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Hi Tapers, What a momentous occasion!  100 episodes almost three years into Tapes! Tapes! Tapes!  The Tape Daddies are kicking it back to one of their cherished favorite movies from childhood, 2005's Howl's Moving Castle, directed by Hayao Miyazaki and based on Diana Wynne Jones' book of the same name.  Thanks for listening all these years, and we look forward to 100 more!  And then that's it.  Then we'll be done, we promise. Love, Tape-Daddies

Dear Tapers, *chewing noises, the littered remains of the Tape Daddies remain on the floor* Love, Tape-Daddies' Bones

Hey Tapers! Just remember to SING! Solar plexus, instep, nose, groin!! If you don't understand what the heck that is, just listen to this episode to unlock the mysteries of the universe. Love, Tape-Daddies!

Hello Tapers! This week, the boys travel to 1985's post-apocalyptic Australia to watch Tina Turner and racist-ass Melly Gibsons duke it out Beyond Thunderdome!  Who is Master and who is Blaster?  Find out this week on Tapes! Tapes! Tapes! Love, Tape-Daddies

Helloooo Tapers! This week the Tape-Daddies tackle and dominate a new format, a tournament bracket to determine the greatest 90s cartoon of all time!  Let us know if you like this kind of episode, and we'll do more better/mo-betta ones in the future! Love, Tape-Daddies

Hi Tapers, Oh man... this episode is a doozy.  Evan doesn't know how to read, and Josh is a supportive boy. Love, Tape-Daddies

Dear Tapers, What is this??  A movie for ANTS?! Love, Tape-male-model-idiots

Hi Tapers, Leeeet's doooo the Tiiiiime Waaaaarp Agaaaaaaain!  Love this episode, love us, love Tim Curry, love Susan Sarandon, love it alllll! Love, Tape-Daddies (Baby)

Heeeey Tapers, Whaaaat's happening.  Great, I'm gonna need you to go ahead and listen to this episode a few dozen times and share it with your friends.  If you could get that done, oh and also... did you get the memo about TPS reports?  Yeaaaah we'd love you to start using those. So if you could go ahead and come in on Saturday so we could wrap that up, that would be greeaaaat.  Thaaaanks Tapers! Love, Tape-Bobs

Hi Tapers, You me, you?  You me you?  YOU??  ME MEE?  YOU ME YOU ME YOOOU??  (dances aggressively). Love, Tape-Daddies

Dearest Tapers, Jack Nicholson!  B-Movie parody!  Cows?  Does it all still work?  Find out this week on Tapes! Tapes! Tapes! Love, Tape-Daddies

Hellooooo Tapers! That's right, we switched it up a notch and watched a whole TV show for this gosh dang podcast!  Well... a six episode long anime... but still!  FLCL (Or "Fooley Cooley in English) is an absurd avant garde anime from the mind of Kazuya Tsurumaki, released for an English-speaking audience in August of 2003.  Is it worth adding to your watch-later queue, or do you say "naaaah boo"?  Find out this week, on Tapes! Tapes! Tapes! Love, Tape-Daddies

Dearest Tapers, This week the Tape-Daddies have something special in-store!  A user submitted suggestion to the Tapes! Tapes! Tapes! email, we watched 1988's The Beast of War, direct by Kevin Reynolds.  This little-known and little-reviewed diamond in the rough is a war movie depicting some of the events of the Afghan-Russian war, and shows both sides in an interesting light.  Does it deserve to be among the eschelon of war classics such as Apocalypse Now and Saving Private Ryan?  Find out this week, on Tapes! Tapes! Tapes! Love, Tape-Daddies

Dear Tapers, Flutter away little butterfly... just... flutter away.  *insert hipster nonsense here, add psychobilly soundtrack, disappoint your father* = Six String Samurai! Love, Tape-Daddies

Hi Tapers, Before TikTok, before MySpace, before the NSA listening to your cell phones (back when they were on the LAN line), we had The Truman Show!  This 1998 classic starring Jim Carrey was the original commentary on our ubre-social network that we see around us.  But does it stand the test of time next to more contemporary sci-fi criticism of how we entertain ourselves?  Find out this week on Tapes! Tapes! Tapes! Love, Tape-Daddies

Hi Tapers, Whoa whaaaa?  Something... DIFFERENT?!  The Tape-Daddies decided to do something a little different this week for Tapes! Tapes! Tapes! We gathered some wonderful questions/prompts from our amazing listeners as a way to bring in the new year and season 4 of the 'cast.  Will Evan and Josh ever agree about Spider-Man? How did these two become best friends?  How does Josh's Mom embarrass him THIS time?  Find out all this and MUCH more on this special episode of Tapes! Tapes! Tapes! Love, Tape-Daddies

Ho ho ho! Happy holidays to all our our wonderful listeners, we hope you are all staying safe and healthy during these long winter months.  This year we watched 1994's The Santa Clause, starring Tim Allen (for some reason)!  Does this Disney hit that tender Nostalgic spot, or does it belong back in the Disney vault?  Find out this week on Tapes! Tapes! Tapes! Love, Tape-Santas

Happy Hanukkah, Tapers! Shalom, and welcome to a very special episode of where the boys take an in-depth look at 1998's Prince of Egypt, starring Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, and SO many more celebrities.  Does this movie part the Red Sea, or is it as annoying as a swarm of locusts?  Find out this week, on Tapes! Tapes! Tapes! L'Chaim! Tape-Daddies

Hello Maniacs! In a world, where people wipe their butts with seashells, the only surviving restaurant is Taco Bell, and you have to go underground for a decent cheeseburger, we find out if it takes a maniac to apprehend another maniac.  This week we watched the Snipes/Stallone classic Demolition Man from 1993!  Does this version of Los Angeles in 2032 hold up?  Or does it deserve to be... demolished (groan)!  Find out this week, on Tapes! Tapes! Tapes! *Dad noises*, Tape-Daddies

Ahoy, Tapers! Yarrr, we're taking a long walk off a short pier with the wonderful and amazing Erika Geller!  She peg legged us into watching 1996's Muppet Treasure Island, the classic Muppet retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, starring Tim Curry, and... I mean what more do you need to know? It's got Tim Curry in it.  Does this 90s classic sink or swim? Or some other nauticul pun?  Find out this week on Tapes! Tapes! Tapes! Love, Tape-Daddies

Hello Tapers! Skip the Monday night wrestling, listen to a podcast instead!! Featuring Sean Coyle, we're taking a trip way back to 1991's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Secret of the Ooze!  Does this absurd puppet-martial arts-pizza admirin' movie stand the test of time?  Turtles in Time?  Find out this week on Tapes! Tapes! Tapes! With love, Tape-Daddies

Hey Tapers, We're not in Silver Screen video anymore... welcome to another fantastic week of Tapes! Tapes! Tapes!  This time, the Tape Daddies are joined by the amazingly kind and generous Elsbeth Poe for a trip from her nostalgic past, 1985's Return to Oz!  Starring Fairuza Balk and backed by the endless Disney coinpurse, does this mid-80s dark fantasy stand the test of time? Or does it belong hidden deeply in a dusty LABYRINTH?  Hehe, find out this week, on Tapes! Tapes! Tapes! Love, Tape-Daddies

We don't die we multiply! Welcome back for another wonderful guest'd episode featuring the amazing Anthony, where he introduces us to the wonderful wild world inspired by Robin Harris in Bebe's Kids!  Released in 1992, and directed by Proud Family creator Bruce W. Smith, this film is based on Robin Harris' showstopping stand-up bit about some misbehaving kids.  Do they deserve a trip to Las Vegas in the end?  We don't even talk about that!  Oops!  But find out anyways on this episode of Tapes! Tapes! Tapes! Love, Tape-Daddies

Hello Tapers! We're back after a weekend of candy, costumes, and cavalrades with another spicy episode, this week featuring the wonderful and wholesome Rory Keane!  We watched the 1990 classic super-hero/detective flick Dick Tracy, starring and directed by Warren Beatty with a literally endless list of cameos and costarring a veritable supernova of Hollywood's finest. Does it pass the mustard?  Or is the only mustard to be found Dick Tracy's coat?  Find out this week, on Tapes! Tapes! Tapes! Love, Tape-Daddies

Happy Halloween, Tapers! Or happy Samhain, or happy Dia De Los Muertos, or whatever you're into!  This year, the boys review a true Spooker, 1976's Carrie, the film based on the book that sparked Stephen King's career!  Does Sissy Spacek get the job done? Why is her Mom so awful? Did you remember that John Travolta was in this movie?!  Be sure not to miss this super spooky episode of Tapes! Tapes! Tapes! Boo, Tape-Daddies

Hello Tapers! Ooh boy have we got a special guest for this week's episode of Tapes! Tapes! Tapes!  Evan's wife, and president of the fan club, Morgan joins the Tape Daddies for the inimitable 1992 smash hit, A League of Their Own!  Directed by Penny Marshall, starring Geena Davis, Madonna, Rosie O'Donnell, and Tom Hanks, does this star-studded feel good female flick knock it out of the park?  Or does it foul out?  Find out this week, on Tapes! Tapes! Tapes! Love, Tape-Daddies (and Tape-Momma)

Hello holy heck Tapers! Welcome to yet another week, and yet another guest episode of Tapes! Tapes! Tapes!  This week, we are blessed (huehuehueh) by the presence of Robyn Stevens, and covering all of our bases with Jewish and Christian blessing, 2000's Keeping the Faith!  Starring (and directed by) Edward Norton, Ben Stiller, and Jenna Elfman, does this early aughts rom-com stand the test of time?  Or is it doomed to a fiery pit of uncertainty and obscurity?  Find out by you know... listening to our voices and stuff, I dunno man, figure it out. Love, Tape-Daddies

Hello Tapers! Whoa, are you READY for a new episode?  No?  Okay, we'll wait.  No later than Wednesday... PSYCH!  This week, the Tape Daddies are joined by the majestic and wonderful actual Daddy, Justin Cowan for 1988's The Adventures of Barn Munchausen!  Does this Terry Gilliam classic, featuring such stars as Robin Williams, Uma Thurman, Eric Idle, and more stand the test of time?  Or does it rot like a lime?  Find out this week on Tapes! Tapes! Tapes! Love, Tape-Daddies

Hello tapers and tapelets, Welcome to an EXTREMELY unusual episode of Tapes! Tapes! Tapes, this week featuring comedy legend Mac Zilber!  For once we voyage into the almost totally unknown and largely obscure Tsui Hark classic, A Chinese Ghost Story from 1997!  Why is this a part of Mac's childhood?  Does anyone know the true answer behind his machinations?  Do we get hit by the void hammers?  Find out this week, on Tapes! Tapes! Tapes! Love, Tape-Daddies

Hi Tapers, Yippy-ki-yay mother TRUCKERS!  We're back with yet another guest, this time the wonderful comedy/food boy Cody Reiss takes us back to 1988 with Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, and plenty of exploding creepy looking white dudes.  Does this action classic deserve to hit your TV screen this holiday season?  Tune in and find out on Tapes! Tapes! Tapes! Love, Tape-Daddied

Yea Verily, Tapers! Welcome BACK to another episode of Tapes! Tapes! Tapes!  This time, Chris Trani challenged us to view 1991's Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves!  Does this 90s cult classic with Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, and Alan Rickman deserve to be in the limelight?  You could either watch it yourself for two and a half hours, or just listen to us and make your opinions up that way! With Love, Tape-Daddies

Dear Tapers, Oh MAN it's good to be back!  We are rip roaring into another season of Tapes! Tapes! Tapes, this time with a very special and timely episode of Mulan, featuring the wonderful Ashley DeJesus!  Does this classic from Disney's 90s vault deserve a be kind rewind, or does it belong in the annals of time?  No dirty jokes please, this is a safe podcast.  Thanks for listening, we've got a LOT more in the works, so stay tuned! Love, Tape-Daddies

Hey Tapers! The boys are back in TOWN with a season 2 finale, 1988's Bloodsport!  Jean-Claude Van Damme?  Flexibility?  Baby Forrest Whittaker? Spike TV??  Whoa, get ready for some podcast movie review realness!  Does this movie, based on a true(ish) story, stand the test of time against it's cult martial arts movies contemporaries?  Find out in your head, with your ears! Love, Tape-Daddies

Oh Helllooooo!! Kicking it way back, the boys watched Mrs. Doubtfire from 1993!  This Robin Williams classic includes Pierce Brosnan, Sally Field, and all of our childhood hopes and dreams of being an out of work VO actor who can afford a 2 bedroom apartment in downtown San Francisco!  Does this comedy classic sink or swim?  Find out this week, on Tapes! Tapes! Tapes! Love, Tape Daddies

Hello Taper! The Tape Parental Units are kicking it way back to 1993 with Coneheads!  Yes, this Saturday Night Live sketch-turned-movie starring Dan Akroyd, Jane Curtain and.. well, like literally every 90s comedian has finally reached our planet!  Does it hold up?  How about holding it DOWN!?  Find out, love ya, mean it, listen in! Love, Tape Zorplonks

Dearest of Tapers, Coming at you HARD AND FAST during these crazy times with 2000s Meet the Parents!  The Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro classic will have you wringing and cringing and cackling all the way!  Oh wait... we're supposed to make these descriptions sorta vague so you don't know whether we liked it or now... too late to change now!  Listen and and love! Love, Tape-Daddies

Hi Tapers, WOOW welcome to the end of an incredible journey!  The Tape-Zaddies have complete their first (probably last) entire series on Tapes! Tapes! Tapes! with 1998's Lethal Weapon 4!  Does the injection of pregnancy, Jet Li, and Chris Rock redeem this franchise after the less than stellar third entry?  Or is like the fake Chinese currency in the film, a shell of it's former self and worth?  Find out inside!  Inside... the episode.  Like, click it and listen and derive for yourself, GOSH! Love, Tape-Daddies

Hi Tapers Staplers! The Tape Daddies are rounding the bend on week three of the classic action series with 1992's Lethal Weapon 3, this time with a woman in a featured role!  Does Rene Russo bring enough charm and magic to push this aching franchise above and beyond it's contemporaries?  Did you know that this movie made the most of any other in the franchise?  Is there a robot ninja?  Find out this week, on Tapes! Tapes! Tapes! Love, Tape-Fathers

Hey Tapers and scrapers! Welcome to another wonderful week of Tapes! Tapes! Tapes!  It's week two of our foray into the Lethal Weapon action franchise, returning with Danny Glover, Mel Gibson, and introducing Joe Pesci in 1989's Lethal Weapon 2!  Does the second entry with the added spicy vinegar-y anxiety bomb that is Leo Getz stand the test of time?  Does it SURPASS the initial entry?  Does anyone read these descriptions?!  I'm actually a penguin in a human suit! Love, Tape-Daddies

Hey Tapers! MAY DAY!  Get ready for a brand new adventure, four full weeks of Lethal Weapon!  Evan and Josh are committing to Tapes! Tapes! Tapes'! first ever series, and we're starting with a bang with 1987's Lethal Weapon!  Does this buddy-cop classic starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover stand the test of time?  Or are we all too old for this shiz?! Love, Tape-Daddies

Hey Buuuuuuddy(s)!! Welcome to another episode of Tapes! Tapes! Tapes!  The boys are kicking the can back to 1992 with Encino Man, starring Brendan Fraser (Cornish alum!), Sean Astin (professional best friend) and Pauly Shore (the weasel).  Does this fish-out-of water tale deserve to be in the hallowed halls of nostalgic bliss and glory?  Or should it be be buried back in Sean Astin's back yard? Join the boy-Dads as they find out! Love, Tape-Daddies  

Hey Tapers-scapers! We're flying high on the nostalgia with 1980's Airplane!  This Leslie Nielsen classic marked his departure from drama to comedy, and it was anything but a crash landing!  Is this spoof on the classic Airplane disaster flick in for a bumpy ride, or is it smoooooth sailing??  Ah crap, that was a boat pun... Cockpit!  Find out! Love, Tape-Daddies

Hey hey heeeey, Tapers! Welcome to another week of Tapes! Tapes! Tapes!  This time, they boy-dads are kicking it way back to 1998 with Velvet Goldmine, featuring Jonathan Rhys Myers, Toni Collette, Christian Bale, and Ewan McGregor's actual penis!  Does this Gen-X nostalgia grab belong on the shelf, or was David Bowie correct in never agreeing to be any part of it?  Find out this week on Tapes! Tapes! Tapes! Love, Your Tapey-Daddy-Boys

Hi Tapers! The boys are back with another salty episode of Tapes! Tapes! Tapes!  This time, we revisit the timeless Disney classic, 1993's Cool Runnings!  Yes, the underdog tale to end all underdogs, Cool Runnings follows an intrepid group of Jamaican sprinters-turned-bobsledders on their voyage to learn all they can from John Candy's tutelage.  Can you feel the rhythm?  Can you feel the rhyme?  Can you get on up?  IT'S BOBSLED TIME!! Love, Tape-Daddies

Hey Tapers! Whyyyy couldn't ya put tha bunny in tha baaag??  Oooh yeah, were finally tackling 1997's Nicolas Cage classic with Con-Air!  This movie has the distinct honor of being Tape-Daddy Evan's FIRST R-rated movie ever, and must have one of the most improbably cast lists of all time.  Does this movie soar above the other 90s action flicks of it's ilk?  Or does it come crashing down lower than the current stock market?  Find out this week!! Love, Tape-Daddies! P.S. Please everyone stay safe out there.  We hope to provide a little bit of entertainment and fun distraction during a really challenging time, and we also really appreciate you taking the time to listen.

Hi Tapers! Awwww yeah we're kicking it WAY back to 1942's Disney classic, Bambi!  Are you crying yet?  Start crying yet.  Yes this slice-of-forest-life classic has been charming generations of children, and now with the advent of Disney+, revisiting your first childhood cartoon trauma has never been easier!  But does it hold up for two semi-jaded young business men?  Or ourselves?  Find out on this week's episode of Tapes! Tapes! Tapes! Love, Tape-Daddies

You're KILLING me, Tapers! Welcome to another week of nostalgia triggering for your resident Tape-Daddies!  This week, we have the cult classic and rainy day special, 1993's The Sandlot!  Written and directed by David Mickey Evans, this is a one of those classic double nostalgia pieces, for people nostalgic for the 90s and the 60s.  It's the ultimate force that will bind Boomers and Millenials forever in eternal prosperity!  But does it stand the test of time almost 30 years later?  Find out on Tapes! Tapes! Tapes! Love, Tape-Daddies

Hi Tapers, GOSH! Welcome back to yet another episode of Tapes! Tapes! Tapes!  We're running it ALL the way back to 2004 with Napoleon Dynamite, starring John Heder and written by Jared and Jerusha Hess.  Yes, the beginning of ironic dad-glasses, oversized grandpa sweaters, voting for Pedro, and the celebration of mediocrity are all key features of this timeless classic.  But is it timeless?  Is it a classic?  Why won't Tina eat her FOOD?!  GOSH!  Find out all this and more on today's episode of Tapes! Tapes! Tapes! Cheers, Tape-Daddies, GOSH!

Hi Tapers! Ahhhh, nothing like the beginning of February to already get you in the mood for Summer!  Welcome back to another fresh episode of Tapes! Tapes! Tapes!  The Tape-Zaddies are kicking it back to 1992 with the pre-pubescent analogs of Warner Bros. classics characters, the Tiny Toons.  Does this classic cartoon compendium sink, swim, or suffer?  Find out through the lenses of a couple of 31-year old boomers! Love, Tape-Daddies

FINISH. TAPES. Heyyyyyyy Kombatants!!  The Tape-Daddies are taking you back to 1995 with the classic movie adaptation of the video game klassic, Mortal Kombat!  Does this kult klassic kome... kuietly?  Okay, that didn't really work... anyway, enjoy the kinematic adventure!! Love, Tape-Daddies

Happy NEW year, Tapers and Tapees! Welcome to 2020, and an unofficial season 2.5 from the Tape-Zaddies!  I hope you all got exactly what you wanted out of the previous decade, because it's all over now.  This week we spent our time recovering from Rise of the Drama-walker with the 1987 Mel Brooks classic Spaceballs!  With Bill Pullman, Joan Rivers, John Candy, and Pizza the Hut, you KNOW it's gonna get saucy in here.  Sit back, relax, and find out if Spaceballs holds up in a world dominated with mouse-themed monopolization! Love, Tape-Daddies