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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Sep 9, 2023 · 3 hr 12 min
Tarantino Gets Romantic, Robert Rodriguez Closes the Desperado Trilogy, and the Truth is Out There on TV
Sept. 8-14: Bill Nye brings the science, Saved by the Bell has a new class, Ricki Lake and Ellen and Conan start talking, a brand-new Superman, Paul Giamatti is a comic-book legend, Kathleen Turner is undercover, HBO goes to the circus, Robert De Niro's family gets meta, Eli Roth has the fever, British gangsters get peaky, and the Warner Bros. and the Warner sister Dot. All that and more as we look 30, 20, and 10 years ago!
Sep 7, 2023 · 2 hr 36 min
Brad Pitt is a murderer, David Spade is a has been, and this Vin Diesel movie is Riddick! - Thirty Twenty Ten - Sept 1-7
Chevy Chase was the worst late night host of all-time, David Duchovny is not the lead you're looking for this week, Calendar Girl and Calendar Girls are thankfully not a franchise, Vin Diesel comes crawling back to another franchise, Dickie Roberts is terrible and Mac is back, baby!
Aug 29, 2023 · 2 hr 53 min
Dawn of the Power Rangers, Bruce Cambell's Big TV Show, and Remembering the Relevance of MTV's VMAs - Thirty Twenty Ten: Aug 25-31
Stephen King closes Castle Rock, Mario get his first remaster while we get the last ever F-Zero, looking back on when MTV's award shows were can't-miss entertainment, John Cusack hunts humans, Power Rangers turns 30, Mel Gibson's directorial debut, and Bruce Cambell's biggest post-Ash role was too good for TV
Aug 19, 2023 · 2 hr 19 min
JCVD x John Woo, Two Woody Allen Movies, and The World's End: Thirty Twenty Ten - Aug 18-24
The end of of Edgar Wright's Cornetto Trilogy, the greatest debut in the history of professional wrestling, the movie most worthy of cancelation stars Lisa Kurdrow and isn't the two directed by Woody Allen, and John Woo comes to American.
Aug 12, 2023 · 2 hr 41 min
The First of the Steve Jobs Movies, Jason Goes to Heck THEN Meets Freddy, and Who is Lee Daniels and His Butler?
Aug. 11-17: Laurence Fishburne plays chess, Robert Downey Jr. is haunted, Brittney Murphy moves uptown, Kevin Costner returns to the west, Kick-Ass rides again, Breaking Bad's endgame begins, Paw Patrol rescues your kids' boredom and Duck Tales and Futurama are back…again. All that and more on our weekly report on the state of 30, 20, and 10 years ago!
Aug 11, 2023 · 2 hr 16 min
Matt Damon's Space Heist, Lindsay Lohan Gets Freaky, Harrison Ford Didn't Kill His Wife
Aug. 4-10: The last action rocket, Fry sells his soul to the Robot Devil, heavy metal murder, a Black superhero hit by a meteor, Deadpool spins off, too many TV adaptations, no one calls it The OC, Dane Cook flies, Jason Sudeikis and Jennifer Aniston's road trip, a zom rom com, and magic gets gathered. All that and more this week 30, 20 and 10 years ago!
Aug 1, 2023 · 2 hr 21 min
Denzel and Marky Mark go deep, Miyazaki's first last movie, Sean Connery in Senpai, and Bennifer strikes out - Thirty Twenty Ten: Jul 28 - Aug 3
Mel Brooks introduces the world to Dave Chappelle, 2 Guns is 2 inessential, the rise of Mario Golf, Miyazaki's second to last retirement, Mike Meyers steps out of Wayne's World, Rising Sun is too racist for 1993, and Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's offscreen relationship ignites one of the biggest bombs in movie history. All that and more this week 30, 20 and 10 years ago! [Apologies for the audio quality this week]
Jul 21, 2023 · 2 hr 18 min
Wolverine gets a Second Chance, Game Over for Spy Kids and Lara Croft, and the Coneheads Conquer the Earth
July 21-27: Janet Jackson gets poetic, Bill Maher gets politically incorrect, Bob Dylan makes a movie, Tobey Maguire loves horsies, FX gets edgy, Reno's finest bust criminals, backup singers in the limelight, Aubrey Plaza's got stuff to do, Steve Carell is a bad stepdad, and the worst excuse for a Nintendo game. All that and more on our weekly report on the state of 30, 20, and 10 years ago!
Jul 17, 2023 · 2 hr 24 min
Bad Boys 2, Free the Sanderson Sisters, and The Conjuring Begins: Thirty Twenty Ten - Jul 14-20
The dawn of Queer Eye and KOTOR, WB simultaneously saves and dooms a whale, Hocus Pocus and Bad Boys compete over becoming the slowest moving franchise in Disney history, Mr Bean is James Bond, Teen Titans start serious, and Ryan Reynolds becomes a snail and ghost cop ON THE SAME DAY!
Jul 7, 2023 · 2 hr 20 min
Jack Sparrow Sets Sail, Another Weekend at Bernie's, and Robots vs. Monsters
July 7-13: Clint Eastwood stops an assassin, Sean Connery forms a league, the Sharknado strikes, Nick goes to Weinerville, Netflix goes to prison, Ryan Coogler shows off Oakland, Adam Sandler hangs out with his friends some more, there's no rule says a kid can't play major league baseball, and we get drunk and talk about history. All that and more on our weekly report on the state of 30, 20, and 10 years ago!
Jul 6, 2023 · 2 hr 38 min
Tom Cruise Runs, Terminator Ends The World, and The Lone Ranger For Some Reason: Thirty Twenty Ten Jun 30 - Jul 6
The John Grisham Cinematic Universe Begins, the first (and best) of several Cameron-less Terminators, the Minions are officially a franchise, Legally Blonde squanders its potential, Pauly Shore breaks out, Dreamworks abandons traditional animation, Larry Sanders speaks the unspeakable, and The Lone Ranger is the most pointless movie ever made. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten
Jun 26, 2023 · 3 hr 6 min
Tom Hanks is Sleepless somewhere, R-Rated Lady Cops, Danny Boyle Tackles the Undead - Thirty Twenty Ten - Jun23-29
Mickey Mouse is back while Ren & Stimpy are ruined, Sandra Bullock isn't in 28 Days Later, Dennis the Menace will never die, Charlie's Angels is fine, Sleepless in Seattle becomes an unstoppable harbinger, and THE ROOM IS THE MOST ENJOYABLE MOVIE EVER MADE! All that and more, this week on Thirty Twenty Ten
Jun 18, 2023 · 2 hr 42 min
Arnold Plays Himself, an Oscar Winner Tackles the Hulk, and Sully and Mike Join a Frat
June 16-22: Brad Pitt fights zombies, Tilda Swinton swings both ways, the Bulls threepeat, Google sucks up your data, the American Idol movie, gory French horror, Harry Potter joins a terror cell, Emma Watson's robbing the rich, and Elijah Wood's a maniac. All that and more on our weekly report on the state of 30, 20, and 10 years ago!
Jun 9, 2023 · 3 hr 11 min
Welcome to Jurassic Park, Superman Returns Again, and The Holy Rugrats Trilogy concludes - Thirty Twenty Ten: Jun9 -15
We've got a special guest onboard to help us ring in the 30th anniversary of THE BEST DINOSAUR MOVIE EVER MADE! Both Ethan Hawke and Tommy Pickles close out trilogies, film's finest bromantic apocalypse movie, and DC's cinematic universe has officially survived from ten years. All that and more, this week on Thirty Twenty Ten
Jun 6, 2023 · 3 hr 5 min
The First Purge, Paul Walker Goes 2 Fast, and Tina Turner Will Live Forever - Thirty Twenty Ten: Jun 2-8
MULTIPLE THIRTY TWENTY TEN FIRSTS THIS WEEK! First up, we have two movies with the same script, the same writer, premiering decades apart! Second, and more tragically, we get to talk about one of the most revered musical biopics in cinematic history in the extremely recent wake of the subject's passing. We're also looking at how Fast and the Furious 2 almost slammed the door shut on one of film's most lucrative franchises while simultaneously paving the way for what's to come. Plus the first Purge (according to release, please don't overthink it), adult animation aplenty, the apex of adventure games, and Game of Thrones most infamous episode!
May 27, 2023 · 2 hr 33 min
Magic Robberies, Missing Fish, the first Mario Movie and Will Smith is all over the place - Thirty Twenty Ten: May 26 - Jun 1
Heists! Most magic and Italian, Nintendo's first bigscreen adventure, The Wire gets its first renewal, Stallone cliff hangs, the 90s ghetto subgenre gets Menaced, Liberace lights up HBO, Christopher Lee thrashes, The Fresh Prince of Nepotism, and is Finding Nemo the perfect Pixar movie?! All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten!
May 18, 2023 · 3 hr 37 min
80s TV is officially over but the Fast & Furious, The Hangover and Hot Shots series continue mightily: Thirty Twenty Ten - May 19-25
Cheers, Saved by the Bell, and several other shows effectively end the 1980s on television. Sharon Stone is naked again, while The Fast and the Furious officially becomes a completely different, and better, franchise. Meanwhile, the Hangover series goes out with a dark bang, Hot Shots goes out with a war, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer leaves us with one of TV's best finales. Plus Flappy Bird is born, Jim Carrey is God, and more so than any other Thirty Twenty Ten episode, watch the media landscape drastically change throughout one of our most jampacked episodes ever!
May 12, 2023 · 2 hr 57 min
The Matrix Reloads, Star Trek Re-Wraths, and Krusty Gets Canceled
May 12-18: The Wonder Years and The Office say goodbye, the new Star Trek reboot is also a remake, The Simpsons' most star-studded finale, Urkel gets people fired, a modern Doris Day movie, Paul Rudd gets a makeover, Dawson makes his crying face, Don Draper does speed, a Black western, and we still don't know what a Pentium is. All that and more on our weekly report on the state of 30, 20, and 10 years ago!
May 5, 2023 · 2 hr 34 min
Leonardo DiCaprio Toasts a Literary Classic, a Mighty Wind's a'Blowin', and the Worst Animated Film of All Time
May 5-11: Kevin Kline's the president, a Bruce Lee biopic, Chris Farley's motivated, the worst videogame mascot suits up, Eddie Murphy babysits, Angel beats the big bad, Eve goes Online, Matthew McConaughey is muddy, and Quantum Leap ends. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten.
May 5, 2023 · 2 hr 43 min
Iron Man 3, X-Men 2, and The Simpsons hit 420
Marvel's best solo movie meets the best non-MCU Marvel flick. Also Barry White saves snakes, the majesty of Blood in Blood Out, Amy Schumer lets us inside, and NBA Jam debuts. All that and more as we look at the world of pop culture 30, 20 and 10 years ago!