Thirty Twenty Ten

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A pop culture time machine! Each episode covers that very week from 30 years ago, 20 years ago and 10 years ago, which means each show is loaded with forgotten movies, timeless TV episodes and songs best left to the past. We'll examine TV, movies, music and video games from the 90s, 2000s, and 2010s. Come remember with us!

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529 episodes
Updated Dec 26, 2025
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Oct 22, 2021 · 2 hr 3 min
House Party's Pajama Jam, Donnie Darko is Ignored, and Grand Theft Auto Steals Everything
Oct. 22-28: We get trapped in the BioSphere, Curly Sue cons our hearts, Atlanta can't stop the chop, the iPod briefly saves music, Shrek gets good again, Kevin Spacey's an alien, 13 Ghosts get loose, Justin Timberlake's out of time, Snoop Dogg gets spooky, Johnny Depp does Hunter Thompson again. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Oct 15, 2021 · 1 hr 53 min
Vanilla Ice Gets a Vehicle, Johnny Depp Emerges From Hell, and The Three Musketeers Fly
Oct. 15-21: Oops! All recommendations! Danny DeVito spends other people's money, David Lynch is dreamy, Keanu and River find their own private Idaho, Richard Linklater gets animated, Drew Barrymore's riding in cars, Superman's on TV again, giant 9/11 concerts, Elizabeth Olsen escapes a cult, Kevin Spacey wrecks the economy, and a gory Hong Kong must watch. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Oct 10, 2021 · 1 hr 44 min
Steve Martin's Big Year a Decade Ago, Chris Kattan gets a movie, and Ernest Stupid Scared
Oct. 8-14: Anita Hill teaches us a new term, The Thing returns (again), Tom Berenger's shattered, Liza's stepping out, a Scarface rom-com reunion, Bruce Willis is a bandit, everybody's footloose again, Gus Fring's out, Community invents the darkest timeline, and two extra creepy Spanish-language films for spooky season. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Oct 1, 2021 · 2 hr 27 min
Fighting Robots, Zach Braff is not Superman, and Double Denzel
Oct. 1-7: Joe Pesci is super, Seinfeld goes to Florida, John Cusack believes in serendipity, the West Wing tackles 9/11, Ryan Gosling gets political, Martin Sheen goes hiking, Reese Witherspoon comes of age, American Horror Story gets spooky, quality B-movies from Paul Walker and Hugh Jackman, Denzel has a bad training day, and Ricochet is the craziest shit you've ever seen. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Sep 24, 2021 · 2 hr 14 min
The Fisher King, A Cancer Comedy, and Blue Steel
Sept. 24-30: Scott Bakula is a QB and a captain, Chiklis is the Commish, Michael Douglas won't say a word, Seth Rogan is undeclared, Jennifer Garner goes undercover, hillbilly horror, Michael Shannon builds a bunker, Anthony Hopkins has the shining, Daniel Craig cracks up, Jerry Springer lowers the bar, and the greatest day in modern music history. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Sep 17, 2021 · 2 hr 39 min
Michael Jackson Invades The Simpsons, the Best Comic Adaptation You May Not Have Heard Of, and Brad Pitt Plays Moneyball
Sept. 17-23: Laura Dern is a naughty southern belle, Christopher Walken is McBain, Home Improvement vs. The Torkelsons, Mariah Carey glitters, the first of the giant 9/11 charity concerts, Harry Connick saves a dolphin, Steve Buscemi is a nerd, River Phoenix gets a date, Taylor Lautner gets abducted, and the best thing about New Girl isn't the girl. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Sep 10, 2021 · 2 hr 6 min
Ryan Gosling is Driving, Freddy is Dead, and 2001 is Somber
Sept. 10-16: The Commitments give Dublin soul, Twin Peaks for kids, Keanu Reeves plays hardball, we don't know how Sarah Jessica Parker does it, Entourage hugs it out one last time, the final Deadliest Warrior, Straw Dogs gets remade for reasons, Wim Wenders goes to the end of the world, and we look back on 9/11. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Sep 3, 2021 · 2 hr 3 min
Rollerblading Nazis, Your Dad's Favorite Mini-Series, and Gwyneth Paltrow Makes Us Sick
Sept. 3-9: Maury becomes a paternity expert, Gene Hackman runs from the KGB, Fred Ward fights Lovecraftian horrors, another bad musketeer flick, the single worst film of 2011, we go inside Herman's Head, Mark Wahlberg becomes a rock star, Britney handles snakes, Prince gets off, and MMA gets a good movie for once. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Aug 27, 2021 · 2 hr 9 min
Kevin Smith Does Horror, Kenneth Branagh Does Hitchcock, and Adult Swim Debuts
Aug. 27-Sept. 2: Mr. Rogers leaves the neighborhood, Robbie Coltrane is the pope, Tilda Swinton is off the deep end, Héctor Elizondo is in the kitchen, Chucky's done…for now, a very Swingers reunion, Helen Mirren settles her debts, more high school Shakespeare, and Beyonce is on top. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Aug 20, 2021 · 2 hr 1 min
Jay and Silent Bob Say Goodbye, Walter White Knocks, and All the Kids are Screaming about Barton Fink
Aug. 20-26: Don Johnson's a smoking cowboy, Paul Rudd is an idiot, Nintendo gets super, we say goodbye to Aaliyah, Ice Cube goes to Mars, a very Kardashian wedding, Brandon Lee teams up with Dolph Lundgren, Zoe Saldana kicks butt, Strong Bad answers an email, and the quest for the Spin Doctors' greatest song begins. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Aug 13, 2021 · 1 hr 48 min
DiCaprio's First Movie, It's A Mad Mad Mad Ripoff, and Conan and Spy Kids Try Again
Aug. 13-19: Colin Farrell is both a cowboy and a vampire, Jet Li saves China, Martin Lawrence is talkin' dirty, William Hurt is a bad doctor, Paul Simon rocks Central Park, Jake Gyllenhaal is in a bubble, Nicolas Cage has a mandolin, Ready Player One is ready, and Ethan Hawke is either a dream or a dud. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Aug 6, 2021 · 1 hr 52 min
Jean-Claude Van Damme Fights Himself, Another Sex-Filled Pie, and Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer Need The Help
Aug. 6-12: Nicole Kidman's got a spooky house, Martin Short has bad luck, John Candy is trapped in his own story, Chris Rock is inside Bill Murray, Jesse Eisenberg has a bomb, the final Final Destination so far and Nickelodeon unleashes three landmark toons. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Jul 30, 2021 · 2 hr 8 min
Top Gun Goes Airplane!, an Ape Planet Rises, and Anne Hathaway is a Princess
July 30-Aug. 5: Rodney Dangerfield is a dog, Milla Jovovich swims in a lagoon, Chris Tucker goes to China, Dave Attell stays up late, James Franco is James Dean, Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman trade places, Michael J. Fox makes an unexpected stop, Angelina Jolie gets sinful, and Dennis Franz meets a horse. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Jul 23, 2021 · 1 hr 51 min
Jon Favreau Makes a Space Western, Mel Brooks' Life Sucks, and The Worst Remake of All Time is Also Tim Burton's Worst Movie
July 23-29: Peewee gets busted, a last outing for Pryor and Wilder, Kathleen Turner is a detective, Christian Slater is a mobster, like everybody funny has a Wet Hot American Summer, the UK faces Paedogeddon, Steve Carell has crazy stupid love, and at last, a Smurf movie. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Jul 16, 2021 · 1 hr 57 min
John Hughes' Second Best Thanksgiving movie, Jurassic Park's Bogus Journey and Captain America Begins
July 16-22: The second sex-buddy movie, the Milwaukee cannibal is arrested, Nicolas Cage is in an erotic thriller, Bill and Ted are dead, Julia Roberts is America's sweetheart, Hedwig finds the origin of love, Ed O'Neill goes on a roadtrip, Miyazaki makes his masterpiece, the first Jurassic trilogy ends, and party rock is in the house tonight. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Jul 9, 2021 · 2 hr 44 min
Boyz n the Hood, Point Break, Legally Blonde, Sexy Beast, and We Say Goodbye to Winnie the Pooh and Harry Potter
July 9-15: Harrison Ford loses his memory, Final Fantasy tries to get more cinematic, soccer goes kung fu, Brando's final score, Reese Witherspoon and Laurence Fishburne become stars, The Office debuts for the first time, Dance Moms yell at kids, phone hacking takes down an institution, Gandhi gets scary, Keanu takes down the Ex-Presidents, and Garfield gets an album. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Jul 2, 2021 · 1 hr 23 min
Horrible Bosses, Cats and Dogs Living Together, and the Terminator is Back
July 2-8: A shorter episode before a monster moviepalooza next week, with Slackers, Jet Li, more Scary Movie and Problem Child, Kevin James talks with the animals, The White Stripes arrive, and Tom Petty is learning to fly. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Jun 30, 2021 · 2 hr 43 min
Naked Gun 2, Pootie Tang, Transformers 3, and A.I. - Thirty Twenty Ten: Jun 25 - July 1
The Smell of Fear, Ginger Snaps, Seinfeld, the finale of the Witwicky Transformers trilogy, Court TV debuts, an epic collaboration between two of the best directors of the century, Chris Rock sines his pitty on the runny kine, and good riddance, Glenn Beck! All that and more on this week's Thirty Twenty Ten!
Jun 19, 2021 · 2 hr 4 min
Vin Diesel Gets Fast and Furious, The Rocketeer Takes to the Skies and Pixar's Cars Travel the World
June 18-24: Julia Roberts hates cancer, Eddie Murphy still talks to the animals, Sonic the Hedgehog launches, Xena battles for the last time, the former Duchess of Sussex gets a show, your mom gets horned up for Christian Grey, Cameron Diaz is a bad teacher, and The Shins release a song that will change your life. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Jun 11, 2021 · 2 hr 5 min
Modern Attempted Classics Lara Croft, Green Lantern, Disney's Atlantis and Kevin Costner's Robin Hood
June 11-17: Kevin Costner can't do an accent, Van Halen hits big Right Now, Disney goes to Atlantis, Angelina Jolie raids tombs, Jim Carrey meets some penguins, Pablo Escobar builds his own jail, and Ryan Reynolds fails as a superhero for the second time. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.