An Earful of Convoy/Cocktail

In yet another episode demonstrating the majesty of live radio, we're back with another five minutes of "Jumper" (2008), this time with the esteemed company of O.G.G.: everybody's favorite tireless public servant, George Lu! Much is happening today: Roland is making a D.D. (daring dive), jumpers are facing off against jumpers, both butterknives and wireless nuclear bombs are being unsheathed, and the Charmin Bears welcome David to NYC. Featuring popular segments "With Fresh Eyes", "Back to Bombs", a very special early edition of "the Set-Up", and a live attempt to jump on-air.

In a very special non-anniversary episode, the Earful Gang is here to break down what's going on in an increasingly chaotic climactic action sequence. Roland's got The Device, The Device has helpful hazardous materials warnings, Egypt/Michigan has a gnarly pressure differential, and Griffin has some very mean drawings of Diane Lane. One more thing: we all have a possible Ghostbuster Situation. This episode also includes important information about the YouTube Original Series "Impulse: From the World of Jumper", the famous segment "March Towards 2018", and a musical pre-show (musical pre-show is not included in the podcast feed).

Earful enters 2025 with an exciting special guest (Trevor Adamo), and an exciting new medium (videogames, as we cover "Jumper: Griffin's Story" (2008)). And in a stroke of luck, our special guest is in fact an expert in jumper-based videogames. Analysis of the movie also takes place, as we anticipate airports, inspect the Big Board, track Roland's race (?) against the clock, and debate whether David or Griffin is the hero of the movie. Featuring an exciting mpv vs VLC update, and also the famous segments "With Fresh Eyes" and "How Does It End?"

Here's a proposal for us (that is, us and the listeners): in the manner of the famous "Marvel Team-Up" comic, how about we all "team up", by listening to this, the 12th five minutes of "Jumper"! We acknowledge those we lost since the last ep, do some mpv diagnostics, explore some tasty track names from "Jumper (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)", puzzle over a long-lived jump scar, and check out some cool cars in Tokyo (both honking and non-)! Some key updates on Griffin's cool jumper lair gamer library. Also featuring the famous segments "thisisalan.com: Let's Check the Text", "Catching Up on Script Departures", "Let's Talk Timeline", and "We Check the Times"

Earful's back for lucky number eleven! Listen in as the gang makes a tearful goodbye to the ultimate family guy, Millie rides the friendly skies, Griffin shows off his artistic side as well as his gamer side, and David Rice destroys a hospital. Featuring breaking news about Alitalia, and the popular segments "Name an Ocean", "We Weed the Tweets", and "The Set-Up" (in its most convoluted form yet)

Now teeing up on the back nine, The Earful Gang is back for the 10th five minutes! On today's episode of Earful of Jumper, we instigate a new feud, clue listeners in on a sophisticated new set-up (featuring an external keyboard and multiple cameras), and introduce a very special guest! David Rice will never need his passport again, his mom's a possible magistrato, and luggage is being rolled (and possibly jumped), but fear not: Shopping? No problem! Featuring the popular segments "We Weed the Tweets", "Tweet Patrol", "Screenplay Notes", "Wind Down", and "Prop Beer Report"

The Earful gang is back for mid-summer, and we have an episode packed with action, as well as Yondu! The Paladin B-Team enters the colosseum, and we offer a blow-by-blow of the fight, starting with a tech review of Uncle Paladin and Dad Paladin's cool gear, including some truly impressive briefcases. We dig into garden tools and optical discs, and ask the big questions about security protocols for a major tourist and cultural site. And in this ep, we also experience a visit from a real-life Jumper in the studio! (Or maybe it's a door handle) Featuring the famous segment "A Pageful of Jumper: 'Jumper: Griffin's Story'"

Reporting from the depths of the great Santa Clara County hailstorm of 2024, the Earful Gang is back in the fray! We overcome a series of bright flashing lights as well as the blinding Hayden glint to pick apart the eighth five minutes of Jumper, in which Millie wears cute socks, falls out of a bed, and David opens so many gates. We give listeners an appropriate amount of factual content about the history of the Roman Colosseum. Featuring the famous segments "Jump Into Spelling", "What's That Shirt?", "We Weed the Tweets", "One Final Reminder", and a super-sized edition of "Pageful of Jumper".

Earful is back with the 7th five minutes of "Jumper": can you believe that just five minutes ago, we were analyzing the 6th five minutes of "Jumper"? An exciting ep, with lots of jumping, and lots of special guests, namely Vincent Woo, the filmmaker behind "Tunnel Vision: An Unauthorized BART Ride (2003)". We mercilessly criticize his film (comparing it unfavorably to our famous interview with a pirate, and also discuss geopolitics, and the film "Jumper" (2008). In these five minutes, David Rice loves his backpack, Millie struggles with an Italian closet, and Roland Cox does not laugh. Includes important information about how "Jumper" (2008) was recasted, as well famous Canadian actors and music. Also featuring the popular segments "Pageful of Jumper" and "Mark Kobold Sitting Height Check".

The earful gang is back, in what many are calling "the perfect fall ep!" In these five minutes, we skip the boring parts, as David Rice-Jumper hugs Millie's mom after a momentous knock-and-announce, Millie is living it up on Morton Street, and Mark Kobold (aka Mark Goblin) announces the resurrection of the Rice Cake. If we move fast, we can make it to Rome before this episode is up! (We do not make it to Rome). Also featuring popular segments "Don't Press Play", "Cast Notes", "Elephant in the Room", "Evolution of a Scene", and "We Weed the Tweets".

The earful gang is back, caffeinated, ready with an episode that will hit your brain like 1000 volts of electricity! In this ep, David Jumper-Rice has forgotten how to use doors, Toby is anticipating his birthday, and Roland is embracing his hatred for jumpers. Join us as we overcome some VLC woes, and break upon the riddle of the cryptic "burrito" wrapper. Also featuring popular segment, "Continued updates".

The earful gang is back from their own globetrotting, bringing you a new episode of Jumper: in the fourth five, we bring you our award-winning investigative journalism, re-opening the Gregg Baker cold case, and blowing the lid off of alleged used tool stores in NYC. In our analysis, we're having flashbacks to Our Day So Far: we return to the Sphinx, hang ten in Fiji, dangle from large clocks, and namecheck Tanqueray at the Irish Embassy. Discussion on "what are scenes", more time zone talk, and thoughts on probable Paladin financing. Re-introducing popular segment "We Read te Tweets", and featuring new segments "The Extra News Section" and "Jump List".

In a "nightmare of an episode", we're recording unusually early, to catastrophic consequences! As the cock crows, we toil in the studio, bringing you sparkling analysis about the Jumper saga, in particular the third five minutes. In this episode, David Jumper asks to use the bathroom, acquires used tools, and eventually puts together a sick jumper pad. But wait... here comes the mysterious Roland! Also updates on the Cubecast project, crucial information about the Empire State Building observation decks, and plenty of content from The Good Book (aka "Jumper", by Steven Gould).

In episode 2 of Earful, get ready for less bumps, more jumps, as we answer all the big questions, such as: "Did I just teleport?" As long Mr Jumper hones his craft, we analyze David Rice's dad's police call, mopping logistics, a bunch of really cool posters, and the 2007 menu of Texas Chicken & Grill. We crack the case of the photograph of David Jumper-Rice and his mom. Featuring new segments, "Extra Screw Time," "Jump Into Spoilers", and "Pageful of Jumper".

Jump into a new season of Earful with the first five minutes of our new movie, "Jumper" (2008)! Let us tell you about our day so far: we analyze Mr. Jumper's surfboard and cooler (jumper toting logistics), international time zones, cool movie studio logos, Jumper bedtimes and wakeup timeas, young Jumper (has a different face), all the ways that Young Jumper's snowglobe is bad, sister cities, and the Nokia N93. Featuring new segments, "Jump of the Ep," "One More Jump", and "Jumper in the Air".

Party ep. Features popular segments "The Set-Up", "An Earful of News", "Guess the Stunt", and "Keepin' it Social".

Already at the Last Full Five, but don't cry Jakob! We have plenty of content for you, including a live feud update, a dip back into the cyberworld, a long discussion of the best protocol while meeting a stranger, and a reading of YGM as an incel manifesto. Also featuring the popular segments "The Set-Up", "Fashion News", "Decision Desk 2008", and "The Ending Segment"

Howdy pardner, saddle up for the "Summer of You've Got Mail"! We've got ourselves a heaping helping of film analysis today, with a veritable bounty of scenes: extras are a-loading up their oysters at the dear-departed Ocean Grill, the ballet of commerce is a-underway at the flowers market, and the styrofoam cups are a-flowing at Gray's Papaya. But most importantly, it's open season for vicious zings on NY152: we grade Joe and Kathleen's efforts, and even attempt to manufacture our own, in the special segment "We Come Up With Our Own NY152 Insults"

It's June 2021, and COVID is finally over! Let's celebrate California being open for business, as we exit the cyberworld and have our first Earful back in the same room! A big episode for analysis, as Joe makes a Friend Request, forcibly shuts Kathleen's mouth, and enters his internet-capable hacker den. We complement the analysis with innovative fan theories and uncover mysterious book covers, as well as some... tweaking. Also, a heartfelt retirement from email. Featuring the popular segments "The Set Up", "The Feuding Section", "2008 Film Update", "Release Schedule", and "Pepsi Segment".

Have you ever been with a single podcast that fills your heart with joy? Well, get ready for episode 20 of An Earful of You've Got Mail, in which the Earful gang cracks open a rather light episode: Joe Fox is on his Travis Bickle-like march, and we dive deep into address logistics, buzzer box conduits, and the healing power of George. Also featuring our exciting Top Ten countdown: "Looking Forward to 2008", to be followed by a series of squeetstorms (AKA "squeens")

The Earful Crew is burning the midnight oil to bring you the 19th five minutes of You've Got Mail, and it's a momentous one! The Shop Around the Corner is closed for good, and that means only three things: MOPE MOPE MOPE! Kathleen flips the Closing Sign (we introduce our new project "Supersonic"), and immediately becomes a femcel antinatalist. Meanwhile, we're Dockside Foxside at the 19th Street Boat Basin, conducting an intensive #BoatBarAnalysis, the softball team is goosestepping ominously, Matt is home alone, and the Storybook Person is open for business! Also featuring the popular segment "Beep Beep Beep Read the Tweets".

If you're looking for an ep to cope with the Suez Canal blockage, and to prepare for White Boy Summer, look no further! In these five minutes, we learn about the famously flawless taste of Kathleen Kelly, (contrasted with the piggish, disgusting ignorance of Fox Books employees), and dig into contingencies of elevator protocol. The perfect episode to close out March 2021, the month we're currently in!

In a first-ever podcast event, the Earful Gang is joined by a GUEST... in cyberspace! Joining via a chatroom-voice-to-text bridge (presented by Wells Fargo), Diego shares his hate of Kathleen Kelly, as we pick apart the 17th five minutes of YGM. The Shop liquidates, Frank and Kathleen part amicably, and the Fox fox leers lecherously; meanwhile, we analyze just *how* racist Kathleen is, talk about the joys of loitering at Barnes and Noble, and scope out the competition, as we pick apart the YGM analysis at Slate's "Decoder Ring." You'll have a good time, we can't help ourselves!

In an episode many are calling "our most poorly-paced yet", the Earful Gang is back to analyze (eventually, be patient) the 16th five minutes of YGM, and it just may strain your CPU! (Send syslogs, please.) Joe Fox deletes up a storm (we count the keys), Intel stock is soaring (we read the ticker), Birdie dates fascists (we dig deep into Francoist Spain), and Alan turns a video into a GIF (we outline the steps)‒just watch out for the idle timeouts! Also featuring the historic vindication of Michelle (of Terry & Michelle fame). Michelle, we're so sorry!

Gather round, and you shall hear the Earful Gang sing The Ballad of the Rooftop Killer (with a-ccompaniment on live harmonica!) In these five minutes of film, Robert Underwood gets framed for murder (by Rudy Giuliani and George), Joe shows off some sick macros, and Birdie gets spooky. Meanwhile, we pick apart the controversy of Champion Fairewood Frolic (registered name or called name: which counts?), go over the day's news (the day being February 18, 1998), and send two emails to Chip Davis's publicists. And best of all: website now secure! (Also featuring popular segment "The Set-Up".)

We ring in the new year with another episode of Earful: the easiest just got easier! In this ep, we breach the veritable "third rail" of "You've Got Mail" (1998) analysis: talking about vertical service codes: *70? *57? *86? They're all here! But that's not all: we crack open the fourteenth five minutes of the film, and ask the big questions. Did Joe Fox lie? Can an express train suck you onto the tracks? Is a "Mochaccino-land" good or bad? And: will you be mean to him, too? Episode features important updates about the 1998 Federal Transportation Reauthorization bill, as well as Hervey's Aunt Beth's memories of seeing YGM, and also contains the sort of core/periphery analysis you'll find nowhere else! (Additional segments include "Our Feud Update", AKA "Our Feud".)

If you're in search of the perfect combination of poetry and meanness, look no further! Earful is back, and we're deep into cross-textual analysis: in addition to a typically incisive analysis of a YGM chunk (Joe Fox shakes a fence, Kathleen re-ups on tea), we crack open multiple additional texts‒first diving deep into the themes of Ernst Lubitsch's "The Shop Around the Corner", then plunging into the work of Miklós László's "Parfumerie", and finally reading the back cover summary of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice". But don't worry: we still have plenty of time to analyze the chair management at Cafe Lalo's (with more detail than any other competing podcast). Also featuring the popular sements "We Taste-test Skittles Dips" and "We Write An Email" (AKA "Email Time").

Freshly equipped with macOS Big Sur (running beautifully), wer're back with a new ep of An Earful of You've Got Mail! In this ep, Joe Fox is drunk as a skunk, the lockets are opening up, and Frank stars on everybody's favorite show: "**NT WAT**". We also conclude the important saga of William Spungeon, and rhapsodize about the ecstasy of email. 10-4!

In this, the final episode of Earful, the gang is in a feuding mood! We again return to the Happy Land of Absolutes to discuss the eleventh five minutes of You've Got Mail, and discuss the criminality of all the Mail characters, Jeffersonian purity, and modern gym wicking technology. Recorded just hours after the Presidential Election was called, we're also making our own calls: how best can an unprofitable cultural enterprise be preserved? Who is best suited to be the spokesman for Fox Books? And is Kathleen Kelly truly a pill? Featuring the famous segments "We Read the Tweets" and "We Relitigate the Feuds" (AKA "Feud Update" AKA "The Feud Litigator")

You've Got... Instant Message?!?! We've kicked into Web 2.0 here at Earful, and the textboxes are flying! This ep, we have a delightful (and very fun) Thanksgiving Round of "The Instrument Song (The Orchestra Song)", Birdie is on the prowl, and we investigate the innovative voice-over scheme that YGM uses to represent online communication. ...Hello? Also featuring the popular segment "Our Jacobin Feud," featuring our new enemy Meagan Day.

"Press Send" to another ep of Earful, featuring plenty of holiday merriment: we head to the hectic, not-yet-cashfree world of Zabar's to introduce a new exhibit, explore the lobster salad controversy, and uncover the four secret steps to a perfect espresso. Educate yourself with a lively debate about whether 'A Christmas Carol' takes place at Thanksgiving or Christmas. Also introducing the popular segment "We Watch 'The Shop Around the Corner.'"

Pop an Ultra Dorm and settle in for another episode of Earful! A veritable smorgasbord of savory morsels on display today: we analyze the egg dish, judge the poultry lift, and assess garnishes. And as always, we mix business with pleasure: analyzing the corporate structure of the Price Club, guessing Birdie's salary, and auditing bookstore revenues (we're in the book business, after all!)

It's a hit! The Earful Gang is back with episode seven, and it's even more fun than the nut shop! It's party time at Vince Mancini's, and we have plenty of time to talk about rent control, Miranda rights, the books Miranda writes, as well as the legendary William Spungeon. (Isn't he in Mexico?) So step to the back of the drink line and listen in! (Also featuring the hit segment "We Check the Tweets")

Two grand openings this week: Fox and Sons Books, and Episode 06 of An Earful of You've Got Mail! As the Fox surveys the henhouse, Kathleen and George practice the hard sell, Christina moves the fish, and sandwichman chows down. Meanwhile, we analyze book prices (hand-tipped or non), plow through 5+ sub-scenes, create synergy among our various podcast properties, and generally do the best we can, given that we cannot hear each other speak.

The novel coronavirus cannot keep the Earful gang down! Like Tom Hanks, we've risen from the dead; a little rusty, but with plenty of new CDC-approved protocol for keeping the YGM analysis both incisive and safe. In this ep, we bring you a veritable "Who's Who" from the Fox family tree, say hello to New Jersey, and give careful ratings of all "games" at the Fall Festival. Also featuring the popular new segment "Our Set-Up."

Final pre-COVID episode. Plague looms.

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Get ready for cameos! Joe finishes the juice, Patricia poses for the mags, and everybody zigs and zags to to the Cranberries (peak 1990s). Time for emails about enjoying emails, some good tips on learning Latin like a Local, some real-time mapping of Manhattan businesses, and some Gant charting!

We depart Long Island and head to The Big Apple to start our new movie, "You've Got Mail"; the earful gang immediately get started through a lengthy credit sequence, featuring God's Desktop, and explore the beginnings of the downfall of Western Civilization. Featuring new segments, "You've Got Spoilers," "Hack of the Ep," and "'Ware in the Air".

We talk to Heywood Gould about "Cocktail" (1984), "Cocktail" (1988), "Cocktail 2" (TBD), "Cocktail: The Musical" (TBD), and much, much more

NOT a party ep

We hit the FFF of Cocktail, and we have a FIGHT on our hands! A good time as any to crack open the Security Guard Force Continuum, and assess how adequately various security guards/bellmen deescalated the flare-up between Flanagan and Penthouse Daddy. (thanks to crimedoctor.com) In the remaining time, we analyze the planning of the Flanagan/Shue wedding, discover a mystery wedding guest, fix the movie's ending, and reference Benihana. Throughout, we are aided by special guest J.T, noted vinyl expert.

We're solving a mystery, the mystery of the murder of Douglas Coughlin! The clues are everywhere! Can someone commit suicide by slashing their own throat? (we consult Quora.) Who wrote the "suicide" letter? (We conduct advanced handwriting analyses.) Also featuring additional investigations into etymology of penthouse and other compound words, the coroner scene, the corner scene, blood temperature measurement techniques, and more! Additionally: an update on the Pittsburgh Orchestra, plus a very special edition of the famous theme song.

Get ready for a new, completely mistake-free episode of Earful of Cocktail! Plenty to dive into, as we pick apart the decor of the Coughlin-Prognan-'Partment, itemize with staggering detail the expenses of a $100k/week bar, but most importantly, apply the writings of Barbara Ehrenreich to best understand how "Cocktail" (1988) represents masculinity in the 1980s, in the context of ever-changing gender roles interacting with economic pressures! Featuring the popular segments "At This Time," "Read the Tweets", "Good Reads", and "With Fresh Eyes".

Mr. Coughlin may have no friends on Saturday night, but you have a friend in the Earful Crew, as we crack the 17th five minutes. We may be a bit rusty, but whether it's crunching the numbers on the FRP (Flanagan Removal Price), investigating how much prospective club attendees resemble Bruce Springsteen's couch, or missizing windows in order to block significant portions of our screens, we deliver! Also featuring the popular segment, "We email the Pittsburgh City Orchestra to inquire whether its Grammy-award-winning baritone actually played a small part in the movie 'Cocktail' (1988)".

The Earful crew welcomes Daddy to the story, as we move on up from pickled chicken eggs to pickled ostrich eggs, from a mere Megaloft to a true Park Avenue penthouse! Also on this ep: an important Pageful of Cocktail update, and plenty of java: an analysis of "Starbucks Trajectory" and a recap of the famous coffee scene from George of the Jungle! Welcome Daddy!

The Earful Gang serves up some specials in this ep... But instead of meatloaf muzzarell from the homeland, it's deep analysis of the menacing meta-romantic-comedy overtures of Brian Flanagan! And instead of Chicken a la King (a la Delmonico's), we dive deep into abortion and how societal expectations of loyalty fit into gender roles! And in lieu of ketchup for your fries, we have so much more: cameos from Yolandi Visser and other stalwarts of the Toronto theatre scene, rating YouTube comments by creepiness, and a rare successful match in "Key Line Pie." Featuring a guest (and a magnificent three-way sync) in Matt Apfel, longtime "Cocktail" aficionado and formerly of "Frankenfood" (not a plug).

The art world meets pugilism in this episode of Earful, and the gang's here to give you the full blow-by-blow! The new ep is decidedly urban in orientation, featuring Bonnie party-breaking her new boy toy, Brian attempting to buttle, and some cruel misdeeds done to brewer's yeast. Meanwhile, we resolve the feud with the Catbro.

It's episode 13 of Earful of Cocktail, and an important one: Shue finally gets her name, while Brian wakes up from his extended dream sequence back in NYC! Some big questions are answered here: What's it like for an Australian coming to America? Where can you go to key out and talk to theta people? And what *did* Brian did to her? Listen for cogent market analysis (primarily of Odin Productions) as well as the sound of a DUALSHOCK 4 being repeatedly disconnected. Also featuring fan-favorite segment "We Write An Email Live On-Air."

The Earful Crew checks in with a special Monday show, and trust us when we tell you: it's nothing short of spectacular! We utilize powerful algebra to calculate the badness of infidelity, assess the racial theories of Douglas Coughlin, and track the friendship of Eck, Boyd, and Bean—Jamaica's original Dream Buds. As you sit back for an extra-long spoiler alert and plenty of Reagan talk, just note how tasty this podcast is! Featuring the new segment, "What's Alan Opening"?

Get ready for commodities! In this episode of Earful, we're back from jet-setting across the world, and we're unpacking some ... Powerful Stuff. Brian and Shue hang out for a bit, consider maybe riding that boat thing tomorrow, and go totally Kangaroo Jack. We consider how educational the movie Cocktail is, while killing time through expansive diversions into tiki history, Shakespearean lace-tip carvings, and moving walkways. And before you know it, we've cornered the market! Tada! Guest for "With Fresh Eyes": Alan's aunt, an expert on all things trucking.