90’s Mixtapes: A 90’s nostalgia podcast

January 1994 TV: Babylon 5 and The Critic

This week we're talking about some shows that premiered in January 1994 including The Critic, Babylon 5, Ancient Mysteries on A&E, Tekwar, The George Carlin Show, and then some unrelated conversations about Star Wars, Seaquest and cancel culture. We wrap it up with some 90's Trivial Pursuit. Spoiler - Jen answers a question correctly!

January 1994 Music: Alice in Chains, NKOTB, Lagwagon

Happy New Year and welcome to 1994!! It's the first episode of season THREE kids! So put on your party hat and get ready to us talk about ZZ Top's Antenna, Lagwagon's Trashed, Alice in Chains EP Jar of Flies and New Kids on the Block's Face the Music. We go off on tangents about name origins, little Jen's favorite New Kid (spoiler - it was Donny), The Crown, lip syncing and more. We start the official 90's edition of Trivial Pursuit and realize we might be playing it until 1999 before there's a winner. 

1993 Wrap Up Party!

We're wrapping up 1993 by making a mixtape of our favorite '93 songs, watching X-Files, some MTV's Singled Out, Demolition Man and What's Eating Gilbert Grape. Pat lucks out and avoids playing MASH but there's always next year. Happy New Year! Bring on 1994!

December 1993 Movies: Six Degrees of Separation with Will Smith

We're wrapping up 1993 Movies with a movie that we've never seen or heard of; Six Degrees of Separation starring Will Smith, Sir Ian Mckellen, Donald Sutherland and Stockard Channing. It was quite the based a true events, taken from a screen play film that inspired some fun conversation. We predict what next month's movies (Cabin Boy and Intersection) are all about and of course we go off on tangents and talk about the celebrities that we are only a few degrees away from.

December 1993 TV: Sitcom Christmas Specials! Fresh Prince, Roseanne, Married w/Children and Boy Meets World

Come on in for the baby goat update, a little overview of the missed last two months, and a chat about some Holiday episodes of our favorite 90's sitcoms; Married with Children, Roseanne, The Fresh Prince of Belair and Boy Meets World.

December 1993 Potpourri: The Toys R Us Catalogue, Video Games, Long Island Railroad Shooting

Today we are ALL OVER the place. Goat therapy, scary video games (Doom, Resident Evil, etc), educational video games (Oregon Trail anyone?), syndicated shows, Shannon Doherty gets fired from 90210, Vegas things, The Long Island Railroad shooting, Pablo Escabar, The Toys R Us Holiday catalogue and Game Genies. 

December 1993 Music: Nirvana Unplugged, Ice Cube, Verve Pipe, Everclear

And we're back!! We talk about Nirvana's Unplugged which premiered on MTV in December. Pat discusses his feelings on driving down the street in his Prius blasting Ice Cube’s Lethal Injection, and we delve into other new albums from Everclear, The Verve Pipe and the Wayne's World 2 soundtrack. We also chat a little about allowances in the 90s. Come on in! We're back from our hiatus and the water is warm.

September 1993 Movies: A Bronx Tale and True Romance

This week we're getting into True Romance and A Bronx Tale, two solid 1993 movies.

September 1993 TV: Cartoons, kids game shows, Boy Meets World

We get into kid's game shows like Legends of the Hidden Temple, talk about Tiny Toons and other popular cartoons at the time, touch on the X-Files and NYPD Blue, and have opposing thoughts on Boy Meets World.

September 1993 Potpourri: TV Guides, Back to School, tennis things and more

This episode we have a lot of nothing to talk about; tennis, back to school, how many fours in a row can a croupier roll, The real Might Ducks, Jim Abbott, being in gifted and talented programs in the 90s with 100 question tests, Latin class, Eternal September and the Big Bayou Canot rail accident. We also have a big debate on the size of TV Guides.