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- The Magical Chaos of the Scholastic Book FairOct 28, 2026 · 36 minRemember the pure excitement of finding out the Scholastic Book Fair was coming to your school? That magical time when $10 could make you feel rich, the school library became a shopping mall, and somehow you always came home with more erasers and posters than actual books.
This week on Hoot'n & Holler'n, Matt, Eric, Drake, and Joey take a nostalgic trip back to one of the greatest events of the school year: the Scholastic Book Fair!
We're remembering the excitement of circling everything in those paper-thin catalogs, stretching our book fair budgets, and deciding between Goosebumps, Mad Libs, sports books, and all the completely unnecessary junk we just HAD to have.
Plus, Drake reveals his questionable method of financing his childhood shopping sprees, Matt confesses his lifelong obsession with Clifford the Big Red Dog erasers, and the guys revisit the posters, gel pens, and other treasures that made the Scholastic Book Fair feel like Christmas morning.
From Goosebumps and Harry Potter to Lamborghini posters and Choose Your Own Adventure books, we're celebrating a time when the biggest financial decision of your young life was whether to buy another book or a pencil shaped like a dinosaur.
So grab your book fair money, hide it from your teacher, and join us for a little magical chaos!
Hoot'n & Holler'n is a nostalgic comedy podcast featuring Matt Mitchell, Eric Nix, Drake Pittman, and Joey Presley, revisiting the pop culture, childhood memories, and everyday absurdities of growing up in the South.
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- Sleepaway Camp: Somebody Shut This Place DownOct 21, 2026 · 49 minWe're wrapping up our journey through 1980s horror movies with Sleepaway Camp (1983), a summer camp slasher that somehow manages to make every terrible decision imaginable—and then tops it all off with one of the most shocking endings in horror movie history.
This week on Hoot'n & Holler'n, Matt, Joey, Eric, and Drake head to Camp Arawak, where the counselors are questionable, the campers have absolutely filthy mouths, and the camp director refuses to shut the place down despite an alarming number of dead bodies.
From a dangerously oversized pot of boiling water and a truly bizarre beehive attack to Ricky's legendary temper and some of the shortest shorts ever committed to film, we're breaking down all the ridiculous moments that make this cult classic unforgettable. And just when we think we've seen everything this movie has to offer, THAT ending leaves us with more questions than answers.
WARNING: Major spoilers ahead! If you've never seen Sleepaway Camp, you might want to watch it before listening. Trust us, there's no preparing yourself for this one.
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- The Slumber Party Massacre: Drilled to DeathOct 15, 2026 · 51 minThe Slumber Party Massacre: Drilled to Death
Our journey through the wonderfully terrible world of '80s horror continues with 1982's The Slumber Party Massacre!
This week, Matt, Joey, Eric, and Drake break down a slasher classic featuring a murderous escaped convict armed with a suspiciously powerful drill, the worst basketball team in movie history, a creepy neighbor with questionable boundaries, and a group of teenagers making absolutely terrible decisions.
We discuss the movie's bizarre origins as a feminist satire, attempt to figure out how the killer's drill works without a power cord, and ask the important questions Hollywood apparently forgot to answer.
It's got blood, bad acting, gratuitous nudity, and more plot holes than a block of Swiss cheese. Everything you could possibly want from a low-budget '80s horror movie!
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- Chopping MallOct 7, 2026 · 41 minIt’s spooky season at Hoot’n & Holler’n, and Joey has subjected the rest of us to the 1986 sci-fi horror masterpiece(?) Chopping Mall.
A group of definitely-not-teenagers gets locked inside a mall overnight with three security robots that have been struck by lightning and decided murder is now part of the job description. Naturally, we have questions.
We break down killer robots moving two miles an hour, an alarming amount of readily available propane, the mall’s complete disregard for fire codes, the romantic power of smelling like pepperoni, and one of the greatest phrases ever committed to film: “Rambo-Gram.”
Plus, Matt discovers the rules of ’80s horror movies in real time.
Chopping Mall. Come for the robots. Stay because the steel security doors have locked you inside.
- The Most Overrated & Underrated Video Games of Our ChildhoodSep 30, 2026 · 48 minWhat are the most overrated and underrated video games of our childhood?
This week, Matt, Joey, Eric and Drake each pick a console they grew up with and make the case for one game that deserves more love—and one classic that might not deserve all the love it gets.
We’re talking Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Zelda, Mario, Batman, Streets of Rage and plenty more, plus the glory days of video stores, impossible games, weird controllers, console wars and trying to beat a game before you had the internet to tell you how.
Some childhood favorites hold up beautifully. Others were apparently being carried entirely by nostalgia.
- Even More Unhinged Disney World Episodes of 90s SitcomsSep 23, 2026 · 32 minWe’re heading back to Disney World for even more wildly unrealistic 90s sitcom magic.
In Part 2, we tackle the Disney World episodes of Boy Meets World and Full House where Cory Matthews follows Topanga across multiple theme parks, teenagers apparently sleep on Splash Mountain, Michelle Tanner is granted near-absolute power over Disney World, and a missing six-year-old is somehow handled by Snow White and Mickey Mouse instead of, you know…security.
We also get Jesse and the Rippers, Uncle Joey talking to an animated version of himself, questionable shark safety, some truly impossible park-hopping, and a whole lot of wondering how any of this was supposed to work.
- The Unhinged Disney World Episodes of 90s SitcomsSep 16, 2026 · 39 minRemember when every successful ’90s sitcom eventually found an excuse to send the entire cast to Disney World?
This week on Hoot’n & Holler’n, Matt Mitchell, Eric Nix, Drake Pittman, and Joey Prestley revisit the gloriously unhinged Disney World episodes of Family Matters and Roseanne. We break down how Urkel becomes Stefan (its a scam), Laura makes some highly questionable life choices, the Conners invade the happiest place on Earth, and everyone enjoys a version of Disney World with apparently no lines, unlimited character access, and instantaneous park hopping.
We also dig into why these Disney episodes became such a weirdly specific ’90s sitcom tradition and separate the Disney World we saw on TV from the one actual human beings have to visit.
And this is only the beginning. Boy Meets World and Full House are still waiting for us.
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- The People Every Good Southern Establishment NeedsSep 9, 2026 · 38 minWhat makes a good Southern establishment? Sometimes it’s not the food, the prices, or even the place itself. It’s the people.
This week, Matt, Eric, Drake, and Joey break down the essential characters that let you know you’ve found a good one: the Dollar General manager who cares way too much, the longtime meat-and-three waitress, the old man who treats the golf course like his second home, the Waffle House cook you definitely don’t want to upset, and plenty more.
From grocery stores and barbecue joints to gyms, golf courses, and Walgreens trolls, we’re celebrating the people who make Southern establishments what they are.
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- SEC Football in the ’90s Was a Different WorldSep 2, 2026 · 37 minCollege football is back, so we’re going back to the decade that helped turn the SEC into what it is today.
Matt Mitchell, Joey Prestley, Eric Nix and Drake Pittman revisit SEC football in the 1990s, from Steve Spurrier and Gene Stallings to the birth of the SEC Championship Game and the glory days of Jefferson Pilot Sports. We remember 11:00 AM kickoffs, listening to games on the radio, checking scores in the Sunday newspaper, and somehow paying actual money to watch college football games on pay-per-view.
Plus, we look at just how much the sport has changed since then, remember some of the players and coaches who defined the decade, and ask an important question: was college football somehow more fun when watching it required this much work?
It was a different world. And depending on who you ask, maybe not an entirely worse one.
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- Napster, LimeWire & the Golden Age of Stealing MusicAug 26, 2026 · 36 minRemember when downloading one song could take all night, destroy the family computer, or turn out to be something completely different?
This week, Matt Mitchell, Joey Prestley, Eric Nix, and Drake Pittman are heading back to the golden age of online music piracy: Napster, LimeWire, Kazaa, burned CDs, dial-up internet, mislabeled MP3s, portable CD players, cassette adapters and the thrill of risking everything for a free Nelly song.
We swap stories about selling burned CDs, downloading questionable files, the songs permanently ruined by skips and glitches, and the truly ridiculous amount of work it once took just to make a playlist for your car.
Plus: the music industry's war on piracy, “You Wouldn't Steal a Car,” Garth Brooks' refusal to make things easy, and some deeply questionable homemade mixtapes.
Fire up the family computer, grab a blank Memorex and whatever you do, don't pick up the phone. We're downloading something.
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- The Football Game at the Football GameAug 19, 2026 · 39 minBefore you were old enough to suit up on Friday nights, you were out there anyway just running routes on a strip of grass by the bleachers, using whatever you could find (or steal) for a football. This week Matt, Eric, Drake, and Joey rank the unofficial hierarchy of sideline football gear, from the elite stolen-from-the-field-house ball down to the dreaded three-liter Coke bottle stuffed with rocks. They get into tackle vs. tag rules, pretending to be Cowboys or Bills for a quarter, and the eternal question of when you're too old to still be playing keep-away on the walking track. Plus: two all-time fashion-fail stories, including a bootleg Elmo shirt from a Galleria kiosk that's now going for $85 on eBay, and the night Drake's silk Rock-inspired button-up got ripped clean down the middle mid-game.
- A Southerner's Guide to Gulf Shores & Orange BeachAug 12, 2026 · 31 minA Southerner's Guide to Gulf Shores & Orange Beach
Yes, Alabama has beaches — barely enough to earn the plural, but they're ours and we love them. This week the boys take you down to Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, the biggest non-Florida beach on the Gulf Coast and the reigning rival to Panama City.
We get into it all: which states send the most tourists down to our sand (Louisiana's got no beaches of their own, apparently), the smallest Hooters in the entire world, the Souvenir City shark you've had your picture made in for 40 years, and that glorious moment coming over the bridge when the windows come down no matter the temperature.
Then we rank the food — Fish River Grill, Docs, DeSoto's, Shrimp Basket, Lulu's, and the great Waffle House fog — before spending entirely too long on our shared hatred of Lambert's and their throwed rolls (a cautionary tale involving a fumbled roll, an innocent lady, and a drink spilled straight into a lap). Plus rainy day survival: Fat Daddy's arcade, mosquito-infested putt-putt, and the maze that is the Foley outlets.
Grab a koozie and roll the windows down. It's time to Hoot and Holler.
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- Death of the Southern Buffet: Big Fat Yeast RollsAug 5, 2026 · 59 minThe fellas are hungry and getting nostalgic about the all-you-can-eat buffet — a dying breed. Matt, Eric, and Joey dig into Golden Corral, Ryan's, Quincy's, Shoney's, and Western Sizzling, stumble into the wild web of Southern restaurant founders behind Captain D's and Shoney's Big Boy, argue the unwritten rules of the buffet line, and remember every gross thing they ever saw at Ryan's. Plus: big fat yeast rolls, a South Carolina Quincy's phone call, and a plan for the 100th episode. Drake's out on a birthday trip, so nobody's reviewing the food.
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- Bro Country: Who Killed Country Radio?Jul 29, 2026 · 45 minBro Country: Who Killed Country Radio?
Matt, Eric, Drake, and Joey pour one out for country radio and try to pin down exactly when it all went sideways. What is bro country? A New York Magazine writer coined the term in 2013, but the guys trace the rot back much further — through Kenny Chesney's abs, Jason Aldean's dirt roads, and a fateful night watching Luke Bryan shake it for a tornado benefit crowd. Along the way they litigate whether Johnny Cash invented rap, why nobody puts effort into a chorus anymore, and how "Chicken Fried" became the most overrated song in the genre.
It's not all hate, though. This is a safe space, and confessions get made: guilty-pleasure Sam Hunt deep cuts, Florida Georgia Line bangers, and at least one full-throated defense of "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk." Plus: award shows are a sham, Yellowstone is bro country in TV form, and we'd pay real money to watch Eminem battle Jason Aldean in a country-fried remake of 8 Mile.
Grab a red Solo cup and settle in.
- VBS Fight ClubJul 22, 2026 · 37 minVBS Fight Club
Grab a Dixie cup of watered-down Kool-Aid and pull up a folding chair — this week the boys are digging into Vacation Bible School, that summertime rite of passage for every kid raised in a Southern Baptist stronghold. Matt, Eric, Drake, and Joey trace VBS from its surprising origins (a rented beer hall in New York City, believe it or not) all the way to today's megachurch productions with parking attendants and Monsters Inc. themed sanctuaries.
Along the way they get into the stuff you actually remember: the sand-flavored cookies, the "spy Jesus" who crept around one church in a wig and a football jersey, the infamous Rickshaw Rally theme nobody wants to talk about anymore, human videos and white-glove dramatic dances, a pie-eating contest gone wrong, and yes — the kid who tried to start a fight club in the middle of VBS. Plus getting dragged to the altar for admitting you don't like reading the Bible, and one unforgettable gravel-slinging exit from the church parking lot.
Was the slapped-together backwoods VBS of the old days better than the polished version kids get now? The fellas hash it out. New episodes every week — if you enjoy it, do us a favor and subscribe.
- Go to Church or the Devil'll Get YouJul 15, 2026 · 39 minGo to Church or the Devil'll Get You
Pull over, we're stopping. This week the boys are riding shotgun through the South's greatest (and grimmest) roadside attractions — the giant Tin Man outside Demopolis, W.C. Rice's Cross Garden, the chrome bumper chicken, and that peach water tower that looks suspiciously like a butt. We rank the go-to stops (Peach Park cobbler, forever), crown the most overrated (sorry, Biltmore), and settle whether a man standing on his porch counts as a landmark.
From See Rock City barns to Buc-ee's, Ruby Falls to a $15 mud house in the middle of Colorado, it's a love letter to every billboard that ever talked you into pulling off the interstate. Grab a bag of boiled peanuts and ride along.
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- Come On Down: The Game Show EpisodeJul 8, 2026 · 37 minThe gang is playing along at home this week as we run the whole game show gauntlet — from the daytime classics you watched while faking sick to the chaos of late-night Japanese TV.
Matt, Eric, Drake, and Joey get into Price Is Right, Wheel of Fortune, and the Pat Sajak / Vanna White era, then argue about Steve Harvey's reign on Family Feud (and every host before him — Richard Dawson and that very long microphone, Ray Combs, Louie Anderson, and the "Al Borland" guy). We hit the big-money primetime boom with Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and Deal or No Deal, the celebrity editions nobody asked for, and the panel-show heyday of Hollywood Squares, Match Game, and $10,000 Pyramid.
Then things get physical: American Gladiators, Pros vs. Joes, Fear Factor, Wipeout, MXC, and the Nickelodeon hall of fame — Double Dare, Guts, the Aggro Crag, and Legends of the Hidden Temple. Plus Game Show Network nostalgia, a mystery early-2000s show nobody can name, and a childhood teacher who actually went on Double Dare and won.
Where's the line between a game show and a reality show? Is Survivor a game show? The Bachelor? Naked and Afraid? We don't fully settle it, but we have a great time trying.
- A Southern Guide to the 4th of JulyJul 1, 2026 · 39 minA Southern Guide to the 4th of July
The South does Independence Day different, and we've got the receipts to prove it. This episode breaks down why TNT Fireworks (the nation's largest fireworks distributor) calls Alabama home, the unwritten rules of haggling at a firework stand, and exactly when it's socially acceptable to stop shooting off Roman candles in your neighbor's driveway.
We also get into the surprisingly heavy overlap between church and country on the 4th — LifeWay's data on pastors working patriotic music into Sunday service, the unofficial ranking of National Anthem performances (Whitney Houston vs. Chris Stapleton vs. an all-time Fergie disaster), and why "God Bless the USA" might be the most-sung song in America you didn't know had a survey behind it.
Then it's on to the cookout: burgers vs. hot dogs vs. ribs by the numbers, the baked beans vs. potato salad standoff, and why a giant flag-frosted cookie cake might be the most patriotic dessert in America.
Grab a cold one, fire up the grill, and let us walk you through how it's really done here.
- A Night at the Card TournamentJun 24, 2026 · 54 minA vault episode from the early days, back when we were still calling the show Scattered and Covered and recording on location instead of in a studio. This one comes from Gamers Guild, a game shop in Jasper, Alabama, where we sat down in the middle of a Sunday night card tournament and talked to the folks running it.
We get into trading cards and the people who collect them, a binder that turned out to be worth more than most people's retirement, '90s satanic panic, dorm-room LAN parties, the worst Captain D's sandwich ever assembled, and a serious investigation into how many people in the room were carrying swords. Mostly we just hang out and wander around one very chaotic shopping center.
This is the last of our vault episodes — the fourth and final on-location recording we had in the can. Thanks for sticking with us from the beginning.
- Appalachian Superstitions We Still Can't ShakeJun 17, 2026 · 38 minYou don't walk under a ladder, you don't break a mirror, and you sure don't walk on a grave — not because anybody explained why, but because Grandma said so. This week we get into Appalachian superstitions: death coming in threes, black cats, cows lying down before a rain, holding your breath past the graveyard, and eating turnip greens for money on New Year's (still hasn't worked). We don't believe any of it. We just aren't going to test it either.
- Child Labor & Other Fond MemoriesJun 10, 2026 · 39 minFirst jobs, worst jobs, and the ones we quit in three days flat.
- Gatlinburg or NothingJun 3, 2026 · 41 minFor half the South, there's no debate: it's Gatlinburg or nothing.
This week we make the great Southern pilgrimage up to G-Berg — Sevier County, Tennessee, a.k.a. the Smokies, a.k.a. the only vacation some families have ever taken. We get into all of it: the saltwater taffy and the fudge, the moonshine that took over the strip, the airbrush tees and glow-in-the-dark mini golf, the great debate over which pancake house actually wins, and whether you can really skip the national park (you can't). We argue about Cades Cove bear jams, the dinner shows, the aquarium, and the proper way to ride the chairlift up the mountain.
- Things on Sticks: A County Fair ConversationMay 27, 2026 · 39 minWe climbed into machines bolted together by strangers, ate things on sticks that had no business being on sticks, and lived to talk about it.
- Pawpaw Ain't Got ShortsMay 20, 2026 · 42 minSummer in the rural South wasn't a vacation. It was a system.
You got dropped off at grandma's in the morning, ate something, went outside, came back in for more food, went back outside, and came in at dark. Every day. For three months.
In this episode, the boys break down everything that made a Southern summer in the 80s and 90s what it was. The ice cream truck. The Little Hugs from the deep freeze. Cornbread and buttermilk for lunch. Watermelon on a newspaper. Magnolia grenade wars in the front yard. Driveway basketball where the only thing worse than missing a shot was losing the ball down the holler.
Plus a long detour into pawpaw culture including the khakis, the coveralls, the missing fingers, the steadfast refusal to own a single pair of shorts, carry an umbrella, or learn to swim unless his life depended on it.
This is a summer episode for anybody who spent their childhood with grass-stained knees, a belly full of hose-water, and a grandma who'd make you snap beans if you tried to come back inside.
- 90s NBA: Backboards & Baggy ShortsMay 13, 2026 · 44 minMost of us remember the 90s NBA as a Chicago story. The Bulls dynasty. The Dream Team. The commercials we still quote at each other thirty years later. But spend a little time digging into the decade and a different picture comes together...one that doesn't get talked about nearly as much.
Michael Jordan was from Wilmington, North Carolina. Scottie Pippen grew up in central Arkansas. The teal and purple craze that swept four professional sports leagues started with a Chapel Hill designer. The Magic duo that almost broke up the Bulls dynasty came out of LSU and Memphis. The Rockets team that interrupted the Bulls run with back-to-back rings was anchored by a Phi Slamma Jamma Cougar who never left Texas. And the fastest-selling rookie signature shoe of the entire decade outside of Jordan's was worn by a Duke kid from Dallas.
This week, Matt, Joey, Eric, and Drake sit down to talk about arguably the greatest decade in professional basketball — Reggie Miller and Spike Lee, the New Orleans Jazz somehow ending up in Salt Lake City, the Larry Johnson Grandmama commercials, John Tesh's Roundball Rock, courtside celebrity hecklers, the Bulls dynasty, the Hornets, the shoes, and the time Dennis Rodman went missing in Vegas in the middle of the season.
The 90s NBA may have looked like a Chicago story. But it definitely got the assist from the South.
- Pork Skins and Throwing Stars: The Death of the Southern Flea MarketMay 6, 2026 · 38 minIt don't get more American than going to the yard sale and the flea market on a Saturday morning. But the version we had down here in the South was never quite the same as the one they had everywhere else, and somewhere around 2010, it just stopped.
This week on Hoot'n & Holler'n, Matt, Eric, Drake, and Joey walk one more lap through the sacred aisles of the Southern flea market.
We get into the booths we lived for: the camo guy, the pork skin man, the Coke can airplane artist, the wind chime guy who hated to see Drake coming, the wood-burned Bear Bryant clock that didn't run, and the baseball card man who would not let your sticky little fingers anywhere near a Topps rookie.
We talk about the weapons our parents let us bring home (switchblade combs, survival knives with broken compasses, throwing stars going clean through vinyl siding), the AM radio trading post show, the consignment-sale takeover of the modern yard sale, and the inexplicable rise of the indoor flea mall.
Plus: a true crime detour into the Jasper flea market's body count, a found-cassette mystery worthy of a Netflix doc, and Matt's open letter to Mark Zuckerberg about a man named Joe in Northport, Alabama.
It's a long goodbye to a Southern institution. Pull up a chair, dig out a dollar, and let's go.
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- Arcades in All the Wrong PlacesApr 29, 2026 · 48 minOut in the rural South, a real arcade was a 45-minute drive and a pilgrimage to Charles Entertainment Cheese himself. The rest of the time, you made do with what you had....and what we had was one Pac-Man at the Pizza Hut, a Street Fighter at Dips and Dogs, and a beat-up row of cabinets up front at Walmart next to the kiddie ride that smelled like feed and chicken pox.
This week on Hoot'n & Holler'n, Matt, Joey, Eric, and Drake pull up a chair, drop in a quarter, and talk through the arcade games that defined growing up Southern in the 80s and 90s. The favorites worth every quarter (Cruisin' USA, Mortal Kombat II, WWF Superstars, and the Super Street Fighter II moment that changed Matt forever). The ones that get way too much credit (looking at you, Pac-Man). The hidden gems nobody talks about anymore (Burger Time, Paperboy, Golden Tee). And the multiplayer classics that nearly ended friendships — NBA Jam, NFL Blitz, and a few rounds of air hockey played way too aggressively.
Plus: bratty kids pretending to play NASCAR, pirate money jammed in coin slots, the Satanic Panic coming for your joystick, and the eternal mystery of how that one Walmart arcade machine was still standing after a decade of abuse.
Pull up a chair. Drop in a quarter. Let's do some Hoot'n & Holler'n.
- Chicken Boo and the Saturday Morning Cartoon EraApr 22, 2026 · 34 minHe's not a man. He's a Chicken Boo.
On this episode, we're looking back at the golden age of Saturday morning cartoons. That sacred five-hour window between 7 AM and noon when kids across America parked themselves two feet from the TV and disappeared into a bowl of sugary cereal and animated chaos.
We're talking Doug. X-Men. Animaniacs. Masters of the Universe. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Rugrats. Tailspin. DuckTales. Darkwing Duck. Batman: The Animated Series. And yes, Chicken Boo gets his due.
We're also getting into the cartoons we hated, the theme songs we can still sing word-for-word decades later, the toy marketing machines disguised as TV shows, and how Saturday morning looked a little different if you grew up down here in the South than it did for kids everywhere else.
Grab a bowl of Lucky Charms, plant yourself in front of the screen, and let's get to Hoot'n and Holler'n.
- Three Helmets and a Duffel Bag - Little League in the SouthApr 15, 2026 · 39 minThere is no experience more uniquely Southern than Little League Baseball in small-town Alabama. Everywhere else in the country, it's a program. Down here, it's a situation.
This week, Matt, Drake, Joey, and Eric are taking it back to the dusty infields, the borrowed helmets, and the army-green duffel bags of Dizzy Dean and Dixie Youth baseball. We're talking about the equipment that barely worked, the jerseys with vinyl numbers that would sooner take the shirt with them than peel off, and the bats so worn out nobody could tell you what brand they were. We're talking about fields that were technically pastures, dugouts that were technically a bench and a fence, and coaches who were technically just dads that didn't work Saturdays.
We're also talking about the real reason any of us showed up....the concession stand. Slush puppies. Nachos. Hot dogs steamed in tinfoil. Sour Punch straws that were basically cocaine for children. And at least one kid on every team who had already given up on playing and was just eating his way through the fifth inning.
If you grew up playing ball in the South, this one's going to hit like a cold aluminum bat on an April night. You'll know exactly what that means.
- Southern Spring Break: Club La Vela vs. Club La MeeMawApr 8, 2026 · 33 minSpring break in the South meant one of two things: Panama City chaos or a week at Meemaw’s and we’re breaking down both. From AEA Week and road trip nostalgia to boogie boards, Shoney’s, and wild beach stories, this episode is a full throwback to Southern spring breaks in the 80s and 90s.
- The Tornado-Chasing Garbage ManApr 1, 2026 · 46 minWe’re back in the vault.
This episode of Scattered & Covered comes from one of our live, on-location recordings where we basically set up, see who walks by, and let it rip.
This time, we met a garbage man who chases tornadoes.
From the Boston Celtics to trash truck mechanics to real-life storm chasing in Alabama, this one goes everywhere and somehow keeps getting better.
- The Episode That Shouldn’t Exist (But Here We Are)Mar 25, 2026 · 34 minSomehow… this became a full episode.
What started as leftover clips from our last recording quickly turned into something we couldn’t ignore. We went off the rails, stayed there, and now you’re listening to the results.
In this episode, we bounce between mariachi bands playing “Achy Breaky Heart,” an ongoing rat situation that may or may not be escalating, the chaos of Costco, competitive eating legends, hot dog rankings, and a few stories that probably should’ve stayed off the record.
It doesn’t make sense. There’s no real theme. And honestly, we’re not even sure how it all connects.
But it made us laugh… so here we are.
If you enjoy Southern storytelling, off-the-cuff conversations, and the kind of randomness that only happens when nobody hits the brakes—this one’s for you.
- Pre-Internet Lies We All BelievedMar 18, 2026 · 36 minBefore Google, before smartphones, before you could fact-check anything in 2 seconds… we just believed stuff.
In this episode, the guys dive into the wild world of pre-internet urban legends—the rumors, myths, and straight-up lies that somehow spread across the country with zero proof and 100% confidence.
From Marilyn Manson being that kid from The Wonder Years, to Pop Rocks and Coke “killing you,” to every town having a Crybaby Bridge, we break down the stories we all heard growing up—and why we believed every single one of them.
We also get into:
The Satanic Panic and the stuff people thought was “evil”
The rumor that Procter & Gamble was secretly sinister
Small-town legends like hitman capital of the world
And the weird ways these stories spread before the internet even existed
If you grew up in the 80s, 90s, or early 2000s, there’s a very good chance you believed at least one of these… and probably repeated it like it was fact.
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- The Ultimate Cable TV Movie BracketMar 11, 2026 · 1 hr 4 minWhat is the greatest movie ever shown on cable TV?
In this episode of Hoot’n & Holler’n, we build the Ultimate Cable TV Movie Bracket to settle one of the most important debates in television history: which movie dominated basic cable for decades?
From action classics to endlessly replayed comedies, we debate and rank the movies that basically lived on TBS, TNT, USA, and FX. The bracket includes cable staples like The Shawshank Redemption, Forrest Gump, Jurassic Park, The Fugitive, Die Hard, Armageddon, Back to the Future, Ghostbusters, Speed, Twister, Mrs. Doubtfire, Tombstone, A Few Good Men, Pretty Woman, Dirty Dancing, Air Force One, Remember the Titans, Rudy, Dumb and Dumber, and more.
Some of these movies are genuine all-time classics.
Some of them just felt like classics because cable TV played them 4,000 times a year.
Along the way we ask the important questions:
Which movie actually deserves the title of Greatest Cable Movie Ever?
Which one only seemed bigger because we saw it every Saturday afternoon?
And which cable TV legend gets knocked out way too early?
- Superbad, Borat, and the Last Great Comedy EraMar 4, 2026 · 1 hr 1 minIn this episode of Hoot’n and Holler’n, the guys dive headfirst into one of the greatest cinematic debates of our lifetime: what actually counts as the greatest comedy movie ever made?
- That’s Illegal NowFeb 25, 2026 · 41 minThis week on Hoot’n & Holler’n we’re reaching back to the not-so-distant past to a time when riding in the back of a truck, wandering the woods all day, buying cigs for your parents at the gas station, and drinking straight from the hose felt completely normal… and somehow nobody called the authorities.
- The Great Happy Meal Arms RaceFeb 18, 2026 · 47 minWhat happened to Happy Meal toys… and why did they used to be so much better?
In this episode of Hoot’n and Holler’n, we’re heading back to the golden age of McDonald’s — when PlayPlaces ruled, Boo Buckets were a necessity, and the toy inside the box was engineered like a NASA space shuttle.
We dive into the surprising history behind the 90s Happy Meal “arms race,” when competing designers were trying to outdo each other with wind-up cars, transforming food robots, licensed movie tie-ins, and toys that somehow lasted longer than most household appliances. Along the way we talk McNugget Buddies, Power Rangers, Sonic the Hedgehog, Mario Bros, Disney classics, Beanie Baby chaos, and the weird corporate decisions that changed kids’ meals forever.
Plus: childhood memories, thrift store toy bins, fast food nostalgia, and the realization that today’s toys just don’t hit the same.
If you grew up begging for a Happy Meal — or just miss when fast food felt a little more magical — this one’s for you.
Grab some fries and come holler with us.
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- Underwear Love LettersFeb 11, 2026 · 40 minWe take a hilarious trip back to childhood Valentine’s Day, swapping stories about pocket chocolates, awkward crushes, and unforgettable love letters. It’s a fast, funny nostalgia dive into the chaos of elementary school romance and the moments that still make us cringe and laugh.
- GoldenEye, Halo, and Kansas StateFeb 4, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min🎮 Sleepover, Part 2 — The Video Game Years
In Part 2 of our Sleepover series, we go full couch-co-op nostalgia and relive the golden age of growing up with a controller in your hand and a CRT TV buzzing in the corner. From split-screen GoldenEye chaos and screen-watching accusations to all-night seasons of NCAA Football, Tecmo Bowl, and Super Smash Bros, this episode is a love letter to when video games were something you did together.
We swap stories about sleepovers that lasted until daylight, tournaments decided by broken controllers, and the unspoken rules that kept friendships intact (no Oddjob, no Kansas State, and absolutely no mercy). The conversation runs through iconic titles like Mortal Kombat, Blitz, Mario Party, Halo, GTA, Rock Band, Guitar Hero, and the magical chaos of the Nintendo Wii era when everyone suddenly became an athlete in their living room.
We also talk about how gaming slowly shifted from four people on one couch to everyone on their own screen, and why those old-school sleepover vibes can never quite be replicated. Add in stories about LAN parties in college dorms, cheat codes, memory cards, burned-in plasma TVs, and the weird social rules of multiplayer trash talk, and you’ve got an episode that hits right in the childhood.
If you ever stayed up way too late chasing one more win, this one’s for you.
- The Spend the Night PartyJan 28, 2026 · 1 hr 4 minSleepovers were either the best nights of your childhood or complete disasters, and in this episode of Hoot’n and Holler’n, the guys relive exactly why. Matt Mitchell (SEC Roll Call, Bless Your Rank, It’s a Southern Thing), Eric Nix, Joey Prestley, and Drake Busby swap stories about bad houses, worse decisions, unspoken rules, and the precise moment you knew it was time to call your mom and go home.
- The Era of the Unskippable Music VideoJan 21, 2026 · 1 hr 6 minThis week on Hootn and Hollern, the guys kick things off with a serious journalistic investigation into Taco Bell’s ever-rotating menu and whether a quesadilla can, in fact, ruin a man’s afternoon. From there, things spiral—naturally—into a deep dive on early MTV, including a genuinely surprising revelation about which artist absolutely monopolized the network in its infancy (spoiler: it’s way more Rod Stewart than anyone asked for).
Along the way, the crew debates music video overexposure, remembers the lawless early days of MTV programming, and takes a hard left turn into TRL lore, questionable acronyms, and the physical toll hunger takes on a grown man who just wants a hot dog. There’s nostalgia, mild outrage, and the kind of arguments that only happen when everyone is technically right and still wrong.
As always, the episode is held together by friendship, bad transitions, and the shared understanding that none of this needed to be researched—but all of it needed to be said.
- Room Raiders: A Simpler, More Traumatizing TimeJan 14, 2026 · 1 hr 1 minA nostalgic breakdown of MTV’s reality era, when shows like The Real World, Pimp My Ride, Next, and Room Raiders redefined television...and probably crossed a few lines.
- You’ve Got Mail (And It’s a Scam)Jan 7, 2026 · 1 hr 7 minIn this episode of Hootin’ & Hollerin’, the guys take a nostalgic (and mildly traumatic) stroll through the early days of the internet—back when dial-up screamed like a wounded robot, pop-ups promised free cruises, and nobody trusted putting a credit card online.
- Scattered & Covered: Honey Buns & Tanning BedsDec 31, 2025 · 35 minScattered & Covered (From the Vault)
We took the week between Christmas and New Year’s off… but we didn’t leave you hanging.
Before Hootin’ & Hollerin’ was Hootin’ & Hollerin’, Matt and Eric had a very ambitious idea: set up podcast equipment in random places across the South and interview whoever was brave (or bored) enough to sit down. That concept was called Scattered & Covered.
This episode is the first and last time we ever tried it.
Recorded three years ago inside Sherry’s One Stop — a true Southern multitasker of a gas station featuring tanning beds, pizza, former VHS rentals, and possibly active warrants for unreturned movies — this lost episode captures two guys slowly realizing that no one wants to be interviewed for a Honey Bun.
What you’ll hear instead:
• Peak gas-station philosophy
• Deep dives into Hunt Brothers pizza etiquette
• Stories about stolen cheese, stolen clothes, and stolen VHS tapes
• A surprise appearance from the man who actually runs the place
• The sound of a podcast discovering, in real time, why it shouldn’t exist
Enjoy this unearthed relic from the H&H archives — proof that every good idea deserves one honest attempt… and a quiet burial.
- Things (and People) We'd Leave in 2025Dec 24, 2025 · 1 hr 5 minThe gang reviews Matt's list of 11 things he'd like to leave behind in 2025, ranging from Katy Perry to Labubus to a pair of numbers we dare not say out loud.
- The People You Only See in Small TownsDec 17, 2025 · 1 hr 8 minIn this episode of Hoot'n & Holler'n, the guys take a deep dive into the very specific types of people you’ll find in every small Southern town. If you’ve ever lived near one gas station, you already know exactly who we’re talking about.
From the mechanic everybody trusts (but who might keep your truck for two years), to the gas station regulars who know more local gossip than the newspaper, to porch-sitters who double as landmarks, we’re naming characters you’ve definitely met. Along the way, we argue about bagels, Conecuh sausage, questionable fuel quality, horse guys, gas station etiquette, and the unspoken rules of small-town life. It’s nostalgic, unfiltered, and aggressively familiar—in the best way possible.
- Stocking Stuffers & Childhood ScarsDec 10, 2025 · 1 hr 14 minThe crew breaks out a full Christmas nostalgia trip—from Rankin & Bass memories to the wildest childhood gift disasters you’ve ever heard. Between bad decorations, worse music takes, and pure holiday chaos, this might be the most festive meltdown yet.
- Hot Dogs, Pay Phones & JCPenny CrimesDec 3, 2025 · 1 hr 11 minThis week on Hoot’n and Holler’n, the crew takes a nostalgic stroll through the golden age of malls when KB Toys was king, Sears still mattered, and the smell of popcorn from The Peanut Shack basically was cologne. From abandoned anchor stores to stolen wallets at JCPenney, Toys “R” Us bankruptcy gossip, the death of fountains and wishing wells, and the true chaos of Costco on a Saturday—this episode hits everything from childhood wonder to adult irritation. Along the way, we spiral into hot dogs, Kirkland beer, mall zombies, body shop outfits, and a revelation that Joey was clearly born to be the size-appropriate horror-movie villain.
- Inside SEC Culture with FunnyMaineNov 26, 2025 · 1 hr 5 minIn this episode, we’re joined by Alabama comedy legend Jermaine “FunnyMaine” Johnson—creator of the long-running “how Bama fans watch” videos and one of the sharpest, funniest voices in Southern football culture. We talk about rivalry week energy, which fanbases crave his respect the loudest, why Tennessee may secretly lead the nation in trash talk, and how the chaos of college football fuels what we do. FunnyMaine also shares stories of meeting Coach DeBoer, hanging out with RollTideWillie, being embraced by players and fans across the SEC, and how his content has grown over more than a decade of Saturdays.
Whether you’re SEC-obsessed, comedy-obsessed, or just love hearing two Southern creators talk shop, this one hits.
Check out FunnyMaine: funnymaine.com
His merch: rundaball.com
Our merch & Southern-made goods: gettinplaceshop.com
- Dusty Slay on Growing Up SouthernNov 17, 2025 · 50 minComedian Dusty Slay joins Hoot’n and Holler’n to talk late-night TV, Southern roots, and why his country-song breakdowns hit so hard. It’s a fast, funny dive into touring, trailer-park memories, and the chaos of modern comedy.
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