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Short Circuit

About This Episode In 1986, a lightning strike turned a military robot into one of the most lovable characters of the entire decade. In this Backtrack, we’re plugging into Short Circuit — a movie packed with Cold War anxiety, mall-era futurism, and a robot who just wanted more input. From Johnny 5 to laser cannons […]

Mo

May 21, 2026

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Back Issue: Infinity War

About This Episode Today, the guys discuss Infinity War from Marvel Comics.  Attempting to dive deep into the plethora of characters in this book, we do our best to talk about everyone from Chrome Flash (the Magus), Pip the Troll and everyone’s favorite Mad Titan, Thanos. Is this a worthy follow up to the Infinity […]

George

May 1, 2019

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Turnbuckles and Territories – Macabre Mishaps – The Von Erich “Curse”

About This Episode The professional wrestling world can be hard on the men and women who create the stories we know and love. No one family may have been more influential while at the same time enduring more tragedy than the Von Erich’s. Join us as we explore the dark history of one of wrestling’s […]

TnT

January 18, 2023

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Backtrack: Action Figures

Time to backtrack again. This week’s topic: action figures!     YouTube » GenXGrownUp.com/yt Facebook » fb.me/GenXGrownUp Twitter » GenXGrownUp.com/twitter Website » GenXGrownUp.com Theme: “Grown Up” by Beefy » beefyness.com Show Notes Fisher Price Playsets & Figures » amzn.to/2k7UVZG Green Army Men » amzn.to/2x1y08B G.I. Joe Action Figures » amzn.to/2xM8BhO Six Million Dollar Man Action Figures » amzn.to/2x2SVbm Masters […]

Jon

October 5, 2017

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Infinity War, Cobra Kai, & Zoom H1n

WARNING! We hold a spoiler-rich discussion of Infinity War in this episode,  so when you hear us give you the heads-up, skip ahead from 12 min 30 sec to 20 min 53 sec to skip that part of the conversation. If you do skip this part, don’t forget to come back and listen to it after you’ve seen […]

Jon

May 10, 2018

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Backtrack: GenX Music Platforms

About This Episode As a GenX’er I still remember the thrill of buying a new record album, running home and carefully opening the record, putting it on the turntable, then listening to the entire album while looking through the album cover for behind-the-scenes pictures and lyrics. I’m not saying that this is better than CDs […]

Jon

January 10, 2019

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