The Gen X Files

Join us as we let your imaginations run wild and deconstruct the history of Lego!

Yo Joe! Join us as we explore the Real American Hero, G.I. Joe, from it's early giant foot-tall origins to it's smaller insanely popular incarnation in the '80s. 

It's Nerf or Nothin'! as we cover the toy that allowed you to play ball inside! Before creating more and more realistic dart shooting guns. A lot has changed since Nerf created the 4-inch ball that wouldn't hurt if someone threw it at your face. 

Grab your Redline Custom Camaro and a piece of orange track and race us!

Bear with us as we work off the 8 pounds of turkey, mashed potatoes, and beer we drank yesterday.  STEPDADS!!!

It's the ultimate who's zoomin' who movie, The Thing! Greatly misunderstood and way ahead of its time, take a ride with us down to the Antarctic as we try and figure out which one of us is infected. 

Join Arnie and over 40 drafts of screenplays as we explore the ultimate '80s movie: Total Recall!

Who's zoomin' who? In this case, it's aliens and everyone on the planet is getting zoomed. Join us as we explore John Carpenter's classic: They Live!

Join your surrogate stepdads as we discuss movies, TV, video games, and books. Yes, we even talk about books!

Prepare for the Gen X Files to enter your dreams as we explore the original horror classic, Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street!

"Hi, I'm Chucky. Wanna play?" Join us as we explore the movie that started the Chucky craze: Child's Play!

Welcome to Spooktober! Today we're going to cover the original Hellraiser to prepare for the remake dropping today!

Pull a chair to the adult table and join your Stepdads on a whirlwind discussion of movies, TV, video games, and John Cusack. 

We absolutely love this movie. One Crazy Summer is a great movie to make you feel better and forget about the weirdness of the world. 

John Cusack, Wendy Gazelle, Robert Loggia, Keith David, Steve Lisberger, Pierre David... what could possibly go wrong making this movie? A lot, it would seem. 

Mix a music video director, two up-and-coming young stars, and a ton of musicians and what do you get?  TAPEHEADS

Sometimes, we're all 'Better Off Dead'. Join us as we start our Cusack-y month with the first collaboration between Savage Steve Holland and John Cusack. 

Join us as we delve into the incredible Rankin/Bass feature film: Mad Monster Party?! Is it a Party? We'll find out!

Grab a cold one and cozy up with your surrogate stepdads as we discuss our favorite weirdo movies, video games, and tv shows!

What do Truman Capote, David Niven, Peter Falk, Eileen Brennan, Maggie Smith, Peter Sellers, James Coco, James Cromwell, Elsa Lanchester, and Richard Narita have in common? They were all in Neil Simon's murder mystery spoof: Murder By Death!

Join us for a Weirdo Genre Flick, and perhaps the weirdest musical every made: Bugsy Malone!

Lace up those boxing gloves and join us as we explore Sylvester Stallone taking on the USSR in Rocky IV! 'Merica F' Yeah!

Pop open that Zodiac beer and sit down with your surrogate stepdads as we chat about video games, tv, movies, and being in Russia during the Cold War. 

Live out all of your foreign invasion, guerrilla tactics dreams as you repel the enemy with Red Dawn!

It's the Highway to the Danger Zone, as we cover the speediest 'MERICA F' YEAH! movie: Top Gun.