Nostalgia Junkies
Head on back to the good ole days! Whether it’s waking up Saturday morning to watch cartoons with a big bowl of cereal, opening an N64 on Christmas, or seeing the Chicago Bears do the Super Bowl Shuffle for the first time, the Nostalgia Junkies are here to walk you down memory lane! Join the squad as they discuss how 80s, 90s, and early 2000s tv shows, music, movies, toys, books, video games, and more shaped their youth and their lives. Come join them as they relive the past and experience that good nostalgic junkie bliss!
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Friday Sep 13, 2024
Friday Sep 13, 2024
The Nostalgia Junkies are back for the beginning of season 3! Alex and Cruz start off the episode discussing Marvel developments over the summer as well as the newly added companion channel on YouTube: No Cable Crew. The boys then discuss their recent trip to RetroWorld Expo in Hartford, CT and getting to meet fellow collectors MortsGarage, Phoenix Resale, Curtis from Pixel Game Squad, etc. Alex and Cruz then bring back "This or That" comparing Space Jam vs Sandlot, Bubble Yum vs Bubble Tape, and Rugrats vs Hey Arnold!
Then the boys move into the Meat and Potatoes of the episode: Ranking 90s Nicktoons. Alex and Cruz rank shows from Ren and Stimpy to SpongeBob to Angry Beavers to Aaaah Real Monsters and more! How do their rankings compare with your own? Let us know in the comments or shoot them an email.
Finally, the Nostalgia Junkies conclude the episode by breaking out a new deck of 90s trivia cards! Can you answer the questions they miss?
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Sunday Sep 08, 2024
Sunday Sep 08, 2024
One of our episodes was scrubbed by the algorithm...but its back! Check out this dive into our first season.
The Nostalgia Junkies take their trivia battle on step further this episode! Alex and Brandon compete to test their knowledge of 90s TV Theme Songs. Can you get the TV themes faster? The two then share their thoughts and opinions on everything from All That, Kenan and Kel, Frasier, Everybody Loves Raymond, and even how Leonardo DiCaprio has had the Oscar stolen from him far too many times. Alex and Brandon conclude the episode with their episodic quiz on 90's trivia, can you answer their difficult questions?!?
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Friday Jun 28, 2024
Friday Jun 28, 2024
The Nostalgia Junkies are back for their final episode of season 2. Alex and Joe start off the episode discussing Nintendo's recent release of the "Nintendo 64 17+ Mature Only" app on the Nintendo Switch. What potential games will be released? Will Alex finally get to see Conker's Bad Fur Day on the switch platform? The boys then discuss trying to sneak rated T and M games in childhood and getting caught! Alex and Joe then play "This or That" comparing Friends vs Seinfeld, Ring Pop vs Push Pop, and Super Soaker vs Nerf Gun. What would you choose? Then the Nostalgia Junkies transition into the Meat and Potatoes: a season 2 recap! What were the best and worst episode of the season? What were the top 3 clips? What were the top 3 reels? What were Alex and Joe's favorite moments from season 2? Finally, Alex and Joe finish the episode by killing the box of 90s trivia. What questions will they ask next year?
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Friday Jun 14, 2024
Friday Jun 14, 2024
This week Nostalgia Junkies invites Ramses Cruz from Cruz N' Retro back to the show. Alex and Cruz issue each other a challenge to see who can lose the most weight between beginning of June and Retro World Expo in Hartford, CT on August 24th. The boys then discuss the state of toy lines collaborating with other toy lines and merging intellectual properties. Alex and Cruz expand on how Hasbro is over-saturating the Transformers market both in their mainline and collaborations. Next the boys compare Fresh Prince vs. Saved By the Bell, Now That's. What I call Music vs. Kidz-Bop, and Skip-it vs. Moon Shoes in this week's This or That. Alex and Cruz then get into the Meat and Potatoes of the episode...The Best Saturday Ever! The two discuss what breakfast they're grabbing, what cartoons they're throwing on, what toy they'll play with, and what video game they'll be playing with afterwards. Finally Alex and Cruz end the show with 90s trivia. Who can answer the most questions?
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Friday May 24, 2024
Friday May 24, 2024
This week Nostalgia Junkies invites video game influencer, Dayton/DmacGames to discuss all things Power Rangers. The boys open up conversation with a bit of how the two of them bonded over Fat Orange Cat beer in an instagram post, and the rest was history. Next they talk about Hasbro selling the toy rights to Playmates for Power Rangers. Alex and Dayton play a round of This or That covering, Megazord vs Dragonzord, Green ranger vs. White Ranger, and Lord Zedd vs. Ivan Ooze. They then cover elements from Power Rangers childhood from toys to videogames to the iconic Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers Movie. Finally, they close out the show with Alex quizzing Dayton on some Power Rangers trivia...does DMacGames have what it takes?
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Friday May 10, 2024
Friday May 10, 2024
This week Nostalgia Junkies invites the store owner of Cruzn' Retro, Ramses Cruz, to sit down and discuss elements of the 90s nostalgia culture. Alex and Cruz talk about favorite toys, video games, and what got them into collecting. Next the boys transition into this week's This or That. Which would you choose: KB Toys or Toys 'R Us, Dunkaroos or Sharkbites, Nickelodeon Magazine or Disney Adventure? Alex and Cruz then get into the meat and potatoes of the episode...The Disney Afternoon Block. They test each other's cartoon theme song knowledge and rank which cartoon truly has the best theme song! Is it Ducktales, Darkwing Duck, Mighty Ducks...Disney had a lot of ducks!!! Finally, they round out the episode with Snapple Fact or Fiction. Can you spot the correct Snapple facts?
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