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The Mayor of Christmas, host of the Tinseltown podcast, has a secret passion for the art of the remake. But not all remakes are good. Actually, most aren't. And here's where he and his friends will examine in detail some of the worst, starting with Disney's 2017 remake of Beauty and the Beast.

Brian Lynch


    • Apr 2, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 18m AVG DURATION
    • 172 EPISODES


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    SMBONUS - The Assassination of King K. Rool by the Coward Wallace Pike

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2023 49:38


    Flonk, Brian, and Maggie continue our alarmingly deep dive into Max Landis's insane garbage Mario script. This episode: It wasn't Earth all along, Kirby is full of Hell, and Sir George Carteret makes a truly baffling cameo appearance.

    SMBonus - Straight Outta Crampton

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2023 55:00


    Flonk, Brian, and Maggie flomp our dorns over a truly awful Super Mario Bros epic fantasy action spec script from Max. MAX? You mean Max LANDIS? The garbage son of a helicopter murderer?

    SMB8 - Thank You, Dredd, But Our Princess is in Another Block

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2023 17:48


    This week, exposition is repeated, Iggy and Spike reform offscreen, Mario culturally appropriates Islam, and the movie turns into another movie. Completely.

    SMB7 - Don't Tell Darwin About This

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2023 18:25


    This week, Koopa decides that since a problem's come along, he must whip it, whip it good. Also: We reveal the odd listening habits of Cyclops from the X-Men, and Luigi takes his top off.

    SMB6 - That's What the Mamm Means

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2022 20:30


    This week, Dennis has a bad trip, we forget to look up Fiona's name again, and we address the Goomba Question.

    SMB5 - The Plot Thickens as Much as it Can

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2022 23:08


    This week, "Tell, don't show" reaches new heights as the movie is about a third over, which is a GREAT time for massive exposition dumps from noted rockabilly punk Mojo Nixon. Koopa washes in mud, we speculate on the history of Dinosaur Planet, Dennis Hopper's cloaca is discussed, and David surprises us with a really good Toad impression.

    Hangin' out with the Toothpaste Jar

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2022 34:40


    Back from our mini-hiatus, Brian and Flonk try to record an episode on a failed semi-amateur Mario Bros movie pitch, but it turns into just an examination of Mario in other media, and then just goes way off the rails. Spider the Podcast Cat eats a tissue.

    SMB4 - I'll Take Dinohattan

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2022 10:14


    This week, David fulfils his dream, Rockabel invite us into their Blade Runner fantasy, and we have a special guest appearance from Mickey Mouse.

    SMB3 - Regarding Henry V: Portrait of a Serial Plumber

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2022 19:29


    This week, we see some unfortunate haircuts, some uniformed goons, and take a tour of the nonstop thrill ride that is the back of the DVD box. Also, you're not gonna believe this, we've found some plot holes.

    SMB2 - It's-a Them

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2022 16:27


    This week, after watching a VERY brief chunk of movie, we've already met all three protagonists! So efficient! Such storytelling!

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    SMB1 - Rockabel, Baby

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2022 22:05


    The Super Responsible Broz begin Super Mario Bros proper with... wait, TWO prologues!? In THIS economy?! We also discuss more behind the scenes names, analyze Rockabel's directing style, and Brian has a WHOLE thing about the internet. Also, David's mic is better! Not good. But better.

    SMB0 - Let's-a Go

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2022 39:17


    The Super Responsible Bros are back! And this time we're looking at one of the most curious examples of adaptation ever, Super Mario Bros! The first live action video game movie ever! And you can tell!

    Gremloons

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2022 52:22


    It's time to finish out the Space Jam trilogy! TRILOGY?! Oh, just you wait.

    The Worst Joseph Conrad Movie

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2022 47:23


    Two brothers look at two brothers, as we examine the trend-following masterpiece Surf Ninjas, one of many attempts to cash in on the early 90s ninja craze.

    Don't Let the Sunshine Spoil Your Rain

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2022 48:45


    This week, NAABA takes a look at a new kind of story: The big budget feature film of a currently running series! A rare and sometimes misguided thing often left to animation, this is a rare live action example, and also one of the best ever put to film.

    Back to the Other Will

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2022 64:33


    This is a good one. That's as far as I'll go, though. If I told you what it was, I'd lose my wonderful misdirect.

    Will 3 - The Modern Scourge of Novels

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2022 26:02


    Yes, it's time for another almost-enjoyable episode of Laurie Davidson's star vehicle, Will! This week, Burbage gets negged, Will learns what a play is, Marlowe has a butt party, and Presto is also here.

    AAA9 - Don't Mention the War

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2022 43:56


    We covered every version of "Tomorrow"... OR DID WE!? Time for us to cover the final filmed version by reviewing the ENTIRE made-for-TV sequel, "Annie: A Royal Adventure", or "Blitz? What Blitz?"

    AAA8 - We Don't Need Anything But Our Friends and Our Thermos

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 26:30


    Annie draws to a close, as we look at some muddled finales, as well as one lovely finale that's like half an hour from the end of the movie somehow.

    AAA7 - Sony Pictures Adults' Zone

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2022 19:35


    HOPE YOU'RE READY FOR THESE CHILDREN'S MUSICALS TO GET HORNT UP. Time for "Easy Street".

    AAA6 - Three Hosts, Two Mics, One Couch

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2022 23:06


    Let's go to the movies this week, because the city's ours! Which city? NYC! That's right, it's three different songs serving the same narrative function. One is good because of the writing, one is okay because of the acting, and one is GARBAGE.

    A Bit More Knockin'

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2022 33:30


    Well, my arms are repaired! And it's time to break from the films for an EXCRUCIATINGLY deep dive into the emoji-only translation of "It's The Hard-Knock Life". Also, we take a quick break to analyze the Austin Powers franchise. And, weirdly, predict a plot point from The Batman several months before its release.

    FEED DROP - A Very Animated Crossover

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2022 64:09


    Hello! For those of you that follow me (Brian) on the socials, it turns out I broke both of my elbows. So the show is going to go on hiatus for a couple of weeks, because as I found out uploading this weeks Tinseltown, you use your elbows a surprising amount while typing and editing, which REALLY hurts. But I should be good to go before too long, and in the meantime, please enjoy this Tinseltown from a couple of weeks ago, in which we Annie it up. My special thanks to speech-to-text, which is able to properly capitalize Tinseltown. Nice work.

    AAA5 - Justice for Geoffrey Holder

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2022 23:04


    It's time for "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here" at last! Brian mostly spends this episode defending slumming theatre legends!

    AAA4 - Two Songs For Gilbert

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2022 16:31


    The Responsible Boyz are NOT, as it turns out, doing "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here", which is fun and pleasant and plot-relevant. No, we're doing "Little Girls", which is a mean and bad song designed to lure older actresses to the set.

    AAA3 - You Know, That Song from the Movies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2022 19:17


    This week: Annie 99 adopts a dog! Annie 14 experiences a dissociative episode! And Annie 82 goes off the rails! It's "Tomorrow"!

    AAA2 - Make Her Drink a What Now?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2021 14:08


    This week, we look at "A Hard Knock Life", a song which is done reasonably similarly in all three versions, but with some... Well, some stark differences. Also, the orphans miiiiiiiight be trying to roofie Miss Hannigan.

    AAA1 - A Closet o' Clothes

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2021 17:33


    Finding nothing much to say about "Maybe", a basically fine song with three basically fine adaptations, the #ResponsibleBoyz also do a quick overview of every song they're NOT reviewing. 

    AAA0 - Hard and a Bit O' Knockin'

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2021 51:09


    The #ThreeResponsibleBoyz are here, and ready to review all three film versions of Annie, bit by bit. Also the Mummy movies. But not any of the ones you know.

    Oy Meets World

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2021 46:04


    Flonk and Brian contribute 2% to the total earnings of "Trojan War" a movie that is JUST GARBAGE.

    Parallels: The Following

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2021 38:01


    Flonk and Brian take a look at that odd thing that shows up occasionally, movies with suspiciously similar plots that come out within months of each other. Spoiler: It's all a really convoluted excuse to review a reeeeeeeal chunk of crap.

    The Assassination of Bugs Bunny by the Coward Al G. Rhythm

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2021 56:56


    I mean, sure everyone's taken their turn kicking around "Space Jam: A New Legacy". But we did the last one, so. you know.

    Great Things Come in Bears

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2021 35:54


    The #ResponsibleBoys are taking a look at a flashy reboot of a franchise no living child has any affection for, "Yogi Bear". Also, this episode, you get THREE siblings! Because our brother was in the room and we ambushed him. That's what you get when you sit in a room with us for too long. Eventually a podcast just breaks out.

    Will 2 - Baxter and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2021 23:25


    Welcome back to To Be or Not to Be a Bit Alarming, our Will recap podcast. Oh, you remember Will. It was on Pivot. It is so a real show! And channel!

    LK10 - Nala v Shenzi: Dawn of Justice

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2021 24:43


    Well, this dumb movie is over, and we're ready to be done. This week, the animators actually have to try a little, we make fun of something dumb Ben Shapiro did several months ago, and Chiwetel finally finds his inner ham.

    LK9 - Cloud Strife

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2021 14:13


    "Didn't there used to be a ghost in this movie?"

    LK8a - Is This The Real Life?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2021 9:49


    This week, we cover yet another profoundly mediocre episode of the world's worst prank show, Pixar In Real Life.

    LK8 - Go Favreau, Get Funky

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2021 13:56


    The Choo-Choo Kid and Teach are back to be your responsible friends and also to watch TWO musical numbers! Also, Teach gets obsessed with Obsessed.

    LK7 - SIMBA, HA HA HA

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2021 12:05


    After watching a DECADENT fifteen minutes of film, we are left with almost nothing to say. Scar implies some backstory, Shenzi maybe has a grudge, and a beetle do what a beetle do with doo doo.

    LK6 - Bustin' Makes Us Feel Good

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2021 13:37


    In this episode, the movie does "Hakuna Matata", we compliment an actor, and honestly, it's mostly talk about Academy Award musical performances.

    LK5a - A Sheepish New Era

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2021 12:38


    We take a break from our prepared remarks to discuss "Lambert the Sheepish Lion", a short that Flonk found by mistake.

    LK5 - Yes, We Have No Zebras

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2021 11:44


    I hope you were already prepared, because the song Be Prepared is not going to really inspire you to engage with preparation in any meaningful way.

    LK4 - Mufasa and Zazu in: Literal Animal House

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2021 18:11


    "HYENAS AND LIONS HAVE BEEN AT WAR WITH LIONS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME." - Shenzi, this movie

    LK3 - Thus Far, a Rather Uninspiring Thing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2021 12:44


    Did you know rhinoceroses can't dance? Strange but true facts like these are yours to behold, as the #ResponsibleBoys take on "I Just Can't Wait to be King".

    LK2 - Considering Zazu's Mortality

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2021 18:22


    As the plot begins, we start questioning in earnest what the point was, analyze some voice acting, and explore the strange world of tropical bird skeletons.

    LK1 - Hail to the Chef

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2021 14:12


    As the movie begins proper, the Responsible Boys discuss Jonny Favs, his career choices, his passive-agressive masterpiece, and the surprising English translation of the famous Zulu lyrics of the opening song.

    LK0 - A Shining New Era

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2021 24:30


    It is time for our new main season, in which we review The Lion King, the live action remake that is a cartoon! In our intro episode, we talk a bit about both versions, compare casts, and buckle up for a quiet stroll through Jon Favreau's easiest job ever.

    No and a Bit of Fating

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2021 32:16


    NOTE: Flonk’s microphone gets up to its old tricks in the first chunk of the episode, but we mostly work it out. This week, Flonk and the Mayor make our own fate, as we review Terminator Gynysys, a trash movie that tries to be a remake and a reboot and a sequel all at the same time, and isn’t good at any of it. Starring Nolan Gross as 12 year old Skynet.

    New and a Bit I Hate This Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2021 60:46


    Brian and Flonk look at "The Watch", as Brian provides the fan perspective (It sucks because it's a terrible adaptation), and Flonk provides the newcomer perspective (It sucks on its own merits).

    Slam and a Bit of Jammin'

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2021 59:19


    Here on Tinseltown, we honor all forms of remakes, reboots, reimaginings, and perpetual franchises. That said, Space Jam is bad and you're wrong if you like it.

    Honey, We're a Bit Alarming

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2021 40:29


    The brothers watch and surprisingly enjoy an episode of Honey I Shrunk The Kids, a surprisingly long running TV adaptation of the classic film. In this episode, someone shrinks!

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