Welcome to the Takes Bakery! Each episode our head baker and local monster Oscar Bernard shares his hottest takes while Owen Douglass tries to figure out the reasoning behind them while getting super upset along the way.
Did Owen and John finally accomplish their goal to cancel Oscar and free Owen of his personal hell?
Oscar believes that the first Matrix is the worst of the series. Owens dives deeper into the truth and discover why he thinks such a terrible thing. Whoa.
Oscar believes that Shenmue is a tedious and boring video game. Owens returns but forces John to stick around to help defend the game, and the SEGA Dreamcast in general.
After a huge detour into Canadian television, John and Oscar finally do an actual debate between John Cougar and The Boss, with some extra spicy music takes tossed in as well.
Oscar shows John the entire run of the Canadian television show that he stars in. This is episode 3 of 6. This commentary track is for the Amazon Prime Video version of Second Generation. To sync up with the movie, hit play at the end Oscar’s countdown after the intro.
Oscar shows John the entire run of the Canadian television show that he stars in. This is episode 5 of 6. This commentary track is for the Amazon Prime Video version of Second Generation. To sync up with the movie, hit play at the end Oscar’s countdown after the intro
Oscar shows John the entire run of the Canadian television show that he stars in. This is episode 4 of 6. This commentary track is for the Amazon Prime Video version of Second Generation. To sync up with the movie, hit play at the end Oscar’s countdown after the intro
Oscar shows John the entire run of the Canadian television show that he stars in. This is episode 3 of 6. This commentary track is for the Amazon Prime Video version of Second Generation. To sync up with the movie, hit play at the end Oscar’s countdown after the intro.
Oscar shows John the entire run of the Canadian television show that he stars in. This is episode 2 of 6. This commentary track is for the Amazon Prime Video version of Second Generation. To sync up with the movie, hit play at the end Oscar’s countdown after the intro.
Oscar shows John the entire run of the Canadian television show that he stars in. This is episode 1 of 6. This commentary track is for the Amazon Prime Video version of Second Generation. To sync up with the movie, hit play at the end Oscar’s countdown after the intro.
Oscar believes that The Boss is bad at music, and fellow Tristate Area resident John joins in because he is having none of this blasphemy.
Oscar has fond memories of 2007’s Spider-Man 3. So Owen sits him down to rewatch the movie and figure out why. This commentary track is for the standard version of Spider-Man 3. To sync up with the movie, start the movie and the podcast at the same time.
Oscar believes the classic Nintendo 64 game Banjo-Kazooie is bad. Or maybe this is a cover-up for a take that is far more sinister…
Oscar and Owen are joined by John and Rhythm Bastard to see if any progress has been made over the last 12 months to make Oscar have less terrible opinions. You can guess how it goes.
The trilogy finally comes to an end as Oscar tries to explain all the twists and confusing-as-hell time travel in the story mode of the latest Mortal Kombat game. This will surely end well.
Oscar picks up where he left off last time and tells Owen the story of the video game Mortal Kombat X. Owen still has no idea what is going on.
Oscar tells Owen the story of the video game Mortal Kombat 9. And none of it makes any sense because time travel.
Real Toronto Oscar believes that the Easter Bunny is real, and he is here to reveal the truth.
Oscar believes that Jinder Mahal’s WWE Championship reign was actually great. Owen saw the Punjabi Prison in-person, so he knows this is wrong. He also tags in ProWrestling.Cool’s John to help point this out.
Oscar believes that the Christopher Nolan Batman movies are all bad. He made the mistake of saying this to a huge Batman fan. WHERE IS SHE?!
It’s Oscars season, so Oscar has opinions on who should win awards despite not seeing most of the nominees. Owen has seen every single one, so he tries to educate Oscar to have some takes other than Bohemian Rhapsody is bad. [This was broadcast live on Twitch, hours before the Academy Awards aired.]
Owen attempts to get Oscar’s thoughts on Valentine’s Day.
Oscar believes the singing crowds at European sporting/wrestling events are way better than American crowds that just cheer at the appropriate times. Owens brings in verified American Trace Evans to boo this man.
Oscar believes that Chie is just terrible, and this is enough of a bad take for Owen to summon John and Oscar’s pal Danny to send him back through the TV. Oh, and Owen gets upset at the constant use of the word “waifu”. WARNING: This episode won’t make much sense if you have not… Continue reading →
Oscar believes a lot of bad things, and shared many of them in 2018. Owen tries to start off the new year on a positive note by trying to come up with some resolutions for Oscar to work on.
Oscar believes that Adam Sandler has a whole filmography full of good movies. Owen has to call upon John to get mad about 50 First Dates again, and he also someone got Adam Sandler to come on to stand up for himself.
Oscar believes that Thanksgiving is a bad holiday, and even hates the food at the dinner! Owen does his best to fix this and put him into the holiday spirit. Gobble Gobble!
Oscar believes that boneless wings are a waste of time and aren’t even real wings. When he explains himself, things start to get spoopy.
Oscar believes Halloween is the best holiday, and gets excited for it even before Autumn begins every year. Owen fights off spoopy thoughts in his quest to downplay the holiday, only to come across a chilling revelation.
Oscar tries to put down one of the best movies of the 90’s, so Owen brings in I’d Rather Not’s John to help hit ’em high and hit ’em low. And apparently there’s also some strong Harry Potter opinions.
Oscar believes that summer is terrible and is a hot mess. Owen tries to cook up a good argument on the grill.
Oscar believes that third wave ska is just a bunch of awful noise. Owen tags in local ska lover Rhythm Bastard as he skanks his way through why he loves The Aquabats and the Digimon: The Movie soundtrack.
Oscar believes European football is better than American football. Good luck trying to argue that to someone whose team just won their first Super Bowl.
Oscar believes that sweet foods, such as pancakes, have no business being on the breakfast table. Owen makes it his mission to prove him wrong.
Oscar believes that the WWE 2K games play well and are good enough to buy the latest version every single year. Or maybe he’s just buying them to continue has extremely-detailed story he’s been writing over the years.
Oscar believes that Star Trek: The Original Series is not a good show. He also has some other bad Star Trek takes. Owen isn’t properly equipped to tackle this, so he tags in John to set things straight.
Oscar believes that WWE WrestleMania 33 – The Ultimate Thrill Ride – is the best WrestleMania of the 2010’s. Remember that this also includes WrestleMania XXX in that timeframe.
Oscar believes the Johnny Depp version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is better than the original Gene Wilder version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Clearly this is pure imagination.
Oscar believes Sonic CD in the best game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. He also might think he’s a hedgehog? Do not steal.
Oscar believes “The Last Jedi” is the best Star Wars movie. He also shares a few other interesting Star Wars takes.