It’s the 25th anniversary of That Thing You Do! It’s a whirlwind movie about the rise and fall of a fake 1950s pop band that popped right out of the Beatles mold. A bunch of young 90s names including Liv Tyler, Steve Zahn, Tom Everett Scott, and Charlize Theron are all wrangled by a very serious, but likeable Tom Hanks. We both love this movie and it’s a ton of fun so check out the podcast.
Another pretty good episode from The Walking Dead. Maybe not every aspect, but they brought around the Maggie / Negan relationship well enough that we’re able to look past its rocky start. Maybe the hardest pill to swallow this episode is the delay tactics happening in the commonwealth. There’s a lot of people needing things to happen, asking for those things, and nearly getting those things only for the show to rip them away at the last moment. We know, deep down at your core you’ve always been a show about cheap thrills, but you can do better, The Walking Dead.
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Lunchtime! Jim talks about injuring his leg during the move, A.Ron talks about cold camping then defends his decision to travel the COVID skies. Then we answer some listener questions, including a discussion of The Sopranos final moments and where it stacks up against the other greats such as Breaking Bad, The Leftovers, and more.
We’re back for another round of listener feedback and there’s a lot of good stuff in this one. Stuff that we overlooked. Stuff that we most definitely should have picked up on. Luckily you all did it for us. Check out the podcast for all the corrections.
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This week we talk about the latest 2 episodes of Ted Lasso as well as the latest 2 episodes of What We Do in the Shadows. Then A.Ron talks about The Sopranos S6 and his sprint to finish the series before The Many Saints of Newark’s premiere. Finally, we finish up with topics from our Patrons, including See, Malignant, White Lotus, and more.
Apple released the first two episodes of their sci-fi epic “Foundation” this week and “epic” is exactly what they were. There are so many visual and narrative intricacies to dig into in these two hours of TV. That’s probably why it took us as much time as Apple spent making the episodes, to properly cover them. Join us next week for a regular-sized episode.
The Walking Dead has put together a string of passable episodes, or maybe just lowered our expectations enough to make it seem so, and this episode is another example of that. Join us for a breakdown of “On the Inside”. A big thank you to Mysteriana for creating the Watching Dead theme music. Find all…
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Lunchtime! This week we talk about how Cedar Point has spoiled A.Ron for roller-coasters and how I’m adjusting to apartment life after selling my house, as well as answering a whole bunch of listener questions.
Time to hear what you thought about this week’s episode of The Walking Dead, S11E05 “Out of the Ashes”.
Moneyball is our Prestige movie this week thanks to it being the 10th anniversary of its release as well as a pretty solid movie about a subject that most movies wouldn’t dare approach. Join us for a discussion about Jonah Hill, Brad Pitt, and the statistical analysis that changed baseball.