By Pop Culture Preservation Society
The Pop Culture Preservation Society is a podcast dedicated to preserving and elevating the unsung pop culture nuggets of the classic Gen X childhood. Were you there when Marcia broke her nose? Tig
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In honor of Land of The Lost’s 50th anniversary, were jumping back in that yellow raft with our friend Wesley Eure (who played Will Marshall on the iconic Saturday morning show) with an encore of our 2023 conversation PLUS a new intro about bare-breasted puppetry (you’ll just need to listen).
Then join us as Wesley blows our minds with information about the Saturday morning staple that we didn’t know, gives us funny Sleestak intel, shares fun and heartwarming stories about his Land of The Lost family, tells us about the show that our own kids loved that he was (in part) responsible for, Dragon Tales, and so much more! No Grumpys here — just a great and fun conversation!
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It's encore season and today we're giving you a second helping of our fun conversation about our GenX school lunches with our good friend @thechefsmartypants, Erica Wides! We have an ALL NEW opening conversation about what Erica has been up to since this episode aired (um, hello TODAY SHOW 🤩)!
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It’s another Town Hall with us, your PCPS hosts, answering some of your burning questions, like “which Three’s Company character are you” (we just love your questions!). We’re also updating you on some other PCPS housekeeping items, and Michelle is sharing some difficult, personal news and how this podcast is, yet again, providing comfort.
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It’s true! We recently visited THE famous Brady Bunch house on Dilling Street in North Hollywood, CA … and we’re still pinching ourselves! Hear our story of how our visit came to be, the journey this house has taken since 1969 (and yes, of course we give props to the incredible HGTV renovation!) and our enthusiastic reactions to being in THE SAME SPACES AS THE BRADYS (well, sort of).
Also hear from our good friend (and Brady Bunch expert) Suzie, who has been tirelessly and passionately adding hundreds of details to the house to make it even more authentic and groovy, AND from the house’s owner (and our new friend) Tina, who bought the house out of her love for the show … and who, with Suzie, is preserving this Gen X Capitol out of respect for all of US.
And stay tuned until the end of the episode to hear how YOU (and a guest!) can win an all-expenses paid trip to tour the house AND have pork chops and applesauce with some of your favorite Bradys! It’s the grooviest of groovy episodes!
Enter the Brady Experience sweepstakes here.
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Today we’re saying goodbye to one of the most memorable events of the Gen X era: the finale of M*A*S*H, which marked the end of one of television history’s most popular and innovative shows. We’re breaking down the poignant finale storylines and saying farewell, one tearful goodbye at a time. Which one of us completely missed the finale on Feb. 28, 1983 and then had such FOMO she pretended she had seen it? Who loved cross-dressing Klinger best? And whose sweet memories of watching her dad cry during this finale brings her to stirring tears? Grab a box of tissues, folks, you’re gonna need all of them.
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Join us today for a continuation of our discussion about the most beloved ancient relic that ultimately belonged to just one generation (hint: it was us): and that is the mixtape, a DIY medium exchanged between friends and lovers that was, on its surface, a way to share music but was actually a thinly veiled communication device intended to express our feelings to another person.
There is one very particular kind of mixtape that we couldn’t fit into last week’s discussion – and to shortchange it would’ve been to erase an entire generation’s yearning for something very specific…Today we are talking about the Make Out Mixtape. Because of the age we were when we were making mixtapes – whether you were in middle school, high school, or college – a lot of our mixtapes were intended to woo. Or inspire special feelings that encouraged us to get closer to another person. Possibly with our bodies. Because we were in the midst of our sexual awakening.
Even if you never got any action in high school, these tapes were aspirational. Maybe they were helping you fantasize about the things you would like to do if you were ever given the chance. Or maybe your tape was just step one in helping someone think about you in that way.
Today's episode will take you behind the curtain of both Carolyn's and Kristin's adolescent makeout sessions and the soundtracks that accompanied them. Get ready for the swoonworthy sounds of makeout masters like DeBarge, Phil Collins, Chicago, Anita Baker, Lionel Richie, and Feivel the mouse (not even kidding). Time travel with us and let's see if we can get that estrogen flowing again!
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In today's episode, we’ll be saving an art form that belongs almost solely to Gen Xers – the friendship bracelet of the 80s and 90s, the analog version of posting and sharing – we’re talking about the making and gifting of mixtapes. Born in the 1980s and peaking in the mid 1990s, the mixtape truly belongs to Gen Xers. Boomers were adults and Millennials were babies when mixtapes emerged as a DIY way – a very DIY, handmade, homemade way – to share music.There might be a few older Millennials who embraced the making of mixtapes but they wouldn’t have had them very long before their desktop computers started coming with CD drives. The mixtape was, of course, about music -- but it could also be intensely personal, created with a theme and a purpose to make a connection with another person. Join us as we share our own mixtapes from friends and lovers; their names, their stories and their songs. Who learned about The Time from a party mixtape? Who had a Winnie-the-Pooh-themed mixtape? And which PCPS tagline came directly from a mixtape created in 1991? Grab a Memorex tape and hold down the play and record buttons for this tribute to Gen X's most beloved music sharing platform.
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Join us for a trip down memory lane as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of some of our favorite tv shows of all time. From Little House on the Prairie to Hong Kong Phooey, 1974 provided some of the most iconic tv shows for Generation X. This episode is dedicated to exploring the cultural impact and enduring legacy of these shows as well as some fun rabbit hole facts. Learn what tv show made President Gerald Ford reschedule a press conference so he could watch it and what famous character became the voice of Garfield.
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If you could name one magazine from your Gen X youth that captured your heart, it would likely be Tiger Beat. This photo-filled lovefest is where our first crushes bloomed and prospered, helping us cover our walls and possibly even teaching us to kiss (ask Michelle about those "kissable" photos). And today's episode features an interview with one of the people responsible for curating those photos and writing those stories that fed our preteen fantasies; Ann Moses was just nineteen years old when she started at Tiger Beat Magazine -- she was practically one of us! -- and to this day she cherishes the work she did on our behalf. She was up close and personal with the biggest crushes of the late 60s and early 70s and she has the stories to prove it.
From the Monkees and David Cassidy to Donny Osmond (and the locks of his hair she picked up off the floor to raffle off to Tiger Beat readers), Ann Moses was living her best life and sharing it with the world. But there is one bombshell story that she kept secret until writing her memoir, MEOW: MY GROOVY LIFE WITH TIGER BEAT'S TEEN IDOLS -- it was Ann's own Tiger Beat fantasy coming true. Tune in today to find out which Tiger Beat fave starred in Ann's real-life romance.
Purchase a copy of Ann's book MEOW!: MY GROOVY LIFE WITH TIGER BEAT'S IDOLS here
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After discussing the unforgettable characters, scenes and lines (so many quotable lines!) from Fast Times at Ridgemont High in our last episode, it's time to go deeper --with a discussion of the unforgettable music that cemented it as a teen classic. But what many disappointed 80s teens learned was that some of the music that sent you directly to the mall record store after the movie was NOT included on the soundtrack! LAME. What's up with that?! We'll discuss the best and most important songs (even if they weren't included on the soundtrack), the scenes they supported, and how that music was used to help us understand the story in a deeper way. Which 70s rockers dominated this movie (despite protests from the director)? Which songs got buried (despite protests from the producer)? And which song accompanied the least satisfying sexual encounter(s) on film? Will there be tangents about Stacy's swimsuit and Damone's socks? You know it.
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Send us an email at [email protected]
The podcast currently has 201 episodes available.
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