July 8, 2025 • 6 mins
Have you ever recorded a song off the radio onto a cassette tape—or sent a fax under the name Coolio Iglesias? If so, you’re in for a nostalgic joyride with this episode of The Ben and Skin Show on 97.1 The Eagle!Ben Rogers, Jeff “Skin” Wade, Kevin “KT” Turner, and Krystina Ray—dive headfirst into a laugh-out-loud generational showdown: “How Old Are You, Really?” In this wildly entertaining segment, the gang racks up points for every retro experience they’ve lived through—from rotary phones and floppy disks to boomboxes and Blockbuster nights.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Ben and Skin Show ninety seven point one The Egle
We love to hook you up, give you stuff, and
we got Rangers A's tickets for July twenty third. We
got a four pack of tickets and we're gonna use
the iHeart app to give them away. It's free. You
should have it and you can stream. You could download.
There's a talkback function on there if you click the
talkback microphone. The third person to leave their name, their
(00:24):
phone number, their email address and can tell us why
Ben had to take an uber this morning? We were
just talking about it. See, you gotta be listening. That
helps you win stuff. Why did Ben have to take
an uber this morning? The first or third person that
can tell us with all that info, you gonna win
them tickets. Got an incredible wayback machine. We'll get into
at the bottom of the hour, but right now it's
(00:45):
time for this Skin Is Track, another edition of things
Skin Is Traffic. All right, I'm a sucker for these games.
It's one of those things where you know you're a
millennial if if you did this right. Okay, okay, these
are fun now this is really more for gen X,
(01:07):
but I also wanted to see, you know how KT
and Christina interacted with these questions. So I'm going to
give each one of you a point for every one
of these things you've done. All right, I'll go around
the horn. You just give me a yes or no.
Ben will start with you each time operated a rotary phone. Yes,
I have KT, Yes, Christina? Yes, all right, slid a
(01:31):
floppy disc into a PC. Now, hold on, This is
not a sexual euphemism. This is actually put a floppy
disc into a PC.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
I don't think the other way would work.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Are you saying PC? Yeah? Yeah, yes, I have KAT, Yes, Christina? Yes,
typed on an actual typewriter.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Man, I even took mister Prochaska's typing class.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
At Polo Middle School. Then gets an extra point from
mister Prochaska reference. Of course, I have christ.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Ata, my mom and a typewriter. Can I get an
extra point? It was my mom's.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Did you use it? Oh?
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Yes, I loved it.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Okay, it was fun. I love typewriters. Yeah, I remember,
And I think I was in high school and I
got my first word processor. Did you guys ever have those? Huh?
Those are amazing? Uh snapped photos with a film camera yep,
I will accept polaroid I.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Have a Polaroid right now at home.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Yeah, but you old school? Yeah, played music on a CD. Yes,
I know. Kat has a book of CDs.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
I found a CD visor just the other day, and
I'm going to go through it for Instagram video because
I have no idea what's in that thing.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
CD visors are rad rewound cassette tape with a pencil.
Oh yes, no doubt.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
Don't recommend, because you know, sometimes the tape would pop
out of there and you're like, oh no, it's ruin, No,
it's not.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
If you just rewind all that in there, you're good.
It's incredible. Drop the needle on a vinyl record, yep,
y rocked a walkman like a rebel. Yeah yeah, and
a discman.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Right like well, mowing the lawn that was definitely to
go to.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Blasted tunes from a boom box on your shoulder.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
That was too big to put on my shoulder.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Better? Did you you want to like for you want
to let everyone know you mean business. I'll give you
a point. If you walked somewhere with music playing out
of it, did you ever do that? It always needed
a chord plugged into it? Then okay, you guys don't
have double D batteries. Okay, watched a movie on VHS
and prayed it didn't jam, Yes, Christina, Yes, all right,
(03:50):
you guys. I don't think I ever prayed that.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
I remember when we found one of my buddies dad's
porn collections Christmas sent or received a fax like a
business wizard.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Yes, we used to do it for fun as kids.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Oh, I've never seen a fact. Really, never have I
sent a fact. I sent multiple facts to Chuck Cooperstein
under the name Coolio Iglesias. He read it on the air.
He read it on the air. Uh, the very early days.
I remember George one time going, I like the name
Coo Iglesias. Okay, recorded songs from a radio onto a
(04:29):
cassette tape, of course. Yes, I'll give you a point.
She wants to say, yes, but she can't. Rented a
VHS at Blockbuster on a Friday night. Absolutely, God, the
Friday staple. Really, I don't think y'all had one in all. Now,
we had TNT video dog.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
We had to go to Saville.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
I know this is a point for y'all. Heard the
screech of a dial up internet? Yes, all right, everybody
gets a point for that. Looked up someone in a
phone book. Hell yeah, okay, I thought I thought that
might be one y'all wouldn't have Sarah O'Connor.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
We have a giant, giant phone book.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
You're talking to us like we're twenty five. Sent a
postcard with actual handwriting.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Yes, not too long ago.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Actually I've never done that, but I'm not that thoughtful. Okay,
I'm quick aside. Senior year in high school, went to Padre,
partied wildly. Me and a guy been grew up with
that later became my accountant. Bought a postcard of chicks
and a bikini from Padre Island and sent it to
our English teacher. That's all the great Samantha Clay rest
(05:42):
in peace. She was a wonderful woman. Used a paper
map and didn't get lost. Oh my god.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
I almost always get lost, So I used I used it?
Speaker 1 (05:52):
What was it?
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Mapsco?
Speaker 1 (05:53):
Yes, I will accept MAPSCO. It's a paper map.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
But I got lost, So Mum and lawns like we
had a mapsco to all the addresses.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
It's crazy printing out map quest? Did you you point?
Kt sure? I can even tell you that. When I
worked for my dad and it was on the road,
a lot. His mapscow page for his business was thirty
three R. I used it that much. Last two ones
owned a proper dusty dictionary, Yes, dusty, Like, what does
(06:25):
that mean? I think they're just being clever. Did you
have an old Mirriam Yeah? Okay, yeah, a webster? Yes,
had a whole encyclopedia A through z dog.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
Oh my god, my parents are so proud of it too.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
I loved it. My grandpa had one. Was so great,
a place of honor in her house. All right, there
you have it. There's things. It's getting way of tracking.
Who wins? Okay? Ben had nineteen, Christina eighteen, and KT fifteen.
All right, you lose KT. All right?
Speaker 3 (06:53):
Coming up next, we crank up the Wayback Machine. It's
the fifteen year anniversary of this. We'll talk about it
next
Ben and Skin Show ninety seven point one The Egle
We love to hook you up, give you stuff, and
we got Rangers A's tickets for July twenty third. We
got a four pack of tickets and we're gonna use
the iHeart app to give them away. It's free. You
should have it and you can stream. You could download.
There's a talkback function on there if you click the
talkback microphone. The third person to leave their name, their
(00:24):
phone number, their email address and can tell us why
Ben had to take an uber this morning? We were
just talking about it. See, you gotta be listening. That
helps you win stuff. Why did Ben have to take
an uber this morning? The first or third person that
can tell us with all that info, you gonna win
them tickets. Got an incredible wayback machine. We'll get into
at the bottom of the hour, but right now it's
(00:45):
time for this Skin Is Track, another edition of things
Skin Is Traffic. All right, I'm a sucker for these games.
It's one of those things where you know you're a
millennial if if you did this right. Okay, okay, these
are fun now this is really more for gen X,
(01:07):
but I also wanted to see, you know how KT
and Christina interacted with these questions. So I'm going to
give each one of you a point for every one
of these things you've done. All right, I'll go around
the horn. You just give me a yes or no.
Ben will start with you each time operated a rotary phone. Yes,
I have KT, Yes, Christina? Yes, all right, slid a
(01:31):
floppy disc into a PC. Now, hold on, This is
not a sexual euphemism. This is actually put a floppy
disc into a PC.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
I don't think the other way would work.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Are you saying PC? Yeah? Yeah, yes, I have KAT, Yes, Christina? Yes,
typed on an actual typewriter.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Man, I even took mister Prochaska's typing class.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
At Polo Middle School. Then gets an extra point from
mister Prochaska reference. Of course, I have christ.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Ata, my mom and a typewriter. Can I get an
extra point? It was my mom's.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Did you use it? Oh?
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Yes, I loved it.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Okay, it was fun. I love typewriters. Yeah, I remember,
And I think I was in high school and I
got my first word processor. Did you guys ever have those? Huh?
Those are amazing? Uh snapped photos with a film camera yep,
I will accept polaroid I.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Have a Polaroid right now at home.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Yeah, but you old school? Yeah, played music on a CD. Yes,
I know. Kat has a book of CDs.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
I found a CD visor just the other day, and
I'm going to go through it for Instagram video because
I have no idea what's in that thing.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
CD visors are rad rewound cassette tape with a pencil.
Oh yes, no doubt.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
Don't recommend, because you know, sometimes the tape would pop
out of there and you're like, oh no, it's ruin, No,
it's not.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
If you just rewind all that in there, you're good.
It's incredible. Drop the needle on a vinyl record, yep,
y rocked a walkman like a rebel. Yeah yeah, and
a discman.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Right like well, mowing the lawn that was definitely to
go to.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
Blasted tunes from a boom box on your shoulder.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
That was too big to put on my shoulder.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Better? Did you you want to like for you want
to let everyone know you mean business. I'll give you
a point. If you walked somewhere with music playing out
of it, did you ever do that? It always needed
a chord plugged into it? Then okay, you guys don't
have double D batteries. Okay, watched a movie on VHS
and prayed it didn't jam, Yes, Christina, Yes, all right,
(03:50):
you guys. I don't think I ever prayed that.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
I remember when we found one of my buddies dad's
porn collections Christmas sent or received a fax like a
business wizard.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Yes, we used to do it for fun as kids.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Oh, I've never seen a fact. Really, never have I
sent a fact. I sent multiple facts to Chuck Cooperstein
under the name Coolio Iglesias. He read it on the air.
He read it on the air. Uh, the very early days.
I remember George one time going, I like the name
Coo Iglesias. Okay, recorded songs from a radio onto a
(04:29):
cassette tape, of course. Yes, I'll give you a point.
She wants to say, yes, but she can't. Rented a
VHS at Blockbuster on a Friday night. Absolutely, God, the
Friday staple. Really, I don't think y'all had one in all. Now,
we had TNT video dog.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
We had to go to Saville.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
I know this is a point for y'all. Heard the
screech of a dial up internet? Yes, all right, everybody
gets a point for that. Looked up someone in a
phone book. Hell yeah, okay, I thought I thought that
might be one y'all wouldn't have Sarah O'Connor.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
We have a giant, giant phone book.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
You're talking to us like we're twenty five. Sent a
postcard with actual handwriting.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Yes, not too long ago.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Actually I've never done that, but I'm not that thoughtful. Okay,
I'm quick aside. Senior year in high school, went to Padre,
partied wildly. Me and a guy been grew up with
that later became my accountant. Bought a postcard of chicks
and a bikini from Padre Island and sent it to
our English teacher. That's all the great Samantha Clay rest
(05:42):
in peace. She was a wonderful woman. Used a paper
map and didn't get lost. Oh my god.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
I almost always get lost, So I used I used it?
Speaker 1 (05:52):
What was it?
Speaker 2 (05:52):
Mapsco?
Speaker 1 (05:53):
Yes, I will accept MAPSCO. It's a paper map.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
But I got lost, So Mum and lawns like we
had a mapsco to all the addresses.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
It's crazy printing out map quest? Did you you point?
Kt sure? I can even tell you that. When I
worked for my dad and it was on the road,
a lot. His mapscow page for his business was thirty
three R. I used it that much. Last two ones
owned a proper dusty dictionary, Yes, dusty, Like, what does
(06:25):
that mean? I think they're just being clever. Did you
have an old Mirriam Yeah? Okay, yeah, a webster? Yes,
had a whole encyclopedia A through z dog.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
Oh my god, my parents are so proud of it too.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
I loved it. My grandpa had one. Was so great,
a place of honor in her house. All right, there
you have it. There's things. It's getting way of tracking.
Who wins? Okay? Ben had nineteen, Christina eighteen, and KT fifteen.
All right, you lose KT. All right?
Speaker 3 (06:53):
Coming up next, we crank up the Wayback Machine. It's
the fifteen year anniversary of this. We'll talk about it
next
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