Three friends, Nick, José and John, give each other pop culture homework in five subjects: Books, Movies, TV, Comics, and Music.
Welcome to our FINAL Homework: The Podcast. Sort of. We'll be switiching to a new channel next year, like when Family Matters moved to CBS and they replaced the mom. Ok hopefully not like that, but this is our last show on the Gaff Network, our home since we started this podcast. Anyway, in this one we talk about Top Gun: Maverick and we manage to stay on-topic for almost a record amount of time! So we're going out on a high note.Did you know YOU can talk to us? Crazy, right? Follow us on Facebook @HomeworkThePodcast, and on Twitter @hwthepod.
Welcome to our FINAL Holiday Special, where we talk about A Garfield Chrismas from 1987. If you grew up in the 80s or 90s, this was a Christmas tradition. John has it on DVD! So join us as we discuss Garfield, The Ghostbusters, and the shock of Jose's life.Did you know YOU can talk to us? Crazy, right? Follow us on Facebook @HomeworkThePodcast, on Twitter @hwthepod
Welcome to our second Holiday Special, about the 1938 version of A Christmas Carol, starring Reginald Owen as Scrooge. Every version has to try to make the story their own, and in this one, Bob Cratchit is FIRED after accidentally pelting Scrooge with a snowball and getting his top hat run over by a horse and carriage. And Tiny Tim should not be left alone with birds.Did you know YOU can talk to us? Crazy, right? Follow us on Facebook @HomeworkThePodcast, on Twitter @hwthepod
Welcome to our Holiday Special, about the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special. That's right, it's our Holiday Special Holiday Special! As usual, expect some banter about Marvel's latest Disney+ Special along with random bits of completely unrelated topics and wildly inaccurate trivia with no real-time fact-checking!Did you know YOU can talk to us? Crazy, right? Follow us on Facebook @HomeworkThePodcast, on Twitter @hwthepod
Welcome back to Lesson 15! We're closing out this lesson with the Avengers, who came back 25 years ago in a story that sees nearly everyone who's ever been an Avenger attacked, even D-Man! It's the start of an exciting new era for the Avengers comics, but If that's not enough to give this one a listen, stick around when we inexplicably start talking about Daniel Craig era Bond. Did you know YOU can talk to us? Crazy, right? Follow us on Facebook @HomeworkThePodcast, on Twitter @hwthepod
Welcome back to Lesson 15! Chapter 5 is Jose's movie pick, Dante's Peak, about a long-dormant volcano called Dante's Peak that suddenly erupts over the town of...Dante's Peak. That'll cost them the title of second best place to live (population under 20,000) for sure.Did you know YOU can talk to us? Crazy, right? Follow us on Facebook @HomeworkThePodcast, on Twitter @hwthepod
Welcome back to Lesson 15! Only 90s kids will remember! In 1997, The once great city of New York became the one maximum security prison for the entire country. A fifty-foot containment wall was erected along the New Jersey shoreline, across the Harlem River, and down along the Brooklyn shoreline. It completely surrounded Manhattan Island. All bridges and waterways were mined. The United States Police Force, like an army, was encamped around the island. There were no guards inside the prison, only prisoners and the worlds they have made. The rules were simple: once you go in, you don't come out.Yes, this week, we're talking about John Carpenter's Escape From New York. Released in 1981 but set in an even drearier 1997 than I remember, where everyone is miserable except for the eternally happy Ernest Borgnine who just loves driving his cab. Did you know YOU can talk to us? Crazy, right? Follow us on Facebook @HomeworkThePodcast, on Twitter @hwthepod
Welcome back to Lesson 15! It's almost Halloween, the perfect time to look back at this X-Files episode from 1997, Post-Modern Prometheus. Did you know YOU can talk to us? Crazy, right? Follow us on Facebook @HomeworkThePodcast, on Twitter @hwthepod
Welcome back to Lesson 15! Everything in this lesson involves 1997, the year this week's subject debuted their self-titled album. All Saints are an English girl group, and Jose kept this album in his car back in the day, even though John has no memory of it. But it's apparently UK's third-best selling girl group album of all time. Huh. John's still never heard any of these songs before. Not these versions, anyway.Did you know YOU can talk to us? Crazy, right? Follow us on Facebook @HomeworkThePodcast, on Twitter @hwthepod
Welcome to Lesson 15! Everything in this lesson will involve the year 1997. First up, we're going back to King of the Hill, which debuted in January '97. The episode we're looking it is "Shins of the Father" which introduced the world to Hank's dad Cotton Hill. Did you know YOU can talk to us? Crazy, right? Follow us on Facebook @HomeworkThePodcast, on Twitter @hwthepod
Anything we might have forgot to say about our Lesson 14 picks, plus our picks for next time.
Welcome to Lesson 14, Chapter 6 This week, we read Flight Attendant Memoir by Margo D. Anderson.This independently-published book is full of stories of Margo Anderson's five years working as a flight attendant for Atlantic Southeast Airline. And this episode is full of those stories, plus Marie Osmond, checking your work, and the advantages of physical media. Just don't ask for underwear recommendations. Did you know YOU can talk to us? Crazy, right? Follow us on Facebook @HomeworkThePodcast, on Twitter @hwthepod
Welcome to Lesson 14, Chapter 4. This week, we check out the 2016 film Hunt for the Wilderpeople.Starring Sam Neil and Julian Dennison, writer and director Taika Waititi's fourth feature film explores the bond between a curmudgeonly old man and his spirited foster son as they trek through the New Zealand bush, hiding from overzealous social worker Miss Finch. Sorry , that was Follow That Bird. Hiding from overzealous social worker Paula. Dan Jabcobvitz of the podcast Dan and Ian have Questions has been with us all month, and joins us this week for one last assignment. Did you know YOU can talk to us? Crazy, right? Follow us on Facebook @HomeworkThePodcast, on Twitter @hwthepod and be sure to check out Dan's podcast Dan and Ian Have Questions.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dan-and-ian-have-questions-podcast/id1587402809
Welcome to Lesson 14, Chapter 4. This week, we're goin over Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back!) Released theatrically in May 1980, this was the fourth feature-length Peanuts film, and directed by Bill Melendez, who has provided the squawky gibberish voices for Snoopy and Woodstock in every iteration of the series.The movie is about Charlie Brown, Linus, Peppermint Patty and Marcy going on a trip to France as exchange students. They are chaperoned by Snoopy, who can both rent and drive a car, and is a member in good standing at Wimbledon.Once again we're joined by Dan Jabcobvitz of the podcast Dan and Ian have Questions. Did you know YOU can talk to us? Crazy, right? Follow us on Facebook @HomeworkThePodcast, on Twitter @hwthepod and be sure to check out Dan's podcast Dan and Ian Have Questions.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dan-and-ian-have-questions-podcast/id1587402809
Welcome to Lesson 14, Chapter 3. This week, we discuss Icelandic rock band KALEO's second studio album, A/B. "Kaleo" is the Hawaiian word for sound or voice, which could apply to lead singer and guitarist Jökull Júlíusson. The other members are drummer David Antonsson, bassist Daniel Kristjansson, lead guitarist Rubin Pollock, and harmonicist Þorleifur Gaukur Davíðsson. As of 2022, they've released three studio albums. One song from A/B, "Way Down We Go" was certified double platinum in the U.S., reaching number one on the Billboard Alternative chart on August 20, 2016, and can be heard in the trailer for Logan.John and Jose are joined again this week by Dan Jabcobvitz of the podcast Dan and Ian have Questions. Did you know YOU can talk to us? Crazy, right? Follow us on Facebook @HomeworkThePodcast, on Twitter @hwthepod and be sure to check out Dan's podcast Dan and Ian Have Questions.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dan-and-ian-have-questions-podcast/id1587402809
Welcome to Lesson 14, Chapter 2. This week, we discuss Trese issue one: Murder on Balete Drive. Trese is a comic book written by Budjette Tan and drawn by Kajo Baldisimo, which follows Alexandra Trese, a young detective who deals with supernatural crimes. Since the first volume of four stories was published in 2008, there have been 8 main series books, various spin-offs, and a 2021 Netflix animated series.Joining John and Jose this week is Dan Jabcobvitz of the podcast Dan and Ian have Questions. That's right, it's a crossover episode! Did you know YOU can talk to us? Crazy, right? Follow us on Facebook @HomeworkThePodcast, on Twitter @hwthepod and be sure to check out Dan's podcast Dan and Ian Have Questions.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dan-and-ian-have-questions-podcast/id1587402809
Welcome to Lesson 14, which as all about Travel. We kick things off with Jose's pick, the Season 2 Finale of King of the Hill. Originally airing on May 21, 2000, "Peggy's Fan Fair" sees the Hill family travel to Nashville to see a bunch of celebrity County Music stars, most of whom John couldn't pick out of a lineup. But you don't need to know who Randy Travis is to enjoy watching him getting socked in the face.Ladies and gentlemen, Dung!
A rundown of everything covered in Lesson 13, and a glimpse of what's to come!
John and Jose talk about Amazon's The Tomorrow War
Jose and John talk 2021's Crush & Lobo #1
John and Jose talk super briefly about the HBO series The Nevers
If you don't want to see Jeff Bridges play a gymnastics coach, you can Stick It.
John and Jose review the book Constant Comedy: How I Started Comedy Central and Lost My Sense of Humor, by Art Bell
Jose and John listened to Ricardo Arjona's 2020 album Blanco
Just Jose and John recapping all the stuff from Lesson 12
Jose introduces John to the 1980 film The Final Countdown, staring Martin Sheen and Kirk Douglas
John and Jose talk about 2016's Hidden Figures and learn about the African American women behind NASA's missions.
Jose and John party like it's Space: 1999, the 1975 series starring Martin Landau!
John and Jose discuss Captain America's first comic appearance from 1941.
Jose and John talk about the book Hey Kids, Comics! True Life Tales From the Spinner Rack, edited and compiled by Rob Kelly
John and Jose are back to talk about German rockers Kadavar
Jose introduces John to the sit-com like world of the Justice League International comics.
John introduces Jose to Jim Henson's The Storyteller and the tale of The Soldier and Death
Welcome, class, to Lesson 11. We're going to break this one out into the six subjects. Let us know how you feel about that. First up is Music. We chose an album by a former classmate of ours, Ellei Johndro, who was kind enough to join us. Next up will be "The Soldier and Death."
John and Jose talk Paper Lion, Community's regulation shorts, Jackie Daytona, Disney's The Big Green, and The Rock's ode to pie.
Despite some interesting changes, the boys push forward with Lesson 7: Revenge. We'll discuss the time Will Smith tried to blackmail Hilary, the Norm McDonald movie Dirty Work, the Ian Fleming short story "For Your Eyes Only," Harley Quinn whupping the Joker like Wesley Willis, Bullet for My Valentine's album The Poison, and James O'Barr's The Crow.
Jose takes us into the first episode of 2021. John shares Black Honey. Nick finally watches Farscape. And everyone learns that Hope Never Dies. All this and more in Lesson 6: Beginnings.
During Winter Break, Nick, John and Jose watched Wonder Woman 84 and Pixar's Soul.
2020 is finally coming to an end, so it's only fitting Nick and the boys talk about endings. Is watching the final episode of show you've never seen a good idea? Is Hulk Hogan driving a monster truck with giant arms considerably less entertaining than it sounds? Find out the answers to these and many other burning questions in our 5th episode, Endings.
John gets hosting duty this time around, as he, Nick, and Jose discuss ICP, The Family, and erotic poems. Family-centric, but not family-friendly.
Nick, John and Jose go over their "Former Frights" homework, despite some technical difficulties caused by a mischievous spirit.
Welcome to Homework: The Podcast. Co-hosts Nick, José, and John will assign each other pop culture homework in the subjects of Books, Movies, TV Shows, Comic Books, Albums, plus an open class of the assigner's choice. In this premiere episode, the theme for the homework is School.
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