How To Be An Icon

We're gonna take you back the past and play some sh***y games that suck ass! That's right we're talking about The Angry Video Game Nerd himself James Rolfe! We take a look at his very humble beginnings in video making, his love of video games, his very interesting university life, becoming of the most influential gamers of all time to becoming the star of his own feature length movie. So get cozy and grab yourself an ice cold bottle of Rolling Rock and lets play some Nintendo games! 🎮🕹️📹📼🎥 He's the angriest gamer you've ever heard... and I will be too if you don't click the links below 🎥📼📹🕹️🎮

From the high dessert and the great English North West I bid you all a good evening and good morning across all these many time zones! This is How to be an an Icon! We are discussing the influential American Radio program Coast to Coast with radio legend Art Bell. We go through some of Arts most interesting callers and discuss a bit about our very own late night radio experiences. It's a bit of a different type of episode this week but it's Donna's birthday so it a birthday girl special this week! We hope you enjoy 👽👾🛸📡I want to believe...in clicking links📡🛸👾👽

Celebrate good times come on! Its our best of 2025 featuring some of our favorite moments from the year and some never before heard to hot for TV bits too! We hope you all have a wonderful new year and we just to thank you for listening to us through out the year. We're so excited for 2026 and I hope you can join us for all the fun we have planned! Anyways on with the show!!!✨✨✨My new years resolution is to click all the fun links I see...like these one here! ✨✨✨

MERRY CHRISTMAS! It’s our Christmas special and like all podcast Christmas specials it’s the one where we get drunk 😅 We look back at all of our icons in 3 words or less/fewer. We make some of the most iconic drinks and have some bold predictions for the new year.To everyone who has listened to us throughout the year, thank you so much and we hope you and your loved ones have a very marry Christmas, happy holidays and a wonderful new year! 🎄🎅🎁🍾🎊🥳🍾🍾🍾Have a festive link on us 🍾🍾🍾

So is this our best episode ever? We'll find out as we take a look at some of Britain's most iconic puppets with presenter and comedian Jack Wood. From Brum to Blobby, we explore the often confusing world of puppets and the surprisingly common occurrence of puppeteers being jealous of their creations! Its certainly an odd one but I promise you it's well worth a listen! Jack Wood Insta: https://www.instagram.com/jackandwood/?hl=enTicket Stub Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/trailer/id1740378969?i=1000651928635

On this bonus episode of how to be an icon we look at the song that changed Christmas in Japan FOREVER! The City Pop legend Tatsuro Yamashita and his Christmas hit Christmas Eve released in 1983. You may not know his name but if you've ever heard a City Pop playlist you've probably heard his work, his albums include Ride On Time and Melodies, he also wrote the most well know city pop son Plastic Love for his wife Mariya Takeuchi. However he would write a sleeper hit Christmas Eve that took a while to take off, but with help of a set of Japanese Rail adverts would launch this song into been the Christmas song in Japan. So listen to the interesting story of how one sad Christmas song became Japan's answer to Wham's Last Christmas. 🎄🎄🎄Last Christmas I gave you this podcast and the very next day you gave it away... by clicking and sharing our links 🎄🎄🎄https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fKhQupw4qw : Christmas Eve- Tatsuro Yamashitahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_lC2O1oIew : Plastic Love Mariya Takeuchi

Well look what the cat dragged in... We take a look at the movie that tried hard to be a Christmas classic but ended up in the litter box! Cats (2019) starring Taylor Swift, Judi Dench, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian Mckellen, Ray Winston and Jason Derulo. The beloved Andrew Lloyd Webber musical that started on the West End in 1981 and went on to have one of the longest West End and Broadways runs of all time, went on to be made into a movie, but how did we get here? We look at the history of the show, the reason for its success, the first failed attempt of a Cats feature film, the directors Tom Hoopers career and how it all came crashing down... we also talk about the butthole cut #releasethebuttholecut . So get yourself a glass of warm milk, get cozy and decide which of your loved ones you want to send to the heaviside layer after they perform elaborate singing and dance numbers! As we talk about the last ever classic box office bomb CATS!🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈AND WE ALL SAY.... Click our fun links you cool cats and crazy kittens 🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; BUT THEN HOW TO BE AN ICON BUST IN TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW FACE OF CHRISTMAS THE GRINCH! We're looking at one of Dr Suess most famous and iconic characters The Grinch. From the original 1957 short story, the Boris Karloff 1966 animated short, the How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) starring Jim Carrey and Taylor Momsen directed by Ron Howard and the animated feature The Grinch (2018) starring Benedict Cumberbatch. So crack open a can of Who Hash and get ready to ruin Christmas on this weeks episode of How to Be an Icon! ❄️🎄🎄🎅You really are heel... if you don't click our links! 🎅🎄🎄❄️

I don't want a lot for Christmas, there's just one thing I need.... and it HOW TO BE AN ICON!!! We're looking at the queen of Christmas herself Mariah Carey! When a Hero comes along you know we have to take a look at them. From growing up in Long Island New York and being a backing singer, to becoming one of the biggest names in R&B. She a woman with may interesting quirks but she's not living in a Fantasy. From her outrageous diva demands, to her love of Christmas. We look at all the Glitter and glamour of Mariah Carey! 🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅All I want for Christmas is you.... to click on our links! 🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅