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Dueling Decades

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Dueling Decades is the totally awesome adult retro game show you've been looking for! Listen as the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s square off and do battle! Because it's your history, we just fight for it! The rules of our game are simple! A coin flip shall decide who picks first, out of the 5 dueling decades categories (Movies, TV, Music, News, & Hot Products). The judge’s ruling will determine who wins each round, allowing the victor to choose the next available category. The first 3 rounds are worth 1 point each. With rounds 4 and 5, worth 2 points apiece. The winning decade shall be decided by the highest overall score after all 5 rounds.

Location:

United States

Description:

Dueling Decades is the totally awesome adult retro game show you've been looking for! Listen as the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s square off and do battle! Because it's your history, we just fight for it! The rules of our game are simple! A coin flip shall decide who picks first, out of the 5 dueling decades categories (Movies, TV, Music, News, & Hot Products). The judge’s ruling will determine who wins each round, allowing the victor to choose the next available category. The first 3 rounds are worth 1 point each. With rounds 4 and 5, worth 2 points apiece. The winning decade shall be decided by the highest overall score after all 5 rounds.

Language:

English


Episodes
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Don’t Tell Mom About This Fast & Furious June Duel Between 1981, 1991, & 2001!

6/22/2022
Everybody’s favorite adults-only retro game returns with an all-new matchup, fresh for the month of June! In this episode, Chucky “The Wolfman” Savage from Garbage Pail Flicks is back and representing the Best of June 1981 but will it be enough to earn him his first win? Marc James jumps off the top rope with the best offerings from June 1991 and The Media King of The North, Joe Findlay hopes his fast selections from 2001 won't leave the judge 2 furious! Mancrush returns to the show and...

Duration:01:04:14

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The 2000s invade the show for the first time in this all aughts battle!

6/1/2022
Dueling Decades returns with an all-new episode and due to popular demand, we have finally added the 2000s into the mix for the very first time here on the show! For the inaugural episode with a new decade we felt that if you are gonna go, you better go big. So we bring you our first all-2000s battle! The Media King of The North, Joe Findlay jumps all over the start of the decades with May of 2000. Chucky Ballzack is back with the best of May 2005 but I’m not sure if these were the picks he...

Duration:01:06:38

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Oh Hell Yeah! It’s a best of March duel between 1980, 1989 & 1999!

3/31/2022
We’re back Duelers with another all-new installment of everyone's favorite adult-only retro game show! Dueling Decades returns with some March madness of our very own! The Media King of The North, Judge Joe Findlay jumps back behind the bench to give his most righteous rulings on this ‘best of’ March battle! Marc James knows that when it comes to his picks from March of 1980, Everybody Wants Some! Chucky Ballzack straps on his helmet and wrestles with his selections from March of 1989 and...

Duration:01:20:23

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Go Ninja, It’s a Marvelous March Duel between 1971, 1982 & 1991!

3/16/2022
Dueling Decades is back with an all-new all-awesome episode. On this installment of everybody's favorite adult-only retro game show, the mighty Mancrush returns and steps back behind the bench to judge this Marvelous March Duel! Marc James jams to the sweet sounds of March 1971 with his selections but will it be enough to defeat the other Duelers? The “Media King of the North” Joe Findlay brings the best of March 1982 and just a little bit of the sadness. Our third competitor is “The...

Duration:01:03:35

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Bum Wine Bob is back for a worst wrestling brawl between 1987, 1993, & 1997!

3/2/2022
This week, Dueling Decades returns with an all-new episode! Step inside the squared circle with us as we dive headfirst into a fan favorite topic: the wacky world of professional wrestling! This time around we bring you a battle of the bad with our very first worst wrestling duel! To officiate this one, we needed a judge that was used to the bottom of the barrel yet no stranger to piledrivers and powerbombs and we think we found just the man for the job! Back behind the bench for the second...

Duration:01:21:12

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It’s a B-Action Bonanza when we look back at this epic battle between 1984 & 1992!

2/23/2022
This week, Everyone’s favorite adult-only retro game show brings you another classic clash! On this radical replay, Marc and The Mancrush go head to head for the first time in a B-Action battle as 1984 clashes with all the B-Action of 1992! It’s not the best and it’s not the worst, It just often gets overlooked! In this episode, we get to talk about all the kind-of-great middle-of-the-road action that we all were entertained by and have fond memories of...just not that fond. The great Dave...

Duration:01:20:00

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Tune in for this totally tubular Television duel between 1984 & 1996!

2/16/2022
This week on Dueling Decades, we once again look back to one of our favorite episodes. This time around we bring you an early TV-themed head-to-head match-up between Mancrush and Mike Ranger. Mancrush channel surfs on a wave of television from 1984 but will it be enough to overcome Mike Ranger’s 1996 boob tube bodyslam! Beau Becraft joins us behind the bench for this epic episode of everyone's favorite adult audio retro gameshow! Do you agree with Beau's rulings? Need more? Come watch us on...

Duration:00:52:14

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Wheatus frontman Brendan B. Brown is back behind the bench for this January battle between 1976, 1986 & 1995!

2/9/2022
This week we are back with an all-new episode of everyone's favorite adult-only retro game show, Dueling Decades! Wheatus frontman and founder Brendan B. Brown returns to the show to judge this bad-ass best of January duel! Brendan has his work cut out for him this week with some rockin’ retro picks from our duelers! Mancrush steps up to the plate with the best of the bicentennial. Marc James finds out that streaks on the china never mattered before January of 1986 and the Media King of the...

Duration:01:33:51

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Wax bangs the gavel and decides which February ruled 1985 or 1990!

2/2/2022
This week we once again jump into the tubular time machine and this time around we revisit one of our favorite episodes from one of our favorite judges and musical guests! The one and only Wax jumps back behind the bench to channel his inner Harry T. Stoned and give his rulings on this fantastic February Week-Experience Tag-Team showdown and play us a few songs! On this great retro rerun, The team known as Mamalukes made up of Marc and the Mancrush bring the best of February 11th thru the...

Duration:01:30:26

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Who had the funniest year 1978, 1988, or 1998? Find out in this special comedy showcase!

1/26/2022
Welcome back to another all-new episode of the adults-only retro game show where the decades battle for supremacy! This week in a very special episode, we bring you a comedy-themed duel. Marc James jumps on stage with the sauciest selections from 1978. Chucky Ballzak returns to the show with the best comedy offerings of 1988 and The Media King of the North, Joe Findlay heads back to the 90s for some side-splitting fun with 1998! Mancrush jumps back behind the bench to judge this one and boy...

Duration:01:09:59

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A Rockin’ Rock n’ Roll Rerun with Judge Robert Tepper Between 1986 & 1990!

1/19/2022
Grab your can of AquaNet Duelers and get ready for another installment of everyone's favorite adults-only retro game show! This week we rewind a few years to one of our favorite episodes here on the show. This was the second time legendary rocker Robert Tepper appeared on the program and it becomes apparent early on as to why he has become one of our favorite judges over the years. On this epic Rock n’ Roll showdown Marc James shakes his money maker with the rockin’ tunes of 1990! His...

Duration:01:13:38

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Mancrush peers into the future in this best of battle between 1970, 1980 & 1990!

1/12/2022
We are back Duelers with another all-new episode about the past! On this week's Dueling Decades we feature a future-themed duel as we welcome Mancrush back behind the bench to judge this, believe it or not, best of duel! Chucky Ballzak from the Garbage Pail Flix Podcast returns to the show with a vision of the future from the year 1970 but will it be enough to defeat the other duelers and the decades they will be fighting for? Marc James somehow flashes forward to the past present and future...

Duration:01:05:12

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Raconteur RJ City rules which wrestling year was the best 1981, 1989 or 1995!

1/5/2022
Dueling Decades will be back next week with an all-new episode but this week we take a listen back to the time we were all hankering for someone to talk some pro-wrestling with and professional wrestler RJ City answered the call, and he must have been fresh off his morning coffee in his underwear because this guy is a walking encyclopedia of ALL things; not just wrestling! When he's not tag-teaming with David Arquette, RJ must be reading anything he can get his hands on, because he literally...

Duration:01:24:28

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Diane Franklin determines who had a "not so excellent" decade in this worst of duel between 1976, 1986 & 1996!

12/29/2021
On this Dueling Decades, we once again look back at some of our favorite past episodes. This week we remember when Diane Franklin joined the show for the first time and determined who had a "not so excellent" decade! Diane Franklin, the beautiful Princess Elizabeth from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, John Cusack's muse in Better off Dead, and everyone's favorite "Karen" in Last American Virgin grabs the gavel and deliberates this "worst of" battle of the decades! Joe Findlay from...

Duration:01:35:05

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Mancrush judges this throwback triple threat video game battle between 1989, 1994 and 1999!

12/22/2021
Welcome back, Duelers! This week on everyone's favorite adult-only retro game show, we take a trip back to one of our first triple threat matches here on the program. Mancrush stepped behind the bench for this best of video games-themed duel but it will be game over for two of this week’s competitors! Marc James fires up his NES and duels with video games of 1989 but will it be enough to take down some stiff competition this week. Beau Becraft brings all the best pixels and power-ups from...

Duration:01:07:49

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The Monster Squad’s André Gower returns for a festive December duel between 1977, 1987 & 1997!

12/15/2021
Welcome back for a brand NEW, Dueling Decades! Back this week, our good friend, Leader of the Monster Squad, and former Dueling Decades contestant, Mr. Andre Gower! A lot has happened with Andre since we last spoke, and thankfully he's here to tell us the story. Back for his second attempt at victory, Schuck Ballzak brings a semi-festive helping of December 1997. Smack dab in the middle, Mancrush dials in his own Ghost of Christmas Past with December of 1986. And rounding out the...

Duration:02:06:40

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Lydia Cornell gets too close for comfort with this Week Experience battle between 1983 & 1996!

12/8/2021
This week we have another totally righteous rerun for you as we flashback to the time the ageless and beautiful Lydia Cornell joined the show! The Too Close for Comfort star judges this battle between 1983 & 1996, and drops some serious Hollywood stories on us. Just who did she kiss on Magic Mountain? What did she say about Ted Knight on a talk show that was too scandalous for audiences? Who did she deliver "the talk" to while celebrating an anniversary at Hooters? Did she start a rumor? An...

Duration:01:13:32

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Classic Dueling Decades rewind with guest Vernon Wells judging between 1984 & 1985!

12/1/2021
This week on everyone's favorite adult-only retro game show, we look back to one of our favorite episodes. In this head-to-head Week Experience showdown, Mancrush steps up the plate with April 21st through the 27th of 1985 to face off against The Professor Drew Zackin. Drew comes prepared to drop the knowledge as he gears up with April 17th through the 23rd of 1994! As usual, we need someone to hold down law and order, so why not a 1980s & 1990s movie villain? That's right, who knows the law...

Duration:01:40:31

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Who had the best Thanksgiving Week 1983 or 1990? Join us for a Throwback Thanksgiving Special!

11/24/2021
This week on the show we throwback to one of our favorite Thanksgiving specials. In this installment of everyone’s favorite adult-only retro game show, Mancrush gears up with November 20th - 26th of 1983 to take on “The Media King of The North” Joe Findlay in a one-on-one Thanksgiving Week showdown! Joe brings Thanksgiving Week of 1990 to the table but will it be enough to stuff Mancrush’s turkey? Marc James pulls double duties and serves as your host and judge for this unforgettable...

Duration:01:09:24

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Tom Higgenson decides which November was the worst 1974, 1984 or 1995 & tells you how to win a copy of his new album!

11/17/2021
It's not every day you get a Grammy-nominated musician judging his third episode! We said it before, and we'll say it again, Tom Higgenson is in love with the 80s! He loves them so much, he started his own synth-pop solo project that's just "dripping with nostalgia"! So after you listen to this, head over to YouTube and watch his new videos for "Zuma Beach" & "She ain't Coming Back" by his new project - Million Miler. And while you're at it, listen to the episode to find out how you can win...

Duration:01:33:15