An interview with the stars of Snack Shack, a new 90s-set coming of age movie. Lead actors Conor Sherry and Mika Abdalla join Dan for a Nostalgia Test Now episode about their nostalgia inspired movie Snack Shack, a 90s teen story centered around four friends at the public pool during the summer in Nebraska City. 

They discuss the 90s prep they did, how their characters impacted them, some of their favorite moments of the movie, and so much more. After, Dan talks about five things he took away from watching Snack Shack. 

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"Nebraska City, summer of 1991—Inseparable best friends AJ (Conor Sherry–“Are You Afraid of the Dark?,”The Terminal List) and Moose (Gabriel LaBelle-The Fabelmans)seize the opportunity to run the local pool's rundown snack shack after their plan to gamble on dog races and sell home-brewed beer goes down the drain. Dreaming of striking it rich, things take an unexpected turn when they meet summer visitor Brooke (Mika Abdalla–Sex Appeal, SWAT),an effortlessly cool lifeguard who puts their big summer plans, and their friendship, at risk."

SNACK SHACK is out now & can be seen ONLY in theatres! #SnackShackMovie

CONOR SHERRY/ AJ

MIKA ABDALLA/BrookeMika is best known for her lead role as ‘Avery Hansen-White’ in Hulu’s teen comedy by Talia Osteen, SEX APPEAL, in which she starred opposite Paris Jackson, Fortune Feimster, and Margaret Cho. She can also be seen as the lead in Netflix’s “ProjectMc^2,” which earned her an individual nomination for a Young Artist Awards for Best Performance. Her previous credits include a recurring role in the CW’s Emmy-nominated Arrowverse series, “The Flash,” portraying the reluctant meta-teenager ‘Tinya Wazzo,’ known to DC Comics fans as ‘Apparition.’ Born and raised in Plano, Texas, Abdallais a former competitive ballroom dancer and equestrian. The first-generation actress currently resides in Los Angeles where she studies psychology at UCLA.

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• Conor Sherry

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Dan & Manny welcome back longtime friend & Nostalgia Test Podcast All-star Steve Herrera to put the 1994 comedy Airheads to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST! 

If you love rock music, hilarious one-liners, the 90s, & a sophisticated reimagining of Die Hard, well, Airheads is none of these things! Steve put it perfectly when he said, “[Airheads] could have been a Mentos commercial.” The guys lose their minds talking about how Steve Buscemi doesn't belong in this movie, is Adam Sandler funny, the late 90s obsession with shots of actors in vents, how this is just a dumber version of Die Hard, issues of representation, imagery, & words in the movie, and so much more. Nostalgia Testers, this is a jam packed episode!

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• The 30th Anniversary of Green Day's Dookie w/ Marc Jackson

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Dan & Manny welcome friend of the show Marc Jackson to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Green Day's 1994 classic Dookie and put it to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!

This episode is a literal lovefest for Dookie (okay, wow). The boys talk about the first time they all heard the album, share memories of watching the “Basket Case” video, the influence of Green Day on music post Nirvana, the Green Day Woodstock performance, and how Green Day took over Broadway with their American Idiot musical. They also have Brain Colburn of the My Weekly Mixtape podcast share their thoughts on 30 years of Dookie, and so much more! This will be the only episode featuring Manny’s Temu special microphone, so don’t worry about the sound.

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• Lake Street Dive

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This was an emergency Nostalgia Test episode! Dan & Manny had to weigh in on the 2024 Road House trailer as soon as it dropped and put it to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST (NOW)! 

The trailer for the 2024 Road House reboot just dropped on Thursday, January 25th, 2024, and calls went out immediately! Dan & Manny watched the trailer together, hit the record button, and let loose on this reboot of an 80s classic. They get into the change from Dalton being a mysterious cooler to being a broke down UFC fighter, Conor McGregor being the worse actor of all time, why remake a classic in the first place, who's playing Sam Elliot's part, will Jake Gyllenhaall show is butt, and so much more!

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• Road House Trailer (movie 2024)

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This was recorded January 25th, 2023.

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Dan & Manny put the the sci-fi comedy Galaxy Quest (1999) to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST!

The boys can't contain themselves in this episode. The jokes were flying, quotes from the movie, the 90s love will just pour out of your earbuds. So, put another load of laundry in, wash another round of dishes, or keep walking on the treadmill, because you're gonna want to hangout for awhile, as Dan & Manny show love to Alan Rickman, try to figure out why Tim Allen would ever be shirtless in a movie, hysterically lose it for Tony Shalhoub & Sam Rockwell's character, question the use of 1999 internet in saving the universe, and so much more!

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• Galaxy Quest (movie 1999)

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This was recorded January 18th, 2023.

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Dan & Manny put the OG Toy Story (1995) to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST!

The episode goes DEEP into all things Toy Story. They talk about the A++ list of actors in the movie, why no one seems to see these toys walking around, driving in the street, or are ever suspect of them showing up randomly (like dropping through a sunroof), they reminisce about the day they stopped playing with toys, then  there's a hilarious existential conversation about the lives and souls of these toys, and so much more! By the way, Dan recorded this episode from a park. 

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• Toy Story (movie 1995)

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This was recorded September 19th, 2023.

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Dan & Manny welcome back longtime friend & Nostalgia Test Podcast All-star Billy D’Elia to put the 1988 (possible) Christmas classic Die Hard to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST! 

We finally put to rest the long-debated question of whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie or just a movie that happens on Christmas. This is a Nostalgia Test classic. We get into the novel Die Hard is based on, how this is the first time Dan is seeing the movie (WHAT?!), the genius of Bruce Willis & Allan Rickman, the weird conspiratorial Steve Urkel connection, random 80’s boobs, is John McClane hearing voices, the original boss bitch Bonnie Bedelia, and so much more!!!!!!!

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• Die Hard (movie 1988)

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Dan & Manny welcome back longtime friend Dave Kucich to put the 1992 sports-romantic comedy The Cutting Edge to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! What a great start to the Nostalgia Test holiday season. The boys watched The Cutting Edge together before recording in-person. They talk about everything, like is D.B. Sweeney good looking, is Moira Kelly's skating coach from Rocky IV, is this a Christmas movie, did they eventually win the gold medals at the end, and so much more. This is a classic tangent filled hangout with all the classic indie-podcast sound issues and 100% of the greatest comedy you'll ever hear. So throw another log on the fire, refill your eggnog (which doesn't pass the nostalgia test), and get ready to chill with your favorite nostalgia podcasters. 

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• The Cutting Edge (movie 1992)

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Dan & Manny invite Lauren Malott back for more Spooky Season fun to put the 1996 horror classic Scream 😱 to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! We talk about the genius of Drew Barrymore's acting in the opening scene, yet how dumb her character is, how *69 would've changed this whole movie, what's up with Henry Winkler touching Neve Campbell's face, Matthew Lillard, how perfect this movie is, all the amazing Easter eggs, Lauren shares how she first time she saw this movie, how this was written by the writer of Dawson's Creek, and so much more!

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• 🧙‍♀️🧹Hocus Pocus 2 (2022): Nostalgia Test Now!

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Dan & Manny invite their longtime friend Steve Herrera back to celebrate 100 episodes of The Nostalgia Test Podcast by putting Cocktail 🍸 BACK to the the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! The boys go back to where it all began to see if this 80s Tom Cruise classic still holds up after 100 episodes of nostalgia madness. They talk about the importance of Uncle Pat (played by Ron Dean), how the whole movie is based around a $50 bet, why didn't Brian Flanagan and Doug just get a bank loan, Elisabeth Shue killin it, the premise of Cocktail 2, and so many other amazing tangents.

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• 🍸Cocktail (1988)

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