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Thirty Twenty Ten

A pop culture time machine! Each episode covers that very week from 30 years ago, 20 years ago and 10 years ago, which means each show is loaded with forgotten movies, timeless TV episodes and songs best left to the past. We'll examine TV, movies, music and video games from the 90s, 2000s, and 2010s. Come remember with us!
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Dec 24, 2021

Dec. 24-30: Ending the year with time traveling Hugh Jackman, Time’s people of the year, Matt Damon buys a zoo, romantic Nick Nolte, Spielberg tries WWI, lots of Kennedy Center Honors, and there’s two things wrong with the title Naked Lunch. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Dec 17, 2021

Dec. 17-23: Gandalf won’t let you pass, Steve Martin hates weddings, we start having to take our shoes off in the airport, Tim Allen is Joe Somebody, Warren Beatty goes to Vegas, Method Man and Redman get higher education, Jimmy Neutron launches, Michelle Williams is Marilyn Monroe, and Daniel Craig fights Tintin and a Swedish murder mystery. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Dec 10, 2021

Dec. 10-16: Bruce Willis is the last boy scout, a very Dinosaurs Xmas, Steve Martin plays another bad dentist, Not Another Teen Movie is…or isn’t?, Alvin gets chipwrecked, not your daddy’s Sherlock Holmes, Luck runs out, and Hook steals the kids and the movie. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Dec 3, 2021

Dec. 3-9: Ocean’s Eleven plans the ultimate heist, Community roasts Glee for the holidays, Jonah Hill babysits, everyone and their drunk uncle stars in New Year’s Eve, Tom Berenger stars in an Avatar prequel, and these pretzels are making me thirsty. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Nov 25, 2021

Nov. 26-Dec. 2: Coppola goes insane, Britney Spears fails Star Search, Michael Fassbender feels shame, Bette Midler is for the boys, Enron screws everyone, Edward Burns is a budget Woody Allen, Arthur Christmas saves the day, the “American Taliban” is captured, and we lose the quiet Beatle. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Nov 20, 2021

Nov. 19-25: Beauty and the Beast makes history, Redford and Pitt play a spy game, Sissy Spacek smashes dishes, Keira Knightley gets Freudian, Fievel goes west, Hugo pulls a switcheroo, the Muppets are back, and RIP Freddie Mercury. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Nov 12, 2021

Nov. 12-18: Michael Jackson beats up a car, Luigi and Master Chief go head to head, Mr. B Natural stalks children, Dana Carvey has a massive headwound, Billy Bob Thornton isn’t there, Bernie Mac’s gonna kill them kids, Jeremy Irons gets Kafkaesque, penguins have more happy feet, Minecraft dominates everything, and a special guest tells us why Achtung Baby is the greatest album of all time. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Nov 9, 2021

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Nov 5, 2021

Nov. 5-11: Magic Johnson makes history, a crazy WWII story, Ethan Hawke is caught on tape, Kevin Kline builds a house, Gene Hackman’s stealing stuff, Leslie Nielsen is Santa, The Tick goes live action, Jack Bauer amps up the tension, Leonardo DiCaprio wears too much makeup, Jesus loves marijuana, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer sings once more with feeling. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Oct 29, 2021

Oct. 29-Nov. 4: We meet the people under the stairs (no, not Harry Potter), Jet Li is the one, Jodie Foster has a genius kid, Kenny Rogers forms the Avengers for Dads, Dustin Hoffman bombs, Eddie Murphy is in on the heist, Vince Vaughn is a bad dad, and the Worst Movie Ever 2: The Quickening. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Oct 22, 2021

Oct. 22-28: We get trapped in the BioSphere, Curly Sue cons our hearts, Atlanta can’t stop the chop, the iPod briefly saves music, Shrek gets good again, Kevin Spacey’s an alien, 13 Ghosts get loose, Justin Timberlake’s out of time, Snoop Dogg gets spooky, Johnny Depp does Hunter Thompson again. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Oct 15, 2021

Oct. 15-21: Oops! All recommendations! Danny DeVito spends other people’s money, David Lynch is dreamy, Keanu and River find their own private Idaho, Richard Linklater gets animated, Drew Barrymore’s riding in cars, Superman’s on TV again, giant 9/11 concerts, Elizabeth Olsen escapes a cult, Kevin Spacey wrecks the economy, and a gory Hong Kong must watch. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Oct 10, 2021

Oct. 8-14: Anita Hill teaches us a new term, The Thing returns (again), Tom Berenger’s shattered, Liza’s stepping out, a Scarface rom-com reunion, Bruce Willis is a bandit, everybody’s footloose again, Gus Fring’s out, Community invents the darkest timeline, and two extra creepy Spanish-language films for spooky season. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Oct 1, 2021

Oct. 1-7: Joe Pesci is super, Seinfeld goes to Florida, John Cusack believes in serendipity, the West Wing tackles 9/11, Ryan Gosling gets political, Martin Sheen goes hiking, Reese Witherspoon comes of age, American Horror Story gets spooky, quality B-movies from Paul Walker and Hugh Jackman, Denzel has a bad training day, and Ricochet is the craziest shit you’ve ever seen. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Sep 24, 2021

Sept. 24-30: Scott Bakula is a QB and a captain, Chiklis is the Commish, Michael Douglas won’t say a word, Seth Rogan is undeclared, Jennifer Garner goes undercover, hillbilly horror, Michael Shannon builds a bunker, Anthony Hopkins has the shining, Daniel Craig cracks up, Jerry Springer lowers the bar, and the greatest day in modern music history. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Sep 17, 2021

Sept. 17-23: Laura Dern is a naughty southern belle, Christopher Walken is McBain, Home Improvement vs. The Torkelsons, Mariah Carey glitters, the first of the giant 9/11 charity concerts, Harry Connick saves a dolphin, Steve Buscemi is a nerd, River Phoenix gets a date, Taylor Lautner gets abducted, and the best thing about New Girl isn’t the girl. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Sep 10, 2021

Sept. 10-16: The Commitments give Dublin soul, Twin Peaks for kids, Keanu Reeves plays hardball, we don’t know how Sarah Jessica Parker does it, Entourage hugs it out one last time, the final Deadliest Warrior, Straw Dogs gets remade for reasons, Wim Wenders goes to the end of the world, and we look back on 9/11. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Sep 3, 2021

Sept. 3-9: Maury becomes a paternity expert, Gene Hackman runs from the KGB, Fred Ward fights Lovecraftian horrors, another bad musketeer flick, the single worst film of 2011, we go inside Herman’s Head, Mark Wahlberg becomes a rock star, Britney handles snakes, Prince gets off, and MMA gets a good movie for once. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Aug 27, 2021

Aug. 27-Sept. 2: Mr. Rogers leaves the neighborhood, Robbie Coltrane is the pope, Tilda Swinton is off the deep end, Héctor Elizondo is in the kitchen, Chucky’s done…for now, a very Swingers reunion, Helen Mirren settles her debts, more high school Shakespeare, and Beyonce is on top. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Aug 20, 2021

Aug. 20-26: Don Johnson’s a smoking cowboy, Paul Rudd is an idiot, Nintendo gets super, we say goodbye to Aaliyah, Ice Cube goes to Mars, a very Kardashian wedding, Brandon Lee teams up with Dolph Lundgren, Zoe Saldana kicks butt, Strong Bad answers an email, and the quest for the Spin Doctors’ greatest song begins. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Aug 13, 2021

Aug. 13-19: Colin Farrell is both a cowboy and a vampire, Jet Li saves China, Martin Lawrence is talkin’ dirty, William Hurt is a bad doctor, Paul Simon rocks Central Park, Jake Gyllenhaal is in a bubble, Nicolas Cage has a mandolin, Ready Player One is ready, and Ethan Hawke is either a dream or a dud. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Aug 6, 2021

Aug. 6-12: Nicole Kidman’s got a spooky house, Martin Short has bad luck, John Candy is trapped in his own story, Chris Rock is inside Bill Murray, Jesse Eisenberg has a bomb, the final Final Destination so far and Nickelodeon unleashes three landmark toons. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Jul 30, 2021

July 30-Aug. 5: Rodney Dangerfield is a dog, Milla Jovovich swims in a lagoon, Chris Tucker goes to China, Dave Attell stays up late, James Franco is James Dean, Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman trade places, Michael J. Fox makes an unexpected stop, Angelina Jolie gets sinful, and Dennis Franz meets a horse. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Jul 23, 2021

July 23-29: Peewee gets busted, a last outing for Pryor and Wilder, Kathleen Turner is a detective, Christian Slater is a mobster, like everybody funny has a Wet Hot American Summer, the UK faces Paedogeddon, Steve Carell has crazy stupid love, and at last, a Smurf movie. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

Jul 16, 2021

July 16-22: The second sex-buddy movie, the Milwaukee cannibal is arrested, Nicolas Cage is in an erotic thriller, Bill and Ted are dead, Julia Roberts is America’s sweetheart, Hedwig finds the origin of love, Ed O’Neill goes on a roadtrip, Miyazaki makes his masterpiece, the first Jurassic trilogy ends, and party rock is in the house tonight. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.

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