The last three years, we've covered the first three movies in the Halloween, Friday the 13th, and A Nightmare on Elm Street franchises... and this year we're back with the fourth films featuring our favorite horror baddies, Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, and Michael Myers - Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, and Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers. Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our Website Our Facebook Our TikTok...
Oct 17, 2024•52 min•Ep. 311
In this STS episode, we're discussing the new documentary, Dressing Up Halloween: The Story of Ben Cooper, Inc. We're celebrating new patreon members and Jackson comes to the front of the We Don't Wanna Grow Up classroom for Show & Tell! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our Website Our Facebook Our TikTok...
Oct 15, 2024•25 min•Ep. 310
Today, we're sharing the second installment of our series: Remote Control, where listeners get to take control (remotely) of the episode! Corinna has picked an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer for us to watch, then we answered questions and shared fun facts that she submitted! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our Website Our Facebook Our TikTok...
Oct 10, 2024•32 min•Ep. 309
In this "Shoot the S#!t" episode, we talk about what year we'd go back to from our teen years, a la Peggy Sue Got Married, how Joshua Jackson and Adam Brody are having a moment, Old Navy's reissue of their 1994 collection, and a recent trip that Pete took with his dad! We have Andrea coming to the front of the classroom for Show and Tell, where she lists some of her favorite 80s hairband ballads! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our Website Our Facebook Our TikTok...
Oct 08, 2024•32 min•Ep. 308
It's that time again! We're sharing some spooky stories that members of the We Don't Wanna Grow Up community have submitted (for the approval of the Midnight Society)! Let's crowd around the campfire and enjoy! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our Website Our Facebook Our TikTok...
Oct 03, 2024•25 min•Ep. 307
The recaps may be over, but the My So-Called Life love just keeps coming! Welcome to Part 2 of our MSCL Wrap Party, where we asked YOU to tell us your thoughts on the show, and we're sharing them here! In Part 2, we're listing Favorite and Least Favorite episodes (as voted on by our listeners)! Thanks so much to everyone who participated! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our Website Our Facebook Our TikTok...
Oct 01, 2024•24 min•Ep. 306
While we're gearing up for spooky season, we're rereleasing some older episodes! This time, it's Scream's 1997 sequel, Scream 2! We're off to college with Sidney and Randy, who are joined by Dewey and Gale, to once again battle Ghostface! This episode originally aired October 25, 2021. Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our Website Our Facebook Our TikTok...
Sep 26, 2024•31 min•Ep. 305
The recaps may be over, but the My So-Called Life love just keeps coming! Welcome to Part 1 of our MSCL Wrap Party, where we asked YOU to tell us your thoughts on the show, and we're sharing them here! In Part 1, we're listing Favorite and Least Favorite characters (as voted on by our listeners)! Thanks so much to everyone who participated! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our Website Our Facebook Our TikTok...
Sep 24, 2024•36 min•Ep. 304
While we're gearing up for spooky season, we're rereleasing some older episodes! It's time to run through the rules of how to survive a horror movie as you get your Jiffy Pop on the stove, because we're all still running scared from our introduction to Ghostface... It's the original Scream (1996)! This episode originally aired October 15, 2021. Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our Website Our Facebook Our TikTok...
Sep 19, 2024•37 min•Ep. 303
We're back with more 90s Thrillers (voted on by the We Don't Wanna Grow Up community)! We also attempt to pick who would be on our nostalgic Mount Rushmore, we announce our new Fall Reading Series on Patreon, and we have comedy writer and poet, Lyndsay Rush, coming to the front of the class for Show & Tell! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our Website Our Facebook Our TikTok...
Sep 17, 2024•36 min•Ep. 302
While we're gearing up for spooky season, we're rereleasing some older episodes! In this episode, we're hoping to invoke some feelings of nostalgia and make you feel light as a feather... it's 1996's The Craft (originally aired September 12, 2021)! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our Website Our Facebook Our TikTok...
Sep 12, 2024•58 min•Ep. 301
It's our 300th episode of the We Don't Wanna Grow Up podcast, and the time has come... we've reached the final episode of My So-Called Life (Episode 19 - In Dreams Begin Responsibilities). While we're sad that our recaps are over, we still have our MSCL Wrap Party to look forward to! Thank you to everyone who has joined us on this journey! One thing is for sure... we had a time! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our Website Our Facebook Our TikTok...
Sep 10, 2024•41 min•Ep. 300
Trying a little something new, where we split the episode, spending more time on chit-chat, pod updates, and Show and Tell! Today, we're discussing the Oasis tour that was just announced, how trends traveled before the internet, the Barbie Dream Pool that Pete got Stacy last Christmas, Pete's dream Transformers, and a new, nostalgia-loving friend we recently met! Our Show and Tell is from former podcast guest and one of our best friends, Michael McNair! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram ...
Sep 04, 2024•37 min•Ep. 299
We asked our audience for their favorite thriller movies of the 90s, and we're sharing Part 2 of the results in today's episode! We also talk about Pete's tremendous love for the year 1988, time travel, Dirty Dancing-like resorts, and how Pete earned the title of, "Lance Romance" with Stacy way back in the 90s! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our Website Our Facebook Our TikTok...
Aug 29, 2024•38 min•Ep. 298
We asked our audience for their favorite thriller movies of the 90s, and we're sharing Part 1 of the results in today's episode! We also have an exciting podcast-related announcement, and we have Natanya Ross (The Secret World of Alex Mack, The Baby-Sitter's Club & more) being interviewed by her boyfriend, Nate Richert (Sabrina the Teenage Witch) for our Show & Tell segment! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our Website Our Facebook Our TikTok...
Aug 27, 2024•46 min•Ep. 297
Get ready to bowl some balls, perform at the June Moon Talent Show, dance at the Rock-a-Hula-Luau, and go on a motorcycle ride with a mystery C-O-O-L R-I-D-E-R. Who's that guy, anyway? This is Part 2 of our Grease 2 coverage! Part 1 was released on 8/14/2024. In this episode, we talk about the soundtrack, our favorite (and least favorite) moments, and we answer some questions from some Patreon members about the movie! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our Website Our Facebook Our TikTok...
Aug 21, 2024•52 min•Ep. 296
If you're a regular listener or follower of our social media pages, you know that Grease 2 is one of Stacy's favorite movies of all time! Pete finally gave the green light, and we talked about it so long, we had to break it into two parts! So enjoy, fellow Grease 2 lovers! We also discuss the New Kids on the Block concert we went to recently, the upcoming My So-Called Life "wrap party" that we need your help with, and we have a special Show & Tell participant, author of Comfort Seq...
Aug 14, 2024•48 min•Ep. 295
Join us as we celebrate Shannen Doherty, and share a list of favorite moments from Brenda Walsh, her character on Beverly Hills 90210, as voted on by the We Don't Wanna Grow Up Community. Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our Website Our Facebook Our TikTok...
Jul 31, 2024•19 min•Ep. 294
We recently asked the We Don't Wanna Grow Up community what their favorite nostalgic summer movies were... and they delivered! We tallied the answers to create a Top Ten list! So take a break from the Slip 'n Slide, grab your Capri Sun and your Push-Up pops, and settle in for a great list of summertime classics! We also talk a magical moment between Coldplay and Michael J. Fox at Glastonbury, and the new movie, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. Be sure and listen to the very end of the episode if you'v...
Jul 17, 2024•34 min•Ep. 293
While Patty & Graham are away, Rayanne will... accidentally hand-cuff herself to their bed and everyone will spend the rest of the weekend trying to figure out how to set her free! We're on the penultimate episode of My So-Called Life: Episode 18 - Weekend. We also share some fun MSCL-related information and have another special guest for Show & Tell: Jennie Kwan (Sam Woo on California Dreams)! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our Website Our Facebook Our TikTok...
Jul 03, 2024•49 min•Ep. 292
We're interrupting our summer schedule because we watched Andrew McCarthy's documentary, Brats, and had a lot of thoughts that we thought our listeners might like to hear! Join us as we talk about the Brat Pack from our perspective: who was a member, who was Brat Pack-adjacent, and who we felt should've been featured in the doc, that wasn't! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our Website Our Facebook Our TikTok...
Jun 21, 2024•27 min•Ep. 291
The drama, the romance, the... possessions! We asked our audience to tell us their favorite soap operas and we tallied the answers for a Top Ten list (with HMs, of course) of soaps that were on the air in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s. Country Pete stops by, Stacy shares about the nostalgic toy she recently received, and we have a special guest for Show & Tell, California Dream's Jay Anthony Franke (Jake Sommers)! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our Website Our Facebook Our TikTok...
Jun 19, 2024•50 min•Ep. 290
Pete finally getting his Robocop episode? I'd buy that for a dollar! It's Stacy's first viewing of the 1987 film, and we had a good time discussing it! We also talk about how Stacy is now a cereal ambassador, Pete's surprising new collection, and a new interaction with a childhood celebrity crush. Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our Website Our Facebook Our TikTok...
Jun 05, 2024•53 min•Ep. 289
Just giving a little update as to why a new episode is not coming out this week, and also informing you of our summer plans for the podcast! As always, thank you for being here! Our Instagram Our Website Our Facebook Our TikTok Support the Show. Want to support the show? Become a subscriber here on Buzzsprout , or get exclusive content over on Patreon !...
May 22, 2024•2 min•Ep. 288
Today, we begin our new series: Remote Control, where listeners get to take control (remotely) of the episode! Marybeth has picked an episode of Charmed for us to watch, then we answered questions and shared fun facts that she submitted! Pete also talks about some new nostalgic toys he recently purchased! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our Website Our Facebook Our TikTok...
May 15, 2024•41 min•Ep. 287
Today we're answering nostalgic questions from the We Don't Wanna Grow Up community! Topics for today's episode include high school reunions, toy collecting, movies (new & old), celebrity & fictional deaths that hit hard, horror movies, fighting with siblings, and what it's like having fans of the podcast! Send us your questions, and we'll answer them on an episode down the road! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our Website Our Facebook Our TikTok...
May 08, 2024•46 min•Ep. 286
The time has finally come. We've reached episode 17 of My-So Called Life (Betrayal) and it still stings, nearly 30 years later. We have so much to discuss about Rayanne betraying her best friend, Angela, by hooking up with Jordan Catalano, and the way it affects all of their relationships. We also share a recent victory (in the podcasting world) and chat about age-shaming and the random Facebook group Stacy recently came across. Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our Website Our Facebook ...
May 01, 2024•46 min•Ep. 285
Recently we asked our audience to name one slow song and one upbeat song that reminded them of school dances, and we got so many responses that we had to divide the episodes up into decades! This time we're talking about the early 2000s! We were both adults at this point, so we're fully relying on our audience for these results! Thanks to everyone who voted! We'll be sharing a bonus episode with more songs over on our Patreon! We also talk about our recent vacation and Stacy's recent interaction...
Apr 24, 2024•33 min•Ep. 284
This week, we're talking about the made-for-tv movie full of some of our favorite television stars of the 80s: Dance 'Til Dawn. We're also sharing a list of the most popular prom themes of the 80s, 90s and early 00s, voted on by the We Don't Wanna Grow Up community! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our Website Our Facebook Our TikTok...
Apr 17, 2024•50 min•Ep. 283
In this episode, we took the 9th Annual Readers Poll from the March 1997 issue of Seventeen Magazine! Part 2 is over on our Patreon! We also talk about two new series that are coming up, both on the regular podcast and Patreon. After hearing what they're about, let us know if you can think of a name for them! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our Website Our Facebook Our TikTok...
Apr 10, 2024•37 min•Ep. 282