Pop Culture Basement

Clue - 80's Who's Who Whodunit

In the age we live in, where every IP is mined for nostalgia to make a quick billion, it's hard to imagine a time when a movie based on a BOARD GAME was an anomaly that quickly faded from theaters...only to rise again as a generation spanning cult classic. BILL BERE from THE BATPOD returns to the basement to solve the mystery that is CLUE: How this children's time waster turned holiday flick attracted legendary playwrights, producers & directors along with iconic actors to imprint upon it's Gen-X audience and become a beloved cult classic. So take note....it's Mike and Bill. In the basement. With the microphone.... Look for Bill on THE BATPOD: https://www.thebatpod.com/ [https://www.thebatpod.com/] Look for POP CULTURE BASEMENT on: Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/popcltrbasement?s=21⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://x.com/popcltrbasement?s=21] Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/popculturebasement.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/popculturebasement.bsky.social] Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/popculturebasementpodcast?igsh=M3p0ZmszeWNzZ3c0&utm_source=qr⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/popculturebasementpodcast?igsh=M3p0ZmszeWNzZ3c0&utm_source=qr] Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/share/1CLdbaWAkj/?mibextid=wwXIfr⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/share/1CLdbaWAkj/?mibextid=wwXIfr] Threads: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@popculturebasementpodcast⁠⁠ [https://www.threads.com/@popculturebasementpodcast] Please SUBSCRIBE, RATE, REVIEW & SHARE POP CULTURE BASEMENT on: APPLE: ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pop-culture-basement/id1796270822⁠⁠ [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pop-culture-basement/id1796270822] SPOTIFY: ⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/6v6QCWVQwlm9SIQ6OsrGbK?si=7900fd00758e4320⁠⁠ [https://open.spotify.com/show/6v6QCWVQwlm9SIQ6OsrGbK?si=7900fd00758e4320] AMAZON: ⁠⁠https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/e787a33a-a481-43b8-bb43-853edf70b8d1/pop-culture-basement⁠⁠ [https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/e787a33a-a481-43b8-bb43-853edf70b8d1/pop-culture-basement] YOUTUBE: ⁠⁠https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHBHVrpf0cV77cMxgyTb4Ql2_pdKsNrV6&si=4t8AmgGPbY5cM8rE⁠⁠ [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHBHVrpf0cV77cMxgyTb4Ql2_pdKsNrV6&si=4t8AmgGPbY5cM8rE] and ALL podcast platforms!

The Hobbit - No, the GOOD one!

The LORD OF THE RINGS Trilogy is epic and iconic filmmaking, some of the BEST fantasy content put on screen. The HOBBIT Trilogy...eh, not so much. Did we REALLY need a trio of 3 hour films to depict J.R.R. Tolkien's classic tale? In 1977, Rankin/Bass emphatically proved that NO, we did not! HENRY BERNSTEIN joins me down in the basement once again to sift through my childhood nightmare fuel and discuss the Rankin/Bass animated version of THE HOBBIT! Along the way, we discover that Henry is NOT EXACTLY a Tolkien Scholar, our opinions on the songs, who's the better Gandalf and why I'm STILL afraid of Gollum to this day! Join us, My Precious..... You can find Henry's podcasts here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/songs-of-experience-a-bob-dylan-podcast/id1744985269 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/songs-of-experience-a-bob-dylan-podcast/id1744985269] https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/funny-they-dont-look-jewish/id1454459953 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/funny-they-dont-look-jewish/id1454459953] https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/superman-lois-pals/id1556455040 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/superman-lois-pals/id1556455040] Look for POP CULTURE BASEMENT on: Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/popcltrbasement?s=21⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://x.com/popcltrbasement?s=21] Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/popculturebasement.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/popculturebasement.bsky.social] Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/popculturebasementpodcast?igsh=M3p0ZmszeWNzZ3c0&utm_source=qr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/popculturebasementpodcast?igsh=M3p0ZmszeWNzZ3c0&utm_source=qr] Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/share/1CLdbaWAkj/?mibextid=wwXIfr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/share/1CLdbaWAkj/?mibextid=wwXIfr] Threads: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@popculturebasementpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.threads.com/@popculturebasementpodcast] Please SUBSCRIBE, RATE, REVIEW & SHARE POP CULTURE BASEMENT on: APPLE: ⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pop-culture-basement/id1796270822⁠⁠ [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pop-culture-basement/id1796270822] SPOTIFY: ⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/6v6QCWVQwlm9SIQ6OsrGbK?si=7900fd00758e4320⁠⁠ [https://open.spotify.com/show/6v6QCWVQwlm9SIQ6OsrGbK?si=7900fd00758e4320] AMAZON: ⁠⁠https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/e787a33a-a481-43b8-bb43-853edf70b8d1/pop-culture-basement⁠⁠ [https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/e787a33a-a481-43b8-bb43-853edf70b8d1/pop-culture-basement] YOUTUBE: ⁠⁠https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHBHVrpf0cV77cMxgyTb4Ql2_pdKsNrV6&si=4t8AmgGPbY5cM8rE⁠⁠ [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHBHVrpf0cV77cMxgyTb4Ql2_pdKsNrV6&si=4t8AmgGPbY5cM8rE] and ALL podcast platforms!

Secret Wars - Dawn of the Event Comics

From the ashes of a failed toy line, there cometh....AN EVENT COMIC SERIES! Or was it the other way around? Long before comic companies scheduled annual universe altering events, Marvel & Mattel teamed up to unleash a multimedia onslaught on their common audience....KIDS! While the toy line that served as the inspiration for the limited series was far from a success, the SECRET WARS comics proved to be best sellers, while also initiating interesting, status quo changing aspects to the larger MARVEL UNIVERSE. And thus, the AGE OF THE EVENT COMIC was born! MARK DOMEIER joins me down in the basement to look back at the first in a long, and still ongoing, line of reality shattering comic universe crossovers...SECRET WARS! Mark recommends these podcasts: Marveling at Marvel's Marvels: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marveling-at-marvels-marvels/id1084736600 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marveling-at-marvels-marvels/id1084736600] Captain America Comic Book Fans: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/captain-america-comic-book-fans/id1546492661 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/captain-america-comic-book-fans/id1546492661] Look for POP CULTURE BASEMENT on: Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/popcltrbasement?s=21⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://x.com/popcltrbasement?s=21] Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/popculturebasement.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/popculturebasement.bsky.social] Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/popculturebasementpodcast?igsh=M3p0ZmszeWNzZ3c0&utm_source=qr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/popculturebasementpodcast?igsh=M3p0ZmszeWNzZ3c0&utm_source=qr] Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/share/1CLdbaWAkj/?mibextid=wwXIfr⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/share/1CLdbaWAkj/?mibextid=wwXIfr] Threads: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@popculturebasementpodcast⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.threads.com/@popculturebasementpodcast] Please SUBSCRIBE, RATE, REVIEW & SHARE POP CULTURE BASEMENT on: APPLE: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pop-culture-basement/id1796270822⁠ [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pop-culture-basement/id1796270822] SPOTIFY: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/6v6QCWVQwlm9SIQ6OsrGbK?si=7900fd00758e4320⁠ [https://open.spotify.com/show/6v6QCWVQwlm9SIQ6OsrGbK?si=7900fd00758e4320] AMAZON: ⁠https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/e787a33a-a481-43b8-bb43-853edf70b8d1/pop-culture-basement⁠ [https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/e787a33a-a481-43b8-bb43-853edf70b8d1/pop-culture-basement] YOUTUBE: ⁠https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHBHVrpf0cV77cMxgyTb4Ql2_pdKsNrV6&si=4t8AmgGPbY5cM8rE⁠ [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHBHVrpf0cV77cMxgyTb4Ql2_pdKsNrV6&si=4t8AmgGPbY5cM8rE] and ALL podcast platforms!

The Princess Bride MEGA EPISODE!

When it comes to a property like THE PRINCESS BRIDE, a film beloved & admired the world over, it's INCONCEIVABLE to assume you can just release a normal podcast episode. With that in mind, I've called in my own personal BRUTE SQUAD to help me celebrate this iconic classic. Joining me down in the basement are Bellacissa, Bill Dunn, Brad Reiter and Anthony (with a SPECIAL GUEST), sharing their personal experiences and memories regarding Rob Reiner's timeless masterpiece. The laughs, the quotes, the emotions, it's like wrapping yourself in a warm blanket of nostalgia, so listen along as we storm the castle, save the princess and maybe perform a miracle or two. As you wish..... Look for POP CULTURE BASEMENT on: Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/popcltrbasement?s=21⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://x.com/popcltrbasement?s=21] Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/popculturebasement.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/popculturebasement.bsky.social] Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/popculturebasementpodcast?igsh=M3p0ZmszeWNzZ3c0&utm_source=qr⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/popculturebasementpodcast?igsh=M3p0ZmszeWNzZ3c0&utm_source=qr] Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/share/1CLdbaWAkj/?mibextid=wwXIfr⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/share/1CLdbaWAkj/?mibextid=wwXIfr] Threads: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@popculturebasementpodcast⁠⁠ [https://www.threads.com/@popculturebasementpodcast] Please SUBSCRIBE, RATE & REVIEW POP CULTURE BASEMENT on: APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pop-culture-basement/id1796270822 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pop-culture-basement/id1796270822] SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/6v6QCWVQwlm9SIQ6OsrGbK?si=7900fd00758e4320 [https://open.spotify.com/show/6v6QCWVQwlm9SIQ6OsrGbK?si=7900fd00758e4320] YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHBHVrpf0cV77cMxgyTb4Ql2_pdKsNrV6&si=4t8AmgGPbY5cM8rE [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHBHVrpf0cV77cMxgyTb4Ql2_pdKsNrV6&si=4t8AmgGPbY5cM8rE] and ALL podcast platforms!

STARLOG Memories

Before chat rooms, before fan forums, before the internet....there was STARLOG! For Sci Fi, comic & horror fans, STARLOG was THE information source to learn about all of our favorite pop culture properties. Movies in production, upcoming television shows, new comic creative teams, STARLOG covered it ALL! Author and former STARLOG Managing Editor (and later freelancer) DAN DICKHOLTZ joins Mike down in the basement to reminisce and share his STARLOG memories; the icons he's interviewed, the stories he wrote, his experiences at the center of geekdom for a generation of fans and how STARLOG influenced his book WAVELENGTHS! Dan's book "WAVELENGTHS: Covering Sci Fi in EVERY Reality" is available on AMAZON: https://a.co/d/0hGKGWs9 [https://a.co/d/0hGKGWs9] Check out Dan's YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@danieldickholtz6405?si=1PQOudHd136Yw11C [https://youtube.com/@danieldickholtz6405?si=1PQOudHd136Yw11C] Look for POP CULTURE BASEMENT on: Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://x.com/popcltrbasement?s=21⁠⁠⁠ [https://x.com/popcltrbasement?s=21] Bluesky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/popculturebasement.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/popculturebasement.bsky.social] Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/popculturebasementpodcast?igsh=M3p0ZmszeWNzZ3c0&utm_source=qr⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/popculturebasementpodcast?igsh=M3p0ZmszeWNzZ3c0&utm_source=qr] Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/share/1CLdbaWAkj/?mibextid=wwXIfr⁠⁠ [https://www.facebook.com/share/1CLdbaWAkj/?mibextid=wwXIfr] Threads: ⁠⁠https://www.threads.com/@popculturebasementpodcast⁠ [https://www.threads.com/@popculturebasementpodcast] Please SUBSCRIBE, RATE & REVIEW POP CULTURE BASEMENT on APPLE, SPOTIFY, YOUTUBE and ALL podcast platforms!