Nice Pull!

This week on Nice Pull!, Jeff and Chris stumble on a metric system PSA that begged America to take 10 minutes and just learn what a goddamn gram is. From there, it’s a chaotic spiral into shredded gum-based nightmares and the slow, sad death of Encyclopedia Britannica as it got body-slammed by the Internet.

Along the way, you’ll learn how Jeff lost his heart in a library, why candy manufacturers were hellbent on turning kids into tiny tobacco addicts, and which forgotten teen idol accidentally handed Chris a win. Oh, and if you ever ate something that was labeled “pellet-based,” we’d like a word.

Jeff and Chris go full slumber party as they deep dive into the girlhood trenches of the '70s and '80s. We're talkin’ teen idols, Easy-Bake foolery, and a board game that trains future stalkers. There's yelling, there's shame, and there's a Donny Osmond lunchbox—because of course there is.

Things spiral fast as “Uniden” gets name-dropped like it's a Bond villain, fake cake gets served hotter than a super nova, and AI watches from the shadows, judging us all. There's also a heartfelt request for listener trauma stories involving molten (brownie-like) objects and rejected calls on fake phones from imaginary men. If you grew up confused by gender roles and slightly burned by plastic appliances, this one's for you.

What starts as a harmless Target run quickly spirals into full-blown madness, complete with questionable dinner options, aggressively nostalgic fashion, and a demonic giggle that would make David Lynch proud.

Along the way, Chris and Jeff uncover lost relics of 70s and 80s advertising that probably should’ve stayed buried, relive personal traumas involving denim shorts and capes, and expose the deeply suspicious agenda of toy cows. Also: someone might get emotionally manipulated by perfume. Or a doll. Or both.

It’s another round of absurdity, and utter nonsense—exactly the way you like it.

Jeff and Chris kick things off with a casual meditation on talking dune buggies, then spiral into a kaleidoscopic freakout of animated fever dreams, including sexually confused antique cars, kung-fu dogs, and post-Jaws PR rehab sharks (Jabberjaw,we're looking at you).

But wait—just when your brain has almost melted, they summon Portland’s very own Sleestak, Brent Marr, a man who built a movie-quality lizard suit just to terrify elevator passengers and make Gen X dreams come true. They bond over terrifying stop-motion creatures, Sleestak lore, and the spiritual nirvana of watching Land of the Lost while eating Froot Loops. Somewhere along the way, they invent three punk bands, start a fake Coachella lineup, and remind us all why no writer’s room in the ‘70s had rules, shame, or working seatbelts.

Jeff and Chris plunge headfirst into the baffling, unhinged world of vintage commercials. From the seductive promises of Ultra Bright toothpaste (because nothing says romance like fluoride) to a deeply uncomfortable trip into a rainforest, no ad is safe from their scrutiny. They tackle everything from politically incorrect “Remons” to a deeply unsettling PSA about instant milk—because, as it turns out, you can just... add milk to milk? Who knew?

Of course, no Nice Pull! episode would be complete without the AI overlords scoring their obscure pop culture references,proving once again that Jeff and Chris are either walking encyclopedias of useless knowledge or just guys who watched way too much TV in the ‘70s and ‘80s. Who wins this round? Who gets the ultimate Nice Pull!? And more importantly, why was a certain “Rat Packer” allowed to drink straight whiskey on network television? Tune in to find out!