Ep. 59 - The One With The Concessions

10/11/22 • 51 min

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Half of the fun of going to the movie theaters is picking out a treat to munch on! The '90s were an exciting time filled with technological advances, nostalgia and the anticipation of a new millennium but the candies we were snacking on were going extreme like Airheads! Friends dared one another to eat ultra-sour Warheads and new candies were still being released like the Nutrageous bar!
Grab your box of Nerds and let's go through the decades to learn about the history of our favorite '90s concessions, how Skittles can't seem to stay out of the controversial headlines, and how Seinfeld helped to boost the sales of candies like Jujyfruits and Junior Mints.
Life. Was. Good.

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Ep.58 - The One When We Were Anti-Popcorn in '94

We love snacks, especially eating them in a dark movie theater! But how did noisy, crunchy popcorn even become a snack to begin with and how much was everyone paying for it through the '90s decade? It sounds silly but there's so much to unpop..err..unpack here and we have the Great Depression to thank for it! Coming out of the '80s popcorn was $0.75 and a drink was about $1. Then in 1994 it was said that, "The scariest thing at the movies isn't Jason or Freddy...it's popcorn!" Wait til' you hear why!
Grab your $22 in 2022 movie theater popcorn and let's go back to a time when the Great Depression paved the way for theater snacks, the first movie theater in 1905 was called the Nickelodeon, and in 1994 our mom's were turning up their noses to the popped snack and instead probably reading their Atkin's diet manuals.
Life. Was. Buttery.

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Ep. 60 - The One With All The Costumes

Power Rangers, Terminator and Barney, OH MY! Do you remember the Halloween costumes people were wearing in the '90s? From cartoon characters like Bart Simpson to real life characters like the Spice Girls, they were still rocking the more sweet and innocent costumes like Baby Bop and not "Sexy Baby Bop." (If you lived through the 2000's you'll know what we're talking about!) Join Katie and Heather as they go back as far as 1980 and talk about each year's most popular costumes through 2022!
Grab your thermal underwear to sport underneath your Princess Jasmine costume because it's snowing in Ohio on Halloween and let's go back to a time when we were all 'Scream'-ing for Ghost Face, McDonald's was giving away trick-or-treat candy buckets with their Happy Meals, and our parents were just learning to check our candy for razorblades!
Life. Was. Good.