If you have read my blog in the past, you likely know that I am a big fan of The Seinfeld Recap Podcast.
Each week, the hosts, Rob Cesternino and Akiva Wienerkur, recap one episode of Seinfeld.
If you ever listen to this podcast, you will start to realize the Akiva has a ton of knowledge about certain pop culture topics but there are also many things that basically every human on the planet knows something about that Akiva has absolutely no knowledge of.
Pretty much any movie or TV show pre-1990, he’s never seen, many of which he’s never heard of.
I’m not sure what led to such holes in his knowledge base, but recently Christine Radice asked if anyone had a list of all the pop culture movies Akiva’s never seen.
Well, Christine, I’m here to help.
I’ve mined the transcripts from the first 90 episodes (sorry, I don’t have transcriptions for the last 17) of the Seinfeld Recap Podcast and compiled the following list.
I’ve included movies as well as TV shows that Akiva somehow missed.
Akiva’s Lost Pop Cultural References
Chronological Order by Episode Recap
- Cocoon – Came up in The Seinfeld Chronicles recap
- Scrooged – Came up in The Red Dot recap
- Star Trek and Star Wars – Has come up many times, first in The Apartment recap
- James Bond Movies – He’s never seen any James Bond movie. Came up in The Revenge recap
- Dragnet – Came up in The Statue recap
- Doctor Zhivago – Came up in The Baby Shower recap
- The Scorn – Sorry, but no one has actually seen this movie. Came up in The Chinese Restaurant recap
- A Few Good Men – “You can’t handle the truth!” Came up in The Truth recap
- Any Superman Movie and Any Marvel Movie – Came up in The Cafe recap
- Star Trek Next Generation – Came up in The Nose Job recap
- Big Bang Theory – Came up a few times, first in The Tape recap
- Die Hard – Came up in The Subway recap
- Bull Durham – Came up a few times, first in The Pez Dispenser recap
- J.F.K. – Came up in The Boyfriend recap
- Mannix – Came up in The Limo recap
- Grey’s Anatomy – Came up in The Parking Space recap. However, if you listen to Akiva’s 32 Fans podcast, he mentioned the music from Grey’s Anatomy is great and that he “overhears” it when his wife is watching the show.
- Drexel’s Class, Madman of the People, and The Goldbergs – Came up in The Must See TV Special recap
- The Honeymooners and All in the Family – Came up in The Contest recap
- The X Files – Came up in The Junior Mint recap
- The Cheers Finale – Came up in The Handicap Spot recap
- Twilight Zone – Came up in The Cigar Store Indian recap
- Lethal Weapon – Hasn’t seen any of them. Came up in The Marine Biologist recap
- Mannequin – Came up in The Pie recap
- Backstrom and Life’s Too Short – Came up in The Stand In recap
- True Blood and The Killing – Came up in The Big Salad recap
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