Ep. 22: Defund the Police — “Super Troopers” (2002)

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-mhvj3-10c6096 Our first guest from Ep. 2: The Tool That Time Forgot Matt Poldberg returns with another early aughts comedy, the Broken Lizard comedy troupe’s breakout hit “Super Troopers.” A note that we recorded this before the events of the last few weeks in Afghanistan, so while we note that those references already did not […]

Ep. 21: Dunne and Dumber — “Summer Catch” (2001)

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-gf8np-10b3d38 Conspiracy theorist extraordinaire and my wive Micah Backus takes us back to 2001 with this baseball rom-com, starring Freddie Prinze Jr., Jessica Biel, Matthew Lillard, Fred Ward, Brian Dennehy and Brittany Murphy. There is a LOT of baseball talk in this one, especially relating to the stuff the movie clearly got wrong. Also, I […]

Ep. 20: Imagination Avengers — “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen” (1988)

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4nyf7-10aa88b Actress and host of the podcast Take Me Into the Ballgame Ellen Adair brings us into the imagination of Terry Gilliam  From Charles Barkley to John Cleese, this broad-ranging episode also does include some baseball movie talk, because, look, who do you think we are? In the 14th minute, I refer to Jonathan Pryce […]