When It Was Cool Retro Pop Culture
When It Was Cool reviews, remembers, and celebrates the toys, music, action figures, television, movies, and popular culture of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Star Wars, G.I. Joe, Super Friends, Comic Books, Comics, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, My Little Pony, Alice in Wonderland, books, Six Million Dollar Man, Godzilla, video games, and all things retro.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 112
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
G.I. Joe: The Comics
One of my favorite aspects of the G.I. Joe franchise were the Marvel comic book series. G.I. Joe had other comic book runs dating as far back as the Golden Age of comics, but it was the 1980s G.I. Jo…
King Kong (1933) Retro Movie Review
Join us for a classic retro movie review from our Patreon archive at When It Was Cool. The 1933 monster movie classic King Kong! What a fun movie this was. While the stop motion animation may seem an…
Superman in Order Podcast - Action Comics issue 5
This is a free episode of our Patreon series: Superman in Order Podcast where we follow the appearances of Superman in chronological order. Finally, Superman acts like... well... Superman! Issue 5 of…
The Mummy (1932) Retro Movie Review
From our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/wiwcool archive at When It Was Cool is our review of the 1932 Universal Monster movie classic The Mummy! Check us out at When It Was Cool for almost 3000 podc…
G.I. Joe: The Action Figures Podcast Special
Today I begin the first of three new podcasts discussing my favorite retro pop culture property- G.I. Joe! The first installment is on the 3.75-inch G.I. Joe action figures which debuted in stores in…
Dracula (1931) Movie Review
From the When It Was Cool archive on Patreon here, comes a review of the Universal Monsters classic adapted from the legendary book - Dracula! Much of what vampires are and can do were first establis…
Phantom of the Opera (1925) Movie Review
From our Patreon archive at https://www.patreon.com/wiwcool Karl and Tonya take a look back at the silent movie masterpiece Phantom of the Opera from 1925. Check us out at When It Was Cool for more h…
Morbius (2022) Movie Review Podcast
I have a review of a Spider-Man universe Sony movie today. Morbius (2022), much like Kraven the Hunter which followed it, got scathing reviews online. In fact, many review websites had it ranked as l…
Nosferatu (1922) Movie Review
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror is a 1922 silent German horror film directed by F. W. Murnau and starring Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire. Nosferatu was produced by Prana Film and is an unautho…
Enter the Dragon (1973) with Bruce Lee Review
This is one of my favorite podcasts from the When It Was Cool Patreon archives, this is a fun look back at the 1973 Kung Fu martial arts movie epic - Enter the Dragon featuring Bruce Lee! Get instant…
DC Super Powers Action Figures
Join me on this show from our Patreon archive looking back at the classic DC Super Powers toy line from the 1980s. This type of content and over 2000 other podcasts are available immediately upon joi…
Arts, Crafts, Gene Hackman, More!
The When It Was Cool flagship podcast returns today as Karl and Tonya discuss multiple pop culture issues and news including recent information on the death of actor Gene Hackman. Tonya then discusse…
Adventures of Captain Marvel Serial Review
Today his 'official' (sort of) name is Shazam, but during the 1940s Captain Marvel was a superhero on the same popularity level as Superman! He even had a serialized adventure series in the 1940s, th…
Action Comics Issue 1 - Superman in Order Podcast 01
Join When It Was Cool on this new series following the chronological history of Superman from his debut in 1938 through history. This is not a documentary series about the creators and artists (thoug…
100 Favorite Comic Books of When It Was Cool
I learned to read in the 1970s largely using comic books. I have read and collected comics for over 40 years. Here at When It Was Cool I have selected my 100 favorite comic books from my life as a co…
Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989) Review
While Daredevil has been brought back from limbo by the MCU, Daredevil's first on screen appearance wasn't the Netflix series, nor even the forgettable 1990s movie! Instead, it was as a character in …
Batman in Order Podcast - Detective Comics Issue 47 - The 25th Appearance of Batman
The 25th appearance of Batman took place in January 1941 in the pages of Detective Comics issue 47. As far as stories go, it is pretty tame, but the character of the Batman himself continues to evolv…
X-Men the Animated Series (1992) Review - From Our Patreon!
Beginning today, every Monday I will post one retro pop culture offering from our vast library of almost 3,000 podcasts on our Patreon Page at WhenItWasCool.com. Today we look back one of the most be…
G.I. Joe: Season 1 Episode 1 Review - Monday Retro Flashback Show
From our Patreon files at WhenItWasCool.com we present to you this classic review of the G.I. Joe Sunbow cartoon series! G.I. Joe was one of my favorite toy properties in the 1980s and 1990s and I wa…
Old School School, More Snacks!
Karl and Tonya invite you in for a discussion about pop culture and retro pop culture from When It Was Cool! On this podcast, Karl and Tonya discuss school life in the 1970s through the 1990s, how th…