It's not about good or bad. It's about then and now.
Hey Vern, it's the holiday season! This year, we're taking a break from the snow and cold to help a commercial pitchman find the next Santa Claus in sunny Orlando as Ernest Saves Christmas. Nate Tapp joins us in a warm exchange of memories about the magic of the Yuletide and Jim Varney. Knowutimean?
Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
Directed by John Cherry
Written by B. Kline and Ed Turner
Starring Jim Varney, Oliver Clark, Noelle Parker, Gailard Sartain, Bill Byrge, Billie Bird, and Douglas Seale
Yippie-ki-yay, mother-cluckers! Thanksgiving season is here and so is our annual double feature episode. This year, we welcome Geoff Clarke to the party (pal) to celebrate Die Hard and Die Hard 2 - and to remove all doubt that they are, in fact, Christmas movies. Join us as we Die Hard for the Holidays!
Die Hard (1988)
Directed by John McTiernan
Written by Jeb Stuart and Stephen E. de Souza
Based on Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp
Starring Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Paul Gleason, Alexander Godunov, William Atherton, and Reginald VelJohnson
The blood moon is rising, the witching hour is upon us, and the time is right to brush up on our Practical Magic. Blythe Rudloff completes our coven as we quaff from a cauldron of doomed romance, witchy intuition, and sisterly bonds. So mix those midnight margaritas and get out your brooms because listeners, it's time to clean house!
Practical Magic (1998)
Directed by Griffin Dunne
Written by Robin Swicord, Akiva Goldsman, and Adam Brooks
Based on the novel by Alice Hoffman
Starring Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing, Evan Rachel Wood, Alexandra Artrip, Goran Visnjic, and Aidan Quinn
Our self-proclaimed Robin Williams Man-Child Quadrilogy concludes with a look at Jack, the story of a 10 year old boy trapped in the rapidly-aging body of a full grown adult. We try to make sense of the film's unusual tonal mosaic, which combines weighty topics like loneliness and mortality with family-friendly hijinks and juvenile humor, and mashes it all together like spaghetti and toothpaste.
And in the end, we simply must acknowledge that our podcast life is fleeting - so make a wish, think of Robin, and join us as we try to make this episode spectacular.
Jack (1996)
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Written by James DeMonaco and Gary Nadeau
Starring Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Brian Kerwin, Jennifer Lopez, Fran Drescher, Adam Zolotin, and Bill Cosby
One of the most anarchic studio comedies of all time, Freddy Got Fingered represented both the peak of Tom Green's comedic powers and the end of his mainstream relevance. But does the movie deserve its infamy, or did it just arrive too early in the comedy landscape? Better throw on your backwards suit and start dealing with your daddy issues, because we're committed to the bit of mining this critical flop for precious jewels.
Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
Directed by Tom Green
Written by Tom Green and Derek Harvie
Starring Tom Green, Rip Torn, Marisa Coughlan, Julie Hagerty, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Harland Williams, Anthony Michael Hall, Drew Barrymore, and Shaquille O’Neal
Ay caramba! It's ten years to the day since we launched WWWW, and we're celebrating our milestone anniversary with a look back at the golden age of The Simpsons. We're diving into memories, music, merchandise, and all the things make us go "mmm" in our painstakingly-crafted lists of the top ten installments across the show's first ten seasons. It may just be our best...episode...ever. Woo hoo!
The Simpsons
Seasons 1-10 (1989 - 1999)
Created by Matt Groening
How ya gonna keep us down on the farm after we've seen Babe: Pig in the City? Surreal shenanigans ensue when Ryan Kasmiskie returns to talk about a sequel that takes a bold detour into harrowing and heavily symbolic adventures with adorable talking animals. Thank the pig!
Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
Directed by George Miller
Written by George Miller, Judy Morris, and Mark Lamprell
Starring Magda Szubanski, James Cromwell, Mickey Rooney, Mary Stein, and the voices of E.G. Daily, Danny Mann, Glenne Headley, Steven Wright, James Cosmo, and Roscoe Lee Browne
We're telling you there's a chance, especially when we're joined by special guest and Jim Carrey superfan Amy Ambler. Just when you thought our podcast couldn't possibly be any dumber, we go and do something like this...and totally redeem ourselves!
Dumb & Dumber (1994)
Directed by Peter Farrelly
Written by Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly, and Bennett Yellin
Starring Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly, Karen Duffy, Mike Starr, Charles Rocket, Teri Garr, and Cam Neely
Back to the Future Part II playfully folds the fabric of cinematic space-time to create a sci-fi comedy that's boldly pioneering and uncannily familiar. We unravel the great mysteries of the universe with Andrew McNally and retrace our steps through the future, the past, and the alternate present. It's the sequel, listeners - something's got to be done about the sequel!
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Written by Bob Gale
Starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, and Elisabeth Shue
Grab a bag of Amazin' Fruit and some Gummiberry juice, because it's time for our Disney Afternoon bracket episode! Eight shows from the beloved after-school cartoon block compete to find out which one wins our hearts both then and now. And along the way, we'll talk crazy concepts, comical characters, and killer theme songs with the always-entertaining Manny Lozano. Woo-oo!
Shows included in the Disney Afternoon Toon-ament:
The Adventures of the Gummi Bears
DuckTales
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
TaleSpin
Darkwing Duck
Goof Troop
Bonkers
Quack Pack
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It's a decade of the Dubbies! Our annual awards expand for one night only in this very special milestone celebration. We'll recognize the best of 2023 in the entertainment world and on our own podcast, then double our fun with a whole set of retroactive awards and lifetime achievement honors.
Oh, and did we mention the special celebrity presenters? All the stars are here for the 10th Annual Dubbie Awards!
This year's program of awards:
The Dubbies for 2023
Lifetime Achievement Awards
High Fidelity is anchored by the conceit of three dudes swapping sarcastic jokes while obsessing over pop culture and the past - obviously, something we know very little about.
Andy Kim makes his podcasting debut (with a bullet!) to talk about this chronicle of heartbreak - and the road back to redemption - in what's sure to become one of our all time, top-five episodes about charmingly acerbic record store owners in romantic crisis.
High Fidelity (2000)
Directed by Stephen Frears
Written by D. V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink, John Cusack, and Scott Rosenberg
Based on the novel by Nick Hornby
Starring John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Jack Black, Todd Louiso, Lisa Bonet, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joan Cusack, Sara Gilbert, Lili Taylor, Joelle Carter, and Tim Robbins
The thrilling true-life adventure of Apollo 13 is just the launchpad for a wide-ranging discussion, thanks to first-time guest Jeff Eckman and his passion for all things space exploration. In this episode, we deconstruct a disaster movie of the highest verisimilitude and celebrate human ingenuity in space and on set. Houston, we have a podcast!
Apollo 13 (1995)
Directed by Ron Howard
Written by William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert
Based on the book Lost Moon by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger
Starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Kathleen Quinlan, and Ed Harris
