Back in our day, McDonald’s was the fine dining experience we begged for. Whether you sat in the Mc Train, or the Mc Pirate ship, you were guaranteed a face full of second-hand smoke and a souvenir ashtray you could play with like a Frisbee! Join us as we mostly laugh through Gen X memories of fast food, Mc Toys and the breakfast that left competitors behind in the smoke. Cough, cough.

Melp you over here!

This episode takes its cues from the Retro Fan magazine! A little history about flying discs, then some chat about disks "Lost in space" and a wrap up with a TV quiz about the musical instruments that some classic TV characters played! We also get off topic and talk about Jaws again and beach movies and well, you'll have to listen to find out the rest!

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More than just lost!

It may sound boring, and yes, we had a hard time staying awake, but that's not because books are boring! Opposite! Tyler's type of nerd is comics and Josh's nerd is sci-fi fantasy! And sometimes mystery. Like the Three Investigators, or the world of Narnia and who can forget the Riddle Master of Hed? Well, Josh can't. So join us for an episode dedicated to all the books we have loved. Well, not all of them. Just a few. And yes, we talk about Star Wars, and Dune. And Bladerunner. 

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A Real Page Turner!

Can you believe the Jaws movie came out 50 years ago? Of course most of us Gen X kids were too young to see the movie on the big screen but it was part of our pop culture for the longest time. Tyler is a mega fan so join us as we talk shark memories, sing Baby Shark and share our fears of being in water! 

What's your favourite Jaws memory? Did you buy the Jaws Lego? Or see the Shark is Broken?

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Worse than its bite!

The Gen X generation has a lot of collectors. And by collectors we mean, Barbie, Hot Wheels, Lego,  and even Power Rangers. Like Josh, who started his collecting at the age of 10 with his first Micronauts! But it didn't stop there. Soon he would have amassed a 20 season Power Rangers collection alongside his Sailor Moon and Samurai Pizza Cat toys from Japan. For now, let's just focus on the Power Rangers, Transformers and Tyler's Funko Pop! collection. 

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Mint in Box!

TV was our internet. It was our view of the world as we grew up. Everything from Saturday morning cartoons, prime time soaps, laugh out loud sitcoms and Minnesota mellodrama helped us find our heroes, our villains and our escapes. Join us as we talk about some of the shows that we grew up with like the Brady Bunch, Little House on the Prairie and The Facts of life. 

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And of course, have a Yabba Zonkers Zoinks Saturday!

Tuning in!

We finally got to the holy grail of Saturday Mornings! The cartoons that gave us the musical sensations that we wanted to be! The Archies, Josie and the Pussycats, The Flintstones and for a select few, Barbie and the Rockers! We sang, we danced, we loved. Join Josh and Tyler as they spin their way through the hits of a Gen X childhood! 

Sing it to me, Baby!

Marine Boy! Speed Racer! Gatchaman! Irwin Cartoons! So many imported childhood memories! Join us as we gush over our favourite Japanese animations from our Gen X years. The cartoons that made us swim like dolphins, ride our bikes like race cars and wear towels like capes! And after you've subscribed leave a voice message on Https://www.speakpipe.com/GenX4LifePodcast letting us know your favourite Japanese show! Have a Yabba Zonkers Zoinks Day! 

It Came From Japan!

Hey Gen X'ers, you remember, after cartoons you got kicked outside for the next few hours to fend for yourself!  So that's when you became Speed Racer on your rocket bike, or clotheslined some neighborhood kids with a friendly game of Red Rover or got kissed playing tag! Anything could happen back then. Join us as we climb the tallest trees and watch our memories go by like making pies with a bicycle made for two! Stop by social media and find the Speakpipe link to let me know what your favourite outside game was!

Get Outside!

To get you warmed up, it all begins with a Trivial Pursuit Totally 80's TV question. After that it's all downhill as Josh and Tyler yank gold records, hungry sharks and rodent traps from their dusty memory banks. Gen X was raised on board games and we are no exception. So what was your favourite rainy Saturday pastime? Were you a Monopoly mogul? Married with children in a tiny plastic car? Or a Pikachu master that never once played the game? Head to https://www.speakpipe.com/GenX4LifePodcast to leave a message that we might add to a future podcast! Until then, keep it Yabba Zonkers Zoinks!

Playin' it old skool!

Remember Saturday mornings as a kid, big bowl of cereal glistening with sugar, flannel jammies and the tv tuned to Marine Boy, Scooby Doo, Josie and the Pussycats and the Groovy Ghoulies? That's me! And probably you if you are a Gen X kid. Tune in to hear childhood stories about the shows we watched, the cereal we ate and the toys we treasured. Saturday mornings with your host Josh Downing and guests! 

Yabba Zonkers Zoinks! A Gen X 4 Life Podcast

Toy collector, playwright, and now podcast host with a love of all things Gen X like cartoon, toys and music. 

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