The Latchkey Chicks

It's 10 o'clock do you know where your chicks are? These Gen Xer's may have been tucked away in their bed by 10pm, but on Saturday morning they were glued to the tv for their Cartoons. Before the Cartoon Network, the three major networks would play Cartoons every Saturday morning. Whether you started watching at 7am like Mel or waited for the Smurfs at 9am like Julie, you undoubtedly were watching cartoons.

Gen Xer's Mel and Julie hit the dance floor in this episode. The Chicks discuss their short-lived careers as pole dancers and swingers, I mean swing dancers. Did Mel get her moves from watching Dirty Dancing? Maybe Julie's imaginary friend Robin Gibb taught her how to disco? Listen up because this episode is Solid Gold.

Who hasn't made a mixtape? Whether it was recording songs off of your favorite radio station or if you were lucky you had dual cassette tapes and could record straight from your cassette. We picked out the songs that meant something special to us that we wanted to share. Do kids today even understand how much time and effort Gen Xer's spent making the perfect road trip soundtrack?

It's not New Year's Eve without Dick Clark and his wide array of musical guests: Barry Manilow, The Village People and Salt-N-Pepa to name just a few. And we hear how Harry Met Sally and if men and women can have a platonic friendship or does one friend always have a crush on the other? And CNN did not drop the ball this year, Daddy got his juice. Andy and Anderson really crushed it!

The chicks regroup after a whirlwind storm to reminisce about their childhood Christmases. What gifts sleighed in the 80's? Did Santa wrap gifts or not? Even with all of the festivities, these two had time to have their crushes. Sneak a listen to the holiday hijinx.

While our Gen X group is known for raising ourselves, Gen Z has been raised by technology and helicopter parents. Hear from special guest Lucas (Julie's 12-year old son) as he shares his thoughts on growing up today (including a quick lesson on how to speak Gen Z!) and asks Julie some interesting questions about the Gen X experience.

From holiday cards to getting the tree, Mel and Julie share their memories of Christmas traditions that were different in the 80's. They also share their favorite 80's and 90's Christmas specials, from Muppets to Arthur the Aardvark.

One of the most insane Black Fridays in our lifetime happened in 1983 at the height of Cabbage Patch Kid mania. Julie and Mel recall their obsessio with the dolls and reminisce about the stores that they used to shop - Toys 'r' Us, Kaybee Toys, Sam Goody, and many more that are still instilled in their memories.

Join Mel and Julie as they discuss the ghosts of Thanksgiving past and present. They dish up all of the details about the food, family and entertainment. How dry was that turkey Sharon? And did you know turkeys can't fly?

Rainbow suspenders, overalls, acid-washed jeans - there are so many (quesitonable) fashion choices to relive from the 80s and 90s. Mel and Julie share some of their favorites and then relive family dinnertime and share this week's Cougar Crushes.