Tag: 1990s
39: “I’m Erect, Why Aren’t You Erect?” – Showgirls
SHOWGIRLS (1995) You can’t touch us, but we can touch you. In When We Were Young’s raw, uncensored NC-17 episode, we reveal our most inappropriate pop culture encounters from childhood, then set our sights on the Las Vegas underbelly (and undercarriage) of 1995’s SHOWGIRLS, widely considered to be the best bad movie of all time.…
38: “I Wanna Really, Really, Really Wanna Zig-A-Zig Ah” – The Spice Girls
THE SPICE GIRLS So here’s the story from A to Z: you wanna get with us, ya gotta listen carefully! In this episode, we’re headed back to the years of 1996-1998 when the world collectively spiced up its life big time with the introduction and pop domination of THE SPICE GIRLS. This was a special…
37: “Thank You, Mario! But Our Princess is In Another Castle” – Video Games
NINTENDO Video Games & THE WIZARD (1989) Sliding down drainpipes… chucking smiley-faced vegetables at ghost-faced villains… transforming into a raccoon and flying through the air… either we just took a large dose of LSD, or we’re entering the weird, wonderful world of Super Mario. (Possibly both!) In the pursuit of channeling the competitive spirit of…
36: “You’re a Lebowski, I’m a Lebowski” – The Big Lebowski
THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998) A rug that really tied the room together until it got peed on. A hippie burnout who kept burning. A Vietnam vet who drags everyone else into his world of pain. Add to this a case of mistaken identity, the kidnapping of a trophy wife (in the parlance of our times),…
35: “Express Yourself, Don’t Repress Yourself” – Madonna
MADONNA Before there was Britney. Before there was Beyonce. Before there was Gaga. There was one woman who reigned the radio waves in the 80s and 90s — Her Madgesty, now and forever the Queen of Pop. Ms. Ciccone is known for her iconic, chameleonic looks, and it just so happens that our hosts each…