Reel Dealz Movies and Music thru the Decades Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Listen in as Tom and Bert give their honest and passionate review of the Rock & Roll HOF induction process. The guys cover the selection criteria and process that qualifies performers, influencers and how they are nominated and selected into this Music Hall of fame. The "snubs" are mentioned with the guys opining as they try to make sense as to why some of the greate...

Send us Fan Mail Listen in as Tom and Bert complete their Top 10 movies for the decade of the 2000's. From "The Hangover" to "Shrek" starring the voices of  Mike Meyers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz to "Anchorman- The Legend of Ron Burgandy" starring Will Ferrell, Bert completes his list of favorites. Tom weighs in with the James Cameron classic, "Avatar&qu...

Send us Fan Mail Listen in as Tom and Bert cover their lists of Favorite Movies for the Decade of the 2000's and their Honorable Mentions. From "Remember the Titans" starring Denzel Washington to "Mystic River" and "No Country for Old Men" starring Tommy Lee Jones and Oscar Winner Javier Bardem, Bert covers his Top 10 favorites. Tom weighs in with "Dark Knig...

Send us Fan Mail In this Part 2 episode of " Hidden Gems Movies" Tom and Bert continue discussing the movies that flew under the radar and had limited releases in the movie theaters. We rate our favorite movies that had some critical acclaim on their own right but without the Hollywood Hoopla that pushes out the Blockbusters. Listen in as the guys give their opinions as to why these &quo...

Send us Fan Mail Listen in to Part 1 as Tom and Bert go through Movies that they consider to be "Hidden Gems" or under the radar movies that were amazingly entertaining and a worth a watch. What these movies have in common is the star power and appeal though they never were Box Office Blockbusters. Tom covers "Independence Day" , NOT the Will Smith Blockbuster, with Dianne Wies...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Tom and Bert give you the Greatest Voices of all time! There are no right answers and we name a bunch of honorable mentions and then, in our opinion, who we consider to be the Best of the Best. You won't be disappointed and we're sure that you will have other opinions but it will be worth your while to listen in as we break down the artists and their amaz...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Tom and Bert discuss the underbelly of the record business and how artists may be manipulated by their  so called "Managers" and handlers. The guys speak about Allen Klein and his influence over artists Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones and The Beatles in particular. Klein was a mover and shaker in the record business for years and the guys get into how he &q...

Send us Fan Mail In this latest edition of the podcast we pick up where we left off on our previous episode. In Part 2, The Camelot Years, we pick things up with the Kennedy assassination and voice our opinion of what went down and bring what we were seeing and thinking as 11 and 12 year old boys.  We bring some facts and many more questions as to what happened on that fateful day in 1963 and the...

Send us Fan Mail In this Special Edition episode Tom and Bert go through their childhood years of the early 1960's and discuss the JFK Camelot Years and the impact those years had on their young lives.  This is Part 1 and mainly covers the pre-assassination era of the Kennedy presidency. Going through world events and crises that the US was embroiled in,  The Bay of Pigs and The Cuban Missile...

Send us Fan Mail On this Special Edition of the greatest movie quotes, Tom and Bert give their favorites and try to do them with their best impersonation BUT it doesn't go as well as planned. It's all about having fun and the guys really enjoyed this subject matter and "Frankly, they don't give a damn"! Oh,  that wasn't nice but  what the hell, life's too short t...

Send us Fan Mail On this Podcast Tom and Bert discuss their favorite movies that bombed when released yet ultimately become "Cult Classics" where they found an audience over time.  From "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" starring Tim Curry to "Shawshank Redemption" starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman to "Empire Records" starring Renee Zellweger and Liv Tyle...

Send us Fan Mail Following up on our Woodstock podcast from last week we get into the young crowd who attended the festival, The Hippies! Tom and Bert get salty while covering the buzz words of the late '60's with the slang from those wonderful crazy days. Our wives join in for some old time fun with their rendition as well and it was fun listening to Cheryl and Gaye give their takes. Fr...

Send us Fan Mail On this Pod Tom and Bert discuss Festivals that gained lots of attention back in 1969 and drew massive crowds to the events. First we briefly get into the Atlantic City Pop Festival which occurred from August 1st thru August 3rd, 1969 at the Atlantic City racetrack in New Jersey. We then roll into the grandaddy of them all when it came to Festival's, Woodstock! August 15th th...

Send us Fan Mail The guys start off with their honorable mentions then role into their Top 10 favorites. Listen as Tom and Bert discuss their Top 10 Music Acts of the '90's with honorable mentions as well. This was a very eclectic and diverse group of artists ranging from Boyz to Men to Garth Brooks to The Notorious B.IG., Tupac, Nirvana, Guns n Roses, The Spice Girls and Celine Dion. Th...

Send us Fan Mail On this podcast the Guys review and pick their BEST movies of the decade of the '90's.  Many huge hits with the likes of "Silence of the Lambs" with Anthony Hopkins and Jodi Foster. "Goodfellas" with DeNiro, Pesci, Liotta and Sorvino. "Tombstone" with Kurt Russell, Sam Eliott, Bill Paxton and Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday and why the guys felt...

Send us Fan Mail The show opens with the slang of the 1990's and Tom and Bert's interpretations. Catchphrases of the '90's were a subject the guys tackle and their were some classics. Remember yada, yada, yada? How about Wassup!!!  They move to their Movies list of the 1990's and a brief breakdown of their favorites and recommendations.  They mention almost 100 movies from...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Tom and Bert discuss and review the Toys and Games of the 1980's. From the Rubix Cube, The Cabbage Patch Kids and the Garbage Pail kids the guys talk about their experiences and their family experiences back when their kids were young and involved in most of these Toys and games. The guys close the podcast with 2 games that they were personally involved in, Tr...

Send us Fan Mail Tom and Bert go through their favorite artists of the 1980's. From Michael Jackson to Madonna, Prince,  Kool and the Gang, The Boss and Whitney Houston the guys share their opinions of the artists that they enjoyed. The Super group, "USA for Africa" performed the iconic song "We are the World"  co-written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie in 1985 to hel...

Send us Fan Mail Join us and listen as Tom and Bert comment on and review what they considered to be their Best Movies of the 1980's. This decade is what we consider to be the best for movies overall especially when it comes to the "most quotable" . From the explosive "Full Metal Jacket" to Stephen King's "The Shining" to Bruce Willis in "Die Hard"...

Send us Fan Mail The  1970's was the decade where Tom and Bert went from High School grads to College Students as they were moving on from the Woodstock  days of Sex, drugs and Rock n Roll in the late 1960's. With the Vietnam war raging on and the shootings at Kent State, America was in turmoil. Many new and up and coming music acts came onto the scene in a HUGE way and the guys go throu...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Tom and Bert discuss their picks of the Best Movies for the decade of the '70's. Another strong decade of movies. Box office smashes like the Godfather, Jaws, Star Wars, Alien and Halloween brought movie goers out in droves. We were still a few years away from the Multiplex Theatres so you had to wait in long lines to purchase tickets and hope for the bes...

Send us Fan Mail The decade of the 1960's produced some of the most iconic Musical Acts of all time! The Beatles, The Doors, The Beach Boys, Sly and the Family Stone, Aretha, Santana, The Rolling Stones, The 4 Seasons, Chubby Checker and Motown to name a few were all favorites for Tom and Bert during this decade.  They also throw out, Did You Know Trivia and facts as they go down memory lane...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Tom and Bert review their favorite Movies of the 1960's. From Alfred Hitchcock's classic generational horror film, "Psycho" to other great films like "The Graduate", "The Manchurian Candidate", "The Odd Couple", Steve McQueen's "Bullitt" and many more as the guys give their reasons as to why these fil...

Send us Fan Mail The decade of the 1950's was iconic as we roll through our Top Music Favorites from the early days of Rock n Roll.  From Elvis, "The King", to Bobby Darin, Ray Charles, Chuck Berry, The Drifters, Buddy Holly and many more we rate the Best of the Best.  We also discuss the "King of Soul", the incomparable Sam Cooke, and his impact on the music world and his...

Send us Fan Mail In this Episode Tom and Bert cover their favorite movies of the 1950's and recap the reasons as to why these are rated as the best of the decade.  From "On the Waterfront" and "12 Angry Men" to "Singing in the Rain" and "Rebel without a Cause" the guys go back and forth with each other discussing the classics. Tom covers the other side...