Less Than 2000

With Scream 6 coming out, Adam figured it might be a good idea to watch the original Scream for the first time.  Chad saw it in theaters in 1996 because he actually had friends!

Wes Craven reinvigorated the horror genre in the 90’s by referencing all the typical horror tropes, many of which he invented.   With stars like Drew Barrymore, Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox and Rose McGowan, the original Scream became the most successful horror film ever and captured the hearts and minds of a whole new generation.

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Beloved (and hated) by many, and considered a comedian’s comedian, Bill Hicks changed the face of standup comedy forever… and the lives of Adam and Chad.  (For better or worse!)  Bill’s comedy was smart, irreverent, edgy, enlightening, offensive, and most importantly, hilarious.

Many of us heard Bill Hicks before we ever heard his standup from Tool’s 1996 Aenima album or Denis Leary’s No Cure For Cancer.  But once you’ve heard one of “Reverend” Bill’s “sermons,” the way you look at the world will change.  Always remember: It’s Just a Ride.

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Chad confirms his Beta status by defending Sony’s Betamax format to its sad, pathetic end.  Adam, as usual, wins the debate easily by advocating for the vastly superior VHS video tape format.  Or does he?  You be the judge on this week’s zany episode, and relive your childhood memories of going to the video store on Friday nights.

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You only turn 100 once! Come celebrate our 100th episode with six previous guests who partied with us on New Year’s Day for our first ever Xennial Roundtable. Our mission? To decide once and for all  “What is the Most 90’s Thing?” 

Big props to Christopher Wolfe, Michelle Mimick Phillips, Andrew Kenney, Abbie Witherbee, Darren Deffley, and Bobbi Wiens Lawhorn for joining us again and partying like it’s 1995!

Thank you to all our listeners for sticking with us through four seasons and 100 episodes! 

[From Wikipedia: Xennials are the micro-generation of people on the cusp of Generation X and Millennials, born from 1977 to 1983. Xennials are described as having an analog childhood and digital
adulthood.]

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Hating life now that the new Teen Wolf movie is out?  Does Teen Wolf (2023) make you want to take a time machine back to before the world went to hell around the year 2000?  If so, reclaim your childhood memories and rediscover why you loved the original from 1985 with Michael J. Fox!

When MJF agreed to do Teen Wolf, he was a relatively obscure young actor from Canada.  But soon his star blew up from Family Ties and a little movie you may have heard of called Back to the Future.  Teen Wolf went from a low budget comedy that would have probably been dead on arrival to a mega hit grossing over eighty million.

Adam and Chad get into their memories of the film back in the day, their thoughts on it now, and about how MJF looked just like Adam when he played basketball.  That is, when Chad’s Dad wasn’t benching Adam in the championship game!

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Does Willow on Disney Plus make you weep for humanity? Did the 2022 Willow TV series send you to the hospital with life threatening gas? If so, reclaim your childhood memories and rediscover why you loved the original on our debut episode of Season 4!

Written and produced by George Lucas and directed by Ron Howard, starring Val Kilmer and Warwick Davis, Willow (1988) had a lot going for it. Adam tries to explain why he loved it as a kid and still finds joy in it today, while Chad pretends to be too cool for everything and too good for fantasy.

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Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas! Thank you for joining us on our season (series??) finale. We give thanks to our guests, listeners and corporate overlords, then break down the best Christmas movie at all time staring Chevy Chase and Randy Quaid. Towards the end, join us for our first ever State of the Show where we make the decision whether or not to do Season 4 in 2023. You’ll be on the edge of your seat! 

FREE GIFT FROM LESS THAN 2000: Go to Patreon for the extended version of this podcast and videocast for free! We go over an hour and get into way more detail and get way more personal. 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 

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We cross you over like MJ by doing a joint podcast with friend and fellow podcaster, Chris Wolfe.  We joined his podcast and he joined ours for a dope collab about Grosse Pointe Blank, the John Cusack and Minnie Driver film from 1997.  With great performances by Dan Akroyd and Alan Arkin and a killer 80’s soundtrack, this coming-of-age action/romantic comedy is better than the movie poster would have you believe!

Chris had us on his show back in 2020 and he was one of the very first guests on Less Than 2000.  We’re talking synergy, bro.  Cross promotion.  And mutual admiration and respect!  Check out the first half of this conversation on Chris’s podcast: The Christ Wolfe Podcast on EyeCode Media.

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In 1989, Konami released one of the most tubular four player beat-em-up ever to hit arcades.  It was totally radical!  Adam and Chad get into the comic books, the original NES game, the cartoon, the censorship in Europe, the NES arcade port, the 1990 movie, Pizza Hut product placement, and Chad playing with his action figures well into his late teens!

Join us for this bodacious episode and please give us a 5 star review and recommend us to a friend.  Remember kids, Turtles fight with honor!

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Special guest Andrew Kenney joins the show to talk about the best band in the entire universe: RUSH!  Because the Canadian rock band’s career spans five decades, we decided to focus on one glorious period: the 1980’s.

The 80’s gave Rush their greatest successes, including The Spirit of Radio and Tom Sawyer, and witnessed the biggest change in their sound, going from 70’s prog rock to 80’s new wave and beyond.

Listen as two Rush superfans geek out about their favorite band and try to initiate a new member into the Cult of Rush.  At 52 minutes, this is our longest podcast yet.  Check out the full hour-and-a-half videocast on Patreon!

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