Podcast appearances and mentions of Steven Seagal

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It's our 9th anniversary! Noel celebrates the milestone with the great Stephen Tobolowsky. The actor is known for film roles such as insurance agent Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day and amnesiac Sammy Jankis in Memento. Stephen had a memorable role in Spaceballs. Could he be in the upcoming sequel?  Stephen talks about his horrible experience working with Steven Seagal in The Glimmer Man. He guest-starred on Seinfeld as Tor Eckman, an eccentric holistic healer in the season 2 episode, The Heart Attack. Stephen has played more principals than any actor in TV history (not factchecked).  He also played in a band in his hometown of Dallas, which briefly featured the late great Stevie Ray Vaughn. We discuss our kidney stones, Bar Mitzvahs and more!

New episode! Jay is joined by Matt Poirier (@dtvconnoisseur on Instagram) for Boa vs Python (2004), in which a giant boa constrictor named Betty is used to hunt down an escaped giant python, name unknown. On this episode, they discuss tasty biscuits, underwater expressions and seductive shower gel, plus the difference between Mike Leigh films and Steven Seagal movies.

On this week's show, we take a look at 1992's Under Siege starring Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Busey and Erika Eleniak. And this time, you're invited! That's right folks. We hit record while watching this one, and with your own copy of the flick, you can watch along with us. We'll tell you exactly how to do that in the podcast.  Be sure to let us know what you think of the movie, and the podcast. Thanks and enjoy! ADAMSNERDS.COM

This week, we will hopefully not spend three hours of our lives talking about the three hour movie we just watched: 1993's The Postman. Starting to realize that Kevin Costner has his own Steven Seagal style-hero's arc with big-budget blockbusters nobody asked for where he's such a hero's hero, that if a hero got in trouble, and needed a hero, the hero would be Kevin Costner. Say it louder for the people in the back!“YOUR DAD IS A MAILMAN, AND SO ARE YOU!!!”Hesitant haberdasher becomes heroic, harangues in Hamlet, handles hefty hauls of hearsay, hating on Holnists, holding hope, hearing Hallelujah however he hears it! Meanie Pants militias! Shakespeare shakeoffs! All they eat in the future is soup! Body father lady throbbers! Abby the spermchaser! Good job, Mr. Sex… Man! Taking a peak in the freezy creek! Post people popped on patrol so he patriots the whole process personally! You spelled tyranny wrong, and much, much more on this week's episode of The Worst Movie Ever Made! www.theworstmovieevermade.com

Steven Seagal ist wieder da! In diesem Direct-to-Video-Actioner aus dem Jahr 2009 spielt er Shane Daniels, der nach sechs Jahren unschuldiger Haft in einen blutigen Konflikt zwischen korrupten Polizisten, der russischen Mafia und chinesischen Triaden gerät.Wir sprechen über die Action, die Stärken und Schwächen des Films und ordnen ihn in Seagals späte Karrierephase ein. Ist „A Dangerous Man“ einer der besseren Seagal-Filme der 2000er-Jahre oder nur weiterer Durchschnitt aus der DTV-Ära?Über Actionkult:Dominik stammt aus der Region Basel und hostet seit 2021 mit viel Herzblut den ACTIONKULT-Podcast. Seit 2007 vertieft er sich intensiv in die Welt des Actionfilms, zuerst als Blogger, später zehn Jahre lang als Autor für das Schweizer Filmmagazin KULT. 2023 gewann er mit seinem Fussball-Podcast YYNEDRUGGT den Suisse Podcast Community Award.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linktree⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jan stammt aus dem Ruhrgebiet und beschäftigt sich seit über zwanzig Jahren leidenschaftlich mit dem Actionkino. Seine Reise begann als Blogger, wo er auch erstmals digital auf Dominik traf. Seit den Pandemiejahren ist er als Podcaster aktiv. Sein Format GLOTZENDE ZIMBELAFFEN gilt als besonders kreativ und vielseitig.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linktree⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Das Actionkult-Intro⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠"Cracked Shell" by Furlong ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Furlong auf den Sozialen Medien⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Früher wurde über Filme geschrieben (kult.ch), heute wird darüber gesprochen. Meine Gäste und ich freuen uns immer über Feedback oder sonstige Anmerkungen und Ideen. Kontaktieren könnt ihr uns auf Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, Threads - oder herrlich old school via E-Mail: actionkult@gmail.com.

Kill Bill Vol. 1 Review is finally here, and for the fourth birthday episode of Born to Watch, the boys celebrate in style with one of the most stylish revenge films ever made. Quentin Tarantino's blood-soaked martial arts epic gets the full Born to Watch treatment as Whitey, Dan, and Will "The Worky" dive headfirst into samurai swords, anime flashbacks, outrageous violence, feet discourse, and the pure chaos of Tarantino at his most indulgent. From the very beginning, the episode feels like a celebration. It's four years of Born to Watch, Will's "Grecoversary," and a return to one of Quentin Tarantino's most rewatchable movies. The crew break down why Kill Bill: Vol. 1 still hits over twenty years later, and whether it stands as Tarantino's ultimate "put it on anytime" movie. Whitey argues that this was his go-to Tarantino film for over a decade because of how effortlessly entertaining it is, while Dan arrives ready to throw counterpunches at the cult classic. The boys unpack the movie's simple but effective revenge story as Uma Thurman's Bride awakens from a coma and begins slicing her way through the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad. Along the way, the episode explores Tarantino's obsession with genre worship, kung fu cinema, spaghetti westerns, exploitation films and anime influences. Is Kill Bill all style and no substance? Or is the style itself the substance? Dan argues the film feels more like a "comic book brought to life," while Whitey believes this marks the beginning of Tarantino's fantasy era that would continue through Inglourious Basterds and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. There's also plenty of classic Born to Watch chaos scattered throughout the episode. The guys go on hilarious tangents about actor-musicians, Russell Crowe's band, Steven Seagal blues music, David Carradine's infamous death, and whether Bill has slept with every member of the Deadly Viper squad. It's the kind of completely unhinged movie conversation only this podcast can deliver. The episode also dives deep into the standout performances. Uma Thurman's iconic turn as The Bride gets huge praise, while Lucy Liu's O-Ren Ishii is highlighted as one of the movie's best characters. The crew discuss Tarantino's talent for taking actors and reinventing them on screen, with Michael Madsen, Vivica A. Fox, Sonny Chiba and Daryl Hannah all getting their flowers. There's also a passionate discussion about Battle Royale, Oldboy, and the wave of Asian cinema influences that shaped Kill Bill into the movie it became. Naturally, the conversation turns toward the movie's most unforgettable moments. The House of Blue Leaves showdown gets dissected as one of the greatest action sequences ever filmed, while the anime origin story sequence sparks debate about whether it still works today or feels like pure Tarantino excess. The boys also tackle some of the film's more uncomfortable scenes, including Buck the hospital orderly, the Achilles tendon slicing scene, and Quentin Tarantino's famously obvious foot fetish. As always, there are laughs, arguments, wildly inappropriate observations, and genuine film appreciation mixed throughout the episode. This isn't a polished film school analysis. It's three mates sitting around celebrating movies the way movie fans actually talk about them.So if you love Quentin Tarantino, martial arts mayhem, over-the-top revenge stories, or just want to hear three Aussie blokes spiral into conversations about samurai swords, pubes, Steven Seagal and Shane Warne in the middle of a movie review, this episode is absolutely for you.JOIN THE CONVERSATIONIs Kill Bill: Vol. 1 Tarantino's most rewatchable movie?Which member of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad was your favourite?Do you prefer Volume 1 or Volume 2?Is the House of Blue Leaves sequence the greatest action scene ever filmed?And seriously… are Uma Thurman's feet even that good?#KillBill #KillBillVol1 #QuentinTarantino #BornToWatch #MoviePodcast #UmaThurman #LucyLiu #MartialArtsMovies #CultMovies #FilmPodcast

Kevin Nealon joins Mark and Sam for a legendary comedy hang covering classic SNL stories, Norm Macdonald gambling tales, Adam Sandler memories, Garry Shandling wisdom, and behind-the-scenes stories from comedy history. They get into Steven Seagal disasters, private flights with John Travolta, basketball games with Hollywood stars, weird celebrity dating rankings, and Kevin's new special. Sponsored by: Fabletics Shop now at https://fabletics.com/wmbd to get 70-80% off everything when you sign up as a new VIP. Ultra Pouches Don't sleep on @ultrapouches. New customers get 15% Off with code WMBD at https://takeultra.com! #UltraPouches #ad Mars Men For a limited time, our listeners get 50% off FOR LIFE, Free Shipping, AND 3 Free Gifts at https://Mengotomars.com Shopify Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial and start selling today at https://shopify.com/drunk Subscribe to We Might Be Drunk: https://bit.ly/SubscribeToWMBD Merch: https://wemightbedrunkpod.com/ Clips Channel: https://bit.ly/WMBDClips Sam Morril: https://punchup.live/sammorril/tickets Mark Normand: https://punchup.live/marknormand/tickets Kevin Nealon: https://www.kevinnealon.com/ Produced by Gotham Production Studios: https://www.gothamproductionstudios.com #WeMightBeDrunk #KevinNealon #MarkNormand #SamMorril #ComedyPodcast #StandUpComedy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Historian Kevin Impellizeri shares a story of a video game controversy to his friends: Kate Lynch, Ryan Weaver, and special guest Jay Brandstetter from the internet history podcast I'm From the Internet. We bring you the thrilling conclusion of our look at Jack Thompson's personal war against Rockstar and Take-Two and, subsequently, his legal career. This time, the publishers of Grand Theft Auto, Manhunt, and Bully take the fight to Jack, preemptively suing him to keep him from blocking the release of Manhunt 2 and Grand Theft Auto IV. We also cover Jack's disbarment and reflect on his legacy as a crusader against violent video games. Topics discussed include: a Steven Seagal interlude, Thompson goes down fighting, some people don't care for naughty words, and the panic over video games passes Jack by, and how a bad lawyer helped secure video games as a creative medium. For more on SpyHunter: Nowhere to Run, a video game tie-in to a Spy Hunter movie that never got made starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpyHunter:_Nowhere_to_Run.Read Jack's countersuit to Rockstar/Take-Two here: Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. v. John B. Thompson, Case No. 07-20693-CIV-ALTONAGA, March 21, 2007, https://web.archive.org/web/20070927225834/http://www.gamepolitics.com/images/legal/FL-T2-JT-counter.pdf.And his closing statement he wanted to read at his disbarment hearing here, see: Stephanie Sterling, “Jack Thompson walks out of hearing, court recommends disbarment,” Destructoid, June 4, 2008, https://web.archive.org/web/20200810161210/https://www.destructoid.com/stories/jack-thompson-walks-out-of-hearing-court-recommends-disbarment-89091.phtml. We, again, refer readers back to Jack's disbarment ruling: The Florida Bar v. John Bruce Thompson, Case No. SC 07-80: 71, https://supremecourt.flcourts.gov/content/download/375112/file/07-80_ROR.pdf (and be sure to check in next month for a fun surprise related to it).Also, here's a link to the full recording of the fight between Adam Sessler and Jack in our latest installment of Scandalous Games Theater: Barrie Hardymon, “GTA IV on Botn,” NPR Blog of the Nation, May 1, 2008, https://www.npr.org/sections/talk/2008/05/gtaiv_on_botn.html. Be sure to check out Jay's show, I'm From the Internet, wherever you get your podcasts: https://shows.acast.com/im-from-the-internet-a-podcast-about-somethingawfulcom.More info, including show notes and sources at http://scandalousgamespodcast.wordpress.com. 

This week, we kick off SEASON 27 with our favorite sentient gasbag, Steven Seagal. Attack Force came out at the height of his direct-to-video downfall, and boy does this one stink! Who would have thought that the guy who brought us On Deadly Ground could fall so far from grace. Wshhhshhshhhshh!!!Seagal, supple and sauntering, unsubtly switches speak, swinging sharp slicers, sucking up scenery, unsexily secreting salty sweat! Leathered Matrix men! Military hardware highjacking! Steven Sheen! Damn, he's so good! Green marines splitting the scene! Foggy gumbo bags! Tandem hole jams! The ole stripper puke exclusion! Marshall Martin meets his makeout mistress at the midtown mocha market! Reina, the vampire stripper? Pimp and his blood-sucking CTX hoes, and much, much more on this week's episode of The Worst Movie Ever Made! www.theworstmovieevermade.com

This week, The Good, The Bad, and The Sequel sits down with stuntman Vic Plajas, whose journey from teaching martial arts to working on major film and TV productions is packed with incredible stories, brutal stunt work, and behind-the-scenes Hollywood chaos.Before we tackle Escape Plan 2 next week, Vic shares what it really takes to survive in the stunt world — from taking hits on screen to working alongside action legends.We get into everything, including:

Kris Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor and Our Good Buddy Charles to discuss the month that was April 1991 in the world of World Championship Wrestling and pop culture at large. Topics of discussion include:Sid Vicious and his decision to leave WCW for the WWF, including how it went back and forth throughout the month.The looming influx of wacky new gimmicks being talked about in the newsletters as WCW is about to undergo a massive change.Duke wins their first ever National Championship in college basketball, led by top heel Christian Laettner.The birth of Comedy Central.Paul E. Dangerously and Diamond Dallas Page show up on MTV.Lots of TV matches involving Barry Windham and Brian Pillman.Married With Children gains a spinoff and has an amazing two-parter set in a grocery store.The decision to start taping more WCW TV shows outside of Georgia.Dave Meltzer putting over the quality of the WCW TV throughout the month.Dusty Rhodes talks with Jim Cornette about coming back to WCW.Steven Seagal gets banned from Saturday Night Live after a disastrous hosting effort.Jim Ross announces his new radio show in Atlanta.The Diamond Studd and P.N. News make their debuts at the end of the month.This was a really good show, as we talk a lot about what WCW was about to become while they were having a helluva month of TV.To support the show and get access to exclusive rewards like special members-only monthly themed shows, go to our Patreon page at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets and become an ongoing Patron. Becoming a Between the Sheets Patron will also get you exclusive access to not only the monthly themed episode of Between the Sheets, but also access to our new mailbag segment, a Patron-only chat room on Slack, and anything else we do outside of the main shows!If you're looking for the best deal on a VPN service—short for Virtual Private Network, it helps you get around regional restrictions as well as browse the internet more securely—then Private Internet Access is what you've been looking for. Not only will using our link help support Between The Sheets, but you'll get a special discount, with prices as low as $1.98/month if you go with a 40 month subscription. With numerous great features and even a TV-specific Android app to make streaming easier, there is no better choice if you're looking to subscribe to WWE Network, AEW Plus, and other region-locked services.For the best in both current and classic indie wrestling streaming, make sure to check out IndependentWrestling.tv and use coupon code BTSPOD for a free 5 day trial! (You can also go directly to TinyURL.com/IWTVsheets to sign up that way.) If you convert to a paid subscriber, we get a kickback for referring you, allowing you to support both the show and the indie scene.To subscribe, you can find us on iTunes, Google Play, and just about every other podcast app's directory, or you can also paste Feeds.FeedBurner.com/BTSheets into your favorite podcast app using whatever “add feed manually” option it has.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Kris Zellner is joined by Rob Naylor and Our Good Buddy Charles to discuss the month that was April 1991 in the world of World Championship Wrestling and pop culture at large. Topics of discussion include:Sid Vicious and his decision to leave WCW for the WWF, including how it went back and forth throughout the month.The looming influx of wacky new gimmicks being talked about in the newsletters as WCW is about to undergo a massive change.Duke wins their first ever National Championship in college basketball, led by top heel Christian Laettner.The birth of Comedy Central.Paul E. Dangerously and Diamond Dallas Page show up on MTV.Lots of TV matches involving Barry Windham and Brian Pillman.Married With Children gains a spinoff and has an amazing two-parter set in a grocery store.The decision to start taping more WCW TV shows outside of Georgia.Dave Meltzer putting over the quality of the WCW TV throughout the month.Dusty Rhodes talks with Jim Cornette about coming back to WCW.Steven Seagal gets banned from Saturday Night Live after a disastrous hosting effort.Jim Ross announces his new radio show in Atlanta.The Diamond Studd and P.N. News make their debuts at the end of the month.This was a really good show, as we talk a lot about what WCW was about to become while they were having a helluva month of TV.To support the show and get access to exclusive rewards like special members-only monthly themed shows, go to our Patreon page at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets and become an ongoing Patron. Becoming a Between the Sheets Patron will also get you exclusive access to not only the monthly themed episode of Between the Sheets, but also access to our new mailbag segment, a Patron-only chat room on Slack, and anything else we do outside of the main shows!If you're looking for the best deal on a VPN service—short for Virtual Private Network, it helps you get around regional restrictions as well as browse the internet more securely—then Private Internet Access is what you've been looking for. Not only will using our link help support Between The Sheets, but you'll get a special discount, with prices as low as $1.98/month if you go with a 40 month subscription. With numerous great features and even a TV-specific Android app to make streaming easier, there is no better choice if you're looking to subscribe to WWE Network, AEW Plus, and other region-locked services.For the best in both current and classic indie wrestling streaming, make sure to check out IndependentWrestling.tv and use coupon code BTSPOD for a free 5 day trial! (You can also go directly to TinyURL.com/IWTVsheets to sign up that way.) If you convert to a paid subscriber, we get a kickback for referring you, allowing you to support both the show and the indie scene.To subscribe, you can find us on iTunes, Google Play, and just about every other podcast app's directory, or you can also paste Feeds.FeedBurner.com/BTSheets into your favorite podcast app using whatever “add feed manually” option it has.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

On this 10th anniversary show, Rick and Dave discuss WKRP in Cincinnati being back on the dial, fishing coaches and racist lifeguards, the dark side of Steven Seagal, the dynamic between husbands and wives, Dave’s hatred of Rick’s Wordle habit, and one of the most memorable moments of John Travolta’s 22nd year on this earth. [Ep428]

Brendan Schaub and Bryan Callen are back with Nick Simmons for a wild Fighter and The Kid episode covering everything from anti-aging science and peptide stacks to one of the most insane cat stories ever told on the show.The guys get into Yamanaka factors, reverse aging, TRT, testosterone, Bryan Johnson's extreme longevity routine, oral health scares, colonoscopy stories, and whether living forever would actually be worth it. They also react to Hollywood drama around Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, Justin Baldoni, Met Gala outfits, Steven Seagal stories, strange casting rumors for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, and viral videos of people getting way too close to bears.Plus, the crew builds the “perfect UFC fighter” using fight IQ, striking, wrestling, jiu-jitsu, power, and body type, with picks like GSP, Mighty Mouse, Anderson Silva, Khabib, Yoel Romero, Charles Oliveira, Alex Pereira, Fedor, Brock Lesnar, and Alistair Overeem.Comedy, MMA, Hollywood chaos, health talk, and TFATK madness all in one episode. Get this episode and all future episodes AD FREE + 2 extended episodes, Fan Questions, exclusive behind the scenes content and more each month at https://www.patreon.com/tfatkRidge - Upgrade your wallet today! Get 10% Off @Ridge with code FIGHTER at https://www.Ridge.com/FIGHTER #RidgepodO'Reilly - https://oreillyauto.com/FIGHTERMars Men - For a limited time, our listeners get 50% off FOR LIFE, Free Shipping, AND 3 Free Gifts at Mars Men at https://mengotomars.com/Progressive - https://www.progressive.com/QUO - Try QUO for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months when you go to https://www.quo.com/FIGHTERSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Oscar-nominated actor Gary Busey has been in over 150 movies, working alongside everyone from Barbra Streisand to Steven Seagal. On a recent visit to LA, Gilbert sat down with Gary to talk about his near-death experience, his character “process” and channeling the spirit of Buddy Holly. Also, Gary hosts “Saturday Night Live,” spoons Mel Gibson, jams with Rick Danko and praises Gene Hackman. PLUS: Jack Elam! Jan-Michael Vincent! Rod Steiger eats a sandwich! And Gary tells Gilbert the meaning of life! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Boys are back with a truckload of movies to talk about! Joined by writer, friend, and guest of the show Pete Volk, they talk the new with THE SIN TRADE, THE BUTCHER'S BLADE, and HUMINT, as well as the old with the likes of THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS, THE CORRUPTOR, and BULLITT! All that, plus movie soundtracks, Steven Seagal, and more await in a new A4E!Also, please check out friend of the show Matthew Essary's gofundme here, to help him on his road to recovery to secure funds for much needed medicine. Find Us on these Platforms:Guest- Pete Volk: Bluesky/Letterboxd/PV GuideThe Boys-Action For Everyone: Twitter/BlueSky/Twitch/InstagramMichael Scott: BlueSkyVyceVictus: Twitter/BlueSky/Instagram/LetterboxdLiam O'Donnell: Twitter/InstagramMax Deering: Twitter/Bluesky/Letterboxd/Polygon/Neonsplatter/Fangoria/DiscussingFilm, Muckrack

June makes a rare Last Looks appearance to gab with Paul about everything from shooting the new Legally Blonde prequel series Elle, to her side quest to find the perfect carry-on bag. But first, Paul shares your corrections & omissions on last week's Live Wire episode, including some juicy inside info from the film's writer about Madonna the robot! Paul also plays a bonus deleted scene from the episode where he and Johnny Knoxville swap Steven Seagal stories. And oh yeah, we announce next week's new movie!   JUNE'S RECS: Calpak Travel Luka Duffel Bag Elle Mating Season The Pitt Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden Hospice Nurse Julie   JUNE'S TOP 5 MONTHS: 1. November 2. December 3. October  4. September 5. June • Go to hdtgm.com for tour dates, merch, FAQs, and more• Have a Last Looks correction or omission? Leave us a voicemail at speakpipe.com/hdtgm• Submit your Last Looks theme song to us here• Join the HDTGM conversation on Discord: discord.gg/hdtgm• Buy merch at howdidthisgetmade.dashery.com/• Order Paul's book about his childhood: Joyful Recollections of Trauma• Shop our new hat collection at podswag.com• Paul's Discord: discord.gg/paulscheer• Paul's YouTube page: youtube.com/paulscheer• Follow Paul on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/paulscheer• Subscribe to Enter The Dark Web w/ Paul & Rob Huebel: youtube.com/@enterthedarkweb• Listen to Unspooled with Paul & Amy Nicholson: unspooledpodcast.com• Listen to The Deep Dive with June & Jessica St. Clair: thedeepdiveacademy.com/podcast• Instagram: @hdtgm, @paulscheer, & @junediane• Twitter: @hdtgm, @paulscheer, & msjunediane • Jason is not on social media• Episode transcripts available at how-did-this-get-made.simplecast.com/episodesGet access to all the podcasts you love, music channels and radio shows with the SiriusXM App! Get 3 months free using the link: siriusxm.com/hdtgm Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Phil & David welcome back for seconds our beloved rock power trio who we now consider Naked Lunch's house band. This is a loose and lively conversation with Dogstar about their powerful upcoming new album All In Now which comes out May 29th, as well as  everything from doing Samuel Beckett on Broadway to touring the world as a band to overpriced tuna sandwiches from Mob relatives to acting alongside Steven Seagal to an unauthorized drive on to an old Paula Abdul video to why the hell there's only one "t" in Bret. For more answers about Dogstar, or to pre-order the album go to https://dogstarofficial.com/. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at ⁠philrosenthalworld.com⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode the FM3 checks the old answering machine to see what the listeners have to say. Topics that are touched on range from healthy heart foods, Fred Durst, Steven Seagal, foggy London town, creepy musical instruments and of course a teeny bit more shit talking about Nu-Metal. It's a fun episode and we hope you enjoy it! If you wanna leave a message for Jef, Josh and Brian to end up on a future Voicemail episode you can call 707-327-2984. 

In this episode of With Stugotz & Hochman, Marc Hochman and Stugotz revisit the time Hochman tried out an impression of Steven Seagal—and it turned into an entire show bit.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode of The Rizzuto Show is what happens when a funny podcast accidentally unlocks a new fear you didn't need — flying.The crew kicks things off with a ridiculous song lyric bit that spirals into one of the most chaotic episode starts in recent memory, before immediately taking a hard left turn into a real-life airplane disaster story that is… honestly nightmare fuel. We're talking about a plane losing part of its roof mid-flight, passengers staring directly into the sky at 24,000 feet, and the kind of “what would you do?” conversation that somehow turns both scientific and wildly inappropriate.Naturally, this funny podcast doesn't stay serious for long. The conversation quickly shifts into classic Rizz Show territory — debating whether you'd survive a fall from the sky (spoiler: probably not), questioning airplane bathroom timing like it's life or death, and imagining the worst-case scenarios with just enough humor to make it okay… kind of.Then it's time for “Crap On Celebrities,” where the crew digs into everything from Justin Timberlake's alleged ongoing drama to Taylor Swift locking down her voice like it's Fort Knox in the age of AI. There's also a deep dive into movie theater chaos — specifically people turning biopics into full-blown concerts — which sparks a debate that will absolutely divide listeners between “sit down and shut up” and “let people have fun.”And because no episode is complete without a little unhinged energy, Steven Seagal becomes the unexpected villain of the day, with story after story painting him as the coworker nobody asked for but everyone somehow survived.Add in overpriced movie tickets, OnlyFans million-dollar stories, superhero movie debates, and the usual off-the-rails tangents, and you've got a funny podcast episode that perfectly captures what The Rizzuto Show does best — turning everyday topics into absolute chaos.Follow The Rizzuto Show → linktr.ee/rizzshow for more from your favorite daily comedy show.Connect with The Rizzuto Show Comedy Podcast online → 1057thepoint.com/RizzShow.Hear The Rizz Show daily on the radio at 105.7 The Point | Hubbard Radio in St. Louis, MO.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We are back to doing our comedy roasts on the many infamous, controversial & beloved pop culture icons. We are going to make this a recurring side show so we promise to make these available on separate YouTube and Apple Music feeds very soon.   In the spirit of the New York Friar's Club, Dean Martin & early Comedy Central days, we present to you THE ROAST OF STEVEN SEAGAL!   How many jokes about sitting in a chair, weight gain, Russia connections & how he alway plays a CIA vigilante in all of his movies can we make?   How many other infamous people is he rather similar to?   Why is everyone so afraid of such a bully like him when he can't even fight?   And like any roast, you need to end with a toast but how challenging will that even be to conclude this amusement?   If you've ever wanted to see people you like or hate get roasted, feel free to join us for all the fun in the future!     ROASTERS: Cam Sully, Jeramiah Pierce, Tom Lindaman, Comedian Rachelle Hardy, Gil Palmer, Charlie Hildebrand, Filmmaker Michael Pickle, Chris from Cinematic Travelers, Sam Willing (The Outer Reels), Zachary "Jackie" Taylor (1 Minute Movie Reviews), James Bruno & Oreo Brewer

The Aiki Dojo Podcast - Martial Arts Movies and Their Role in TrainingIn Episode 80 of the Aiki Dojo Podcast, we discuss martial arts movies and their role in training. Ito Sensei gives a few of his favorite films and explains the martial concepts in others. In this video, he will talk about icons from Bruce Lee to Steven Seagal. He will also talk about these movies/tv shows: Heroes with Vincent ZhaoHero with Jet LiThe Guyver with Haru Matsuoka Hidden FortressVanishing Son with Russell Wong The Last DragonDragon Tiger Gate with Donnie Yen The Karate KidHeroes of the East Kill Bill Lady SnowbloodThe Last Samurai Standing The GrandmasterHardboiled Blade Judge Archer The One Armed Swordsman ZatoichiOng BakLone Wolf McQuade John WickCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Wu Tang Clan The Challenge with Scott Glenn Seven Samurai Shang Chi Iron Monkey The Street Fighter with Sonny Chiba Lone Wolf and CubThe Big Boss   Enjoy!Watch this episode here: https://youtu.be/tDkd2I2B8zQThe Aiki Dojo Podcast's goal is to translate traditional Aikido and traditional martial arts training into the modern world. The podcast is hosted by David Ito Sensei who is the Chief Instructor of the Aikido Center of Los Angeles and he brings over 36 years of Aikido training to the podcast. The podcast is co-hosted by Ken Watanabe Shihan, James Doi Shihan, James Takata, and Bill D'Angelo. Let us know if you have a topic that you would like Ito Sensei and the team to discuss in the next podcast.The calligraphy that appears in this podcast are original creations by Yoshida Kuniharu. He can be reached here: https://www.instagram.com/kuni_rhythm/https://www.facebook.com/kuniharu.yoshida92Watch our 2 Minute Technique series:https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiXORPL-lO6CxvDYf8RXbmKN_Pbw1XPWPWatch our podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiXORPL-lO6Ak4vwXgRtzWY7ohjMTmJhQRead our blog, the Aiki Dojo Message: http://www.aikidocenterla.com/blogRead our Newsletter:http://www.aikidocenterla.com/newsletterFollow us on social media:Facebook: Aikido Center of LA: https://www.facebook.com/aikidocenterlaIto Sensei: https://www.facebook.com/aikidoteacherInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/aikidocenterla/Ito Sensei: https://www.instagram.com/teacher.aikido/For more information about Aikido http://www.aikidocenterla.comRev. Kensho Furuya: http://www.kenshofuruya.comIf you enjoyed this video, please support Furuya Sensei's vision and our non-profit foundation and the Aikido Center of Los Angeles. https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=85D4U4CXREWN4

On this episode, we take the displeasure of talking about one of the worst movies that we have covered on the podcast yet, Steven Seagal's Code of Honor. We talk about of Steven Seagal, the god awful plot, the worst plot twist you could imagine, and so much more!

Happy Birthday to The Big Sensei himself! Hosts Dominic Lawton & Ken B Wild are celebrating the birthday of Steven Seagal by covering another one of his comedy sidekick efforts! Its's the 1996 classic - THE GLIMMER MAN! The guys discuss this week's sidekick, Keenan Ivory Wayans, they wonder if this film has Seagal's best line in it and are surprised by the appearance of Cox! Meanwhile, Dom wonders if its the Russian girl or Steven Seagal with the best bosom, While Ken buys a candle that smells like Gwyneth Paltrow! We now have PATREON! Join us HERE Visit our website for more episodes & written reviews : WWW.BADMOVIECULT.COM Follow us on TWITTER Follow us on INSTAGRAM Join us on FACEBOOK Dominic Lawton can be found on TWITTER Ken B Wild can be found on TWITTER Got a spare minute? Leave us a rating or review on iTunes!

Today's episode is a masterclass in “what could possibly go wrong?”—and then watching all of it go wrong anyway.We kick things off with a crypto horror story that will make you question every download you've ever made. One fake app, one tiny mistake, and nearly half a million dollars disappears into the digital abyss. It's painful, it's preventable, and it's exactly the kind of nightmare fuel that makes you want to bury your money in your backyard like it's 1920.Then we shift gears to Disney, where layoffs are hitting the marketing and corporate teams as the company tries to “streamline operations”—which is corporate speak for “this meeting could've been an email, and now so is your job.” We break down what's actually happening and whether this is just a small cut… or the beginning of something bigger.Meanwhile, Roblox is out here trying to clean up its reputation with new safety features, age verification tech, and stricter controls for younger users. Is it a genuine fix or just the bare minimum after years of chaos? The crew has thoughts. Lots of them. Some helpful, some… not so much.And because this is a funny podcast, we don't stop there. We dive into celebrity drama, resurfaced interviews that may or may not mean anything, Ozzy's final performances, and whether bringing back Chappelle's Show is genius or playing with fire.Oh—and things completely spiral when we hit a ranking of the greatest action stars of all time. What starts as a simple list turns into a full-blown debate involving Arnold, Jackie Chan, Keanu Reeves… and somehow Steven Seagal catching strays like it's his job.It's weird. It's chaotic. It's occasionally informative. And it's exactly what you signed up for with The Rizzuto Show—a daily comedy podcast that proves reality is always stranger (and funnier) than fiction.Follow The Rizzuto Show → linktr.ee/rizzshow for more from your favorite daily comedy show.Connect with The Rizzuto Show Comedy Podcast online → 1057thepoint.com/RizzShow.Hear The Rizz Show daily on the radio at 105.7 The Point | Hubbard Radio in St. Louis, MO.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

To celebrate the birthday of Steven Seagal, John takes Dan and Dean for a choo-choo ride and discovers a whole casey of trouble. A Monday Night Movie Club episode from Feb 20, 2023.Subscribe to the Patreon here and find hours and hours of exclusive content here: https://www.patreon.com/SmershPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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National Siblings day. Entertainment from 2015. Mt. Tambora erupted created year without a summer, Fastest wind speed ever measured, Safety pin invented. Todays birthdays - Harry Morgan, Sheb Wooley, Chuck Connors, Max Von Sydow, Omar Sharif, Bobby Smith, Steven Seagal, Brian Setzer, Orlando Jones, Mandy Moore, Haley Joel Osment, Daisey Ridley. Sam Kinison died.Intro - God did good - Dianna Corcoran     https://diannacorcoran.com/We are family - Sister SledgeUptown Funk - Mark Ronson   Bruno MarsTake your time - Sam HuntBirthdays - In da club - 50 Cent     https://www.50cent.com/  Purple people eater - Sheb WooleyWorking my way back to you babe - The SpinnersRock this town - Stray CatsI wanna be with you - Mandy MooreWild thing - Sam KinisonExit - Lipstick - Conner Brooke     https://connerbrooke.com/History & Factoids about today Playlist on SpotifyHistory & Factoids about today webpagecooolmedia.comcountryundergroundradio.com

Dustin is back along with our good buddy Chris Mayek, to discuss 1991's Mystery Date! Take one part License to Drive, mix a little After Hours, and you got yourself Mystery Date! In this episode, Dustin, Chris, & Zak get into the 1991 Ethan Hawke rom com and it's amazing soundtrack (INXS, Seal), remind everyone why BD Wong is amazing and why Steven Seagal isn't, and a whole lot more! Enjoy! This episode is a preview for the upcoming interview with Brian McNamara which drops in two weeks! Don't miss it! Be sure to like, subscribe and follow Chris Mayek's YouTube channel ⁠here⁠. Dig the show? Please consider supporting $2 Late Fee on Patreon for tons of bonus content (like Tales From The Video Store)! Links are below: Two Dollar Late Fee: ⁠⁠www.patreon.com/twodollarlatefee⁠⁠ Please follow/subscribe and rate us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! Apple Podcasts: ⁠⁠podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-dollar-late-fee⁠⁠ Spotify: ⁠⁠open.spotify.com/show/⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠@twodollarlatefee⁠⁠ Subscribe to our ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ Check out Jim Walker's intro/outro music on Bandcamp: ⁠⁠jvamusic1.bandcamp.com⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠facebook.com/Two-Dollar-Late-Fee-Podcast⁠⁠ Merch:⁠⁠ https://www.teepublic.com/user/two-dollar-late-fee⁠⁠ IMDB: ⁠⁠https://www.imdb.com⁠⁠ Two Dollar Late Fee is a part of the nutritious ⁠⁠Geekscape Network⁠⁠ Every episode is produced, edited, and coddled by Zak Shaffer (⁠⁠@zakshaffer⁠⁠) & Dustin Rubin (⁠⁠@dustinrubinvo⁠⁠) You can watch the entire interview on our YouTube channel ⁠here⁠. Don't forget to like & subscribe!You can listen & NOW watch on Spotify ⁠here⁠. Don't forget to like & subscribe! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ANYONE SEEN RITCHIE???That's the central question driving this pulpy action thriller starring Steven Seagal (Under Siege, Hard To Kill, Marked For Death) during his breakout period in the early '90's.  Here he plays Gino Felino, a dogged NYPD cop on a mission....to capture the killer of his partner.  That would be the aforementioned Richie Madano, a cranked out mob enforcer played by William Forsythe (Raising Arizona, The Rock, Dick Tracy, Stone Cold) who seemes to be on a mission of his own....to rampage around Brooklyn causing trouble. :o And a chaotic cat-and-mouse ensues between cop and robber, leaving in its wake a lot of broken glass and broken limbs!  This often (unintentionally) funny action thriller was directed by the late, great John Flynn (Rolling Thunder, Lock Up, Brain Scan) and also co-stars Jerry Orbach, Jo Champa, Gina Gershon, Julianna Margulies, and Dominic Chianese.  Host & Editor: Geoff GershonProducer: Marlene Gershon Send us Fan MailSupport the showhttps://livingforthecinema.com/Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Living-for-the-Cinema-Podcast-101167838847578Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/livingforthecinema/Letterboxd:https://letterboxd.com/Living4Cinema/ 

In this episode of With Stugotz & Hochman, Marc Hochman and Stugotz update the audience on why they’ve been delayed in recording more episodes (construction, lacrosse mitzvahs, thatkindofthing), but preview some of the upcoming topics in the week ahead, including the fake Steven Seagal and the recently departed Chuck Norris.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Con Carlos M. Mira conversamos de Código de silencio, una película policiaca considerada de las mejores de Chuck Norris. Nuevo episodio del podcast de cine de esRadio, Par-Impar, con Dani Palacios y Juanma González comentando con el periodista Carlos M. Mira uno de los títulos mejor valorados de Chuck Norris, la cinta policiaca Código de silencio. Estrenada en 1985 y con un guion descartado por Clint Eastwood para su saga de Harry el sucio, la película de Andrew Davis, que después dirigiría El fugitivo con Harrison Ford o Alerta máxima con Steven Seagal, sigue los pasos de un duro policía atrapado en medio de una guerra de bandas. Bajo la vigilancia de sus oficiales intentan llevar a cabo una gran compra de cocaína a una familia sudamericana, pero el plan no resulta y uno de los traficantes los mata a sangre fría. La investigación de los hechos es encargada a Eddie Cusack, un sargento conocido por su determinación a la hora de hacer cumplir la ley. Sin dejar de lado el show de artes marciales y acción que asociamos al actor, Código de silencio tiene muchas otras virtudes, entre otras una visión áspera de la corrupción tanto en estamentos policiales como en los criminales, emparentándose a obras mayores de directores como William Friedkin o Michael Mann. Sin mirarlas frente a frente o abandonar su espíritu de cine de género, esta película sin aparentes pretensiones de Chuck Norris se dibuja como un policial muy a reivindicar. Además, comentamos otras cintas como El héroe y el terror, Los valientes visten de negro y, por supuesto, los clásicos de la Cannon y Norris como Invasión USA o Desaparecido en combate.

Recorded on a Monday from the Palm Street Studio.  A message from Buck McBowel and he is trying to help the podcast.  Yoga in the studio will continue!  The Blade has a wild time at the Blue with Junior.  A great restaurant recommendation in Harbor Beach.  A new eating challenge for the future?  A bowling update and new balls all around.  Chuck Norris has passed away yet Steven Seagal is still very round.  William Shatner has a birthday and is 95.  We plan to try the next episode!     Featuring The Grumpy Griller, Brian "The Blade", Hall of Famer Junior!, Sir Phillip, and Lord Adam.  Make good choices!

In this episode, Gary Jenkins, retired intelligence detective, sits down with veteran true crime authors Frank Gerardot and Burl Barer to examine their book Where Murder Lies, a case that intersects Russian organized crime, Italian mob connections, and a troubling claim of wrongful conviction. At the center of the story is Jimmy Kitlas, a young man who struggled with learning disabilities and instability after aging out of a rehabilitation facility in Los Angeles. Facing homelessness and limited options, he gravitated toward individuals connected to the Russian mob, seeking protection and belonging. Instead, he was drawn into criminal schemes—including check fraud and drug trafficking—engineered by experienced mob figures who exploited his vulnerabilities. Frank and Burl provide historical context on the rise of Russian organized crime in the United States, particularly in neighborhoods like Brighton Beach. Unlike the rigid hierarchy of traditional Mafia families, these groups often operated through looser networks, engaging in lucrative scams such as gas tax fraud alongside Italian crime figures. The authors explain how these alliances blurred lines between ethnic crime groups and created new power structures within the American underworld. The discussion then shifts to the murder that reshaped Jimmy's life. What began as manipulation and grooming evolved into betrayal, jealousy, and ultimately violence. The authors detail how Jimmy's arrest followed a carefully orchestrated narrative that shifted blame onto him while shielding more powerful figures. Through examination of court records and transcripts, Gerardot and Barer argue that investigative failures and prosecutorial decisions compounded the injustice. 0:02 Introduction and Guests 0:47 Wrongful Conviction Discussion 4:26 Kelly Lee’s Influence 6:33 Russian Mob Background 12:28 Jimmy Kitlas’ Journey 18:47 Investigative Challenges 22:58 The Murder Plot 26:45 Russian Mob Operations 28:29 Geographic Control in LA 31:29 Trust and Collaboration 35:03 Daniel Patterson’s Role 37:10 Conclusion and Book Promotions Hit me up on Venmo for a cup of coffee or a shot and a beer @ganglandwire Click here to “buy me a cup of coffee” Subscribe to the website for weekly notifications about updates and other Mob information. To go to the store or make a donation or rent Ballot Theft: Burglary, Murder, Coverup, click here To rent ‘Brothers against Brothers’ or ‘Gangland Wire,’ the documentaries click here.  To purchase one of my books, click here. [0:00] Hey, all you wiretappers, good to be back here in the studio of Gangland Wire. This is Gary Jenkins, retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit detective, and I have two guests today. Frank Girdo. Is that correct, Frank? Girdo? That’s pretty good. Gerardot. I’ll take it. Gerardot. Gerardot. Just don’t pronounce a T at the end, right? Yes, sir. [0:24] And Burl Barer. Is it Barer, Burl? Yep, that’s close enough for government work. Joe’s enough for government work. That’s the story of my life, as everybody knows. I like to get it close. And we never let the real facts get in the way of a good story either. So let’s just get going here. We like to tell stories on this channel. That’s what my guys like is stories. [0:44] Stories about the Russian mob and maybe a little bit about the Italian mob. And we also got a story about a wrongful conviction, which is a kind of a hot topic right now. We’re seeing a lot of different things in these true crime shows about wrongful convictions. And there’s been, I think a lot of them have been uncovered. In the last few years because people started paying attention to that a little more than they used to. When I was a policeman, they didn’t pay any attention. Never heard of a wrongful conviction. I really congratulate you investigators and authors and true crime diggers out there that see these things and then go take a look at them because they need to be taken and given a look at. So Burl Baer is an Edgar winning author and two-time Anthony Ward nominee. He’s got a lot of experience in reporting. I see you’ve been in the Hollywood Reporter, even the London Sunday Telegraph, New York Times, USA Today. [1:38] You’ve got, I believe you’ve got some other, what else do you do, Burrell? I watch a lot of TV, watch a lot of movies. What kind of shows have you been on? You’ve done other investigations here. Yeah. I did almost, Frank and I have done most of those shows. Deadly Women, Deadly Sins, Behind Mansion Walls, you know, all. [1:57] Do you name them and claim them? We’ve probably been on them. All right. And Frank Gerardot, you’re a journalist, radio host. You’ve authored several true crime nonfiction books, co-author with Burl on A Taste for Murder, Betrayal in Blue. And you did one with somebody else named Byrne. Oh, that was about John Orr. And I read that book. Actually, I read that book, that John Orr. That was a hell of a story, man. That was a hell of a story. Several years ago. So that’s a, it’s a crazy thing. And that, that, that book really tells the story of John Orr through his daughter’s perspective. Ah, okay. And, and I don’t remember which one I read. I read one. I listened to a podcast about the whole thing all the way through guys. That was the LA County was an LA County fireman, fire investigator who was sat in his own fire all up and down in California. Oh yeah. He would go up North. He was in Southern California. He would go up north to a fire conference and he’d set fires on the way back. It was crazy, craziest story I ever read. And after he got arrested, the number of arson fires in California declined by 70%. I’ll be darned. I’ll be darned. He set brush fires, just all kinds of fires. It was crazy. Name of that book is Burn, Guys, if you’re interested in that by Frank Cardo. That’s the French pronunciation. Yes, sir. Yes. [3:18] So these two guys, they have their publicist, God Hold Me, and they introduced me to this book, Where Murder Lies. It is a fascinating look, and they did a real great examination of the Russian mob, a little connection to the Italian mob in New York City as part of this investigation into really a wrongful conviction case, a wrongful conviction of a kid who was, I guess we don’t use the word retarded anymore. He was mentally disabled and retarded in some manner. I’m not sure exactly how to describe that anymore. How would you guys describe him? So, yeah, I think he’s differently abled. We’ll say that. He’s actually a pretty smart guy. He speaks a lot of languages. He read this book in a night. [4:01] He just, I think more of his problem is that he’s maybe learning. He had learning difficulties. And as you’ll see when we get into the book here, he had a lot of physical and emotional trauma growing up. Okay. Jimmy Kittlis was his name. Yes. And a woman named… Kelly Lee. [4:22] A woman named Kelly Lee got you guys interested in this story. It’s a wrongful conviction story that strays into this mob ties. Who was she? Now, who was Kelly Lee? [4:32] I could tell you about Kelly Lee. She was one of the first people I met when I came to Los Angeles in November of 2003. Three, she was doing intake at Teshuvah, which is a Jewish community kind of rehab for people with all-matter recovery issues. I’d just been through a bad patch, et cetera. He needed some help. She did my intake. Wound up becoming friends with her and her husband. And a few years later, we’re having dinner together. She says, oh, Pearl, you’re a true crime writer. I go, duh, yeah. And she pulls out a handful of court transcripts that are difficult to get nowadays. Thank you. Says, take a look at this. She was, at the time this murder took place, what I would term an unlicensed pharmaceutical supplier on the streets of West Hollywood. Correctly. Gotcha. Marijuana, primarily. Yeah. And she had six arrests for selling pot, which now would probably get her a community service award here. Yeah. Times were different. And when Jimmy Kittlis ages out of the facilities or whatever down in Lake Elsinore. When he turns 18, they just put him on a bus with a ticket to West Hollywood. Goodbye. [5:49] And he gets off. He meets her. She’s a very compassionate person. She can see that this kid is really childlike. Babe in the woods or babe on the street, he’s really going to get taken advantage of. She takes him under her wing like a surrogate mom and tries to tell him and teach him how to survive on the street. And then she said, he’s like a child. Could be really eager to please, super polite, has the intentions man of a goldfish. Oh, look, there’s a castle. Oh, look, there’s a castle. It’d be very easily used. [6:28] It had a lot of sexual energy. He needed a girlfriend. He got one and got her pregnant. And she really tried to help these kids, But she couldn’t be with him 24-7 And she certainly raised her eyebrows When she saw who was spending a lot of time With this couple And that was a well-known fellow In the Russian mob, Yeah, I read that So let’s talk a little bit about the Russian mob So you guys really went in the background When they first came to Brighton Beach Tell the guys a little bit about that background. [7:02] Yeah, sure. As the Soviet Union began to crumble, a lot of Russian Jews found their way to New York, and they found their way to Brighton Beach. And they set up a sort of black market trading system among themselves and within the community with all the sort of standard features of mafia, right? Protection, extortion, sometimes murder, certainly dealing in black market stuff like drugs. [7:32] Clubs, prostitution, just about every kind of crime you can think of happening in a neighborhood that’s protected by a mafia. These guys were controlling in this neighborhood of Brooklyn called Brighton Beach. What I thought was interesting, and readers will probably find interesting too, is that there’s not a real setup like a commission or families. The Russian mob really operates more like Ronin. There’s guys that just independent operators and build up their business based on their relationships and how many people they can pull into a scheme. What we also found is that these guys were pretty adaptable and they picked up on a scam that the Lucchesis and the Gambinos were operating. And that was to get gas, steal it, take it from places where it wasn’t really tracked and put it into gas stations, sell it for maybe a penny less than the guy across the street, but capture the tax, the federal excise tax money and pocket it. And this was a multi-million dollar scheme And to the fine-tuning of it The Russian mob, Worked with guys like Michael Francesi To really extract as much as they could from it One of the guys in our book. [9:00] Meyer Ida, who was in Brighton Beach and operating there, came to Los Angeles in the mid-90s and started up the gas tax scheme. But the feds were pretty wise to it at that point, and he got caught up in the sting. Interesting. If I remember right, some of them were, they couldn’t steal it, but they would set up companies, shell companies, and then buy gas and then sell it a little bit cheaper. And it was up to them to collect the tax and then pay the state. And they do this for a certain period of time. And then they just declare file bankruptcy or just walk away from that shell company and create another little LLC and do the same thing. So just like run after you just couldn’t catch up. You bust out of one and move on to the next one. And that’s what they and you could they change the laws for gasoline purchase changed as a result because you could just go buy it. You can make up a company today, buy it tomorrow, sell it on Thursday, collect the tax on Friday, and bail out on Saturday and start all over again next week. Wow. Wow. There’s a scam. There’s a mob that’s willing to take advantage of a loophole like that. It’s crazy. So they moved out to LA. What other kind of scams? Go ahead. Go ahead, Brett. I was going to say that the Russians were so good at this type of scam, far ahead mentally of the American Mafia. [10:29] They were the best people they ever worked with. They were geniuses. They knew how to do this unlike any other. And in fact, the gas tax scam, the biggest moneymaker for the Russian mob and eventually the American mafia than any other form of income, billions of dollars. Interesting also is that if the former Soviet Union, should probably know, they factor in the Russian mob in their economy. I believe the last figure was 63% of the GNP of Russia was crime. They actually give a figure for it. Here we go. In America, this percentage of our federal income is from crime, but in Russia, they do. 63%. I don’t know what it is in America, But we talked to this Stan, who’s never going to pronounce his last name. And he had been in the Russian mob ever since he was a kid, raised in it. [11:32] And so that’s just what we were brought up with. We didn’t think there was anything unusual. If you were a girl, you were going to be a sex worker. They were respectable. If you were a guy, you were going to do this. And it was never as bad or as evil as the Americans said it was. It was always, the Russians are coming, the Russians are coming. coming. It’s so scary. I noticed you had a chapter titled Glassnose Gangsters. [12:00] I thought that was a pretty tricky title. I also read once that in Russia, they were so used to dealing with corrupt officials and running different scams that were in and around governmental agencies, like the tax collecting thing. They were so used to that, that they really refined this to a fine point than Americans could, because we’re not so used to dealing with corrupt officials. We have some, but not like Russia. Russia was an art in Russia. [12:28] Yeah, and they just took the template and brought it right over here and started earning pretty quickly. So now, how does Jimmy Kittlis, he’s a street kid. He’s one of these, what I call throwaway kids. We have this group of kids on the streets that are 18, 19, 20, use drugs. And lots of times these older men who are gay want to pay him for sex or bring him in and take care of him. Was he one of those kids? Did he get into that kind of a lifestyle? [13:02] He’s a homeless kid. He’s a runaway. And the place that he goes to, Hollywood and West Hollywood, is full of people that want to exploit young boys. Yeah. The lifestyle that he got into, though, was I think he recognized that there would be, people there who were stronger than him and smarter than him and want to take advantage of him. And so he sought out ways to hook up with mobsters because he figured that if he was connected, that would protect him from some of the bad stuff that might happen, especially like sexual exploitation. [13:41] When he goes into a homeless shelter, he peripherally knows about Mark. He asks around about Mark, who’s a Russian mobster. And the homeless shelter introduces them and says, oh, hey, yeah, Jimmy here would like to do some work with you. And so he falls into doing work with Mark and let the scamming begin, as they say. Interesting. Yeah. I read the book how he was, he had such a facility to learn language that he learned Russian pretty quick. And he had other languages. Just one of those people that just could start picking that up. Me work like hell, and I can’t have one conversation, but somebody like that, they just pick it up. I understand he picked up Russian pretty quick, too. Very quickly, and to this day, speaks it pretty well. And that got him some cachet. [14:30] But that only goes so far because, Gary, these guys that come in at a low level and aren’t Russian are really just mules. And that’s really what Jimmy was. He was a mule. Mark’s specialty was Czech forgery. and check washing. And he taught Jimmy how to take envelopes and get checks out of them, change who the check was written to or the amount that the check was drawn for, and go to various banks and cash those checks. And Mark was a pro at it. He had equipment to do it. He knew how the scam worked. He knew that you don’t go to the same bank three days in a row. You go to a couple of different banks and that’s how they got by day to day. [15:18] Interesting. Yeah, I worked one of those little scams once, a little group of people that were doing that. They could have a process that can wash some of the ink off of a check and then put and change the amount and those kinds of things. They’d work, they’d go to grocery stores on paydays. People used to take their grocery, their checks to put grocery stores on paydays plus banks. So it’s a pretty good moneymaker that needs little guys like this to go out and cash the checks while the bad guy sits back and provides the checks and takes most of the money. So it’s interesting. Yeah. And that’s exactly what Jimmy was, the little guy that cashed the check. [15:57] I want to interject something here. Now, Mark was, as Jimmy said, he looked like a Russian mobster. He was a Russian mobster. However, what Jimmy didn’t realize is that the whole family, or most of the family, was involved. Mark’s uncle, Meyer ITF, also known as Mike, was a very prominent figure in the Russian mob in Los Angeles. The fans were very aware of him. He was, shall we say, a big shot. He was the godfather of Plumber Park here. He was the guy. Jimmy didn’t know that. He just knew about Mark. As you know in the book, sooner or later it becomes a situation involving a fortune in gold and smuggled MDMA that puts Meyer in federal custody. Meyer wants out of federal custody. Mark not only is a Russian mobster doing bank fraud, he’s also an FBI informant and a DEA informant and an informant of the Pasadena Police Department. [17:07] Frank says, according to the menu at a Chinese restaurant, going from column A to column B, how do I get my uncle out of prison? Solve a murder. Oh, what’s the easiest way to solve a murder? Plan it. Set it up. Blame it on someone, like maybe Jimmy. Final result, I’ll tell you, Meyer got out of prison. Jimmy went to prison. [17:36] Wow, that’s a hell of a story. Frank can give me more insight on that process, but that’s the short form on how this all winds up fitting together. Yeah, and you guys, when you went back, you had to go back. Could you be able to pull she had transcripts from the court so you could find out who testified were able to get any more information police department’s notorious for not allowing reports to go out i can’t even get them out of my own but and i bet it was really bad on that how did how’d you go about that how’d you start digging into this and get your first clues that you can tell you about trying to talk to the items about this yeah yeah so it’s like an onion i i look at it like that and we had early on kelly shared with us some of the trial transcripts so that’s pretty good yeah there’s a lot of information in there and it and within the trial transcripts there’s names and and dates and so we started picking at it and early on you know we couldn’t get cooperation from any of [18:40] the mobsters yeah we didn’t get cooperation from the fbi or the dea We were able to do some digging. [18:48] And I think the digging led to a congressional hearing on the Russian mob back in the early 90s. And Meyer Itev’s name pops up in that hearing. So from there, I started digging through federal court files using PACER and came across all kinds of court documents involving Mike and then his nephew for various scams they were involved in. [19:21] And then taking those court documents and continuing to research and talk to people and figure it out, we were able to lay it all out. It took us six years to do this, but lay out a narrative of who’s Mike, who’s Mark, who are they involved with, and what kind of things were they operating when Jimmy got involved. And where was everybody when this murder took place? And what we found out was that Mike was in federal custody and had been charged with involvement in a scheme to steal gold from a place in Massachusetts. And how the scheme worked is Mike and his buddy posed as government scientists who were building a nuclear reactor facility in a run-down apartment in Pasadena, California. And they were able to put in purchase orders for the gold and have it delivered to this apartment. And only when one of them misspelled sergeant on the P.O. And sent a fake check did the government catch on and arrest him. [20:37] When they brought him in and charged him with this, the first thing that these guys wanted to do was figure out how they could get out of it. They hooked up with a guy in Hollywood who was involved in a scheme. Yeah. To dissuade a reporter from writing about the actor Steven Seagal. And this guy, his name is Alex Proctor, went to Meijer and another man in our book, Daniel Patterson, and said, listen, can you help me? I need to knock off this reporter. [21:12] Daniel, as you’ll see from reading our book, is a pretty well-connected guy. He’s done some pretty interesting stuff, but murder was the limit of what he would do for anybody. He began to peel back some of the layers of that onion for authorities in that case. And that led to Meyer being in custody. And that was the catalyst for Mark and his other uncle, Gary, to try to figure out how can we get him out? And they believed that the government would let Meyer out of custody if they could inform on a big enough crime. Big enough crime probably wouldn’t be a burglary or a low-level assault or a battery. It had to be something significant. And then this murder happens. Wow. How did they choose this victim? I don’t know necessarily that they chose him, but this guy lived in the neighborhood where Mark and Jimmy hung out, and they essentially manipulated him into believing he was going to have sex with Jimmy’s girlfriend. And then manipulated Jimmy into thinking that, hey, this guy’s going to have sex with your girlfriend. Aren’t you upset by that? Doesn’t that piss you off? Don’t you think you should be a man and do something about it? Yeah. [22:39] Hormones, jealousy, rage, greed. It’s like there’s everything like comes together in this one moment. And we end up with this guy, Alex, who’s a school teacher, just ends up dying. [22:55] So they got motive and means and opportunity. They can manipulate Jimmy into providing all those for the investigated officers. Yep. Yeah. Wow. And, you know, and what, and what really the thing that really, I think, so there’s this event that happens and there’s a, there’s like part of this, there’s a locked door mystery that investigators encounter. But the other part of it is how after the crime, Jimmy was arrested. [23:27] Manipulated into going to a hotel as a hideout that was arranged for him by Mark and Gary Iteve. And as soon as Jimmy’s in the hotel, they park themselves outside and guide the police to the hideout where they arrest Jimmy and his girlfriend. I think I read that initially, after the school teacher was dead, they got in, was it Pasadena? One of the police departments got an anonymous call giving up the body, where it was, the murder, and the suspect. Only one anonymous call. And then they, and then, oh, my God, this was heinous. Let’s mention that locked door. Let’s mention this locked door. This was heinous, heinous. When the police get to the scene of the crime, and they noticed that the apartment does not show any forced entry. Living room, everything, it’s fine. Get to the bedroom, however. The door had been locked from the inside. Jimmy said when he left, he locked the bedroom door from the inside. This is now after the fact. Someone shows up and tries to get in. They can’t because the door’s locked. They want to get in real fast. And they finally get in, practically ripped the doorknob off to get in. [24:50] At the same time, let’s assume it might be the same person, Mark ITM uses the dead man’s telephone to call his lawyer to say, I want to report a murder that we could use to get my uncle out of prison. [25:07] Using the dead guy’s phone. Then after they arrange that, he cuts the wires and leaves. Also wiping the door, the doorknob clean. His fingerprints are in there because he acknowledges he was in the bedroom earlier when Jimmy put the unconscious, still-breathing fellow on the bed. [25:29] He leaves. Mark left, went out and told the girl. Jimmy killed the guy. But when he left, the guy was alive, breathing on the bed. He says, come down after in a minute. So then he tells the girl, we got to go because we’re going to get in trouble with the cops. What are we going to do? So it was a real mess. So to say, who killed this guy? Jimmy had to take full responsibility because he confessed to protect his girlfriend. Also, he felt bad about putting the guy to headlock and throw the old drunk guy to the ground anyway. But then again, how did Mark make a phone call to his lawyer and the dead man’s phone after all that happened? And after the doors ripped open in the apartment to the bedroom. Did he find the guy already dead? Or did he have to help finish the process? Legally, he was found not guilty. Mark was. Just like OJ was. Because did OJ do it? Did OJ not do it? Did he cover for his son? Whatever. But legally, he was not guilty. Same thing with Mark. Not guilty. Jimmy, guilty. Whether we killed him or not. [26:45] We can’t say. We weren’t there. Crazy. Crazy, isn’t it? [26:52] What other kinds of things was this crime family, this Russian mob family? It’s like a family. I’ve read about these. They’ll have that one strong man, and then you’ll have a group that kind of emanates out from that, but yet they’re not part of some larger group. They stand on their own. And so what else, what other kind of crimes were they involved in? Was this talking about MMDA being smuggled into those that’s a party? Rave kind of clubs yeah they one of the things that they did was make a counterfeit viagra one of the guys had a uh an idea to he bought some viagra and he had a plan to set up pharmacies where he could like order viagra through the pharmacy and like with the gas tax right don’t pay anybody have the viagra and sell it and then one of the other guys said that’s a waste of time I got a pill press. Just all we got to do is get the chemicals or some chemicals and put them together and press a bunch of Viagra pills and then we can sell thousands instead of tens. [27:54] And then the gold scheme, which we mentioned, and the MA, the list goes on and on. And within the community of the Russian diaspora, extortion, loan sharking, gambling, prostitution, all those means of making money were on the table and being used. They were familiar with the casinos here in LA, familiar with the how to operate prostitution rings and advertise the services. Very sophisticated group of guys. [28:29] Did they have a geographic area in which they were kind of like the ruling group? [28:35] So that’s the funny thing about LA. And we talk about this a little bit in the book, that LA’s never really had like a mob family. There’s no five families here. If you go back to the 1940s and 50s, there was a guy named Mickey Cohen, who was a mobster here in LA and with help started the casinos in Vegas. But there’s no turf here In LA, if you’re going to set up an operation You’ve got to find a way to work with some of the other mobs In Los Angeles, the Mexican mafia is very prominent And their operation is run out of the jails That’s where their leadership is in the jail and prison system And the soldiers are on the street And that’s where the drugs and prostitution are distributed at street level, operated from the jails. Guys like Meyer or people operating within those turfs, they got to work with the Mexican mob to make sure that they’re not crossing lines. And we chronicle some of that, especially with the MDMA smuggling in the book. [29:44] Interesting. Wow. Yeah. LA’s not really had that, like you said, that five families each has a geographic territory or even had one family, a guy named Jack Dragna, but it was really, it was open. LA was open city. We had a guy from Kansas City went out there in the 50s and fell in with some people out there. And, of course, from Tony Splatro and that Jimmy Fradiano, Jimmy Fradiano, these people from Chicago had some action going down in L.A., but no one mob family controlled L.A. And it’s spread out that you’ve got these neighborhoods over the place that I just wonder if they’re like a Brighton Beach kind of a place that where a lot of Russians had settled in. That was their neighborhood, at least where they did. They all live in one neighborhood. So, yeah, West Hollywood has a Russian enclave. And then there’s a park there called Plummer Park. That’s a gathering place for Russians in the neighborhood to get together and play chess and talk about what’s going on. I live in a neighborhood that has its own little enclave of Armenian mobsters. And their hangout is a donut shop. Yes, I’ve seen that here I have I was at a Starbucks up by the airport And I see these guys all ganged up together And they look like. [31:03] They’re Italians. They look like down at the social club down in the North End. I was retired by then. So I look at these guys. I call a friend of mine back down the intelligence unit. I say, I see these guys and here’s one of their license plates and it’s some kind of a limo service. And so, yeah, that’s our Albanian gangsters. They all hang out there at that Starbucks and then they go to the airport. They have these different things. They haul drug dealers back and forth. We are on to them. [31:29] That’s great interesting people ask Frank and I how is it that you get guys from the Russian mall or the fact with Betrayal in Blue who was a drug cartel guy or guys from the American mafia how do you get them to cooperate with you when you write these books I would like to stand whose name I can never pronounce with a whole section about the Russian mob, where he talks openly about it. And he says, because they trust us and anybody else, they want their story told truthfully. This is their legacy. They don’t want a bunch of BS about them in a book. If it’s been over seven years, they could talk about it. Unless it’s bank robbery, then it’s 10 years. We always tell them, don’t talk about anything you can be arrested for. Although, we’ll appreciate this because you’re doing this podcast. I was doing one, had this guest on, and all of a sudden he’s just talking about killing somebody. [32:35] I said, you can tell I’m kind of getting upset. Turns to his lawyers, he goes, what’s the statute of limitations on murder? Murder. Oh, my God. There isn’t one. Shut up. I have told guys that. I said, I’ll tell you something, dude. Do not tell me something I can’t live with. You can talk to me, but do not tell me something I can’t live with. You cannot trust me if you tell me something I can’t live with. And that’s the main one right there. Fortunately, they trust, People learned that they could trust Frank and I to be honest with them, direct with them, protect them if they need protection. I don’t know about the protection part. I’m not going to protect any. I’m with Jerry. Don’t tell me anything. Well, that’s what I mean. You tell them, don’t cross this line. That’s protection. Please tell them where the guardrails are. Yeah. It’s an interesting thing that we do. I’ve got some guys here and some guys around the country I’ve dealt with. And they reach out to you and they want to tell their story. I wish I could get more of them to want to tell their story. And they want to tell one thing I get criticized for. And it’ll be somebody that’s on YouTube, obviously in the know, and they’ll tell me how I got something wrong. [33:47] You deal with what you got. You deal with the newspaper articles and old court cases and things like that and try to get it right. But you can’t totally get it right. Of course, you don’t get it right as the way somebody else sees it, too. Everybody has a different take on the right story. I found out long ago, if you only rely on law enforcement, you’re not going to get the whole story. No, you got to go. Well, then you’re doing stenography. That’s what I always said. Yeah. Yeah. But it’s hard to get those people to open up, too. Man, it’s. Yeah. I was a reporter for a long time, so I’ve had some practice at it. And I’ve interviewed guys in prison. I’ve interviewed people who pre-arrest, during arrest, post-arrest. [34:26] And I’ve developed a way to talk to people that makes them comfortable. With Adam Diaz that Burrell mentioned in our book, Betrayal in Blue, this guy is a South American cartel member dealing cocaine in the United States. He went on the record and talked about his life doing that. [34:47] And the same thing in this book with Daniel Patterson. Daniel is quite a colorful character. And I interviewed him over five or six weekends about everything that he was involved in, up to and including the stuff that he did with the ITEVs. [35:04] Now, Daniel Patterson, explain who he was to the Russians. Sure. He’s basically a conduit for the Russians. He’s a guy who knew how to make money more legitimately than they did. He had the pill press. he explained the gold scam how to operate the gold scam how to write po’s how to like add a veneer of legitimacy to their business and and make more money by doing that yeah it’s like the scam emails you get you see the misspelled words they greet you in some archaic way this is a scam this guy could take all that out of it and right i always love it without warning people i want to worm. If the woman on the dating site says, I am so-and-so by name, they’re Nigerian. But if you tell them that, then all the Nigerians will stop telling them, I’ll stop using that. But if it says, I am Sally by name, they’re Nigerian. Even if they say they live in your hometown, they’re Nigerian. Good clue. Good clue. You guys hear that out there? [36:12] Yeah listen closely when you trip to one of these emails or one of these online things and you start talking to them they say my name is sally my name is nigerian hang up, how’s everything in nigerian click yeah. [36:31] Guys, I didn’t expect to get that kind of a great clue for my guys out there, but that’s a good one. I didn’t really realize that one myself. Yeah, I am Sally by name. Here’s your clue. Watch out. I was talking to a guy once, a friend of mine. He was talking about some girl that he met online, of course, through Facebook. And he said, she told me she just thought I looked interesting and sounded interesting from my Facebook. And I said, what’d she do? He said, I think she’s legitimate. I said, what’d she do? She’s an entrepreneur. I said, dude, dude. On. Dude. Model and entrepreneur. Yeah. [37:10] Okay. This has been great. Frank Girardeau and Burl Baer. B-A-R-E-R. Yes. And guys, I’ll have links to these books, all of their books. This book is A Taste for Murder, and they have Actually, this book is Where Murder Lies. Oh, I’m sorry. Okay. Oh, yeah. All right. Let me start. I’ll edit this. Their book is Where Murder Lies. And they also have one called A Taste for Murder, Betrayal in Blue, and Burned. So those are all three great true crime books. And I will have links to them in the show notes, guys. Thanks so much. Merle and Frank, I really appreciate you coming on. It’s really interesting. And Owen, if you buy the book, review the book. Say something nice about it. If you don’t like it, keep your mouth shut. Don’t give me one of those one-star reviews or I’m coming for you. You can’t trust those. [38:08] Thank you, Gary. All right. Thank you. All right. I’ll send, I don’t know, do I have your emails or do I have the publicist’s email? I got somebody’s email. Sometimes I never get your guys’ email. You got Vine, you got Frank, you got them both. All right. I’ll send you a link whenever I get this. It’ll probably be a month or more before I actually get this up. I would stay way ahead. Okay, good. Okay. All right. Talk to you soon. Same thing I can ever do for you here in Kansas City while you get on these stories or something. Hey, I’m in Missouri. I haven’t used to Missouri. I’m in Houston, Missouri. You what? I’m in Houston, Missouri. Oh, are you? Yeah, Texas County, Missouri. Oh, Texas County. Yeah, that’s way down south. That’s down south. I’m in the Ozarks. Yeah. Okay. That’s why I grew the goatee. Okay. All right. All right. Thanks, guys. Bye-bye. Bye.

In this episode, we're diving into the 1992 action classic Under Siege starring Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, and Gary Busey. Often considered one of Seagal's best films, Under Siege takes the Die Hard–style formula and drops it onto a battleship packed with terrorists, explosions, and plenty of unforgettable one-liners.I'm not shipping off alone for this review — my buddy Parker from Dissect That Film joins me to break down everything that makes this movie such a memorable 90s action flick. From Tommy Lee Jones' wild villain performance to Gary Busey's over-the-top energy and Seagal's famously calm Casey Ryback, we cover the moments that make this film stand out in the action genre.Is Under Siege really one of the best action movies of the 90s? Does it deserve its reputation among fans of the genre? We get into all of it in this episode.If you enjoy movie reviews, deep dives into cult classics, and discussions about 80s and 90s action movies, make sure to like the video, subscribe to the channel, and drop a comment letting us know your thoughts on Under Siege.#UnderSiege #StevenSeagal #MovieReview #ActionMovies #90sMovies #PodcastFollow Us: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/video_villa_entertainment TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@videovillaentmt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086204155260&mibextid=LQQJ4d Website: https://www.videovillaentertainment.com

The Spin Chagrin, a concept that finds Frank having to watch a movie he's never seen before based on the random spin of a wheel filled with off-the-wall genres, continues into its fourth year. All the categories are quotables from Frank himself. In this episode, Frank's category was "It's basically Yojimbo with Yojumbo in the f***ing lead," a reference to the Steven Seagal movie, A Good Man. For this episode, Frank watched 2013's Force of Execution, which is the movie A Good Man was a prequel to. It has no connection really to the other movie, but does star Ving Rhames and Danny Trejo at least.

The podcast “fires up” as the boys “butt” heads over Jason Reitman's satire about the horrors of the tobacco lobby. They also ramble about Steven Seagal, Watto visits his friend Jeffery, and Jigsaw takes Luigi Mangione under his wing. Thank You For Smoking (2005) is directed by Jason Reitman, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright, Adam Brody, and Sam ElliotMusic: “Fractals” by Kyle Casey and White Bat Audio

“This is such a choppy edit, thanks for nothing, Steven Seagal!” - AndrewOn this week's show, we're bringing “White Guy Karate” Month to a close with a banger conversation on the outrageous Steven Seagal film, Out for Justice!How hilarious is Seagal's Brooklyn accent? What is this outfit he's wearing at the start of the picture? Was Seagal dubbed for the Italian dialogue? Were John Leguizamo's scenes deleted? And should Gino have left that dog in the car the whole film? PLUS: Visit the all-new fast food sensation, Fuck Burger!Out for Justice stars Steven Seagal, William Forsyth, Jerry Orbach, Jo Champa, Shareen Mitchell, Gina Gershon, Julianna Margulies, John Leguizamo, Raymond Cruz, and Dominic Chianese as Mr. Madano; directed by John Flynn.Don't miss us on the road this winter when we're in Minneapolis on March 20, and Chicago on March 22! Tickets are on sale now and you're not gonna wanna miss us, gang! Click through here and snag your tix now!Be sure to visit the WHM Merch shop over on Dashery and check out all the latest show-related designs you can slap on t-shirts, hats, coffee mugs, stickers, whatever! Make your friends jealous by flaunting some WHM merch today!Original cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.

Back in the '90's, the enduring success of Die Hard helped inspire a slew of action thrillers often focusing on one protagonist taking on a group of terrorists within a confined space....and SEVERAL of them took place on airplanes including Air Force One, Passenger 57, and Con Air.  Amidst that crop came this well-liked and successful incarnation taking place on a commercial airplane headed from overseas to Washington, DC.....and hijacked by terrorists who are not only threatening to kill the hundreds of hostages on board but also bringing a dangerous bio-weapon to the launch on the East Coast. :o Fortunately potentially standing in their way are more than just ONE lone man....a savvy CIA analyst (Kurt Russell), several Navy Seals (John Leguizamo, BD Wong, Joe Morton, Whip Hubley), and one brainy bomb expert (Oliver Platt).  They have ALL stowed away in the luggage cabin of said plane.....not to mention there's one brave stewardess (Halle Berry) on board who might help them.  AND Steven Seagal plays a role too! :) Directed by Stuart Baird (U.S. Marshalls, Star Trek Nemisis), let's get on board and fasten our seatbelts....Host & Editor: Geoff GershonProducer: Marlene Gershon Send a textSupport the showhttps://livingforthecinema.com/Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Living-for-the-Cinema-Podcast-101167838847578Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/livingforthecinema/Letterboxd:https://letterboxd.com/Living4Cinema/

The film writer Brian Abrams returns to discuss Predator 2 (1990), directed by Stephen Hopkins. The sequel swaps Arnold Schwarzenegger for Danny Glover and transplants the action to a sweltering, near-future Los Angeles in 1997, where climate collapse and gang warfare create the ideal hunting ground for an extraterrestrial predator on safari.Often dismissed as a crass, hyper-violent downgrade from the original, Brian and I argue that Predator 2 is the only other truly worthy entry in the franchise. Its appeal lies in sheer excess, using escalation to meaningfully expand the series' mythology. Nearly saddled with the newly introduced NC-17 rating due to its extreme violence, the film now plays like a meathead action satire in the vein of RoboCop. It offers a contradictory vision of future America—one shaped by imperialist blowback—depicting Los Angeles as a literal “concrete jungle,” populated by a multicultural cast trapped within a racially insensitive landscape of Colombian and Jamaican drug cartels and an ambulance-chasing tabloid culture, while a dreadlocked interstellar hunter methodically racks up bodies.We also dig into why Arnold didn't return, how Steven Seagal was briefly considered as the lead, the film's chaotic production history, and more.Over 30% of all Junk Filter episodes are only available to patrons of the podcast. To support this show directly and to receive access to the entire back catalogue, consider becoming a patron for only $5.00 a month (U.S.) at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/junkfilterFollow Brian Abrams on Twitter and Letterboxd.Trailer #1 for Predator 2 (Stephen Hopkins, 1990)Some Predators and Danny Glover dancing on the set of Predator 2

The boys catch up on the Super Bowl, Engineer Bob hates Green Day, the Turning Point USA halftime show was cringy at best, AI is getting completely out of hand, and why getting a finger up your ass might save your life.Support the showCatch new episodes of the Where to Stick It Podcast every Tuesday and Thursday. If you like the show, please consider supporting us on Patreon where we upload exclusive content each month for only $3 a month.

Our Hard to Kill 1990 Review kicks off with a simple truth: the late 80s and early 90s were the golden age of action heroes. Stallone, Schwarzenegger and Willis ruled the world… and then along came a man with a ponytail, a whisper voice and an absolute obsession with breaking forearms.This week Whitey, Dan and Will the Worky step back into the dojo to tackle Steven Seagal's second ever film, Hard to Kill (1990). A movie that, at the time, felt like the arrival of the next unstoppable action icon… and now feels like a fever dream involving aikido, silk shirts and extremely uncomfortable sex scenes.Seagal plays Mason Storm, a cop who uncovers political corruption and is immediately shot, along with his wife, in what might be the least secure safe house ever filmed. Storm survives after being pumped full of shotgun pellets and spending seven years in a coma. Yes, seven years. And apparently, all it takes to recover is a massage, a training montage and a nurse who instantly falls in love with him.From there, the movie becomes a revenge story, but also, somehow, a romance, a conspiracy thriller, a martial arts film, and a weird Seagal self-fantasy all rolled into one.The boys dive deep into: • The unbelievable hospital security • The most aggressive love scene ever filmed • Mason Storm's questionable medical recovery • The ponytail era of action cinema • And why nobody recognises the villain's voice despite him repeating the same catchphrase constantly There are discussions about video store culture, the 1990 action boom, and how Seagal briefly convinced the world he belonged alongside the legends.But time has not been kind to Hard to Kill. Watching it today reveals something different. Schwarzenegger knew he was in on the joke. Bruce Willis had charm. Seagal genuinely believes he is the most dangerous man alive… and that may be the biggest reason this film is unintentionally hilarious.Still, there are broken bones, exploding pool cues, corrupt cops and more arm snapping than a chiropractor convention.And honestly… that's why we kind of love talking about it.JOIN THE CONVERSATION Is Seagal the strangest action star of all time? Does Hard to Kill accidentally become a comedy? And is this the most confident bad movie ever made?Leave a review, share the episode and send it to a mate who still thinks Seagal could win a real fight.#BornToWatch #HardToKill #StevenSeagal #90sAction #ActionMovies #MoviePodcast #CultMovies #BadMoviesGoodTimes #VideoStoreEra #FilmReview

We're setting sail with Arrow Video's 4K UHD of the action packed classic Under Siege, starring Steven Seagal, Gary Busey, and the most unhinged Tommy Lee Jones imaginable. Plus recommendations, confessions, wishes, and more! Under Siege @ 12:40 Find us on Instagram

This comedy podcast episode of The Rizzuto Show starts exactly how all respectable daily shows should: by debating whether modern music is officially over and if society should pivot directly into farming equipment reviews. The crew breaks down the Grammys, admits they don't recognize a single song anymore, and listens to a savage breakdown that suggests we've officially run out of music and should all start worshipping heavy machinery instead. Honestly? Fair.From there, chaos naturally escalates into Super Bowl talk, where nobody knows who's playing, nobody cares who's winning, and yet everyone has extremely strong opinions about who they hate. Prop bets take center stage, including the most important wager of our time: will Bad Bunny expose a nipple during the halftime show? College funds are hypothetically endangered. Community college is discussed.Then—boom—legend enters the chat. Kevin Nealon joins the show and instantly reminds everyone why he's one of the most effortlessly funny humans alive. We talk his new stand-up special Loosen the Crotch, the deeply emotional backstory involving a cat, a burial, and the perfect pair of jeans, and why attention spans are so fried that comedy specials now start like TikToks.Kevin dives into Saturday Night Live stories, including Weekend Update, being labeled a “mushmouth” decades later, and surviving the Steven Seagal era (including people getting thrown into actual wall studs). We also cover his art career, banjo playing with Steve Martin, hiking shows, Oscar-nominated documentaries, and the strange overlap between comedians and musicians who secretly wish they were each other.Somewhere in the middle, we solve the mystery of whether the breasts on Kevin's head in Little Nicky were squishy (spoiler: better than squishy), debate dementia vs. distraction, roast modern phone addiction, and accidentally hand out multiple fake awards that Kevin will absolutely lose in his garage.It's long. It's unhinged. It's heartfelt. It's a comedy podcast that somehow covers nipples, farming, comedy legends, and why nobody can sit still without a phone anymore—all before lunchSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

“It's a nice night to die.”On this episode we review a pivotal film in the career of Steven Seagal. HALF PAST DEAD (2002) was the aikido arm thrower's last theatrically released movie before he moved into the netherworld of DTV. But what do we make of the pony-tailed pugilist's last cinematic outing?From gigging with Michael Jackson, to unconvincing hair dye, to a controversial exploding helicopter scene, we discuss every element of this important film.Show notesHalf Past DeadDirector: Don Michael PaulStars: Steven Seagal, Ja Rule, Tony Plana, Morris Chestnut, Linda Thorson, Nia PeeplesPlot: FBI agent Sasha Petrosevitch goes undercover in the newly reopened Alcatraz prison to find out who killed his wife. While there he stumbles onto a plot involving a death-row inmate and his $200 million stash of gold.Follow Exploding HelicopterBluesky: @chopperfireball.bsky.socialWebsite: explodinghelicopter.comInstagram: explodinghelicopter

Welcome back to Not A Bomb! —the podcast where we resurrect cinema's most infamous box office disasters and ask the burning question: was it really that bad? We're celebrating five years of cinematic redemption.For the month of January, Not A Bomb asks a very important cinematic question: what happens when actors decide that being in front of the camera just isn't enough and take a shot at directing themselves? This week, Brad and Troy dive into the wild, weird world of one of cinema's most unique action heroes — Steven Seagal — and his 1994 directorial debut, On Deadly Ground. What happens when you blend Road House bar‑brawling energy, sprinkle in a little Dances with Wolves spiritualism, and top it off with the explosive absurdity of Commando? You get Seagal as a Native American eco‑warrior battling a cartoonishly evil oil company that's tearing up the Alaskan wilderness.And if that's not enough, Michael Caine shows up with the greasiest hair of his career, there's a bar scene that might belong in the Action Movie Hall of Fame, and Seagal delivers environmental monologues with the confidence that only Steven Seagal can deliver. Is it poorly written? Without question. Is Seagal a terrible director? Oh, absolutely. But does that stop On Deadly Ground from being a fascinating, ridiculous, and thoroughly entertaining action‑adventure? Not a chance.Strap in — this one's a blizzard of bad decisions, big explosions, and pure '90s action madness.On Deadly Ground is directed by Steven Seagal and stars Steven Seagal, Michael Cine, Joan, John C. McGinley, R. Lee Ermey, Shari Shattuck, Billy Bob Thornton, Richard Hamilton, Sven-Ole Thorsen, and Mike Starr.Want to help support the show? Head over to the Not A Bomb Tee Public store and check our merchandise. Special thanks to Ted Blair for the amazing designs!We're committed to hearing your feedback and suggestions. If there's a cinematic flop you'd like us to delve into, please reach out to us at NotABombPod@gmail.com or through our contact page. Your reviews and feedback are what drive us. If you enjoy our content, consider leaving a review on Apple Podcast or Spotify.Cast: Brad, Troy

Geoff, Gavin and Andrew talk about food challenge, Geoff's image problems, lacation cookies, oxygen levels, Smee, egg sandwich, Tron, Jeff Bridges, Crackerjack, the pool is content, Jimmy's Tux, changing the rules, Charlie hangs around, soundtrack vs film, Steven Seagal, corndogs, art prompts, the hidden object, Skechers, a falcon tea towel, paste, games, Behind the Mirror: Inside the World of Big Brother, Mythfits, and recommendations.Check out the Episode 86 art book: https://indd.adobe.com/view/03b368ed-28d4-41a9-bc81-a57ea5062b5d Sponsored by Factor. Thanks Factor! Go to FACTORMEALS.com/REGULATION50OFF and use code REGULATION50OFF to get 50% off your first box plus Free Breakfast for 1 Year. Offer only valid for new Factor customers with code and qualifying auto-renewing subscription purchase. Also sponsored by Shopify. Sign up for a $1/month trial period at shopify.com/regulation Support us directly at https://www.patreon.com/TheRegulationPod Stay up to date, get exclusive supplemental content, and connect with other Regulation Listeners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Burt Reynolds obsesses over a chair and Steven Seagal freaks out on a plane?? Paul covers it all when he answers your Corrections & Omissions on last week's Driven episode. Plus, the thrilling conclusion of Paul's lost Sylvester Stallone Podcast and we announce next week's new movie! • Go to hdtgm.com for tour dates, merch, FAQs, and more• Have a Last Looks correction or omission? Call 619-PAULASK to leave us a voicemail!• Submit your Last Looks theme song to us here• Join the HDTGM conversation on Discord: discord.gg/hdtgm• Buy merch at howdidthisgetmade.dashery.com/• Order Paul's book about his childhood: Joyful Recollections of Trauma• Shop our new hat collection at podswag.com• Paul's Discord: discord.gg/paulscheer• Paul's YouTube page: youtube.com/paulscheer• Follow Paul on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/paulscheer• Subscribe to Enter The Dark Web w/ Paul & Rob Huebel: youtube.com/@enterthedarkweb• Listen to Unspooled with Paul & Amy Nicholson: unspooledpodcast.com• Listen to The Deep Dive with June & Jessica St. Clair: thedeepdiveacademy.com/podcast• Instagram: @hdtgm, @paulscheer, & @junediane• Twitter: @hdtgm, @paulscheer, & msjunediane • Jason is not on social media• Episode transcripts available at how-did-this-get-made.simplecast.com/episodesGet access to all the podcasts you love, music channels and radio shows with the SiriusXM App! Get 3 months free using the link: siriusxm.com/hdtgm