WEBVTT - Tommy Talk: NOSTALGIA REWIND: IT’S A 90’s KIND OF SUMMER 0:00:02.360 --> 0:00:05.920 Hey, guys, Welcome to Tommy Talk, and today's topic is 0:00:06.120 --> 0:00:08.520 why we need to have a summer like the nineties. 0:00:09.080 --> 0:00:11.440 All right, y'all, if you keep up with trends, you 0:00:11.480 --> 0:00:13.760 probably know the nineties vibes have been brought back by 0:00:13.880 --> 0:00:17.280 younger generations, which I don't hate. I don't hate it. 0:00:17.800 --> 0:00:21.880 I think everybody's craving simpler times in nostalgia and love story, 0:00:21.920 --> 0:00:25.880 which was that Ryan Murphy show, which was just brilliant. 0:00:26.000 --> 0:00:28.600 Oh my god, I was addicted to that show. It 0:00:28.640 --> 0:00:31.160 really made people want to either explore what the nineties 0:00:31.200 --> 0:00:33.839 culture was like or revisit the nineties because we were 0:00:33.840 --> 0:00:36.440 looking at all the fashion and the music and I 0:00:36.479 --> 0:00:39.159 don't know, just the innocence of a time period that 0:00:39.680 --> 0:00:42.440 you don't quite feel we have in this day and age. 0:00:42.479 --> 0:00:45.360 And I think there's many reasons why, but we're all 0:00:45.440 --> 0:00:48.320 kind of craving it, even generations that didn't grow up 0:00:48.320 --> 0:00:50.400 in the nineties or experience that are like I want 0:00:50.400 --> 0:00:52.839 to recreate that, which is so so cool. So I 0:00:52.880 --> 0:00:55.240 decided we need to have a summer like the nineties. 0:00:55.720 --> 0:00:57.960 And I think it's because a lot of people are 0:00:58.040 --> 0:01:00.480 isolated more and more because of screen time. I mean, 0:01:00.520 --> 0:01:03.600 I'll say it until I have no voice. It's definitely 0:01:03.640 --> 0:01:05.959 something that makes us feel like we're losing that connection 0:01:06.080 --> 0:01:09.280 and innocence. It does. It causes loneliness and sadness and 0:01:09.640 --> 0:01:13.200 everything that the summer should not be. Okay, summer to 0:01:13.240 --> 0:01:16.720 me is coming together. It's making memories when the weather's 0:01:16.760 --> 0:01:19.000 gorgeous out and your kids are off of school, and 0:01:19.040 --> 0:01:22.000 your friends maybe have summer Fridays, which means more time 0:01:22.040 --> 0:01:25.080 to make those memories. So we really need to be 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:28.680 enjoying this season. And all I'm saying is we need 0:01:28.720 --> 0:01:31.160 to have a ninety summer because of all these reasons. 0:01:31.200 --> 0:01:33.640 I returned to simpler times, but also, in my opinion, 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:38.039 really really fun times. Oh my god, now I'm just 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:41.720 kind of eighty ding and I'm remembering using disposable cameras 0:01:41.760 --> 0:01:45.160 and oh I love that, developing my film and spending 0:01:45.160 --> 0:01:47.920 the afternoon at my local public pool. I can smell 0:01:48.000 --> 0:01:50.040 the chlorine because there was so much in it, probably 0:01:50.040 --> 0:01:52.560 because everybody was being in it, but I remember the 0:01:52.600 --> 0:01:54.840 smell of that chlorine and having like a clogged deer 0:01:54.880 --> 0:01:58.480 after swimming all day and getting the Italian ice down 0:01:58.520 --> 0:02:01.160 the little hill. You know. Oh, it just makes you smile. 0:02:01.200 --> 0:02:04.120 I remember riding my bike until the street lights turned on. 0:02:04.560 --> 0:02:08.519 I mean, these were core core memories. Fireflies Remember fireflies? 0:02:08.560 --> 0:02:10.600 Do they still exist or were the only thing when 0:02:10.639 --> 0:02:14.760 we were growing up? I remember trying to catch fireflies. Ah, 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:19.720 such innocence, such a good time. But anyway, I'm digressing. 0:02:19.800 --> 0:02:21.880 Here is how we can have a ninety summer, because 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:23.880 this is what we really need to get into. And 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:26.240 I think they're very easy, simple ways for us to 0:02:26.280 --> 0:02:29.680 bring back such fun time. So number one and I 0:02:29.720 --> 0:02:32.040 gotta get it out of the way. We need to 0:02:32.080 --> 0:02:34.519 trade screen time. We need to trade a screen time 0:02:34.560 --> 0:02:37.520 for outdoor time. It's the most important, y'all. I know, 0:02:37.800 --> 0:02:40.760 don't hate me because you love your phone. But let's 0:02:41.000 --> 0:02:44.400 make it in a nineties way. Right, Let's rollerblade around 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:47.760 your neighborhood or in your favorite park. Remember how much 0:02:47.800 --> 0:02:50.200 fun that was? Oh my god, I loved it. I 0:02:50.320 --> 0:02:52.280 rather do that than scroll on a gorgeous day. I 0:02:52.320 --> 0:02:55.040 want to be in nature, I really really do. I 0:02:55.040 --> 0:02:58.880 think it's important to revisit some old favorites and introduce 0:02:58.960 --> 0:03:02.080 your kids and friends to it, right, Like skip it? 0:03:02.440 --> 0:03:05.200 Remember skip it? I loved it? Oh my god, you 0:03:05.240 --> 0:03:07.440 know what. I loved a pogo stick. I died for 0:03:07.480 --> 0:03:10.720 a pogo stick. It was so epic. And on a 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:14.160 really hot day, why not break out in oscillating sprinkle? 0:03:14.200 --> 0:03:15.720 Are you know one of those that moves back and 0:03:15.760 --> 0:03:18.919 forth and kind of shoots water all over or set 0:03:19.000 --> 0:03:21.639 up a slip in slide? Do you remember slip and slide? 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:23.920 Those were so much fun. Put it right on your lawn, 0:03:24.120 --> 0:03:27.720 cool off during a heat wave. I mentioned biking, like 0:03:27.880 --> 0:03:31.680 bike all around. Use things like sidewalk chalk. I still 0:03:31.720 --> 0:03:33.160 see it actually here in New York, Like a lot 0:03:33.160 --> 0:03:35.200 of schools will go outside in front of their school 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:37.680 and use sidewalk chalk, and it makes me smile thinking 0:03:37.760 --> 0:03:40.000 of growing up using it. I had so much fun 0:03:40.000 --> 0:03:41.440 with that, and I would do it for hours, and 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:43.520 it's a way to stay outside and really connect with 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:45.440 nature and put the phone down, which I think is 0:03:45.480 --> 0:03:49.480 so important, and make hopscotch. I loved to goet hopscotch board. 0:03:50.120 --> 0:03:53.440 I loved a water balloon fight outside, absolutely loved it 0:03:53.560 --> 0:03:57.000 camping in the backyard. I mean like, I would do 0:03:57.040 --> 0:04:01.760 it for like two hours, maybe make some watch a movie, 0:04:01.880 --> 0:04:04.320 and then I'm not sleeping outside. But if that's your thing, 0:04:04.720 --> 0:04:06.840 go for it, Like maybe I should. That might be 0:04:06.880 --> 0:04:09.160 a very grounding thing, but like, go put it up 0:04:09.200 --> 0:04:11.720 a tent in your backyard, Like how fun is that? 0:04:12.280 --> 0:04:15.160 A block party? Coordinating with your neighbors, Like for all 0:04:15.160 --> 0:04:18.000 my suburban folks, that's always fun. And I mean, you've 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:21.520 got to find that ice cream truck, Like what are 0:04:21.520 --> 0:04:23.120 you doing if you're not getting an ice cream bar? 0:04:23.320 --> 0:04:26.680 Oh my god, I loved the strawberry shortcake ice cream bar. 0:04:26.720 --> 0:04:29.880 Do you remember that? It was so good? I would 0:04:29.960 --> 0:04:33.040 either do that or a chip witch, which oh I loved. 0:04:33.120 --> 0:04:35.000 I loved so much. I don't want to know what 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:38.279 the ingredients are, but it was so good. So anyway, 0:04:38.560 --> 0:04:40.839 this first category is going outside and putting the phone 0:04:40.880 --> 0:04:44.400 down number one, first and foremost. Now on the hot 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:47.600 days or when you're ready for a little inside fun, 0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:49.719 you can still swap out that screen time for a 0:04:49.760 --> 0:04:52.720 lot of different things. Okay, dust off your old Sega 0:04:52.839 --> 0:04:56.479 or Super Nintendo or Nintendo and have some game time. 0:04:56.560 --> 0:04:59.479 It's so bonding. It encourages community. I just visited my 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:03.520 nephew and and they have a Mario Kart, a new 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:06.120 updated Mario Kart, which took me a minute to get 0:05:06.160 --> 0:05:09.360 used to. But I had so much fun. I could 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:12.040 have played that literally for hours with my nephew. It 0:05:12.040 --> 0:05:14.640 brought me right back and he was so good. And 0:05:14.680 --> 0:05:16.320 it's just fun to do it with friends or people 0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:18.400 you love. It lets you escape to a different world, 0:05:18.440 --> 0:05:21.080 which I think is so much fun. Or you can 0:05:21.120 --> 0:05:23.160 have a movie night with some of your favorite rom 0:05:23.200 --> 0:05:26.280 coms or nineties or early two thousands movies, and if 0:05:26.279 --> 0:05:27.839 you really want to be on theme, find it the 0:05:27.920 --> 0:05:30.760 VHS tape or okay, maybe a DVD if you want 0:05:30.800 --> 0:05:34.040 to be a little more modern and watch it old school. 0:05:34.279 --> 0:05:36.719 It's it's pretty cool. Gen Z's getting into those again, 0:05:36.760 --> 0:05:38.320 believe it or not. How much fun is that for 0:05:38.400 --> 0:05:41.080 feeling like we're back in the nineties and companies are 0:05:41.080 --> 0:05:44.440 making like you know, old school radios and DVD players 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:48.160 and TVs again with VHS like it's all coming back, 0:05:48.200 --> 0:05:51.160 which is so cool. Also, if you're indoors, play those 0:05:51.160 --> 0:05:54.800 favorite board games and crafts. Remember making friendship bracelets growing up. 0:05:54.960 --> 0:05:57.240 I know Taylor Swift and the Swifties kind of reclaimed that, 0:05:57.279 --> 0:05:59.240 but that was a thing like growing up with string 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:01.760 and b It was like a thing we did. Or 0:06:01.800 --> 0:06:05.280 playing games like Clue or Risk, Monopoly? Oh my god, 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:08.760 I love Jenga? What else? Did I love? Hungry? Hungry? Hippo? 0:06:09.000 --> 0:06:13.760 Mouse Trap, dream Phone? Guess who? Like all those? There's 0:06:13.800 --> 0:06:17.080 so many good games. Even a good old old fashioned 0:06:17.120 --> 0:06:18.919 trivia night is so much fun. I just did that 0:06:18.960 --> 0:06:21.840 in Italy with my family and it was a blast. 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:23.480 And let's see what else can you do in a 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:26.160 heat wave indoors? Oh, of course, go to the mall. 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:28.560 Go to the mall if you haven't been in a while, 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:30.360 make a day of it. Malls are gaining a lot 0:06:30.360 --> 0:06:33.320 of popularity again thanks to gen Z as well. So 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:35.120 go in and go to a movie theater if they 0:06:35.160 --> 0:06:37.480 have a movie theater, especially on a rainy day. I 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:39.760 love a movie theater in the summer. There's something about 0:06:39.800 --> 0:06:43.560 the real, crisp cold air conditioning and being in a 0:06:43.640 --> 0:06:47.600 dark space in a heat wave. I don't know, just 0:06:47.640 --> 0:06:49.440 a movie in the summer. To me, I think I 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:51.760 watched the most movies in a theater in the summer. 0:06:52.000 --> 0:06:54.039 There's something about it. I love, probably because it makes 0:06:54.080 --> 0:06:55.520 me feel like a kid again, going to see a 0:06:55.520 --> 0:06:59.200 movie in my local theater on a hot summer day. Okay, 0:06:59.320 --> 0:07:01.240 what else we do? We did indoor fun, we did 0:07:01.279 --> 0:07:04.520 outdoor fun. How to have a ninety summer Have a sleepover, 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:06.600 even if you're in different rooms and you're an adult 0:07:06.640 --> 0:07:10.040 and a friend comes, it's just fun. Like have your 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:12.920 best friend visit, stay up all night and invite them 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:15.520 in instead of a hotel, like lay around eating delicious 0:07:15.520 --> 0:07:18.280 food and laughing and gossiping and catching up. It's the best. 0:07:18.280 --> 0:07:23.040 It's so nineties. It's so innocent and fun. My cousin Joey, 0:07:23.040 --> 0:07:26.080 lives in Toronto and I literally count down and crave 0:07:26.080 --> 0:07:27.480 the days when he can come stay with me in 0:07:27.520 --> 0:07:29.880 New York City. I pull out our couch. It's in 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:31.600 a queen size bed. I set it up for him, 0:07:31.640 --> 0:07:33.720 and it's just so fun to like watch movies and 0:07:33.720 --> 0:07:36.640 eat food and which usually is Tai food. And yes, 0:07:36.680 --> 0:07:38.120 we'll go out and about and do stuff, but like, 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:40.679 I love our time indoor together. It's just so much fun. 0:07:42.920 --> 0:07:48.000 What else, Oh, a polaroid camera, guys, or a disposable 0:07:48.040 --> 0:07:50.080 camera and take pics all summer if you buy one 0:07:50.080 --> 0:07:53.040 of those are not expensive, take your pictures and at 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:55.960 the end of summer you can develop it all and 0:07:56.040 --> 0:07:58.080 put everything in a photo book and be surprised at 0:07:58.120 --> 0:08:00.520 what you took. It's kind of like the anti instant 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:03.240 gratification of taking a picture on your phone. And yes, 0:08:03.280 --> 0:08:04.600 you can still do that, but if you want to 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:06.280 have some fun or just have something to look forward 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:08.240 to at the end of your summer, it might be 0:08:08.320 --> 0:08:10.560 really cool to buy one of those and then do 0:08:10.640 --> 0:08:13.560 it at the end and reminiscent reflect on all your memories. 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:18.040 It's a little bit more of that, like like anticipation 0:08:18.160 --> 0:08:19.640 of what's to come, which I think is a really 0:08:19.720 --> 0:08:21.720 cool feeling, and we don't always feel that anymore. We 0:08:21.840 --> 0:08:25.640 just don't. It's it's something I really want to do. 0:08:26.000 --> 0:08:29.080 I'm I just got really really inspired to do that. 0:08:29.120 --> 0:08:31.240 I think that's a neat thing, especially if you're traveling, 0:08:31.240 --> 0:08:34.200 to take a disposable camera with you and see what 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:35.480 you get at the end of the trip or the 0:08:35.559 --> 0:08:39.560 end of your summer. So how to have a ninety summer? 0:08:39.600 --> 0:08:41.959 These are always to enjoy it. I think it's fun 0:08:42.000 --> 0:08:44.120 to get the family involved, get your kids involved, get 0:08:44.120 --> 0:08:46.840 your friends involved, and again, at the core, it's all 0:08:46.880 --> 0:08:49.680 about connection and going back to simpler times. And I 0:08:49.720 --> 0:08:52.400 wanted to make this episode because I'm constantly craving that, 0:08:52.960 --> 0:08:55.120 and I'm constantly trying to remind myself a waste to 0:08:55.120 --> 0:08:59.880 stay grounded and present and enjoy the moments more with 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:03.000 about worrying about everything else around me, And these are 0:09:03.040 --> 0:09:05.360 great ways to do that. These are really great ways. 0:09:06.080 --> 0:09:09.720 I also think that it brings a lot of joy 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:12.959 when you can create memories, like summer doesn't always have 0:09:13.000 --> 0:09:15.920 to be about booking expensive trips and traveling across the world. 0:09:16.000 --> 0:09:18.680 That's that's not what it's always about. You can do 0:09:18.920 --> 0:09:22.640 things that fill your soul and build community and build 0:09:22.760 --> 0:09:25.920 memories that don't have to cost a lot, and that 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:28.120 you don't really need to leave your neighborhood if you're 0:09:28.120 --> 0:09:30.320 not able to or you don't want to. There's so 0:09:30.400 --> 0:09:32.240 many ways to really do that. Like I said, when 0:09:32.280 --> 0:09:35.920 I went to my sisters and I was playing Mario Kart, 0:09:36.400 --> 0:09:38.800 it just I literally was like, I want to buy one, 0:09:38.800 --> 0:09:40.400 but then I'm afraid if I buy one, I'll always 0:09:40.440 --> 0:09:43.840 be on it because I love it so much, so 0:09:43.880 --> 0:09:46.679 I'd have to really set boundaries and rules. But it 0:09:46.720 --> 0:09:49.040 made me, It made me really happy, and I was thinking, 0:09:49.080 --> 0:09:51.000 why why did I enjoy this so much? And I 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:53.720 think it was just returning back to that really innocent time. 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:57.959 So I don't know about you, but this all sounds 0:09:58.040 --> 0:10:02.920 like one kick ass summer because it just feels simpler 0:10:03.240 --> 0:10:06.120 and it really focuses on getting out and making the 0:10:06.160 --> 0:10:09.240 most of these summer months. And I mentioned how hard 0:10:09.240 --> 0:10:12.000 I'm smiling. I'm still smiling so hard talking about all 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:16.760 of this because it is such a joyful, joyful thing 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:19.960 to do and experience all these things I mentioned. So 0:10:21.480 --> 0:10:23.880 let's make this a great summer. We all deserve it. 0:10:24.080 --> 0:10:25.440 I want you guys to let me know in the 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:28.400 comment section if you're going to have a ninety summer, 0:10:28.480 --> 0:10:30.120 and how you're going to have a ninety summer, and 0:10:30.120 --> 0:10:32.079 what your favorite things to do in the nineties and 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:35.160 early two thousands were in the summertime. And I hope 0:10:35.160 --> 0:10:38.120 this just got your juices flowing on ways that you 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:43.200 can incorporate some more simplistic but also really fun things 0:10:43.200 --> 0:10:47.720 and routines and games and you know, activities into what 0:10:47.880 --> 0:10:50.360 is always a very busy summer. And that's the last 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:53.160 thing I want to say, is between all of the 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:55.600 summer things, if you're a parent, you have camps, you 0:10:55.679 --> 0:10:59.120 have travel, you have playdates, you have sports. All of 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:02.560 that makes a very busy summer. If you're not a parent, 0:11:02.880 --> 0:11:06.160 you have the busyness of work. You have engagement parties, 0:11:06.200 --> 0:11:08.680 you have baby showers, you have weddings. You know, there's 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:11.400 just life. Life is lifing. So if you can take 0:11:11.480 --> 0:11:14.520 moments of peace and calm and quiet and fun and 0:11:14.679 --> 0:11:17.880 enjoy yourself through doing some of these things that bring 0:11:17.920 --> 0:11:20.680 you back to really fun and happy times, Chef's kiss. 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:23.440 I think we all deserve that. We all deserve that. 0:11:23.480 --> 0:11:24.719 So I don't know about you. I feel like I'm 0:11:24.720 --> 0:11:28.120 ready to go. Grab my light washed acid jeans that 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:31.480 yes I just bought, and some high top sneakers, maybe 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:36.000 like a tank top and a wide brim cap, and 0:11:36.120 --> 0:11:38.840 go out in the city and have a great summer day. 0:11:38.880 --> 0:11:40.640 Like I feel ready for it. I got a dressed 0:11:40.640 --> 0:11:42.920 the part to feel like I'm having a ninety summer. 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:47.200 Let's go. Let's go. Here's wishing you all a great summer, 0:11:47.240 --> 0:11:53.520 Happy summer season, baby, Let's have some fun. I've never 0:11:53.559 --> 0:11:57.440 said this before. Is hosted by Me Tommy Didario. This 0:11:57.600 --> 0:12:01.760 podcast is executive produced by Andrew Publici at iHeartRadio and 0:12:01.880 --> 0:12:06.240 by Me Tommy, with editing by Joshua Colaudney. I've never 0:12:06.280 --> 0:12:09.000 said this before. 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