Gen X Bites

Gen X Bites

By Tony Karraa & Eric WibbelsmannSociety & CulturePersonal Journals
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Gen X Bites episodes

  • Summer Vacations - How We Survived Summer Camp and Family Road Trips

    School's out and it's time for Summer Vacation! Pack up the car, unfold the map and get ready for a road trip that would make Clark Griswold proud. Even better, ship the kids off to Summer Camp and let someone else handle their shenanigans for a while!

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    24 min
  • Gen X and Swimming Pools - Cool Summer Fun or Injury Waiting To Happen?

    Get your feet wet, wade a little deeper and dive right in. Swimming pools in the Gen X days were the place to cool off under the hot summer sun while perfecting your cannonball and doing the Nestea Plunge. Grab your raft and remember...NO RUNNING AROUND THE POOL!

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    18 min
  • First Jobs in the 80s - Where Did Gen Xers Work for Minimum Wage?

    We all remember our first jobs. Pulling down minimum wage flipping burgers, working at the record store or selling parachute pants at the mall were just a few. As Gen X teenagers in Los Angeles we were paid a pittance but there were perks beyond the paycheck like getting to work at Universal Studios, eat free chicken wings, and, best of all…an unforgettable moment with Red Sonja!

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    26 min
  • The Truth About Being a Catholic School Altar Boy in the 80s

    You really had to be on your toes serving as an altar boy in the 80s. Heavy crosses to bear (literally), prep that church altar, ring those bells and make sure Father What's His Name didn't drink ALL the wine before mass.

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    16 min
  • What Gen X Thought Was Healthy, Was NOT Healthy

    Getting healthy in the 70s and 80s was a challenge. Diet soda was healthy, butter took a back seat to Margarine and smoking...? Ok, not really good for you but surely it wouldn't kill you, right? Right???

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    26 min
  • 80s House Parties Were Out of Control (No Phones, No Rules)

    Gen X house parties back in the day started out innocently enough. Just a few friends hanging out while your parents were out of town. Until word got around. Remember how word got around before cell phones? And the outcome? Four kegs, a full band, 200 people you didn't know and that friend who looked like Paulie Shore passed out on your front lawn the next morning. Not to mention that time the parents came home right in the middle of the wildest house party of the 1980s...

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    25 min
  • What School Dances Were REALLY Like in the 80s

    Attending school social events and dances in the Gen X days was supposed to be fun and help teach us social skills. In the end, we wound up with prom photos featuring pastel cummerbunds and super wave hair bangs.

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    25 min
  • Gen X Halloween Movies - The 80s Horror Movies That Traumatized Our Generation

    Gen X spawned some of the most iconic horror movie franchises of all time. Michael Myers managed to move at a snails pace and still rack up a body count. Jason Voorhees taught us all to avoid the camp CIT. And Freddy Krueger made sure we didn't get a good night's sleep for most of our teenage years.

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    27 min
  • TV in the 70s and 80s: 7 Channels and No Remotes

    Long before streaming whatever-the-hell-you-want-to-watch we had a whopping 7 TV channels and we never had it so good. We'd all land on the couch after dinner and watch Fonzie, Laverne and Shirley, Hawkeye Pierce, JR Ewing and Bo and Luke Duke. Those were, without a doubt, "Good Times" (dy-no MITE!)

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    27 min
  • The Wildest 70s & 80s TV Game Shows You Forgot About

    Game shows in the 70s and 80s were a cocktail of boozed up hosts and celebrities guiding contestants down the road to a brand new washer and dryer or cold, hard cash. We played the Feud, pressed our luck, made a deal and banged a gong from the comfort of our living rooms.

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    20 min

About Gen X Bites

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Two lifelong friends from The San Fernando Valley flash back to the 70s and 80s with small, snackable bites of Gen X nostalgia. Jump in the time machine and join us for real stories and lots of laughs from our crazy adventures growing up Gen X!