Popculture Parallels Vol. 2: Val Kilmer, 80s Movies, The Real Brat Pack, Teen Comedies, & Torpedo Bats w/ Cody Tucker

In this episode, I’m joined by Instagram superstar Cody Tucker. Cody is the host of the Cody Tucker Show, which you can find on YouTube and Spotify, and he has a very famous Instagram account called thecodytucker that has some of the coolest reels about little known history and pop culture. He also has an awesome book out called And Now You Know: Mind-Blowing Stories From History and Pop Culture. We had a great conversation about what nickelodeons are, his agoraphobia, being great at Applebee's trivia, using the dictionary as inspiration for his famous reels, finding patterns in everything, what his dream interview is, selling the Cody Tucker Show to network TV, movies that almost weren’t made such as Ghostbusters and Dirty Dancing, They Live, favorite 80s movies like The Never Ending Story, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Fright Night, Nightmare on Elm Street, Pretty in Pink, we settle the debate on who was ACTUALLY in the Brat Pack, Teen Comedies such as Porky’s, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, the Frat Pack, the Freaks & Geeks group and other Judd Apatow’s movies, modern day Brat Pack with Marvel Movies, Howard the Duck and the Guardians of the Galaxy connection, Kevin Smith and the View Askew movies like Mallrats, Dogma, and Clerks, big Hollywood budgets, dollar movies, 70’s and 80s blockbuster movies such as Jaws and Indiana Jones, the origin of the word Blockbuster, the decline of movies, baseball marketing tactics, concessions marketing tricks, ticketing fees, working day jobs, tricking call centers, voiceover work, not taking orders, working at the movie theater, we give our top 3 favorite Val Kilmer movies, biopic movies like Ray and Bohemian Rhapsody and Walk the Line, the movie Tombstone and the role of Doc Holliday, the movie Wonderland and the Wonderland murders, and much more.The Awakened PodcastWebsite: https://www.theawakenedpodcast.comMusic LicensingIntro 1 Music licensed for use by [Awakened Media/The Awakened Podcast]. “Thriller” by HardProSound — used under license. Proof of license available upon request.  Intro 2Music licensed for use by [Awakened Media/The Awakened Podcast]. “Quirky Hype Rap Beat” by Artlss — used under license. Proof of license available upon request.Radio Imaging SquelchSFX licensed for use by [Awakened Media/The Awakened Podcast]. “Radio Imaging Pack” by Karbarsegyan — used under license. Proof of license available upon request.Outro MusicMusic licensed for use by [Awakened Media/The Awakened Podcast]. “Standing at the Crossroads” by Jebb Mac Band — used under license/written permission. Proof of license/written permission available upon request.