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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Apr 22, 2023 · 2 hr 29 min
Michael Bay Breaks Good, the Real World Movie, and Conan O'Brien and Walker, Texas Ranger are Together Forever
Apr 21-27: They give Late Night to some random guy, John Cuasck has no identity, Dustin Hoffman has confidence, an extra creepy dating show, South Park puts kids in danger, Teen Titans get silly, De Niro goes to the big wedding, and Thrawn bites the dust. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten.
Apr 15, 2023 · 2 hr 40 min
Johnny Depp Channels Chaplin, Shia Labeouf is in a Hole, and Tom Cruise Finds Oblivion
April 14-20: Rob Zombie burns through the witches, The Beatles are in a new format, there's lots of apocalypses going around, Michael Jordan's last dance, the Branch Davidian saga ends badly, Wesley Snipes is boiling, Seinfeld gets smelly, Jamie Kennedy is unwanted, Chow Yun-fat is bulletproof, and Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten.
Apr 14, 2023 · 2 hr 25 min
Indecent Proposal, Anger Management, The Sandlot and 42 - Thirty Twenty Ten Apr 7-13
WAY TOO MUCH BASEBALL, the last of Scary Movie and Clone High (for now), mutated Rugrats, one of Adam Sandler's worst, Chadwick Boseman's breakthrough performance, Rob Zombie's first flick, and Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson need money, like, real bad. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten!
Apr 4, 2023 · 2 hr 31 min
Colin Farrell makes a call, Evil Dead returns, and the last Burt Reynolds movie - Thirty Twenty Ten: Mar 31-Apr 6
Elijah Wood breaks through with a classic adaptation, Evil Dead might be the best remake of all-time, the first ever Simpsons clip show, Hannibal is better than it deserves to be, Alicia Silverstone seduces audiences, and Kiefer Sutherland harasses Colin Farrell over the phone. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten.
Mar 25, 2023 · 1 hr 52 min
Melanie Griffith Remakes, Dwayne Johnson Resets, and Chris Rock Presides
Mar 24-30: John Travolta makes a movie that's basic, Indiana Jones joins the commies, Hilary Swank journeys to the center of the earth, Quantum Leap breaks its rules, Ryan Gosling rides again, Doogie Howser graduates, the hobbits are getting naughty, Tyler Perry yields to temptation, Stephanie Meyer is possessed by aliens, and RIP Brandon Lee. All that and more, this week on Thirty Twenty Ten!
Mar 19, 2023 · 2 hr 22 min
Ninja Turtles 3, Boat Trip, Stephen King's Worst and The Croods - Thirty Twenty Ten: Mar 17-23
ONE OF THE WORST WEEKS FOR MOVIES OF ALL-TIME! The Ninja Turtles make a great case for not existing, a Boat-based Trip that should at least see Cuba Gooding Jr returning half his Oscar, and the worst Stephen King movie all the money in the world can buy. Plus Punk'd, Seinfeld's Junior Mints, South Park turns 100, Fallen Olympuses, Croods, and so very much more!
Mar 11, 2023 · 2 hr 3 min
Chris Rock Raps, Aliens Abduct and Steve Carell and Jim Carrey Make Magic
March 10-16: The Chicks get canceled, Lisa needs braces, Reese Witherspoon helps elephants, Crispin Glover loves rats, Liam Neeson goes sledding, Frankie Muniz is a spy, white smoke from the Vatican, Halle Berry takes the call, and The Office tries to spin off. All that and more, this week on Thirty Twenty Ten!
Mar 3, 2023 · 2 hr 26 min
Disney Returns to Oz, MTV Changes Animation, and Nic Cage and Sam Jackson Remind Us of Racist Radio
Mar 3-9: Bill Murray's a gangster, swing kids fight Nazis, Fitty is in da club, Bruce Willis is a Navy Seal, Queen Latifah's harassing Steve Martin, Colin Farrell is dead, ad History channel gets its own Game of Thrones. All that and more, this week on Thirty Twenty Ten!
Feb 25, 2023 · 2 hr 23 min
Falling Down, Nathan For You and Jet Li and DMX reteam - Thirty Twenty Ten Feb 24-Mar 2
Jet Li vs DMX, Simpsons hit 300, a soap opera hits prime time, Clone High says goodbye (for now) Michael Douglas Falls Down, going back to Waco, Bryan Singer comes for your fairy tales, and Nathan Fielder brings us one of the funniest shows of the decade. All that and more, this week on Thirty Twenty Ten!
Feb 22, 2023 · 1 hr 57 min
Bruce Campbell goes medieval, Will Ferrell starts a frat, and The Rock Snitches
Babylon 5 is ahead of its time, America's most deadly band, Homer gives up beer, Ali G comes to the states, Evil Dead's miraculous third movie, Will Ferrell hits the big time, HBO's first big drama bids adieu, The Rock tattles, and Kevin Spacey kills himself expensively. All that and more this week no Thirty Twenty Ten!
Feb 11, 2023 · 2 hr 26 min
Ben Affleck's First Superhero, John McClain Goes Out with a Whimper and It's Groundhog Day!
Feb 10-16: Nicolas Cage has writer's block, Michael J. Fox is homeward bound, Christian Slater has a baboon heart, Nicole Kidman has a fake nose, The Venture Brothers sneak onto TV, Josh Duhamel is safe, Michael Jackson opens up, we choo-choo-choose you, and more Seinfeld, not that there's anything wrong with that. All that and more on this week's Thirty Twenty Ten!
Feb 4, 2023 · 1 hr 42 min
Naked Gun meets Lethal Weapon, A Flintstones Wedding, and New TMNT is Best TMNT - Thirty Twenty Ten 3-9
Richard Gere does his thing, the first Ninja Turtles Reboot is great, THE BEST National Lampoon's movie no one talks about, we forgot about May, Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson can't do it again, a prehistoric television event, and the rise of Rupaul! All that and more on this week's Thirty Twenty Ten!
Jan 27, 2023 · 2 hr 11 min
The Worst Movie Ever Finds its Audience, John Goodman's B Movie, and a Zom Rom Com
Jan. 27-Feb 2: Detective Munch is the center of the universe, Nick Nolte does his own research, the Super Bowl halftime show becomes serious business, Peter Falk suits up one last time, another space disaster, a Dickens speedrun, Laurence Fishburne on wheels, Colin Farrell is recruited, Pacino and Walken hang out, and The Americans and House of Cards change TV. All that and more, this week on Thirty Twenty Ten.
Jan 20, 2023 · 2 hr 18 min
A New Network Goes Prime Time, Chappelle's Show and Mythbusters Debut, and the Most Star-Studded Comedy Bomb
Jan. 20-26: Chicago has all that jazz, Disneyland gets toonified, Jimmy Kimmel gets kidnapped, Vine deserved better, Jeremy Renner's hunting witches, Shirley MacLaine is used, Sam Rockwell has a dangerous mind, and an actually good ski movie?! All that and more, this week on Thirty Twenty Ten.
Jan 14, 2023 · 2 hr 27 min
Ethan Hawke Eats People, Conan vs Marge vs the Monorail, Arnold's Last Stand and Kangaroo Jack
Stimpy's stank is too rank for Nickelodeon, a rapping kangaroo scams millions, the Brazilian Goodfellas, Arnold's return to stardom, Jessica Chastain's second #1 in a row, Devil May Cry's offshoot, and quite possibly The Simpsons most famous episode. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten!
Jan 10, 2023 · 2 hr 23 min
Spike Lee Does 9/11, Chris Pratt Kills Bin Laden, and the Era of Big Daddy Pacino Begins
Al Pacino yells, RDJ get his first HUGE role, Ed Norton says goodbye, one of the longest running horror franchises begins, say hello to The Bachelorette, Marlon Wayans makes another scary movie, and the dawn of the greatest Star Trek series?! All that and more on this week's Thirty Twenty Ten!
Dec 31, 2022 · 2 hr 35 min
All the Years Best Movies - Thirty Twenty Ten Season 7 Finale
Forget those other shows that recap the year's best films, we're counting down THREE YEARS of the greatest films. In addition to other anniversary milestones, we're throwing down our very favorite movies of 30, 20 and 10 years ago in order to find the absolute cream of the crop. All that and more, as we look back at pop culture Thirty, Twenty and Ten years ago!
Dec 24, 2022 · 2 hr 20 min
Django Unchained, Catch Me If You Can, Hero and Les Mis
Dec. 23-29: Back to the Future is finally retired from the screen, Danny DeVito kills Jimmy Hoffa, Jet Li is heroic, Russell Crowe sings, Tom Hanks catches Leo, and the chains come off Django. All that and more on Thirty Twenty Ten!
Dec 17, 2022 · 2 hr 58 min
Lord of the Rings Part 2, Knocked Up 2 (sorta), and Robin Williams' Weirdest Movie Ever
Dec. 16-22: Tom Cruise's failed franchise, Steve Martin and Robin Williams' most unpalatable comedies ever, the sequel to Knocked Up nobody asked for, Mel Gibson is temporarily ageless, Martin Scorsese's return to New York gang crime is big and boring, confusing games and more! All that and more on this week's edition of Thirty Twenty Ten!
Dec 9, 2022 · 2 hr 29 min
Ultimate Muppet Christmas, Bilbo Begins, and Star Trek TNG says Goodbye to the Big Screen
Darkwing Duck's last hurrah, The Muppets' first movie since the death of their dad, Tom Hardy kills Star Trek: The Next Generation, Tom Cruise thinks he's entitled to The Truth, Anthony Hopkins makes Psycho, and we have a lot to say about the first 1/3 of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit. All that and more on Thirty Twenty Ten!