Doom Generation

Nicole and Tessa

Join the delightful damsels of doom as they journey back to the 80's & 90's to misremember all their fondest memories. Laugh along as they discuss, dissect, dish, and dunk on the pop culture media that doomed them to be who they are today. All while their research assistants try to keep them from veering too far off nostalgia lane. Instagram: @doomgenerationpod for bonus content. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/doomgeneration/support

  • 1 hour 53 minutes
    In Living Color (1990-1994): "Dry your teeth, stick your lip up there, and show 'em something!"

    We chose something very special to celebrate our 200th episode, it's the show that defined our comedy to this day.

    The sketch comedy show, brought to us by Keenen Ivory Wayans, launched the careers of siblings, Damon, Sean and Marlon as well as Jim Carrey, Tommy Davidson, David Alan Grier and Jamie Foxx, featured some of the funniest women in the game, Kim Wayans, Kelly Coffield, T'Keyah Crystal Keymah and Alexandra Wentworth and blended musical guests with dancers, The Fly Girls (with choreographer Rosie Perez even!)

    It's In Living Color this week on Doom Generation!

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    19 April 2025, 3:10 am
  • 1 hour 2 minutes
    Spaceballs (1987): "I guess when you're made of pizza, you're made of pizza."

    Deep in space, an evil lurks - Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis), Col. Saunders (George Wyner) and his crew of assholes are plotting to kidnap the Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) in order to steal all of the air on Planet Druidia. During her wedding to Prince Valium (Jim J. Bullock), Vespa escapes with her droid Dot Matrix (Joan Rivers) and is quickly set upon by Helmet who attempts to bring her on board. Panicked, King Roland (Dick Van Patten) calls up Lone Star (Bill Pullman) and his Mog, Barf (John Candy) to save her. For the 1 million space bucks he owes Pizza the Hutt (Dom DeLuise), Lone Star springs into action but crash lands on a sandy planet that happens to be home to Yogurt (Mel Brooks) who can teach him the secrets of his past, the Schwartz and the importance of marketing so he can save the princess and the galaxy. It's the closest we're ever gonna get to you know what, Spaceballs - this week on Doom Generation.

    12 April 2025, 5:08 am
  • 1 hour 3 minutes
    Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994): "If a cockatiel became a man and got invited to a party."

    Something is up at Joe Robbie stadium, beloved Dolphins mascot Snowflake has been kidnapped right before the Super Bowl! When representatives, Melissa Robinson (Courtney Cox) and Roger Podactor (Troy Evans) are tasked with trying to find him, they hire a professional - Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (Jim Carrey), a man who takes his job VERY seriously. The plot thickens when Roger is murdered and Dan Marino also goes missing. With the case becoming too big, enter the Miami PD led by Lt. Lois Einhorn (Sean Young), a real ball buster who happens to be sitting on a big secret, she promises to deliver Snowflake when they find Marino, but Ace insists he'll be the one delivering Marino once he finds Snowflake. It's the movie that made Jim Carrey a star and made the all of us kids super annoying, this week on Doom Generation. 

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    5 April 2025, 3:26 am
  • 1 hour 14 minutes
    *batteries not included (1987): "He built himself a lil' hand for slappin'."

    Frank and Faye Riley (Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy pussy like candy) have been running a diner on the first floor of their apartment building for a long time. Theirs is actually the only building still standing and is home to an eclectic group of people - artist, Mason (Dennis Boutsikaris), semi single soon to be mother, Marisa (Elizabeth Peña) and peaceful ex boxer, Harry (Frank McRae). When corporate developer, Lacey (Michael Greene) and lackey Kovacs (John Pankow) hire local thug, Carlos (Michael Carmine) to run the tenets out by any means necessary, a mysterious couple of visitors arrive to eat metal, make babies, and save the Rileys and their neighbors from losing their homes to urban sprawl. Maybe grab a hankie, this shit is kinda sad. *batteries not included, this week on Doom Generation. 

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    29 March 2025, 3:36 am
  • 1 hour 16 minutes
    Short Circuit (1986): "Hittin' switches, gettin' b*tches!"

    There's a party over at NOVA, Dr Marner (Austin Pendleton) is showing off the new line of military kill bots, the S.A.I.N.T.s, when a sudden storm shuts it all down. Before they can get the robots to the showroom, #5 is hit by a bolt of lightning and escapes, spurring their creator, Newton Crosby, PhD (Steve Guttenberg) and his partner, Ben (Fisher Stevens) into action to bring it back to the lab. #5 goes out into the world in search of input and meets a very special animal lover, Stephanie (Ally Sheedy). Together they do their best to show that #5 is indeed alive and doesn't deserve to be disassembled. Hijinks, stereotypes, and a Perfect Strangers interlude is what you're getting in Short Circuit, this week on Doom Generation! 

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    22 March 2025, 4:05 am
  • 1 hour 9 minutes
    The Lawnmower Man (1992): "They shot my chimp! Why are you being a b*tch?!"

    Dr. Lawrence Angelo (Pierce Brosnan) has devoted his life to the study of virtual reality and in order to pursue his studies, he must work under a government contract at VSI alongside Timms (Mark Bringelson) and under the giant head of the mysterious Director (Dean Norris). Using a VR program, the Doc seeks to enhance the intelligence of a chimp while VSI seeks to make it a weapon. The project goes wrong and the chimp is killed in an escape in front of neighborhood staple, Jobe (Jeff Fahey). The Doc decides Jobe is about as smart as his previous subject, so why not? After injecting this simple man with brain drugs and messing with his cortex, Dr. Angelo loses control as Jobe seeks to become a God. Also a whole bunch of other stuff happens which somehow makes The Lawnmower Man one of the longest movies Doom Generation has ever covered - enjoy! 

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    15 March 2025, 4:10 am
  • 1 hour 9 minutes
    RoboCop (1987): "Look at this cocaine, no respect."

    In dystopian Old Detroit, officer Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) is transferred to Metro West AKA Hell and is paired with officer Anne Lewis (Nancy Allen) and sent out into the mean streets. Meanwhile OPC, headed by the Old Man (Dan O'Herlihy), the company providing money to assholes like Dick Jones (Ronny Cox, really?!) and Bob Morton (Miguel Ferrer) in order to militarize the police, has created a robotic cop Ed-209 to clear the streets of crime. While Ed-209 malfunctions, Murphy and Lewis follow crime boss, Clarence Bodicker (Kurtwood Smith) and his gang into an abandoned building where the gang gets the drop on them and Murphy gets shot to shit and left for dead. Seeing his opportunity to get in with the Old Man and move up the corporate ladder, Bob has Murphy saved and transformed into the ultimate justice machine sans dick, Robocop, coming to bust up your operation. This week on Doom Generation.

    8 March 2025, 7:30 am
  • 1 hour 41 minutes
    Back To The Future (1985): "What if he's blowin' the old, weird science guy?"

    When Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) calls up Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) to meet him at the Twin Pines mall parking lot after 1 am you think it might be to blow him, but Surprise! It's SCIENCE! Having turned a DeLorean that runs on plutonium into a time machine, Doc plans to travel through time, unfortunately the terrorists he got that plutonium from shoot Doc and Marty mistakenly goes BACK IN TIME-UH. In 1955 he meets his folks George and Lorraine (Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson) and almost negates his own existence by interrupting their creepy meet cute and getting his mom all hawt and bothered. In order to save his family, Marty has to get his parents together and get his dad to stand up to life long bully, Biff Tannen (Thomas F. Wilson). Fire up the flux capacitor as we hit 1.21 GIGAWATTS on a trip thru Back to the Future featuring the sequels, this week on Doom Generation. 

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    1 March 2025, 6:04 am
  • 1 hour 46 seconds
    The Dark Crystal (1982): "Shimmy up the shaft."

    From the creative minds of Jim Henson, Frank Oz, and Brian Froud and featuring the voice talents of Jim Henson, Kathryn Mullen, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, and more. Skeksi appear in the world of Thra and ravage the land while their peaceful counterparts, the Mystics, seek to bring about balance. They send Jen, a Gelfling whose people have been driven to extinction by the Skeksi, on a quest to fulfill the prophecy. Unfortunately for Jen, the supposedly all knowing Mystics are short on important information and send Jen to Aughra for a shard he doesn't know what to do with. Fortunately for Jen, he meets another Gelfling, Kira, who can speak to the animals and joins him on his journey. Together they discover the way to save their land by healing The Dark Crystal, this week on Doom Generation. 

    22 February 2025, 4:51 am
  • 1 hour 15 minutes
    Ghost (1990): "Tarps off, boys...it's sandin' time."

    Sculptor Molly and banker Sam (Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze) are in love. They're literally building a life together when asshole "best friend" Carl (Tony Goldwyn) ruins everything. In order to pay off mysterious debts to shady characters, Carl hires Willie (Rick Aviles) to rob Sam, but he fights back and he's killed in the struggle. With his spirit able to be present unnoticed, Sam discovers the plot and goes to charlatan psychic, Oda Mae (Whoopi Goldberg) to help deliver the message that Molly, you in danger, girl. Have a seat at the pottery wheel for Ghost, this week on Doom Generation.

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    15 February 2025, 5:42 am
  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990): "Down she go to turtle land."

    The city is under siege with a kid crime army led by the Foot Clan under their master Shredder (James Saito) and Master Tatsu (Toshishiro Obata). Newscaster April O'Neil (Judith Hoag) is trying to spread the news of the rise of this criminal empire while being suppressed by her boss Charles (Jay Patterson) under the direction of police chief Stearns (Raymond Serra) while Charles's son Danny (Michael Turney) runs with the Foot Clan. While all this happens, Splinter (Kevin Clash), a big mutated rat, has been training turtles he found in the sewers to fight crime in the city - he named them after his favorite painters Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphael. Together with April and vigilante, greasy, hot ass Casey Jones (Elias Koteas) they manage to save the city, Splinter and themselves in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, this week in Doom Generation.

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    8 February 2025, 6:32 am
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