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Nice Pull!

Nice Pull!

By: Chris Alvarez and Jeff Thill
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NICE PULL! is the ultimate nostalgia-fueled showdown where two pop culture obsessives battle it out for obscure reference supremacy. Each episode dives headfirst into the glittery abyss of '70s, '80s, and '90s TV, toys, music, commercials, and cereal box lore—scoring each pull by just how deep or weird the reference goes. Expect rants, retro chaos, and the occasional appearance by Danny Bonaduce (seriously). Whether you’re a trivia tyrant or just miss the smell of a freshly cracked VHS tape, this show’s for you. 🎧 Hosted by Chris and Jeff. 📼 Scored by AI. 🏆 Winner gets bragging rights.Chris Alvarez and Jeff Thill Art
Episodes
  • Shampoo Timestamps, The Playdate Apocalypse, and that Glorious Jack in the Box Encounter
    Jun 26 2025

    This week, Jeff and Chris spiral into a summer-scorched nostalgia trip that starts with a Texas Instruments calculator the size of a brick and ends with a Cub Scout uniform that looks like it was tailor-made for the Third Reich.

    Somewhere in between: syrup audits, forensic shampoo tracking, and a wild rant about today’s coddled, playdate-addicted youth who wouldn’t survive five minutes in 1978 without a trauma counselor and a gluten-free snack.

    Chris’s dad used to label every goddamn condiment in the house like he was building an evidence locker. Chris’s onlyjob was to shut up and observe the sacred math ritual known as "How Many Eggs Did We Eat This Month?"—performed by candlelight and calculator with cult-like reverence.

    From there, it’s a hard pivot into the unhinged beauty of unsupervised summer vacations, back when kids were basically feral and the only rule was: “Don’t die before dinner.” They rail against playdates, helicopter parenting, and any summer schedule that doesn’t include whiffle ball, or starting small fires with stolen Bic lighters.

    Also: sixth-grade camp as a proto-prisoner-of-war fantasy, the very real joy of impersonating a better version of yourself to a summer crush at Jack in the Box.

    If you’re looking for life lessons, look elsewhere. If you want to hear two dads unravel like lawn chairs in the July sun while confessing their childhood crimes against structure and order—welcome aboard.

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    46 mins
  • Best TV Dads, Worst TV Dads, and that time Billy Mumy played his Cosmic Guitar
    Jun 19 2025

    In this weepy, wacky, wildly nostalgic Father’s Day edition of Nice Pull!, Jeff and Chris take a slow, emotional walk down Memory Lane—and trip face-first into the pop culture coffeetable.

    The episode opens with a launch into an equal-parts hilarious and heartfelt tribute to TV dads, awkward father-son ballads, and why Dick Van Patten may be the human equivalent of a mayonnaise sandwich.

    Along the way, they:

    Tearfully dissect dad-core hits like Cat’s in the Cradle, Father and Son, and The Living Years, while questioning if any mom songs are depressing (spoiler: no).

    Debate the merits of sitcom patriarchs like MikeBrady, Archie Bunker, and the forbidden one-who-must-not-be-sweater-named.Roast Michael Landon, Tom Bradford, and cartoondad Harry Boyle like they’re at a very specific Father’s Day Friars Club.Take an impromptu trip to Britain to marvel at idioms like “a spot of bother” then instantly get lost in a swirl of Benny Hilland verbal Anglophile nonsense.


    But the crown jewel? A surprise musical appearance by Lost in Space legend Billy Mumy, who resurrects a campfire moment from the show by singing Sloop John B, then blesses us with an acoustic rendition of the Lost in Space theme—played on a Martin D-45 that's never space-jammed before.


    Highlights include:A eulogy for the actor who played Veruca Salt’sdad. (Yes, that guy.)

    A confessional about inheriting our dads’ worsthabits—including “yelling tone,” dreaminess, and maybe...morphine? (Just listen.)


    Bottom line: Bring tissues. Bring bourbon. Bring an architect’s blueprint with more than one goddamn bathroom!

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    48 mins
  • Jeannie’s Navel, Catwoman’s Purr, and that Damn Ginger Debate
    Jun 10 2025

    The boys are older, tireder, and fully committed to squeezing every last nostalgic drop from their Gen-X brains—so naturally, this week they’re ogling their prepubescent crushes while pretending it’s an academic discussion.


    Jeff and Chris crack open the ol' liquor cabinet to reveal the final, bloody JAWS 50th Anniversary score (spoiler: one of them is still bitter about Star Trek trivia). Then they take a deep, reverent dive into the TV women who warped an entire generation of adolescent male brains:


    •Julie Newmar’s Catwoman, who somehow out-acted Batman in his own show and probably deserved a solo series.


    •Yvonne Craig’s Batgirl, kicking ass in purple spandex and demanding equal pay while Batman and Robin sweated next to a bomb.


    •Tina Louise as Ginger Grant—a character so iconic they tried (and failed) to replace her with a younger model. #NotMyGinger


    •Lucille Ball and Mary Tyler Moore, whose actual behind-the-scenes influences would shock and amaze you.


    •And of course, Barbara Eden’s I Dream of Jeannie—a show built entirely on the male fantasy of having a hot, subservient genie.


    PLUS!!!!


    The Batgirl PSA that explained equal pay to very confused kids.


    Julie Newmar being cooler than the entire Batman cast combined.


    The real-life Comic Con encounters where Jeff stood in awe of Yvonne Craig and Julie Newmar being awesome grandmas.


    The shocking Coachella lineup featuring "Eve Plum’s Veto" and "Not My Ginger."


    Plus: a full-throated defense of why Gilligan’s Island should’ve been a professor and two women trapped on their own island.


    By the end, the boys admit they probably could’ve done an entire 10-part miniseries on this topic alone. And yes, they know they’ll be getting angry texts about all of the other actresses they left out.


    Come for the scores, stay for the belly button censorship discourse.

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    46 mins
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