The Worst Adults I Know

The boys have long held that The Goonies is a bad movie. And for their entire lives people have been telling them they are wrong. So for their encore commentary they sit down to watch Richard Donner's 1985 treasure hunt "classic" to prove once and for all that they were right... You're welcome. (Movie begins at 16:50) Also, make sure to check out our bonus commentary for Cyndi Lauper's music video "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" over on our website! Part 1 of the video can be found here, and part 2 here. As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, everyone who contributed to the making of The Goonies, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, there's a whole back catalogue over on the site! Follow us for updates on our next grand adventure, Quantum Leap of Faith!

Having exhausted every good idea over the course of the first 99 episodes (and the 27-ish commentary episodes, the Star Wars miniseries, the Fast and the Furious miniseries, the pilot for their next venture, and some other random sidesteps), the boys are left with only the show itself to talk about. So enjoy this very special, very narcissistic, totally not requested Behind the Music-style episode. As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, everyone who contributed to this week's (or any week's!) episode, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, there's a whole back catalogue over on the site! Follow us for updates on our next grand adventure, Quantum Leap of Faith! See you soon! [Cue "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds... You know, from The Breakfast Club...]

The boys might be closing up shop, but they're not going to pass up another opportunity to ruin sports. So this week they celebrate the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics by oiling up, quizzing each other, and reinventing just about every sport in this year's competition. Talking Points: Deicide! (00:00) Coach John Candy! (08:06) Harding/Kerrigan memories! (10:13) Another Olympics quiz! (17:25) Fast Nine Your Seat Belt! (23:36) How many Russians? (27:41) It's Bobslay time! (30:33) Mascots! (40:24) Curling up with a good sport! (46:20) Basketball on ice! (55:05) Have gun, will play sports! (1:00:12) Olympic-level trash talk! (1:04:25) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, everyone who contributed to this week's episode, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!

we thought we should do something big for our final mailbag episode: So we shot ourselves into space! And boy howdy does that narrative not at all get abandoned fast! This week we spend millions on nostalgia, strand a horse on the moon, fight characters from Gilmore Girls, swear, and reflect on our early days! Talking Points: Family Matters: Life on the Streets (00:00) Space oddities! (06:59) Moon horse! (12:15) Star Hollow defenders! (21:37) A million-dollar dilemma! (30:58) A Nick kid wonderland! (35:41) Coulda, shoulda, woulda! (42:36) Adam's big swear! (48:09) Let's get political! (49:49) Pros and cons: Independence! (53:09) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, everyone who contributed to this week's episode, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!

The boys were minding their own business - just eating candy bars and gossiping about that old factory on the edge of town - when BAM! Golden ticket! Now they'll have to square off against a psychopathic candy mogul for your attention... because they're watching Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory! (Movie begins at 11:24.) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, everyone who contributed to the making of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (even Roald Dahl!), and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!

We're all getting older, but the boys are at that stage where they're starting to notice it. And they don't like it. This week they implant magnets in their hands, correct their terrible posture, disguise themselves to escape youths, allow themselves feel (finally), and explain away their inability to be up to date on hip lingo... all in an attempt to stave off the inevitable. Talking Points: New America is at war! (00:00) Tennis balls and internets! (06:56) Brain slugs! (10:10) Hand upgrades! (13:52) Overexertion! (20:42) Learning to feel! (26:11) Dress the part! (32:20) Outdated lingo! (38:39) You're so fragile! (43:04) New diet! (55:15) Imposter signal! (59:00) as always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, everyone who contributed to this week's episode, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!

No one has ever praised the boys for their interior design choices. And rightly so. So it should come as no surprise that their attempts to improve their living spaces in this hour lead to battling mutants, showering with houseplants, ruining a dorm, and rebooting Home Improvement. Bob Vila would be so proud. Talking Points: A Taylor Family reunion! (00:00) Wood 2: Hyperwood! (05:56) Lose a wall, gain a speakeasy! (14:17) How to hang? (20:49) House plants: fake v. dead! (29:18) Water woes! (37:30) Shock therapy! (46:43) Light up your life! (48:42) Adam's bed sheet soap box! (56:58) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, everyone who contributed to this week's episode, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults! And remember: Safety third!

Remember 2017? Adam doesn't. This week finds the boys grasping for ANYTHING to talk about from last year... and failing spectacularly as they try to hype 2018. Also, Matthew got a dog! Talking Points: Inverting the Earth! (00:00) New Year's Baby vs. Nazis vs. the Disney Vault! (5:15) Future toilet terror! (11:12) The (fake) root of all fake news! (14:15) Newborn celebrities! (18:50) Fun Time Larry! (25:30) Au naturale fashion! (28:43) The best movie of 2017! (34:18) In Thanos we trust! (40:15) Moviepass: Matthew's downfall! (44:28) A dog named Stilts?! (46:40) Big ups! (56:08) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, everyone who contributed to this week's episode, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!

What's that mysterious drumming sound? Why it's 1995's Jumanji! Just in time to take advantage of your renewed interest in this family-friendly Robin Williams adventure (thanks to the very fun, tangentially-connected Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (in theaters now!)), the boys are here to goof and gab their way through this pseudo-classic. (Movie begins at 20:14.) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, everyone who contributed to the making of Jumanji, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults! See you in 2018!

In celebration of the holiday season Adam is trying to instigate a grass roots witch hunt to out Matthew as Father Christmas! Huddle in close for the investigation of past recordings ranging from episodes 64 to 73! As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, this week's contributors for contributing their favorite moments, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!

In the final of their seasonal TV watching episodes, the boys force friend of the show Jordan Rousseau to watch Jim Henson's 1977 buzz kill, Emmett Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, with them. So grab some tissues, pop in the DVD, and get ready for some sad otter drama! (TV special begins at 12:10.) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, Jordan Rousseau for joining us for this episode, the creative forces behind Emmett Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!

Adam is visiting Matthew, and when they're not making Christmas cards (for their Patreon supporters) or eating German food they're tackling 2D with two more holiday classics... Frosty and The Grinch! These two tales of kidnapping, murder, fraud, noise pollution, and rampant consumerism are sure to impart the Christmas spirit on all who watch! (Frosty the Snowman begins at 18:13.) (How the Grinch Stole Christmas begins at 48:24.) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, everyone who contributed to this week's episode, the creative forces behind Frosty and The Grinch, animation in general, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults! Stay frosty, Grinches!

The Holidays are nothing if not busy, but the Worst Adults don't compromise. Ever. So for the next couple of weeks they're going to be doing some special Christmas-y commentary episodes, while also discussing listener submissions about favorite holiday entertainments. To start things off, they're watching the most classic of classics: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. And they're finding out that being a reindeer isn't all it's cracked up to be... (TV special begins at 11:46.) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, everyone who contributed to this week's episode, the creative forces behind Rudolph, claymation in general, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!

It would be weird if we did a commentary for Die Hard again (as much as Matthew would like to)... so we're doing the family-friendly version instead: Home Alone. Think about it. Uncharacteristically motivated burglars... A wry, resourceful protagonist... Crappy parents... Airplanes... Useless cops... Escalating violence... Two word titles... And a Christmas motif to top it all off. Same movie. Except the violence in this one is more realistic and hurts us deep in our souls! Let's watch together! (Film begins at 18:37.) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, everyone who contributed to this week's episode, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults! Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals!

This week the boys explore everything there is to be thankful for in this whole wide world, and on the way they discover their true calling to honor their jeans of legs past by repurposing them to make sure Lady Liberty is ready to fight if anyone brings their unthankful attitudes to our beautiful shores! If you managed to keep up all the way through that sentence, then we're very thankful to have you along for the journey!   Talking Points: A Map to Thankfulness (0:00) Sincerely, Matthew (3:25) Developed Human Brains (5:16) Happy Birthday, Get Well Soon (7:30) Rick Astley's Macy's Spectacular (10:58) All the Small Things (13:55) Finding Nature's Pocket (16:18) Jeans, the Perfect Camouflage (20:06) Lady Liberty Needs Some Jeans (22:55) Earth's Last Line of Defense (28:10) What Are You Thankful For? (33:07) Christmas Songs Are Here to Stay! (37:37) A Stoppable Force Meets an Immovable Shirt Guy (41:38) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, everyone who contributed to this week's episode, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults! Happy Thanksgiving!

This week the boys are doing unforgivable mouth crimes in yet another attempt to celebrate flavor. After ruining pumpkin spice for themselves forever last October, they choose this holiday season to widen their nets to all seasonal flavors... with the help of a very special Christmas creep! Along the way they learn some dark truths about elf diets, protest salted caramel, and make their stomachs thoroughly unhappy! Talking Points: Yet another Reginald! (00:00) The other Pumpkin King! (06:39) Cranberry dippin'! (08:32) Flavor failings! (11:57) Peppermint prevalence! (17:00) Apple bottom Peeps! (33:53) Headless gingerbread men! (45:40) Fun with fruitcake! (47:53) Benjamin Franklin's Sleepy Time Soda! (54:26) Cocoa overload! (58:30) Eggnog is truth! (1:04:05) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, everyone who contributed to this week's episode, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults! Happy Holidays!

This week the boys get real serious about what the funniest thing is... and in the process pull some bad pranks, read some bad jokes, take some bad public transportation, spend time with clowns, badmouth comic strips, throw Jon Heder into a volcano, and reinvent a beloved British romcom! What conclusions do they come to about humor? You'll have to listen to find out! Talking points: Waiting for the funnies! (00:00) Seinfeld, past tense! (05:21) Why the chicken crossed the road! (08:37) Keep goofs secret, keep goofs safe! (13:18) Laffy/Lady Taffy! (22:13) No good prank goes unpunished! (27:33) Cat videos! (34:55) It's all schadenfreude! (37:26) Lightning round! (46:29) Puns! (48:55) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, everyone who contributed to this week's episode, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults! Insert pun here!

Tim Burton is anthropomorphized Halloween. You know it. We know it... So this month we're talking over his 1999 adaptation of Washington Irving's classic short story. Join us if you dare! (Film begins at 15:14.) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, everyone who contributed to the production of Sleepy Hollow, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!

The kids are back in school, but the freshmen class we're interested in is what's new on TV this Fall! In this super-sized episode Adam and Matthew break down some of this season's hottest offerings... which, well, leave a lot to be desired! So fire up that cathode ray tube, adjust those rabbit ears, and exploit that free CBS All Access trial while you still can, because we have a lot of broadcast ground to cover! Talking Points: Netflix with chills! (00:00) CBS distress! (04:29) TV habits! (14:00) Star Trek: Discovery! (23:01) Neo Yokio! (32:16) Big Mouth and The Magic Schoolbus Rides Again! (40:28) Ghosted! (46:41) The Mayor! (52:28) Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Brothers! (59:02) Kevin (Probably) Saves the World! (1:07:40) Young Sheldon! (1:17:40) Me, Myself, and I! (1:27:47) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, everyone out there who makes television, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults! Just be glad Adam forgot to watch Marvel's Inhumans... because there could easily be another hour of discussion about that raging garbage fire alone.

Sometimes you want to be alone. Sometimes you want to be in a group. Sometimes you want both. Being human is stupid. Now get on the Ferris wheel! Talking Points: Fax slug! (00:00) Alone in the dark! (03:46) MMORPGs, with emphasis on the MM! (07:53) Time anxiety! (11:52) Preferred brain chemistry! (22:03) Group projects suck! (27:49) Exotic meats! (32:21) Adventure squad goes to Kartapalooza! (35:19) A Concert for one (feat. Paul Simon)! (39:26) Group memory! (43:46) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, everyone who contributed to this episode, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults! (The "V" is for "Vs." ... Acker and Blacker's Deadpool v Gambit was very good.)

Under the assumption that things would get all ghouls and goblins-style spooky, the boys set off to talk about Halloween frights... but discover that real life is far spookier than fiction. Along the way they discuss the merits of jack-o-lanterns, pit the ghost of John Belushi against ghost-like Bill Murray, refuse to fall, avoid primates, embrace snakes, and try not to be so vane! Talking points: Fearless fellas! (00:00)* E.T. strikes back! (03:47) Puzzling pumpkins! (05:32) Ghost tats! (10:04) The coolest ghost! (13:23) Monkey business! (18:46) Worst ways to fall! (32:30) Snaaaaaaaaaaakes! (38:14) Hidden tracks! (43:45) Mirror maidens! (45:05) Show artist Dracula! (55:17) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, everyone who contributed to this episode, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!   *The NPR and Ricky Martin goofs mentioned in this opening can be found in this week's bonus content on Patreon! Contribute now to access these exorcised moments!

Fall is here, and the fresh air is calling! So this week the boys dive deep into the world of sports spectating... And by deep we mean both have recently been and have a lot of feelings about stadium food and how to completely overhaul various athletic competitions! Plus, they randomly put the TWAIkN seal of approval on a couple of very lucky sports teams! Talking Points: What's in your garage? (00:00) The Big Hands Trap! (04:58) Rethinking sports surfaces! (08:00) Baseball! (11:00) Soccer! (14:42) Lame sponsors! (23:23) Rivalry woes! (26:36) Random fandom! (31:08) Jousting! (36:39) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, everyone who contributed to this episode, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!   Go team or whatever!

This week the boys free their minds and discover that being outside the Matrix isn't all it's cracked up to be! Join them as they talk over Morpheus and the gang in the Wachowskis' 1999 instant classic The Matrix. (Commentary begins at 9:55.) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, everyone who contributed to the making of The Matrix, God for creating steak, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!

In the wake of Mother Nature's wrath, the boys are back in their shorty shorts and ready to read the mail. This week they evaluate youth fashion, grieve the loss of their favorite childhood toys, put social media on blast, do bad apologizing, convince you not to graduate, and invent monk-themed baseball! Talking points: Call to arms! (00:00) Suit up, fellow teens! (04:20) Sad toy stories! (13:16) Don't. Ever. Graduate. (24:32) Kid jobs! (32:45) Bad social media features! (36:10) Positive by way of negative! (45:50) Apologies! (52:24) Taco Bell-based revenge! (1:01:05) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, everyone who contributed to this episode, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!   Next week: we enter The Matrix!

The finite nature of the world around us is what gives life meaning… or something. So this week the boys look into what it means to let go of something when it's time. Whether we're talking TV, water parks, people, or beloved pets turned drone - Matthew and Adam get to the bottom of what it means to let something fade away. Talking Points: The Beginning of the End! (0:00) What is Dead May Never Die! (2:21) Welcome to River Country! Feat. Prospector Dan! (5:50) The Great Movie Ride: A Retrospective! (10:35) Paying the Frozen Price – Gone But Not Forgotten! (16:26) Matthew Appeals to Country Livin'! (19:58) The Convenience Store in Our Hearts! (22:20) You Can't Stop the Signal! (26:55) Fish the Producer Kills the Series! (34:20) 3rd Person Passed (ex)Pet Drones! (38:50) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, everyone who contributed to this episode, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults! Tell 'em Prospector Dan sent you!

With Adam off slaying Dragon Con, Matthew collects favorite moments from Worst Adults history from listeners in order to compile a clip show. The result is a surprisingly good summation of what you should expect from the show: singing, obsessive behavior, half-baked characters, guests that are WAY smarter than Adam and Matthew, and episode-long tangents! Enjoy! Favorite Moments: Adam's Amazon addiction! (02:05) Crime buddies! (07:44) He Would Fill His Mouth With Bees! (10:37) Cracky rides again! (26:17) Meet the doctors! (28:35) Music medley! (33:42) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, this week's contributors for contributing their favorite moments, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!

This month danger lurks around every corner... Or it would if corners were featured in jungles. But danger nonetheless lurks... Mostly in trees and in very bad visual effects! And the only man who can save us is the Governator himself! Yes, this month we're watching Predator... Because why not? It's a classic... Right? (Movie starts at the 08:59 mark.) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, everyone involved in the making of Predator, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!

Hey, folks... This week we're doing things a little differently. Which is to say we're doing a completely different kind show. But don't panic. The Worst Adults I Know isn't going anywhere anytime soon. We were just curious if we could pull off the fancast format (and turn TV watching into work!)... So this week we're diving into Donald P. Bellisario's late-80s, early-90s time travel body swap series Quantum Leap! Beginning with the two-parter that started it all back in 1989! Did we pull it off? Let us know! If there's enough positive feedback, this might just become our next podcast venture! Our intro music in this episode was "Where's My Jetpack?" by Computer Music All-Stars. You can find more by Computer Music All-Stars over at cmallstars.com. Our outro music is Herman Hupfeld's "As Time Goes By" as performed by Dooley Wilson. See you next leap!

This week Adam goes to a very special summer camp, Matthew has a hard time with a movie trailer, Guy Fieri changes the food competition game (again), and the boys set sail at the zoo! Talking points: Motivational summer camp! (00:00) The danger of paper towels! (04:20) Cooking competition! (10:00) Remember Kingsmen? (17:50) "May Way"! (21:42) Deleting apps in Hammond Tower! (25:46) Lightning round debates! (29:18) Boat living! (31:18) We bought a zoo! (39:06) The Ark Challenge! (47:32) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, this week's contributors for contributing, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!

This week, a coincidental portmanteau turns what was supposed to be a quick opening bit for a clip show into a full blown episode! Their early morning recording finds the boys reinventing fast food, scolding Mel Gibson, questioning cinematic alien invasion tactics, towing/toeing water, choosing The Good Place over Pushing Daisies, and imagining some pretty gnarly vape flavors. Talking Points coming soon! As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, the good folks who wrote in to a show that never happened, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!

This week the boys call into question why on Earth everyone's idiot parents allowed them to watch a movie that's ALL about sending the wrong message when they watch 1978's terrible mistake: Grease. (Movie begins at 10:03) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, everyone involved in the making of Grease (we guess), and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults! That makes two movies in a row that stink out loud.

Sometimes in this big, busy world of ours, you just need to take a minute to stop and smell the flowers. To appreciate the little things in life that make you happy... Because we're all powder kegs with a propensity for lighting matches... This week, while attempting to take notice of the small pleasures, the Worst Adults manage to overhaul customer service at a major airline, portion out dogs for charity, salute William Shakespeare, elect Harvey Dent, and retcon David Beckham! So... mission accomplished? Talking Points: Buttering your life! (00:00) The problem with silence (with Yo-Yo Ma)! (04:07) Jeans on planes! (08:57) The Sisterhood of the Traveler Rewards Pants! (16:55) Intro song second chances! (21:41) No change necessary! (24:06) Water! (27:30) Traffic flow! (34:27) Shakespeare and cruise control! (37:42) A bad Googling! (45:30) Oversharing and stupid questions! (49:55) Cash register charity! (54:35) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, this week's contributors for contributing, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!

In 1997, an IBM computer defeated humanity's best at the game of Chess. The computer was accused of cheating and challenged to a rematch... The computer said no and retired a champ. As a result, an entire generation turned its back on board games... But we're Millennials! We crave distraction. So let's peruse the veritable smorgasbord of board games we have access to! This week the Worst Adults discuss their favorite table top entertainments, condemn the world's most popular game, focus their spite, expose Hitler, learn some dark truths about Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor (and why his neighbor is so shy), and still somehow manage to spend half the episode talking about Monopoly! Talking points: Kasparov vs. Deep Blue! (00:00) Six Degrees of Mr. Monopoly! (04:27) These aren't your dad's board games! (08:43) Wheel of Jeopardy! (14:33) Timed Monopoly! (16:52) Life: America's most cynical board game since 1960! (21:40) Munchkin land! (29:45) One of your friends is Hitler! (36:23) Cabin in the Woods: The Board Game! (39:51) Settling for Catan! (44:13) Trivial revelations! (51:20) Matthew HATES Chess! (1:03:09) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, this week's contributors for contributing, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!   (Sorry for not mentioning Sorry!)

Get your elbows off the table! This week the boys are discussing manners and social faux pas and whether or not anyone should care! They'll dive through complicated social blunders such as interrupting, droning on, mouth sounds, and Facebooking when you should be living life!              Talking Points: Race to the Rude! (0:00) Trapped with a Rando, and They're to Blame (4:45) Caveman Manners (9:25) Matthew – Solving for the Rudest Dude? (12:58) Rudely Oblivious (14:50) High Stakes Situational Avoidance with Cars (17:20) Adam Misses the Joke (23:00) We Don't Mean to Interrupt (29:27) Mouth Sounds and Fork Grooves (33:40) Gross Bathroom Talkers (38:00) The Hotline's Ringing Off the Hook! (43:10) Manners vs. Common Decency (46:20) Look Me in the Eye! (52:30) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, this week's contributors for contributing, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!

Every now and again The Worst Adults make a poor choice in episode themes... And that's usually fine. But toss jet lag into the mix and you have a recipe for disaster. Or hilarity. We'll let you decide which it is. This week the boys attempt to become one person, discuss Adam's fascinating use of his sky privileges, improve air travel and rice, protect their backsides, and cope with the ramifications of Matthew's Hail Mary pass of a show closer! Talking points: Butt gremlins! (00:00) Comic book piling! (06:48) Two hosts, one person! (09:57) London calling! (17:15) Coke can calamity! (24:59) Less-efficient planes! (27:22) Rice secrets! (31:58) Metric missteps! (35:15) Google party! (37:10) The gnarliest bit of trivia! (43:33) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, this week's contributors for contributing, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!

With Spider-Man: Homecoming right around the corner, The Worst Adults figured it was time to revisit the darkest entry in Spider-Man's cinematic past, the third entry in Sam Raimi's Sony series... And it does not disappoint. Which is to say it is very disappointing. If that makes sense. (Movie begins at 11:26.) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, everyone involved in the making of Spider-Man 3, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!   Excelsior!

The Worst Adults are no strangers to technology. They were raised in the transitionary period between analog and digital, and they have feelings about it. This week they discuss their generation's unique position, pit early adoption against waiting for second generation tech, put digital celebs on carousels, add Starbucks to a beloved Ghibli property, discuss a certain obscene golden disc that is currently hurtling through space, and tell you how to raise your kids! Talking Points: Back on topic! (00:00) Unnecessary dimensions! (05:30) Grumpy old men! (09:43) NSFW space exploration! (14:39) New technology is a fraud! (22:14) Upgrading the carousel! (26:20) Screen time! (35:48) Early adoption vs. second gen! (41:05) Tech fears! (47:29) Carousel Redux 2.0! (52:30) Thank you, Technology! (57:58) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, this week's contributors for contributing, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!

Well folks, it's happened again. We prepped for a proper episode about something real, but then let one random comment derail us... So here's hoping you dig the idea of rebooting Harry Potter in America and subsequently who would play who! Along the way we crush it in the casting department, sell out a beloved franchise to some big companies, do some pretty weak impressions, and pat ourselves on the back quite a bit... all because of a long lost moped. (Side note: This does mean you have a little more time to get us your thoughts on modern technology for next week's episode!) Talking Points: Enter the Matrix! (00:00) Moped woes! (07:08) Criss Angel Mindcage! (09:05) The Americanization of Harry! (13:02) He Who Must Not Be Cast! (21:24) Disney owns everything! (26:11) Casting calling! (28:02) The Mirror of Resiewdub! (38:50) Rapid-fire titles! (39:58) J.K. is OK! (48:28) Dumbledore in suspenders? (55:12) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, this week's contributors for contributing (even though we did not get to them), and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!

The boys are back in the mail truck this week... and stuck in LA traffic! So to kill time, they solicit questions from their listeners. In this hour they talk about influential teachers, recap Adam's trip to Pandora, make a playlist for some Aliens, discuss how good a Tom Bombadil movie would be, design a Fast and the Furious video game, pick their super powers, will themselves illiterate, and extol the merits of storytelling and D&D! Talking points: The Ratzenberger Method! (00:00) La La Landlocked! (06:24) Pandora - The World of Avatar! (08:14) Featured teachers! (21:14) Books to movies! (28:16) Movies to video games! (31:42) Desired superpowers! (37:18) The relevance of D&D! (43:50) Alien mix tapes! (51:30) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Cooper of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, this week's contributors for contributing, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!

This weekend Disney World's Animal Kingdom opened a new subdivision based on the 2009 smash hit James Cameron movie Avatar... You know, the one with the large blue cats doing their best recreation of Pocahontas. Because why not.  And somehow Adam - our resident Disney expert - had never seen Avatar, so we remedied that before he set off on a research mission to Pandora. Enjoy! (Begin movie at the 12:00 marker.) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music,James Cameron for making movies, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!

Adam and Matthew were born 18 days apart in May of 1987. Which makes this a landmark month as our hosts are now entering their fourth decade. That landmark of course is they are SO OLD now. With this fresh awareness of their own mortality and still no idea what being a proper adult looks like, they celebrate turning thirty the only way they know how... by talking at each other on this podcast. This week they talk about dietary issues, put away childish things (just long enough to get some work done), get around to telling you the truth about where babies come from, dissect another Tim McGraw ditty, and try to win Joe Rogan's Fear Factory! Maybe 30 is going to be okay...   Talking Points: Earle Grey in, Rockstar out! (01:28) Restaurant gripes! (04:29) Denny's and lawn bowling! (08:48) Needing glasses! (12:31) Health supplements! (15:02) The birds and the bees and the boats! (18:18) Tim McGraw's "My Next Thirty Years"! (22:47) Clean livin'! (34:57) House plant skin care! (36:36) Treat Yo' Self! (38:43) Finding the silver lining! (43:41) Closing song! (50:57) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Cooper of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, this week's contributors for contributing, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing one of our samplers, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!

This week, the boys try to figure out how to best say "No!" to things they cannot abide... And mostly come out of it with a heightened sense of existential dread... Which was not the plan! The result is a surprisingly sincere conversation about the world being a mess and the gridlock that comes from trying to fix it. It's not particularly funny, but they're hoping you find it at least cathartic. Talking Points coming soon! As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, this week's contributors for contributing, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!

Matthew is a year older this week, and he doesn't know it yet (unless he checks this upload ahead of time...), but Adam is going to kick down his door for a Birthday Bonanza that couldn't be beat. That means he isn't going to have time to work on the episode we planned for this week! So in the meantime, gather around and celebrate another year of Matthew with us as we relive some of our favorite moments from Episodes 54 through 63! Thank you as always to XPwebcomic.com's Laura Hammond for the art, Bensound.com for the outro music, and you our lovely listeners! Please share this show with your friends, family, and total strangers and unless we get abducted by aliens we'll be back with a fresh ep. next week!

Remember when we did that commentary for E.T. last year? Of course you do; you love this show! Well, we're basically doing that movie again... Only now there's MORE terror, MORE puppets, and OH SO MUCH MORE product placement! It's the biggest regret of 1988: Mac and Me! So head to the nearest McDonald's PlayPlace, order an ice cold Coca-Cola, and demand everyone be quiet so you can hear this garbage movie from your portable DVD player! (Commentary begins at 12:40. Queue movie to just before MGM logo appears.) As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, everyone involved in the making of Mac and Me, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults! And don't forget to taste the rainbow!

It's Spring again and the Worst Adults are ready to blossom into the wilds as true citizens of the world, but as usual they have NO idea what they're doing! With the help of their dear friends of the show they set out on a true international journey to figure out where they need to go on their true international journey! Please remain in your seats with your seat belt securely fastened until the captain turns off the fasten seat belt sign, we'll be at the gate shortly!   Adam's Descent into Madness Under There (0:00) Getting Back to Basics (4:35) Adam the Trash Boy and His Toy Friends (6:20) Where Do You Go? Maybe Switzerland? (10:45) Citizen of the World: You (15:51) Tomorrow May Rain So I'll Run from the Sun (17:45) Where Do You Go? Maybe Middle Earth (aka New Zealand I Guess)? (18:50) Where Do You Go? Maybe Washington DC? (21:45) Pantsing a Grandma at George Washington's Rock Collection (23:20) The Next Guy Fieri Side Quest (28:27) The Order of Operations (33:10) Where Do You Go? Maybe New York (or Maybe Not…)? (35:00) A Nor'easter of Grilled Cheese (39:40) Where Do You Go? Maybe Canada? Or Guam? (41:20) International Stereotypes with the Country Bears (45:12) Where Do We Go? Adam and Matthew Off to See the World (47:41) Fast and Furious: World Tour (53:51)   As always, we'd like to thank Laura Hammond of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, this week's contributors for contributing, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults! Take a trip somewhere!

It's been a long week, folks... But here we are in the final stretch. We've got one last shot of NOs, and we're gonna need it! Because Jason Statham is coming for all of us! Adam drives this miniseries home with a no-hold-barred recap of every last insane thing that happens in Furious 7. Which is why this episode is so long, because by now this behemoth of a franchise DOES NOT SLOW DOWN. EVER. We've got cars falling out of planes, demolished hospitals, very smart drones, a sword fight with wrenches and auto parts, Kurt Russell for no plausible reason, Tony Jaa for all the best reasons, and a very heartfelt tribute to one of the stars of the film. So brace yourself, because we're crossing the finish line at full speed. As always, we'd like to thank Laura Cooper of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!

They say if it ain't broke don't fix it. And after the colossal success of Fast 5, it makes sense that studios would just ask for more of the same... Which explains this cookie cutter sixth chapter. Not that In today's episode, Matthew takes us from the winding coastal roads of Spain to the crowded streets of London... and then back to those winding Spanish roads (because why not!) as we chase a McGuffin in a go-kart with grappling hooks! As always, we'd like to thank Laura Cooper of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!

After yesterday's cliffhanger, the boys are hooked! And good news for them, because this is the movie where this franchise goes full over-the-top action movie... It's quite a good move. Today, Adam leads us through the streets of Rio De Janeiro as Dom and the gang do train crime, plan an Ocean's Eleven-style heist, and are pursued by the sweatiest Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson cinema has ever known! As always, we'd like to thank Laura Cooper of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults!

It took three sequels to get here, but the boys are FINALLY back in town... and they're out for revenge! After one of Dom's posse is murdered, the franchise heads back to its roots and finally puts the series back on track! Matthew takes the wheel to sum up the skillfully regurgitated plot points of Fast and Furious (They dropped the "The", thank you Justin Timberlake!), praise the film's action, and be pleasantly surprised at how much he is getting into these movies... This might have been the best decision! As always, we'd like to thank Laura Cooper of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults! See you tomorrow!

After a less-than-savory second helping of The Fast and the Furious franchise, Adam takes the wheel to tell us about a completely unconnected film about a good ol' boy learning to drift in Tokyo! Adam sums up the plot of this series departure, obsesses over a cool dude named Han, and has a surprisingly good time with what is often called the worst film in the franchise... Maybe there's hope for this series after all! As always, we'd like to thank Laura Cooper of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults! See you tomorrow!

Day 2 is going to be a bummer, folks... After a decent start, the surprise smash-hit success of the first Fast and the Furious film did what so many franchises do: Offered up a half-cooked misguided sequel... Matthew takes the wheel to recount the cliched plot of 2 Fast 2 Furious, a movie that does not live up to its very bad title. He looks deep into this totaled vehicle of a movie looking for anything to salvage, and comes up mostly empty handed, aside from the hilarity that comes from recounting bad experiences to your best friend. Here's hoping tomorrow fares better. As always, we'd like to thank Laura Cooper of the webcomic XP for our show's art, Bensound.com for our outro music, and you the listener for sticking with us! If you like what you hear, consider subscribing and rating on iTunes, sharing our sampler, or becoming a TWAIkNtributor at patreon.com/theworstadults! See you tomorrow!