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HELLO, and welcome to Episode 10 of the Growin' Up Gaming Podcast. On today's episode, we are diving into our favourite TV, Movies & Books of the past few weeks. Kick back and relax & grab a beer.
This week Ken welcomes writer/director/Box Mac co-host and Red Cow Entertainment Head Honcho Frankie Frain. Ken and Frankie discuss how much Ken loves everything Frankie does, the shock that Ken and Frankie don't already know each other, Emerson College, making niche content, The Angry Video Game Nerd/Cinemassacre controversy, making feature films, getting interest in the content you make, growing up with strict parents, the first R Rated movie Frankie every saw, how Frankie's dad experiences films differently, getting hid hard by F Bombs, quality films you never want to see again, the shift of sitcoms to reality TV, The American Underdog experience, wanting to see the rich and famous fail, Barney Miller, Car 54, Where Are You?, Kate & Alley, Mad About You, Boys Meets World, TV38, how M*A*S*H was old man TV, surviving under the smelliest conditions, TV tapings, Kelsey Grammer's return to television, Ken's early days at MMTV Melrose Mass cable access TV, how Ken is Forrest Gump, meeting Fred Willard, how awful having viral Tweets is, Ricky Gervais, the power of not giving a damn, the weird pivot of the famous and infamous to try stand up comedy, how Children put your life in tatters, body horror, Box Mac Holiday parodies, MST3K, the power of the right font, how the identification of Tweens as a consumer group ruined multi-cam sitcoms, Children's TV, Bluey, dogs, the infamous AIDS episode of Mr. Belvedere "Wesley's Friend", the long strange fascinating journey of Alvin and Chipmonks, The Adventures of Pete & Pete, Adventure Time, Frankie's daughter throwing up in his face, encouraging children's interests, asking questions about production, how people react to being filmed now vs in the 1980s, All in the Family, younger generations lack of historical knowledge of TV, why Friends is the Brady Bunch of Millennials/Gen Z, how great Molly Hagan is, the greatness of Frankie's muse John Hunt, the importance of sincerity, trying too hard, and the comfort we can provide with the content we make.
We’re back with another episode! And just for fun we even added a fake commercial at the beginning. There is no wooden toy company named ChipMonks, but it’s fun to imagine monks in their monastery,...
The Players discuss the good, the bad, the Uruk-Hai on the new Middle Earth: Shadow of War! Enjoy!!! Post Edit: Brett understands that Neil Patrick Harris is NOT in Alvin and the Chipmonks. He may or may not have been thinking about The Smurfs. Join the conversation by contacting The Players directly by email, facebook, and twitter! email: player4@theplayerspodcast.com facebook: @playerspodcast twitter: @players_podcast
Listen to the Outtakes and more extended content on Patreon! Jaret, Rich, and Casey discuss this week's movie, "Almost Famous" as well as life, love, and other crazy topics like Kate Hudson's boobies, Rikki Rocket, spending the night at a friend's house, the Chipmonks, the diverse inhabitants of the continent of Asia, and much, much more! Oh and we do another game of 5 Questions with David Dooley. "Top Jimmy", "Kiddy Corner Wil", and "Tim Toole My Neighbor" hang out for a bit, as well. And, of course, we pull some questions out of the mailbag. If you have a question, write us at jaretgoestothemovies@carsickfatkid.com.
I think it may be another few weeks until the Chipmunk Syndrome goes away :( but enjoy it anyway!!