Thirty Twenty Ten

Laser Time

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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Apr 23, 2025 · 2 hr 48 min
Major Payne, The Office, Get Hard: Thirty Twenty Ten Mar 21-27
The American Office debuts, as does Sliders. Kathy Bates gets a psuedo Stephen King sequel, Damon Wayans channels Charleton Heston, Kevin Hart hardens Will Ferrell, Fox slides some an underdog sci-fi classic onto network TV, a forgotten CG movie, and ERMEGERD BLURDBURNE! https://www.patreon.com/c/lasertime
Apr 8, 2025 · 2 hr 18 min
Candyman 2, The Ring Two and Divergent 2: Thirty Twenty Two - Mar14-20
Candyman, The Ring and Divergent get sequels, The Simpsons head to the future, Glee takes a bow, and Community heads into its pre-movie final season! https://www.patreon.com/c/lasertime
Mar 30, 2025 · 2 hr 9 min
Dustin Hoffman gets Sick, Robin Williams is a Robot Again, and a Modern Horror Classic
March 7-13: That movie you watched in 2020, Siskel and Ebert give The Critic thumbs down, Wonder Shozen confuses kids, one of the best episodes of ER, Bruce Willis and Liam Neeson are adequate, Adam Sandler and his stupid shoes, the forgotten live-action Disney and slow horror. All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago!
Mar 28, 2025 · 2 hr 44 min
Get Shorty 2 (official), Short Circuit 3 (unofficial) and Kimmy Schmidt premieres: Thirty Twenty Ten - Feb 28-March 6
Jay Sherman comes to Springfield, Netflix's best comedy debuts, Chappie drops the ball, John Travolta is so cool he's cold, a wonderfully enjoyable Stephen King adaptation, and Vin Diesel makes his requisite kids family film. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/c/lasertime
Mar 20, 2025 · 2 hr 12 min
Avatar, Madea, and the end of Parks and Rec: Thirty Twenty Ten - Feb21-27
The other famous Avatar, Frasier's retcon, Tyler Perry makes it happen, one of the best made-for-TV movies ever made, Wes Craven's most Cursed movie, and the Pawnee Parks Dept wraps it up! https://www.patreon.com/c/lasertime
Mar 11, 2025 · 3 hr 9 min
Brady Bunch Movie, Constantine, the Dawn of YouTube: Thirty Twenty Ten - Feb14-20
Adult Swim's longest running show, a very meta Brady movie, Keanu Reeves forgotten superhero movie, and Cartoon Network's wonderful public pilot program! All that and more 30, 20 and 10 years ago! https://www.patreon.com/c/lasertime
Feb 27, 2025 · 2 hr 52 min
Billy Madison, Hitch, Fifty Shades of Grey: Thirty Twenty Ten - Feb 7-13
Will Smith get's Hitched, Breaking Saul, Dawn of the Sandman, sexy sex on the bigscreen, Sam Raimi's forgotten western, the best comic book movie with no comic book and MOAR POOH! All that and more, this week 30, 20, and 10 years ago. https://www.patreon.com/c/lasertime
Feb 19, 2025 · 2 hr 33 min
Spongebob, Rwanda, Jupiter (they're all ascending): Thirty Twenty Ten - Jan 31-Feb 6
Happy Groundhog Day! You don't get the movie, but Hollywood tackles genocide, Spongebob sells out, Bart sees a comet, and the Wachowskis tackle Jupiter! All that and more this week 30, 20, and 10 years ago! https://www.patreon.com/c/lasertime
Feb 11, 2025 · 1 hr 39 min
Before Sunrise, Million Dollar Baby, Highlander 3: Thirty Twenty Ten - Jan 24-30
The Before trilogy begins and Highlander's trilogy concludes, Robert De Niro does something different, say goodbye to SNICK, and Clint Eastwood's very costly baby. https://www.patreon.com/c/lasertime
Feb 9, 2025 · 2 hr 42 min
Rumble in the Bronx, Assault on Precinct 13, Mortdecai: Thirty Twenty Ten - Jan 17-23
Lucasfilm's final fumble, Jackie Chan conquers the West, a culty Gen X classic, one last massive morsel of Venture Bros for the year(s), and Johnny Depp is trying too hard. All that an more on our journey back 30, 20, and 10 years ago! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/lasertime
Jan 27, 2025 · 2 hr 43 min
Paddington, Elektra, Tales from the Crypt: The Movie: Thirty Twenty Ten - Jan 10-16
Michigan J Frog becomes infinitely more famous, Resident Evil changes the game, Paul Newman is old and wonderful, and the worst Marvel movie?! All that and more 30, 20 and 10 years ago! https://www.patreon.com/c/lasertime
Jan 17, 2025 · 2 hr 54 min
Shallow Grave, Taken 3, Selma: Thirty Twenty Ten - Jan 3-9
New Year, new years. Welcome to the FIVES as we explore Danny Boyle's first movie, the debut of Agent Carter, Liam Neeson screwing everything, and a Springfield conspiracy EXPOSED! All that and more, this week 30, 20 and 10 years ago. https://www.patreon.com/c/lasertime
Dec 30, 2024 · 2 hr 47 min
New Year, New Words, and Our Annual Mega Movie Showdown
Dec. 27-Jan. 2: Picking our favorites of the year, plus Robert Altman gets fashionable, King George gets mad, Kevin Spacey sings and dances, Sean Penn plots, a ski trip goes downhill. All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago!
Dec 27, 2024 · 2 hr 46 min
Leo Takes Flight, Raul Julia is Street Fighting, and Seth Rogan Goes to North Korea
Dec. 20-26: Steve Martin's nuts, Macaulay Culkin's rich, Walter Matthau is Einstein; Jodie Foster is babbling, Winona Ryder is little, Bill Murray is underwater, the Fockers are met, Amy Adams has big eyes, Benedict Cumberbatch invents computers, Meryl Streep heads into the woods. All that are more, 30, 20, and 10 years ago!
Dec 26, 2024 · 2 hr 45 min
Jim Carrey's Olaf, Harry and Llyod's Debut, and the End of the Hobbit
Dec. 13-19: A political rom-com, Jet Li's punchy, the worst MST3K, Marcel the monkey, Adam Sandler speaks Spanglish, Johnny Depp finds Neverland, Jamie Foxx has warbucks, the museum finally closes at night, Craig Ferguson wraps up, and the Venture Bros. fight Krampus. All that and more, 30, 20, and 10 years ago!
Dec 25, 2024 · 2 hr 18 min
Demi Moore Discloses, Danny Ocean's +1, and Chris Rock's Five Count
Dec. 6-12: Wesley Snipes drops twice, Australian family drama, Christian Bale celebrates Passover, the Maltese Falcon is lost, Christmas comes to Family Guy and Baywatch, and the end of the NES. All this and more 30, 20, and 10 years ago!
Dec 24, 2024 · 2 hr 23 min
Trapped in Paradise, Godzilla Final Wars, Closer: Thirty Twenty Ten - Nov 29-Dec 5
Nic Cage steals Christmas, Natalie Portman strips, Reese Witherspoon goes wild, and Godzilla wraps it up. https://www.patreon.com/c/lasertime
Dec 19, 2024 · 2 hr 40 min
Arnold's Pregnant, Oliver Stone's Alexander, and Madagascar's Penguins of... IT!: Thirty Twenty Ten - Nov 22-28
Arnold's best worst movie, more horribe bosses, the best Madagascar isn't Madagascar, Ollie Stone's historical waste of time, the worst Xmas movie, and so muc more. Help, ya'll https://www.patreon.com/c/lasertime
Dec 3, 2024 · 3 hr 6 min
Star Trek: Generations, The Spongebob Movie, Mockingjay - Part 1: Thirty Twenty Ten - Nov 15-21
An exploration of 30, 20 and 10 years ago! https://www.patreon.com/c/lasertime
Dec 1, 2024 · 2 hr 23 min
The Santa Clause, Interview with a Vampire, Dumb and Dumber 2: Thirty Twenty Ten - Nov 8-14
Tim Allen grunts over Christmas, while Tom Hanks celebrates the Holiday in the uncanny valley. The best Farrelly Bros movie returns, Michael Keaton reckons with superheroism, and the best vampire movie of the last century?! All that and more this week, 30, 20, and 10 years ago. https://www.patreon.com/c/lasertime