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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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Jul 9, 2021

July 9-15: Harrison Ford loses his memory, Final Fantasy tries to get more cinematic, soccer goes kung fu, Brando’s final score, Reese Witherspoon and Laurence Fishburne become stars, The Office debuts for the first time, Dance Moms yell at kids, phone hacking takes down an institution, Gandhi gets scary, Keanu takes down the Ex-Presidents, and Garfield gets an album. 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 2, 2021

July 2-8: A shorter episode before a monster moviepalooza next week, with Slackers, Jet Li, more Scary Movie and Problem Child, Kevin James talks with the animals, The White Stripes arrive, and Tom Petty is learning to fly. 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.

Jun 30, 2021

The Smell of Fear, Ginger Snaps, Seinfeld, the finale of the Witwicky Transformers trilogy, Court TV debuts, an epic collaboration between two of the best directors of the century, Chris Rock sines his pitty on the runny kine, and good riddance, Glenn Beck! All that and more on this week's Thirty Twenty Ten!

Jun 19, 2021

June 18-24: Julia Roberts hates cancer, Eddie Murphy still talks to the animals, Sonic the Hedgehog launches, Xena battles for the last time, the former Duchess of Sussex gets a show, your mom gets horned up for Christian Grey, Cameron Diaz is a bad teacher, and The Shins release a song that will change your life. 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.

Jun 11, 2021

June 11-17: Kevin Costner can’t do an accent, Van Halen hits big Right Now, Disney goes to Atlantis, Angelina Jolie raids tombs, Jim Carrey meets some penguins, Pablo Escobar builds his own jail, and Ryan Reynolds fails as a superhero for the second 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.

Jun 4, 2021

June 4-10: Wesley Snipes has jungle fever, Christina Applegate’s babysitter croaks, Twin Peaks ends as it began – creepy, a sexy roadtrip through Mexico, Halle Berry gets top dollar to go topless, David Duchovny fights aliens (but not in the cool way), and Owen Wilson visits Paris. 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.

May 28, 2021

May 28-June 3: Madonna plays truth or dare, John Candy is lonely, Sally Field is a soap opera star, Martin Lawrence fights Danny DeVito, Rob Schneider is an animal, and HBO goes six feet under, X-Men stop the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman voulez coucher avec toi c’est soir. 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.

May 21, 2021

May 21-27: Thelma and Louise hit the road, Seinfeld can’t get a table at a restaurant, Japan attacks Ben Affleck, Rik Mayall is an imaginary friend, Bruce Willis is a terrible cat burglar, beautiful but boring art house hits, Lady Gaga has a three-way, the Kung Fu Panda kung fus again, and Oprah signs off. 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.

May 14, 2021

May 14-20: Diving horses, Mannequin and Knight Rider return why?, Martin Sheen yells at God, the homeless get armed, Monica and Chandler get married, bye bye Lil Sebastian, Ryan Gosling’s American History X, an Alan Rickman romance, the world’s hardest film to watch, and Stone Cold before Steve Austin. 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.

May 7, 2021

May 7-13: Ellen Barkin’s a dude, Michael Landon makes cancer funny, Madonna’s on Wayne’s World, Kathleen Turner is Chandler’s dad, more of the deadly art of illusion, Will Ferrell sells off everything, aliens attack the block, the Snake Hole Lounge releases a cocktail. Jimmy Smits. 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.

May 1, 2021

April 30-May 6: Garth Brooks gets banned, Christopher and Paulie Walnuts get lost in the woods, Forest Whitaker has a rage in Harlem, Michael Keaton is one good cop, Osama bin Laden gets got, Mel Gibson has fun with puppets, Judi Dench heads to India, Community makes a sequel, and Amazing World of Gumball is the best kids show for adults. 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.

Apr 23, 2021

April 23-29: Die Hard in a boys’ school, Sylvester Stallone does comedy and race-cars, Warren Beatty is hard to deal with, Liv Tyler seduces everybody, Winona Ryder visits Friends, Thomas Jane chases the home-run record, and we say goodbye to Michael Scott. 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.

Apr 16, 2021

April 16-22: Demi Moore has mortal thoughts, we identify the weakest link, French cannibals open a delicatessen, Crocodile Dundee returns, Jane Eyre gets spooky, Reese Witherspoon gets water for elephants, and the Trailer Park Boys move in. 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.

Apr 9, 2021

April 9-15: David Spade has a mullet, Judy Davis stalks Hugh Grant, Paul Giamatti takes it to the mat, Rio takes kids to the favelas, Happy Endings has a happy beginning, Nancy Reagan isn’t so nice, and Josie and the Pussycats is too satirical for its teen audience. 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.

Apr 2, 2021

April 2-8: Sparks fly between Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, Helen Mirren is the prime suspect, Morgan Freeman hunts a killer, the president gets a sitcom, Danny McBride and James Franco get high, Russell Brand makes either the best or worst remake ever, Workaholics is under-rated and the Borgias get cutthroat against Borgias. 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.

Mar 26, 2021

March 26-April 1: Jake Gyllenhaal is unstuck in time AGAIN, Robert Townsend’s in a band, gay marriage destroys everything — or doesn’t, Patrick Wilson is the no. 1 scream king, Pierce Brosnan is a bad spy, Russell Brand goes like a rabbit, Gorillaz can’t be explained, Rainn Wilson is a superhero, and the doctors at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital carry a tune. 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.

Mar 19, 2021

March 19-25: Sissy Spacek learns about racism, Clarissa loves They Might Be Giants, the Oscars for 30 and 20 years ago get it wrong, Ed Harris is Jack the Dripper, Emma Thompson is witty, the Diary of a Wimpy Kid continues, Big Love ends, Community has a crossover, and LA Law has an all-time dramatic exit. 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.

Mar 12, 2021

March 12-18: It’s a week loaded with pretty good but not great movies, as Gene Hackman is in the courtroom, Robert De Niro might name names, Jude Law is a Russian sniper, Ed Helms goes to Cedar Rapids, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are on a road trip with an alien, Matthew McConaughey gets behind the wheel, and Chris Isaak had a show with a mermaid? 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.

Mar 6, 2021

March 5-11: Look Who’s Talking comes to TV, Judd Nelson has an third arm, Robert De Niro has 15 minutes, Christopher is a made man on The Sopranos, Michael J. Fox learns The Hard Way, Mars Needs Moms and maybe some editing, and Alan Rickman is Warren Beatty in Shampoo, except not really. 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.

Feb 27, 2021

Feb. 26-March 4: The Gulf War gets ugly, David Arquette is dumber than a dog, the LAPD are under fire, The Lone Gunmen are right about something, Buffy and the Sopranos confront death, Matt Damon gets adjusted, the Taliban are jerks, we won’t stop praising Rango, and we learn if The Guyver is a MacGyver prequel. 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.

Feb 20, 2021

Feb. 19-25: Charlie Sheen has tiger blood, Woody Allen is trapped in a mall, Kurt Russell is Elvis AGAIN, Kevin Bacon is in the he said she said bullshit, Elton John has an unlikely duet, Disney makes travel in California pointless, Judy Davis is Judy Garland, Owen Wilson gets a Hall Pass, Hilary Swank gets stalked, and Will Farrell and Rachel Dratch are lovers. 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.

Feb 12, 2021

Feb. 12-18: Dan Aykroyd causes Nothing But Trouble, Baby Jane is still happening, Roseanne kills on SNL, we say goodbye to The Intimidator, Keanu and Charlize have a month, Chris Rock is a white guy, Debbie Reynolds and Liz Taylor face off at last, Number Four isn’t number one, Liam Neeson is frantic, and Michael Scarn takes us to Threat Level Midnight. 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.

Feb 5, 2021

Feb. 5-11: Hamlet kills Gary Oldman and Tim Roth, Julia Roberts is sleeping with the enemy, Jerry Seinfeld’s got a new jacket, Pete and Pete go on adventures, Jack Black loves Neil Diamond, Justin Bieber is in 3D, Channing Tatum is Roman, everyone voices gnomes, and Ron Swanson gets cornrows. 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.

Jan 29, 2021

Jan. 29-Feb. 4: Ed Begley is a giant bug in Meet the Applegates, Richard Dreyfuss goes Once Around, Futurama has Amazon Women in the Mood, Community's D&D game gets banned, felonies are fun in Green Card, Natalie Portman is the other woman, Sarah is both plain and tall, and the Divinyls want you to touch yourself. 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.

Jan 23, 2021

Jan. 22-28: Anjelica Huston is grifting, Kuwait is on fire, a crazy story of bad dogs, Whitney Houston rocks the anthem, Oliver Reed has a drink, bank-robbing cheerleaders, Macbeth vs. McDonald’s, major bummers with Ryan Gosling and Nicole Kidman, and Kyle McLachlan is the best mayor. 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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