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This week, we’re taking flight with the Scottish band Pilot and their timeless hit “Magic”. Together with our guest Kai Dodson, we get right to the point: does selling out and changing the lyrics to your hit to hawk pharmaceuticals change the legacy of a song? We also dive into Pilot’s musical journey that intersected with an impressive array of legendary musicians and bands. Stay tuned to see if we think the sun should continue to shine on the creators of this pop gem, or if we think the magic is gone after we’ve heard the Ozempic commercial one too many times.

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This week Matt makes Dylan watch a personal favorite in his seasonal viewing with Merry Christmas Mr. Bean! Matt caught this on PBS in the 90’s and it’s become a yearly watch ever since!

This week everyone’s on the hunt for who brought drugs to Trey’s birthday party … it’s not as thrilling as you think it’d be.

This week we are joined by returning guest A.J. Santini to discuss The Beach Boys inspired song Trigger Happy. In many ways this is Al’s most politically driven song.

This week we are celebrating Thanksgiving AND the 30 year anniversary of Addams Family Values. This sequel is arguably one of the rare sequels that’s as good if not a little better than the original movie!

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Today, we’re diving into the infectious world of Stereo MCs and their iconic track, “Connected.” Even if you think you don’t know it, chances are you’ve crossed paths with this chart-topping British group’s masterpiece, thanks to a cleverly placed sample and irresistible vocal melody that propelled them onto the US charts. These musical innovators also made waves by producing remixes for some of the biggest artists of their time. Despite their rise to fame in the early 90s, it took them over a decade to follow up their hit album, and they never quite replicated that mainstream success. Patreon wanted us to explore the Stereo MCs journey, so stay tuned as we uncover whether we truly connected with this group or if the writing was on the wall since the song’s release.

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This week Dylan makes us watch one of his long time favorites, the stoner Christmas comedy The Night Before

We are back everyone! This week we have a high school party worthy of a 90’s teen flick and just a return of the podcast.

This week we officially enter the 90’s albums with a returning fan favorite guest MC Lars. We dive into this iconic cover that gave Al’s career a second breath of life after the financial failure of UHF and is the perfect opening track to Off the Deep End.

We’re so close to Thanksgiving and worked our way through all the Cannibal Woopsies worth watching so this week Scott has us dig into a different food based movie, THINNER. This Tom Holland adaptation of Stephen King’s dumbest Bachman Book is absolutely one of the worst King adaptations out there. You’re lucky we love you.

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This week, we’re joined by Sarah and Maggie from the Unstable Topics podcast to discuss the unforgettable hit “I Love It” by Icona Pop. In the decade since its release, this song has remained a constant presence, gracing commercials, television, and the radio. Together, we’ll explore the mystery of Charlie XCX’s involvement in the song, share our emotional connections to it, and reminisce about the world of 2013, a time when this song made a significant impact on the music scene and beyond. Get ready to relive the magic and influence of this inescapable Swedish feminist pop anthem.

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Many have forgotten that the infamous comp that gave us Fall Out Boy’s Yule Shoot Your Eye Out actually had a follow up album a few years later. But Matt Kelly remembers and makes Dylan listen to it!

This week we dive into forgotten and delightful MTV Game-show Remote Control. Al appeared on the show twice, once as a category and another time as a contestant. This show also featured the first appearances of Adam Sandler and Colin Quinn.

On another episode of Not-Quite-Horror Movie Night, our fearless leader Matt takes us on a trip through time and space to a place where everyone is significantly hairier than we already are. But not on the surface, rather BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES (1970) where the weird telepaths hang out. Just be careful not to touch their quartz-encrusted bomb controls, they HATE that…

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It’s no surprise that Prince was a fan of Jane Child. After a bidding war between 14 labels in which she demanded complete creative control, this Toronto-based artist wrote, produced, and performed every note of her debut album. Her funky pop single “Don’t Wanna Fall In Love” skyrocketed to #2 on the Billboard Charts in 1990, opening the door of endless possibility for this Canadian badass with an unforgettable look. So why are we discussing her on One Hit Thunder? We asked ourselves the same thing. Stay tuned to find out.

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Elf celebrates 20 years of being released this week so of course we had to officially kick off our holiday season with the modern classic! In many ways this is the film that MADE Will Ferrell and has been delighting audiences … including your two cohosts for two decades.

Did you know that MuchMusic was the Canadian answer to MTV? Also did you know Al made a totally separate series of sketch comedy videos for them! Well now you do!

Much like the behavior one would expect at a college party when the peer pressure is stronger than your better judgment, your hosts caved to the Patrons in our Slack chat and are gulping down TEQUILA BODY SHOTS (1999). Spoiler alert, they taste like salty regret and stomach juice. We’d never call ourselves experts in how to drink booze, but this is most definitely not how one does a body shot. That is, unsurprisingly, the least incorrect idea presented in this movie, so strap in for quite the headache after this week’s bender of a Dia de los Muertos episode of Horror Movie Night!

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“I like big butts and I cannot lie.” No, that wasn’t a Winston Churchill quote. It’s the iconic first lyric of Seattle-based rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot’s 1992 smash hit “Baby Got Back”. While your grandma’s out cuttin’ a rug at the wedding reception to a song about anacondas and gettin’ sprung, it can often be forgotten that the song is actually an anthem of body positivity. His music tends to walk a fine line between well-intentioned and super horny, so this week, we’ll dial 1-900-MIXALOT and see if we can kick some thoughts about why he could never repeat the success of this song.

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This year for Halloween we are celebrating the 30 year anniversary of Nightmare Before Christmas. Is this a Halloween movie or a Christmas movie? It’s a debate as old as is Die Hard a Christmas film … we will give it a final answer today.

This week our friend Joey Pettine is back on to discuss Risky Business parodies and giant crystal eggs!

We sign off of the 80’s era of Al with a Mal-Bag from you listeners. We also dive into Al’s second cameo in the Naked Gun franchise as well as the bizarre TV Special “Seriously… Phil Collins” that he appears in.

HMN’s Halloween tradition of picking a family-friendly movie for the holiday continues as we travel all the way to HALLOWEENTOWN (1998) in a flying bus that definitely needs a tune-up… While this one may be a staple in a large swath of America’s October rotation, your hosts sort of missed having it as a part of their childhoods. Does this leave us lacking the nostalgia to fully enjoy it, or are our viewing experiences untainted by memories of the Disney Channel’s heyday? You be the judge on this wholesomely spooky episode of Horror Movie Night!

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Regardless of whether you know the name Norman Greenbaum or not, you most DEFINITELY know his hit 1969 song “Spirit In the Sky”. This uplifting single has appeared in countless movies, TV shows, and commercials, with its use showing no sign of slowing over five decades later. This week, we’re joined by Rock and Roll Candle Co. founder Samm Strangeland to get spiritual about Greenbaum, and decide if he should’ve kept pumping out hits OR if his goats just needed him more than we did.

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We continue our Christmas Horror Coverage with a demented episode of the series Cabinet of Curiosities from Netflix last year. The 4th episode “The Outside” is a demented body horror episode about a beauty product received at a White Elephant gift exchange that warps the wearers mind.

This week Trey gets released from jail which means the count down to Mmmwhatchasay is closing in!

We have finally reached the end of UHF and the end of Al’s 80’s era with the first truly epic song in Al’s discography … The Biggest Ball of Twin in Minnesota

On a totally not-blasphemous episode of the show, your HMN hosts take you on a black light body fluid-soaked trip to THE CONVENT (1999) and live to tell the tale! This forgotten gem has gotten new life thanks to Shudder and we’re here to spread the gospel of possessed nuns, Monty Python-inspired Satanists, and Adrienne Barbeau chainsmoking her way through every scene. If this hasn’t already sold you on the movie, maybe our discussion of it will – listen wherever you get your pods!

When you hear the name Positive K, you probably think of One Hit Thunder producer Matt Kelly, who is definitely one of the most positive human beings you’ll ever meet. Alas, we’re not talking about THAT Positive K, but instead, rapper Daryl Gibson whose early ’90s hit “I Got a Man” took the airwaves by storm. K’s upbeat vibe was so irresistible that even the legendary Aretha Franklin couldn’t help but be a fan. Also, you might want to break out some potholders because you could lose your grip when you hear which phrase Positive K possibly coined, only to see it rise to fame in the hands of another rapper years later. In today’s episode, we’ll decide if Positive K has the skills dat pay da bills or if he’s just crabbin’.

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This week fresh off doing the Addams Family musical Dylan has us watch the unbelievably bad TV movie “The Musters Scary Little Christmas”