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John and Pat have no experience and are uniquely unqualified to discuss Pop Culture. Yet, week after week they get together to take one piece of Pop Culture from history, and compare it to something more modern. Never offering insight, but often finding new ways to insult.

John Elliott and Patrick Ricciardi


    • Nov 23, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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    Bonus Episode: Night of the Living Dead vs. One Cut of the Dead w/ David Schneider

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 41:38


    David returns for a bonus Halloween episode – because in 2020, time is entirely meaningless. (Watch One Cut of the Dead before watching this episode! Seriously! Also, don’t read about it before watching it. Just go watch it now!)

    Bonus Episode: Night of the Living Dead vs. One Cut of the Dead w/ David Schneider

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 41:38


    David returns for a bonus Halloween episode – because in 2020, time is entirely meaningless. (Watch One Cut of the Dead before watching this episode! Seriously! Also, don’t read about it before watching it. Just go watch it now!)

    Episode 299: Grant Hart vs Bob Mould

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2020 48:48


    John once again forces Pat to critique the musical heroes of his youth. Pat once again fails to rise to the challenge.

    Episode 299: Grant Hart vs Bob Mould

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2020 48:48


    John once again forces Pat to critique the musical heroes of his youth. Pat once again fails to rise to the challenge.

    Episode 298: Out of the Past vs. Against All Odds

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 42:21


    David returns for a look at film noir – one considered a classic of the genre, one that’s better known for its theme song. Have fun figuring out which is which!

    Episode 298: Out of the Past vs. Against All Odds

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 42:21


    David returns for a look at film noir – one considered a classic of the genre, one that’s better known for its theme song. Have fun figuring out which is which!

    Episode 297: The Best Songs of 2020 Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 69:30


    Our annual look at the best songs of the first half of the year coming to you at the traditional midway point of the year. September! Watch out for our 4th of July Retrospective on November 1st!

    Episode 297: The Best Songs of 2020 Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 69:30


    Our annual look at the best songs of the first half of the year coming to you at the traditional midway point of the year. September! Watch out for our 4th of July Retrospective on November 1st!

    Episode 296: The Dick Van Dyke Show vs. Everybody Loves Raymond

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2020 44:48


    In their constant effort to constantly stay relevant John & Pat watch two sitcoms that premiered before podcasts existed.

    Episode 296: The Dick Van Dyke Show vs. Everybody Loves Raymond

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2020 44:48


    In their constant effort to constantly stay relevant John & Pat watch two sitcoms that premiered before podcasts existed.

    Episode 295: Maniac Mansion vs. Untitled Goose Game

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2020 46:32


    If you were wondering if this podcast could get nerdier, wonder no more: now they’re talking about video games. Would that include a history of Commodore 64 games and the code used to build them? I mean, do you even have to ask?

    Episode 295: Maniac Mansion vs. Untitled Goose Game

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2020 46:32


    If you were wondering if this podcast could get nerdier, wonder no more: now they’re talking about video games. Would that include a history of Commodore 64 games and the code used to build them? I mean, do you even have to ask?

    Episode 294: Talkin’ Bout Nothin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2020 48:43


    Blah blah blah John and Pat blah blah blah pop culture blah blah blah idiots.

    Episode 294: Talkin’ Bout Nothin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2020 48:43


    Blah blah blah John and Pat blah blah blah pop culture blah blah blah idiots.

    Episode 293: The Rockford Files vs. Stumptown

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2020 46:46


    Private eyes, they’re watching you – actually, you’re watching them. On TV. And they’re not real. Stop being so paranoid.

    Episode 293: The Rockford Files vs. Stumptown

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2020 46:46


    Private eyes, they’re watching you – actually, you’re watching them. On TV. And they’re not real. Stop being so paranoid.

    Episode 292: Branded to Kill vs. Police Story

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 49:25


    David Schneider returns to discuss these classics of Asian cinema, and someone on the podcast hates one of the films. Listen to find out who! (Hint: it’s not who you think)

    Episode 292: Branded to Kill vs. Police Story

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 49:25


    David Schneider returns to discuss these classics of Asian cinema, and someone on the podcast hates one of the films. Listen to find out who! (Hint: it’s not who you think)

    Episode 291: The Best Songs of 2019 Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2020 68:32


    John & Pat pick the top 20 songs from the 2nd half of 2019 to give you some options to create Spotify playlists and screw artists out of their money, you filthy thieves.

    Episode 291: The Best Songs of 2019 Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2020 68:32


    John & Pat pick the top 20 songs from the 2nd half of 2019 to give you some options to create Spotify playlists and screw artists out of their money, you filthy thieves.

    Episode 290: Life During Quarantine

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2020 50:20


    John & Pat bring you more dispatches from the end times – now with 17% more stupidity!

    Episode 290: Life During Quarantine

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2020 50:20


    John & Pat bring you more dispatches from the end times – now with 17% more stupidity!

    Episode 289: COVID19 Watch List

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2020 41:50


    John & Pat help you through these difficult times the only way they know how: by telling you what to watch while you’re sitting on your butts.

    Episode 289: COVID19 Watch List

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2020 41:50


    John & Pat help you through these difficult times the only way they know how: by telling you what to watch while you’re sitting on your butts.

    Episode 288: Rush: Moving Pictures vs. Rush: Hold Your Fire with David Schneider

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2020 54:59


    David returns to discuss the legacy of Neil Peart by comparing a classic album to…an album.

    Episode 288: Rush: Moving Pictures vs. Rush: Hold Your Fire with David Schneider

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2020 54:59


    David returns to discuss the legacy of Neil Peart by comparing a classic album to…an album.

    Episode 287: Best of 2019 vs Best of the 2010s

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2020 48:27


    John & Pat make their top 10 lists for the year and the decade – hopefully this will start a trend, and we’ll see other people making similar lists.

    Episode 287: Best of 2019 vs Best of the 2010s

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2020 48:27


    John & Pat make their top 10 lists for the year and the decade – hopefully this will start a trend, and we’ll see other people making similar lists.

    Episode 286: The Go-Gos: Beauty and the Beat vs. Taylor Swift: Lover

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2020 52:31


    If you can’t get enough of middle-aged men reviewing music for teenyboppers, this is the episode you’ve been waiting for. (Teenyboppers? Yes. What of it?)

    Episode 286: The Go-Gos: Beauty and the Beat vs. Taylor Swift: Lover

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2020 52:31


    If you can’t get enough of middle-aged men reviewing music for teenyboppers, this is the episode you’ve been waiting for. (Teenyboppers? Yes. What of it?)

    Episode 285: The Golden Girls vs. Grace and Frankie

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019 45:00


    Yet another podcast about elderly women in Hollywood.

    Episode 285: The Golden Girls vs. Grace and Frankie

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019 45:00


    Yet another podcast about elderly women in Hollywood.

    Episode 284: Thanks, T. Hanks.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2019 41:16


    John & Pat have done it again – by which we mean they spent an entire episode talking about nonsense.

    Episode 284: Thanks, T. Hanks.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2019 41:16


    John & Pat have done it again – by which we mean they spent an entire episode talking about nonsense.

    Episode 283: Sleater-Kinney: Dig Me Out vs. The Center Won’t Hold

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2019 49:57


    John & Pat once again bring their critical acumen to bear on pop music, so be sure you’ve got your dictionaries ready for their articulate reading of the work of Sleater-Kinney.

    Episode 283: Sleater-Kinney: Dig Me Out vs. The Center Won’t Hold

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2019 49:57


    John & Pat once again bring their critical acumen to bear on pop music, so be sure you’ve got your dictionaries ready for their articulate reading of the work of Sleater-Kinney.

    Episode 282: The Wolf Man vs. An American Werewolf in London

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019 58:00


    John and Pat look at the most popular movie genre ever: the werewolf film. Suck it, Marvel Universe!

    Episode 282: The Wolf Man vs. An American Werewolf in London

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019 58:00


    John and Pat look at the most popular movie genre ever: the werewolf film. Suck it, Marvel Universe!

    Episode 281: Another One About Nothing

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2019 37:27


    More nothing. Come stare into the void with us, won’t you?

    Episode 281: Another One About Nothing

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2019 37:27


    More nothing. Come stare into the void with us, won’t you?

    Episode 280: 1989 vs. 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2019 63:23


    The fall of the Berlin Wall vs. the Trump impeachment hearings – these are just a few of the things we won’t be discussing in favor of the mostly terrible pop detritus foisted upon us in these two forgettable years.

    Episode 280: 1989 vs. 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2019 63:23


    The fall of the Berlin Wall vs. the Trump impeachment hearings – these are just a few of the things we won’t be discussing in favor of the mostly terrible pop detritus foisted upon us in these two forgettable years.

    The Best Songs Of 2019 Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 71:33


    Pat & John return from their hiatus to discuss the best music of 2019. They provide insightful comments such as “This song sounds good.” “I could listen to this in a bathtub. Not with water in it, because of shock safety!” “This song reminds me of a room.” Enjoy!

    The Best Songs Of 2019 Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 71:33


    Pat & John return from their hiatus to discuss the best music of 2019. They provide insightful comments such as “This song sounds good.” “I could listen to this in a bathtub. Not with water in it, because of shock safety!” “This song reminds me of a room.” Enjoy!

    Episode 278: Who Were the Party of Five?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2019 53:33


    John & Pat talk. No further information available.

    Episode 278: Who Were the Party of Five?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2019 53:33


    John & Pat talk. No further information available.

    Episode 277: Griping About Netflix

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2019 48:57


    John & Pat argue about whether Stranger Things sucks and other politically-charged debates about these troubled times.

    Episode 277: Griping About Netflix

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2019 48:57


    John & Pat argue about whether Stranger Things sucks and other politically-charged debates about these troubled times.

    Episode 276: Who Would Melissa Fumero Play on Barney Miller

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2019 55:13


    Once again, John & Pat tackle the questions no one else has the guts to ask: Who should replace Alex Trebek? And why did we forget Terry Crews was a cast member of Brooklyn 99?

    Episode 276: Who Would Melissa Fumero Play on Barney Miller

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2019 55:13


    Once again, John & Pat tackle the questions no one else has the guts to ask: Who should replace Alex Trebek? And why did we forget Terry Crews was a cast member of Brooklyn 99?

    Episode 275: Its All Balls

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2019 47:15


    John & Pat ramble on about nothing of import – perfect for the intoxicated listener.

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