Join us for another summer week on the couch as we reflect on reality TV of the past and what (if anything) we've learned from it. We also discuss bucket lists, the pros and cons to being a small business family, and answer our teen prompted question about which activities we didn't do in our youth we wished we would've tried.

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Sorry we will miss you this week as we are "out of the office," making memories with our family. Listen in next week for the latest episode of The Victory Couch.

Were you a Pound Puppies kid or a Care Bears kid? He-Man or G.I. Joe? Today we take you back to the 80s to be nostalgic, or if you're younger...to learn. We also go through our favorite moments in Friends guest star history, share about our first jobs, and discuss what we're looking forward to this coming fall (The Victory Couch is hosted by Rick and Julie Rando).

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Which 80s toys on this list did you have (or did you want)?

Cabbage Patch Kids

Pound Puppies

Hardee's

Rainbow Brite

Barbie and the Rockers

Care Bears

My Little Pony

Poppels

Glo-worm

Easy Bake Oven

Game Boy

Mr. Potato Head

Supersoaker

Hot Wheels

Simon

Rubix Cube

He-Man

Teddy Ruxpin

Power Wheels

Micro Machines

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle figures

View-Master

G.I.Joe

California Raisin figures

What do these celebrities have in common?

Reese Witherspoon

Brad Pitt

Julia Roberts

Christina Applegate

Bruce Willis

Ben Stiller

Charlie Sheen

Billy Crystal

Brooke Shields

Susan Sarandon

Paul Rudd

Tom Selleck

Helen Hunt

Anna Farris

Alec Baldwin

Winona Ryder

Sean Penn

Gary Oldman

Freddie Prince Jr.

Isabella Rossellini

Danny DeVito

Hank Azaria

George Clooney

Jon Lovitz

Which guest star did it best?

With fall approaching what are the top 3 things you're most looking forward to?

Name some of your first jobs.

Peebles

Wet Seal

Couch crumbs: the dome of heat, very very full days lately

Prop your feet up: local theater this weekend, outdoor movie night scheduled

We recorded incredibly late during a tough week, but this episode may have ended up being our favorite of the season. Squish on in to the fibers of The Victory Couch as we discuss how we would handle requests from our kids about getting piercings and tattoos, the crazy things we have done for love, which careers we think we'd be horrible at, and the similarities between us and our parents (The Victory Couch is hosted by Rick and Julie Rando).

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If either or both of our kids ask for piercings or tattoos, how do you plan to advise them?

What's the craziest or nuttiest thing you've done for love?

Which careers do you think you would not be good at?

How are you like your mom and how are you like your dad?

Couch crumbs: delayed fishing trip, loss of beloved family member

Prop your feet up: implementation of summer rhythms has begun, letters of recommendation for personal project rolling in

Brick and mortar stores are continuously on the decline, there's a few weare really going to miss-- how about you? Also listen in to a round of this or that restaurant items, memories of school day field trips and learn what we think about studying zodiac signs. (The Victory Couch is hosted by Rick and Julie Rando)

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Have there been any stores closing recently that you find disappointing?

BigLots https://biglots.com/

Jo-AnnFabrics https://www.michaels.com/lp/welcome-joann

ChuckE. Cheese https://chuckecheese.com/

Roxy/Quiksilverhttps://www.roxy.com/

How deep are you into zodiac signs? Do they have some validity?

Popular food dishes (this or that)

Looking back on your school field trip days did you go on any field trips that were interesting (or “interesting”?

Couch crumb: loosing power, last day having an elementary school kid

Prop your feet up: summer time means less alarm clocks, amazing wedding we attended

Are you a fan of pranks or despise them? Listen in as we discuss pranks that have been done to us and ones we've done to others. We also discuss what we'd be good at on the TV show, Survivor, our expectations during our dating years, and what not to say to a grad. (The Victory Couch is hosted by Rick and Julie Rando)

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What do you think about pranks? What's the funniest prank you've ever played on someone? Has anyone ever played a prank on you that was particularly funny?

Punked https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361227/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Survivor https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0239195/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

If you were on Survivor what would you be good at and what would you struggle with?

What are some questions you think it's smart to avoid when interacting with a high school or college grad?

What are some expectations you have had in a serious dating relationship?

Couch crumb: all the end of the school year events, knee/joint pain

Prop your feet up: all the end of the school year events, baby deer found and healthy

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We kick off episode 12 with a fun little game of Food Network Star or Top 50 music artist. Play along and see if you know the difference of these 10 celebrities. We also discuss uplifting teachers we had in elementary school, AND discuss ways to uplift teachers now, as we round out the school year. We also reflect on bullies of our past, and how we handled the fact that “hurt people hurt people.” (The Victory Couch is hosted by Rick and Julie Rando)

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Food Network Stars

Top 50 Music Artists

Who was your favorite elementary school teacher and why?

How do you think we can best support our kids teachers on the home stretchof the school year?

Have you ever been bullied? How did you handle it?

Couch crumb: have acquired some great new books but have barely started reading, the bottom of the cookie jar with no more “Mrs P”cookies

Prop your feet up: speaking engagements consistently, 5th grade DC field trip