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For the Happily Ever Aftermath finale, Diana, Polina, and Ryan share some show trivia, read listener messages, and give their thanks. Polina is on Twitter @anilop and Ryan is @RyanSkonnord. The feed will be pretty quiet, but you can still reach out on Twitter and Instagram @HEAMCast, Facebook @HappilyEverAftermath. Your best bet is by e-mail at heamcast@gmail.com. Ryan alluded to Diana's planned guest spot on Everything I Learned from Movies. Clues are in the episode Mountain Dewl & Themes for 2023. Diana's first guest spot was on Comedy Film Nerds to talk about Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. So much gratitude to these shows for having Diana on: Movies Made Me Amanda's Picture Show A Go Go Up in Ten Club 6 Degrees of Wiki Podcast Friends in Your Ears Pop Culturally Deprived All The Good Dogs (then titled Pups 'n' Pop Culture) But Make It Scary Your Fave Is Problematic   Special thanks to these wonderful podcast friends: Cult 45 Indoorswomen Dragons, Sexy Robots, and Adventures Nerdy Bitches Not Porn Radaptations   Hugs to Diana's supportive siblings and friends: Steven, Patrick, & Stephanie Natalie & Talitha   Big appreciation to these HEAMCast guests: Liz of Nerdy Bitches Andrea Martucci of Shelf Love Jasmine of the Lady Pod Squad Jason Parmele of The Misplay Kelly of Throwback Bookstack Kevin Lester of Diana's teenage (and current) friendships Mallory of Movie Lovers Marie & Coni of Drunk on Rom-Coms Paul of Polina's amazing people Perla of Diana's coolest friends Robin of Polina's amazing people Valerie Rose Loman of The Flame Zita Short of The 300 Passions podcast   Special squeal of happiness to thank Diana's podcast heroes who graced her podcast: Janet Varney Daniel Van Kirk   Much love to the guests Diana and Ryan would also trust to raise their dog: Carly & Erin   A hat tip and praise to these VIP guests with multiple appearances: Heidi Bennett of Vibrant Visionaries Alysa Lucas of Best Forevers: A Podcast for Kindred Spirits Steffi of Diva Dailies and YouTube's innmyhumbleopinion Jen of Ryan & Polina's career trajectories   All the celebration emojis to these Five Timers Club members and Lifetime HEAMates: Justine of Pod Appétit (and formerly The Cutaways) Steve & Izzy of Everything I Learned from Movies Meg of Pod Appétit (and formerly Indoorswomen)   Find other amazing podcasts by searching #ladypodsquad on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and all the social media platforms.

Comedian, podcaster, and Chris' former Comedy Film Nerds partner Graham Elwood returns to talk about The Anarchists, where the Crawdads Sing, Belle, Day Shift, and more!

A throwback to the old Comedy Film Nerds days, as Graham Elwood and Chris Mancini do a full spoiler ep on The Batman on Graham's feed. Everything from the story to the ending is discussed. See the movie, then listen!

Hello, kind listener. This IS your every-other-weekly host Marc Hershon here, guiding you through Episode 272 of Succotash, the Comedy Soundcast Soundcast. Before I tell you the treat I have in store for you today, if you missed last week's Epi271, entitled “Birth, Life, and Death”, with my erstwhile co-host Tyson Saner, it's not too late to catch it! He featured clips from Dad Pants, Shenk and The Endless Honeymoon Podcast. And it's available from Apple and Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, YouTube, Audible.com, PodCay, iHeart Radio and, of course, you can find it and every epiode of this unstoppable machine up at our website, http://SuccotashShow.com! Instead of clips for you this week, I sat down on one side of a lively Zoom chat with John Ross Bowie, host of the Household Faces soundcast that I can't seem to get enough of, where he interviews super-familiar journeyman actors who you definitely recognize from their faces in films and TV, if not their names. John is one of those faces himself whom you'd likely know from The Big Bang Theory, Speechless, and literally dozens and dozens of other things. We'll get into his credits, his soundcast, his origin story and a whole lot more coming up in our convo. I recently had another chat but as the guest this time on an upcoming episode of What Are You Watching? with Chris Mancini, best known, perhaps, as the co-host of the Comedy Film Nerds soundcast but who know also hosts The Quiet Journeys of Professor Atwood and Conversations from the Abyss. We talked about various TV shows and movies we've been catching up on, and that episode will be dropping soon – I'll be sure to mention it in our socials so do follow us @SuccotashShow on both Instagram and Twitter. This installment of Succotash is brought to you by Henderson's Pants new HalloPants, just in time for Halloween at the end of next month! Thanks to John for spending some time with me. He tells you where you can find his Household Faces soundcast and his Instagram in there, but feel free to use the handy links I'm sprinkling around in this paragraph you're reading now. If you want in on the blurb-a-thon that is our Tweetsack, where we mention the folks who have mentioned US in their socials, just drop @SuccotashShow into YOUR social media streams at some point in the next couple of weeks and we'll probably find you. That's pretty much what there is for Epi272. If you want ever want to talk about YOUR soundcast, pick up the phone and call the Succotash and Runaway Truck Ramp Status Hotline at 1 (818) 921-7212. And coming up next week in this very same feed is Tyson and Epi273 with a paslle of comedy soundcast clips just for your ears. Until you hear me in a couple of weeks for Episode 274, please treat each other like decent human beings, wash your hands, mask up, vax up, and if anyone asks you if you have been listening to any good soundcasts lately, won't you please pass the Succotash? — Marc Hershon

Original Date: December 20, 2010Chris Mancini is a stand-up comic, filmmaker and author, who was the guest on Chillpak Hollywood Hour #103 when he discussed his just-published book Pacify Me: A Handbook for the Freaked-Out New Dad with Dean Haglund. Now, he's back to discuss how the book was received (both commercially and critically), the state of (and future of) publishing, as well as of stand-up comedy, short filmmaking, and CHH “sister” podcast “Comedy Film Nerds”. This week's installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour will definitely put the “happy” in Happy Holidays!

Hello, chumley (I’m talking to you, dear reader), and I am glad that things here in the good ol' US of A seem to be sort of simmering down. Maybe. Kinda? It, at least, FEELS like it’s getting betterer. Marc Hershon here to usher you through Epi237 of Succotash Shut-In: The Soundcast Stimulus Package. The California shelter in place order just got lifted yesterday for now and, who knows, by the time our office 10th anniversary rolls around this April, we may be able to go back to being just plain ol’ Succotash, the Comedy Soundcast Soundcast again. We’ve got a special guest sharing the SuccoZoom Studio with me today but before we get to him I wanted to ask if you caught our most recent Episode 236 with our alternating host Tyson Saner. He featured a few marvelous clips last week from the soundcasts Love, Alexi, Strange Times, and In the Envelope: The Actor’s Podcast. Go scoop up a big earful of soundcast goodness at Apple and Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, YouTube, the Laughable app, or from our own homesite, SuccotashShow.com. My guest today is the amazingly hard-working and detail-oriented Chris Mancini! You probably know Chris from his ten-year tenure aboard the Comedy Film Nerds soundcast that he co-hosted with Graham Elwood. We’ve chatted with him a number of times in the past on this show, usually when I was down at the Los Angeles Podcast Festival, which he, Graham, Dave Anthony, and Andy Wood spearheaded for five years. We talk about why that endeavor came to a halt but it sure was fun to be a part of that every year. Chris has a lot going on, from graphic novels and not one, two, but three soundcasts running concurrently. We talk about it all and dig a little bit deeper into the history and the mystery that is Chris Mancini… You can link up to everything Chris has going on at whitecatentertainment.com, including his three soundcasts: What Are You Watching?, The Quiet Journeys of Professor Atwood, and Conversations from the Abyss. You can also follow him on Twitter @ChrisJMancini. I’ll just say thanks for dropping by, please remember to rate and review us where they let you get away with that stuff – it costs nothing for you to do it and it means the world to us. And remember that Tyson will be here before you know it with a lovely packet of soundcast clips just for you. Until we meet again, be good to each other, wear a damn mask, and if anyone asks if you’ve heard anything good lately, won’t you please pass the Succotash? — Marc Hershon

On the 1 year anniversary of ending Comedy Film Nerds comedian and filmmaker Graham Elwood joins Chris to discuss the future of the movie going experience, The Undoing, The Social Dilemma, The Flight Attendant, a little more Mandalorian, and The New Mutants. 

This week I welcome my buddy, comedian, filmmaker, author, and cohost of the, "Comedy Film Nerds" podcast, Chris Mancini.If you want to learn more about and donate to Chris' Kickstarter: http://kck.st/2WFhXH4Here is the link that helps Steve help families in need: www.helpstevehelp.com

Chris Mancini from Comedy Film Nerds joins us to explain how the blurring of the lines between VFX in movies and fully rendered CGI cutscenes can lead to audience detachment from the content.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Chris Mancini.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Chris Mancini, over a skype-tea, is a writer, comedian, community creator and cohost of the popular podcast Comedy Film Nerds. He talks about his new podcast, fatherhood, graphic novels, cultural appropriation and Kung Fu.

Join Ariel and Andy as they pitch ideas for DC movies to do after the success of the Joker.  These are films that will incorporate the plot structures of classic films while allowing lesser known DC characters to shine in their own right! Come for this week's amazing topic, but stay for the interview with Chris Mancini of the Comedy Film Nerds and his Kickstarter: Rise of the Kung Fu Dragon Master.  Chris Mancini twitter: https://twitter.com/chrisjmancini Rise of the Kung Fu Dragon Master Kickstarter:  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/comedyfilmnerds/rise-of-the-kung-fu-dragon-master

Chris Mancini from The Comedy Film Nerds joined came to talk movies and to talk about his new project.

Release date 11/25/2019 SPECIAL MONDAY RELEASE! Chris Mancini is a Writer, Director, Comedian, Author, Producer, Podcaster, and Parent, which also makes him very tired. We talk about learning to manage anxiety, 10 years or Comedy Film Nerds and the stress of running a kickstarter for an ambitious graphic novel.  Speaking of: You have until Wed, December 11 2019 to get in on this. The rewards are pretty outstanding, especially for those of you looking to make comics yourselves! When you pledge, PLEASE make sure to leave a comment that you heard about it from this podcast, let's show them how supportive Coffee Over Suicide fans can be! Rise of the Kung Fu Dragon Master A 160-page comedy/action Graphic Novel about a small time crook who gets thrown into a mystical battle between good and evil. Back the campaign:  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/comedyfilmnerds/rise-of-the-kung-fu-dragon-master Get the show everywhere podcasts are found or support the show by listening online here: https://tinyurl.com/y3jpbsmt   Get MORE MANCINI: http://www.chrisjmancinionline.com/ https://twitter.com/chrisjmancini http://www.comedyfilmnerds.com/ Crisis Text Line: 741-741 Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255   #MentalHealth #SuicidePrevention #dramedy #Comedy #depression #suicide #anxiety #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters #laugh #podcast #denver #liveauthentically #madeformore #knowyourwhy #youcantoo #maketodaycount #lifelessons #personaldevelopment #personalgrowth  #mentalhealthwarrior #mentalhealthsupport #ptsdawareness #askforhelp #mentalhealthadvocate #hanshotfirst #comedyfilmnerds

Longtime Geekscape friend Chris Mancini of the Comedy Film Nerds returns to Geekscape to talk about his new graphic novel project 'Rise of the Kung Fu Dragon Master' and how you can be involved! Along the way, we espouse our love for artist Fernando Pinto, break down Disney+, The Mandalorian and all of its offerings and talk about writing! Chris is actively navigating the shifting landscape of creator owned, original content and it's always interesting to talk to him about the best ways to write a book proposal, approaches on outlining your scripts and distribution methods. He's so busy, in fact, that the weekly Comedy Film Nerds podcast and Comedy Film Nerds as you know it is coming to a close with a big live event on December 12th that we'll be a part of! The world is changing, Geekscapists, but we can always rely on friends like Chris for an insightful and entertaining episode! Enjoy!Support Rise of the Kung Fu Dragon Emperor on Kickstarter!Subscribe to Geekscape on iTunes!Follow Jonathan on Twitter and Instagram!Join the Geekscape Forever Facebook Group!Visit Geekscape.net for more Geekscape goodness!This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Comedian/writer/podcaster Chris Mancini (@chrisjmancini) of Comedy Film Nerds joins Andy and Matt to talk about the good Kickstarter for his graphic novel Rise of the Kung Fu Dragon Master (and a less-good one for this dumb wine thing), what the deal with Pez is, toilet stickiness, Ohio religion laws, L’Hopital’s rule, supernova blobs, pigeon bones, antibiotics resistance and why you may not have to finish taking all of yours, pig organs, tonight's northern lights, Andy's Guilty Treasure show tomorrow, suspended animation and Michael Moschen’s Labyrinth juggling. This episode is brought to you by The Great Courses Plus, offering Probably Science listeners a free trial with unlimited access to thousands of lectures by visiting TheGreatCoursesPlus.com/probably

Graham and Chris announce the end of Comedy Film Nerds. After 10 years the 600th and final episode will be on December 12, 2019. Thank you everyone for a wonderful decade of talking and making movies. 

MONSTER PARTY RETURNS TO AN INCREDIBLY FUN TOPIC! JAMES GONIS, SHAWN SHERIDAN, LARRY STROTHE, and MATT WEINHOLD, wipe the dust from an old topic they first tackled during the early days of MONSTER PARTY! Prepare your panicked pulse for... INCREDIBLY STRANGE TITLES VOL. 2!!! We certainly don't want to give anything away in this episode summary, but what we can say is that this current batch of incredibly strange movie titles is even better than the last one! Whether it's a title consisting of a single word, or one that runs the risk of turning into a novella, we've got something strange for every taste. As long as your taste is as strange as ours.  Joining us for this macabre multitude of monstrous monikers, is a comedian, a writer, a friend of the show, and a podcast trailblazer! MONSTER PARTY is deliriously proud to welcome back... CHRIS MANCINI! (EAR BUDS:THE PODCASTING DOCUMENTARY, COMEDY FILM NERDS, THE COMEDY FILM NERDS GUIDE TO MOVIES, ASYLUM, LONG AGO & FAR AWAY) Now if you'll excuse us, we need to start compiling the list for INCREDIBLY STRANGE TITLES VOL. 3!

When a filmmaker enjoys a certain amount of success, it most likely means they have some fans that have rallied around their work.  In this new age of branding, however, a true fan has become a much bigger part of the filmmaking process.  Filmmakers CHRIS MANCINI and GARY DEOCAMPO join us in a discussion about the role of fans in our lives and work. Fans are more than just our audience.  They can also finance a project via crowdfunding or promote a movie thanks to word of mouth on social networks.  The dark side of fandom is that those same supporters can also be a destructive force. Listen to some of our experiences with fans and ways to build a beautiful friendship. LINKS: Comedy Film Nerds - Stand-up comedians, authors and filmmakers Chris Mancini and Graham Elwood are the Comedy Film Nerds. Their weekly podcast is devoted to the newest movie releases, classic film, major features, independent film and all things movie-related! Del Toro Films - The official site of filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro.  Moderated and edited by Gary Deocampo. Long Ago and Far Away - A graphic novel series by Chris Mancini. GRUMMY - A film by Micheline Pitt & R.H. Norman.  Produced by Gary Deocampo and creature designer Kevin Yagher.

In this episode I was more than thrilled to talk to the extremely talented Graham Elwood. He’s a stand-up comedian, documentary filmmaker, political vigilante and surf enthusiast. We tackle all of those subjects and more. Please check out Graham on tour, his podcast Comedy Film Nerds and his YouTube channel.

The filmmaker (Earbuds) podcaster (Comedy Film Nerds and Conversations From the Abyss) writer (Pacified: A Handbook For the New Freaked-Out Dad) and comedian sits down to talk about anxiety, depression, parental stress/anxiety and feeling career disappointment/frustration/doubt.  He also talks about the Earbuds documentary and the importance of human connection not only in dealing with mental struggles but between podcasts and listeners. Older episodes can be found ad-free exclusively at Stitcher Premium for $4.99/month.  Get one month free with offer code MENTAL at signup at www.StitcherPremium.com/mentalpod   Hear guests like: Tiffany Haddish, Marc Maron, Maria Bamford, Melissa Villasenor, NHL Legend Theo Fleury, Aisha Tyler, Scott Thompson, Kathryn Hahn, Nikki Glaser, Rob Delaney, Paul F. Tompkins and bestselling authors like Dr. Elyn Saks, and Caitlin Doughty. More About Our Guest chrisjmancinionline.com Twitter: @chrisjmancini  Comedyfilmnerds.com to purchase Ear Buds or the graphic novel Purchase Ear Buds on Itunes at https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/ear-buds-the-podcasting-documentary/id1268255846 Support Our Sponsors! This episode is sponsored by Roman.  For a free online visit go to www.GetRoman.com/mental This episode is sponsored by the Calm sleep/meditation app.  For a limited time get 25% off a Calm Premium Subscription at www.Calm.com/mental Ways to Help the Podcast ______________________ Subscribe via iTunes and leave a review.  It costs nothing. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mental-illness-happy-hour/id427377900?mt=2 ————————————————————————— Spread the word via social media.   It costs nothing. Our website is www.mentalpod.com our FB is www.Facebook.com/mentalpod and our Twitter and Instagram are both @Mentalpod  -------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to Stitcher Premium for back catalog (& much more) -Older episodes can be found ad-free exclusively at Stitcher Premium for $4.99/month.  Get one month free with offer code MENTAL at signup at www.StitcherPremium.com/mentalpod  -Subscription includes all episodes, ad-free, going all the way back to ep #1 in 2011, plus back catalogs of tons of other great podcasts, standup albums, original content and more. -------------------------------------------------------- Become a much-needed Patreon monthly-donor (with occasional rewards) for as little as $1/month at www.Patreon.com/mentalpod Become a one-time or monthly donor via Paypal  or Zelle (make payment to mentalpod@gmail.com) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Try Our Sponsor’s Products/Services ---------------------------------------------------

Hey babes! We are back this week with special guest, podcaster, and foreclosure survivor, Graham Elwood. We discuss what it takes to work "clean" as a comedian, being over frivolous entertainment, how he had the "American Dream" and then lost it, and we also discuss our current political climate and if Trump is our rock bottom. Music "Organic Vacuum" by Kool Karlo. Original intro by Ryan Davis of The Tin Foil Hat podcast.For all things Graham Elwood:www.grahamelwood.comComedy Film Nerds Podcast: www.allthingscomedy.com/podcast/comedy-film-nerdsFor all things Jessimae:www.Jessimae.com

Yes, believe it or now, and for the last time – really, this time, it’s me. Marc Hershon. Departing host but still remaining executive producer of Succotash, the Comedy Soundcast Soundcast. First of all, I lied to you last episode when I said THAT was the final episode. Because after I dropped that installment I heard from a number of our friends-of-the-show, mainly soundcasters who have been so supportive and helpful over the seven years that the show has been on that I felt I truly hadn’t thanked enough people when last I signed off.  Also, between Epi162 and now, we’ve found a way to keep Succotash going! In classic show business fashion, I’m just going to tease you with that for now and it will NOT be revealed in this blog post!  You'll just have to listen to the episode to find out, as I do have a lengthy chat with my replacement toward the very end of the episode.  The initial impetus to do an UNFINAL episode was that our resident political comedian and social commentator Will Durst had sent me a last Burst O’ Durst installment which arrived after we’d dropped Epi162. And then I discovered we also had a last Boozin’ with Bill segment with our announcer Bill Heywatt that had somehow slipped through the cracks.  Based on those things, I figured I would do one last round of soundcast clips just featuring shows from some of our most vocal supporters on social media. Which gives us quite a lineup!  Big giant thanks, by the way, to our Associate Producer, Tyson Saner, for helping me to harvest the absolute bumper crop of clips we’re featuring this show. You’re going to hear from The Anti Social Show, Casa Mirth, the Chillpak Hollywood Hour, Comedy Film Nerds, Ear Goggles, Film Threat, Illusionoid, Quick Question, Story Worthy, and Strange Times. And this Unfinal episode is sponsored by our friends at Henderson’s Pants and teir spanking new Down UnderPants. (Including an endorsement from Jason "Jabs" McNamara, all the way from Canberra, Australia.) THE CLIPS Chillpak Hollywood HourFirst out of the barrel are a couple of gents I have referred to often as being members of “podcast royalty” and that is Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness of the Chillpak Hollywood Hour. Early on these guys were very supportive of the show and generous with their time and, over the years, we’ve become good friends. Their show is now in it’s 11th year and these guys not only have careers on their own from each other but they’ve made movies together as well, including a great dark comedy thriller called The Lady Killers. It will be screening in about a week in San Jose, California. One night only, on February 21st, at Club 3B. Strange TimesSuccotash has, on occasion, been a kind of conduit thorugh which people from one show have found out about and, eventually, connected with other shows. A case in point was Jabs, heard this show, making contact with Davian Dent in England who, at the time, had a very unique show called The Bitter Sound. Davian and Jabs put their heads together – a half a world apart from each other, mind you, and created a soundcast mini-series call The Kundalini Files, a kind of detective spoof. They also pulled in some other soundcasters on that one – other fine folks we have featured over the years here on the show. Here's a snippet from a recent episode of Davian’s other long-running show, Strange Times, featuring Davian, Samantha Pett and Kat Sorens. All three have been very friendly to our show and one of these days I’ve got to somehow meet these people and down some brews with them until we all pass out. Story WorthyAnother ardent supporter of this show has been a woman with a terrific show of her own, and that’s Christine Blackburn, co-host of the Story Worthy Podcast, along with Hannis Phinney. I’ve run into her almost every year at the Los Angeles Podcast Festival and she’s always been a great promoter and cheerleader. Some years she’s even dragged various comedians and soundcasters into the Podfest’s Podcast Lab and insisted that they sit down and do an interview with me. Story Worthy is a great storytelling show, with some great guests, and recently they had on comedian Johnno Wilson, who related a harrowing tale. Film ThreatAnother good friend to this show and who I have ended up hanging out with whenever I run into him out in the world is Chris Gore. When Succotash first started he was running PodCRASH, where his gimmick was to appear on other soundcasters shows, then play THOSE episodes as his own. In a way it was the ultimate cross-promotion. Once upon a time he had been the editor and publisher of Film Threat magazine, a great “alt” movie magazine and Chris has returned to that property, only now in website and soundcast form. Here’s a clip from his recent “Time’s Up At Sundance” epi from January with guests Natalia Winkleman and Jon Bernstein… Casa MirthThe Casa Mirth soundcast features the team-up of Dr. Norman Trousers and River Gambezi. Norman’s been a presence around here pretty much since we began Succotash and he’s part of the infamous Podcast Mafia that got started years ago with myself somehow ending up as the titular Podfather. (Although I believe that moniker was started by Eric Furniss of The FOONcast.) Trousers and Gambezi run a very sporadically-appearing show and, for the past four holiday seasons, they have produced these wild mashup Christmas productions. They’re scripted and then the boys draft fellow soundcasters from all over the world to voice the parts. I’m honored to have been included in these crazy shows and this past December Casa Mirth featured their own take on It’s A Wonderful Life, the Jimmy Stewart classic. I was asked to be the Narrator, which I pulled off rather nicely, I think. Illusionoid We head up to Toronto to hear from the cast of Illusionoid. Love these guys, who I got to interview fairly early into when we started. Paul Bates, Lee Smart, and Nug Nahrgang – the best name in soundcasting – were in San Francisco for the annual Improv Festival here and we got a chance to hang out. And being a longtime improvisor, I really took to their style of an improvised sci-fi anthonolgy series, based around the gimmick of mankind’s creation bent on the destruction of humans. We feature a glimpse at a transmission from the last episode of their 9th season last November. Ear GogglesJeremy, Aaron, and Stacy don’t soundcast all that often but they still drop an episode every now and then. I used to run into Jeremy and Stacy at the LA Podfest for the first few years but they stopped coming down from Seattle. We're featuring a ready-made clip I found on their homesite – one of their “bonus clips” from a show last year where Stacy plays with some toys, as she puts it. (If you go to their site, you can browse through their archives all the way back to 2005, which is when they started out as The Sibling Rivalry podcast.) Comedy Film NerdsA couple of other longtime soundcasters who have been very nice to me are Chris Mancini and Graham Elwood, the hosts of the Comedy Film Nerds soundcast. They are also two of the organizers of the Los Angeles Podcast Festival and have never been anything but welcoming, accommodating, and kind to me. It probably helped that I contributed to the Kickstarter campaign that paid for the first LA Podfest but, since then, they have invited me to moderate panels and be a guest on other panels. Here’s a clip from their episode 403 from last month, with guest Jon Reep. Quick QuestionI wanted to be sure to toss in a soundcast farewell to Travis Clark and Jonathan Sadowski, hosts of the Quick Question soundcast. When I first mentioned I was going to step away from Succotash, Travis messaged me to ask if it was his turn to “talk me off the ledge”, as he put it. That’s because a few years ago, he and his wife Brandi were considering hanging up Tiny Odd Conversations, the show they did together and I convinced them to hang in there as they had only hit their Epi50. And they did, for quite awhile. Eventually, Brandi got herself a new job that kept her crazy-busy and TOCpod eventually drained away.  But then the Clarks got a new neighbor, Jonathan, and Travis discovered they had a lot in common. Mostly talking, judging from the amount of palavering that goes on during episodes of Quick Question. I had them on a few months ago from a chat we had at the LA Podfest. The Anti Social ShowFor our last clip of this Unfinal Succotash episode, we turn to a couple of the most ardent supporters of the show who started their own soundcast last year. Our very own Tyson Saner teamed up with one of our most supportive listeners, Hunter Block, and created The Anti Social Show. For the first 10 episodes, they were only on SoundCloud but now they’re on iTunes and other fine distribution points around the interwebs. This clip, harvested by Tyson himself, is from their Epi41, one of the first installments of 2018, entitled “Obscured By Sound”. And that is going to do it for Succotash under my command. We’ll be announcing when the first new episode of of the show is dropping, as soon as we figure out what we need to do to put all of the controls into the new host's hands. I will likely drop in from time to time, and I’m in the process of putting a whole new soundcast into production. I want to thank you for listening to this Unfinal episode of the show. For those of you who have been listening for a while, I can’t thank you enough for your support. And whether that describes you or you’re relatively new to the show, please subscribe and keep listening as show continues. I’m excited to see where our new host takes the show. Now, for the last time as your host, it’s my pleasure to ask you to please pass the Succotash. Goodbye. — Marc Hershon

Comedian & Filmmaker Graham Elwood (First Nations Comedy Experience, Comedy Film Nerds, Earbuds, Laffghanistan) talks about his blended life experience as comic and filmmaker, political vigilante and podcaster, revealing levels to an already mulit-layered persona that I did not expect. Between laughs, we engage in a charged discussion of corporate profit motives vs. identity politics, the intentional media distraction, and regular injustices we've grown blind to. But we also talk about 70s cinema, the rigors of making a documentary, his amazing doc Earbuds, the LA Podcast Festival, and infusing creative work with meaning.

#UMC67 Ultimate Movie Championship | Ray Taylor - Keith Spurlock | Flickchart 2 Movies enter but only one will win and be added to the ultimate movie list. The Ultimate Movie Championship is a regular segment on the Inspired Disorder Podcast where we go to Flickchart.com/IDP are given two movies that Ray and Keith will argue to WIN.  RULES: - If they haven't seen a movie it gets added to the list of shame.  - If a winner cannot be resolved they go to the Judges at RottenTomatoes.com highest critic score wins. - A Judges tie goes to the Fan Score. UMC was inspired by the Totally Rad Show segment Versus and, Doug Loves Movies, /FilmCast, Comedy Film Nerds, FlickChart

#UMC82 Ultimate Movie Championship | Ray Taylor - Keith Spurlock | Flickchart 2 Movies enter but only one will win and be added to the ultimate movie list. The Ultimate Movie Championship is a regular segment on the Inspired Disorder Podcast where we go to Flickchart.com/IDP are given two movies that Ray and Keith will argue to WIN.  RULES: - If they haven't seen a movie it gets added to the list of shame.  - If a winner cannot be resolved they go to the Judges at RottenTomatoes.com highest critic score wins. - A Judges tie goes to the Fan Score. UMC was inspired by the Totally Rad Show segment Versus and, Doug Loves Movies, /FilmCast, Comedy Film Nerds, FlickChart

#UMC81 Ultimate Movie Championship | Ray Taylor - Keith Spurlock | Flickchart 2 Movies enter but only one will win and be added to the ultimate movie list. The Ultimate Movie Championship is a regular segment on the Inspired Disorder Podcast where we go to Flickchart.com/IDP are given two movies that Ray and Keith will argue to WIN.  RULES: - If they haven't seen a movie it gets added to the list of shame.  - If a winner cannot be resolved they go to the Judges at RottenTomatoes.com highest critic score wins. - A Judges tie goes to the Fan Score. UMC was inspired by the Totally Rad Show segment Versus and, Doug Loves Movies, /FilmCast, Comedy Film Nerds, FlickChart

#UMC80 Ultimate Movie Championship | Ray Taylor - Keith Spurlock | Flickchart 2 Movies enter but only one will win and be added to the ultimate movie list. The Ultimate Movie Championship is a regular segment on the Inspired Disorder Podcast where we go to Flickchart.com/IDP are given two movies that Ray and Keith will argue to WIN.  RULES: - If they haven't seen a movie it gets added to the list of shame.  - If a winner cannot be resolved they go to the Judges at RottenTomatoes.com highest critic score wins. - A Judges tie goes to the Fan Score. UMC was inspired by the Totally Rad Show segment Versus and, Doug Loves Movies, /FilmCast, Comedy Film Nerds, FlickChart

Welcome to the last of the four special episodes recorded in the Podcast Lab during the 6th annual Los Angeles Podcast Festival at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles, CA, October 6-8, 2017.  As was the case in 2015 and 2016, I had an amazing time at the festival and am extremely grateful to Graham Elwood, Chris Mancini, Dave Anthony and the whole LA PodFest crew, for all the time and effort they put into creating this annual highlight of the podcasting year.  I'll continue to hold out hope for a 2018 festival, so I can again enjoy a weekend of collaboration to bring you these fun special episodes. I spent the weekend recording  in the Podcast Lab with fellow podcasters and special guests.  I asked new friends to tell me about one film that influenced them to be who they are, and had old friends sit down to catch-up with me.  In this episode, you'll hear from: Darcy Staniforth, LA PodFest volunteer, writer for Cinema Sentries, and voice actor on Puppet Hunt podcast.  Hear her influential films on episode 68 of Movies Made Me. Chris Mancini, comedian, co-founder of the Los Angeles Podcast Festival, co-host of Comedy Film Nerds podcast, and Conversations from the Abyss podcast . Levi Burns, host of Real Life With Levi podcast. Tarik Naylor, podcast fan, aspiring comedian, and host of Randomly Relevant podcast. Joe Meyers, co-host of Podcast Macabre. Samm Levine, comedian, actor, star of Crunch Time (available on iTunes), and co-host of Kevin Pollak's Chat Show. Ali Handal, recording artist, and author of Guitar for Girls. Martin, host of Frightfully Uninformed podcast. Finally, we teamed with Brendan Creecy of Radio Brendoman podcast to bring you an end-of-festival conversation with Todd Glass, comedian, and host of The Todd Glass Show podcast. Be sure to check out all the terrific podcasts and projects mentioned in this episode! What do you think of the films chosen by my guests in the Podcast Lab?  Visit the Contact Us page to send me your thoughts.  Or you can send me a message directly by emailing moviesmademepod@gmail.com.  I'd love to hear from you! Love Movies Made Me? Please help spread the word about the show! I count on my most avid listeners to help reach new fans.  Just click one of the images below to reach the show page on the social media or listening service of your choice, then share the page with your friends.  It'll just take a moment and you'll be making a big difference for me!                                                   Be sure you follow the show on Facebook,  Twitter and Instagram for all the latest Movies Made Me information, DVR alerts, and unique content. Whether you subscribe to the show on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, or iHeartRadio, your ratings and reviews matter!  Provide a rating and your comments about the show on any of those services and I'll be sure to give you a shout-out on an upcoming episode!   Mark your calendar to download all the upcoming Movies Made Me episodes to enjoy! Here's a schedule of a few upcoming shows: January 22 - Episode 76 featuring film composer/violinist Emer Kinsella. February 5 - Episode 77 featuring Micah Gallo, director/writer of the upcoming creature feature Itsy Bitsy.

#UMC79 Ultimate Movie Championship | Ray Taylor - Keith Spurlock | Flickchart 2 Movies enter but only one will win and be added to the ultimate movie list. The Ultimate Movie Championship is a regular segment on the Inspired Disorder Podcast where we go to Flickchart.com/IDP are given two movies that Ray and Keith will argue to WIN.  RULES: - If they haven't seen a movie it gets added to the list of shame.  - If a winner cannot be resolved they go to the Judges at RottenTomatoes.com highest critic score wins. - A Judges tie goes to the Fan Score. UMC was inspired by the Totally Rad Show segment Versus and, Doug Loves Movies, /FilmCast, Comedy Film Nerds, FlickChart

#UMC78 Ultimate Movie Championship | Ray Taylor - Keith Spurlock | Flickchart 2 Movies enter but only one will win and be added to the ultimate movie list. The Ultimate Movie Championship is a regular segment on the Inspired Disorder Podcast where we go to Flickchart.com/IDP are given two movies that Ray and Keith will argue to WIN.  RULES: - If they haven't seen a movie it gets added to the list of shame.  - If a winner cannot be resolved they go to the Judges at RottenTomatoes.com highest critic score wins. - A Judges tie goes to the Fan Score. UMC was inspired by the Totally Rad Show segment Versus and, Doug Loves Movies, /FilmCast, Comedy Film Nerds, FlickChart

#UMC77 Ultimate Movie Championship | Ray Taylor - Keith Spurlock | Flickchart 2 Movies enter but only one will win and be added to the ultimate movie list. The Ultimate Movie Championship is a regular segment on the Inspired Disorder Podcast where we go to Flickchart.com/IDP are given two movies that Ray and Keith will argue to WIN.  RULES: - If they haven't seen a movie it gets added to the list of shame.  - If a winner cannot be resolved they go to the Judges at RottenTomatoes.com highest critic score wins. - A Judges tie goes to the Fan Score. UMC was inspired by the Totally Rad Show segment Versus and, Doug Loves Movies, /FilmCast, Comedy Film Nerds, FlickChart

#UMC76 Ultimate Movie Championship | Ray Taylor - Keith Spurlock | Flickchart 2 Movies enter but only one will win and be added to the ultimate movie list. The Ultimate Movie Championship is a regular segment on the Inspired Disorder Podcast where we go to Flickchart.com/IDP are given two movies that Ray and Keith will argue to WIN.  RULES: - If they haven't seen a movie it gets added to the list of shame.  - If a winner cannot be resolved they go to the Judges at RottenTomatoes.com highest critic score wins. - A Judges tie goes to the Fan Score. UMC was inspired by the Totally Rad Show segment Versus and, Doug Loves Movies, /FilmCast, Comedy Film Nerds, FlickChart

#UMC75 Ultimate Movie Championship | Ray Taylor - Keith Spurlock | Flickchart 2 Movies enter but only one will win and be added to the ultimate movie list. The Ultimate Movie Championship is a regular segment on the Inspired Disorder Podcast where we go to Flickchart.com/IDP are given two movies that Ray and Keith will argue to WIN.  RULES: - If they haven't seen a movie it gets added to the list of shame.  - If a winner cannot be resolved they go to the Judges at RottenTomatoes.com highest critic score wins. - A Judges tie goes to the Fan Score. UMC was inspired by the Totally Rad Show segment Versus and, Doug Loves Movies, /FilmCast, Comedy Film Nerds, FlickChart

#UMC74 Ultimate Movie Championship | Ray Taylor - Keith Spurlock | Flickchart 2 Movies enter but only one will win and be added to the ultimate movie list. The Ultimate Movie Championship is a regular segment on the Inspired Disorder Podcast where we go to Flickchart.com/IDP are given two movies that Ray and Keith will argue to WIN.  RULES: - If they haven't seen a movie it gets added to the list of shame.  - If a winner cannot be resolved they go to the Judges at RottenTomatoes.com highest critic score wins. - A Judges tie goes to the Fan Score. UMC was inspired by the Totally Rad Show segment Versus and, Doug Loves Movies, /FilmCast, Comedy Film Nerds, FlickChart

#UMC73 Ultimate Movie Championship | Ray Taylor - Keith Spurlock | Flickchart 2 Movies enter but only one will win and be added to the ultimate movie list. The Ultimate Movie Championship is a regular segment on the Inspired Disorder Podcast where we go to Flickchart.com/IDP are given two movies that Ray and Keith will argue to WIN.  RULES: - If they haven't seen a movie it gets added to the list of shame.  - If a winner cannot be resolved they go to the Judges at RottenTomatoes.com highest critic score wins. - A Judges tie goes to the Fan Score. UMC was inspired by the Totally Rad Show segment Versus and, Doug Loves Movies, /FilmCast, Comedy Film Nerds, FlickChart

#UMC72 Ultimate Movie Championship | Ray Taylor - Keith Spurlock | Flickchart 2 Movies enter but only one will win and be added to the ultimate movie list. The Ultimate Movie Championship is a regular segment on the Inspired Disorder Podcast where we go to Flickchart.com/IDP are given two movies that Ray and Keith will argue to WIN.  RULES: - If they haven't seen a movie it gets added to the list of shame.  - If a winner cannot be resolved they go to the Judges at RottenTomatoes.com highest critic score wins. - A Judges tie goes to the Fan Score. UMC was inspired by the Totally Rad Show segment Versus and, Doug Loves Movies, /FilmCast, Comedy Film Nerds, FlickChart

Where did all the time go?  I have no idea and I apologize.  Brendo talks to Alice Fraser from Tea With Alice about current events, comedy, and more.  Brendo then has a  chat with Chris Mancini from Comedy Film Nerds about movies and podcasting.  Thanks for listening and tell your friends!  Call the hotline at (714) […]

Welcome to the second of our four special episodes recorded in the Podcast Lab during the 6th annual Los Angeles Podcast Festival at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles, CA, October 6-8, 2017.  While the change of location from previous festivals presented its own unique set of challenges to those of us in the Lab, we were able to sit down and record with some amazing people, and hope you'll enjoy the conversations as much as we did. We spent the weekend recording  in the Podcast Lab with our fellow podcasters and special guests.  We asked new friends to tell us about one film that influenced them to be who they are, and had old friends sit down to catch-up with us.  In this episode, you'll hear from: Gary Serje, podcast fan. Graham Elwood, comedian, founder of the Los Angeles Podcast Festival, and host of Comedy Film Nerds and Political Vigilante podcasts. Cassie, co-host of Mixed Feelings podcast. Amanda, co-host of Mixed Feelings podcast. Bryan Clar, commentator for Almost Famous Paintball League, and member of the Mixed Feelings Mafia. Bert Kreischer, comedian, and host of Bertcast podcast. Alisa Gonzalez, Movies Made Me fan and location host for our 2nd Anniversary Celebration recording. Rob Flanagan, co-host of Popping The Cherrywood podcast. Manny Matos, co-host of Popping The Cherrywood podcast. Gareth Reynolds, comedian, actor, co-author of  The United States of Absurdity: Untold Stories from American History, and co-host of The Dollop podcast. Dave Anthony, comedian, actor, co-author of  The United States of Absurdity: Untold Stories from American History, founder of the Los Angeles Podcast Festival, and co-host of The Dollop podcast. Be sure to check out all the terrific podcasts and projects mentioned in this episode! What do you think of the films chosen by our guests in the Podcast Lab?  Visit our Contact Us page to send us your thoughts.  Or you can send us a message directly by emailing moviesmademepod@gmail.com.  We'd love to hear from you! Love Movies Made Me? Please help us spread the word about the show! We count on our avid listeners to help reach new fans.  Just click one of the images below to reach our page on the social media or listening service of your choice, then share the page with your friends.  It'll just take a moment and you'll be making a big difference for us!                                                   Be sure you follow us on Facebook,  Twitter and Instagram for all the latest Movies Made Me information, DVR alerts, and unique content. Whether you subscribe to the show on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, or iHeartRadio, your ratings and reviews matter!  Provide us a rating and your comments about the show on any of those services and we'll be sure to give you a shout-out on an upcoming episode!   Mark your calendar to download all our Los Angeles Podcast Festival episodes and enjoy them during the holiday season! December 25 - Episode 74, part 3 of 4 from the Los Angeles Podcast Festival, featuring Jackie Kashian, Jonathan Sadowski, Mike Schmidt, and Paul Gilmartin. January 8 - Episode 75, part 4 of 4 from the Los Angeles Podcast Festival, featuring Todd Glass, Samm Levine, and Chris Mancini.  

Hello to all you young/old dudes/dudettes! Kurt and Joey always strive for a fun-filled episodes for you to enjoy, but this week, we over-achieved. There was TOO MUCH FUN! So we split it into 2 fun-filled episodes, with our special guest, @grahamelwood ! You know him from his great podcast, Comedy Film Nerds, that he co-hosts with Chris Mancini. He's also a director of a couple documentaries and working on a Native American Stand-up comedy special for FNX, called "Custar's Last Stand-Up" and he chats with us about that. Plus we dive into his past in Game Shows, advice on sandwich-board advertising, and living a regimented life! Don't forget to check out Episode 71, part two of our chat with Graham, releasing today as well! Twitter: @grahamelwood @ComedyFilmNerds There's still time to be part of our show contest! 1. Review the podcast on Itunes 2. Instagram us a pic of you enjoying the show. 3. Tweet us your favorite part/moment from the show @DoFPCast @kurtlong @joeybragg

Lynette and Stefanie open this weeks first episode of For Crying Out Loud welcoming their guest Chris Mancini from Comedy Film Nerds podcast. The gang opens the show talking about some of the best and worst children's movies of the year. Then Stefanie recaps her trip to the Great Wolf lodge with the family. After that, Chris talks about his crowdfunded podcast documentary Ear Buds. Before they wrap, Chris's podcast partner Graham Elwood finally shows up, but luckily is able to stick around for this Fridays episode.

Chris Mancini is a comic, a writer, a filmmaker, a podcaster, and a dad. He hosts the Comedy Film Nerds podcast and runs the LA Podcast Festival, which is in its 5th year! We talk about his kickstarter project and about raising a daughter who wants to act. Enjoy our chat. chrisjmancinionline.com kiracomedy.com allthingscomedy.com

Well, I promised you we'd premiere a new episode on the first of every month and clearly I was lying. Oh, people. I am in pre-production of the upcoming IFC series Stan Against Evil and the schedule is getting tight, but we are plunging away. Here we are better late than never, and by the time you hear this we're already elbow deep in May's episode. So there. Today, our overall topic is murders committed by crazy people, but we dip in and out of it a fair amount. The People vs. O.J. Simpson screenwriters and producers Scott Alexander and Larry Karazewski (@karaszewski) are with us. As well as founding member of the LA.'s legendary sketch group The Groundlings and a member of the original cast of Saturday night Live, Laraine Newman (@larainenewman) is with us, and joining Laraine is the host of the JV Club, the voice of Korra in the eponymous Legend Of Korra, co-star of the web series Everyone's crazy But us and also, I am proud and not a little relieved to report, co-star of the upcoming IFC series Stan Against Evil, Janet Varney. Follow Janet on Twitter at @janetvarneyMe? I'm on Twotter at @danagould. And maybe, just maybe, you're in the mood to see my live. Telling my various humor jokes! Details on my live shows are available at DanaGould.comAnd while you're there, why not become a subscriber to the show? Or donate to the show. All monies are plowed right back into the production I assure you. We're not listed as a non-profit, it just worked out that way. Or say you need to buy something referenced here on the show, a book or a movie, the best thing to do is go to DanaGould.com, click on our Amazon banner, and shop away, You get what you want, and for not one penny more, Amazon kicks us back a few sheckles to keep the turbines running here at the laboratory.Lastly, why now show your true colors with a Dana Gould Hour T-shirt. The new designs are in, courtesy of he great Ben Walker and the good folks at ComedyFilmNerds.com. ComedyFilmNerds also sells Bevilaqua heating And Air Conditioning T shirts, signed cd's and LP's, that's right, Vinyl, baby, of my albums, ALL THAT, and so much more, at ComedyFilmNerds.com

It's Toozdee and we're Feastin with comedian, Graham Elwood! You may know Graham from his podcast, Comedy Film Nerds, but you'll get to know him a lot better from this episode of The Feast. From multiple arrests to multiple marriages, Graham doesn't hold back! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stand up comedian/podcaster/documentarian Graham Elwood joins me for an excellent MBSing exploring one of his favorite film genres, crime and mob movies. Upon moving from Madison, Wisconsin, to Evanston, Illinois when he was 11, Graham garnered a unique perspective on the films as he watched mobsters and crooked cops rule the streets both on his family's newly-acquired color TV and in his new hometown of Chicago. Graham is not just a film enthusiast, he cohosts the Comedy Film Nerds podcast, cowrote The Comedy Film Nerds Guide to Movies, and has directed two documentary films, Laffghanistan about his multiple stand up tours for US troops in the Middle East and Ear Buds: The Podcasting Documentary set to be released in Spring of 2015. He was a total joy to talk films, Chicago, and life with, and he had some wonderful insights on how his life as a kid bouncing between privileged suburban kids and hard knock ruffians isn't all that different from his life as a touring stand up comic who also enjoys surfing and health food. Enjoy, nerds! Notes: LA Podfest Live Streams! [promo code nerd] Vulture article on the effect Thief had on modern crime films

Hi Internet! This is Genevieve, this is the AP Collection, this is a chat with another local blogger and podcaster, Ben Ostroff! He is the Ben part of BenReallyRickWhat, a movie podcast that discusses film pairings. Ben is a cool dude and a real film nerd. We will learning this review that the two of us have opposite opinions but love talking about it! There is a little Oscar talk a (this is being released the Thursday prior to the big award show) I also wanted to watch a movie and talk with Ben about it just for the hell of it which is exactly what we did. I almost never go to the movies and he has practically seen everything so I decided to peruse Netflix for something and we settled on “End of Watch” which I had heard mixed things about. Figuring this would provoke discussion, we dove in! I stand by my statement of not really understanding the timeline of that movie really at all. Otherwise I dig a good action movie and it delivered while brining you face to face with a small part of Los Angeles that I am completely unfamiliar with.  Anyway, enjoy! FYI! This is filled with spoilers Ben Ostroff BenReallyRickWhat Podcast website @bensucks on Twitter @Ben_sucks on Instagram Photo credit for all pictures on this page: Jerome Charles

This week, coming at you from backstage at the American Comedy Company in Downtown San Diego, we welcome special guest, Graham Elwood (Laffghanistan, @ComedyFilmNerds, LA Podcast Festival) with special commentary from CFN co-host Chris Mancini (@ChrisMancini) and comedian Mike Schmidt (@40YearOldBoy podcast). We share some good laughs and stories of Graham's seven (and counting) USO comedy tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, and discuss his most recent project/Kickstarter campaign, "Earbuds, the podcasting documentary" by Comedy Film Nerds. Check out the campaign here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/comedyfilmnerds/ear-buds-the-podcasting-documentary

Kira sits down with actor, comedian, and dad, Dave Anthony. Anthony is the creator, producer and editor of Walking the Room, a podcast that he co-hosts with comedian Greg Behrendt. The two became friends over two decades ago during the early days of Anthony's stand-up career. They hosted a show together on the Comedy World Radio Network in 2001 and collaborated again on The Greg Behrendt Show in 2006–2007. Anthony has had numerous roles in television, films and commercials, and has been a guest on various late night shows and podcasts. He was a contributing writer for the SuicideGirls and Comedy Film Nerds websites, and had a blog called Stop All Monsters. He has done stand-up all over the world and frequently performs around Southern California. He is also currently a writer, most recently on AMC's Talking Dead, and now on IFC's Maron (where he also gives the show's star, Marc Maron, rides to work). Be sure to rate and comment on iTunes.

Comedian Graham Elwood heads to Iraq and Afghanistan from time to time to waterboard the troops with his comedy.  Please don't prosecute him for war crimes.

Chris Mancini, comedian/author/podcaster, tells us about his "First Job In Hollywood: Amercian Gladiators."  (I'll give you a hint, he gets injured.)  Listen up friends and let this be a reminder of what Hollywood is really like.  

Graham Elwood (Stand-up, Comedy Film Nerds) joins The Long Shot morning zoo to discuss pretend high flower shopping, the office of Queen Victoria, samurai wisdom, and Taco Island.