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Home of Nick Knacks, a show-by-show retrospective on Nickelodeon. You can call me Gregiffer. Bi, they/them. youtube.com/user/poparena
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· Nov 15
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The Pop Arena! Home of Nick Knacks, an show-by-show retrospective on the entire forty year history of Nickelodeon! Also, the Animorphs Book and Episode Guide, The Goosebumps Monthly, the Doctor Who Bo...
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I should probably have a pinned intro post, huh? Hi, I'm Gregiffer, I'm a queer Youtuber running the Pop Arena channel. I cover a lot of stuff, but my main project is Nick Knacks, a history of Nickelodeon that looks at every single show that ever aired on the channel.
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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hearing reports out of Japan that Tatsuya Nakadai has passed away at 92. RIP to a legit legend.
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
hearing reports out of Japan that Tatsuya Nakadai has passed away at 92. RIP to a legit legend.
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Kazuki Motoyama / 本山一城, author of several manga adaptations of Super Mario, has passed away according to his sister. He was 69 years old.
www.instagram.com/p/DPSXpYukhQd/
www.mariowiki.com/Kazuki_Motoy...
www.instagram.com/p/DPSXpYukhQd/
www.mariowiki.com/Kazuki_Motoy...
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Kazuki Motoyama / 本山一城, author of several manga adaptations of Super Mario, has passed away according to his sister. He was 69 years old.
www.instagram.com/p/DPSXpYukhQd/
www.mariowiki.com/Kazuki_Motoy...
www.instagram.com/p/DPSXpYukhQd/
www.mariowiki.com/Kazuki_Motoy...
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This is why I will never, ever trust dynamic podcast ads unless I can handpick every single one.
And that’s why the Advent Calendar House is brought to you by 30- to 40-year-old cereal commercials.
And that’s why the Advent Calendar House is brought to you by 30- to 40-year-old cereal commercials.
Someone just told me that spotify is running ice ads before the @thezeldacast.bsky.social
Fuck that
community.spotify.com/t5/Other-Pod... fill this out if you hear that garbage on any of my podcasts.
Fuck that
community.spotify.com/t5/Other-Pod... fill this out if you hear that garbage on any of my podcasts.
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This is why I will never, ever trust dynamic podcast ads unless I can handpick every single one.
And that’s why the Advent Calendar House is brought to you by 30- to 40-year-old cereal commercials.
And that’s why the Advent Calendar House is brought to you by 30- to 40-year-old cereal commercials.
I am just so exhausted of it all. I've got nothing in the tank.
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I am just so exhausted of it all. I've got nothing in the tank.
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I think we just need to destroy the Democratic Party. whatever replaces it could never be THIS bad
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I think we just need to destroy the Democratic Party. whatever replaces it could never be THIS bad
Well, health insurance, it was nice while it lasted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Well, health insurance, it was nice while it lasted.
What's something you thought was way older than it actually is? For example, growing up I assumed "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" was some old 19th century folk song standard and not a pop song from 1979.
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
What's something you thought was way older than it actually is? For example, growing up I assumed "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" was some old 19th century folk song standard and not a pop song from 1979.
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The first half of the month with rent always wipes me out if you have enjoyed my jokes/poems/assorted film thoughts and would like to leave a tip if definitely helps especially with gas and groceries!
November 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The first half of the month with rent always wipes me out if you have enjoyed my jokes/poems/assorted film thoughts and would like to leave a tip if definitely helps especially with gas and groceries!
The contrast of my parents loudly watching OKLAHOMA! in the living room while I watch Castration Movie in here sure is something.
November 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM
The contrast of my parents loudly watching OKLAHOMA! in the living room while I watch Castration Movie in here sure is something.
Looking at what's entering the public domain in January, and it looks like 2026 belongs to the girls.
November 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Looking at what's entering the public domain in January, and it looks like 2026 belongs to the girls.
Gender is a performance and I'm Turtle Dreams
November 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Gender is a performance and I'm Turtle Dreams
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People believe that when you're LGBTIQ+ you come out once, but the reality is that every time you meet a new person, you have to study them to decide if it's a safe space to say it or not
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
People believe that when you're LGBTIQ+ you come out once, but the reality is that every time you meet a new person, you have to study them to decide if it's a safe space to say it or not
I've worked enough retail to know this is just about whipping obedience into employees and has little to do with the actual shopping experience. Only the Karens care if you're smiling.
Keep boycotting Target.
Keep boycotting Target.
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I've worked enough retail to know this is just about whipping obedience into employees and has little to do with the actual shopping experience. Only the Karens care if you're smiling.
Keep boycotting Target.
Keep boycotting Target.
I'm liking Pluribus so far, got some real "sit around and have philosophical debates on the science fiction idea" juice going.
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I'm liking Pluribus so far, got some real "sit around and have philosophical debates on the science fiction idea" juice going.
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bisexual napping
November 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
bisexual napping
Over on my Forgotten Comic Strips account, the Jim Davis Mr. Potato Head comic that I feel is somehow more obscure than Gnorm Gnat.
"Mr. Potato Head" by Jim Davis* and Brett Koth, 2001-2003
July 19th, 2001 as seen in the Knoxville News-Sentinel
*Yes, that one.
July 19th, 2001 as seen in the Knoxville News-Sentinel
*Yes, that one.
November 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Over on my Forgotten Comic Strips account, the Jim Davis Mr. Potato Head comic that I feel is somehow more obscure than Gnorm Gnat.
Sometimes I boot up Google Street View and go to my late grandfather's house. Years ago, the cameras caught him working on his yard, facing away. Nearest thing to a ghost you can get, I imagine. It makes me wonder what echos we'll all leave behind. What I'll leave behind.
November 7, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Sometimes I boot up Google Street View and go to my late grandfather's house. Years ago, the cameras caught him working on his yard, facing away. Nearest thing to a ghost you can get, I imagine. It makes me wonder what echos we'll all leave behind. What I'll leave behind.
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Can't let an endless list of human rights abuses, murder of journalists, modern-day slavery, etc etc stop you from building a temporary THEME PARK
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Can't let an endless list of human rights abuses, murder of journalists, modern-day slavery, etc etc stop you from building a temporary THEME PARK
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I think a lot about the story Carl Reiner told: he’d have been a sewing machine repairman if not for a free WPA drama class. That led to other theater work, to Sid Caesar, to Mel Brooks, and all the rest. All because of one free class paid for by a government that felt the arts were worth teaching.
you ever think about the works progress administration? I sure do. I wish that was a thing now. I would be so glad to contribute my labor to like. A random ass local bridge
November 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I think a lot about the story Carl Reiner told: he’d have been a sewing machine repairman if not for a free WPA drama class. That led to other theater work, to Sid Caesar, to Mel Brooks, and all the rest. All because of one free class paid for by a government that felt the arts were worth teaching.
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This story is infinitely more important than GTA getting delayed. Don't let me catch you moaning about waiting longer for a video game if you're not mad about why it happened.
"Rockstar, Rockstar, you're disgusting, we charge you with union busting," the protesters declared.
'All you had to do was follow the damn law, Rockstar!': Workers are protesting outside Take-Two after GTA 6 dev's alleged 'brazen' union-busting
"They can get used to seeing us on their doorstep."
www.pcgamer.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This story is infinitely more important than GTA getting delayed. Don't let me catch you moaning about waiting longer for a video game if you're not mad about why it happened.
Watching Celebrity Traitors, and there's a lot of UK pop culture that's passed me by, so I didn't know what Charlotte Church had been up to since her "look at how good this small child can sing" commercials in the late 90s. Seems like she's a really cool druid now? Neat! Love those snake tats!
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Watching Celebrity Traitors, and there's a lot of UK pop culture that's passed me by, so I didn't know what Charlotte Church had been up to since her "look at how good this small child can sing" commercials in the late 90s. Seems like she's a really cool druid now? Neat! Love those snake tats!
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sorry guys i accidentally deleted the spreadsheet with the first drafts of homophobic potato chip brands and it turns out it was somehow load bearing to the entire driving system and the only guy who knows how to fix it got fired in the union busting so
BREAKING: Rockstar has delayed Grand Theft Auto VI again, pushing the highly anticipated game from May to November 19, 2026. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Is Postponed Again — to November 2026
The release date for the game had previously slipped to May 2026 from fall 2025
www.bloomberg.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
sorry guys i accidentally deleted the spreadsheet with the first drafts of homophobic potato chip brands and it turns out it was somehow load bearing to the entire driving system and the only guy who knows how to fix it got fired in the union busting so
The article makes mention of a Gremlins cartoon on Max that started in 2023, and it probably says something about Gremlins' viability as a franchise that this is the first I'm hearing about it.
Anyway, no Dante, no sale.
Anyway, no Dante, no sale.
Warners Making ‘Gremlins 3’ With Steven Spielberg, Chris Columbus Returning - Releasing Nov 19, 2027 www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
November 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The article makes mention of a Gremlins cartoon on Max that started in 2023, and it probably says something about Gremlins' viability as a franchise that this is the first I'm hearing about it.
Anyway, no Dante, no sale.
Anyway, no Dante, no sale.