It’s mid-fall, which means it’s time for Brian’s annual viewing of the instant classic animated miniseries Over the Garden Wall, with Dan joining for the first time. Join as they ponder sibling relationships, admire old-timey aesthetic, and revel in Jason Funderburker’s frog voice. Ephemera: A look at vintage Halloween postcards which inspired the art in…
With the presidential election looming, Dan and Brian long for simpler political times and revisit the Aaron Sorkin-penned The American President. Join as they compare the film to The West Wing and wonder what it might’ve looked like if it had taken place in 2020. We are now on Spotify, Apple, and several other podcast…
Brian and Dan take a close look at Richard Linklater’s start-of-college party flick, Everybody Wants Some!! Join them as they ponder Linklater’s hang-out vibe, soak in the 80’s details, and admire Blake Jenner’s nipples. Music credits: RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Join Brian and Dan for the second episode of their new film podcast, The Goods, in which they review the 2016 film The Founder. Listen as they admire the delightful origin story montage and as Dan plays script doctor to make the film more anti-capitalist. Ephemera: Here is the song about Ray Kroc by Dire…
Back in 2015, I wrote a retrospective on the first 24 episodes of Count Gauntly’s Horrors from the Public Domain, the public access television series I produce and host in Fairfax, Virginia. At the time, I selected ten episodes I thought represented our best work to date. Now, more than three years later, we’ve produced sixty-four episodes…
Small Screen 66 – #48: American Pickers (History, 2010-Present) Last time, we looked at a show that inspired my first job. Now we turn to a show about the job I think I’d be best at. American Pickers follows the backwoods adventures of Mike Wolf and Frank Fritz. The two work as “pickers,” a manlier…
Brian mostly writes about movies and TV, but he’s contributed some music commentary over the years. This week, I’m revisiting seven some of his song reviews and recommendations. “Saying Goodbye” from Muppets Take Manhattan – From “10 Things Brian Likes – Honorable Mentions (2 of 2)” (2014) Failing to be overly verbose has never been a problem for…
Brian mostly writes about movies and TV, but he’s contributed some music commentary over the years. This week, I’m revisiting seven some of his song reviews and recommendations. “We Are Number One” — From a Facebook message on 10/23/16 at 10:36 pm thought this might be up your alley [link to hour-long loop of “We are Number One”]…
Brian mostly writes about movies and TV, but he’s contributed some music commentary over the years. This week, I’m revisiting seven some of his song reviews and recommendations. “The BBQ Song” by Rhett and Link – From “10 Things Brian Likes #4 – Rhett and Link” (2014) I know I’m not normally one of the “music”…
Brian mostly writes about movies and TV, but he’s contributed some music commentary over the years. This week, I’m revisiting seven of his song reviews and recommendations. “Nasty Dan” by Johnny Cash – From “10 Things Brian Likes – Honorable Mentions (2 of 2)” (2014) This one qualifies as probably the most egregious omission in the entire…