Stop/Rewind

After a very long break, we return to discuss the classic British comedy, Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994). First, we catch up on recent events and discuss a wedding of our own (skip to 37:45 if you don't care). Then we talk the film's strange structure, its very British humor, how wet Mr. Bean looks, and various digressions related to love and matrimony.

We discuss one of the most insane movies ever made, Reign Over Me (2007). Join us as we consider the ethics of giving your dentist a blowjob, suicide by cop, and whether or not your therapist should help you get a new girlfriend after your wife dies.

In this episode we honor the comic careers of the great Betty White and Bob Saget. We talk the wholesome comedy of Full House, the brilliance of Golden Girls, and what we hope happens when we die. Also, we play a game of FMK with the men of Full House.

We celebrate the season by discussing two holiday classics: Gremlins (1984) and Love Actually (2003). We talk black comedy and violence in Gremlins, the horrible and not-so-horrible plot lines of Love Actually, why sometimes cute things make you aggressive (it's a real phenomenon, look it up), and the difference between movies about Christmas and movies that take place at Christmas.

Did Kevin McCallister cause 9/11? Does he enjoy causing pain? If Donald Trump hadn't had a cameo would he have become president? We attempt to answer these questions, and many other irrelevant ones, on a holiday-themed episode featuring Home Alone 2: Lost In New York. We're sick, we're tired, and we're as awful as ever.

For the final episode of TomHanksgiving, our good friend John joins us for a raucous discussion of Volunteers (1985). We talk the film's criticism of American imperialism, its racial humor, the legendary John Candy, and where the film ranks among other Tom Hanks classics.

On this day of thanks, we are grateful for the 1988 classic Big. We discuss the film's iconic scenes, what the movie says about work culture, and whether or not Susan is going to need therapy after discovering her 30-year old boyfriend is actually 13.

For our second episode of giving Hanks, we return to Joe Dante's black comedy, The 'Burbs (1989). We discuss the film's satire of suburban boredom, why the premise feels dated in the era of Trump, Carrie Fisher's terrible haircut, and whether or not the film is actually any good. Also, we continue to examine the toilet fetish of Tom Hanks.

November is once again our month of giving thanks to Tom Hanks. For our first episode, we return to A League of Their Own (1992). After a long digression about candy etiquette, we talk our love of sports, Tom Hanks' role as an alcoholic asshole, the film's feminist message, and why there's no sucking off in baseball.

We watched a lot of horror movies this month and decided to talk about them. We discuss sex and death in the slasher genre, Dr. Loomis teaching Michael Meyers how to drive, the importance of practical effects, and why we sometimes love to be scared. It's a rambling, bloody mess.

At long last, we revisit the smartest comedy of all time, led by two powerful performances that portray stupidity with nuance and grace. Okay, we actually talk about Jim Carrey's whole deal, gross out humor being fun for the whole family, Jeff Daniels telling the movie's one good joke, and why the most annoying sound in the world might be a response to the end of history.

OK, but what if you went to a beach and it made you age really quickly, but luckily there was a doctor there who could calculate roughly how fast you were aging, but then you got pregnant and everyone started dying, and the doctor kept muttering about Chinatown and his wife's calcium deficiency turned her into a bone monster? What then? For this episode we watched M. Night Shyamalan's Old and try to answer all the questions about what is going on, and why it's so bad.

What's more American than having sex with a pie? We rewatched American Pie (1999) and talk the film's gross-out humor, its handling (and mishandling) of sexual exploration, and why drinking your friend's cum is not necessarily better than drinking a stranger's.

We smoke a cigarette and discuss the first two films in the Harry Potter franchise. We talk differences between the books and the adaptions, rampant favoritism in Hogwarts, the horrible Brits, Alan Rickman's nu metal aesthetic, and being a kid who likes a thing before it gets popular.

For what may or may not be our 100th episode, we look back at the era of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. We talk about their music, their public image, Britney's portrayal in the media and the controversy surrounding her conservatorship, and the formula for the perfect pop song. Also, we debate the necessity of the HPV vaccine.

Enjoy a belated Independence Day by returning to the great American past time of driving your car off a cliff. On this episode, we discuss the feminist classic, Thelma & Louise. We talk the film's interest in the American West, its depiction of women taking control in a man's world, and the supporting roles of some iconic actors.

The pod abides by returning to the endlessly quotable classic, The Big Lebowski (1998). We talk about the film's blend of western and slacker genres, the politics of Walter and The Dude, and where it fits into the Coen brothers' incredible filmography. Plus, John Goodman is horrified to find a stranger in the Alps.

We return to one of the landmark films of the 90s, Pulp Fiction. We talk Tarantino's signature pastiche style, Samuel L. Jackson's iconic character, the film's approach to dialogue, and whether or not heroin is really as good it looks.

We may be back to recording in the same room but we still managed to mess things up with one missing mic and one mic (Andy's) that is way too loud. To celebrate, we discuss the 2004 indie classic Napoleon Dynamite. We talk the film's bizarre but PG humor, its anachronistic aesthetic, and why none of the characters seem to have any emotion except being annoyed.

What if Mad Max were on water instead of in the desert? Then it would be Waterworld (1995). We talk about Kevin Costner's failed epic / unrealized amusement park idea, the timeline of the distant future, and whether or not the Waterworld inhabitants could handle a single bite of lemon pepper wings from Wing Stop.

It's turkey time! We talk about the fever dream that is Gigli (2003), one of the worst films ever made, and try to decide what the most insane moment of the film actually is. Is it J-Lo performing yoga and talking about the vagina? Is it Brian's rap in the morgue? Is it Christopher Walken's incomprehensible cameo? Whatever you do, don't go to suckmydick.com

By law, as per section 1.047 of the Subscriber's Amendment Clause, you have to listen to us talk about Legally Blonde (2001), which by definition of the "The Long 90s" falls within the purview of this production, and wherein we discuss Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Coolidge, Ivy League credentials, courtroom logic, and the iconic "bend and snap" scene, otherwise copyrighted to as The Bend and Snap.

We watched School of Rock and talk about the comedy of Jack Black, Richard Linklater's fear of growing up, and why the only way to not become a part of the system is to listen to rock music or something.

O podcast! My podcast! Listen to us discuss Dead Poets Society in various quality of audio that may or may not get better after 15 minutes due to that most poetic of errors: human. We talk Robin Williams, poetry as rebellion, rich kids at boarding schools, and getting decapitated by ceiling fans.

We discuss the legacy of the defining rock trio of a generation. We talk Kurt Cobain's anxieties about fame, his relationship with Courtney, the politics of grunge, and the importance of Nirvana's short but iconic career.

Trust no one. The truth is out there. We revisit one of the defining series of the 1990s and the ways it captured the cultural zeitgeist. We talk government conspiracies, the Cigarette Smoking Man, alien life, the chemistry between Mulder and Scully, and the show's true sex symbol....Walter Skinner.

After losing the first version of the episode in the The Great Apple Meltdown of 2021, we return to discuss all things Frasier. We talk the brothers' desperate need to climb the social hierarchy, the role of women on the show, and how the sitcom holds up in the era of the overeducated but unemployed millennial.

We watched some old episodes of The Simpsons and remembered we had a podcast. We compare the show to other sitcoms of the era, consider its cultural impact, and feel grateful it stopped airing after the 11th season instead of continuing for another twenty years.

After another short hiatus, we return for Halloween with A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge. We talk the film's not-so-subtle subtext, the lore of Freddy Krueger, and bunch of other stuff that has nothing to do with the movie.

We try to figure out how The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was nominated for 13 Academy Awards. We talk the film's special effects, the absence of giant Baby Button, the Fitzgerald short story the movie is based on, and why the plot is basically boring Forrest Gump.

On another Worst Best Picture episode, we return to a film that somehow everyone decided was great: Moulin Rouge. We talk the film's anachronous remix aesthetic, Nicole Kidman's Barbie doll genitals, and why the real hero of the film is tuberculosis.

We're back, for some reason. We talk about the shows and documentaries we've been watching, RuPaul's fracking operation, and why jet fuel does not melt steel beams.

During our long hiatus of doing absolutely nothing, we watched all of Seinfeld, a show about absolutely nothing. We talk the show's timelessness, rank our favorite characters, and you know, yada yada yada...

Languishing in quarantine, we return to the music of Presidents of the United States of America. We talk the band's iconic 1995 debut album, their irreverent lyrics, and make a ton of terrible president jokes.

Still in quarantine, we revisit So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993). We talk Mike Myers preparing for Austin Powers, why marriage stopped being cool in the 1990s, and how beat poetry was apparently once a viable career.

We look back at two films starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan: Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) and You've Got Mail (1998). We talk alienating work, AOL, and the romantic comedy as a disappearing genre. Also, Meg Ryan reads a poem.

We return from hiatus to (remotely) discuss Empire Records. We talk the "teen movie" stock characters, Liv Tyler's underwear, and stealing from music stores. Also, Tyne recounts the time she was scammed into giving away 12 pastries.

We watch four of our favorite music videos from the 1990s (Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back," Tool's "Sober," TLC's "Waterfall," and Fatboy Slim's "Praise You) and discuss the evolution of the music video as a form.

For the final episode of Finchuary, we return to the cult classic Fight Club (1999). We talk the film's examination of late capitalist alienation, its representation of masculinity, and who we would fight if we could fight one person.

On the second episode of Finchuary, we are divided in our discussion of The Game (1997). We talk the film's plot twists, its interest in conspiracy and corporate bureaucracy, and the building where Sonic dropped his rings.

In our first episode of Finchuary, our series on the films of David Fincher, we return to Se7en (1995). We talk the film's strengths and weaknesses, the serial killer as an artistic figure, and Brad Pitt's enormous shirt.

On yet another episode that goes completely off the rails, we discuss the pop-punk movement. We talk Blink 182 and The Offspring, late 90s and early 2000s counterculture, and the arrival of the white guy who wanted to act black.

In honor of the ongoing impeachment trial, we look back at the impeachment of Bill Clinton and the sex scandals surrounding it. We talk Clinton's crooked penis, Monica's blue dress, and provide very little factual information about the impeachment itself.

After a month-long break we return with an episode about the ideas we had for the episode. We present the inaugural Stop/Rewind Babe Draft and Andy has a manic episode describing Christmas 1996.

We got tired of talking about the 1990s so we talk about films from the 2010s we thought were great.

Strange things are afoot at the Circle K as we talk Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) and Bogus Journey (1991).

To close out the month, we talk the cult classic television series "Freaks and Geeks," which launched the careers of Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jason Segel, Linda Cardellini, Martin Starr, and the beautiful John Francis Daley. We talk the show's legacy, our own freak or geek status, and take a long detour into getting high.

In an exclusive "girls only" episode, Nora and Tyne discuss their love of the Gilmore Girls, and play a very important game of "fuck, marry, kill" starring Rory's boyfriends.

For the second episode of Nomenber, we cover the classic animated series, Daria. We talk the show's irony and deadpan humor, its relationship to the broader cultural trends of the decade, and why Nora was so convinced Daria was an Asian-American.

A craic of an episode about Ireland in the 1990s. We talk the British series Derry Girls, the music of the Cranberries, the ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland, and some differences between Christianity and Islam.

For the final episode of our series on Tim Burton, we return to The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). We talk the film's stop motion animation, its relationship to other Burton classics, and why mad scientists shouldn't invent creatures to satisfy their horniness.