Between Ginsu knives, the Pepsi challenge, Life Cereal and even the 1984 Apple ad that played only once, GenX has been marketed to our whole lives. Since we’re not captive audiences anymore, has anything changed now that we're in our 50s? Or has our nostalgia become our kryptonite?

The GenX Stories gang definitely has opinions (and memories). Hear stories like Lori’s brush with Grow Up Skipper, the COVID Alaska Air ad Courtney hates, Chris’s real use for his Evil Knievel toy and how AARP found Eve on Facebook the second she turned 50.

Find out if Trix are still for kids on this deep dive down the GenX advertising rabbit hole.

Don’t miss the links to many of the commercials we talked about 

• Pepsi challenge
• Wheres the Beef Wendys ad
• Rubik’s Cube 1980 Commercial
• Ginsu knife
• Saturday morning cartoon block commercials
• Trix are for kids 1986 ad
• Mikey Likes it Life Commercial
• Apple 1984 Macintosh ad
• I love NY 911 ad
• Budweiser 911 ad
• Pepsi ads through the years
• 1985 Michael Jackson Pepsi commercial
• Michael Jackson Pepsi ad hair on fire
• Jason Alexander MDLT ad
• Nads hair removal commercial
• Sun-In 1989 ad
• Evil Knievel toy ad
• AFX Track cars ad
• Hot Wheels 1980 ad
• EZ Bake Oven commercial
• Zillow SNL ad parody
• Alaska Air’s COVID Safety Dance Ad
• Sting Jaguar ad
• Breakfast Club JC Penny ad
• Geico 2020 Ratt Ad
• "Crazy People" movie trailer
• Brooke Shields Calvin Klein ad
• Paula Abdul Arthritis ad
• Kars for Kids radio commercial

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