Pardon the Interruption: Overlooked Topics

"Pardon The Interruption: Overlooked Topics with Emily St. James" is the 353rd overall episode of *Podcast Like It's 1999* covering the films, television and pop culture of 1999, hosted by Phil Iscove and Kenny Neibart. The episode was released on December 30, 2022.

The episode follows the format of ESPN's *Pardon the Interruption* where the two guests expound on topics for a set period of time and then have to move on to the next topic. Emily presented 24 topics with a 4 minute timer per topic.

## Description

"Today on Podcast Like It's 1999… Emily St. James hosts us for our first Pardon The Interruption esque episode!

Hopping from various topics that went overlooked of the era, we talk about the movies, TV, tech, and songs we missed in order to better paint the picture 1999."

## Emily's Intro

"Hello and welcome to Podcast Like It's 1999, the podcast where we discuss the culture of 1999 from our position here throughout space and time, and just considering all things at once, pointillist style - like several dots on a painting that make up a larger image. I'm Emily St. James, I am the interlocutor for today."

## Topics

1. *Family Guy* began airing
2. The terms "blogs" and "texting" were invented
3. The death of Joe DiMaggio
4. Lil Nas X is born
5. Napster is invented
6. "Believe" by Cher is the #1 song
7. *Olive the Other Reindeer*
8. Super Smash Bros.
9. *A Series of Unfortunate Events* book series begins
10. *Mamma Mia!* the stage musical debuted
11. John F. Kennedy Jr died in a plane crash
12. Kiernan Shipka is born
13. Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit to become the farthest planet from the sun
14. *Hannibal* by Thomas Harris is published
15. "Everybody's Free (to Wear Sunscreen)" is released
16. Emily's 1st celebrity interview with Jim Nabors
17. *Tony Hawk's Pro Skater* released
18. *The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner* by Ben Folds Five is released
19. The 1999 Ontario general election won by Mike Harris and the Progressive Conservative Party
20. Gene Siskel died
21. *Who Wants to Be a Millionaire* premiered
22. The Euro became a currency on 1/1/1999
23. "Mambo #5" or "All-Star": Discuss either
24. What do you regret saying on this podcast

## Emily's Stats Girl Corrections

Like the real *Pardon the Interruption* there is a Stats Girl to correct or fact-check any mistakes or errors made by the guests during the course of the show. Emily provided the following corrections:

* Family Guy reruns aired on Cartoon Network, not Comedy Central
* Livejournal did start in 1999
* The first text was sent in 1992
* Joe DiMaggio was the Mr. Coffee spokesman
* Joe DiMaggio won 9 world series titles, despite Kenny's assertion
* Joe DiMaggio retired in 1951 and did not play into the 60's
* Marilyn Monroe was single when she died
* *The Social Network* crediting Sean Parker with creating Napster was a thematic statement
* Cher released 3 albums in the 90s
* The Goonies would be in trouble now because they're in their 50s and are actuarially more likely to die
* Phil truly does understand *A Series of Unfortunate Events* because he nailed their release dates
* Emily fact checked herself - she got *Mamma Mia's* debut wrong, it did not run in the mid 90s
* JFK Jr is indeed dead
* Everyone is generally comfortable with heterosexual couples
* Bobby Draper on *Mad Men* was played by 4 actors, not 3
* Chloe Grace Moretz is not the comp for a successful actress for Kiernan Shipka
* Kenny misspoke when he said that Neptune was crying, it was Pluto
* *The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner* was the 3rd album from Ben Folds Five
* Ebert and Siskel did come to love each other
* The Chicago Sun-Times is a fucking rag
* 100,000 hours of gameshows is roughly 11.5 years
* The EU was founded in 1993
* The Euro is nothing like crypto
* The EU has 27 member states
* Lou Bega does not have mambo bona fides, he's German with Sicilian and Ugandan parents

## Movies/TV Mentioned

Pardon the Interruption, Family Guy, Ted, South Park, The Simpsons, Futurama, Cheers, Roseanne, Will & Grace, 24, Alias, 30 Rock, How I Met Your Mother, Blonde, The Social Network, Mamma Mia 2: Here We Go Again, Olive the Other Reindeer, After Life, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, Avengers: Endgame, Super Mario Bros., Double Dragon, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, The LEGO Movie, Chip n Dale: Rescue Rangers, A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV), Harry Potter, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Goonies, Rent, I Am JFK Jr., Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Wednesday, Bodies, Bodies, Bodies, Scream, Hannibal (TV), Manhunter, Hannibal Rising, The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, Red Dragon, Romeo + Juliet, Love Actually, Gomer Pyle, USMC, GoldenEye, Siskel & Ebert at the Movies, Saturday Night Fever, Babe: Pig in the City, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, The Price is Right, Jeopardy, Greed, The Weakest Link, Wrestlemania, RuPaul's Drag Race, Shrek, Go, The Talented Mr. Ripley, American Beauty, White Men Can't Jump, Step Up: High Water