Free Nights And Weekends

Stick Your Hand All The Way Up There! The Sesame Street Episode! The rerun we don’t even deserve!

Send us a textSee he was a bird and he was big, get it? That’s important. In this episode, we dig through the tucked away memories of Sesame Street, touch on the future of *America’s 4,230th favorite podcast about growing up in the 405. *estimate. Free Nights and Weekends on Facebook Our WebsiteOriginal music provided by a few of the gentlemen of Supernal Endgame

Stick A Fork In It! FNAW’s 2025 Recap!

Send us a textAnd that’s a wrap on 2025! From Sesame Street to Toys ‘R’ Us treasure hunts to the white-knuckle thrill of Driver’s Ed, VBS, and an eighth grade year that was really hard to believe are included too!  We relived it all.Quick linksDrivers ed  Walk-a-thon  Flea market  My bully  Paper route  That one where you know, coach killed his wife  VBS  The Day After  Sesame St   Lawnchair Larry  State fair  Yugo  Back To the Future  Knight Rider reboot  Black Friday  Milli Vanilli  Toys R UsFree Nights and Weekends on Facebook Our WebsiteOriginal music provided by a few of the gentlemen of Supernal Endgame

Christmas Reboot!

Send us a textA look back at the Christmas specials we grew up with and a heartwarming tale of an Ohio Christmas. Featuring a familiar voice and Scott schooling a Buckeye stater about the greatness of the BC Clark jingle. Merry Christmas! Free Nights and Weekends on Facebook Our WebsiteOriginal music provided by a few of the gentlemen of Supernal Endgame

5¢ always seemed like a deal. A Second Look At A Classic, A Charlie Brown Christmas

Send us a textA Charlie Brown Christmas has been airing for 60 years, and we all agree it’s a classic. What we don’t agree on is how a cartoon with no visible adults, a depressed eight-year-old, and a dog eating what looks suspiciously like a pile of femur bones ever became “appointment viewing.”This week on Free Nights and Weekends, Scott sits down with his brother, Phil, a Nashville, TN area therapist whose license is probably more valid than Lucy’s, to talk about why Charlie Brown can’t seem to find Christmas. Along the way, Phil unpacks sharp insight: Charlie Brown isn’t missing joy or holiday spirit as much as something much more close to home.They also ask the important questions.Why does Snoopy appear to be hoarding bones like evidence?Why didn’t we ever get to ice skate on a pond in suburban Atlanta?Who did Lucy’s office decorating? Phil appreciates her minimalist look.It's a thoughtful look at the saddest little tree ever sold, a kid who keeps trying anyway, and a holiday special that somehow understands adulthood better than most adult storytelling.Phil rejected my idea of me just adding trombone noises after I would ask him a question. So here’s Plan B. Merry Christmas, everyone! Tinman Phil’s Return To Heart podcast Free Nights and Weekends on Facebook Our WebsiteOriginal music provided by a few of the gentlemen of Supernal Endgame

Inside the Cathedral of 80s Childhood: Toys “R” Us

Send us a textThis week on Free Nights and Weekends, we step back inside the cathedral of 80s childhood: Toys “R” Us. If you grew up in that era, this wasn’t just a store — it was the place where your pulse spiked, your hopes soared, and your parents quietly questioned every decision that led them into that building. Those sliding glass doors opened like the gates of Oz, releasing that unmistakable cocktail of plastic, rubber, cardboard, and unspoken financial dread.And yes, the South Oklahoma City Toys “R” Us was built at the ass end of the Valleybrook strip clubs. It was the 80s — there was a working oil well in the field next to it. Don’t worry about any of that. We’re taking the full aisle-by-aisle pilgrimage: the action figures whose legs were held on by sacrificial rubber bands, the towering bike wall, the blue-shirted teenager with The Keys, and the mystical video-game slip system that somehow felt safer than airport security. We revisit the RC aisle chaos, the eternal Saturday traffic jam, and the infamous toy-grab sweepstakes every kid mentally rehearsed.That backward “R” wrecked native Russian speakers, because in Cyrillic that letter literally means “ya.” So for Russian kids? “Toys Я Us” read as “Toys I Us.” Which makes no sense unless Geoffrey the Giraffe was trying to send a deeply existential message. But they boycotted the ‘84 Olympics anyway, so whatever.We also look at the surprising comeback of Toys “R” Us — why the world is trying to resurrect it, and what that says about nostalgia, retail, and the parts of childhood we’re all quietly trying to get back.If this place was your childhood escape, this episode is basically a return service — zero guilt, all joy, no line at checkout.Free Nights and Weekends on Facebook Our WebsiteOriginal music provided by a few of the gentlemen of Supernal Endgame