Spoofs, Goofs, and Novelty Songs

Hello everyone! This is the final episode of "Idiotlab" We hope you've enjoyed this dumb, silly podcast This week, we invent a new gambling game, decide what two animal's sounds we would switch, discuss the best and worst street art, and so much more! Then, we finish with a final round of THE MEANING OF TITLE. Do we wish we had ended on a mailbag segment or a round of "That Don't Impress Me Much"? Of course! But regardless, goodbye!

What if Robocop were real? What does it mean to live a good life? What are the worst (and best) band names? These questions and another round of LISTENER MAILBAG all this week!

What music/movie/etc do people just like for the clout? Does free will exist? You've been accused of murder: what real or fictional lawyer do you want representing you? Those questions will be answered in great detail with so many hot takes that you'll be saying "so many hot takes". Then, we'll rank THESE four deserts and we'll rank THE four deserts. Finally, we round out the week with a game of the COST IS CORRECT. Who will enter our showcase showdown (parody)?

This week we send one form of art back to the STONE AGES, we figure out how to recruit some henchmen, come up with our Animorphs team, and plan our funerals! Then, we wrap things up with another round of THAT DON'T IMPRESS ME MUCH

Snip snip, we're talking surgeries this week as Kelly talks about his recent ailments, we decide if we would take a serial killer's heart or not and then...coincidentally list all of our worst surgeries! Also Scott got married. Then, we wrap up with another trip...in the POD CAB for the final segment this week. Don't make us drop you...off at your destination!

This week, we add more Presidents to Mount Rushmore, talk about our favorite street art (Scott hates street art), remake one movie each, list our favorite Liam Neeson comedies and for the Final Segment we enter...the POD CAB!

First of all, we talk Titanic. But MOSTLY this week is all about a return to our famous drafts as this week we draft...geographical features! The most anticipated draft in podcast history. Kelly comes super prepared. Then, we wrap up in the FINAL SEGMENT with another round of the "Match Me" game!

This week we try to determine which Taylor Swift fame-leveled celebrity will endorse (or has endorsed already) Donald Trump! We also design a haunted house, rank the original Starburst flavors, decide if we want to be a cowboy, and decide if we'd like to kiss a snowman! These questions were apparently written by a teenager at NASA Then, we round out the week with a game of NAME THIS BAND'S SECOND MOST PLAYED SONG ON SPOTIFY! And you'd better believe we dive DEEP on the works of Weezer, The Baha Men, and William Hung.

This week, Idiotlab gives a major U.S. city a new sports team, discusses how early kids should watch TV (but really talk about what they watched as kids), create a new cast for the Clue board game, and they play SUPERSTORE SWEEP in the FINAL SEGMENT of the show!

This week we discuss the FUTURE OF BROADCAST TELEVISION, what's better: Mars or Prison, creating the perfect murder mystery in Wisconsin Dells, and we discover the fountain of youth! Then in our final segment we open up the idiot lab mail bag!

What's the worst name for a dog? We all love mini-golf...what's a smaller version of another sport we'd all love? What belief would you be a missionary for? 1 is the loneliest number...what are the character traits of other numbers? These important questions and many more, all this week on Idiotlab. Then, the GREAT FOOD DROP returns for our final segment!

Season 2 of Idiotlab is upon us! Would you tell your kid what your mom did (*if you were Ben Affleck in the movie Gone Girl?) What would you name a boat? What U.S. state would you swap with another U.S. state? These questions and designing an escape room, all this week on the pod! Then, we round out the week with a round of the Newlypod Game.

PART II of our Celebrity President Bracket. Is Mr. Beast the frontrunner? Will we congratulate Zendaya? Is America ushering in a new era of Mccarthyism? Of the Melissa variety? Once we finish the tournament, we wrap up with a game of GUESS THE NAME OF THIS CHRISTMAS HALLMARK MOVIE FROM THE DESCRIPTION, one of our favorite segments. Then, we have an announcement regarding the podcast. Enjoy!

This week, we begin a 64 competitor bracket to determine which celebrity "should" run for President. The criteria shifts a lot! This is part 1 of a two partner. Then, we close out the show with a round of "what is the most streamed song on Spotify for a particular band" and boy do we have fifteen bands for you! Not branded content. Part II, and our first season finale, next week!

This week we are transformed into a dog and MUST get a human to say "woof, woof, alakazam turn this dog back into a man", we come up with a mascot for our personal cereal, we create our dream team sinister six of SNL cast members, and we rank the four starches!(potato, rice, bread, pasta) Then we actually bring back a favorite segment and play another round of THE MEANING OF TITLE!

Who would you swap places with for 24 hours? What food needs a mascot? Would you rather have Spider-Man's powers or Batman's money? What should be added to the constitution? Boy are we three people who do not know how laws in this country work. Then, we play a round of WHERE IN THE WORLD IS MARTY (not in San Diego) to close out the show!

What is the most annoying song or youtube video? What is your wrestling theme music? Would you rather eat sandwiches made of ONLY bread or every time you try to pass a car on the highway they speed up by 1 mph? How much pie could you eat? Would you become a cyborg? What celebrity SHOULD run for president next but...hang on...is this question too big for just one segment of one episode??? These questions and more, before we wrap things up with a little CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE game as we...enter a mysterious cave...

This week we plan our perfect heists, reboot an intellectual property (but NOT Gremlins), create the perfect MUST SEE TV lineup, and "write" a new protest song. Then, we wrap up the week with a round of THE MEANING OF TITLE, a definition guessing game. Happy HOLIDAYS, we're taking next week off! See you in 2024!

What would be your Frankenstein creation? Would you litter if littering didn't harm the environment? Will "Wonka" be a hit? NOTE: THIS WAS RECORDED MONTHS AGO These questions and many, truly MANY more will be answered this week on Idiotlab. Then, we wrap up the week with another edition of Listener Mail!

This week features lots of opinions, lots of FOOD opinions. What would be your final meal? What's the single best fast food item to send to the aliens? What is the scariest thing...in the UNIVERSE? And, which artist deserves a great biopic? Finally, we found out the week with a round of IMPRESS SANTA. What is this game? Better listen to find out...

This week we are drafting our favorite NEEDLE DROPS. And yes, that means songs featured in movies (and not score written for the movie, a distinction which confuses one of our hosts!) We talk all about Tears for Fears, Metric, Grandaddy and a WHOLE lot more! Then, we wrap up with the FINAL SEGMENT which is a quiz about famous 2nd place things!

This week, we pitch a few new professional wrestling characters, determine what conversation topics are a bit...tired, and pitch bad beer recipes! We also get transported to December 31st, 1999 and are able to tell our past selves one 10 word long message...will it be "BUY ENRON, THEN GO SEE THE MATRIX AGAIN. IT'S GOOD" And in the final segment, we play a little geo-guessing game regarding the weirdest city names in the Untied States and we learn a few fun facts about those cities! What's normal about Normal? Am I getting dumber in Dummer?!

Have you ever wanted a new subject for small talk? Don't you just wish you had a THE BIG WHEEL to pick subjects for you, like us??? Well this week we're here to come up with some new small talk subjects, we determine our personal mascots, Scott talks about medieval monks, and so, so much more! Then we finish off with a game of WHAT BOTTLE IS MARTY HOLDING. Where he can...SQUEEZE. THAT. BOTTLE! Or...shakethatbottle. Or...taste the bottle! Listener beware: lot of bottle sounds this week.

This week, Kelly recounts a trip he took recently. Then, Scott recounts a trip he took recently... and so does Marty??? NASA then chimes in and asks us...what's your dream car? And we try to determine the single funniest word. Finally, we wrap up with a little European quiz and we open up the Idiotlab mailbag!

What is your perfect party? Does it or does it not involve watching Spider-Man 3? We also test Marty's knowledge of music notes again and we make new Muppets, award shows, and government holidays...which of course leads to us drafting our favorite months. Then, we try to guess what Marty is holding in our FINAL SEGMENT. GOODBYE!

NASA asks us to draft the BEST VILLAINS this week, and our teams will team up for a three way battle in a colosseum. Not much more to say there, we're talking best ever villains this week along with our ussssssual bullshit. What's the best narrative conflict? Who wins between Magneto and Twister? Is Danny Ocean a villain? Our brains are broken this week. We round out the show with a little quiz about...quiz shows!

It's time for...our first spOOOOoooooKy episode for the Halloween season! What if you were put in charge of h-h-h-h-hELL?!!! Would billionaires have permanent wet-head? What if you found out every conspiracy theory was r-r-r-real!??! Could you come up with a new, fresh, popular fast food chain? Then, we wrap things up with a FINAL SEGMENT where Marty embarrasses himself for ten minutes.

What necessary function would you like to stop having to do every day? What SHOULD your name be? If you were on Seinfeld, why would Jerry break up with you? All this and much more on this week's episode. We also pitch a new magician competition show and play a little round of the MATCH ME game. What is it? You'll have to listen!

How hard can it be to beat up a polar bear, right? What are our hosts most afraid of? So many of life's big questions will be tackled this week AND we'll wrap things up by letting Kelly and Scott wrap each other up some presents!

What if ghosts were real? This question, and many more, will be delved into on this very special episode of Idiotlab. Many points of view are taken, and, appreciated.

In a world...where NASA sends the Idiotlab hosts thought-provoking questions every week, what if they instead asked the hosts to draft their favorite WORLDS??? All this week we talk fictional settings, movie locations, and a whole lot more

Which fictional character do you wish was real? What real person would be better fictional? Can you design this year's Spirit Halloween knock off costumes? These questions and many more will be answered on this week's episode!

What is your loftiest dream? What would you do if you were the First Husband to the President of the United States? How would you survive "The Hunger Games?" And just what the heck would Jurassic Park actually be like in the real world? These questions and more all answered on this week's episode!

"NASA" beams in hypotheticals to our three hosts who cannot control what they are asked OR for how long they must answer! This week, they drive into: What if the Idiotlab hosts were in the military? What positions would they be? Is there a famous criminal who should NOT be in prison? The hosts will also wrap up with a classic quiz about famous Scotts, Kellys, and Martys!

APRIL FOOL'S We're back for a one-off episode to complete the most iconic spoof trilogy of all time as we review the non-seminal AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER. Are there any good bits in this film??? Then, Marty presents a novelty song album as we listen to a few tracks from the POKEMON CHRISTMAS BASH, then, we try to guess "who's that Pokemon!?" and figure out just what are the top 10 Christmas movies of all time! Finally, Kelly wraps things up by teaching us all about the most famous foot bag of all time: the hacky sack. See ya never!

The final episode of Spoofs, Goofs, and Novelty Songs (for now) and we're finally tackling the seminal spoof trailblazer AIRPLANE! You know it, you love it, but did our hosts love it? Then, Scott plays a series of short clips from novelty songs we've covered in the past. Marty and Kelly MUST guess which song each clip is from! Finally, Marty presents a few novelty gravestones and we play a guessing game about final lines from movies, books, and TV shows. Thanks for listening, we REALLY appreciate it!

No full episode this week! Due to some scheduling conflicts, episodes 99 and 100 had to be delayed a week. INSTEAD, Kelly has collected a few voicemails that folks have left for us over the course of the podcast. We take a listen to those and talk about them! See you next week for our second "guest" episode!

This week we're headed back in time to discuss the seminal Sam Raimi flick ARMY OF DARKNESS. If you enjoy hearing 20 minutes of compliments about this movie, this is the podcast FOR YOU. Then, Marty shows us a CHIPTUNE classic and we play a round of an iconic SGNS game: Impress Santa, Video Game Edition. Lots of fun. Lots of Santa. Finally, Scott quizzes Marty on the truthiness of a few interesting facts from an INTERESTING FACTS book.

Take me out to this podcast! That's right, this week is all about baseball as we discuss FERRELL TAKES THE FIELD and THE UNAUTHORIZED BASH BROTHERS EXPERIENCE with special guest Andrew Minten! Then, Scott introduces a new game as we play a little celebrity tweet guessing game! Finally, Marty takes us home with a discussion of STRETCH ARMSTRONG and we play the impersonation guessing game that has been sweeping the nation!

Gawrsh! We take a trip to the college x-games as we return to the Goofyverse to review the non-seminal direct to video AN EXTREMELY GOOFY MOVIE. Don't worry, Kelly and Scott do their best Goofy throughout the episode Kelly then presents a few songs from the SONIC franchise of video games. Don't worry, he doesn't "rickroll" us like he did the last time he did this. We then take a walk past a normal mounted fish, only for it to turn out to be that darned BIG MOUTH BILLY BASS and Scott brings a new game to the show! Apologies for some slight audio issues!

We're finally recording in person again and thank GOD we are, because this week we're headed to America to review the seminal capitalism satire SORRY TO BOTHER YOU. Is this one of the best flicks we've done on the show??? Then, we discuss the music of one of the composers of Sorry to Bother You, as Marty teaches us a little about the band TUNE-YARDS. Scott then shows us all a garden gnome...who then challenges us to a riddle battle! Oh no!

We are winding down the podcast, but before we close up shop we knew we had to return once again to the seminal work of ZAZ as we tackle NAKED GUN 2 1/2: THE SMELL OF FEAR. This is a weaker entry from the ZAZ crew. Marty gets back into the novelty song game as we take a listen to the mash up icon THE FLYING SAUCER and take a listen to a few of the most sampled songs of all time. Finally, Scott's got a VOICE CHANGER so you KNOW we're going to fill time and do some very bad improv.

We've finally done it. We've tackled a film featuring the star who's face is the logo of this podcast. That's right, we head to the opera for the...not entirely seminal Marx Brothers classic A NIGHT AT THE OPERA! Does the host who likes old movies like it? Do the hosts who don't like old movies dislike it? No spoilers!  We also make a huge announcement regarding the future of the podcast. Scott then teaches us all about the different vocal ranges used in performing opera and he plays a few clips featuring famous opera performers! Kelly rounds us out with a discussion of Disney's HANDWICH and gives us a real treat of a segment to close out on!

School's out for summer and this week we're heading back to school to review the seminal teen comedy ROCK 'N' ROLL HIGH SCHOOL! Is this movie a cult classic? Or is it a classic case of not being very good?! In honor of some of the stars of this week's movie, we discuss the music of the RAMONES, including Dee Dee Ramone's rendition of MASH POTATO TIME. It's very bad! Then, Kelly takes us home as we stick to music and talk about the PIANO NECK TIE.

This week we are...smoking?! That's right, we're tackling the mid-seminal Jim Carrey romp THE MASK. Yes we know it is not a spoof movie, but hey, Mr. Carrey does a few whacky impressions at least?!! Then, Scott presents the Cherry Poppin' Daddies' iconic ZOOT SUIT RIOT and teaches us all about the real life events that inspired the song. I love learning! Finally, Marty takes us home as he asks us a few trivia questions from the famous movie trivia game SCENE IT?

We steal from the rich and give to ourselves as we review the non-seminal ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS. Another entry from Mel Brooks in the books, does this movie hold up to his other classics??  Scott then digs into his history books and uncovers one of the oldest novelty songs in history: I'VE DULLED THY SWORD, THE SQUIRE'S JAPE! Finally, Marty traps his co-hosts inside the studio, walls them inside, and challenges them to escape the podcast studio (after discussing a pack of EDGAR ALLEN POE BANDAGES)!

Prep your treats and tricks, for this week we head to a dog show for the seminal Christopher Guest mockumentary BEST IN SHOW! Spoiler: we all love this movie. Double spoiler: but we somehow argued about the way we loved the movie?  Scott also presents a series of covers of the George Gershwin aria SUMMERTIME and we play a little guessing game determining the year of each cover's release. How well do Marty and Kelly know their musical history? (not well)  Kelly takes us home as he shows us his favorite toy: the SLINKY.

This week we return to the land of television as we review an episode of Documentary Now!: GENTLE AND SOFT: THE STORY OF THE BLUE JEAN COMMITTEE! The Documentary Now crew takes aim at the "History of the Eagles" and music documentaries in general.  Later, Scott presents a dissertation on the entire genre of YACHT ROCK and we play a little quiz determining whether a few songs qualify as Yacht Rock or Not Yacht Rock. Marty takes us home as he shows us his finest formal wear: a TUXEDO T-SHIRT and we tackle a Big Wedding Quiz.

This week we finally return to live action as we head to America for the...controversial hidden camera road trip spoof BAD TRIP. Are pranks unethical? Is this movie funny? Questions that will surely be answered! Once again, a hot debate on the pod! Scott then describes his favorite tattoos of Marty and Kelly's as we discuss THE TATTOOED LADY. Kelly takes us home by introducing us to his pet...ROCK! How much do Marty and Scott know about minerals? We're going to find out!

This week we're headed to Toon Town as we review the seminal live action animation mashup WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT! Just when you thought we were done with animated films, we pulled ourselves back in...to another one! By far our longest chat about a movie on the podcast yet! Then, its all Marty all the time as he presents "Nirvana"'s DROWNED IN THE SUN, we talk about AI generated music, and wraps things up with a branching-path story involving a DOLLAR SIGN MONEY BAG!

For our final trip to Dreamworks Animation we head back to middle school as we review the seminal CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS: THE FIRST EPIC MOVIE! The end of April Fool's Month is nigh, but, we get to enjoy a reasonable kid's flick for our efforts!  Then, Scott presents the M.I.A. classic PAPER PLANES and we play a little sound effect improv game inspired by Who's Line Is It Anyway! Kelly takes us home and we learn how to raise our electronic pets in our TAMAGOTCHIs.