Episodes

This episode’s PULLS...Jumping the Shark / Bewitched / I Dream of Jeanie / My Favorite Martian / Hogan’s Heroes / Elizabeth Montgomery / Barbara Eden / Bill Bixby (again) / Ray Walston / Jeff Spicoli / Happy Days (again) / CCD / James Dean / Animal House / The Brady Bunch / The Partridge Family / The Love Boat / Bernie Kopell / Charo / Adrienne Barbeau / Heather Thomas / Morgan Fairchild / Charlie’s Angels / Siegfried / Get Smart / Maxwell Smart / Agent 86 / The Cone of Si...

Jeff and Chris welcome their first-ever guest, magician Rod Detrick. Listen in as they delve into the dangerous, delicious, and downright bizarre world of their childhood! This week, they’re tackling the magic that scarred a generation, the candy that rotted their teeth, and the ice cream parlor that warped their minds. From the perilous finger-chopping magic tricks that could have led to a 70s playground massacre, to the skull-crushing terror of lawn darts, they expose the sheer lunacy of their youth. Then, they transport us to the hallowed halls of Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor, a place where 1920s nostalgia collided with air raid sirens, baseball-sized jawbreakers, and the legendary "Zoo" sundae—a sugary monstrosity delivered on a stretcher. But the real magic happens when Rod reveals the dark secret of Farrell's: a manager who documented his past life as a Neanderthal and a secret space-alien church in El Cajon. This episode is a wild ride through the forgotten corners of child…

This episode’s PULLS...Comic books / Comic Conventions / Freshen Up Gum (yes, again) / MAD Magazine / Cracked Magazine / Dynamite Magazine / Sweat Hogs / Welcome Back Kotter / Sea Monkeys / School book clubs / Chico and the Man / Happy Days / TV catch phrases / Encyclopedia Brown / The Phantom Tollbooth / Sit on it / It’s not my job / Dy-no-mite! / Reading is Fundamental / The More Know / Huckleberry Hound / Schoolhouse Rock / I’m Just a Bill / Conjunction Junction / Lolly Lolly...

This episode’s PULLS...Fotomat / Polaroid / Sav-On / Robin Williams / Ford Pinto / Ghostbusters / Builder’s Emporium / Escape to Witch Mountain / Animal House / double features / Tony and Tia / Eddie Albert / Green Acres / Sixteen Candles / Molly Ringwald / Anthony Michael Hall / John Cusack / Long Duk Dong / The Breakfast Club / Judd Nelson / The Omen / The Exorcist / Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark / Fondue

This episode’s PULLS...Freshen up / “not so fresh” / when things got softer / Keebler Elves / school fights / gym class / Barbara Eden / Daisy Duke / school bungalows / Zips / Thom MCan / Kinney shoes / film projectors / Johnny Tremain / substitute teachers / the weird kids / Yard Duties / pencil fights!

This episode’s PULLS...Poseidon Adventure / Jaws / Ernest Borgnine / Barney Miller / Sandy Duncan / Jake and the Fat Man / Fatty Arbuckle / Chubby Checker / Fats Domino / Minnesota Fats / Ironside / Raymond Burr / Toughskins / Sears / Kurt Russell / Dennis the Menace / The Streets of San Francisco / A Quinn Martin Production / Karl Maldin / The Music Man / Robert Preston / Shirley Jones / Singing in the Rain / The Munster’s / Al Lewis / Three’s Company / Mr. Roper / Grease...

This episode’s PULLS....Suzy Chapstick / Lip Gloss / Goody combs / Bain de Soleil / Wessonality / OP’s / Lightning Bolt / Rainbow Wallet / Boogie Boards / Leashes / Churchills / Duck Feet / Sea Hunt / 501’s / Dittos Jeans / Jordache Jeans / Tough Skins / Steve Austin / Six Million Dollar Man (woman and dog) / Green Acres / Mork /In Search Of / Leonard Nimoy / The Bermuda Triangle / Close Encounters / Microfilm / Encyclopedia Britannica / Killer Bees / Flight 19

In this inaugural catastrophe of Nice Pull!, Jeff and Chris drag you kicking and screaming into the unsupervised, borderline criminal childhoods of Gen X—where safety was a myth, nutrition was a joke, and parenting mostly consisted of hoping you came home before dark (or at least before the cops showed up). They break down the science of why every school had at least five kids in casts at all times, how roadside carnivals were basically mobile death traps operated by ex-cons, and why ‘urgent care’ was just your dad telling you to “walk it off.” If you ever ate a lunch that was 80% sugar and 20% broken glass from your own thermos, played with actual explosives before hitting puberty, or got flung around the back of a pickup truck at freeway speeds like a human pinball, this episode is your church. Strap in—wait, no. There were no seatbelts. Just hold on and pray.