Each week the Kid Goggles hosts, Matt Garren, Stacie Lyons, and Jeremy Keys, invite a guest to bring a beloved piece of entertainment from their childhood to the studio in order to discuss if the things they once loved were things worth loving.
For this milestone episode it couldn’t be anybody else in the guest seat other than KG’s own, Jeremy Keys! And for Jeremy, there could be no other movie worth revisiting than the 1986 Jim Henson cult-classic: Labyrinth. Between David Bowie’s performance, David Bowie’s hair, and David Bowie’s bulge — there Read more…
Shine bright, shine far, this week’s star is none other than KG’s own co-host, the marvelous Stacie Lyons! Stacie could still remember all the words (and dance moves) to this movie’s theme song, but was this Tyra Banks/Lindsay Lohan vehicle as magical as she remembered? Did anybody ever realize that Read more…
“Welcome to The Rock.” The iconic words of an aged Sean Connery beckoned a young Engineer AJ to the nearest TV screen for a hypnotic display of gunshots, patriotism, and the one-of-a-kind acting of peak Nicholas Cage. But does AJ still take pleasure in guttin’ you, boy? Known by fans Read more…
The one thing that the wonderful and hilarious, Kate Fruhman, loved about her childhood? All the damn vampires. Oh, and all the Corey Haim. Mostly just the Corey Haim. Book-ended on a VHS tape by The Secret of NIMH and a terrifying Martin Sheen voodoo movie, this ’80s cult-classic became Read more…
WORK THAT BODY and then settle down for Prince and the Pauper meets Kid ‘n Play in this 1992 teen romp starring zero teenagers. The insanely talented hip-hop artist, Chill Moody, has loved Class Act ever since he was seven and snuck into the theater to see Duncan and Blade Read more…
Yo Wasteoid, you think The Breakfast Club is beyond reconsideration? Improviser and repeat guest, Chris Esperance (ep# 20– Bad Boys), thinks this quintessential piece of ’80s cinema might not be able to hold its smoke in 2018. Was he right? Do you approve of this? The KG crew hashes it Read more…
SHARK DIVE into this “jawesome” TMNT rip-off that served as the re-introduction to American cartoons for the unbelievably funny, Pim Van H! Pim once dreamed of becoming Tim Jones, an all-American oceanographer, but a rat-tail and a fear of the bends stood in his way. Fortunately, Street Sharks was there Read more…
In part 2, everyone shares their scariest doll stories, the gang meets the Freakmans, and final verdicts are issued! Will this campfire still burn bright 20 years later or is it finally time to throw a bucket of water on it and get the hell home? Check out Nicole Auletto’s Read more…
Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society comes a two-part episode dedicated to the show that gave every ’90s kid nightmares. All except the unbelievable tattoo artist and owner of Dollhouse Tattoo Parlour, Nicole Auletto, who, much like her favorite Midnight Society member, Betty Ann, reveled in the fear Read more…
A salient commentary on women’s roles in society, an acerbic critique of consumer culture, and an attack on governmental abuse of power, this movie is as relevant today as it was in 1981. There’s also a guy playing a gorilla doing Benny Hill shtick, relentless screams of children, and enough Read more…
Get your boards and hit those empty pools, it’s time to gleam the cube with Tony Hawk and… Christian Slater? This 1989 cult-classic about a skateboard punk trying to solve the murder of his adopted brother features a bunch of skateboarding legends and a bunch of Pizza Hut product placement. Read more…
HIYA! HIYA! HIYA! Rocky, Colt, and Tum-Tum are here to kick your butts and renew the love of karate for improviser and actress extraordinaire, Tara Demmy! Rocky loved Emily, Tara loved Rocky, and everyone loved the kidnappers. But can this white-washed tale of absent fathers, arms dealers, and kid ninjas Read more…
Kid Goggles heads to the “Site B” of the Jurassic Park franchise with the wonderful and hilarious, Randie Welles, to talk about the sequel where Vince Vaughan is the hero, gymnastics can take out a velociraptor, and a T-Rex eats a dog in San Diego. Plus, Matt give his vision Read more…
Here’s your chance do your dance and listen to this episode about the highest grossing basketball movie of all-time starring Michael Jordan, Bill Murray, Wayne Knight, and Shawn Bradley? Stand-up Eddie Finn has got a lot of questions about the movie that introduced to him both professional basketball and Bill Read more…
Kid ‘n Play blew the roof off the Kid Goggles studio when the super-cool ‘n super-funny, James Knight, brought their movie debut, House Party. With special guest host, Tara Demmy, and more Martin Lawrence in the mix, things got so wild that John Witherspoon was gonna call the cops, but Read more…
Kid Goggles goes back to the nineties to talk about this parody and homage to the seventies’ favorite blended family now living their anachronistic life in the nineties. That’s not half as head-scratching as some of the stuff that happens in stand-up comedian, Hannah Trav’s, childhood favorite. Archaeological digs in Read more…
What better way to celebrate this week of love than with this “terrifying love story”? But is the terrifying love story between Anthony Hopkins and Ann-Margret or Anthony Hopkins and his identically dressed ventriloquist doll, Fats? Nothing is for certain in this under-discussed psychological thriller. Fortunately, the KG crew got Read more…
Everyone needs hugs, right? Even if they come from dead-eyed puppets that have been watching you through your bedroom mirror for “a long time” from a nightmarish hellscape which they pressure you to enter lest your grandma be imprisoned in a retirement home… right? If you’re improviser-extraordinaire, Lizzie Spellman, then Read more…
Thought KG would forget about Zorro? That’s because you are stupid. (jk it’s a quote from the movie). Lead singer of the rock ‘n roll band, Wild Dust, and hero of his childhood cul-de-sac, Derrick Robbins, loved Zorro so much as a kid he even donned the mask and cape Read more…
Think Kid Goggles would turn down a chance to visit another piece of SoCal cinema? AS IF! Part-time improviser/podcaster and full-time funnyman, Matt Romans, took KG back to the glitz of Beverly Hills for this teen-comedy classic! Between Stacey Dash’s crazy hat’s (and crazier politics), attempted mall-murders, No Doubt, and Read more…
Kid Goggles kicks off 2018 in 90210! The original teen soap was a favorite of the then-five-year-old and now magnificent improviser, Melinda Messina, who spent her childhood wishing Brandon was her older brother. But Brandon was definitely wishing he could be with his sister, Brenda, but Brenda was trying to Read more…
Trample your fellow listeners, the Kid Goggles crew only has one Turbo Man left in stock! Put the cookies down and your jetpacks on because our Minnesota Miracle-man and hilarious stand-up/improvisor, Ronald Metellus, is bringing us back to the Twin Cities — this time to spend Christmas with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Read more…
The deadly funny, Rob O’Neill, came to talk about his undead childhood friend, the Crypt Keeper and his ultra campy HBO original series. Nudity, profanity, and a whole lot of puns, it’s the most adult Kid Goggles topic yet! Was the Crypt Keeper scary? Did Rob have the coolest childhood Read more…
Super Saiyan? More like Super Psaiyched! That’s right, the incomparable Marcely Jean Pierre, has been charging up for weeks to talk about Goku, Piccolo, and some albino-clown-child, plus scores of other characters, from this hit Japanese-import. Villains become heroes, the dead become alive again, men become boys, boys become men, Read more…
NOPE! It’s not about a big red dog. And that is far from the last surprise when it comes to this 1994 comedy! The amazing and kind-hearted Kelly Conrad found much to love in the cold-hearted titular character who will stop at nothing to get to Dinosaur World — including Read more…
Welcome to the KG! In honor of making it to 25 episodes, the KG crew has a very special one in store! Who is the guest??? Just a mysterious figure trying to grapple with past decisions. Sound like someone familiar? Does it sound like someone who wears white tank tops, Read more…
Hakuna Matata means don’t worry because your favorite Disney movie is in the best hands with improv all-star and all-around best dude, David “Doubledown” Donnella. David feels all the love all the time for this movie and brought copious notes along with musical accompaniment to the studio to do this Read more…
Twist the bones and bend the back, get a virgin whose name is Max, strike the black flame then relax, it’s the effin’ Hocus Pocus podcast!!! In the spookiest Kid Goggles ep yet, the crew is joined by the terrifyingly talented and hauntingly hilarious, Molly Scullion, who summons ABC Family Read more…
Never heard of this Norwegian film about a princess who falls in love with a polar bear that is actually king who was cursed by a witch? Neither had Matt, Jeremy and special guest host, Kelly Conrad. But Annie Paradis watched this movie incessantly for years and couldn’t wait to Read more…
HELLLOOOOOO and welcome to this heartfelt episode featuring TWO hilarious actors/writers/performers from the UCB theater in NYC!! Janet and Lindsay thought this Robin Williams classic was hilarious when they were kids, but has it been great the WHOLE TIME?! Things get emotional for a minute as KG covers everything there Read more…
Local bad boy and funnyman, Chris Esperance, brought the first R-rated movie to KG this week with the Will Smith/Martin Lawrence two-hander: Bad Boys. The crew gets crazier than Mike Lowery interrogating a suspect as they investigate what terrible things the villain saw, suss out Miami’s ether surplus, learn about Read more…
Dare to believe that The Transformers: The Movie can stand the test of time! KG welcomes the hilarious podcast/radio host Roy Burton (@TheBSLine) to talk about Orson Welles’s last ever movie. They weigh the Auto-pros and Decepti-cons of this high-octane, star-studded, epileptic’s nightmare and find out if it still has Read more…
Radical! Radical! Radical! The kids are back at it with @David_Onda, who talks to famous people like the casts of Game of Thrones and Westworld for a living! Today, however, he’s talking to Matt, Stacie, and Jeremy about his first true cinematic love: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! That’s right, the Read more…
KG put their reading glasses on for this one and dove into book one of K.A. Applegate’s expansive morphing saga, Animorphs! They also watched the first episode of the Nickelodeon series. The hilarious Frank Farrell,delete linked in account joined them live on stage at the Philly Podcast Festival to talk Read more…
Great Scott! Back from his stint as guest host, the superbly funny, Casey Hogan, joins the crew as their BEST FRIEND and special guest in this ep where they talk about Casey’s undying love for Marty McFly, Marvin Berry, and Huey Lewis. They also talk about Stacie’s undying love for Read more…
This 1994 comedy was huge hit at the box office and a huge hit in the life of the incredibly funny, Max Sittenfield. Featuring Ben Stein, a wet condom, sodomy, and Oscar-nominated special effects, how could The Mask not hold up? PLUS special guest host! Kid Goggles LIVE! @ Philly Read more…
This week’s guest, Johny Walsh, takes a break from acting, blogging, and performing musical improv in her LA-based troupe, Garage Band, to talk about the movie that influenced her decision to become a performer, Robin Hood: Men in Tights. Join Johny and the KG Merry Men to find out if Read more…
Kid Goggles GOOOOOOO!!!! George Mills, back from his stint as guest-host last week, joined Matt, Stacie, and Jeremy on a journey to Viridian City and beyond to find out if the mother-of-all 90s phenomenons still measures up! Is Ash’s mother negligent? Are Pokemon abused? And did Pikachu bomb a hospital?Nintendo Read more…
Showtime, Synergy! Kid Goggles needs your help in this ep where they talk about your 1980s cartoon, Jem & the Holograms! Luckily, they have the help of the truly, truly outrageous stand-up, Alejandro Morales, plus a surprise guest host!!! But they still have so many questions for you, Synergy! Like: Read more…
Kid Goggles hacks the goddamn planet this week with funnyman, Scott Luciano, who has got a hand in the delicious new donut company, Hello Donuts (poppin’ up around Philly this summer)! Scott’s got stories about this one and they’re sure to break your phreakin’ mainframe. Does Crash Override want to Read more…
Graced with the hilarious improviser, Lali Gill, as their guest, Kid Goggles got to go to Bollywood with Kuch Kuch Hota Hai! This 1998 three-hour phenomenon took millions by storm back in the day, and this week it took Matt, Stacie, and Jeremy with them.WhatsApp Plus Learn all about what Read more…
Kid Goggles finally gets an 80s flick! And it’s a doozy. Joshua Alvarez, who is the co-host of the stellar podcast Cinepunx and a musician from Solarized, Crossed Keys and more, talks about his complicated relationship to the Carpenter cult-classic. Without nostalgia, can Kurt Russell and a dose of self-awareness sustain this action/kung-fu/comedy movie? Also, Read more…
Science Club bass player, funnyman, and all-around great guy, Nick Elmer, changed up the Kid Goggles formula and came to talk about his favorite album as a young pop-punk kid, New Found Glory’s 2000 self-titled album. Hear about Nick’s adventures at his seriously insane first job, his high school angst, and find Read more…
The KG Crew got the amazing stand-up comic, Domo Jones, to come in to talk about her favorite show growing up: the crucial ’90s sitcom, Martin! How long can Martin Lawrence fight a stuffed rat? What DOES Tommy do? And how did Sinead O’Connor get banned from SNL?
Ronald Metellus, hilarious stand-up and improviser, wanted to talk about the Disney movie that spawned a generation of kids raised on blades. Is Gordon Bombay as good of a coach as we all thought? Is Jan exploiting child labor? And… that guy’s a dentist?
Bri Murphy, Director of Criminal Justice & Reentry Services at Transformation Yoga Project, talks about her childhood love for this 1991 Bill Murray comedy. Who was more insane: Bob, Leo, or Leo’s family? Why did so many families bond over this movie? And is Stacie her therapist’s “Bob”?
Kate Banford, co-owner of Good Good Comedy Theater and comedian extraordinaire, talks about her childhood love for this old and relatively obscure British retelling of The Chronicles of Narnia. Why does a little girl trust a kidnapper so quickly? How do anthropomorphic animals and Christianity coexist? And was there some Read more…
Ep03: Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers w/ Dwight Dunston (Hardwork Movement) Dwight Dunston of the hip-hop ensemble, Hardwork Movement, talks about his love the original 1994 Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers movie. Who’s the best ranger? What does Olivia Benson have to do with the Power Rangers? Is Ivan Ooze a formidable Read more…
Ep02: Can’t Hardly Wait w/ Dryjacket Brad Wyllner and Ian Foley of indie-rock outfit, Dryjacket, talk about their shared love of the teen comedy classic, Can’t Hardly Wait! Was it still everything they thought it was? Is Ethan Embry a creep or a romantic? Who is hotter: Brad and Ian? Read more…
Ep01: Stone Cold & WWF Attitude Era w/ Sunny Singh (hate5six.com) Sunny Singh (founder of hate5six.com, mathematical genius, BMX flatland rider) talks about his childhood love of Stone Cold Steve Austin, Ahmed Johnson, and the WWF’s Attitude Era. Find out if it’s really as great as Sunny once thought in Read more…
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