In this episode:
- our trip to Barcade in Jersey City, NJ (microbrew beers and 1970s-1980s classic video arcade games),
- Barcade running on 100% wind power,
- Rob’s dream about “Macho Man” Randy Savage,
- the 2011 ThunderCats cartoon show,
- Larry Kenney vs. Will Friedle as the voice of Lion-O,
- John Erwin as the voice of Prince Adam and He-Man,
- Greg’s movie review of The A-Team (2010),
- Paunch Stevenson Show celebrity encounters,
- Greg meeting Tom Wopat (Luke Duke from The Dukes of Hazzard),
- John Schneider and Tom Wopat on Smallville,
- Greg meeting Jeff Bridges (Barney Cousins from The Vanishing),
- celebrity deaths (Christopher Mayer from The Dukes of Hazzard and Bubba Smith),
- the 2011 season of Curb Your Enthusiasm finally taking place in NYC,
- our future children missing out on pop culture from the past,
- important pop culture getting lost in time (CHiPs, the Marx Brothers, The Little Rascals, Droopy, The Ant and the Aardvark, etc.),
- the upcoming Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood spin-off Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,
- Jonah Hill’s weight loss,
- Mike Masse’s music video for “Long Time” (acoustic Boston cover),
- the decline of music videos,
- Rob constantly hearing people whistle Bobby McFerrin’s “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” in England,
- Rob’s 4D movie experience,
- and Tom Wopat’s music vs. Jeff Bridges’s music.
We also snapped some photos of Barcade Jersey City:
Flickr – Barcade, Jersey City, NJ 8/20/11
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rob hearing ‘don’t worry, be happy’ must have been a by-product of the UK riots. each morning after the riots and the damage to buildings was seen, communities banded together to clear up the mess and sweep the streets and yes… drink tea. displaying the ‘keep calm and carry on‘ mentality – partly out of pride, partly out of spite – to the law breakers. it sounds stereotypical, but that’s the UK in a nutshell.