Dan, Manny, & Billy share their Nostalgic memories about the mall, specifically their mall Roosevelt Field on Long Island and they put it to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!

Yeah, it's like, "Where do you live?" "Uh, well, it used to be Modell's."
-Dan Dissinger

This is a special Nostalgic Reflections with all three longtime friends digging into the vanishing malls in the U.S., their memories of hanging out at The Roosevelt Field Mall, some of their favorite stores and some of the most ridiculous ones, how the food court free samples could be gathered into a meal, and how abandoned malls are being turned into apartments. Manny also tells a crazy story about being robbed at the Roosevelt Field mall movie theater and Dan tells a harrowing story about someone trying on hats in Macy’s for hours.

The guys also go off on some hilarious tangents about Christmas and Hanukkah, gifting a star to someone, Dan sending his mom to buy the self-titled Slipknot album, getting baked and doing holiday shopping, and this is all going on as the NY Knicks are mounting the greatest comeback in NBA Finals history (198. 🏀 Nostalgia Test Mini: Reaction to The Knicks’ 29-Point Playoff Comeback).

So, call up your closets friends, put on your baggiest jeans, your long-sleeved shirt under your short-sleeved shirt, your newest hat, and lace up your cleanest kicks, because it’s time to chill at the Roosevelt Field Mall all day long.

You can read Dan’s short essay on the Substack episode post.

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Approximate Rundown

00:00 Mall Episode Kickoff

00:21 Hacky Sack Banter

01:48 Roosevelt Field Memories

02:41 Malls Then & Now

04:15 Source Mall Design

05:46 Mall Apartments Talk

08:27 Mall Food & Hangouts

13:42 Catholic Store Tangent

17:24 Back to the 90s Era

17:34 Movie Theater Nostalgia

20:06 Store List Electronics

20:46 Sharper Image Vibes

21:19 Engraved Gifts & Flasks

22:03 RadioShack Panic

22:52 Mall Sports Memorabilia

23:37 Things Remembered Scams

23:58 Naming a Star

25:55 Museum Company Oddities

26:42 Papyrus & Strip Malls

27:13 Mall Restaurants & Clubs

28:34 Basement Record Stores

29:49 CD Cover Shock Stories

31:38 Bookstores

33:22 Why Malls Mattered

33:56 Macy's Hat Odyssey

35:04 Game Break Chaos

36:08 Mall Memories & Mischief

39:23 Wrap Up & Sign Off

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The intro and outro music ('Neon Attack 80s') is by Emanmusic. Other music ("Red, White, Black, & Blue") is by PEG and the Rejected