Free Nights And Weekends
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GenX stories from the 1980's Oklahoma suburbs.
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S4E18 Remembering Ferris Bueller’s Day Off On The 40th Anniversary Of This Glorious Piece Of Cinema!
Send us Fan MailOn the 40th Anniversary of this classic, we relive the perfectly executed fake sick day to a citywide parade takeover, Ferris didn’t just skip school… he rewrote the rules. But…
S4E17 I Am The Batman, Again
Send us Fan MailWe revisit our most downloaded episode yet! What a school year! The Mets won the Series. The Space Shuttle blew up in front of me and my classmates. Local OKC weather guy Paul…
S4E16 Please Allow 6–8 Weeks For Delivery | The Infomercial Episode!
Send us Fan MailBefore YouTube ads stalked us across the internet… there was a magical time when television itself became a fever dream around midnight. This week on the Free Nights and Weekends…
S4E15 Tornados, Tigers & Backyard Meteorologists (The Other Tornado Episode)
Send us Fan MailThis week on the Free Nights & Weekends Podcast, Scott welcomes the guys from Fried Okla for a full-speed ride straight into Oklahoma tornado culture. 🌪️From growing up terrified…
S4E14 When Sitcoms Got All Preachy (Part II)
Send us Fan MailWell, Scott calls Charlotte Rae "Martha" knowing full well that Martha Raye was Mel's mom on Alice. But on part II of the Free Nights and Weekends Podcast, Scott and co-host, Jason…
S4E13 When Sitcoms Got All Preachy
Send us Fan MailThis week on the Free Nights and Weekends Podcast, Scott and co-host, Jason crack open one of the strangest traditions in television history… the “very special episode.”You remember…
S4E12 Life Moves Pretty Fast: Remembering Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Send us Fan MailFrom the perfectly executed fake sick day to a citywide parade takeover, Ferris didn’t just skip school… he rewrote the rules. But beneath the sunglasses and smooth-talking confidence…
S4E11 Be Kind, Rewind: VCR Memories, Video Stores & 80s Movie Nights
Send us Fan MailBefore streaming, before DVR… there was the VCR. In this episode of Free Nights and Weekends, Scott and Jason dive into the golden age of VHS—when families dropped $800 on a machine…
S4E10 The Amityville Bore: Bored Again
Send us Fan MailRemember the movie that freaked out a generation? We thought we did too. This week, Scott and Marc revisit The Amityville Horror. While it’s not a technically “great” movie, it’s not…
S4E9 That’s Not What “You Gotta Take Your Shot” Means, Junior
Send us Fan MailWhat do you get when you mix Jodie Foster, a presidential assassination attempt, a TV show that won’t go away, and a weird attempt at pitching woo?This week on Free Nights and…
S4E8 Vinyl’s Billion-Dollar Comeback | Why We Miss the Hassle
Send us Fan MailVinyl records are back… and somehow worth a billion dollars again.In this episode of Free Nights and Weekends, we drop the needle on the surprising comeback of vinyl—now officially a…
S4E7 Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! 80's Local Commercial Greatness!
Send us Fan MailBefore influencers, before polished ad campaigns… there were local commercials. Loud. Weird. Unhinged.This week on Free Nights and Weekends, we’re diving headfirst into the glorious,…
S4E6 Cereal, Cartoons, and the Saturday Morning Rituals
Send us Fan MailRemember when Saturday mornings were almost sacred? In this episode, Eddie and I dive back into the golden age of cartoons, where cereal bowls were bottomless, and the lineup defined…
S4E5 You (Still) Gotta Walk Before You Can Whine About It For 40 Years
Send us Fan MailPicture it: a dusty Oklahoma road, where oil wells nod approvingly and cows side-eye your blisters. Join Scott and Eddie as we flashback to a time when the entire school district—from…
S4E4 Calculator BOOBS to Chatbots | Gen X and the AI Craze
Send us Fan MailThis week, Scott and Marc tackle the latest cultural panic: artificial intelligence.On this very special episode, Arnold Drummond doesn't get diddled at the bike shop but big stuff is…
S4E3 The Book Box
Send us Fan MailBefore Amazon wish lists and two-day shipping, there was a thin paper flyer, a crumpled order form, and a check your mom wrote with mild suspicion. The Scholastic Book Club wasn’t…
S4E2 ...Escaped The Surly Bonds Of Science Class To Go Run Laps In Gym
Send us Fan MailIn the 1980s, history didn’t arrive on your phone. It arrived on a rolling television cart that wheeled into your classroom and got parked next to the chalkboard like a sacred…
S4E1 The Star Trek Dude Was A Liar. Probably
Send us Fan MailWe were going to be chased into quicksand by Bigfoot during an earthquake! And Spock was there learching around to narrate our demise. Marc joins us this week as we look back at these…
S3E24 Great Selection of "Reabok" Shoes! Again
Send us Fan MailSomewhere between the Diamond Ballroom and the North Canadian River in OKC lies Mecca for a 12 year old boy. The double space before the beginning of each sentence here lets you in…
S3E23 Live at the Myriad! Well… “Live”; Milli Vanilli Is Sort Of Up For A Grammy Again, Again!
Send us Fan MailThis week on *Free Nights and Weekends*, we get ready for The Grammys! We welcome in longtime friend and veteran musician Rick Toops — and the two dive headfirst into one of the…
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Free Nights And Weekends has published 69 episodes since October 2024, covering topics in Comedy, Documentary.
Free Nights And Weekends is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 36m.
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