Podcast appearances and mentions of Chris Collingwood

JAMIE KIRSTEN HOWARD lost her credit card and the clerk is CHECKIN IT TWICE (2023), but... We've already got the furry erotica! THEME: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE  Glitterburrito ... Georgia championship hockey ... How Hallmark casting works PART TWO   Jamie's Christmas credentials ... Mariah-Grinch Continuum ... Is the Grinch horny? Furry? ... Cast Rundown ... The Expositional Challenge ... Plot Mop-Up: Deal-stealing boyfriend; Team Christmas Week; French-Canadian players ... Just settle! Like the rest of us! ... Covid-fueled throwback ... The Thee/Thou Threshold ... How do you act a story like this well? ... A "being adult and normal" fakeout ... Brain damage       PART THREE  Spot the Angel: Ashley's dad and Scott's coach ... A literal bible ... Eat Your Heart Out: Grandma's dire eggnog; The Cider Social; awful pastries, sugar drinks; Barbie food; stadium peppermint tea; Sleepytime mascot, pajama gun, candlelit ushers; the Drunken Puck; airport chocolates, airport beer ... Clear hotel lobby store ... Zamboni driving in the Richard Scarry region of the brain ... The Hallmark Expanded Universe: French 85 Magazine, "How to Survive Christmas Alone"; hockey tournament/goon clash    PART FOUR  Overdetermined: Forced credit-card fussiness; "But I'm different"; plot-end collision and bastard father ... False Ray Bourque information ... Scott, winter ignorant ... Crossover: Scott, Deadpool adjacency and sassy Kristen Bell; money and a rewrite away from a real rom-com; Alex Garland's Civil War; LA to Vegas, Idaho Falls to Spokane ... The Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: Dave, rowdy child, good eater ... Great Moments in Moppetry: Googe-sound boy; 3 ... Who's the Real Villain: Ambition, cruel fatherhood, misogyny/the bar is THAT low       PART FIVE Rating: 3 (non-derogatory) ... "Honestly, I'm fine with this" ... The Leftovers: Non-interruptive work-from-home ... Protagonist's dream/career age ... "Those who can't play, coach" ... A smooth 84 ... Pod Yourself The Wire namedrops ... Gretzky 3:16 ... Plus/Minus and stats annoyance ... Kevin Fair, Get Carter, Josie and the Pussycats, and The Core ... Saw 3-D ... "Idaho Falls" ... Postgame interview BS ... You know how to ruin a cider social ... Merry Christmas!   All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Orchestral Sports Theme" by Chris Collingwood and Rick Murnane. Jamie's Bluesky HERE

Singer-songwriter Amy Rigby (solo, The Shams, The Last Roundup) has had a longstanding admiration for the power-pop band Fountains of Wayne, and she joins Al to chat about the band's self-titled debut album from 1996. Amy talks about how she got into Fountains of Wayne and what it is about their first album that makes it especially notable. She highlights some of her favorite songs from the album and discusses how well Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger integrated humor into their songwriting. Amy also delves into the making of her new album Hang In There With Me.If you haven't already, be sure to check out the Diary of Amy Rigby blog and podcast!Blog: https://amyrigby.substack.com/ Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/diary-of-amy-rigby/id15610945052Amy also mentioned the Looking for the Magic podcast she did with Elizabeth Nelson. You can find that here: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/looking-for-the-magic-elizabeth-nelson-amy-7RaT_Iy-DiS/Amy and Al are both planning to check out the Fountains of ‘Splain podcast…if you want to join them, here it is! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fountains-of-splain/id1547151768You can keep up with Amy on Instagram at @amymrigby.Al is on Bluesky at @almelchior.bsky.social. This show has accounts on Instagram and Threads at @youmealbum. Subscribe for free to You, Me and An Album: The Newsletter! https://youmealbum.substack.com/1:28 Amy joins the show1:58 Did Amy and Fountains of Wayne run in the same circles in New York in the ‘90s?7:16 Amy talks about the sports themes in Fountains of Wayne's songs9:07 Amy and Al discuss “Sick Day” and its thematic similarity to a song that Amy wrote15:51 Amy hears “Radiation Vibe” as a great example of a “happy sad song”17:52 Amy likes Fountains of Wayne's selfless approach20:54 Amy wants there to be a Fountains of Wayne documentary22:35 Amy talks about her two podcasts and her blog27:34 Amy explains why Fountains of Wayne was an affirming album for her32:27 There aren't many rock songwriters who successfully integrate humor into their songs41:00 Amy highlights a few of her favorite songs from Fountains of Wayne44:06 Amy thinks Fountains of Wayne set themselves apart from other ‘90s bands47:24 Amy notes how Fountains of Wayne's songwriting progressed after the debut album49:58 Al explains exactly how little he knew about Fountains of Wayne52:31 Amy talks about the process of making Hang In There With Me1:05:11 Amy thinks good sequencing is still worth the trouble1:07:43 Al noticed a similarity between Amy's songs and those of a previous guest1:09:04 Amy talks about her upcoming live datesOutro music is from “Dylan in Dubuque” by Amy Rigby.Support the Show.

Learning from the wisdom of Zen meditation. In this episode Gillian chats with the Revd. Chris Collingwood, a Christian Priest, former canon of York minster and Zen master.   The conversation explores the following:  Chris explains how he felt called to be a priest. What Zen is. How Chris got interested in Zen. How he became a Zen Master. How Zen practice fitted with his role as a canon at York Minster. Christian theological connections with Zen and how it differs. How Zen impacts on how people relate to the world. The experience of non duality.  How Chris responds to folk in spiritual need - does he draw more on his Zen practice or Christian faith? The practice of compassionate non judgement towards others and ourselves. The one thing that Chris offers as encouragement to listeners. Links: Chris's book: Zen Wisdom for Christians. The GoHealth Everyday Healing Course Get your GoHealth journal here. Visit our website to get connected with the GoHealth Community. Find us on our socials @GuildofHealth 

Our secret families said it's TIME FOR HER TO COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS (2023), but first... Let's sing ... THEME: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE  Welcome to the cumbersome title, b*tch ... Cocoa in camo ... Throwback movie ... Cast Rundown ... Episode titles greatest hits ... The Expositional Challenge ... Plot Mop-Up: Secret aunt, choir exercises ... Valid Wicker Man ... "A little 'Get Out'" ...      PART TWO   Spot the Angel: Susan and Pastor John ... Eat Your Heart Out: Oh my God dude; James Bond cocoa; pot-pie protocol; eggnog pancakes; off gluten; peppermint egg cream ...        PART THREE  The Hallmark Expanded Universe: We don't know where we are; Episode 78, Holiday Date? ... Overdetermined: Mom tells you to let go of your dreams, leave the eggnog carton ... Mom taunting ... Crossover: Safe callback; Glee ... Sports-triumph movies still exist ...               PART FOUR  The Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: Matthew, android lead; Alice, choirbot ... Tyler, Kyler, Tyler ... Who's the Real Villain: This movie ... Incredible titles work here ... Rating: 2, throwback movie ...  PART FIVE The Leftovers: Executive Producer Blake Shelton ... Tim Allen and Robert Goulet ... "Accordion to Steve's Christmas Polka" ... Foxwoods theme song ... Blake Shelton kickbacks ... Good singers, bad performance ... Grace Leer and Allie Liebert Appreciation Station ... Bus weirdo ... LOT COP ... Prester John ... Merry Christmas!    All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Orchestral Sports Theme" by Chris Collingwood and Rick Murnane and "We're Sending Our Love Down the Well" by The Simpsons. Buy our show artist Caitlin Fitz Gerald's excellent book: Here.

MAURA QUINT & CHARLES STAR get trapped going ROUND AND ROUND (2023) with us, but... Shut up, kids, it's the second episode of Hanukkah! THEME: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE  Chag Sameach ... We regret the errors ... It's good! ... Jew Belong meets war ... Good movie crammed into Hallmark, better than Christmas fare ... Crying at The Rock, Actually ... Jade   PART TWO   Cast Rundown ... The Expositional Challenge ... Plot Mop-Up: Maura's Monologue; dreidel-dependent f*ckups; dating-help time loop ... Nerd cred ... Your boyfriend/son will explain the nerd thing ... Fake Londoner, Comic Guy ... Double the characters, all matter ... Ashkenazi word load ... Format tweaking, references on the meta knife edge ... Which twist? Who knew? ... Can't hang (with) the DJ ... Jobbed mom ... Welcome back to Bar Mitzvah Chat      PART THREE  Spot the Angel: Grandma/Busker/Santa? ... Spot the Bard ... Eat Your Heart Out: Food-lite; plot/reality-proportional; "Hanukkah on Rye" callback; Jews as human ... Sufganiyot (reprise): Childhood, Israel, politics, inaccuracy ... Signifying body blows ... People, 2030 ... Blue Christmas ... Candles ... Latke assembly ... No superlatives ... Wine complaint ... Secular Jews, pls PART FOUR  Hallmark Expanded Universe: Hanukkah on Rye ... Overdetermined: London-Nerd hookup vs. Time-loop revelations vs. Rachel's nerd cred/purpose/attitude ... Self-uncanny valleying ... Tropes as prison, not skeleton ... Curving tropes in on themselves ... Uncanny to movies, not humanity ... Crossover: Too real; a $10m budget and 30 days; Hellraiser; Granddad Groundhog Day; all Groundhog Days PART FIVE The Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: Grandpa; the most Methodist mom ... Rating: 5 ... The Leftovers: Jammed-in Santa ... Coda ... Almost famous ... Inclusive casting ... Bryan Greenberg, Rick Hoffman, and Vic Michaelis Appreciation Station ... Feelings at movie scale ... Real pillow-face ... Bears tight end ... Stay off the tollways ... Minion gifs ... Subway signage ... Two-hour novel revision ... Mixtapes ... 7 days ... IMDB Dive: Tamar Laddy ... Merry Christmas!   All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Orchestral Sports Theme" by Chris Collingwood and Rick Murnane, "Schlep the Halls with Loaves of Challah," by The Three Weissmen and "[I'm Spending] Hanukkah in Santa Monica," by Tom Lehrer.

MEREDITH CLARK and Jeb travel to CHRISTMAS ISLAND (2023), but... The lighthouse made me so angry ... THEME: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE  Attracted to the Menendez Brothers ... Six years of sloth ... Brain-braising movie cred ... "Christmas Neutral" ... Fuck 30 Rock (Geographical) ... "A Christmas Kettling" ... OK glurge, insufficient bonkersocity ...   PART TWO   Cast Rundown ... The Expositional Challenge ... Plot Mop-Up: Christmas Guy Oliver, Grandpa Postal Santa; week nor'easter; anti-business business parents ... Discount billionaires ... Pilot, cook, flight attendant ... Hallmark lifestyle porn ... Dead lobstermen ... Briny Santa, orca driver ... Stakes-killing trauma ... Wicker Man end! ... Too normal for this swerve ... Fear of Flying vs. Love of Booty ... F'n lighthouse! ...  PART THREE  Spot the Angel: Grandpa McCloud ... Eat Your Heart Out: Plane hot chocolate, and more; lobsters with hats, with feelings; facecakes at Nott Pub ... Import/export ... The Hallmark Expanded Universe: Episodes 83, 94 and 129 ... Overdetermined: Sewing machine (longingly); social-media save; "he ignored weather warnings" ...             PART FOUR  Crossover: Wicker Man, Trailer Park Boys, Deadliest Catch, Cocoa Dismemberment, Lighthouse Documentary (Herzog) ... Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: Grandpa McCloud; Co-Pilot Derek ... Great Moments in Moppetry: Curly Sue audition memories; also, 2 ...  PART FIVE Rating: 3 ... The Leftovers: Old Singer ... Air-traffic control meet-cute ... Curated experience ... Green candycane ... "This is your dream job?" ... IMDB Dive ... No breath, no nor'easter ... Now you're like me ... Merry Christmas!    All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Orchestral Sports Theme" by Chris Collingwood and Rick Murnane and "Trailer Park Boys Theme (I Left My Heart in San Francisco)." Buy our show artist Caitlin Fitz Gerald's excellent book: Here.

Frank Lloyd Anderson has lived a life only few can dream of. Not only is he a Wisconsin music legend, but he's a history buff, an animator, a film maker, a videographer, an author, a painter, a podcaster for Wisconsinology... you get the idea. The thing is that whatever Frank puts his mind and his hand to, he does it with a high level of excellence. Add to that his pedal steel guitar playing in bands like Zebra Mussel, The Electric Ranchhands, and The Know-It-All Boyfriends which includes the likes of Duke Erikson, Butch Vig, Jay Moran, Freedy Johnston, Dave Pirner, Chris Collingwood, Cory Chisel... again, you get the idea), you know that Frank is one talented guy. But the most impressive thing about Frank is that he's one of the most down-to-earth and personable people you could ever meet. Meet him on this episode of Into The Music.Get more information about Joey's Song here."Hocus Pocus" performed by Zebra Musselwritten by Thijs van Leer and Jan Akkerman, arranged by Logan Lamers ℗ 2024 Zebra Mussel. Used with permission of Frank Lloyd Anderson."I Need Another Vice" written and performed by Matty Day℗ 2023 Matty Day. Used with permission of Matty Day.Support the showVisit Into The Music at https://in2themusic.com!Support the show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/intothemusic E-mail us at intothemusic@newprojectx.com YouTube Facebook Instagram INTO THE MUSIC is a production of Project X Productions, Appleton, WI.Producer: Rob MarnochaRecording, engineering, and post production: Rob MarnochaOpening theme: "Aerostar" by Los Straitjackets* (℗2013 Yep Roc Records)Closing theme: "Close to Champaign" by Los Straitjackets* (℗1999 Yep Roc Records)*Used with permission of Eddie AngelThis podcast copyright ©2024 by Project X Productions. All rights reserved.

We're checking out cemeteries for when MS. CHRISTMAS COMES TO TOWN (2023), but... You're gonna wanna braise that elf ... THEME: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE  Blood tests ... Letters to Santa: 'Are You Dead?' Edition ... New big TV ... Gatorade trauma basketball ... WWI of motion smoothing ... Jobless with SSRI's ...  PART TWO   Cast Rundown ... The Expositional Challenge ... Plot Mop-Up: College lover, Washington New England ... It's the terminal diagnosis show! ... Miss Christmas: Origins ... Cancer, Grief and Kindness: The Movie ... Commendably adult ...       PART THREE  Spot the Angel: Travis or Boss Elizabeth ... Eat Your Heart Out: "Christmas Cacciatore"; braised elf; candy-cane straw cocoa; Hogan's Donuts math theory; peanut butter Christmas mice (tie) ... The Hallmark Expanded Universe: Episode 83, "But Wait, There's Buckley" and Episode 94, "The Ecstasy of Competence" ... Overdetermined: No ... Seventeen minutes of modeling good behavior ... It's not Hall of Fame! ... Mad Dog on JFK ...            PART FOUR  The Swagony of Defeat: Yes, but it fits? ... The White Collar reverse camera ... The Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: Murray the Bus Driver! ... Rating: 3 ... Barbara Niven Appreciation Station ... The Leftovers: Power Man Jason Bourque ... Jason London ... Scatting ... Sold-out sound FX ... CSI Cyber, turning red, podcast ... Ken Cosgrove's scarlet suit and Amanda's Christmas jockey ... Merry Christmas!    All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Orchestral Sports Theme" by Chris Collingwood and Rick Murnane and "The CSI Cyber Podcast Theme" by J.W. Friedman. Buy our show artist Caitlin Fitz Gerald's excellent book: Here.

Nailing down what exactly is "power pop" can be frustrating (we did a whole roundtable on it!), but the "power" end of it is usually found in the guitar section. From the big riffs of Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen to Robert Quine's excited guitar leads on Matthew Sweet albums, just because it's "pop" doesn't mean it doesn't rock. For their second album, Fountains of Wayne duo Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood recruited former Belltower guitarist Joey Porter and former Poises drummer Brian Young to complete the foursome. Two veteran players mean a tightened rhythm section and a bigger guitar sound that allows the band to expand their sound, touching not only on power pop from the 70s, 80s, and 90s, but elements of Britpop, psychedelia, and Queen grandiosity.   Songs In This Episode Intro - Red Dragon Tattoo 13:00 - Utopia Parkway 17:48 - Lost In Space 25:45 - Denise Outro - A Fine Day For A Parade   Support the podcast, join the DMO UNION at Patreon. Listen to the episode archive at DigMeOutPodcast.com.

Nailing down what exactly is "power pop" can be frustrating (we did a whole roundtable on it!), but the "power" end of it is usually found in the guitar section. From the big riffs of Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen to Robert Quine's excited guitar leads on Matthew Sweet albums, just because it's "pop" doesn't mean it doesn't rock. For their second album, Fountains of Wayne duo Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood recruited former Belltower guitarist Joey Porter and former Poises drummer Brian Young to complete the foursome. Two veteran players mean a tightened rhythm section and a bigger guitar sound that allows the band to expand their sound, touching not only on power pop from the 70s, 80s, and 90s, but elements of Britpop, psychedelia, and Queen grandiosity.   Songs In This Episode Intro - Red Dragon Tattoo 13:00 - Utopia Parkway 17:48 - Lost In Space 25:45 - Denise Outro - A Fine Day For A Parade   Support the podcast, join the DMO UNION at Patreon. Listen to the episode archive at DigMeOutPodcast.com.

Join us as we look back at the thrilling 3-3 draw at Port Vale, hearing from Addicks boss Michael Appleton. Chris Collingwood is this week's guest fan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

JESSICA RITCHEY supports a HOLIDAY FOR HEROES (2019) because:  It's not a movie you watch, it's a pill you take ... THEME: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather ... PART ONE  Save a Troop Child ... "Dad History" - Michael Jackson ... Jessica: Tubi Magus ... Treat Williams ... Marc Blucas ... Muscle Twink Death ... NCAA athlete ... BDUs, dad bod ... Hallmark Hall of Fame vs. This ... Hallmark's Jehovah's Witness energy ... Home Goods ... S'mores contest ... Slighting the troops ...  PART TWO   Cast Rundown ... The Expositional Challenge ... Plot Mop-Up: Military re-up; bringing a battalion home ... Missed dead-brother opportunity ... Combat without consequence ... The GLeeMONEX Initiative ... Job-solution man ... Spot the Angel: No ghost, no one, or everyone, or the Army ... Eat Your Heart Out: Coffee with warlords; thos beans; nog contest/Mexican chocolate nog; Waingro Counter; instant latte ...   PART THREE  The Hallmark Expanded Universe: Episodes 57, 86, and 5 ... Overdetermined: Dance at the barn; Hallmark war-zone quit; Ronin; support-the-troops speech ...  PART FOUR  Crossover: The Initiative; The Hurt Locker; Black Hawk Down II; Penny Dreadful ... The Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: Co-workers Jade and Pam; Linda Fiorentino as Jade; high school principal; Patton ... Who's the Real Villain: Nothing happened, the Neocons, imperialism ... The fruitlessness of this movie and the GWOT ... PART FIVE    Rating: 2.5 ... The Leftovers: Cold breath, hot sun ... Shot in Connecticut ... Wet dock (reprise) ... Wrapped hockey stick (reprise) ... Make with the death! ... IMDB Dive: 1800 soap episodes; Blucas and Brawl in Cell Block 99; Breckin Meyer; Marcia Clark ... George Templeton Strong ... "I love that you're so into history" ... "I'm the eggnog king!" ... Feliz Navidad! ... A Royal Corgi Princess/Christmas; A Pinch of Portugal; Love, Inheritance and Lunch ... Plugs ... Merry Christmas!  All music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Orchestral Sports Theme" by Chris Collingwood and Rick Murnane and "Ashokan Farewell," by Jay Ungar. Jessica's Twitter HERE • BlueSky HERE • Patreon HERE

Grab a 2x4 for the gazebo, it's A VERY MERRY BRIDESMAID (2021), but... Let's get back to the ugly Christmas sweater bachelor party ... THEME: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE  Meet me at the gazebo ... Sleepytime ... Bright Lights, Big Sweater ... O'Henry ≠ Bierce ... Long trip, short distance ... Self-improvement procrastination ... Christmas Eve/Day weddings/birthdays ... Knifed by your own brother ... PART TWO   Join the Patreon, hear the Fascist Date story ... Inside the Game ... Drizzle, the condom ... Institutional Haley Joel Osment bias ... Cast Rundown ... The Expositional Challenge ... Plot Mop-Up: Paul, Julia and real estate; Julia, the Reasonable Bridezilla, and a bespoke dress ... Berating clerks in Jeb Mode ... Dress delivery epilogue ... "Tree amateur," Emily Osment directed and the Earnest Hallmark style ...     PART THREE  Spot the Angel: Nana and multigenerational haunting ... Get out and see some of the world only for a little bit ... Dad's health issues ... How a Hallmark executive sees the world ... Eat Your Heart Out: Lobster stuffed with tacos; Argentinian Christmas cookies; load-bearing hot cocoa; concluding birthday cake; the Bears lost; empty beer bottles ... The Hallmark Expanded Universe: Episodes: 1, 27, The Best Fries in the City, 4, 60, 125, the most important gazebo since "Stargazeboing at the Time Comet", 70 ...          PART FOUR  Overdetermined: Not really; overdetermined false starts; What Would Your Grandma Do? ... Crossover: Somebody Somewhere, with a Hallmark Script; Chicago Wedding Strike Force ...  PART FOUR The Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: Not really, not Julia, or Paul, real estate buyer, gazebo erector ... Fitzcarraldo ... Rating: 3 ... IMDB Dive: Emily Osment, Annie Potts, Wallace Shawn; Deidrich and In the Dark; Tracy Andreen and Elena Valdez ... One of the Elite Princesses in the World Renowned Royal Court of the Tournament of Roses Parade Presented by Honda ... Gift-wrap punking our female lead ... Minor Emergency with Gordie LaSalle ... Merry Christmas!    All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Orchestral Sports Theme" by Chris Collingwood and Rick Murnane and Mozart's "Sequentia Rex Tremendae - Requiem In D Minor, K 626" performed by the Vienna Philharmonic and Chorus, conducted by Sir Georg Solti. Buy our show artist Caitlin Fitz Gerald's excellent book: Here.

RYAN NANNI discovers all roads lead to Arli$$, and we're A WINNING TEAM (2023) because:  All we see is the goal ... THEME: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather ... PART ONE  Ryan's podcast samsara ... Rebawatchables ... Lady Frankenstein ... Mary Shelley, Bobby Bonilla ... Ryan's Hallmark expertise ... Brain damage ... Throwback, safety-presentation movie ... Christmas move, Arbor Day ...  PART TWO   Cast Rundown ... The Expositional Challenge ... Plot Mop-Up: Divorce, Shakespeare production, Clemson scholarship ... The Hallmark ACC ... Spot the Hustle: Rasheed Wallace; unconvincing sports; no mock franchises; real arena, public park; diminishing sports ... Dropping acid, watching Hallmark, shrieking neighbor ... Commentator Bumble date ...   PART THREE  Eat Your Heart Out: "Fries"; urban oat milk, business wisdom; bread bowls; homemade tahini; (Boardwalk Empire butt cut); (admire-able); 10am pie; giant night pancakes; consolation wings; invisible omelet; bobcat stomach; winner buys! ... Alley gambling ...   PART FOUR  The Hallmark Expanded Universe: Tulips, all roads lead to Arli$$, and the toxic PNW sports culture ... Hallmark ESPN never embraced debate ... Overdetermined: Ropes course; constantly humbling Emily; undecided protagonist; Ian has a type ... Ian: 30 years, two partners ...     PART FIVE    Crossover: Ted Lasso and Any Given Sunday; Aaron Rodgers' diarrhea retreat; Jon Bois' Friday Night Lights ... The Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: Social worker Brandon; no replicant; Sandra, the diner owner ... Who's the Real Villain: Emily's immaturity; no sports Big Bad; kids specializing in sports; Ian, The Dragon ... Rating: 2 ... Impossibly bad sports ... Star Trek Space Africans/Unlicensed Gilmore Girls ... Let Emily be mean! ...  PART SIX The Leftovers: World-class woman's player, no-name loser ... Gary Sheffield public-park dingers ... Leadership writing, Taylor Swift ... Emily and online sports discussion ... Knitting coach, man down ... IMDB Dive ... "Mr. Dick" ... Geocaching ... No crutches! ... Sex at BYU ... Wet dock ... Plugs! ... Merry Christmas!  All music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Orchestral Sports Theme" by Chris Collingwood and Rick Murnane and "Soul Dracula" by Hot Blood. Ryan's Twitter HERE • Fullcast HERE

Surprise! It's AN UNEXPECTED CHRISTMAS (2021) and we're still dating! Also, ... This is a bad idea ... THEME: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE  Turn on Dave's She-Shed ... Lair, fort, Rodney Dangerfield ... Unprepared! ... "The Single Guy" ... Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Paul Campbell ... Three Wise Men and a Baby ... Christmas Season vs. Baseball Season ... Canadian doo-wop ... Paul Campbell (Screenwriting) Appreciation Station ... Mamet notes ... Sharing the quippy wealth ... Coming up! ...   PART TWO   Cast Rundown ... The Expositional Challenge ... Plot Mop-Up: Dead Christmas patriarch, gay sister, gay chief of staff, writer's block ... 5pm publishing on Deadspin ... Jeff Loria's Peanuts book, How to Watch Football on Television ... Jamie's serial quits ... Wishing fountain, tourism slogan ... One Tree Hill ...     PART THREE  The Swagony of Defeat: Custom mugs, Balsam Hill Farmhouse Christmas Ornaments Set of 25 ... Advent tree, starting Thanksgiving ... Tense mugs, Airbnb-ass kitchen ... Make me care about this consumer ... Spot the Angel: Angel free, large family ... Eat Your Heart Out: Normal food; Monty Python teakettles; cookie plunder; implied Swedish chef; cookie violence; destroyed, carbonized (ceremonial) footlong hot dog; Footie Scran; large coffee, giant dog, huge thermal, 8 blocks; neat whiskey; giant woven candy cane; wry jazz club/Italian restaurant waiter and reprise ... The Hallmark Expanded Universe: Chicagoland marketing, finance, politics, society, inventor of sport peppers ... Chicago/Chicagoland inversion ... Marketing name ...          PART FOUR  Overdetermined: No, but Jamie is a frozen turd ... "Tired of living in fear" ... So particular ... Emily's generous self-pathologizing ... Do better, Emily ... Crossover: Todd Solondz Christmas; An Unexpected Blago; Kamala Harris ... Great Moments in Moppetry: 2.5 ... Rating: 3.5 ... Tighten it up, Jamie! ...  PART FOUR The Leftovers: Jackie Joyner-Kersee ... Nobody can flush in Fulton ... Rat Funeral ... The Single Guy (Reprise) ... It's not karaoke, it's CAROLING ... IMDB Dive ... Courtney Belize, Ron Mexico ... Vending machine ...  Merry Christmas!    All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Orchestral Sports Theme" by Chris Collingwood and Rick Murnane. Buy our show artist Caitlin Fitz Gerald's excellent book: Here.

We celebrate A KISMET CHRISTMAS (2022) with one dose of cookies and realize ... When the ingenues need help, they make one call: La Chabert ... THEME: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE  Jeb's at the Strawberry Festival ... Simultaneous Strep and Covid ... Jazzys in the Entenmann's Event Tent ... We liked it! ... Meta threat ... Parenthood, dud ensemble ... "Hallmark Christmas Blogger Sarah Ramos" ... Aware, but not kidding ... Fun hammy ...   Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART TWO   Cast Rundown ... The Expositional Challenge ... Plot Mop-Up: Grandma Mia decluttering; mom outta the picture; Patsy and the Mayor; book-ornament contest; looming deadlines; childhood collaborations ... Spot the Angel: Benny the agent; ancestral ghost; Travis ... Eat Your Heart Out: Kismet Cookies, not to be used internally; done when it seems done; secret ingredient is love; you need fudge ...     Break: NFL Films, "Classic Battle" PART THREE  The Hallmark Expanded Universe: Jeb screws up a TPB reference; children's books are easy!; Nostalgic Christmas (Episode 72); the Man in the Arena ... Overdetermined: Almost none; working cookie for a trembling lady; great divorce take; three quits, one plausible explanation ... Crossover: Stephen King; Rogan book tour ... Gary Vaynerchuk ... The Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: The Mayor, a medicated Dennis Hopper; Raylene, Wine Woo Mom ... Who's the Real Villain: Villain-free; Christmas wedding hosts ...        Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART FOUR  Great Moments in Moppetry Rating: 2.0, for load-bearing moppetry ... Rating: 4.5, well-executed turbo Hallmarkery ... IMDB Dive: Mark Jean, Flip That Romance (Ep. 51); Betsy Morris Appreciation Station ... The Leftovers: Gateway jewelry ... I got my library card ... Benny's Christmas HQ ... Becoming your parents ads ... Sarah Ramos's "City Girl" ... Night Runner vs. Moon Boat ... Merry Christmas!    All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Orchestral Sports Theme" by Chris Collingwood and Rick Murnane and "Timorous Me." by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists. Buy our show artist Caitlin Fitz Gerald's excellent book: Here.

We take A FABLED HOLIDAY (2022) out of time, and we apologize: No one's claiming the rights ... THEME: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather ... PART ONE  Play that glissando! ... Holiday recap: Hatchet accident, child custody, punting to Queens ... "Hanukkah on Rye" update ... A year of Countdown to Christmas Countdown ... Decompensating via Christmas nostalgia ... Who are your guys? ...   Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART TWO   Cast Rundown ... The Jake guy ... The Expositional Challenge ... Plot Mop-Up: Widower Charles on the Event Horizon ... Vincent Price chapter narration ... A strangely under-playful, overly traumatized movie ... Mr. Snowflake at Verso Books ... A WWI of emotion ... Spot the Devil: Mildred ... Spot the Angel: The Narrator ...    Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART THREE  Eat Your Heart Out: Mad Men/Lumbergh cocoa mugs; goulash; inaccurate beer pull; orange abbondanza; candy cane vape pen; chewing on cinnamon and rosemary ... The Hallmark Expanded Universe: The PNW telluric currents; angel vacation resort ... Overdetermined: Confronting the sprites, wild accusations; Mildred's Rickles routine; "I am done living in fear!" ... Stuff didn't work out! It's ok! ... Brooke D'Orsay Appreciation Station ...    Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART FOUR  Crossover: Introducing Ned Ryerson; nyads, wood-nymphs, things of that nature; Death Ship, again ... Unclaimed rights ... The Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: Diane and Keith's divorce-a-thon ... Great Moments in Moppetry: Maybe 2,000 years old ... Mad Dog Russo's Revolutionary War ... Who's the Real Villain: Fiction publishing and copyright ... Literacy in DeSantisland ...   Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART FIVE Rating: 3 ... Meet your dead dad ... IMDB Dive: Ruby Monroe, script supervisor, Blade Trinity The Leftovers: Charles and Mildred banter (good), Charles despair line-reads (bad) ... All her stories, steel suitcase ... Made up village, lotta rules ... Blue violin, karate ... Six seasons and a screenplay! ... Merry Christmas! All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Orchestral Sports Theme" by Chris Collingwood and Rick Murnane and "Torgo's Theme." Buy our show artist Caitlin Fitz Gerald's excellent book: Here.

Joey's Song is an annual benefit concert that raises money and awareness for epilepsy research and program services for children with special needs. Mike Gomoll started Joey's Song in 2010 following the death of his four-year-old son Joey who suffered from Dravet Syndrome. Each year Mike brings musicians to Madison, Wisconsin to rock out and raise money for a great cause. On this special episode of the Cripescast, Charlie interviews a handful of artists who performed at this year's concert including John Gourley, Eric Hook, and Kyle O'Quinn from Portugal. The Man, Dave Pirner from Soul Asylum, Chris Collingwood from Fountains of Wayne and Miles Nielsen from Miles Nielsen and the Rusted Hearts.   For more information about Joey's Song head to joeyssong.org to see the outstanding work they're doing and how you can attend the benefit next January! 

It's PUMPKIN EVERYTHING (2022), and we'll never pass up a good thing. Radio by seniors, for seniors ...  THEME: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather ... PART ONE  Bug planet! ... Michael Ironside Appreciation Station ... Extremely weird, way too real ... Dead malls, pizza chains ... Repetitive love arc. vs. elder mortality and AA ... A rom-som template on real vulnerability ... Bruce Arians ... Our aging [step]parents[-in-law], aging and driving ... First normal person in a Hallmark world ... Committed, sincere, Hallmark dialogue ... Fundamental grouchy love ... Real Crossover: A Canadian indie film in a Hallmark universe ...   Break: Basil Poledouris, "Klendathu Drop," Starship Troopers soundtrack. PART TWO   Cast Rundown ... The Expositional Challenge ... Plot Mop-Up: Hey, Good Morning; Amy Instagram; she's a business ... Jazz aficionado ... Senior Radio ... Apology, AA confessional, let's race! ... Scarecrow teen treachery ... Spot the Angel: No ... Eat Your Heart Out: Caramel mortarboard; foliage week, proper names, time dilation; first pumpkin latte of the season; late Loggia, Alex Jones; hotel pitcher of cider; Luke and Lillian's pumpkin sage ravioli; Mountain Dew Braised Rojas ... The Hallmark Expanded Universe: Tom is Billy Pilgrimed here; diner kid in the movies, here, now; "Pumpkin Pie Wars"; "Holiday Date," the undercover Jewish experience, Delco Extended Universe ...   Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART THREE  Letters to Santa: Andrea Canning, the Dateline anchor, USS Christmas and IMDB ... Overdetermined: Necessarily overt talks; soundtrack cue, swing hooting ... Crossover: Starship Troopers and Scanners, of course ... The Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: Mom Lillian, jerk-horny, work-life imbalanced ...   Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART FOUR  Who's the Real Villain?: The elder care industry ... Don't wanna know the book's plot ... Full Mendo ... Title/Sequel: Good title; fed up; that feel, Tone ... Rating: 3.5 ... "Inchon Landing on the War on Christmas" ... The Leftovers: The Jeff Beesley experience ... The Michael Ironside IMDB tour ... McBain ... Surfacing/Scanners ... Cohagen, horse breeder ... Megawattage ... Soundalike narrative soundtrack ... Merry Christmas!  All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Orchestral Sports Theme" by Chris Collingwood and Rick Murnane and "Scanner Duel," by Howard Shore, Scanners soundtrack. Buy our show artist Caitlin Fitz Gerald's excellent book: Here.

CASEY JOHNSTON'S making us stretch before WARMING UP TO YOU (2021), but we're willing to reconsider if:  We want to buy that "Congrats on finding a floater" card ... THEME: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather ... PART ONE  Toilet drop ... Meet Casey! ... Love your work, and I'm not heeding it ... Renamed movie ... Grew up in Hallmark stores ... Teen money ... Haunted by figurines ... Work at Hallmark ... Work at the Gap ... Gift wrap ... Year-round Christmas store ...  PART TWO   Cast Rundown ... The Expositional Challenge ... Plot Mop-Up ... Wrecked toilet ... Daffy final third ... Real-ish growth ... More nuance, still confused ... Maximize Your Tropes: Milkshake theft; "my values"; giant fake belly; lake surfing; anchored together; stunt coordinator ...   PART THREE  Spot the Angel: Bestie Sasha or old Minnie ... Eat Your Heart Out: Gym shake; workout negroni; cheese fries, tendies, gym; Costco cheeseballs jar; butane-roasted cauliflower; contemporary pizza; chip smuggling, snack confiscation ...   PART FOUR  The Hallmark Expanded Universe: Decommissioned Summer Camp Belt (Episode 57) ... Overdetermined: Ex Liza's arrival; Jared's "work"; stunt-training; homecoming gown; "her rules" ... Crossover: Chris Hemsworth's paunch workout; Ben Affleck quitting Dunkin; Kate's Most Dangerous Game ...     PART FIVE    Hallmark Bechdel Test: Barely! ... Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: Rick; Jared; maybe everyone; Minnie ... Who's the Real Villain: Fat-shaming/bad science ... Rating: 3.5 ... A flow state of assumed chemistry ... Giant thumbs-down sticker ... Into sticker-shaming ... Snotty table turning ...  PART SIX The Leftovers: 70% of the population has a dad-bod ... Good locations ... Minnie is a ghost ... IMDB Dive: Christie Will Wolf, W. Stuart, Reacher's brother ... Going to Hogwarts ... Race to Save the World at Midnight ... Avocado green ... Driftwood ... Bad cornhole ... Plugs! ... Merry Christmas!  All music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Orchestral Sports Theme" by Chris Collingwood and Rick Murnane, "Hooray for Hollywood," by John Williams and the Boston Pops and "Pump It Up (Instrumental)" by The HotRats. More from Casey: Twitter HERE • Book HERE • Newsletter HERE • Instagram HERE

JONATHAN KATZ and SAM ADLER-BELL sail into history aboard the USS Christmas (2020), but first:  Let's go get hot chocolate! THEME: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE  Meet Jon, Sam, Sam's grandma and Jon's mom! ... Happy story, death machine ... Cast Rundown ... Niven ... The Dual Expositional Challenge ... Was this fun? ... Can't think past the meatball ... Bald evangelism ... Cool planes ... Hanoi Hilton ... Ruin movies with college ... Not much USO ... Vietnam ...       Break: "I Bombed Korea," by Cake PART TWO   Journalismism: The Moore-Bacon wedding; less important work; firefighter baby; staffed paper; "Mr. Bailey"; Maddie ruins lives; public-records incompetence; FOIA; stealing documents; New Yorker-ass paper; headlines; Maddie's email; streaming entertainment ...             Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART THREE  Spot the Angel: Captain Chet ... A real talk about trauma ... MILF hunter ... Marines plane, yuletide ship ... Nick Frost ... Eat Your Heart Out: Dinner rolls; bacon; shared milkshake; NYC bistro in Wilmington, NC; NYC Waffle House; mistletoe martini; abundant hot chocolate; sucky chestnuts; candy cane gnawing  ...  Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART FOUR  The Hallmark Expanded Universe ... Overdetermined: Wine toss; ditched rival; the Grinch; trauma swappin'; "Daddy's Girl"; scared of Christmas ... Join the Patreon! ... Crossover: Flight of the Intruder; USS Milius; Man in the High Castle; Captain Chet Red Octobers it; a U-571 Christmas ... The Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: Grinch Billy, troubled reader; every character; Maddie's horny widow mom, who only likes one child ...    Break: "Drop Da Bomb," by Party Posse PART FIVE Who's The Real Villain?: Disliking the military; facing reality; generational trauma; news' novelty bias ... Rating: 3 ... It's a Wonderful Boat! ... Jen Lilley gas face ... Niven didn't bring it ... Know Your Enemy Appreciation Station ... Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART SIX The Leftovers: Aircraft carriers in NYC ... IMDB Dive ... Q-pilled Dorothy with clone Sam ... Joni Mitchell Appreciation Station ... Podcaster beefcake ... LBJ! ... Anna Chennault ... Robert Strange McNamara ... Smedley Butler ... Plugs! ... TYFYS ... Merry Christmas!   All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Orchestral Sports Theme" by Chris Collingwood and Rick Murnane and "Take My Breath Away" by Berlin. Follow Sam on Twitter: @SamAdlerBell Follow Jon on Twitter: @KatzOnEarth Order Jon's book here.

We started DATING THE DELANEYS (2022), but:  Do you know how loud jai alai is? ... THEME: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather ... PART ONE  Wink! ... Wine Clown (taupe) ... Rom-rom, with jokes ... Jennifer Barrow Appreciation Station ...  Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART TWO   Cast Rundown ... McNamara nostalgia ... Restorative justice for Brendan Zub ... Manderson Mode ... The Expositional Challenge ... A horn of a sort ... Plot Mop-Up: Michael, guiding PR practice; ex-husband rehab; horny grandma; arcade-bar; gone fishin' ... They seem like people! ... Paul Campbell Appreciation Station ... Charmingly corny flirty antagonism ... Punishing punsmithery ... Early forced laughter to natural fondness ... Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART THREE  Spot the Angel: Maybe Michael, maybe the horny mom, probably a goose egg ... Angelic parenting assistance ... Eat Your Heart Out: Salted caramel and cookies; Cafe New Orleans, eating crawfish, po-boy chunks; blind date basket of rolls; reasonable pizza with pepperoncini; pecan-pie cake; skyscraping bacon chocolate cake; Find My Salad Soulmate; namin' fish; America's most favorite cake; abandoned Heineken; Shake, Battle and Bowl; sauceless mozzarella sticks; rime-free milkshake ...  Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART FOUR  The Hallmark Expanded Universe: Make It, Bake It, Cake It; QVC knockoff; Teryl Rothery; Episodes 9, 11, 12, 31, 50, 52, 55, 56, 59, 64, 74, 83, 84, 85, 86, and more; wine-clown concert road trip! ... Overdetermined: No true qualifier; too much friend hectoring; winking ... Crossover: Steve "Bones"; Quantum Bakery Apprentice ... The Hallmark Bechdel Test: Yes ... The Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: All non-Michael, non-New Kid men; Steve! Steve! Steve!; David, the ex ...    Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART FIVE    Great Moments in Moppetry: 1 ... Who's the Real Villain: Self-performance dating-app industry ... Title/Sequel: Good title and "Delaney Due Date" vs. Thematic underuse and "Dating Dana Delaney" ... Rating: 4 ... The Leftovers: Met at pickleball ... Printing out articles ... IMDB Dive: Jennifer Barrow, King of the Hill veteran ... Zack, the turd, with a sign ... Old new kid ... Treat Williams ... "Your dad comin' today?" ... Second Life kitchen ... "World Baby" ... Dental plan ... Merry Christmas!  All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Orchestral Sports Theme" by Chris Collingwood and Rick Murnane and "100,000 People," by Philip Glass. Read Jeb's hot dog sandwich piece: Here. Buy Caitlin Fitz Gerald's excellent book: Here.

Uproxx's VINCE MANCINI gave us a buzz to talk CUT, COLOR, MURDER (2022), but:  Forensics can wait for the pageant ... THEME: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather ... PART ONE  All things seamy, guest starring Sutton Niekro ... Sopranos vs. Hallmark podcasting ... Vince's Hallmark bona fides ... Gilmore Girls comp ... Muted romance, many speakers ... Lego/cigarette Canadian ... More Karpluk! ... Cast Rundown ... Jeb Flubs Name of Brendon Zub ... The Expositional Challenge ... Sublimely 311 ... Shear Delight: Gownless neck-hair trim; lumberjack sketch; hands off my instrument; listless blocking/acting ... The Bear, but for hair ... Hallmark-ass prestige restaurant ... Break: "Sweet Home Chicago (Live)" by The Blues Brothers PART TWO   Chekhov Wept: No time for loose ends; Knives Out shade; disappearing mom horniness; disappearing setups; landlocked sailboat; Mitzi's break-in breakdown; "local"-status alibis ... New Yorker director ... Wrong-footed by Hallmark ... Murder twist ... Women laughing alone with tombstones ... Burn Notice ending ... Eat Your Heart Out: Stress eating fruit; flapjack group, toast group; Dominican BBQ; Todd Gurley for Burger King; open-mouth etiquette; more Gurley burger ... Land of wigged brunettes ... Familiar Canadian ...    Break: "Hair," by The Cowsills PART THREE  The Hallmark Expanded Universe: A Denver of the Soul; pageant town; Adrian Grenier interlude; a Sopranos Hallmark movie ... Overdetermined: Sterling pleading innocence and creepy invitation ... Homemade weed killer ... Crossover: Benoit Blanc accent; Carmy as Kyle; Bear guy hair; Hair Rescue; post-canceled James Franco twins interviewing El Chapo; Kundun! ... Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART FOUR  Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: Salon crew yaass droids; Olivia, the murderer; Passions mom and cop-wife whining ... Dave's Anne Heche issues ... Who's the Real Villain?: Weatherman Darren; law-enforcement impunity; pageant objectification mania ... Beautiful klutz ... Title/Sequel: Lather, Rinse, Revenge; seamy split ends ... Rating: 3 ... Julie Gonzalo Appreciation Station ...    Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART FIVE    The Leftovers: IMDB dive; 1st Assistant Director; ahhh, Tibor; SFW; Bringing Down the House ... Our screenplay goes viral! ... Walt Becker, Van Wilder, Wild Hogs and Old Dogs ... Darren's remote hit just outside ... Precinct sweet tea urn ... Sloppy Ken, forensic snacker ... Quarter zips ... Shakespeare talent show ... Pharma ad direction ... Walking my rabbit ... Rabbit dad shirt ... Plugs ... Merry Christmas! All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Orchestral Sports Theme" by Chris Collingwood and Rick Murnane and "Cut Your Hair (Karaoke Version)" by Pavement. Follow Vince on Twitter: @VinceMancini

CHARLES STAR is remanded to WALKING THE DOG (2017) and arguing public-use law via:  Circuit court bingo (wait for applause) ... THEME: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE  Free legal advice! ... Reporters who don't vote ... Best lawed plans ... Pet adoption kickbacks ... Blue-collar and moppet dogs ... Cast Rundown ... Unsolicited AARP discount ... The Expositional Challenge ... Plot Mop-Up: Dog fostering, condos and a nature preserve, mom's secret admirer ... Sporty-to-comfy Mom-Daughter Axis ... Christie's assistant and Peter Benson (Appreciation Station) ... The Ham Clip ...  Break: "Stand by Your Ham" by Pig Aid PART TWO   Legalismism, Crown v. Reality : America-based law; Circuit-on-Circuit action; EIGHT judges; Reddit law; statutorily frivolous lawsuit; suing democracy; "I threw the case!"; no easements; heart-encirclement; Damascene road accident; empty docket, lonely judge ...  Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART THREE  Spot the Angel: The Dogs, Gidget, meets cute ... Bonfire ... Eat Your Heart Out: Mom's Luke's diner; bear claws; one nice restaurant; champagne; ham to salmon ... Bill, the best boyfriend ... Help ME leave YOU ... Secret admirer inevitability ... Hallmark Expanded Universe: The Patreoning ... Overdetermined: Dog parallel relationships; Chekhov's gazebo; nature preserve and developers ... Threatening due diligence ... Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART FOUR  Crossover: Add shark; dead husband returns; Stacy's Mom ... The Hallmark Bechdel Test: Delia law talk; the judge; mom and daughter ... The Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: Everyone but Bill; just be the town attorney; newspaper editor; Laura, the Mouth of Seattle ...   Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART FIVE    Who's the Real Villain: Change, capricious Nimby/Yimbyism; the Democratic Party ... Weepy closing argument ... Title/Sequel: Raising the Pups; abysmal title, Washing the Dog ... Rating: 3 ... Law dog's law talk ...  Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART FIVE    The Leftovers: Veterinarian Ed Helms ... M.C. Escher-ass town ... Law Shoppe, Cabot Cove ... Dementedly joyful bored dog licks ... No dogs in court ... Dead husband Face/Off ... More Reddit law ... Keith's recovered memory ... Plugs! ... Merry Christmas! ... All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Orchestral Sports Theme" by Chris Collingwood and Rick Murnane and "Walking the Dog" by Rufus Thomas. Follow Charles on Twitter: @Ugarles

This week's guest, writer/drummer S.W. Lauden, first wrote about NY band Fountains Of Wayne in the book 'Go All The Way: A Literary Appreciation of Power Pop'. During that time, he listened to their third - and breakout - album 'Welcome Interstate Managers' for months on repeat, and eventually formulated a theory that it's actually a sly, sophisticated Gen-X concept album. To be clear, this is solely HIS theory. Nonetheless, it lent itself to a really fun conversation, and the pure-pop mastery of Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger's songs cannot be denied! Songs featured in this episode: Valley Winter Song - Fountains Of Wayne (NPR Tiny Desk Concert); Next Aquarius - The Brothers Steve; Go All The Way - Raspberries; Radiation Vibe - Fountains Of Wayne; Fight Test - The Flaming Lips; That Thing You Do - The Wonders; Mexican Wine, Bright Future In Sales, Stacy's Mom - Fountains Of Wayne; Buddy Holly - Weezer, Just What I Needed - The Cars; Hackensack - Fountains Of Wayne; Hackensack - Katy Perry (Live MTV Unplugged, 2009); No Better Place, Valley Winter Song, All Kinds Of Time - Fountains Of Wayne; Rock-n-Roll Star - Oasis; Little Red Light, Hey Julie, Fire Island, Bought For A Song, Supercollider, Yours And Mine, Elevator Up - Fountains Of Wayne; Popular - Nada Surf; Hackensack - Fountains Of Wayne (Live Jersey 4 Jersey feat. Sharon Van Etten)

ANDY LEVY comes out of retirement and needs A CHEERFUL CHRISTMAS with THE CHRISTMAS COACH (2022), all that plus:  Highlights and analysis from Cousin Peter. THEME: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE  The New Abnormal, an unserious podcast ... A Pink Slime Concentrate Christmas ... Treacly AND bland ... Cast Rundown ... The Expositional Challenge ... Plot Mop-Up ... Evading all tension ... Rent a snowmaker, get an eggnog ... Spot the Angel: A film without God; Colleen should've been dead; charity dad; Joyce, the Alfred ... Charity? Drink! ... The real Santa Claus is an aristocrat Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART TWO   Eat Your Heart Out: Thermos of VX; open eggnog pushing; rock-crushing cookie foley; blueberry pancakes or RASPBERRY?; Haunting of Hill House gravel/rat plate; cabbage rolls; plain crackers, crackers with electric yellow squares; electric-red wine; punching away whipped cream ... Vague mustache ... Chad Connell's resting "who tf is this face" ... Erica Deutschmann's surreally stoned choices ... The Hallmark Expanded Universe: The Christmas Train Appreciation Station; Patreon plug; Shoe Addict's Christmas nostalgia; Episodes 33, 44, 48, 58, 113 ...  Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART THREE  Overdetermined: What's the theme anyway?; importance of Christmas soliloquies; everything or nothing; mid-point Christmas wish swap ... Get her dad just to get her dad ... Breathe app ... Edward G. Robinson ... Crossover: Films in asylums; Joyce on Frasier; Christmas coaching on Team Foxcatcher; Tyne Durden ... The Hallmark Bechdel Test: A big no ... The Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: All characters but maybe James; Maryam for sure; Lauren, verbal diarrhea, party in the house, and Christmas College ... Rebekah Mercer's Snow Polo 2019 ... Polo noob ... Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART FOUR  Who's the Real Villain: No; or maybe personal charity over group charity; but that's still not a villain; Maryam's self-collapsing villainy; America's mental healthcare ... Not dunking on mental illness ... Title/Sequel: "Christmas Coach" is MUCH better; temp title; The Christmas Clubber; Colleen's functional alcoholic masterminding ... Rating: 1.5 ... Erica Deutschmann Exculpation Station ... These don't have to be bad but this was ...  Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART FIVE    The Leftovers: Chad Connell in The Retreat ... IMDB Dive: Hearts of Spring retrospective ... Kymlicka handles the Deutschmann account ... Superfluous kiss fakeouts ... Instantly functional Bluetooth ... Shovel-handing collapse/fling ... Jeterian shortstoppage ... One hour, 30 pieces of cashmere ... Personification Hut ... Plugs! ... Merry Christmas!   All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Orchestral Sports Theme" by Chris Collingwood and Rick Murnane and "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne. Follow Andy on Twitter: @AndyLevy Listen to The New Abnormal here.

PAT BLANCHFIELD puts the death drive on autopilot to consider (with) us THE PERFECT PAIRING (2022), plus:  It's no big deal, it's just amnesia! THEME: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE  Meet Pat Blanchfield! ... CGI soufflé ... Concussed? Take two Sauternes and one nap ... Pat's Brechtian cockfight Hallmark prom night ... Nordstrom piano ... There's a harp ... It's exploitably efficacious! ... Scrambled entertainment ... Cocoa in my T-bird ... Am I responding to this properly? ... Small things with big eyes ...       Break: "Amado Mio," by Pink Martini  PART TWO   Cast Rundown ... The Expositional Challenge: Deracinated! ... Plot Mop-Up: Undercover food blogger; it's just amnesia; ice wine gala ... A Homer Car plot ... Letters to Santa ... The Swagony of Defeat: Teutonic backstory, Hallmark wine club, Hollingbrook Vineyard ... Wack ice wine tradition ... 'An Ortolan Christmas' ... Wines That Rock ... Danica McKellar Air Fryer ... Hallmark Iberico ... Selling out to booze ... Journalismism: Blogger's half-mil' table; Apocalypse Now dossier; rec-room office; Sonic the Editor ...             Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART THREE  Spot the Angel: Cherubic moppet; ex writing partner ... Eat Your Heart Out: Dialectical tension; recipes as fixation; anti-savory bias; having cake and Lacanian impossibility too; "Thanksgiving without turkey"; Swiss Miss; wine vat ... Limiting amnesia expertise ... Female race memory ... Reunited with norms via head trauma ... Bed tantrum ... "Dessert Enthusiast" ... We're doing tropes here! ... Self-aware breakup ...  Break: "Sugar Sugar," performed by Amber Burdick PART FOUR  The Hallmark Expanded Universe: Hudson Valley to PNW; Hallmark adds a wine section; Murder, She Baked; wine competitions, upstate New York bogs ... Drew Bledsoe ... Overdetermined: CJ's stilettos; knock on head; happy accidents; mom's grapes; predetermined spontaneity; yanked by the scruff; triple ice wine! ... Overdetermined Eurostep ... Crossover: Intertext!; lousy with Proust; The Transporter chained to his vomit; Get Out-iverse peripheral family; Ghislaine; Ready or Not; America's Heads Got Trauma ...   Break: "Ring My Bell," by Anita Ward  PART FIVE The Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: "Get What You Give"; Falcon Beach; Kevin, Stonks guy; no second chance; Diane, the Roy ... Great Moments in Moppetry Rating: 3.5, or "Dimple Coach, I have a high motor and feel guilty from head hugs" ... Who's the Real Villain?: CJ; rage-bait media incentives; Michael and the bloodsucking media; undiagnosed heart death ... Spontaneous beverage distributor joy ... Jeb needs work ... Title/Sequel: Name implies chemistry; near title-drop; mom-killing review; trad-wife transitioner; omitted amnesia; The Latest Vintage ... Rating: 3 ... Zero chemistry, offensive politics, artlessly done, enjoyable ...  Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART SIX The Leftovers: IMDB Dive: Art Hindle, Nazneen Contractor, workmanlike; the Book of Saw ... Michael closes the convertible ... Flawless eyeliner ... Inappropriate casual footwear ... Steal your bag! ... Don McBrearty, Hot Wheels and "Gay or Straight: Is There a Choice?" ... Three-rows of vineyard ... Polka, Polka, Polka! ... Oompacore ... Art Hindle jacket game ... Lenmom's Tomb or bitcoin farm? ... Sassy Squids ... Plugs! ... Merry Christmas!   All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Orchestral Sports Theme" by Chris Collingwood and Rick Murnane and "You Get What You Give" by New Radicals. Follow Pat on Twitter: @PatBlanchfield Pre-order Pat's book here. Take a class with Pat here!

We're carbo-loading for a WEDDING EVERY WEEKEND (2020) but we're breaking down on the: The Smelts-to-Dealts Pipeline … "I'm a sourdough guy" …  THEME: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE  "Four Weddings and a [Car] Restoration" ... Pure, high-concept Hallmark ... Joel McHale + Weezer = Joel Campbell ... Recalling Episode 019 - The Quotable Gus Van Houten ... Cast Rundown ... Sara Kate fan service ... Signed, Sealed, Delivered Appreciation Station ... Let Geoff Gustafson cook ... The Expositional Challenge ... Plot Mop-Up: Change your businesses; classic quit ... Reverse horn ... Chekhov's rehearsal dinner ... Lost: Husband, storyteller ... Peak Hallmark Quit ...  Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART TWO   Spot the Angel: Greg and Ginny vs. It Takes a Village ... It's YOUR rehearsal dinner! ... Eat Your Heart Out: Procure some rosemary; cheers with giant buns; brunch welsher; hors d'oeuvres montage; pizza shooters, jalapeño poppers; wedding taco bar ...     Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART THREE  The Hallmark Expanded Universe: A convergence of all weddings; the fakest Portland yet; Navy SEAL training in the PNW ... Overdetermined: Let's mess with our friends and make the scene out of the joke describing it; do or do not, there is no try; tough material; Ryan Reynolds-esque distancing ... Crossover: The Godfather wedding; physical therapists fixing cars ... Medical tape product placement ... BS knee medicine ... The Mud Bowl ... Grinding Tape: QB1 lasers a pick-6; Daniel Jones; Mike Glennon Appreciation Station ... Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART FOUR  The Hallmark Bechdel Test: The Summer of Brooke? ... The Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: Norman Dorman Labor Bot; James, the Orthopedic Surgeon; Dr. Colin, a pineapple; time to find your ham ... Who's the Real Villain: It's not weddings ... Kiss 'Em All ... Title/Sequel: Minimum delivery; contempt title; "Next Weekend," It Follows; scrompin' every morning ... Rating: 2 ... "Perfect Day" sensory deprivation ...       Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART FIVE The Leftovers: IMDB Dive ... Wine Clown-Sour Bro Axis ... Did we watch it? ... Post-breakup with the softest people ever ... Too bad you can't do a retro-mod on your heart ... Misunderstanding the obnoxious hipster shithead ... Active bears in the area ... Mazel tov! ... I can't believe you have other friends! ... Merry Christmas Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Orchestral Sports Theme" by Chris Collingwood and Rick Murnane and "A Punchup at a Wedding," by Radiohead. Art by Caitlin Fitz Gerald. Buy her wonderful book here.

The Daily Beast's ASAWIN SUBSAENG joins us to observe BUTLERS IN LOVE (2022) and ask: Did you hear when the butt went "Bwaammp"? THEME: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE  Violating dibs ... A Desperate Housewives thing ... Go to bed, Ryan Murphy ... Did the nerds hear about this movie?  Break: "Clue, Main Theme" by John Morris PART TWO   Cast Rundown ... Only seven years older ... The Expositional Challenge ... Let's spoilers! ... Plot Mop-Up: Shrek dad, bad-boy legacy butler ... Russian or Scotsman? ... 300 years of cousin-butlering ... Trump's CHUD butler ... It's not Florida's fault! ... Willoughby Status: Avuncular ... Emma has no non-butlering enthusiasms or identity ... Instantly ditching a lifelong dream ... Zero butler guests ... Swin's REAL butler reporting ... Seven-figure butler ... Butler Double-Dare ... Quit climax, hotel edition ... Hogwarts is real, butling is real, and my friend ... From Cordon Bleu to Chipotle ... Spizzwinks? interlude ... Tufts bants ...     Break: "Beantown," by John Cena and Tha Trademarc (feat. Esoteric) PART THREE  Spot the Angel: No ... The Lisa Void ... Yacht butler ... Kundun, I liked it! ... Trump's Boy Scouts yacht orgy ... Back to Spot the Angel: Willoughby's failed potential; butling via owning; butling via kung fu ... Please make Hogwarts for Butlers wack ... No ropes or zipliness ... Eat Your Heart Out: Audible fart; super hearing, for farts; learning how to rip it; Maxwell Caulfield or Stacey Farber?; could you clean this in post?; "Moondance" and Hallmark auteurism; Beef Wellington; 70's foods; wine pairing; eat like David Roth; not understanding grilled cheese; They Came Together, but literal; audible fart reprise; eggnog does not pair with everything; progressive nog pairing; chomping vine tomatoes; we need grad school knife errors; cookies; "Fiiiiive agéd cheeses!"; today we're all wines in the box; one poisoned wine bottle; a real Big Boy moment ...          Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART FOUR  The Hallmark Expanded Universe: Recency bias; our feet in tissue boxes; butling in the manor house where every other Hallmark couple meets; You're Bacon Me Crazy (Episode 085); the Hallmark wealth pantheon in Episodes 005, 029, 057, 044, 048, 058 ... Overdetermined: Everything; bad-boy butler sticking it to dad; "I want to do what I want to do!" "Me too!"; the bizarre self-fulfillment; whiff of domestic menace; projecting the other love interest's "path" ... Crossover: Honeymoon White Lotus or Adam Sandler's Fart Vacation; plunked into Gosford Parkiverse; Butler X-Men academy; coaching Butler;      Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART FIVE The Hallmark Bechdel Test: Probably no ... The Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: Everyone; many early replicants; Henry's Russo-Scots Dad; Lisa Appreciation Station; stat-shouting butling student ... Explicitly anti-Italian podcast ... Who's the Real Villain: Emma, anti-feminist; very unfair to Emma; the concept of aristocracy; the caste/service system ... Will you help me write a business plan? ... Title/Sequel: Letdown, "Dawn of War: Butlers in Love"; not doing an incest thing; totally delivers; butlers, not in love, and in love but not butlers; "Caterers in Love"; Clerks-to-Party Down ... Rating: 3 ...   Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART SIX The Leftovers: Lifetime vs. Hallmark beef ... Swin's Hallmark and Lifetime Movie Network taxonomy ... Lifetime Bolshevik ... Creator network crossover ... The opposite of Fox News is the LMN universe ... Defund the LMN police ... Mike Lindell, LMN enemy ... Jeb, My Pillow owner ... LMN and the Fox-to-Hallmark/threat-to-homestead continuum ... Malaise forever! ... IMDB Dive: Curious and Unusual Deaths ... Butler dojo ... Where are the alterations? ... Let the butling come to you ... Plugs! ... Merry Christmas!   All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Orchestral Sports Theme" by Chris Collingwood and Rick Murnane and "Love Butler," by K.R.Y.T.I.C. Art by Caitlin Fitz Gerald. Buy her wonderful book here. Follow Swin on Twitter here. Jeb's Hallmark piece on Medium, and Jeb's other Hallmark piece in WaPo.

On this episode, we take a deep dive into the third album by the power-pop band, Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers.  After two critically acclaimed, but in the eyes of the Atlantic Records commercially underperforming LPs, the label dropped them. The band shopped around for a label, but with little success, As a result, Welcome Interstate Managers. was self-financed. The record saw the songwriting duo of Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood crafting songs about the alienation and working day travails of young adulthood. The album spawned a Grammy-nominated hit “Stacy's Mom”, and also garnered them a “Best New Artist” nod as well. As long-time fans of the band already knew, “Stacy's Mom”  only scratched the surface of what the band had to offer.  Without the backing of a major label, the band crafted an LP of 16 pop tunes containing some of the most deftly written funny,  heartbreaking, and poignant lyrics on just about any pop album made before or since.Sadly, the world lost Adam Schlesinger, arguably one of the best, and certainly one of the most prolific songwriters of the 21st Century, to Covid in 2020.  

Writer/activist MAURA QUINT returns for A KISS BEFORE CHRISTMAS (2021), to learn:  Wishmaster-ass Santa Claus ... THEME: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather PART ONE  A singular Countdown to Christmas Countdown ... Welcome to Nog Chat ... The Jewish BS starts early ... Whoopie Pies, Whippy Dip ... Is nog a prank? ... Christmas is a dare festival ... More nog ... Kefir interlude ... Nog shots ... Christmas at Cartwright's (episode 004) callback ...  Break: "The Nog Song 2.0," by Grant Kirkhope  PART TWO   Cast Rundown ... Joyce Holt! ... Marilu Henner's eidetic memory ... The Expositional Challenge ... Plot mop-up: Rona, the boss-ex-machina; soccer camp; baking son ... Simply having wonderful bizarrotime! ... Max Christmas trees, max decorations ... Headboard decorations, kitchen lode, trip vases ... Quinquagenarian Christmas explosion ... Replacing extras with trees ... Meeting, re: Tree Issue ... Sliding Doors meets Boss Baby, but make it Christmas ... Is this a Reverse Scrooge? ... Hallmark Jimmy Stewart ... It's a Wonderful Life: too dark for Hallmark ... Sean Doyle gives property development a bad name ... When life's better without you ... A Lexus December to Remember commercial ... Hal-9000 coffee maker ... Break: "Also Sprach Zarathustra," by Eumir Deodato PART THREE  Spot the Angel: It's sketchy train station Santa! ... He knows when you will die ... Santa's in your house ... Eat Your Heart Out: Baking squat cupcakes; dinner out with lettuce and jellied toast; crampers need bananas; tiered hot cocoa experience; gonna experiment with gingerbread; The Cupcakes Are for MY Football Team, Parts I and II; cinnamon tea or hot chocolate; celebrating our meatversary; where's my bottarga! where's my bottarga! ... The Hallmark Expanded Universe: An infinite Hallmark Sliding Doors; Hallmark Sliders and Quantum Leap; Wallace Shawn's not walking through that door; Pittsburgh IS Chicago; the greater Chicagoverse; Episodes 001 and 027 ... Overdetermined: The whole movie; Nice Driver's Godlike advice; "you're the dragon"; Sean Doyle's Four Thieving Values; Wicked Witch villainy; "maybe he'll realize money isn't everything" ... Crossover: Santa Ringu; Lost Highway's mystery Santa; Hallmark Men, Into the Santaverse ...  Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART FOUR  The Hallmark Bechdel Test: Girls sharing coolant ... The Hallmark Voight-Kampff Test: Rona, the boss-ex-machina; the richest guy is never evil; Gus, the advice driver; all the assistants; Rona the endlessly variable ... Great Moments in a Photograph of Jets Quarterback Zach Wilson Rating: 3 ... No loose balls on the Hallmark set ... Check, check, check ... Who's the Real Villain?: Ambition; the authoritarianism of work ... Title/Sequel: title delivers; A Kiss on Christmas; Teri Hatcher's search for freedom; A Nick of Time Kiss Before Boxing Day; Hallmark's Leverage Eleven ... Rating: 4 ... "It didn't make me mad" ... The necklace is a problem ...  Break: Original music by Chris Collingwood PART FIVE The Leftovers:  Lot Cop ... "I forgot I'M rich!" ... What happened to the other happy family? ... Did he destroy Reality 2? ... Jeff Beesley Appreciation Station ... Nog Inquisition ... It's YOUR Ferrari ... Unintelligible Ferrari Truck ... "My son the Elder" ... De-aging to Odo levels ... Buy Ethan's terrible suit! ... SEVEN suits ... Vaguely Irish Santa ... Poinsettia pronunciation ... Adults playing adults is way more tolerable ... Teri was real and spectacular ... Unintended menace ... Your new friend Buffalo Bill ... Plugs! ... Merry Christmas!   All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Orchestral Sports Theme" by Chris Collingwood and Rick Murnane and "You Give Love a Bad Name," by Bon Jovi. Follow Maura on Twitter: @behindyourback Buy Caitlin Fitz Gerald's wonderful book here.

Grace and Tyler travel to Upstate NY to record an episode together in a motel. What could possibly go wrong?Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fountainsofsplainEmail: fountainsofsplain@gmail.comIG: https://www.instagram.com/fountainsofsplain/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fountainsofsplain?lang=en'Splain playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5BSmVU2i5Ntjy5d0KcO7gP?si=kzyR5784RgWArUFO3BjRbwPlaylist of featured artists: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6WEHh9HtbMppR02NWK7Rm2?si=KocI17RxQ7uLQjc1PfjBzASpecial thanks to Martha Banta and her wonderful cast for talking with us! PERFECT THEME SONG by Kirsten and Darinhttps://instagram.com/kirabella1588?igshid=fpw8kv87ybsahttps://instagram.com/gimpymusical?igshid=tmm3p3f5lzd8Music -  Our very own producer, Ryan Cover art by Claire D:https://www.instagram.com/claire.in.color/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/fountainsofsplain)

Hold onto your hats it's a crossover episode!!!! Tyler and Grace are joined by friend and fellow podcaster, Bailey Capra, of Wellness Nerds fame. Bailey teaches them about the existence of Stacy's Mom the movie as well as the existence of false body narratives in the health and exercise industry!! It's multifaceted! Song talk at approximately 12:10 Email: fountainsofsplain@gmail.comIG: https://www.instagram.com/fountainsofsplain/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fountainsofsplain?lang=en'Splain playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5BSmVU2i5Ntjy5d0KcO7gP?si=kzyR5784RgWArUFO3BjRbwPlaylist of featured artists: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6WEHh9HtbMppR02NWK7Rm2?si=KocI17RxQ7uLQjc1PfjBzAPERFECT THEME SONG by Kirsten and Darinhttps://instagram.com/kirabella1588?igshid=fpw8kv87ybsahttps://instagram.com/gimpymusical?igshid=tmm3p3f5lzd8=]] CROSSOVER EPISODE GOODNESS =]]Listen to TYLER AND GRACE learn to be well on the latest episode of Wellness Nerds: https://open.spotify.com/show/2cNoGDv9Ki6CElmqY70Fpg?si=ZJs1NnHYQmGipcElwVeXoQhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wellness-nerds-podcast/id1555760053Music - Spaceballs by ForsythiaSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/41oggmTAw4CgGG3IkeYLjq?si=yfD4uAbuTMm-BCijKdZuLwiTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/forsythia/1516046748IG: https: https://www.instagram.com/forsythia.nj/Cover art by Claire D:https://www.instagram.com/claire.in.color/Support the show

3,2,1, Blast off!! We're visiting the ever-pleasant Planet of Weed this week =]] The think tank at Splainiac HQ drops their world famous and hotly anticipated Texas/Long Island cross over episode. In which they discuss such vitally important topics as the 2010 animated Russian kid's film 'Space Dogs', the 'Remembering Adam' tribute video, the Father/Daughter records 'Saving For a Custom Van' vinyl, and registering a fan club. Email: fountainsofsplain@gmail.comIG: https://www.instagram.com/fountainsofsplain/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fountainsofsplain?lang=en'Splain playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5BSmVU2i5Ntjy5d0KcO7gP?si=kzyR5784RgWArUFO3BjRbwPlaylist of featured artists: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6WEHh9HtbMppR02NWK7Rm2?si=KocI17RxQ7uLQjc1PfjBzAMusic - Bluu  by Banana ChantWebsite: https://www.bananachant.com/Instagram: https: https://www.instagram.com/bananachant/Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08XNHRCFFSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4MtrqZZjLL15mu86fPCwTEApple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/paying-off-student-loans-ep/1555841454?uo=4Cover art by Claire D:https://www.instagram.com/claire.in.color/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/fountainsofsplain)

In a very special Fountains of ‘Splain, Grace and Tyler reflect on Adam Schlesinger's passing one year later.  They peruse world class tribute album ‘Saving For a Custom Van' released by Father/Daughter Records in June of 2020, a touching devotional to a music legend gone too soon. Rest in Power Pop, AdamEmail: fountainsofsplain@gmail.comIG: https://www.instagram.com/fountainsofsplain/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fountainsofsplain?lang=en'Splain playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5BSmVU2i5Ntjy5d0KcO7gP?si=kzyR5784RgWArUFO3BjRbwPlaylist of featured artists: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6WEHh9HtbMppR02NWK7Rm2?si=KocI17RxQ7uLQjc1PfjBzASaving for a Custom Van, Father/Daughter RecordsMusiCares fundraiser: https://www.grammy.com/musicares/get-help/musicares-coronavirus-reliefCover art by Claire D: https://instagram.com/claire.in.color?igshid=s5fy78b70onpSupport the show

Tywer and Gwace continue to give too much airtime to M + H @ The Baggage Claim,  shake fists at the random number generator, and conspire tirelessly about whether '92 Subaru was written by Chris or Adam. Email: fountainsofsplain@gmail.comIG: https://www.instagram.com/fountainsofsplain/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fountainsofsplain?lang=en'Splain playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5BSmVU2i5Ntjy5d0KcO7gP?si=kzyR5784RgWArUFO3BjRbwPlaylist of featured artists: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6WEHh9HtbMppR02NWK7Rm2?si=KocI17RxQ7uLQjc1PfjBzAMusic - To Nights Spent Alone by Charlie WeberInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/charliewebermusic/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gloryusfailure?lang=enSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3A89TlLdocar8M4InKn8Zf?si=EpXXUXOTTY-L9RZn4Tq3LgApple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/charlie-weber/1433971953Cover art by Claire D:https://www.instagram.com/claire.in.color/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/fountainsofsplain)

Time to hot wire your broken down car and get to the beach cause it mUsT bE sUmMeR!! Tyler and Grace talk the summertime blues, apologize to Long Island, and scream at the sun. Further, they rejoicingly cover top secret bummer song "It Must Be Summer" just in time for the vernal equinox!!!!!!Email: fountainsofsplain@gmail.comIG: https://www.instagram.com/fountainsofsplain/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fountainsofsplain?lang=en'Splain playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5BSmVU2i5Ntjy5d0KcO7gP?si=kzyR5784RgWArUFO3BjRbwPlaylist of featured artists: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6WEHh9HtbMppR02NWK7Rm2?si=KocI17RxQ7uLQjc1PfjBzAMusic by Arrows:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave_arrows/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/arrowsmusic/Twitter: https://twitter.com/davearrowsmusicSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2LgY4M7R8cJM0l52RlE9dd?si=JX1KND3SToeADLLj_iYY-wApple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/arrows/1447240076Cover art by Claire D:https://www.instagram.com/claire.in.color/Support the show

Everybody steam clean your dockers pants and polyester sweaters because this week we're talking about anthemic betrayal song “This Better Be Good!” Tyler and Grace forgive the random number generator for serving up more Traffic and Weather as it benevolently delivers this unequivocal bop. Grace starts watching Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Tyler and Ryan teach Grace what Teenage Dirtbag is. We discuss alternate Hackensack theories and generate more Wayne-Sopranos crossover conspiracy theories. In other words? Basically a perfect podcast episode. Listen if you dare!!Email: fountainsofsplain@gmail.comIG: https://www.instagram.com/fountainsofsplain/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fountainsofsplain?lang=en‘Splain playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5BSmVU2i5Ntjy5d0KcO7gP?si=4OSIPtx9QiakCoB8x-q8wwPlaylist of artists featured on the show: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6WEHh9HtbMppR02NWK7Rm2?si=f20G6P8xTfuJiTjg-S62jgMusic by Scoopski:https://www.instagram.com/scoopskitheband/https://www.facebook.com/ScoopskiTheBandhttps://www.tiktok.com/@scoopskitheband?lang=enhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/3QDZfAu8fsRxb8BhsbgEzB?si=mEuMQceVTsaaC3b_gkkXpQ&nd=1https://music.apple.com/us/artist/scoopski/1481338996Cover art by Claire D: https://www.instagram.com/claire.in.color/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/fountainsofsplain)

Join us in the bustling metropolis of COVID-era Portland, Maine for our first ever recorded-together-in-the-same-room episode!!! In this 45-minute-spectacular we contemplate rebranding as a Pyramid Scheme™️, geek out about Jody Porter's latest album, and make lofty proclamations that this is our best episode ever (???). As a birthday present to Tyler, the random number generator bestows upon us Hackensack: a should-be instant classic that is singlehandedly to blame for our friendship and, thusly, this podcast.Email: fountainsofsplain@gmail.comIG: https://www.instagram.com/fountainsofsplain/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fountainsofsplain?lang=en‘Splain playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5BSmVU2i5Ntjy5d0KcO7gP?si=4OSIPtx9QiakCoB8x-q8wwMusic by Steve Hartsoe:https://www.instagram.com/stevehartsoemusic/https://twitter.com/hartsoemusichttps://www.facebook.com/stevehartsoemusicwww.stevehartsoe.comSteve's band London Down: www.londondownmusic.comCover art by Claire D: https://www.instagram.com/bitter.bettie/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/fountainsofsplain)

Wahh wahhh :(((( SHE may have a problem, but YOU sure don't! It's another episode of ‘Splain!!! At long last the world famous gift giver, Grace's boyfriend Ryan, comes on the show to explain his disdain for Wayne. Up top we talk the coolification of nerds and the philosophical implications of plywood. Down bottom we discuss She's Got a Problem by—you may have heard of them— Email: fountainsofsplain@gmail.comIG: https://www.instagram.com/fountainsofsplain/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fountainsofsplain?lang=en‘Splain playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5BSmVU2i5Ntjy5d0KcO7gP?si=4OSIPtx9QiakCoB8x-q8wwMusic by Sofa City Sweetheart:Instagram: instagram.com/sofa_city/Bandcamp: https://sofacitysweetheart.bandcamp.com/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/06VUaQQtfdOW4FkiCQk2g1?si=WPui_OG6Quqc5ywX-PtY-wYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SofaCitySweetheartTwitter: https://twitter.com/SofaCityFOW Interview about the Self-Titled album: https://louderthanwar.com/interview-fountains-wayne/ Cover art by Claire D: https://www.instagram.com/bitter.bettie/Support the show

BuzzzZZZzzzzz warm up your tattoo guns: In this ep, we soft pitch a theme song, scheme about raising Wayne awareness via TikTok, and win several Grammys!!!! Then after all that action we dissect the perfect song “Red Dragon Tattoo." Roll up your sleeves and queue up your .38 Special CD on your portable cd player, it's time to get tatted!!!!Email: fountainsofsplain@gmail.comIG: https://www.instagram.com/fountainsofsplain/BRAND NEW TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fountainsofsplain?lang=en‘Splain playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5BSmVU2i5Ntjy5d0KcO7gP?si=4OSIPtx9QiakCoB8x-q8wwCover art by Claire D: https://www.instagram.com/bitter.bettie/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/fountainsofsplain)

Beeeeep beeeeep, looks like the forecast is calling for another enthralling episode of Fountains of 'Splain!! Today's Wayne deep dive concerns the title track from their 2007 album Traffic and Weather. Also, Grace surprises Tyler with a gift, we gossip about New York area news anchors, and Grace explains why she wouldn't be alarmed to see a woolly mammoth. What could be better!!!Email: fountainsofsplain@gmail.comIG: https://www.instagram.com/fountainsofsplain/‘Splain playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5BSmVU2i5Ntjy5d0KcO7gP?si=4OSIPtx9QiakCoB8x-q8wwCover art by Claire D: https://www.instagram.com/bitter.bettie/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/fountainsofsplain)

Welcome to Fountains of 'Splain, a podcast that takes a deep dive into every song by the world's most underrated and misunderstood band: Fountains of Wayne. Whether you're a longtime Wayne fan, a brand new Wayniac, or a total hater, we hope you'll join for the ride!!!Email: fountainsofsplain@gmail.comIG: https://www.instagram.com/fountainsofsplain/‘Splain playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5BSmVU2i5Ntjy5d0KcO7gP?si=4OSIPtx9QiakCoB8x-q8ww Cover art by Claire D: https://www.instagram.com/bitter.bettie/Support the show

VROOOOOM VROOOOOMMMM revvvv those engines Wayniacs,  we're speeding into another Fountains of Wayne deep dive!!! This time, our friend Ariel (aka @boogerboobz on Twitter and IG) joins for a discussion on the fan favorite Leave the Biker.  Remember your helmet!!!Email: fountainsofsplain@gmail.comIG: https://www.instagram.com/fountainsofsplain/Ariel: https://www.instagram.com/boogerboobz/https://twitter.com/boogerboobz‘Splain playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5BSmVU2i5Ntjy5d0KcO7gP?si=4OSIPtx9QiakCoB8x-q8wwCover art by Claire D: https://www.instagram.com/bitter.bettie/Links to articles we discuss:Rolling Stone article: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/adam-schlesinger-fountains-of-wayne-chris-collingwood-980798/Medialoper article: https://medialoper.com/certain-songs-464-fountains-of-wayne-leave-the-biker/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/fountainsofsplain)

Wayniacs Rejoice: in this episode, a discussion about the recent first vinyl pressing of Welcome Interstate Managers, Tyler recalls his first memory of Wayne, and Grace finally learns to love Halley's Waitress. Then... a deep dive into Fire in the Canyon, where they discover its true meaning (probably). Or are they wrong? Listen to find out!!!Email: fountainsofsplain@gmail.comIG: https://www.instagram.com/fountainsofsplain/‘Splain playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5BSmVU2i5Ntjy5d0KcO7gP?si=4OSIPtx9QiakCoB8x-q8ww  Cover art by Claire D: https://www.instagram.com/bitter.bettie/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/fountainsofsplain)

In this third episode, recorded on Election Night 2020, Grace and Tyler talk about using Wayne as a balm for stressful times, Grace learns about ramps, and a timeless Wayne Debate is reignited: is Halley's Waitress actually a good song? Also: some extra bad ideas in the Bad Ideas segment, to distract from the then-underway election. Email: fountainsofsplain@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fountainsofsplain/‘Splain Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5BSmVU2i5Ntjy5d0KcO7gP?si=4OSIPtx9QiakCoB8x-q8ww  Cover art by Claire D: https://www.instagram.com/bitter.bettie/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/fountainsofsplain)

Every Fountains of Wayne song? Ever???Join FOW super fans Grace and Tyler as they embark on the journey of a lifetime: To take a deep dive into every studio track by the world's greatest band, as chosen by a random number generator. Email us your Wayne hot takes! fountainsofsplain@gmail.comLogo by Claire Dhttps://www.instagram.com/claire.in.color/Support the show

In this sometimes fun and sometimes sober interview with Fountains of Wayne lead guitarist Jody Porter, Gargs and Jody discuss Jody's upcoming solo album Waterways, coping during the pandemic, and his life and times with Fountains of Wayne bandmates, Chris Collingwood, Brian Young, and the late Adam Schlesinger.

We had the pleasure of chatting with Max Collins, singer of Eve 6 and Fitness. Max talks us through his rise to fame in the late 90s at a very young age and what it was like at the time. He candidly tells us about those early arena tours with Third Eye Blind and the continued success of Eve 6. Max has just come of the 'Songs and Stories' tour with amongst other famous songwriters, Chris Collingwood of Fountains of Wayne. Max shares a crazy story about the launch party for Fountains of Wayne's first hit. Eve 6 can be found on tour still to this day, but Max has also been busy with his other band Fitness. 'Karate' by Fitness is out now on all streaming platforms. Chris and Nick also discuss new releases by blink-182, whohurtyou and Sleeping With Sirens. They also review the forthcoming album 'Daydream Explosion' by The Dollyrots. thewastingtimepodcast@gmail.com iTunes Instagram Twitter Facebook

Chris Collingwood was the frontman for one of the great power-pop bands in history, Fountains of Wayne. Of course, even ​*he*​ doesn't really know what "power pop" even means, other than being kind of a dismissive description. Now Chris has broken away and taken his music in a new direction with Look Park, a more idiosyncratic musical offering. But what rewards does today's music industry hold for a guy who's trying to redefine himself as a musician? And can the fellow who sang on "Stacy's Mom" find a foothold in the savage mess that is 2016's entertainment landscape? NOTES: Follow Chris Collingwood - @lookpark Enter to win a galley copy of Chris Harris's novel War On Sound by joining the Facebook fan page: www.facebook.com/groups/1792363834316273 Follow the show - @JuggernautPod Songs we played during this episode: "Shout Part 1" by Look Park "Breezy" by Look Park "99.9F°" by Suzanne Vega "Stacy's Mom" by Fountains of Wayne "Mexican Wine" by Fountains of Wayne