold up? What were some memorable scenes? What about that massive cast? Where do you find a copy of this movie anymore? These questions and more are discussed by the guys this episode. For the trivia segment of the show, D...

Yancy is back! Chris McBrien and Derek Myers are joined by the original co-host of the podcast, Yancy Eaton this week as they run down their top 5 lists of the best drummers of all time. The guys all agree that Neil Peart is the greatest drummer ever. So, they then each take turns listing their top 5 'next best' drummers. But before they get to their lists, Chris debuts his new song, "I'm the O.G....

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...

Chris McBrien and Derek Myers do something a little different this week. They decided to go way back in time and watch a true movie classic. They settled on the 1963 John Sturges prisoner of war film "The Great Escape" starring Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, James Garner and Charles Bronson. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris quizzes Derek on movies about prisoners of war.

Derek has Chris go back and watch the 1993 Tony Scott film, "True Romance". Surprisingly, Chris had never seen this movie before. Chris has hated pretty much every movie Derek has ever nominated for the podcast. How will this one go? For the trivia segment of the show, Chris quizzes Derek on movies with memorable gun shootouts in them.

Derek and Chris go back and review the 1984 Eddie Murphy film, "Beverly Hills Cop". Is it a comedy? Is it a drama? Is it a fish-out-of-water story? The guys talk about the movie's box office performance, the cast, the script, the director, behind-the-scenes trivia and discuss their takes on the film after over 35 years. For the trivia segment of the show, Derek quizzes Chris on movies with "Beverl...

Chris and Derek talk about their top 5 TV moms of all time. They talk about what makes a great TV mom, the fact that Hollywood tends to cast actors/actresses that are mismatched, and how TV moms have changed over the years. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris gives Derek a list of TV children and Derek has to name the mom associated with the child characters.

Chris and Derek review the 1980 Harold Ramis comedy "Caddyshack". For the trivia segment of the show, Derek asks Chris questions about golf in the movies.

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...

Chris and Derek review the 2012 Seth McFarlane film, "Ted". They talk about Gen-X 'raunchy' comedies vs. Millennial 'raunchy' comedies. The guys talk about how comedies have changed over the years as well. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Derek try to identify movies that have a "name" in the title.

Chris and Derek talk about one of their favourite TV genres: GAME SHOWS. They relive some of their favorite game shows from the past, remakes of game shows, some of the best game show hosts of all time, Canadian game shows and some of the game shows that people may have forgotten about. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Derek take a seat in the Winner's Circle of the "$100,000 Pyramid"...

Chris and Derek go back in time to 1995 to review the Terry Gilliam film, "12 Monkeys". The guys talk about the special effects, the cast, the director and how the movie holds up after 25 years. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris asks Derek questions about movie titles that begin with a number. He gives Derek the year and the synopsis, Derek must come up with the title of the film.

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...

Chris and Derek are joined by YouTube movie reviewer Luke Tilley to discuss the 1991 James Cameron sequel "Terminator 2: Judgment Day".  The guys talk about the special effects, the cast, the director and how the movie holds up after 30 years. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris asks Luke and Derek questions about Arnold Schwarzenegger. He basically uses this segment to get back at Derek for...