The Nostalgia Test Podcast
Put your pop-culture past to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! with 🎙longtime friends Dan, Manny, & Billy 🙋♂️🤦♂️🙆♂️
Episodes
Dan, Manny, & Billy give their honest opinions on the slew of reboot, remake, and legacy sequel slop and rumors, and they put it all to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“I feel like as a society, we just went back in time anyway, and [...] should we be happy about it? Like there's so many things that are happening that are like from our era, like, Brittany Spears got arrested for DUI [we’re...
Dan, Manny, & Billy celebrate the anniversary of the Twinkie by putting this classic snack to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“The literal first ingredient is sugar, even before flour.” -Billy D’Elia
The food episodes are back with a vengeance as the boys test their childhood and stomachs with the Twinkie. So many god memories, so many tangents, and let’s ...
Dan & Billy invite Nostalgia Test Podcast all-star Meghan Nolan to put the 1988 Nicolas Cage black “comedy” Vampire’s Kiss to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“This is a steaming pile of sh*t. I hate everything about it. It is not nostalgic for me. You cannot be nostalgic, I'm gonna say it again, about a movie that's about him raping somebody [...] It's not a comedy. It's a film that doesn't ...
On this Nostalgia Test Mini episode, Dan, Manny, & Billy spin The Wheel of Pauly Shore to see which Pauly Shore movie they’ll be putting to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“I watched [Son in Law and] I was like, how the fuck did they let this man make movies?” -Billy D’Elia
This Mini Nostalgia Test episode spins out of control (no pun intended) way before the guys even spin The Wheel of ...
Dan, Manny, & Billy put 7 Drunk Sing-Along Songs for Saint Patrick’s Day to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“It's like doing shrooms together. You gotta choose the right people.”
-Manny Coelho
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day Nostalgia Testers! On this episode, the gang digs into what makes a great drunk sing-along before ranking:
Piano Man – Billy Joel ...
Dan & Manny put the 1993 Pauly Shore classic Son in Law to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“This whole movie, all of Son in Law, all of [Pauly Shore’s] f***ing dialogue is just gibberish. It's just gibberish the whole time, and I'm just like, how can this be a film?” -Dan Dissinger
Dan & Manny are without their longtime friend and cohost Billy to try and solve the pop-culture myster...
Dan & Manny put the 2003 Spike TV classic MXC (Most Extreme Elimination Challenge) to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“Everyone dies or has diarrhea after this show [...] They're throwing up [...] things are coming outta their nose, their eyes [...] I hope there's a medic. They should have had [...] a part of a show where they showed [contestants] being wrapped up.” -Manny
This episode ...
Dan & Manny welcome Author Ross Benes to discuss his book 1999 The Year Low Culture Conquered America and Kickstarted Our Bizarre Times.
“I chose [19]99 out of all the years because it was just the wildest and most wackadoodle year of [the 90s]. You can write a similar book on 98 [...] but I think 99 is just a little more insane in the membrane.” -Ross Benes
This episode of Nostalgia 101 auth...
Dan, Manny, & Billy pull the curtain back on the podcast on this Nostalgia Test Mini Episode & put several Nostalgia Test Tangents to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“What the f**k is this podcast about anymore?” -Dan
Right before the gang recorded 168. Nostalgia Test Now! ZombieCon Vol.1, they had this tangent filled conversation that started at Legos and made a full-circle return ...
Dan, Manny, & Billy put 5 classic Love Songs for Valentine’s Day to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“Yo! 2026, Nostalgia Test declares love is dead.” -Billy
Happy Valentine’s Day nerds! On this special episode of The Nostalgia Test Podcast the guys open up their nostalgic hearts to rank and put to the test Michael Bolton's “When a Man Loves a Woman,” Celine Dion's “It's All Coming Back to M...
Dan, Manny. & Billy put the 1993 Bill Murray comedy mind f**k Groundhog Day to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“There's a quote that [Bill Murray] says, he's like, I killed myself so many times. I don't even exist anymore.” -Manny
Well, the groundhog saw his shadow yesterday which means 6 more weeks of winter! You know what that means campers, “rise and shine! And don’t forget your booties ...
Dan, Manny, & Billy open up the unhinged Nostalgia Test Mailbag and put a bunch of nonsense to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“I would argue that Tom Selleck has the greatest mustache ever [...] It's hands down him or Burt Reynolds.” -Billy
It’s very easy, the guys answer a ton of insane questions and do mini tests from the listeners and their other podcas...
Dan & Manny welcome NYC based Producer Christopher Aguis (and Dan’s cousin) to put the 1991Vanilla Ice “movie” Cool as Ice to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“If you ever hear of a tape that kills you in seven days, watch it on repeat. Watch it instead of [Cool as Ice].” -Manny
Dan, Manny and their guest Chris embark on a ridiculous 90s misadventure and attempt to make sense of Vanilla ...
Dan, Manny, & Billy welcome back Matt Landis to put the 90s classic The Crow & its soundtrack to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“I mean, that might be the most tragic thing about the legacy of this film, not Brandon [Lee] dying, but the inception of Jared Leto.” -Matt Landis
Matt Landis returns after his unbelievable appearance on episode 135.🏫 Nostalgia 101: 90s Swing Revival &...
Dan & Billy welcome back longtime friend & Nostalgia Test Podcast Allstar Jeremy Madson to put Metallica's Saint Anger & Some Kind of Monster to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“I think we all went through that period where you tried to convince yourself that you liked [Saint Anger] before you eventually came to the point where like, oh, f***, it sucks.” -Billy
We’re starting 20...
Dan, Manny, & Billy welcome back longtime friends & Nostalgia Test Podcast all-stars Meghan Nolan & Jeremy Madson to this special end of the year episode and put 2025 to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“I'm looking forward to all these legacy sequels because we get to s**t on them.” -Manny
2025 was wild in so many ways. There were reboots, legacy sequels, and so much pop-culture con...
Dan, Manny, & Billy invite longtime friend Dave Kucich back on the pod to put the 1947 Christmas classic Miracle on 34th Street to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“The plot [of Miracle on 34th Street], is basically there’s a guy who's nice to everyone [and] everyone is just very weirded out by that. Like he is just a nice dude, he knows how to speak Dutch, he's nice to the kids, he's helping...
Dan, Manny, & Billy welcome Erin Áine & Kyle Valle to talk all about the indie filmmaking journey behind their movie ZombieCon Vol.
“Sometimes people are a**holes, [and] then they turn into zombies.” -Dan
This is the second part of the ZombieCon Vol.1 two-parter, and it’s a Nostalgia 101 for the books. Erin Áine & Kyle Valle answer all the guys’ questions about the making of ZombieCon, so...
Dan, Manny, & Billy put the 2024 American Horror/Comedy/Action film ZombieCon Vol.1 to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST (NOW)!
“I'd be like, ‘Yo mom, there's f***ing zombies.’” -Manny
In a world where ridiculously predictable legacy sequels, horrible reboots, and half-assed IP superhero movies are suffocating the movie watching experience, indie movies are fighting the good fight to save cine...
On today’s special Nostalgia Mini episode, Dan, Manny, & Billy spin The Nostalgia Test Wheel to see what classic Christmas movie they’ll put to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“Welcome to Jurassic Park. Um, I mean, Merry Christmas.” -Billy
The guys introduce the Nostalgia Test Wheel to the pod to pick which movie they’ll watch for the annual Christmas episode. They year’s movie will be ...
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