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Backtrack: Retired Advertising Icons

About This Episode Back in the 70s & 80s, nothing sold a product better than a great mascot or spokesperson. Everyone knew Mr. Wipple, Chalie the Tuna, and the Maytag repairman, and they became almost synonymous with the products they represented. We thought that they’d be around forever but times change and many of our […]

Jon

February 21, 2019

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Backtrack: Roadside Attractions

About This Episode If you’re looking for the world’s largest ball of twine, Foamhenge, or a house made out of beer cans, then you’re looking for some amazing roadside attractions! In this episode, we talk about some of the more famous ones around the country. Some of these our parents stopped for; some they didn’t! […]

Jon

July 11, 2019

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Backtrack: Rotary Phones

This week’s backtrack topic is those most wonderful of clicky communication devices; the rotary phone! YouTube » GenXGrownUp.com/yt Facebook » fb.me/GenXGrownUp Twitter » GenXGrownUp.com/twitter Website » GenXGrownUp.com Theme: “Grown Up” by Beefy » beefyness.com Show Notes Rotary Phones on Wikipedia » en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_dial Get Your Own Rotary Phone » amzn.to/2xFcPth Email the show » podcast@genxgrownup.com Visit […]

Jon

October 19, 2017

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Backtrack: Saturday Morning Cartoons

About This Episode Join us as we Backtrack to a time when Saturday mornings meant the TV belonged to the kids for cartoons. Patreon » patreon.com/genxgrownup Discord » GenXGrownUp.com/discord Facebook » fb.me/GenXGrownUp Twitter » GenXGrownUp.com/twitter Website » GenXGrownUp.com Podcast » GenXGrownUp.com/pod Merchandise » GenXGrownUp.com/merch Shop » genxgrownup.com/amazon Theme: “Grown Up” by Beefy » beefyness.com Apple […]

Jon

September 21, 2017

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Backtrack: The GenX Fast Food Experience

Fast food is the same now as it’s always been… or is it? We delve deep into our memories of the fast-food experience and explore how much grabbing a quick burger an fries have changed over the years.     YouTube » GenXGrownUp.com/yt Facebook » fb.me/GenXGrownUp Twitter » GenXGrownUp.com/twitter Website » GenXGrownUp.com Theme: “Grown Up” […]

Jon

December 14, 2017

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Backtrack: The Space Race

About This Episode From the mid-1950s the Soviet Union and the United States were engaged in a race to be the first to conquer outer space. When President Kennedy challenged the country in 1962 to go to the moon and come back within the decade, it seemed like an impossible task: something that was science […]

Jon

July 25, 2019

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