What You Missed When You Didn't Exist
Corbett (age 52) and Lucy (age 22) discuss events in pop culture, history, and anything that happened between 1971 and 2001.
Episodes
49 episodes
Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year
Lucy and Corbett are talking about Dick Clark's Rockin' New Years Eve, the party that spanned a continent. Memories of the 1979 New Years and a little talk on what Blondie and the Village People were all about. Happy New Year!
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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17:44
Exxon Valdez
Have you ever spilled your drink and made a mess on the kitchen table. Well, imagine that your drink is fifty million gallons of crude oil and the kitchen table is Alaska. Lucy and Corbett talk about one of the more notable oil spil...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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22:46
Geraldo
Nothing like a good fight after a big meal. Corbett and Lucy are talking about the Geraldo show fight in 1988. What happens when you put two polar opposite sides in the same room, someone throws a chair. With Thanksgiving on t...
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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18:53
The Boombox
Everyone loves a good party, and when you have a suitcase full of sound the party travels with you. Lucy and Corbett are talking about the magic music box that brings a whole neighborhood to life.
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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19:25
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
We have seen the rise and fall of many walls. This time around, Lucy and Corbett are talking about the fall of the Berlin Wall that happened in 1989 and some of the things that led up to it and happened after. We get to learn how th...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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11:25
Tylenol scare of 1982
Lucy and Corbett talk about the scare of 1982, that made everyone not trust their medicines and candys. The Tylenol scare was a a pretty big scare of the time, but we made it out and now we seal everything with love and fear. Happy ...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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14:28
Evel Knievel
Anyone with a bike has tried to jump some small hole or use a ramp, because we all gotta live a little. In this episode we talk about one of the classic daredevils of the time, Evel Knievel! Lucy and Corbett go into details about th...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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16:25
Uncle Buck
Lucy and Corbett review Uncle Buck and talk about babysitting, parenting, and big pancakes. Yes, another John Hughes film to review, it seems like they just defined a whole era... at least for suburb family's in Chicago, in the 80's. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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18:55
MTV
Corbett and Lucy cut loose and talk about MTV and everything that comes along with that. Favorite music videos and love for music in general is a must. Or is it a commercial for Spotify in disguise. We will leave it up to you ...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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20:48
Going Postal
Talking about mail. Getting it, sending it, and reading it, but also talking about the post office shootings of the eighties. Also, the Samantha Smith letter that calmed nuclear hostilities in the early eighties.
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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19:14
Max Headroom
Lucy gets a lesson in what AI was in 1985 and how it affected the world... at least for a short time. Corbett gets to talk and talk about the sensation that is, or was, Max Headroom. Was he an AI, maybe. Did he take over the w...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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13:34
Mount St. Helens Eruption
Don't blow your top, it is a new episode for those of you that want to know what happened the day that America got a continental volcano. Is it weird and was it bad, yes to both. It was just another day in 1980 when part of Washingt...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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18:26
8 Track Players
Lucy and Corbett talk about the true way to listen to music, in a cassette with eight tracks. Why is an eight track only four tracks? How can you be the main character in your life? What songs really annoy Lucy? Listen i...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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16:10
Jim Varney
Lucy and Corbett discuss the comedy/acting of Jim Varney and the importance of being Ernest. We compare and contrast what Ernest was all about and what Jim Varney did to contribute to the genre. Knowwhatimean!
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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16:05
Smoking or Non-Smoking
Many people remember the good old days of trying to eat a meal and choking on a cloud of smoke. Ahh, the good times keep rolling with Lucy and Corbett talking about the time when you could smoke on a plane. Is smoking bad for you, s...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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24:14
The Day After
Lucy and Corbett have a return guest, Mike from the Found in the Ruins podcast, and they are talking about The Day After (and the Cold War in general). When the bombs are dropping we only have our desks to hide under. A lot of discu...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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26:01
Better Off Dead
Lucy and Corbett talk about the 1985 film 'Better Off Dead'. We have our ups and downs, but surprisingly Lucy comes out unscathed. We both have a few laughs and talk about the drug problems together. Ahh, the bonding with pare...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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22:15
Weekend at Bernie's
Lucy is traumatized when Corbett has her watch a comedy classic, Weekend at Bernie's, though it may not be as traumatizing as finding out there was a sequel. Just the same, it is a fun romp talking about having fun with a corpse and findi...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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24:04
Sacheen Littlefeather and the 1973 Oscars
Have you ever won an award and just said, "Nah"? Well this is the time that Marlon Brando won the Oscar for the Godfather and turned it down, by causing a scandal. Lucy and Corbett have a special guest Sam (Corbett's Sister and Lucy...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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26:14
Good Times
Lucy and Corbett check in for the end of Black History Month and Talk about Good Times. Sure we could always use some good times, but this was all about the 1970's sitcom, Good Times. Lots of little trivial bits to know about the sh...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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21:32
The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
It is Valentines Day and there is nothing more romantic than talking about a couple that have long since been divorced. Sonny and Cher were America's sweethearts.. at least at one point they were. We are talking about the Sonny and ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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17:14
The Ma Bell Breakup
Everyone loves phones, though phones thirty years ago and phones now are two different animals. Lucy and Corbett take on the monopoly breakup of the phone company of the 1970's and 1980's and follow it up with what we are doing in the fut...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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19:37
Lawrence Welk
Wonderful, wonderful! We are starting off the new year and being fancy, by talking about The Lawrence Welk Show and Champagne Music. We find out how soap can make you dirty and the secrets of Tic Tok. It is a fun ride of...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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20:11