Episode 326: Catchphrases in Pop Culture This week, Chris and Derek discuss famous catchphrases in pop culture. They talk about the definition of what makes for a memorable catchphrase and then run down their own personal top 5 favourite catchphrases. For the “Fun with Caveman” segment of the show, Chris has Derek play a game of ‘Rock the Quote’ wh…

Episode 325: “The Blair Witch Project” (1999): Movie Review This week, Chris and Derek are joined by frequent guest, Greg Martin to review the 1999 found-footage horror film “The Blair Witch Project”. The guys discuss the box office, behind-the-scenes trivia, the cast, scenes, legacy and more. For the “Fun with Caveman” segment of the show, Derek q…

Episode 324: “Poltergeist” (1982): Movie Review This week, Chris and Derek go back to 1982 to watch and review the Tobe Hooper directed film “Poltergeist” starring Craig T. Nelson and JoBeth Williams. The guys discuss the box office, behind-the-scenes trivia, the cast, practical effects and more. For the “Fun with Caveman” segment of the show, Dere…

Episode 323: Prequels We Wish They’d Make This week, Chris and Derek discuss prequel movies and then run down their personal top 5 prequels that they wish would get made. For the “Fun with Caveman” segment of the show, Chris has Derek play a game of ‘Pick the Flick’ where he gives the year and synopsis of a movie and Derek must guess the title. All…

Episode 322: “Enemy of the State” (1998): Movie Review This week, Derek wanted a ‘do-over’ from his last movie suggestion. He wanted to go back to 1998 to review a different Tony Scott film (this time it’s “Enemy of the State” starring Will Smith and Gene Hackman. The guys discuss the cast, the box office, the director, scenes and behind-the-scenes…

Episode 321: “Crimson Tide” (1995): Movie Review This week, it was over to Derek to suggest a movie to watch and review. He wanted to go back to 1995 to review the Tony Scott film “Crimson Tide” starring Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman. The guys discuss the cast, the box office, the director, scenes and behind-the-scenes trivia. For the “Fun wit…

Episode 320: “Spies Like Us” (1985): Movie Review This week, Chris and Derek go back in time to 1985 to review the John Landis comedy “Spies Like Us” starring Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd. The guys discuss the cast, the box office, the director, scenes, quotes and behind-the-scenes trivia. For the “Fun with Caveman” segment of the show, Derek has Ch…

Episode 319: The Best Movie Posters of All Time This week, Chris and Derek discuss their personal picks for the best movie posters of all time. Movie posters used to be as big a part of pop cultures as the movies themselves. The guys discuss their favorites from before 1970, the 1970’s, 1980’s, 1990’s and 2000-present. For the “Fun with Caveman” se…

Episode 318: “Dr. Strangelove” (1964): Movie Review This week, Chris and Derek go all the way back to 1964 to review the Stanley Kubrick classic, “Dr. Strangelove” starring Peter Sellers and George C. Scott. The guys discuss the box office, cast, scenes, music, trivia and more about the film. For the “Fun with Caveman” segment of the show, Chris gi…

Best of Pop Goes Your World 31: Fun With Caveman Based on the positive feedback we have received in regard to the “Fun With Caveman” segment of the podcast, we have put together a “Best of” episode containing only the final segment of the show. If you enjoy Millennial trivia, Generation-X trivia, movie facts, music quizzes, game shows or you just e…

Episode 317: “Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo” (1984): Movie Review This week, Chris and Derek go back to 1984 to review the break dancing movie and greatest (worst?) sequel title of all time: “Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo”. The guys discuss the box office, cast, scenes, music, trivia and more about the film. For the “Fun with Caveman” segment of th…

Episode 316: The Worst Movie Titles of All Time This week, Chris and Derek each compile a top 5 list of the worst movie titles of all time. These are not just bad movies (although most certainly fit that category!). These are movies with exceptionally BAD titles. For the “Fun with Caveman” segment of the show, Derek has Chris try to guess the title…

Episode 315: “Fight Club” (1999): Movie Review After discussing pop culture from the year 1999 on episode 313, Chris and Derek decided to go back and review “Fight Club” starring Edward Norton, Brad Pitt and Helena Bonham Carter. The guys discuss the film, focusing on the cast, director, box office performance, themes, and much more. For the “Fun w…

Episode 314: “Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace” (1999): Movie Review After recently discussing pop culture from the year 1999, Chris and Derek decided to go back and review “Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace) since it was the number 1 film from that year. The guys are joined by regular guest, Greg Martin to discuss the film, focusi…

Episode 313: 1999: The Year in Pop Culture Chris and Derek go back to the year 1999 to discuss the pop culture from that year. They talk about the movies, music, TV shows, pop culture events and more from this seminal and defining year in pop culture. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Derek play a game of “Pokemon or Drug”. The premise …

Episode 312: “The Fifth Element” (1997): Movie Review Derek loves his Sci Fi movies. So this week he has Chris watch “The Fifth Element”, Luc Besson’s 1997 futuristic film. The guys discuss the box office, the director, the cast, scenes, special effects, themes of the film and more. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Derek play a game of…

Episode 311: “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” (1986): Movie Review It was time for Chris to suggest a movie to watch and review. He went back to 1986 with the John Hughes classic “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” starring Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara and Jennifer Grey. The guys discuss the box office, the cast, themes, soundtrack, scenes and more. For…

Episode 310: 2024: The Year in Pop Culture In the first episode of the 10th season, Chris and Derek take a look back at the year 2024 in regard to pop culture. The guys discuss movies, TV shows, music, celebrities that died and more. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris gives Derek a pop culture event and Derek has to guess if it occurred in t…

Episode 309: TV Christmas Episodes With the Christmas season here, Chris and Derek run down their personal top 5 favorite TV Christmas episodes. No Christmas specials or movies were allowed. These had to be TV series’ that featured an episode dedicated to Christmas. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris asks Derek trivia questions about some of…

Episode 308: “Idiocracy” (2006): Movie Review This week, it was back to Derek to nominate a movie to review. He decided to go with the 2006 Mike Judge film, “Idiocracy”, starring Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolph. Chris had never seen the movie, so he brings a fresh perspective. The guys discuss the box office from 2006, the cast of the movie, scenes, q…

Episode 307: “Wayne’s World” (1992): Movie Review This week, it was Chris’ turn to nominate a movie to review. He decided to go back to 1992 and discuss the pop culture phenomenon that was “Wayne’s World” starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey. Chris and Derek discuss the film’s box office success, the cast, scenes, quotes, themes and the film’s influ…

Episode 306: The Best Narrated Movies After a few weeks off, the guys return and take a look at some of their favorite ‘narrated’ movies. Chris and Derek each put together a top 5 list of their personal favorite movies that prominently feature a narrator as part of the storytelling process. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Derek try to…

Episode 305: “An American Werewolf in London” (1981): Movie Review With Halloween around the corner, Derek suggested that he and Chris go back and watch the 1981 comedy/horror John Landis film, “An American Werewolf in London”. The guys discuss the themes of the film, the box office, scenes, cast and behind-the-scenes trivia about the making of the…

Episode 304: “Zapped!” (1982): Movie Review It’s finally available on the streaming services! Chris has Derek go back and watch the 1982 sex comedy, “Zapped!” starring Scott Baio and Willie Aames. The guys discuss the box office performance of the film as well as the cast, quotes, scenes, themes, music and more. For the trivia segment of the show, …

Episode 303: Living Celebrities We’d Like to Have a Beer With We’ve all heard some version of this idea before. It’s a standard question: “If you could sit down and have a beer with any celebrity, who would it be?”. This week, Derek and Chris each present a top 5 list of such celebrities. They also discuss one question they’d ask each celebrity if …