It’s Thanksgiving time and 1994: The Most Important Year of the Nineties continues with a look at the biggest night of network television that year–NBC’s Thursday night Must See TV lineup! Join me and my wife, Amanda, as we sit and watch the episodes of Mad About You, Friends, and […]
After a bit of a detour back in the world, we’re in the ‘Nam again and so is Daniels, the communications officer who was more cut-up than cut out for combat. But he’s there reluctantly and has definitely changed. It’s “Back in the Saddle Again” in The ‘Nam #33 by […]
Save your seat on the couch, throw on some P-Funk, try to figure out the Caine-Hackman theory, work on your thesis, and get really offended because it’s time to take a look at the 1994 college flick PCU! Yeah, while it’s not the most important film of 1994: The Most […]
It’s the summer of 1968 and back home in Chicago, Pig’s brother Teddy joins a group of protesters outside of the Democratic National Convention while Pig is in Vietnam fighting off the latest VC attack. Join us for The ‘Nam #32, “Land of the Free,” brought to you by Doug […]
Issue #31 brings closure to the subplot involving the 23rd’s resident comic geek, Aeder. “Fire and Ice” is brought to you by Doug Murray, Wayne Vansant, and Geof Isherwood. As always, in addition to the summary and review of the issue Ill be taking a look at the letters, ‘Nam […]
With episode 37, I return to 1994: The Most Important Year of the Nineties with the only thing that I could possibly cover for episode 37: CLERKS! And to join me for this discussion of Kevin Smith’s classic debut is Trentus Magnus, the award-winning host of Trentus Magnus Punches Reality. […]
We take a look at “Bunker Line” and July 1968 in issue #30 of The ‘Nam, a story that introduces Lt. Biggs and shows Ice and Pig’s return to action. It’s brought to us by Murray, Vansant and Isherwood. As always, in addition to the summary and review of the […]
It’s National Banned Books Week and this time out I take a quick look at censorship, challenged and banned books, challenged and banned comics, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, and why and how censorship of this sort still exists. Show notes and pictures are available at http://popcultureaffidavit.com, which is […]
“War and Peace” is the title of issue #29 of The ‘Nam and what we’ve got here is a look at the rest of the world while the guys from the 23rd take a little R&R. This episode is full of historical context including events that are important and notable […]
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