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I am one of the Pop Culture Roulette co-hosts and all-around trivia nerd. I am well versed in comic books (mainly Marvel), baseball and a wide variety of pop culture topics. As I child of the 80s I love the movies and music of the decade it is a joy to be a part of this podcast when I get the call.

Aug. 15, 2025

#142 - "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors" (1987) with Nicholas Pepin & Laramy Wells

The “Nightmare on Elm Street” series had a reputation in the movie business as sort of a high-rent answer to the "Friday the 13th” saga, and this third entry of the franchise lives up to the billing. It’s slick, with impressi...
Guests: Nicholas Pepin , Laramy Wells
July 31, 2025

#141 - "Halloween III: Season of the Witch" (1982) with Nicholas Pepin

For years, the absence of Michael Myers, Laurie Strode, and Dr. Loomis caused many fans of the Halloween movies to feel confused, reject the film, or even become angry. However, as time has passed, those feelings have softened, and the film has been reevaluated on its own merits. While John Carpent…
Guest: Nicholas Pepin
July 17, 2025

#140 - "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989) with Gerry D, Nicholas Pepin & Chad Sheppard

1989 was what some might call a good year for movies. The top-grossing films could easily be mistaken for anyone's favorite 80s movies list: Batman, Lethal Weapon 2, Rain Man, Ghostbusters II. You might even consider including Tango & Cash. But only one 1989 release brought back the iconic bullwhip…
Guests: Gerry D , Nicholas Pepin , Chad Sheppard
May 23, 2025

#136 - "Good Morning Vietnam" (1987) with Nicholas Pepin & Chad Sheppard

Based on the true story of rebellious DJ Adrian Cronauer in 1965 Saigon, "Good Morning Vietnam" became a breakout dramatic role for Robin Williams, earning him his first Oscar nod. Join Tim Williams, Nicholas Pepin, and Chad Sheppard as they discuss this iconic 80s movie.
Guests: Nicholas Pepin , Chad Sheppard
May 9, 2025

#135 - "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988) with Nicholas Pepin, Laramy & Bethany Wells

Ever wonder where the magic started for animated characters stepping into the live-action world? While it's practically a genre of its own today, one groundbreaking '80s flick truly pioneered the concept as a full-length feature film. Get ready to dive into the toon-tastic world of " Who Framed Rog…
Guests: Nicholas Pepin , Laramy Wells , Bethany Wells
April 18, 2025

#133 - "UHF" (1989) with Nicholas Pepin

In 1989, a groundbreaking film burst onto the scene, revolutionizing the cinematic landscape in unimaginable ways. With an incredible cast and cutting-edge special effects, this film captivated audiences with its deeply relatable yet hilariously flawed characters. Would you believe that it was led …
Guest: Nicholas Pepin
April 11, 2025

#132 - "Caddyshack" (1980) with Chris McMichen & Nicholas Pepin

Prepare for a round of laughs as we revisit one of the most cherished comedies of all time! In 1980, after the success of "Animal House," director Harold Ramis teamed up with writing pals Brian Doyle-Murray and Douglas Kenney, along with a comedic dream team including Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, T…
Guests: Nicholas Pepin , Chris McMichen
Jan. 17, 2025

#126 - "Escape From New York" (1981) with Nicholas Pepin

In the early ’70s, films like The Omega Man, Soylent Green, and THX-1138 painted a bleak future of chaos and government control. By 1981, the tone had shifted, with films like Raiders of the Lost Ark and Clash of the Titans offering escapism and classic good vs. evil battles. But then came this 80s…
Guest: Nicholas Pepin
Dec. 27, 2024

#124 - The Top 10 Episodes of 2024 Countdown

Remember back in the '80s when the end of the year meant tuning into those epic countdowns on the radio? Whether it was Casey Kasem with his iconic 'American Top 40' or Rick Dees bringing the laughs with his countdown hits, there was something magical about hearing the biggest songs of the year cel…
Guests: Gerry D , Nicholas Pepin , Laramy Wells , J.B. Huffman , Bethany Wells , Chad Sheppard , Tyra Williams , Ben Carpenter , Jeff Atkins , Darby Mirocha , Charlie Cotter , Catherine Mary Stewart
Sept. 27, 2024

#119 - "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" (1989) with Nicholas Pepin, Chad Sheppard, and Laramy Wells

Imagine pitching this to a movie studio in the 80s: two clueless slackers travel through time in a phone booth, rounding up historical figures for their high school history project. Not exactly an easy sell, right? But what started as a quirky stand-up routine from college pals Chris Matheson and E…
Guests: Nicholas Pepin , Laramy Wells , Chad Sheppard
Aug. 30, 2024

#117 - "The Running Man" (1987) with Nicholas Pepin & Laramy Wells

80s action movie icon Arnold Schwarzenegger had already faced off against deadly alien hunters in "Predator", but that same year, he took on another action-packed sci-fi film, trading aliens for a dystopian future and a deadly reality TV show. This '80s flick was a wild departure from the original …
Guests: Nicholas Pepin , Laramy Wells
Aug. 23, 2024

#116 - "Cyborg" (1989) with Nicholas Pepin & Laramy Wells

In the not-too-distant future, civilization has been destroyed by genocide, starvation, and plague, and chaos reigns in the wastelands surrounding the collapsed Brooklyn Bridge. As guerrilla fighters battle amid the desolation, one woman, who is also a robot, harbors a secret that could save humani…
Guests: Nicholas Pepin , Laramy Wells
July 11, 2024

BONUS - "SpaceCamp" (1986) with Jeff Atkins, Ben Carpenter, and Nicolas Pepin

To the children of the ’80s, the only thing cooler than the idea of space camp is the idea behind this forgotten 80’s flick, in which Lea Thompson, Joaquin Phoenix, and their fellow teen team members must figure out how to land an actual space shuttle after a freak accident at NASA’s Kennedy Space …
Guests: Nicholas Pepin , Ben Carpenter , Jeff Atkins
June 21, 2024

#110 - "Weekend at Bernie's" (1989) with Nicholas Pepin (from "Pop Culture Roulette" Podcast) & Chad Sheppard

Join Tim Williams and guests Nicholas Pepin and Chad Sheppard on the 80s Flick Flashback Podcast as they dive into the 1989 comedy "Weekend at Bernie's." Picture a wild summer weekend where two young employees discover their boss dead at his beach house. Despite the chaos, they must keep up appeara…
Guests: Nicholas Pepin , Chad Sheppard
May 24, 2024

#108 - "InnerSpace" (1987) with Nicholas Pepin (from "Pop Culture Roulette" Podcast) and Ben Carpenter

Join Tim Williams with guests Ben Carpenter and Nicholas Pepin as they discuss the 1987 sci-fi comedy "Innerspace" on the 80s Flick Flashback Podcast. Directed by Joe Dante and produced by Steven Spielberg, this film stars a miniaturized Navy pilot injected into a hypochondriac grocery clerk, leadi…
Guests: Nicholas Pepin , Ben Carpenter
May 3, 2024

BONUS - "Ladyhawke" (1985) with Nicholas Pepin (from "Pop Culture Roulette" Podcast) and Chad Sheppard

Join Tim Williams and guests Nicholas Pepin and Chad Sheppard as they discuss the 1985 medieval fantasy "Ladyhawke" on the 80s Flick Flashback Podcast. This film tells the tale of two lovers cursed to transform into a hawk and a wolf, striving to lift the curse with the help of a young thief. Tune …
Guests: Nicholas Pepin , Chad Sheppard
April 26, 2024

#106 - "The Natural" (1984) with Nicholas Pepin (from "Pop Culture Roulette" Podcast) & Ben Carpenter

In the early 1980s, baseball films were scarce until Barry Levinson’s 1984 Oscar-nominated gem revitalized the genre, inspiring over 18 baseball-themed movies in the following decade. While initially seeming like a typical sports biopic, this film, "The Natural," unfolds into a profound American fa…
Guests: Nicholas Pepin , Ben Carpenter
March 1, 2024

#102 - "License To Drive" (1988) with Nicholas Pepin from "Pop Culture Roulette" Podcast

Join us on the 80s Flick Flashback Podcast as we rediscover the cult classic "License To Drive" (1988). Experience the uproarious journey of Les Anderson as he navigates teenage romance, failed driving tests, and a wild night of car-centric escapades with his friends. Get ready for laughter, hijink…
Guest: Nicholas Pepin
Feb. 16, 2024

#101 - "Running Scared" (1986) with Gerry D from "Totally Rad Christmas" & Nicholas Pepin from "Pop Culture Roulette"

In this special replay episode of the 80s Flick Flashback podcast, Tim Williams and guest co-hosts Gerry D from "Totally Rad Christmas" Podcast and Nicholas Pepin from "Pop Culture Roulette" Podcast revisit the 1986 action-comedy "Running Scared." Directed by Peter Hyams and starring Gregory Hines …
Guests: Gerry D , Nicholas Pepin
Feb. 2, 2024

#100 - 80's Flick Flashback 100th Episode Special

Get ready to test your knowledge about the silver screen sensations of the 1980s! From E.T. phoning home to Indiana Jones cracking his whip, we've got a reel-to-reel rundown of 80s movie trivia as you've never heard before. So grab your popcorn, and cozy up in your favorite recliner or bean bag cha…
Guests: Gerry D , Nicholas Pepin , Chris Adams , Laramy Wells , J.B. Huffman , Bethany Wells
Oct. 13, 2023

#92 - "Friday the 13th: A New Beginning" (1985) with Nicholas Pepin from "Pop Culture Roulette"

This 80s Flick sequel is often remembered as a complete misfire among the wide range of slasher classics. Screenwriter and director Danny Steinmann, whose limited filmography was mainly exploitation films, ventured beyond the...
Guest: Nicholas Pepin
Sept. 1, 2023

#89 - "Dead Poets Society" (1989) with Laramy Wells from "Moving Panels" Podcast & Nicholas Pepin from"Pop Culture Roulette" Podcast

This 80’s flick explores the complex terrain of friendships, aspirations, and the struggle to find one's own identity outside of the classroom. The story takes place at an all-boys preparatory school in the 1950s, where tradi...
Guests: Nicholas Pepin , Laramy Wells
July 21, 2023

#86 - "Lethal Weapon 2" (1989) with Nicholas Pepin from "Pop Culture Roulette" Podcast

In 1987, Lethal Weapon took everyone by surprise when it hit theaters. It was like a bomb went off and re-ignited the buddy cop genre with a bang! The perfect mix of an established director, two lead actors with undeniable ch...
Guest: Nicholas Pepin
June 9, 2023

#83 - "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (1984) with Nicholas Pepin from "Pop Culture Roulette"

Released just three years after the iconic "Raiders of the Lost Ark," this action-packed prequel takes us back to the 1930s, where we find our intrepid archaeologist, Indiana Jones in a web of peril when he becomes entangled ...
Guest: Nicholas Pepin
May 12, 2023

#81 - "Brewster's Millions" (1985) with Nicholas Pepin (from "Pop Culture Roulette" Podcast) and Chad Sheppard

Based on a 1902 novel of the same name, this 80’s flick brought together two of the 80’s greatest funnymen and an established director who wasn’t prone to making comedies. Despite primarily negative reviews, it still did wel...
Guest: Nicholas Pepin
April 14, 2023

#79 - "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982) with Nicholas Pepin from "Pop Culture Roulette" Podcast

The 80s is often seen as the defining era of “the teen movie”. While “The Breakfast Club” and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” might have garnered all of the attention, it was this 80s flick that took the “teen movie” from raunchy ...
Guest: Nicholas Pepin
March 29, 2023

BONUS: "The Best 80s Directors" Panel with Nicholas Pepin, Chad Sheppard, and Laramy Wells

The 1980s were a transformational time for movies, with plenty of lesser-known debut directors being given creative freedom to make unique and innovative projects, many of which we still consider to be all-time classics today...
Guests: Nicholas Pepin , Laramy Wells
Dec. 9, 2022

#71 - "Scrooged" (1988) with Gerry D. ("Totally Rad Christmas" Podcast) & Nicholas Pepin ("Pop Culture Roulette" Podcast)

Since the publication of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol nearly 200 years ago, the story of Ebenezer Scrooge has become familiar fodder for adaptations of all sorts—from ballets to operas to a mime performance by Marcel M...
Guests: Gerry D , Nicholas Pepin
Nov. 11, 2022

#69 - "The Untouchables" (1987) with Nicholas Pepin from "Pop Culture Roulette" Podcast

1930. Prohibition has transformed Chicago into a City at War. Rival gangs compete for control of the city’s billion dollar empire of illegal alcohol, enforcing their will with the hand grenade and the tommy gun. It is the tim...
Guest: Nicholas Pepin
Nov. 7, 2022

The "Weird" Bonus Episode - "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" (2022) with Nicholas Pepin from "Pop Culture Roulette" Podcast

We don't normally sway away from our regular 80's Flicks only podcast formula, but when "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" premiered on the Roku Channel this past weekend, we had to cover this 80's icon and the hilarious film tha...
Guest: Nicholas Pepin
July 8, 2022

#60 - "One Crazy Summer" (1986) with Nicholas Pepin from the "Pop Culture Roulette" Podcast

This 80’s flick is sometimes described as “Better Off Dead Goes To The Beach” because it reunites young leading man John Cusack with writer-director Savage Steve Holland for a tale of teenage angst and the quest to find love....
Guest: Nicholas Pepin
June 10, 2022

#58 - "Back to the Future" Trilogy Panel Part One

In the Summer of 1985, one of the most influential sci-fi comedies ever made landed in theaters nationwide and took moviegoers on a time-traveling thrill ride while shattering box office expectations. This 80’s flick sparked ...
Guests: Nicholas Pepin , Danny Johnson , Laramy Wells , Bethany Wells , Chad Sheppard , Charlie Cotter
Jan. 21, 2022

#48 - "Better Off Dead" (1985) with Nicholas Pepin of "Pop Culture Roulette Podcast"

While some critics failed it from the outset, this 80’s flick is actually a notch more upscale than most of its fellow D-grade locker-room comedies of the era. It's gained a "cult" reputation for its overall cynical tone, its...
Guest: Nicholas Pepin
Dec. 10, 2021

#45 - “Lethal Weapon” (1987) with Nicholas Pepin of “Pop Culture Roulette Podcast”

There has been a debate raging on the internet for years as to whether or not “Die Hard” is a Christmas movie. If “Die Hard” is, in fact, a Christmas movie – which I believe it is – then this 80’s Flick deserves the same holi...
Guest: Nicholas Pepin