The Neverending Story - When It Was Cool - Episode 143

-

Karl and Tonya sit down to discuss The Neverending Story from 1984, as well as, the less talked about two sequels. Giant puppets, a child hero who shouts ever single line of dialogue, and an Empress who might be 30 or 13 I can't really tell. The first movie was a fun adventure and then it just got bad. Actually, who are we kidding, this movie holds up terribly and the flying dog dragon thing is really an acid trip.



Check out this episode of the When It Was Cool Podcast

Popular posts from this blog

Sloss Fright furnace shuts down Halloween production.

-
Image
Although we only ever visited Sloss twice in its 22 years of hosting a haunted attraction I am glad to have been a part of it.. I hate to see it go & would’ve probably went to the Haunted attraction again soon or in the near future even though I believe when we went it was a terribly muddy rainy experience both times it seems.. but I didn’t even go for the haunted attraction! I went because the place was eerie and cool & this was the only way I knew to get close to it without  trespassing to explore(which I always wanted to do) the haunted attraction only took you through a portion of the site anyway.. I would’ve loved to have been able to climb up the stacks and explore the entirety of the old site. If your ever in Birmingham AL drive up close to it and take a gander & let your mind wander. How many deaths & or accidents really did happen in there during production years? How many sightings of ghosts were there really? Imagine the people slave driving to produce iron i
Read more

The Cinema Show - Uphill Both Ways Podcast - Episode 128

-
Grab a bucket of popcorn and a large drink - the boys have a super-long bonus-sized episode this time around! Up first is Gift, Keep, and Ditch featuring breakfast cereals of yore and then it's on to the feature presentation as they discuss some of the movies from the recent 2022 edition of the Popcorn Frights Film Festival. Join them as they FOLLOW HER through this FINAL SUMMER in the lead-up to the THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER to the TINY CINEMA where we'll all be LIVING WITH CHUCKY. Check out this episode of the When It Was Cool Podcast
Read more

When It Was Cool Podcast - Golden Girls and Family Matters - Episode 106

-
Karl and Tonya are back with the flagship podcast from WhenItWasCool.com to discuss a 1980s sitcom and a 1990s sitcom, both of which lasted multiple seasons.  Golden Girls and Family Matters were to very differently written shows and one seemed to resonate with us while the other one didn't and we also discuss how watching so many different sitcoms for multiple eras has been a learning experience. Plus a new segment debuts this show featuring news about people and properties of interest to retro pop culture fans. Check out this episode of the When It Was Cool Podcast
Read more