If Memory Serves

All things have their time and here at If Memory Serves we've realized that our time has come. Join us for one final trip down memory lane as Taylor & Seb close out the show with some previously unshared memories and a final trip around their childhood home. And be sure to join them next month as they launch their next venture: All Night with the Living Geeks! Find that at allnightgeeks on Instagram and Twitter so you can be alerted when the first episode drops!

In many ways, one would have to go back to the year 1918 (influenza pandemic) to find a year comparable to 2020. However, in at least one respect 2020 takes us straight back to 1992 and the golden age of our childhood: it was the last time a sitting US President lost his re-election bid. Join us this month as we shake our voodoo stick at the 1992 Election cycle that gave us such gems as InDecision 92, MTV's Rock the Vote advertisements, and the charming craziness that was Ross Perot!

November is here and with it the first crisp days of Autumn (at least in California). This month, Taylor and Seb talk about their Thanksgiving memories going down to visit family in Porterville, CA. Join them for all the fixings and some fantastic memories. And stay tuned for a special announcement toward the end of the episode about the future of the show!

Grab your flight suit and hop aboard, Seb & Taylor are back with a new episode! This month we look back at our earliest exposure to anime: ROBOTECH! From a cartoon show like none we'd seen before, watching it every afternoon after school, to toys and comics and more, we recount our memories of the Macross Saga from the mid-to-late 1980s! Join us for the fun and share us with your friends!

Last year, Taylor had planned to create a grand interview retrospective podcast about his favorite surf film "O'Zone". The reality of pulling together all the people involved proved to be quite the challenge. However, he did record an interview with Director Tony Roberts in May of 2019. This month, to celebrate the film's 30th anniversary, we're releasing that interview with Tony Roberts for all to enjoy. Check out the show notes for links to Tony's work and social media.

The Truth Is Still Out There! In this age of conspiracy theories run rampant, Tic-Tac UFOs, and deep state wackiness, Taylor & Seb look back to a seemingly simpler time when The X Files bred a new generation to trust no one and question everything! They also discuss a great local group they hung out with to watch the show: The Bay Area X Files Encounter Group as well as discuss the impacts of the early internet age on the fandom surrounding The X Files! Grab a pack of Morleys and join us this month on If Memory Serves!

Brick by brick, we assemble this month's episode on LEGOs! They were possibly the one toy that had true staying power through our childhood. We look back at the sets we had, sets we might have had, and recount many stories of why these old LEGO sets still hold a big place in our hearts! Make sure to share the show with friends, drop us a review wherever you consume podcasts, and don't look at what some of these sets go for on eBay these days!

Grab your Walkman, grab your boombox, and dig through your old Case Logic carriers...this month Seb and Taylor are talking about their CASSETTE TAPE MEMORIES! Not just limited to music, the boys recall all sorts of memories connected to old sound effect tapes, compliations, read-along books, Lake Woebegon tales, and lots more! Make sure to follow us on the socials, subscribe, share with your friends, and review us on whatever platform you use!

It's May and while most everyone is doing remote learning with the current pandemic, Taylor & Seb take a look back at their memories of actually being at school. From Kindergarten through to Senior year, they recount some of their best memories (and sometimes rather embarrassing ones) of going to school in San Jose in the 80s and 90s!

What a difference a month makes! With the world changed, Seb & Taylor get back together (a little late, sorry) to continue their look back at shows they remember from Nickelodeon in the 80s and 90s! Join us as we go from Ren & Stimpy, through Hey Dude!, to Today's Special, Green Acres, and more! We also spend a little time catching up on how we're doing now that we're living in the age of a pandemic. So grab yourself a cup o' green slime, settle in, and come along for the ride!

This month, Taylor and Seb set out to remember Nickelodeon as it was in the 80s and 90s. Now, we run into some minor audio issues, but we quickly realize we have enough to run two episodes. So in this first look at Nick, we discuss The Adventures of Pete & Pete, Clarissa Explains it All, You Can't Do that on Television, Double Dare, Finders Keepers, Count Duckula, The Mysterious Cities of Gold, F Troop, Mister Ed, and The Adventures of the Little Koala. Next month, we'll have even more Nickelodeon memories! So be sure to subscribe and stay tuned!

They are more than meets the eye! This month, we look back at one of the toys that defined our childhood! TRANSFORMERS! We look a little at the story of how these Japanese toys gained American backstories and became an iconic 80s toy! From our earliest toys to the shocking experience of watching the 1986 Transformers movie to some of the more ancillary Transformers-esque experiences (Go-Bots, the Steel Justice TV movie), we pay tribute to our friends from Cybertron! Check our show notes for all the details and be sure to share us with friends!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Seb and Taylor are back and trying something new in 2020! It's their first live commentary of an 80s movie! So grab your copy of 1987's Back to the Beach, pop it into whatever will play it, and come along as they talk about, react to, and otherwise enjoy the ever living crud out of this beach movie classic! Don't forget to rate and review us on whatever platform you use and share us with friends!

As we prepare to finish out another decade in this reality, Seb and Taylor uncover a 30 year old relic...an old home movie their family recorded on New Year's Eve 1989. In it, they look back at their favorite things from the 1980s. Taylor and Seb share ten snippets of this decade in review and look back...do those choices hold up with hindsight? What sort of strange things did they enjoy back then? What exactly is Seb holding onto in the video? Join us as we venture back! Rate & review us, please...and share us with friends!

Settle in friends, grab your popcorn, listen to the pianist start playing...the lights will dim, the curtains part...and the show will begin! This month, Seb and Taylor look back at a South Bay institution: The Gaslighter Theatre! It was the location of their parents' first date (they're celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this month, by the way) and the site of many a good memory for each of our boys, too! Join us, please, on this old-timey adventure! Please check the show notes for all the links, rate & review us, and gently caress that subscribe button (everyone else wants you to smash it).

September has arrived and with it, a new episode of If Memory Serves! This month, Seb & Tay talk about the car and car culture memories that aren't a bunch of old Volkswagens! Family cars, dad's sports car, toys, car shows, and so much more! Check out our show notes for news and other references made in the episode! And please, be sure to rate and review us on whatever platform you listen!

It's August and the summer doldrums have us looking back at those lazy summer afternoons curled up on the couch with one of our cats or watching the fish swim in the aquarium. That's right, it's time for PET MEMORIES! Tay and Seb spend this month's episode remembering our fuzzy (or scaly) friends who added a whole extra dimension to our lives growing up in the 80s and 90s.

Seb and Taylor are back this month with memories of some of their favorite restaurants, foods, and snacks that are no longer with us! It's everything from Bob's Big Boy to their dad scoring the sign from their favorite local Chinese joint to Pudding Pops and even favorite Happy Meal items that would never fly today. Plus, Seb goes on a proper shoot week over his feelings about Patrick Stewart playing a Frenchman!

It's June! It's blockbuster movie season and this month Taylor & Seb look back at their Star Wars memories! The movies, the toys, and so much more! This is a very special episode (despite some technical hiccups) in which the boys recorded live together in the studio! Use the force and check out this episode! Please be sure to rate and review (we'll read future reviews) and support us on Patreon (we'll shout you out there, too)!