Free Nights and Weekends Podcast

06/23/2026

Who remembers these glorious things?

Free Nights and Weekends Podcast is back from our summer break in July, and we’re giving away a set of authentic 1980s Pizza Hut red cups!

No book-reading bribes or sticky Dig Dug joysticks.

Jason Dean joins us to discuss the lost restaurants of our childhood, what happened to salad bars, raising flags for more Mexican food and Moore, OK’s “Hardee’s Midget.”

🔥 SEASON 5 PREMIERE 🔥

Join us on July 10th!

06/13/2026

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off turns 40 years old this week and we’ve got the lazy rerun episode to prove it! Marc HellYea Boucher

On the 40th Anniversary of this classic, we relive the perfectly executed fake sick day to a citywide parade takeover, Ferris didn’t just skip school… he rewrote the rules. But beneath the sunglasses and smooth-talking confidence is the real story...

05/22/2026

Before YouTube ads stalked us across the internet… there was a magical time when television itself became a fever dream around midnight.

This week on the Free Nights and Weekends Podcast, Scott and Marc dive headfirst into the loud, sweaty, aggressively enthusiastic world of 1980s and early 1990s infomercials. The era where every problem in America apparently could be solved with a food dehydrator, a roll of tape, or a knife capable of cutting through a cinder block and a tomato without bruising either one.

We’re talking:

The hypnotic power of the Ginsu Knife guy 🔪
The Clapper and every lazy person’s dream 👏
Ron Popeil becoming the king of late night television
Questionable products nobody needed but everybody wanted
“But wait… there’s more!” becoming part of the American vocabulary
Why infomercials always looked like they were filmed inside a casino conference room
The weird confidence of ordering products through the mail and waiting 6–8 weeks like it was normal human behavior
Plus plenty of Gen X memories about falling asleep with the TV on and waking up at 3:17AM to discover a man in suspenders screaming about nonstick cookware like civilization depended on it.

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Before YouTube ads stalked us across the internet… there was a magical time when television itself became a fever dream around midnight. This week on the Free Nights and Weekends Podcast, Scott and Marc dive headfirst into the loud, sweaty, a...

05/21/2026

Tune in on Friday to find out how come the frying pan sized mitts on this old lady from the commercial terrified a young cohost. I may have given it away some there. Also, Marc HellYea Boucher was the kid afraid of an old lady.

05/17/2026

Hurry! Give us your money (cough… uh) we mean enjoy this cool swag. Rather than beg for cash to pay for the fanciest of hosting equipment and ivory back scratchers, we’ve decided to stand out from the crowd and do what every other pod does. Hit the link and show your fandom at the lake this summer!

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05/17/2026

Maybe we were finally slightly ahead of our time! See the comments here for a product that’s right up this lady’s alley!

Let’s enjoy the day!!! 🤣😂🤣 COLLIERVILLE MOM DETAINED AFTER ALLEGEDLY OPENING “SIDELINE SANGRIA STATION” AT YOUTH SOCCER GAME COLLIERVILLE, TN — Parents arriving at Rose Soccer Complex Saturday morning expecting Capri Suns and awkward small talk instead found what witnesses

05/15/2026

Fans of the show rarely disappoint! Got this bad boy about today’s episode in my inbox today. Extra points for dressing me in the same sport coat and tie (and mullet for that matter) from my high school senior picture! Thanks, Gregg Reeves!

05/15/2026

This week on the Free Nights & Weekends Podcast, Scott welcomes the guys from Fried Okla for a full-speed ride straight into Oklahoma tornado culture. 🌪️

From growing up terrified of Gary England’s “HOOK ECHO” warnings to standing outside like imbeciles watching green skies roll in, the gang revisits the chaos, adrenaline, and accidental comedy of living in Tornado Alley.

Moore F5 memories, local weather legends, tornado chasers with a death wish, sirens at 2AM, hiding in bathtubs, and that absolutely unhinged Norman storm where floods, wild animals, and total confusion turned Oklahoma into a real-life disaster movie.

Stolen steaks, one-eyed combatants, freaked out out-of-towners and two good friends end it all by bickering like an old married couple. Good times!

This week on the Free Nights & Weekends Podcast, Scott welcomes the guys from Fried Okla for a full-speed ride straight into Oklahoma tornado culture. 🌪️From growing up terrified of Gary England’s “HOOK ECHO” warnings to standing outside like ...

05/13/2026

Everybody remember this, right? We get to the bottom of this nonsense on Friday on a brand new Free Nights and Weekends Podcast episode. 

05/12/2026

Tigernados and other swirling nonsense this Friday with the boys from Fried Okla.