The Nostalgia Test Podcast

To kick off the Holiday Shopping Season, Dan & Manny put 6 classic T.V. Toy Commercials ( Pogo Bal ,  Skip It ,  Lite Brite ,  Crossfire ,  My Buddy & Kid Sister , and  The Animal )to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST. This is an eye-opening episode into the world of 80s & 90s toys. Dan & Manny try to figure out why anyone would ever buy or play with the Pogo Bal, they come up with an amazing...

Happy Thanksgiving! This week, Dan & Manny put the 1st Thanksgiving episode from season 1 of  Friends  to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! Dan & Manny try to figure out how much money it cost to fly to Vail, CO on Thanksgiving in 1994, all the turtleneck sweaters, and discuss how much the friends disrespect Monica. This episode kicks off our Holiday Episode Series, so get ready for the Holid...

Dan & Manny put sitcom theme songs from Perfect Strangers ,  Family Matters ,  Step By Step ,  Growing Pains ,  Married With Children ,  Full House ,  Saved By The Bell ,  City Guys , and  California Dreams  to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! Dan & Manny talk about all the high-fives in the Perfect Strangers opener, do some in-depth lyric breakdowns, and try to figure out what the f*** was ...

Dan & Manny welcome their longtime friend Bill D'Elia to put the 1989 action movie  Road House  to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! There's just so much to say about how amazing this episode is. It'll make you laugh. It'll make you think: It'll make you watch Road House for the first time. It'll make you rewatch Road House 100 times. These three friends try to figure out why everyone brings...

Dan & Manny put cartoon theme songs from  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ,  Darkwing Duck ,  TaleSpin ,  Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers ,  DuckTales ,  Captain Planet ,  He-Man ,  Transformers ,  Animaniacs , &  Ren & Stimpy  to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST. After an epic trilogy of Spooky Season episodes , Dan & Manny were looking forward to getting back to something "serious." They get into...

Dan & Manny put the 1990 dark fantasy comedy  The Witches (based on the 1983 Roald Dahl novel) to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST. This is the 3rd & final Spooky Season episode and a perfect way to get into the Halloween spirit (no pun intended). Dan & Manny really get into the delinquency of every single adult in this movie, try to figure out exactly how high Luke's grandmother is, and wond...

On their 2nd Spooky Season episode, Dan & Manny put 5 Halloween music videos, This Is Halloween , Ghostbusters , Somebody's Watching Me , The Monster Mash , &  Thriller to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! This episode starts out in a sane place, but these songs slowly eat away at any sense that Manny & Dan had left this day. They try to avoid the entire episode at the start, but quickly get...

Dan & Manny welcome their second guest, longtime friend, and killer musician Steve Herrera on their first Spooky Season episode to put the 1988 "horror" movie Killer Klowns From Outer Space to the ULTIMATE TEST! This episode has everything, minus any sort of logic, but what do expect when you're talking about a horror film with a soft-core porn plotline. Dan, Manny, and Steve attempt to make sense...

Dan & Manny go back to 1995 with their friend and first guest Jess Stanisic to put that year's MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) Best R&B Video category to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! This Nostalgia Test trio gets all 1995 when it comes to talking about: TLC – "Waterfalls" Boyz II Men – "Water Runs Dry" Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson – "Scream" Jade – "5-4-3-2 (Yo! Time Is Up)" Montell Jo...

Dan tricks Manny into doing another food-based Nostalgia Test. They put OG Pringles, Barbeque, Sour Cream & Onion, and Salt & Vinegar flavored potato chips to the ULTIMATE TEST! This episode has it all: loud crunching sounds, stomach aches, and one of the longest most surprising deep-dive into the history of the Pringles.  ----more---- Other things Dan & Manny dive deeply into: Are there plain fla...

This week's episode of The Nostalgia Test Podcast is an epic one, and rightfully so because Dan & Manny put the 1991 Keanu Reeves Patrick Swayze action movie Point Break to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! You thought they lost their minds on Episode 3: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)  when they combed through every single detail of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Well, you thought wrong,...

Dan & Manny dig through the 90’s Pop Radio Hits playlist on Spotify and put an insane amount of random music to the ULTIMATE TEST! This episode has it all: Rock, Pop, Hip Hop, R&B, and Dance music, and it’s just like Dan & Manny to take it a little too far by talking about 28 songs (list below). There are serious discussions, tangents, and a ton of love for some of their favorite songs. We’re not...

Dan & Manny's brains when they put 1992's Wayne's World to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! They try really hard to figure out what this movie is, does it have a plot, and is Rob Lowe's character just Patrick Bateman from American Psycho? Really though, is Wayne's World just a blackout dream that Patrick Bateman is having? Oh, man. Also, Dan & Manny attempt to figure out how old Wayne and Ga...

Dan & Manny made it to their 10th episode, and what better way to celebrate this milestone than by putting the 1989 box office hit  Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! With the recent release of the third installment of the franchise,  Bill & Ted Face The Music  on August 28th, this episode couldn't have come out at a more excellent time. As usual, Dan & Mann...

Dan and Manny put 1993's The Sandlot to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! This episode gets deep, gets silly, and gets serious. Dan & Manny try to figure out where their treehouse is built, if Smalls' stepfather Bill (Denis Leary) purposely hit him in the face with a curveball, and how many times was Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez said in full. Also, the 1992 movie Radio Flyer tries to derail th...

Dan & Manny put Mitch Hedberg's first album Strategic Grill Locations to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! They share what it was like to hear Mitch Hedberg for the first time, recite their favorite jokes from both the official and unofficial release, and read a special letter from Mitch Hedberg to the Uniball company. ----more---- Follow the link for a full transcript of jokes from the unedi...

Dan & Manny get serious about the multi-platinum 1996 Hip hop album The Score from The Fugees and put it to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! They discuss how much they miss that "90's sound," what happened to all the Hip hop groups, and the lyrical/vocal power of Ms. Lauryn Hill. Also, Sister Act 2 might make an appearance.  ----more---- Lastly, while we were naming amazing Hip hop groups we...

Dan & Manny put three Sega Genesis franchise darlings, Sonic the Hedgehog , Ecco the Dolphin , & ToeJam & Ear l, to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! They discuss how truly difficult these old-school Genesis games are, Ecco's extraterrestrial heritage, and what the f*** is ToeJam & Earl?! Manny is on FIRE in this episode.  ----more---- ✉️ Join the mailing list | 💡 Suggest a Test Listen/Subsc...

Dan and Manny embark on a gastric adventure of sugary mishaps, putting 4 candy bars from their childhood, 3 Musketeers, Snickers, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, & Whatchamacallit: to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! They talk about how hard it was to get a Whatchamacallit, who's truly eating the 3 Musketeers, the Reese's Peanut Butter Cups controversy, and much more. If you listen carefully, yo...

Dan and Manny put Dane Cook's Harmful If Swallowed to The Nostalgia Test. They talk punching bees in the face. The extreme differences between listening to this Dane Cook album vs watching the special. And they look back on the two different times they saw Dane Cook live in NYC. This is episode might look short, but it's packed with nostalgia goodness! ----more----   ✉️ Join the mailing list | 💡...

Dan and Manny put the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie from 1990 to the Nostalgia Test this week. This is an epic podcast adventure, so settle in and get ready as they try to figure out who the real leader is (Leonardo or Raphael), what's up with NYC in 1990, and if this movie is a romantic tale between April O'Neil and Raphael.  This episode is filled with spoilers, so if you've never...

Dan and Manny put Blink 182's two biggest albums Enema of the State (1999) and Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001) to The Nostalgia Test. They talk about their personal connections to the albums post-high school graduation. Does selling out really exist? Their favorite songs and their least favorite songs from both albums. Plus, a deep-dive into the lyrics from "Happy Holidays, You Bastard." And...

Dan and Manny put Tom Cruise's 1988 romantic comedy Cocktail through the first Nostalgia Test. They try to understand what a "saloon" is, break down each of Coughlin's laws, and discuss the power of Tom Cruise's on-screen charm. This is one of Manny's favorite films. Will it survive the Nostalgia Test?  If you haven't seen Cocktail, you can watch the trailer here . ----more----   ✉️ Join the maili...

Long-time friends Dan Dissinger and Manny Coelho are about to start an amazing adventure through their pop-culture past together. Living on opposite coasts (Dan in LA and Manny in NY) isn't going to stop these two from putting their eyes, ears, and tastebuds through it all to find out what's nostalgic, what's still genuinely good, and what needs to be erased from history. In the intro episode, the...