A radical retro step back in time with one over excitable wally and a stoic 80's encyclopedia that looks like the ginger bloke from MASK. Every week together they travel back and forward time (sans Delorian) to deliver you the world's most bodacious nosta
The The Insanely Dangerous Retro Podshow (TIDRP) is a podcast that takes listeners on a nostalgic journey back to the 80s and 90s. With a focus on pop culture from these decades, the podcast covers a wide range of topics including the history of CDs, horror movies, canceled cartoons, Michael Jackson, and more. This podcast is perfect for anyone who grew up in the 80s or 90s, as well as those looking to explore older media and relive their childhood memories.
One of the best aspects of TIDRP is its dedication to capturing the essence of 80s and 90s nostalgia. The hosts are clearly passionate about these decades and it shines through in every episode. They provide a wealth of references and fun production bits that enhance the overall feel of authenticity. For example, their use of music queues throughout each episode adds to the nostalgic atmosphere and keeps listeners engaged. Whether it's discussing classic toys or iconic movies, TIDRP delivers an enjoyable trip down memory lane.
Additionally, TIDRP stands out for its entertaining banter between the hosts. Their chemistry is evident as they share their personal experiences and reminisce about their favorite shows and songs from their childhood. This creates a friendly and relaxed atmosphere that makes listeners feel like they're sitting down with friends for a casual conversation about retro pop culture. The inclusion of quizzes at the end of some episodes adds another layer of fun and interactivity to the show.
However, one potential downside to TIDRP is its limited focus on 80s and 90s nostalgia. While this is undoubtedly its main strength, it may not appeal to those who are not particularly interested in this era or who did not grow up during this time. Additionally, some listeners may find that certain episodes cover topics they are less familiar with or have no personal connection to, which could affect their overall enjoyment of those particular episodes.
In conclusion, The Insanely Dangerous Retro Podshow is a must-listen for any 80s or 90s kid, as well as anyone seeking to indulge in the pop culture of these decades. With its genuine and passionate approach, TIDRP offers a trip down memory lane filled with laughter and nostalgia. While it may not cater to everyone's interests outside of the retro realm, it excels at what it sets out to do and provides an enjoyable experience for listeners looking to relive their favorite memories from the past.
In the final three epsidoes as a duo - Gaz and Dange dive into the the original Star Wars triogly with the 1977 Star Wars a new hope - what are their memories of the movie as kids? how big Star Wars was back then and how it holds up about the the prequels. Tune in and find out.
In this show, the boys go back to 1994 to discuss the last ever movie Brandon Lee was to shoot, after a freak accident on set that took his life. We discuss the move the Crow and how it holds up today. Tune in and find out.
This this show, Gaz and Dange discuss Madonna's career in the 80s and 90s - where they fans? what do they remember? what were their favourite songs and their least favourite? tune in and find out.
The boys are back after a month off with Gaz being ill, They are back with a banger of a subject the amazing movie Back to the Future.....what do they remember and why is this film so loved? its the first of 4 speical episodes before Gaz steps down from the show....there is also a mega AD...where we are going we dont need roads.
In the bonus show, Dange goes back to his childhood and his memories of two magazines Big! And Fast Forward...the days of print were massive, relive it here.
In this bonus show, Dange discusses one of his favourite movies from his childhood Smokey and Bandit....let's hit it you sumbitches...
In the late 80s and early 90s, little Dange was given Christmas presents and the main present was Manta Force ships, these were unique and massive. A whole collection ensured and it's mostly forgotten today, Dange brings it back to life.
In the 90s wrestling was big...and nothing more so than the action figures. WWF had hasbro in their corner and the WCW had Galoob...which was better?...tune in and find out
In this bonus show, Dange goes back to the 90s where Britpop took over the country from music, to tv to the PM quoting bands. The 90s were epic and the music was the soundtrack to our lives.
In this bonus episode Dange goes back to the 90s and discuss the career of the UK Metal band Iron Maiden. Bruce to Blaze and back to Bruce... this was an interesting decade for Maiden.... Up the Irons!!
In this 2nd bonus show, Dange covers Metallica in the 90s, from the Black Album to S&M to the naptster case - its all covered here in this mini bytesize episode.
With the show on hitaus for about a month - TotallyTIDRP is back with the 1st bonus show about Metallica in the 80s, from the 1st album, to the tragedy to the release of and justice for all. its all here in bytesize chuck form.... Rock on
In this show the lads go back to the 80s and 90s and one the UKs most favourite TV shows - London's Burning - Gaz talks about his memories and when he stopped watching it....Dange well didnt watch it in the height of its fame but his mum did..... To be fair he is finally watching it and enjoying it - so tune in and find out what they have to say...
In this show the boys go back to the 90s to discuss their teenage years of growing up and reading mens magazines, Loaded, FHM and Maxim, they were part of the lad culture in the 90s where men read about beer, women and Football, along with celebrity interviews, the world was a freer place in the 90s and the culture was so different... tune in and find out what Gaz and Dange thought about it.
In this show, the boys talk about the hits of Madness, their songs that were released to the public and because they arent superfans they stick to what they know. The would love to hear from fans of Madness back in the day as to what it meant to them at the time. So if you were a massive Madness fan, get in touch with the show via socal media or email Gaz at TIDRPINBOX@gmail.com
In this episdoe Gaz and Dange go back to 1987 and the Disney classic cartoon series Ducktales - what are they memories of it? Tune in and find our some very different opinions on this cartoon
In this epsidoe the boys discuss their favourite one hit wonders from the 80s as well as ones they didnt include in their top 5 picks.If you want to listen to picks and if you have your own feel free to add them to the TIDRP One Hit Wonders playlist belowhttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/16d8cOKYCwKgs4Jc3ulzhi?si=5082b4bfd96a440d&pt=33cd76586b07a5becb6c897d2ebe8d48
In this episode the boys go back to the third and forth installments of the Lethal Weapon franchise, what do they remember of the movies? how different are they from the first 2 movies? are they as bad as people think they are? Gaz isnt a big fan and neither is Dave so settle back and listen to the why....
This week the boys go back to 1989 and the sequel starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover and the movie Lethal Weapon 2. Gaz tries to remember the first time he watched and if he actually enjoyed the movie, he also tells us the actors he like to see in a reboot.
In this show the boys start their Lethal Weapon franchise and they go back to the 1987 movie, the first one, what do they remember about the first time they watched it? does it still hold up today? tune in a find out. Im too old for this shit.
In this show the boys go back to the 80s and the short lived cartoon Galaxy High School. It only lasted for 13 episodes and was a creation of Chris Columbus - what do they boys remember about the show and if it holds up today? tune in and find out
In 1992 Channel gambled and accuried the rights to Serie A - originally to help the English see Gazzas Lazio games but it evolved into something much bigger, the UK have their eyes on the Italian league after Sky had the rights the the English Premier League. Along with the game of the day being shown on Sunday the Saturday mornings were taken up by a magazine/highlights show Gazzetta Football Italia, hosted by the little known James Richardson, find out what the guys remember and they also pick their team of the shows run.
In this show Gaz and Dange discuss the 80s albums for UK rock band Dire Straits, from there hits of Money for Nothing to Romeo and Juliet, this band who redinfined there own musical genre disappeared in the late 90s and have never reformed - we discuss why and what are memories are of the band.
This is episode, Gaz and Dange go back to 1988 to dicuss the UKs childrens cartoon Count Duckula, starring David Jason, with charactors like Igor and Nanny, what do they remember about the show, this was one of Dange's favourite cartoons ever!
In the opening episode of Season 6 Gaz and Dange bring you their longest ever episode to date, as the bring you two subjects - the 1984 Sci Fi Action film Terminator and the 1991 Blockbuster sequel Terminator 2. What do they remember at these two Arnie movies? Also they bring you the longest Ask Dangerous ever with 100 match ups of the movies released in the 80s and 90s in the UK... so settle back and listen to this first time ever two subject show,
In the final bonus show for the season, Dange discusses the career of Michal Bolton, growing up with his mums love of the music and lean to Dange still listening to his music as a guilty pleasure.
In this bonus show Gaz chats about Ian McShane and his antiques living character Lovejoy a staple of Sunday night telly back in the 80s and 90s.
In this bonus show, Dange showcases his love for everything Benson, listening to the greatest hits on tape in the late 80s from Ourprice to loving his music to this day. Learn more about his 80s and 90s career.
In this bonus Episode Gaz talks about what christmas TV his family enjoyed and what happened during the festive period, did they watch the specials that were on or did they spend the time playing charades and mouse trap?
In this byte size episode Dange talks about one of his favourite christmas movies starring Arnie that's right the much loved and hated by others Jingle all the way....its turbo time
In this episode Gaz talks about his memories of.his favourite christmas presents. Memories of what his friends had but not worrying as he always got some cool gifts. Have a wander with him down memory lane.
In this bouns episode Dange continues his byte size edition of TotallyTIDRP with this old Aussie childhood gem Pugwall...tune in and remember the orange orangics...
In this bonus episode, Gaz reminisces about what Christmas day was like for him as a kid, the routine that him and his family shared back in the day.
Our TIDRP end of year bonus specials start with a byte size edition with Dange summing up the Comic Strip presents series. The show that lauched French and Saunders and Rik and Ade. Tune in ans listen
In the 2nd of 2 TIDRP Christmas speicals the boys look at the christmas movie from 1985 Santa Claus the Movie, from little Dange's memory of the seeing it as a little kid in the cinema to Gaz's first memory of the movie, does it still hold up today? tune in and find out.
In the first of the seasonal Christmas Speicals the boys take a look at their Christmas Song, this year Gaz chose the Prentenders hit 2000 miles - which was never intended to be a song at Christmas but over the years it became a festive hit, what do they remember the first time they heard and does it hold up today? tune in and find out
This week dicuss the 80s sensesations A - Ha hailing from Norway the exploded with hits like Take on Me, The Sun always shines on TV as well as a Bond Theme but then they sort of disappered from the main stream - why was that? tune in and find out the boys thoughts on the band.
This week the boys conclude their Mad Max reviews after they look back on Beyond Thunderdome, this is fair to say its not their favourite movie of the 3 - find out what makes Gaz so mad and why even Dange wasnt a big fan of the third movie?
Continuing with their Mad Max triogly this week the boys discuss the sequel Mad Max 2 - the Roadwarrior the influences in other movies, wrestling, music. They discuss if it still stands up today and what they would have done for next movies. Tune in and find out as well as they Ask Dangerous segment rumbles on.
In this weeks show the boys go back to the 1979 movie from Austrialia - Mad Max and they cover the first of the trilogy of movies that shaped Gaz's childhood and only recently Dange's life - what do their differences think of the movie and the characters and find out if they think it still holds up today.
In this weeks show the boys go back to a gameshow from the 80s and 90s that they grew up with on a daily basis, the discuss the host, the theme music and memories that Blockbusters provided them. Would it hold up today? would a revamp work? tune in and find out
In this Halloween Special the boys take a lighter look at the Tim Burton 1988 movie Beetlejuice starrting Michael Keaton and the lads boyhood crush Winona Ryder, what makes this movie so good? tune in and find out....
Saturday morning telly was a staple of the kids routine in the 80s and 90s and while the BBC had covered the market with Going Live and then Live and Kicking, ITV has replacement after replacement. Two of these were Ghost Train and Motor Mouth - around at the same time but also had some fairly memorable series. Find out if Dange and Gaz watch and which one they enjoyed more....
This week the boys go back to 1991 and the UK hit show Soldier Solider starring Robson and Jerome, two stars who were in 5 series, and ended up with a music career. What did Gaz remember? Dange just remembered his parents watched it but wasnt something he was up on until recently.Continuing the countdown of the 80s and 90s movies in the UK in Ask Dangerous.
In this show, Dange gets to talk about one of the most forgotten and cult followed TV shows ever made, The 80s had Knightrider, Airwolf and The A Team, but also 1 show that only aired for one season and was cut throatly axed....the man on the motorbike in Black, Jesse Mach...Street Hawk, find out what Dange remembers and also Gaz's thoughts on it as something he didnt really remember watching....
What a movie to cover, one that as kids we watched every Christmas, a mixture of adventure, darkness and muppet monsters, Jim Henson's Labyrinth is a master piece that both Gaz and Dange enjoyed, and Dange isnt a big fan of Bowie, but this is something he enjoyed. Tune in to find out what they thought of it plus the continuation of Ask Dangerous.
The boys go back to 1991 and the start of a new comedy Sitcom starring Arnold J Rimmer as the head of a leisure centre..that's right Chris Barries lesser remembered character Gordon Brittas. The lads discuss if it really was as good as we remembered and was it really the 90s version of Faulty Towers? Tune in and find out.
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