Bonafide Tastemakers

Grant and Danny reach a consensus like they never have before: this movie is good.Also, we talk about weird old motels, and experiences ordering.Starlight Babyyyy

If loving something ironically brings you real joy, is it still ironic? Who knows. But Auteur director Richard Kelly forces us to look into the depths of the black pool in our episode this week on his sophomore film "Southland Tales", where you will be forced to ask yourself such deep questions as "wait, what's that guy's name?"

Live from some coffee shop and park in Los Angeles, Danny spends way too much time talking about his rewatch of Scrubs, and Grant reveals what random 90's TV show has drawn him back into hour long episodes.

Actor and Comedian James Michael Farley joins us for a discussion of 90's monster martial arts flick "The Guyver", ostensibly starring Mark Hamill. We also discuss historic horse betting.

Todd Phillips classic "School For Scoundrels" brings us to the the ultimate alt-comedy cast bracket. You won't believe the winner (you totally will, it's not that hard to comprehend). Also, it's a movie podcast so we talk about movies. Right?

The Tastemakers rollout their new revamped format as they discuss Brett Morgen and Nanette Burstein's 2002 documentary on legendary Hollywood Robert Evans. Stick around and you might just learn a thing or two about Old Crow Medicine Show... Follow the show at @bonafidetastemakers on Instagram! Danny - @mcgillforreal Grant - @dumbinsidejoke

A tad late to the upload, but we finally address all the rumors of our demise, and make plans for the show going forward.

A killer on the loose? Edgar Allen Poe, famed writer and newly minted freestyle hip-hop artist, joins us to discuss the story of how he really tracked him down. Also, a final message from a special guest.

After a hilarious luggage mishap, Joe Pesci needs to go collect the trophies of his latest kills. If he doesn't, he might LOSE HIS HEAD. Also David Spade is here.

It's a November Miracle! On Christmas! It's not James Bond, but with a little bit of holiday magic, you can pretend it is! Pierce Brosnan is an aging, retired secret aganet who is out to track down some Russian guy. Stop me if you've heard this one.

Danny is about to ship off to work for Academi private contracting, so him and Grant decide to record a little farewell pod at the harbor. To do that, they chat through 2019's The Mercenary by Jesse V. Johnson

It's Mercenary March- err, May. Uh... December? And we finally kick off our Podcasting ADVENT with our favorite Merc, ASHER. We definitely just recorded this now, and not in March.

The Love Suite reaches its thrilling climax as Dr. Peri Pound sits meets the Tastemakers in a Spanish hostel to hash out the issues they've been having this month under the guise of reviewing a 2011 romantic drama film. Taste Nation is invited to listen in on a conversation that touches on the trio's shenanigans across Europe, alternate names for the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and Peri's upcoming trip to Guyana. Stick around after the episode for an exciting sneak preview of Dr. Pound's upcoming spin-off, Dr. Peri Pound's Pound Town! Follow the show at @bonafidetastemakers on Instagram! Danny - @mcgillforreal Grant - @dumbinsidejoke

The Tastemakers graciously lift their multiple lifetime-bans on their friend Waldo so that they can fly out to Paris with Rohan to record a review of the 2013 action-comedy The Love Punch. Tune in for a discussion that touches on revisionist geography, the definition of the mumps and Frankfurt handshakes. Also, Grant takes a memorable visit to the office of plastic surgeon Dr. Early. Follow the show at @bonafidetastemakers on Instagram! Danny - @mcgillforreal Grant - @dumbinsidejoke

Things are heating up in Taste Nation as the we check in with another Tubi classic! After Grant takes a memorable trip to Quiznos with Dr. Peri Pound and Detective Rod Gort, The Tastemakers attempt to review this romantic comedy from 2020 but get lost in a sea of tangents... what DID ever happened to Chris Kattan? Grant also makes Danny do a bunch of new bold takes on a dazzling array of obscure Hanna-Barbera characters. If the preceding nonsensical description hasn't encourage you to press play yet- what are you doing? Where is your zest for life and your curiosity in the unknown??? Do yourself a favor and just press play already... and would it kill ya to subscribe to us? Follow the show at @bonafidetastemakers on Instagram! Danny - @mcgillforreal Grant - @dumbinsidejoke

Turn down the lights and pop some bubbly: you've just entered the Love Suite. The Tastemakers kick off the steamy month of February with the horror film Cupid and try their best not to encounter their producer's Buzzer of Doom while discussing mystery dinner parties and making Danny do a number of accidents. Outside of the review, Grant is worried that the spark is gone between the two Tastemakers and attends an appointment with esteemed couples counselor Dr. Peri Pound. Follow the show at @bonafidetastemakers on Instagram and @bftastemakers on Twitter! Danny - @mcgillforreal Grant - @dumbinsidejoke

It's finally here- the episode that we've been hyping up for over a year and had to record a total of three separate times. The Tastemakers tackle the lengthy filmography of writer-director Paul Schrader after Grant foolishly chose him as the follow-up to the legendary Enter the Soderverse episode. Listen as two bitter white guys dissect the works of an even more bitter old white guy in an episode that has fans and critics alike saying, "This is it? This is what you guys have been talking about for the past 12 months?" Follow the show at @bonafidetastemakers on Instagram and @bftastemakers on Twitter! Danny - @mcgillforreal Grant - @dumbinsidejoke

The month of Jonuary finally comes to a close and the Tastemakers have pulled out all the stops! While reviewing 2001's two-part television movie event series Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story, Danny and Grant welcome the titular Jack onto the pod so that he can finally set the record straight about his time in Giantland. The gang discusses classic cars, debate bean organization techniques and discover a surprising familial link between one of the hosts and their guest of honor. Even more surprises await you within the episode so you're gonna want to hit play right about now, okay? Follow the show at @bonafidetastemakers on Instagram and @bftastemakers on Twitter! Danny - @mcgillforreal Grant - @dumbinsidejoke

Danny and Grant escape to the middle of the woods to discuss the journey of Shaun, Riley and the ghost of Grandpa Gus. The Tastemakers record various nature sounds, fail to recognize Jamie Kennedy and grow bitter about a guest that cancelled on them. Just when it seems like things are winding down, the arrival of a mysterious guest sets off a violent chain of events. After this episode, NOTHING will be the same. Follow the show at @bonafidetastemakers on Instagram and @bftastemakers on Twitter! Danny - @mcgillforreal Grant - @dumbinsidejoke

The Tastemakers run down the filmography of raconteur filmmaker Harmony Korine in a retrospective that spans from his screenwriting debut Kids to 2019's stoner comedy The Beach Bum. Along the way they'll meet absurd characters like a trumpet player with disgusting feet, a psychotic Abraham Lincoln impersonator and even a depressed alcoholic priest played by Werner Herzog. Snoop Dogg even plays a man named Lingerie!! Schraderama coming sooooo so so soon, you guys. Follow the show at @bonafidetastemakers on Instagram and @bftastemakers on Twitter! Danny - @mcgillforreal Grant - @dumbinsidejoke

I recently came across this episode encased in a thick layer of amber... turns out we recorded a Kino Corral about half a year ago that never escaped from the living room. Recorded pre-move to the lavish Chez Taste estate that they now record from, we find the two hosts at their most humble- still recording in a cavernous living room and targeted by a malicious cat. The Tastemakers wax critically on films such as but not limited to: Air, Renfield, Scanner Darkly, Spirited Away: Live on Stage, L.A. Confidential, Evil Dead: Rise, Once Upon A Time... in Hollywood, John Mulaney: Baby J, Drive My Car, and Minari. They also talk a loooot about Thanksgiving for a podcast recorded in the middle of the summer, and I think that's pretty interesting. Follow the show at @bonafidetastemakers on Instagram and @bftastemakers on Twitter! Danny - @mcgillforreal Grant - @dumbinsidejoke

Jonuary continues with a look at a real piece of shit movie. Danny just ate a whole bag of Taki's, Grant uncovers previously unmentioned rodeo-based trauma and Rohan is inextricably and forever linked to actor Jon Voight. We also talk about hot air balloons at some point, so you're gonna want to stick around for that. Follow the show at @bonafidetastemakers on Instagram and @bftastemakers on Twitter! Danny - @mcgillforreal Grant - @dumbinsidejoke

2024 has begun and big things are happening: Danny has graciously ceded the reins of the podcast to Grant, who has put together a full calendar year's worth of themed-months for the two of them to suffer through. This episode kicks off Jon-uary, an selection of films featuring totally normal and unproblematic Dollar Tree DVD staple Jon Voight. The Tastemakers are talking horses and orphans with their new roommate Rohan. Is this film secretly religious? Does the CPS agent resemble Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr.? Is Grant sweating his ass of during 90% of the record? All of these questions are answered and MORE in this week's Bad Boys Watch Party! Follow the show at @bonafidetastemakers on Instagram and @bftastemakers on Twitter! Danny - @mcgillforreal Grant - @dumbinsidejoke

The Tastemakers are joined by their close friend Kevin to finish Bad Boys Watch Party's Willy Dozan double feature. Danny's got some new records, Grant recalls his time on the road with Dave Matthews and Kevin debuts several new mathematical theorems. All this and more in a brand new episode of Bonafide Tastemakers that critics are calling "humorous"! Follow the show at @bonafidetastemakers on Instagram and @bftastemakers on Twitter! Danny - @mcgillforreal Grant - @dumbinsidejoke

Our #1 Listener, Sage, joins us, along with her own special guest Spencer, to figure out who this wizard dude looks like. Also, Spencer will try anything once! Shoot us a message at @BFTastemakers on Twitter, or @BonafideTastemakers on Instagram if there's something you want Spencer to try (for a price). Danny - @mcgillforreal Grant - @dumbinsidejoke

We analyze the lyrics of Passion Pit's "Take A Walk", recount the narrative of Pac-Man 2, and accidentally almost dox someone's heinous crimes after Danny ran into them at a bar. Thanks to Alex (@Gundamu_Boy) for our awesome art!

After several weeks of not having an episode (all my fault), we are back, and we gotta keep the energy up! Thanks to Alex (@Gundamu_Boy) for our awesome art!

The puppet master reveals himself, and we've been playing into his hands all along.

See that episode number? Grant changed the whole game up. Thanks to Alex (@Gundamu_Boy) for our awesome art!

"American podcaster slams critically acclaimed Korean mystery-romance drama film. 'It's frustrating,' declares man who has never made anything of merit."

Nothing more American than adoption, psychic ordering, and stock free music. This is The Griddle House, the country's favorite soup kitchen turned diner.

Or veto. It all comes down to you. Thanks to Alex (@Gundamu_Boy) for our awesome art!

We recorded this podcast live in the Catskills Mountains. Thanks to Alex (@Gundamu_Boy) for our awesome art!

Honestly it's 3 AM right now. Still reeling from the Sanford and Son reveal. Thanks to Alex (@Gundamu_Boy) for our awesome art!

Truly this is the most vile, terrible thing we've watched. I mean, really, this is out there if you wanna see it. I really beg you to please not. You have a family that loves you. You have God. You have reasons to live. This movie sucks. Also, crazy they just made these cars fart so damn much lol like wtf.

We are hurtling toward the end here. And you know that cause I apologize to Grant. Thanks to Alex (@Gundamu_Boy) for our awesome art!

Time travel and some real bad concepts of economics. Thank God we have theme parks built into bars to save us.

We re-recorded this episode but thank God that you get to still hear me eat a burger at the top.

We watched the very first Finnish superhero film, and discovered that actually vaccines are bad.

We get to the first half of the most controversial episode of Stranger Things, and maybe the most controversial episode of Ginger Rat and the Grit Hen??? Ok basically we had to cut a joke it isn't that serious. Thanks to Alex (@Gundamu_Boy) for our awesome art!

A German kids film about illegal street racing has been dubbed into English. Unfortunately, not as many musical numbers as we had hoped.

We're all jumbled up and such. But we're talking about movies now!

We rock our seersucker suits and get ready to throw away this Netflix garbage for the cultural goldmine of a Tay Zonday podcast. Oh also, there's a UFO over Burbank, and we read some reviews for Cracker Barrel. Thanks to Alex (@Gundamu_Boy) for our awesome art!

We're SEVERAL months behind on posting, and it's all Danny's fault. But, in case you were worried, Grant has watched more Frasier.

We are VERY behind. But there is a VERY good reason for that. "Big things coming" says facebook post by local podcaster Thanks to Alex (@Gundamu_Boy) for our awesome art!

i don't even really like movies

look... our release schedule may be very bad. Anyway, this is from the end of June, we're discussing an Iranian Psyop disguised as a family comedy. @mcgillforreal, @dumbinsidejoke, we are @bftastemakers

kimchi rice top gun cooking vertigo vomitorium. also we recorded this at the end of May, alright, get off my case i have a real job jk love you Thanks to Alex (@Gundamu_Boy) for our awesome art!

I tried to kill Grant by throwing him off a cliff. Also, we talk about Stranger Things maybe. Thanks to Alex (@Gundamu_Boy) for our awesome art!

We're a whole month late to talking about our evangelion binge. Whatever, did you need to hear about it?

If you like bad, niche impressions, listen to the first 45 minutes of this episode. If you like discussions of silent film stars, listen to the last 45 minutes. If you like Stranger Things, honestly, just fucking skip this one, man. Thanks to Alex (@Gundamu_Boy) for our awesome art!