The Latch Key Kids
We are two guys, who were latch key kids growing up. Our Mission is to explore different genres of the big and small screens, and peel back the what, how, and why. We will discuss this through the lens of two Gen X dads. So sit back and relax Mom & Dad won't be back for at least another hour!
Podcasting since 2021 • 45 episodes
The Latch Key Kids
Latest Episodes
My Favorite Year Part III: Secret Of My Success
By the Spring of 1987 it was evident that the tides were shifting all around us - leaders, music, television, and of course motion pictures Behind us already in ‘87 was Stallone, Freddy Kruger, Woody Allen, The Coen Brothers, S...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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My Favorite Year (Special Edition) Planes Trains Automobiles
They say things happen in threes and in 1987 three of the best Hollywood had to offer joined together to tell a story that even now, 35 years after its release leaves a lasting impact. John Hughes, Steve Martin, and John Candy were quite ...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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My Favorite Year Part I: Dead Of Winter
Somewhere in the middle of the 20th century’s most eclectic decade one year helped define the world through its movies, music, TV, and sports. I asked many would say that year was 1984 or 1989 – and while they might not be wrong The Latch...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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Ready For Prime Time Players Part XI: What Is That Velvet?
The 1970’s had been a time of great upheaval and nowhere was this more apparent than The United States of America the times were so turbulent that even a stuffy, censored, and money hungry industry such as television took a chance on group of i...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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1:56:01
Ready For Prime Time Players Part X: Tuesday’s Gone
By 1980 the last TV show to have started in the 1960’s Hawaii 5-0 was ending its run and shooting had already started in Hawaii on its replacement Magnum P.I. By 1980 the path was clear for a one time B movie actor to broker his way throu...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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