Bad News Bearers

What has four thumbs and a year of big blimpin’ under our belts? Your pesky Bad News Bearers, that’s who! The Year One Celebraish’s highlights include a spoiler of 2019’s most baffling theatrical release, a “down under” mix up with Aussie Jason Clarke being confused for Kiwi Karl Urban, and a spirited review of the smash hit JOKER. Aside from a special trip down memory lane, it’s pretty much par for the course

Shots are fired at pet-voice-humor, Bleacher Report, and Dave's past self, while the epic Keurig machine saga gets its final chapter recounted. Travis discusses the Pixar classic WALL-E, and Dave talks about Aaron Sorkin's directorial debut MOLLY'S GAME.

We kick things off with chronicles of an oral cyst and trailer reviews for the tremendous UNCUT GEMS and guaranteed abomination JEXI. After an intensive candy bar-ranking sesh, the 80s action classic and Arnold-star-maker CONAN THE BARBARIAN is given the BNB treatment. Wolf it down; no one's "woof"-ing anything!

Riffs on Taylor Swift, ESPN, shit-blame-shifters and ESPN populate the day's airwaves. After that nonsense, Dave and Trav take a casual jaunt to San Francisco Chinatown to review the 80's cult classic, John Carpenter's BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, starring Kurt Russell and Kim Cattrall. RIP MoviePass & Eddie Money, though probably not in that order.

While Travis takes aim at scones, Dave revisits Jersey Mike's to gripe about a line-mate who needs a serious education in simpatico flavors. For the main segment, the guys delve into a little Melissa McCarthyism and discuss CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? A touch of Instagram sex robots here, a skosh of Amazing Johnathan there, come on in-- the water's fine!

We're coming in hot with eggplant-- the emoji, the food, and the dong-- as well as a sordid saga Dave would soon like to forget. Travis reads the riot act to windshield wipers for their streakiness before Dave forces him to determine which unsetting exotic international cuisines he would or would not try. Balut, anyone?

Unnecessary beeping fans, kidney donation hypotheticals, toy packaging, and questionable name choices round out the topics of discussion. After explaining why most of this fall's "Must See" Movies are anything but, Travis discusses IDEAL HOME, starring Steve Coogan and Paul Rudd.

Empty nostalgia, parking lot indecisiveness, and a black hole swallowing up choice shirts are among the day's notable gripes. After a brief dissection of popular comfort foods, the guys list their Top 5 Karaoke Go-Tos. While we're at it, Pepsi is not okay, Lana Del Rey-- we asked for Coke, goddammit!

Punctuated by spider webs, conservatives with stupid names, and a disagreement over Sebastian Maniscalco, on today's episode the guys discuss Netflix's MURDER MYSTERY starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston. That, and we are no longer accepting text messages from car salesmen. 

Grab those visors (or, for the initiated, "topless hats") and pump that KING OF QUEENS theme song, it's time for your weekly dose of bad news! We got little gripes, guest gripes, sequel gripes! Hills on which to die and iron moans too, if you're into that sort of thing. Travis watched the 2018 indie gem INGRID GOES WEST, while Dave ventured to the movie theaters for ALADDIN 2019.  Just when you thought you were out, we Al Pacino'd you. 

Five For Fighting, Steampunk scorn, and a Jersey Mike's redux are all in the cards for the Jackie Robinson episode of the pod. After a breezy jaunt over to Trav's Trailer Park, wherein spots for the upcoming TOP GUN: MAVERICK and CATS are talked about, the Kevin Hart/Tiffany Haddish comedy vehicle NIGHT SCHOOL gets the BNB treatment. (Spoiler alert: it exceeded expectations) All this, and Happy Birthday to Dave! 

What if Eddie Pepitone was an eye doctor? This, old men's insufficient workout apparel, an impromptu Cher singalong, and the age-old question of Pepsi v. Coke are a mere microcosm of the day's topics. For our main segment, does 1994's THE MASK, starring Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz, hold up 25 years later? The guys rewatched it for the first time this century to find out.

Warren Beatty, literal turning tides, and a Star Wars reference you were not expecting. Travis shames the History Channel's Forged In Fire for its unnecessarily violent rhetoric, Dave suggests some ideal candidates for time travel murder, and the films THE SISTERS BROTHERS and READY PLAYER ONE are put through due process.

Indignant incredulity toward a Trader Joe's podcast, further issues with the Ibotta app, weird sneezes, and what constitutes a "new" patient at a doctor's office round out the day's topics. After a brief jaunt on the Piss Me Off Parkway, the guys discuss season 3 of the Netflix hit series STRANGER THINGS and BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99 starring Vince Vaughn.

We're coming in hot with a Bloody Mary in the cupholder, but with some special ice cubes that will either cool you down or haunt your dreams. After a grimy tale from the laundromat, gym gripes abound! Travis has finally seen A STAR IS BORN '18 and boy, does he have thoughts, while Dave discusses the Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn-starrer DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE. Bow to a couple o' Lion Kings, ya baboons!

It's Independence Day! We got gripes about the Verizon-turncoat now-Sprint guy (a modern day Benedict Arnold-- theme synergy!), snipes about patronizing maternal song lyrics, and some healthy & fair skepticism towards the most recent Wachowski to transition. After a rousing update to a classic baseball tune while maligning the Chicago Cubs' sorry attempt at one, the logical pairing of LEAVING LAS VEGAS and TOY STORY 4 get that smooth, sexy BNB treatment. Happy 4th, ya blimps!

Jelly Belly minefields, concise job descriptions, Whitney Houston's most famous ballad, and Disney's Emoji Blitz app finally receive their due on the podcast. Alfred Hitchcock's classic STRANGERS ON A TRAIN and unsung Martin Scorsese masterpiece THE KING OF COMEDY round out our main segment. And while we have you here, can you tell us where can we find a good honeydew melon?

What's beef? Don't tell me before I've had my coffee. Will Smith's comedy persona, urinal decorum, stickered baseball caps, and Hilaria Baldwin all draw varying degrees of our ire, with some Rodney Dangerfield impressions thrown in for good measure. In the new, refined main segment, AQUAMAN and BARTON FINK are the films up for discussion. 

Statue people, keeping your real estate dealings to yourself, and whether or not technology is ruining baseball (and by extension, our lives) round out the topics of the day. Dave reveals his unpopular feelings about surrealist filmmaker David Lynch, Travis rails on Jay Leno's Fallon hackery, and the guys revisit INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL one decade later to see how time has treated it.

We got your shower products, we got your nasal manscaping, we got your golf! Dave shamefully cops to watching LOQUEESHA and Travis does a deep dive into the Instagram inspirational quote racket, after which the new comedy WINE COUNTRY, now streaming on Netflix, is sommelier'd.

What do you get when you cross a Jersey Mike's virgin, an armadillo anecdote, sick day skepticism and the 7th season of NCIS: Los Angeles? Listen and find out, ya blimps! An undeserved in-depth analysis of the 2010 schlocksterpiece LOVE & OTHER DRUGS rounds out this (sure to be instant classic) episode, which was Made with Real Ginger!

Travis bids an unfond farewell to THE BIG BANG THEORY, Dave spoils AVENGERS: ENDGAME and a trip to the Trailer Park is taken for a special installment that's racially-cringeworthy. Come for that nonsense, stay for Dave's first ever tweet! In the main segment, the 2018 comedy TAG is dissected, and everything wrong with it is brought to light.

Popular breakfast items get the FMK treatment, Beyonce is called out for her antics, and time keeps on slipping into the future, but no one here is named Steve Miller. The most recent effort of filmmaking maestros Joel & Ethan Coen, Netflix's THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS, is reviewed, after which the Brothers' entire impressive filmography is ranked.

Ketchup juice, Bell Biv DeVoe, gay attention, and a guest gripe are coming in hot! Hot off the presses, the Zac Efron-led Ted Bundy biopic EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKINGLY EVIL, AND VILE (recently streaming on Netflix) is cupped, asked to cough, then thoroughly diagnosed.

Ariana Grande, Arrowhead Water's Instagram following, and becoming ill just in time for the weekend are amongst the topics of the day. For the main segment, Jonah Hill's directorial debut MID90s is broken down. It's a warm day (in Fahrenheit) for some bad news!

Mint-averse co-workers, mind-reading gymgoers, Vietnam movies and ineffectual microwaves get the BNB treatment. Director Dan Gilroy's follow-up to his masterpiece NIGHTCRAWLER, a Netflix horror/thriller entitled VELVET BUZZSAW, is reviewed. Fire it up, blimps!

Peeing next to J.K. Simmons, eating noises, in-game celebrations of pro-athletes and the first ever "Guest Gripe" via email are just some of the highlights. The guys play a spirited game of "Would You Rather" before diving into a discussion on Netflix's UNICORN STORE, the directorial debut of up-and-coming indie actress Brie Larson.

Noise pollution, scrunch-nosed glares, flabby-limbed ink, "haggis" as a verb, vanity plate mishaps, and an obscure Anthony Anderson movie are given the BNB treatment. The 2012... film is not the right word. Art installation? Whatever it is, the guys talk about SPRING BREAKERS and try to tell the difference between Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens.

  Travis kicks things off with an Ace Ventura throwback ditty, and Dave dives into the old photo archive. Milano cookies, The Matrix on the john, and Lena Dunham's existence are among the episode's discussed/lamented topics. The new Motley Crue biopic THE DIRT, now streaming on Netflix, is put through the ringer. Stroke it, ya blimps!

Hockey goal serendipity, unsolicited locker room conversation, toilet paper hanging direction, and casual Ring app racism are among the day's topics. Dave debates the possibility of equine attraction, and 2018 smash hit BLACK PANTHER is reviewed, wherein Travis explains why he may be completely soured on Marvel movies. 

Lots of automotive gripes to be had in this bad boy, from car chases to an ill-conceived vanity plate. The Irish and Scottish peoples are unabashedly conflated, while Dave goes down a rabbit hole about an old roommate he and Travis once had. The filmography of director Paul Thomas Anderson is thoroughly unpacked and ranked. Oh, and pedophilia gets a wink too. 

Episode 21-- the podcast is legal! Immersive theatre, saltines, hot dog preparation, Jerry Stiller, language policing and religious dietary restrictions are just some of the bad news from this week. 

Travis has issues with huggers who don't fully commit, while Dave's Little Gripe about Facebook comment thread justice mobs turns into a Depths Of Despair. The recent Oscar results are not spared, and Dave's least-favorite silver screen writing/directing team gets their whole catalogue put through the ringer. Have a laugh, take a whizz and blimp it up.

Dave has a bone to pick with the people at Cuisinart, while Travis starts a running list of Asian actors preferable to Ken Jeong. After touching on baked beans, Dua Lipa, public crooners and preteen children holding hands with their parents, the 2003 Paul Giamatti vehicle AMERICAN SPLENDOR is discussed.

Shots are fired at the Grammys, BBQ elitism, airport workers' priorities, and pseudoscience dabblers everywhere. BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY is dissected at length, and while it's not a bad movie, the guys make a strong case why you shouldn't aggressively seek it out.

Travis takes the art of ventriloquism to task, Dave confesses something truly horrific, then the boys get the meat hooks out for the hipster-sheik indie darling VOX LUX. Lots of complaints to go around, but Portman gets the brunt of it.

The Super Bowl is lamented, those who enjoy dive bar billiards are shat upon, and an unofficial theme song is bestowed upon Netflix's BIRD BOX, after which the guys kick the universally-panned movie GOTTI while it's down.

The guys kick things off with a plea to the suicidal, followed by taking shots at Lin-Manuel Miranda, film director (& son of David Bowie) Duncan Jones, the outdated bedside manner of TV weathermen, and the horrors of showering at LA Fitness. Then, a case is made why no one should ever intentionally watch the 2009 Oscar-winning film PRECIOUS.

Poorly-timed windshields & Instagram egg pics, "Inside the Joke" with an RDJ werewolf, wrongly-spelled "dammits" and bummer burglaries, these are a few of our talked-about things! Strap on those orthopaedist-prescribed Velcoro sneakers, it's time to pile on to the oft-maligned second season of the HBO series TRUE DETECTIVE.

Sink pissing, thin ass napkins, overloaded sandwiches, self-important parents, and dickheaded air travelers-- it's all here! Plus the guys take aim at Sofia Coppola's 2010 circle jerk Somewhere, which, if you haven't seen it, you shouldn't.

Travis & Dave both confess something they've never told anyone before, while firing across the bow at specialized diets and those who fail to grasp group text etiquette. After Dave touches upon how even one of the better aspects of Hollywood's creative vetting system is broken, the guys take aim the overrated 2014 Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything. 100% not smeh, guaranteed!

There's a spirited back and forth about regional snack cakes, followed by Travis questioning ring announcer Michael Buffer's need to exist while Dave rants about how oversensitivity and misplaced outrage is driving everyone bonkers. Terrence Malick's 2011 masterpiece (of CRAP, if ya ask us) THE TREE OF LIFE is deconstructed and given a remedy for repair.

Trav and Dave tackle the age-old conundrum: Is DIE HARD a Christmas movie?

In the first episode not centered around a film or television show, all that is wrong with the holiday season is articulated. Travis makes a callback to one of Dave's Little Gripes, describing his own recent victimization by a poorly-balanced utensil, as well as recounting a run-in with a benevolent Jon Voight. Dave unpacks a creepy plot point in A STAR IS BORN, then gives Lady Gaga's pipes a run for their money. Roast them chestnuts, ya blimps!

The guys kick off this week's episode contemplating a "what if" direction in which their friendship might've progressed, after which Dave enlightens Travis on the plight of the "Incel" community in a uncharacteristically light Depths of Despair. From then on, they lay into the pilot of the new HBO series CAMPING, a thoroughly unforgivable piece of television.

The guys hit the ground running with Dave recounting a moment of self-consciousness in the gym... with an unexpected twist. After dragging Brian Setzer's rockabilly band "The Stray Cats" and fuming over the weight distribution in silverware, the guys go to town on the so-called classic The Big Chill, and by extension, the entire Baby Boomer generation. No punches are pulled, so hold on tight!

Dave opens the show with everyone's favorite new segment: corrections and retractions from previous episodes (including one possible Mandela Effect phenomenon)! Travis recounts seeing a car with bumper stickers that paint a confusing picture, while Dave gets heated about someone consistently misusing a word. For the main segment, the guys delve into why Paul Thomas Anderson has fallen off a cliff. Travis posits an insightful prescription for fixing the film while Dave relates Daniel Day-Lewis' character to an old Bostonian proverb.

Trav & Dave kick things off with a spirited condemnation of the many LA residents who've yet to crack the proper etiquette in navigating parking lot pay stations, then stumble deep into a rabbit hole drawing distinctions between genres of gum. After Dave vigorously defends his unpopular opinion that Ridley Scott is perhaps slightly overrated, the guys thoroughly dissect the many WTF leaps permeating the recent Oscars darling, Three Billboards.

In this episode, the boys kneel at the altar of Zankou Chicken, delve into the depths of the despair that is traffic in Los Angeles, while Travis expresses sincere skepticism about whether Lady Gaga’s vocal style will play on the big screen.  After explaining why crying over spilt milk is completely justified outrage, Dave rails on the children's animated film THE BOSS BABY, which, by fault of fatherhood, he has been subjected to far too often.

There are more complaints to be had, as Travis illustrates the all-encompassing meh-ness that is the second installment of the Guardians franchise to Dave, who's only seen the first one. Then they veer off into discussing Justice League, and Dave stumps about why it was epically disappointing for anyone who grew up reading Superman comics.

Dave and Travis kick things off with some lighthearted greetings and salutations, including a solid justification as to why it's worth listening to them teased in the premiere episode. Then they proceed to shoot the breeze about waiting in line at Rite-Aid, the possibly discontinued stain-proof shirt, and why Burt Reynolds was our last toupee'd star. For the main segment, Dave indignantly explains the most recent entry in the Jurassic Park franchise to Travis, who hasn't seen it.