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Nice Pull!

Nice Pull!

De: 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
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  • 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 m
  • 50 Years of Jaws, Sir Simon Milligan’s Dire Prophecies, and Chris’s Prized Rodney Allen Rippey Photo
    Jun 3 2025

    Jeff and Chris crack open the Nice Pull! liquor cabinet and, instead of expired Zima or a 7-inch from Loggins & Messina, they find Kids in the Hall legend Kevin McDonald inside — reprising his role as Sir Simon Milligan, emissary of darkness and Costco prophet of doom. He drops predictions about canine world leaders, facial hair extinction, and his own fear of a rescue dog named Alaska. Just another Monday in hell.

    But this episode doesn’t stop at absurdist Canadian prophecy — oh no. Jeff and Chris take a deep, fin-first dive into the 50th anniversary of Jaws and relive every trauma, trivia bit, and pop culture ripple that movie unleashed in the summer of 1975.

    Highlights include:

    · Jeff’s Ocean Terror Origin Story™: He recently swam in the open ocean. Voluntarily. We’ll wait while you gasp.

    · Chris’s Book-Fueled Trauma: He read the Jawsnovel before puberty and can’t unsee the crabs crawling on Chrissy Watkins.

    · Spielberg at 27: The man directed a culture-shifting horror movie before he could rent a car.

    · The Mythbusters Ruin Everything Corner™: That exploding air tank ending? Total nonsense. But we still cheer every time.

    · Jaws vs. Star Wars: Chris throws down the cultural gauntlet, declaring Jaws the true OG blockbuster. Come at him, nerds.

    · A Parade of Ripoffs: Grizzly, Orca, Piranha,and Tentacles — the Dollar Store cinematic universe Jaws accidentally created.

    · Rodney Allen Rippey returns: This time, not just as a Pull — but as the focus of a verified 1970s photographworth 100,000 points. Eat your heart out, Bigfoot.

    Also discussed: food replicators that don’t exist, Violet Beauregarde’s gum-based doom, Merv Griffin’s sexy little “ooh,” and why Emmett Kelly might be the most problematic clown since John Wayne Gacy.

    This one’s got The Kids in the Hall royalty, killer sharks, childhood trauma, and the single greatest novelty song about a talking shark in broadcasting history. (Yes, Mr. Jaws gets airtime. You’re welcome.)

    NOTE: If you don’t walk away from this episode with a primal fear of both ocean water and polyester leisure suits, you weren’t listening.

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    45 m
  • 60 Episodes, Zero Jetpacks, and a Couple of Babies
    May 27 2025

    In this historic 60th episode, Jeff and Chris do what any self-respecting podcast would do to celebrate a major milestone: they use AI to de-age themselves into toddlers and open the show as actual 3-year-olds and seem shockingly composedfor children who have likely just discovered their toes.

    Then the episode spirals into a beautiful midlife crisis as the duo laments all the futuristic promises of their youth that never arrived: bubble cars, food pills, dome cities, clothes with built-in booties, and the long-overdue extinction of crappy asphalt. Jeff mourns the death of Jetsons-style travel; Chris weeps forthe loss of meal replacement pills—then immediately retracts it because pills that taste like hot dogs are a war crime. They recall Willy Wonka's gum-based dinners, rip on Charlton Heston's dystopia trilogy, and give a heartfelt Zardoz shout out to Sean Connery in a red Speedo.

    And then there's Dirk Pearson. Remember him? No? Good. Because that long-haired supplement-peddling life-extension prophet lied to everyone. Chris calls him out for saying we’d live to 800 while Jeff’s is just hoping to make it to the next Target run without groaning.

    Closing Thought:
    The roads are still garbage, the replicators never arrived, and you’re still eating nachos like a caveman. But at least you’ve got Nice Pull!—now with baby filters and 740 episodes to go.

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