In the what!?? You heard it right! Or did you? This episode we assess the wild world of ‘70s game shows—the questions, the answers, the blinking lights, the hosts (and hostesses), the celebrities, the ridiculous music, and most importantly, the sex! This was the peak of the sexy game show era and we explore the most popular and notorious of these shows on this episode. We evaluate the future prospects of Match Game, Family Feud, Hollywood Squares and The Newlywed Game to decide if they will stand the test of time and, along the way, we learn…

• How much drugs and alcohol were consumed on these sets

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How do you follow up an epic two part magnum opus that covers an entire film franchise? How about with a single episode that is even longer than both of those parts combined about an album that was recorded for a few hundred bucks that is mainly notable for its cliched, goofy nonsense lyrics and the most cowbell ever used on a rock album? That’s right, this week, your hosts, Jeff Sixx and Slip Neil, take you back to the beginning of the Sunset Strip, to the genesis of hair metal to cover Motley Crue’s accidental disaster-piece: Too Fast For Love. We make no bones about our affection for this album, and that’s obvious, because we can’t shut up about the damn thing. Does it stand the test of time? Yeah, of course, it does! We explain (and explain and explain) why and also learn…

• What a travel agency is (or I should say, was)

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This week, CFX once again plunges back into the Phantasmverse for the thrilling conclusion to our epic review of the entire film franchise. In Part 2, we cover the final three films of the series which, as with the first two films, are all wildly different from each other but all share that same guerrilla film-making spirit. We evaluate the entire franchise at the end of the episode and, along the way, we learn:

• Whether or not “vanilla” is a “dairy product”

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This week, CFX explores the dark world of Phantasm, but not just the first film! No, we dive into the entire film franchise, all 5 films. And this is such a dark, harrowing journey that we had to split this into two parts, lest our audience become too terrified to take it all in. In Part 1 of the episode, we discuss the origins of the franchise and the first two films. Along the way, we learn:

• Why Don Coscarelli is a true American legend

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This week we celebrate more than evaluate the great Earth, Wind and Fire and, as Jeff rightly points out, the one word that comes to mind is JOY. This is the perfect way to describe this music, which is irresistibly catchy and energetic but also extremely innovative and sophisticated. While Earth, Wind and Fire were extremely popular in their day, their historical importance and lasting impact is often overlooked when it comes to “greatest of all time” lists and the like. In this episode, we examine the band’s entire output in an attempt to rectify this and along the way, we learn…

• Who Maurice and Verdine White are and why they will forever remain absolute legends, both musically and personally

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On this episode, we tackle ‘70s TV juggernaut Happy Days. This is a long one and it’s certainly our most ambitious. In addition to our usual historical overview and evaluations, we have a new segment called CFX Reenactment Theater and a trivia game that you can play along with at home. We also introduce you to the Marshall-verse, the often nonsensical, sometimes bizarre alternate 1950s that TV “genius” Gary Marshall created around this show and along the way, we learn…

• How this and other Gary Marshall shows helped to make Americans DUMBER

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On this episode, CFX looks at Unforgettable Fire by U2, an album which ironically has often been forgotten, lost in the shuffle when compared to the anthemic early albums of the band, and even more so when compared to the blockbusters that would follow it. We try to decide if this moody experimental album is a lost classic that stands the test of time or is just a peculiar stumbling block. Along the way, we also find out…

• How a cutting edge European hairstyle became the signature look of every American redneck (actually, we still aren’t sure)

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Hey HEY hey! What’s Happening?! This week we take on this classic ‘70s sitcom, and it’s an apt title because this episode does have some technical issues (Some delay-related f-ups…Slip may talk a lot but he’s not actually interrupting as much as it seems). But you should listen to it anyway because it may be one of the best episodes we’ve done, and where else are you going to hear about this too often overlooked show? So join us as we take a trip to Rob’s Place with Raj (or Rog?), Rerun, Dwayne, Dee, Shirley and the rest of the cast and, along the way, find out…

• How the show was a milestone in racial relations, communication, and understanding despite every other sentence being some kind of fat joke

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This week we tackle Plastic Surgery Disasters, the blazing second album by classic hardcore punk band The Dead Kennedys. Is this still a relevant commentary of our time or as dated as Jerry Brown’s ‘70s loafers? We attempt to answer that question and along the way, we also find out…

• Why Jello Biafra could have made a good campaign manager for the Republican Party and why you should vote for Joey Shithead instead

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On our tenth episode, we take on German metal gods, The Scorpions and their breakthrough 1982 album, Blackout. Does this intoxicating mix of irresistible hooks, technical, precise musicianship and extremely juvenile (and just plain gross) lyrics stand the test of time? We do our best to answer this question and along the way, we find out:

• How the band eschewed their native metric system in order to better sate our hunger pangs
  

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