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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Nov 19, 2024 · 2 hr 59 min
The Incredibles, Interstellar, De Niro's Frankenstein: Thirty Twenty Ten - Nov 1-7
The best super hero movie ever made? The best Pixar movie ever made? WHAT IF THEY'RE THE SAME MOVIE?! Plus the most misguided remake of a classic movie ever, a video game adaptation worse than the Mario Bros movie, Star Wars chess, and more.
Oct 29, 2024 · 2 hr 48 min
Nightcrawler, Ray, Saw, Stargate: Thirty Twenty Ten - Oct 25-31
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Please enjoy one of the weirdest sci-fi franchises of the last 30 yers, the viopic to rule them all, a defiant Skinemax, Nickelodeon Monsters, and more!
Oct 26, 2024 · 3 hr 19 min
Clerks, John Wick, The Grudge: Thirty Twenty Ten - Oct 18-24
Peter Jackson goes legit, a trip to wine country, George Lucas' forgotten movie and more!
Oct 12, 2024 · 3 hr 21 min
Pulp Fiction, Shawshank Redemption, Team America: World Police: Thirty Twenty Ten - Oct 11-17
Two of the BEST MOVIES OF ALL-TIME, screwing puppets, and the best WW2 movie of the 21st century?! https://www.patreon.com/lasertime
Oct 8, 2024 · 3 hr 37 min
Ed Wood, Friday Night Lights, Whiplash: Thirty Twenty Ten - Oct 4-10
The greatest movie ever about making movies, Sonic meets Knuckles, rush vs drag, TV's greatest Flash, and more. https://www.patreon.com/lasertime
Sep 30, 2024 · 2 hr 44 min
Will Smith is Fishy, Meryl Streep Goes Rafting, and David Fincher Gets Gone, Girl
Sept. 27-Oct. 3: Muriel's getting married, Albert Brooks scouts Brendan Fraser, Clarissa finishes explaining, R.E.M. is a monster, Daniel Craig eats cake, Joaquin Phoenix fights fires, William Shatner is a lawyer, Serial takes over podcasting, Nicolas Cage is left behind, Annabelle is creepy, and nothing can possib-lie go wrong at Itchy and Scratchy Land. All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago this week.
Sep 27, 2024 · 3 hr 1 min
Denzel Equalizes, Friends Debuts, and Shaun of the Dead
Sept. 20-26: Lost breaks everyone's brains, Charlie Sheen jumps out of a plane, Quentin Tarantino thinks Top Gun is gay, angels go touching people, Green Day aren't idiots, John Waters' last film, Katie Holmes in the White House, the Boxtrolls take your stuff, we learn how to get away with murder, and Katamari absorbs the universe. All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago this week.
Sep 15, 2024 · 2 hr 39 min
The Running Maze, Sky Captain, JCVD Splits Time, and The Tick
Sept. 13-19: Jean Reno and Natalie Portman are professional, Margaret Cho is too Asian for TV, a Mountie, ER and Chicago Hope walk into the Windy City, Hitler yells about memes, Werner Herzog goes to Loch Ness, Bernie Mac plays ball, Justin Long is the walrus, Liam Neeson goes for a walk, Tina Fey leaves you and you get a car! And you get a car! All that and more this week 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Sep 13, 2024 · 2 hr 27 min
The Next Karate Kid, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Dolphin Tale 2: Thirty Twenty Ten - Sept 6-12
Batman begins again, Hillary Swank is next, Bumpy's big break, Idris Elba's bad deed, Ms Frizzle's TV debut, and Resident Evil: The Movie 2! https://www.patreon.com/lasertime
Sep 10, 2024 · 2 hr 14 min
Milk Money, Frank, Father of the Pride: Thirty Twenty Ten - Aug30-Sept5
Roger Ebert: The Movie, Simpsons summertime, the best Pikmin, the last Sims, Hitchcock talk, and costliest failure in TV animation history.
Aug 31, 2024 · 2 hr 37 min
Napoleon Dynamite, Natural Born Killers, It's Pat: Thirty Twenty Ten - Aug 23-29
Oliver Stone interprets Quentin Tarantino, the wrongest SNL movie, found horror in the Paris catacombs, the end of Johnny Bravo, and let's not sugarcoat it: THE WORST WEEK OF MOVIES IN THIRTY TWENTY TEN HISTORY. Give here: https://www.patreon.com/lasertime
Aug 18, 2024 · 2 hr 34 min
Zach Braff Mopes, Bojack Horseman Sulks, so Horray for Blankman
Aug. 16-22: Bruce Willis kills the erotic thriller, Seth Green goes camping, the first Exorcist prequel, Scott Pilgrim goes forth, GamerGate gives everyone a bad name, Terry Gilliam's hung up on math, Sin City returns, and Chloe Grace Moretz might go. All that and more this week 30, 20, and 10 years ago!
Aug 11, 2024 · 2 hr 29 min
The Aussie Desert Gets Dragged, We Lose to AVP, and an Ill-Timed Cop Comedy
Aug. 9-15: Sly Stallone is expendable again, the good Woodstock revival, Pauly Shore joins the army, baseball shuts down, we go inside the Actor's Studio, the Princess Diaries return, Richard Linklater takes 12 years to make a movie, Jeff Bridges is giving, Outlander goes to the highlands, and we miss Robin Williams. All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago this week!
Aug 9, 2024 · 2 hr 33 min
Adam Sandler's a Lone Ranger, Tom Cruise Hijacks Jamie Foxx, and the Ninja Turtles Go Big
Aug. 2-8: Harrison Ford's in danger, Ang Lee makes us hungry, Alfalfa sings, Dave Matthews craps on Chicago, horror on the open water, The Venture Brothers begin, Sharknado minus sharks, and we spend five nights at Freddy's. All that and more, this week 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Aug 5, 2024 · 2 hr 44 min
Guardians of the Galaxy, The Mask, The Village: Thirty Twenty Ten Jul 26-Aug2
Marvel's biggest cinematic risk breaks out, M. Night Shyamalan silliest twist yet, and Jim Carrey becomes one of comedy's biggest stars. Plus Manchurian remakes, a James Brown biopic, Justice League will never die, Harold and Kumar begin their quest, and the end of Rugrats. All that and more this week 30, 20 and 10 years ago!
Jul 29, 2024 · 3 hr
Lucy, Catwoman, North, and the death of Dinosaurs: Thirty Twenty Ten Jul 19-25
Jim Henson's darkest ending ever, as Elijah Wood defies expextations, Scarlett Johansson defies limits, and the actual worst DC movie ever made?! All that and more, this week 30, 20 and 10 years ago.
Jul 25, 2024 · 2 hr 45 min
True Lies, Sex Tape, I Robot: Thirty Twenty Ten - Jul 12-18
James Cameron's James Bond, Will Smith Adapts Asimov, Cameron Diaz's Sex Tape and more. Patreon.com/LaserTime
Jul 13, 2024 · 2 hr 56 min
Forrest Gump, Anchorman, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Thirty Twenty Ten - Jul 5-11
This episode is like a box of chocolates! Two sci-fi classics, one comedy masterpiece, and one Oscar Winner for Best Picture. All that and more, coming in hot from 30, 20, and 10 years ago!
Jul 1, 2024 · 2 hr 3 min
The Shadow Knows, Melissa McCarthy Hits the Road, and Spider-Man Returns
June 28-July 4: John Hughes makes a baby movie for babies, Tommy Lee Jones is a mad bomber, Julia Roberts hates trouble, Bruce Campbell gets a ham sandwich, Eric Bana tries to outrun evil, and 2% of the world disappears. All that and more from 30, 20, and 10 years ago this week.
Jun 27, 2024 · 2 hr 40 min
The Lion King, Transformers 4, Fahrenheit 9/11: Thirty Twenty Ten - Jun21-27
The biggest animated movie ever meets the biggest documentary ever (kinda!) Plus white chicks and mega men, Larry flips back, Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams charm their way to stardom, and Transformers has dinosaurs now. Whatever! https://www.patreon.com/lasertime