Episode 195: Friday the 13th Turns 45, Transformers, Useless Early Internet Features(5-14-2025)
In My Footsteps: A Gen-X Nostalgia Podcast
The anniversary of a horror movie classic. 1980s boys' obsession with Transformers. Some of the most pointless features from 1990s internet.
Episode 195 brings the buffet when it comes to Gen-X nostalgia.
It kicks off with a look back 45 years to the debut of the slasher movie staple Friday the 13th. Dubbed the scariest movie ever before a script was even written this classic spawned countless sequels and eventually one of horror's most enduring villains, Jason Voorhees.
We go way back in the day to a favorite of mine and countless other 1980s boys, Transformers. Robots in disguise these toys were a massive success and led to tv shows, movies, and a spot in the zeitgeist of several generations.
The internet changed the world as we know it. For all of the good that it has brought there has also been some downright pointless. This week's Top 5 will look back to some of the most useless internet features from the 1990s.
There is as always a brand new This Week In History and Time Capsule centered around the ill-fated westward journey of the Donner Party.
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