Episode 170: Freddy Krueger Turns 40, 1970s Educational Children's Shows, 1990s Movie Soundtracks(11-13-2024)

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The 40th Birthday of the man of your dreams Freddy Krueger. Get a refresher course with some classic 1970s educational children's television shows. What were the top-selling movie soundtracks of the 1990s?
Episode 170 gets you warm and fuzzy with nostalgia as the weather gets cooler.
It begins with the 40th anniversary of Wes Craven's A Nightmare On Elm Street. From its roots based in reality, to how it forever changed the horror genre we take a deep look at the franchise and its leading man Freddy Krueger
Seventies kids rejoice! We go way Back In the Day to rediscover some classic 1970s educational children's television shows. Some of these transcended the decade while others definitely seem dated when looking back. We'll cover all of that ground.
This week it will be a Top 10 instead of a Top 5. We're going to look at the top-selling 1990s movie soundtracks. Many of these were likely on heavy rotation in your Sony Discman but how many of the movies themselves were big hits?
Over the decades thousands upon thousands of stunts have taken place in motion pictures. There had to be a first though. A new This Week In History and Time Capsule are centered around the first big movie stunt.
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