It's the Christmas Special Podcast! Well, not really, it's just Episode 14 and it happened to fall along Christmas Eve Day. Gary and Bill talk White Christmas (for Gary in Maine) how Marey Carey has made nearly 100 million (and counting) off one song. The boys breakdown the secret to Hallmark Christmas movies and why it doesn't seem like we will get another "classic Christmas movie" down the road. They also explore whether carrying on the Santa myth is actually lying to your kids/grandkids, and how the boys figured out Santa wasn't...well...you know. Thanks to everyone who takes the time to actually listening to our ramblings each week. We really do appreciate you! #genxpodcast #80snostalgia #christmas #christmassongs #christmasmovies #Santa

Episode 13 of Gen-X Men Podcast (no, nothing to do with Taylor Swift). Gary and Bill are back and ready for the holidays. Sort of. Gary reviews the "Heart" and "Starship" concert (hint: grandma can still rock it!). Bill recalls seeing the Osmond's when he was barely 5 and then bought an older woman tickets to Hall and Oates so she would drive him to the show back in 1984. They talk they most seen and best concert experiences and Christmas songs all seem to follow the one main formula. They say a fond farewell to Rob Reiner and Buck Rodgers (RIP Gil Gerard) and Gary talks about how Erin Gray made boys of a certain age take notice. Also, what's going on with the Brown University shooting and why can't anyone seem to just give the straight facts? Give a listen while you wrap those last minute gifts! #80snostalgia #whamlastchristmas #concerts #starship #brownuniversity #robreiner #hallandoates #billyjoel

Another Gen-X Men Podcast! Gary and Bill talk 45 years since Howard Cosell told us John Lennon was "dead on arrival" while doing Monday Night Football and all the conspiracies around P-Diddy (and some others). Where the internet rabbit hole can take you if you let it. Gary laments the latest money infusion into college sports and the guys debate expansion of March Madness. The last 30 minutes, Gary and Bill recall the Final Four run of their George Mason Patriots who are celebrating with a reunion this weekend. How did Bill end up with the ball from the National Semi-Final game? For you Mason fans, the discussion starts about an hour into the podcast if you want to skip ahead! #masonnation #80snostalgia #beatles #diddysecrets #finalfour #conspiracies #mnf

The boys are back (thanks Thin Lizzy) with episode 11. Gary and Bill talk holiday viewing, what if the Peanuts Gang aged up as Boomers? They break down the logistics of how we found friends back in the day (leaving notes, white board messages and sometimes dumb luck) and discuss a shameful HS football coaching teaching his players one awful lesson. Drop us a note (new school style) in the comments on how your remember tracking down friends for parties or hang outs back in the day.

It's an X-tra special Gen-X Men Podcast this week. Thanksgiving week, so happy Turkey Day. Gary and Bill look at some of the numbers around Gen X. How many of us still use Facebook? How many of us are watching old reruns on the regular? Why is #GenX considered the "nostalgia" generation? We break it all down on this week's episode. Make sure you like and subscribe and tell around about us! #nostalgia #facebook #reruns #turkeyday

Episode 9 of the Gen-X Men podcast has Bill and Gary discussing all those celebrity rumors, playground myths and weird things your mom told you about why you couldn't swim after eating. They dive into Ozzy biting the bat (and earlier...DOVES!), Richard Gere and the gerbil, Gene Simmons and a cow tongue? What? and lots of other lost memories from the Gen-X vault. Fact or Fiction all episode long. Was Mr Rogers a marine? Did Mikey die from Pop Rocks and Coke? Or maybe is was the LSD tabs kids were getting at playgrounds all over the country. Don't swallow gum or watermelon seeds and if you do, you better not swim until you wait 30 minutes. If you don't you are clearly not using the 10% of your brain. Just don't walk up in a bathtub full of ice and a missing kidney......IYKYK. #GenX #ozzyosbourne #mythsvsfacts #80snostalgia

Bill and Gary are back with another episode! It's episode 8 and despite being a tad under the weather, the guys talk about Veteran's Day and how Gen X was lucky not to have a generational draft, why cookie cutter neighborhoods are the worst and why Hollywood take liberties when telling great stories. Bill looks at the newest trailer for the Michael Jackson upcoming film and the guys lament the lack of "blockbuster" films coming out of Hollywood. Scream 7? Scary Movie 6? Why? Gary falls asleep to Seinfeld and Bill just finds the entire show unlikable. Get your shoulder pads out, toss on some leg warmers for the cold and join the boys for another episode!

The Gen X Men are back, and this week Bill and Gary are bringing some serious energy — because for the first time on the show, they’ve got a guest joining them at the table. The guys welcome none other than TJ Rives (you may know him as @BucSidelineGuy, the longtime sideline voice on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers broadcast network, SiriusXM, and a man who has seen more NFL sidelines than most of us have seen lawn chairs). TJ jumps in for a wide-ranging conversation that hits everything from sports to pop culture to the slow existential crisis Gen Xers feel every time one of our favorite movies turns Forty-freaking-years old.The episode kicks off with TJ giving an update on Steinbrenner High School (yes, that's a thing) before diving into the NFL trade deadline which is always part strategy, part chaos, and part “why did THAT team do THAT?” TJ gives some inside perspective on how front offices think, which teams are actually all-in, and why deadlines in professional sports always seem to bring out equal parts brilliance and panic. Next up...if Tom Brady comes up in conversation, well, you have to talk the latest Brady news. He cloned his dog. Or so is the rumor. So what is the REAL motive for Brady? Is this the next TB12 outgrowth? Cloning? (and yes, he is more handsome now than he was 10 years ago. Facts.)Next up is the guys lamenting the loss of college sports innocence and why it feels weird to have failed G Leaguers going back to college for a buck (or 100,000 of them). This isn't the college sports of our youth.And because time is a cruel and hilarious prank, the group reflects on hitting anniversaries of movies from our childhood and realizing they’re approaching 40th and 50th anniversaries. Ghostbusters. Back to the Future. Caddyshack. Time moves on even if Gary insists he is still 35. It’s not that we’re getting older — it’s that the calendar is clearly broken.In the final segment, Bill and Gary take a brief and necessary moment to address the glitch in the simulation: Duck.AI recently insisted Jason Kelce is dead, and Chatgpt completely forgot what year it is. The guys break down what happened, why AI sometimes hallucinate facts, and how the machines may not be taking over just yet — though they might need a calendar.

Bill and Gary take a look at how Halloween became the 2nd biggest holiday in the US, why horror movies make so much cash and Bill watches a tree climber from his window...yes...really. Get a peek at some of the craziest yard decorations from X as well. Like and Subscribe to keep updated! #80snostalgia #genx #horrormovies #halloween

The Back to the Future guitar is missing...which leads Bill and Gary to discuss other movie/TV props and what happened to them. The last original Jaws? The Ark from Indiana Jones? The Goonies Map? the boys will get you updated on all of those. And remember the MTV 1989 contest "Steal the Batmobile?" Well teenage Gary had a front row seat to the winner and how it ended (poorly) for a VCU student back in the day. Be sure to like and subscribe below! #genx #BTTF #jaws #80snostalgia #movieprops