The Pop Culture Connection Podcast

09/08/2023

Quick Connection: Ring Around the Rosie is not actually related to the Black Plague as many people think. It's actually believed to have been a way for Protestant children to get away with dancing which was forbidden.
So now you can think about Footloose when you hear that children's rhyme.

21/07/2023

Nick Collins I got the Slayer/Archie connection ready. I may have to push it back though because I'm excited about her Salman Rushdie/ P*e Wee's Big Adventure one.

18/02/2023

23/09/2022

On this day in 2007, the prophecy of Abbott and Costello was fulfilled when L.A. Dodger's Ching-Lung Hu singled and was on first base.

14/09/2022

Discussed on the first episode of The PCCCast where we connected the show to The Beach Boys, the Golden Girls premiered on this day in 1985.

13/09/2022

Scooby Doo, Where Are You? premiered on this day in 1969.

12/09/2022

On this day in 1978, the world was introduced to the employees of the Sunshine Cab Company when Taxi premiered on ABC

09/09/2022

A criminally underrated and unsupported system, the Sega Dreamcast was released on this day in 1999.

#9999

08/09/2022

On this day in 1966, the world was introduced to the crew of The USS Enterprise when Star Trek first premiered on NBC.

07/09/2022

Thank everyone who worked so hard to prevent this from happening. Emmett Brown did NOT die 137 years ago today

07/09/2022

Good news, everyone! On this day in 1928, Professor Philo Farnsworth made his first successful television transmission.

29/08/2022

Babummm, On this day in 1997, Netflix was founded.Before becoming a force in streaming media, this company changed how we rent DVDs

26/08/2022

Happy anniversary to the supercalifragilisticexpialidocious film, Mary Poppins, released on this day in 1964

25/08/2022

Happy 33rd anniversary to a fun movie that doesn't get enough love.
I was literally just thinking about this movie yesterday.

22/08/2022

You can dislike this sequel but not the poster. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre part 2 came out on this day in 1986

19/08/2022

On this day in 1973, Enter the Dragon was released. What's your favorite Bruce Lee film?

06/06/2022

Happy birthday to the one and only Robert Englund.

29/05/2022

Today in 1983, the Rubik's Cube was patented. This puzzle toy became a worldwide sensation synonymous with the 80s and is still popular today.