Zack Snyder, you got your zombie movie on my heist flick!  Or did you get your heist flick on this crazy new film mashup, Army of the Dead?  We’re putting a team together for a smash-and-grab spoilerific review of the 2.5-hour long zombie-heist-action-comedy romp no one asked for, from a director who is notorious for being all style, little substance. So strap in for some Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Magnificently Huge style! Because what becomes undead in Vegas apparently borrows heavily from literally dozens of other, better movies for the breakout popcorn hit of early 2021! 

 | 0:00 - Intros
 | 5:00 - Highlander reboot rumors
 | 7:30 - The Shadow (1994)
 | 12:15 - Wrath of Man (2021)
 | 18:45 - Startup (Netflix)
 | 22:50 - The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Disney+, 2021)
 | 28:20 - Army of the Dead (2021) [SPOILERS]

 | Clips
 | Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl
 | The Cranberries - Zombie
 | Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat
 | Jerry Goldsmith - The Shadow
 | Chris Benstead, Chamber Orchestra of London & Tom Kilworth - Wrath of Man
 | Clip from Startup S1E1: Seed Money
 | Henry Jackson - The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Theme
 | Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh
 | Lunachicks - Spoilt / Joss Stone - Spoiled / Monty Python - Spam
 | Elvis Presley - A Little Less Conversation (JXL Radio Edit Remix)

Episode 184 - Army Of The Dead

We’ve had enough. Enough of the grim. Enough of the dark. Enough of the grimdark! There’s only so many movies about depression, stress, and violence we can tolerate. Reality is depressing enough. So this week we’re looking for some pick-me-ups. We’re talking about movies that lift the spirits. Fun, dammit! FUN! Also Cruella I guess.

 | 0:00 - Intros
 | 4:30 - Alexander (2004)
 | 9:00 - Cruella (2021)
 | 20:45 - The A Team
 | 29:30 - Upload (2020)
 | 33:30 - Happy and Fun movies!
 | 35:00 - Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
 | 44:30 - 50 First Dates (2004)
 | 50:30 - The Muppet Movie (1979)

 | Clips
 | Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl
 | Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine
 | Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat
 | Vangelis - Across the Mountains - Alexander Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
 | Florence + the Machine - Call me Cruella
 | Deep Purple - Hush
 | Lunachicks - Spoilt / Joss Stone - Spoiled / Monty Python - Spam
 | John Swihart - The A Team Title Theme
 | Joseph Stephens - Upload Main Title Theme
 | Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh
 | Clip from Singin’ in the Rain
 | Jason Mraz - I Melt With You
 | Kermit & Fozzie - Movin’ Right Along - The Muppet Movie
 | Gonzo - I’m Going To Go Back There Someday - The Muppet Movie
 | Kermit - Rainbow Connection - The Muppet Movie
 | Kermit & Rowlf - I Hope That Somethin Better Comes Along
 | Samantha Fox - I Wanna Have Some Fun

Episode 185 - Let's Have Some Fun

Not all blockbuster movies are garbage. Some of them are just right. Everything the preview promised you you’d see is kept, the feeling you hoped you’d have by the end is earned… In short, some blockbusters are worthy of their hype. This week we reminisce about the best big budget (sometimes) Summer Blockbusters we’ve seen, and why they were a cut above. We’ll also share all the stuff we’ve been enjoying this week in our Fresh Shit segment, and just make general asses of ourselves... again. It’s yet another great show for a change!

 | 0:00 - Intros
 | 3:46 - American Horror Story: Double Feature
 | 7:30 - Dune
 | 14:45 - Snow Crash
 | 19:00 - Veruca Salt
 | 20:30 - Immersive Van Gogh
 | 23:00 - Psychonauts 2 (2021)
 | 24:45 - Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
 | 32:50 - Blockbuster Movies
 | 34:15 - Batman (1989)
 | 39:30 - Star Wars (1977)
 | 41:00 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
 | 43:30 - Jurassic Park (1993)
 | 44:22 - Inception (2010)
 | 45:15 - Aliens (1986)
 | 52:25 - The Dark Knight (2008)
 | 53:30 - The Avengers (2012)
 | 55:40 - Total Recall (1990)

 | Clips
 | Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl
 | Alan Silvestri - Avengers Endgame
 | Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat
 | Charlie Clouser - Double Feature - American Horror Story
 | Veruca Salt - Seether
 | Veruca Salt - All Hail Me
 | Peter McConnell - Psychonauts 2 Theme
 | Joel P West - Xu Shang-Chi
 | Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh
 | Danny Elfman - Batman Theme
 | John Williams - Wild Signals - Close Encounters of the Third Kind
 | James Horner London Symphony Orchestra - Bishop’s Countdown - Aliens
 | Alan Silvestri - The Avengers

Episode 198 - Movie Blockbusters That Did Not Disappoint

Holy cow, we’ve made 200 episodes of this thing! This week the MagHuge crew goes back to the film that everyone blames for the modern superhero extravaganza: Blade! THRILL as we talk about yet another movie that somehow at least one of us is the last human on Earth to have watched! GASP IN AMAZEMENT at all the other movies we talk about including Role Models and Pan’s Labyrinth! BOGGLE YOUR MIND as we set the wayback machine all the way back to episode 9 of the podcast to explain an ongoing inside joke! Exclamation points!!!!!

 | 0:00 - Intros
 | 4:35 - Tim and Eric’s Bedtime Stories
 | 7:50 - Role Models (2008)
 | 12:30 - Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
 | 17:20 - The Brass Teapot (2012)
 | 19:45 - Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace (2004)
 | 22:30 - Humphrey Bogart
 | 30:05 - Beginner’s Guide to the Magnificently Huge Podcast: Why do we say “Incredible Hulk”?
 | 35:00 - Blade (1998) 

 | Clips
 | Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl
 | Tony! Toni! Toné! - Anniversary
 | Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat
 | Tim and Eric Theme Song
 | Clip from Tim and Eric’s Bedtime Stories
 | Craig Wedren - Main Titles - Role Models
 | Javier Navarrete - Pan’s Labyrinth Lullaby
 | The Amoeba People - Lovely Dark and Warm
 | Andrew Hewitt - Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace Theme
 | Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh
 | Mark Isham - Somebody’s Gonna Take You Out - Blade
 | Pump Panel Remix - New Order - Confusion - Blade Blood Rave
 | The Dead Milkmen - Life Is Shit

Episode 200 - Blade

This week, we talk all about covers - those great songs made better or worse by someone else performing them. From punker bands that speed them up, to choral groups that slow them way down, covers are music's way of paying tribute to its favorite past musicians - or riding their coat tails.

Check out this YouTube playlist of all these awesome covers and more: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs…d58qv1-uXtiJJxB7R

Who we're covering - oh! Puns! Woo hoo!

Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Gloria Jones - Tainted Love
UB40 - Red Red Wine
Neil Diamond - Red Red Wine
Dionne Warwick - (There’s) Always Something There To Remind Me
Naked Eyes - (There’s) Always Something There To Remind Me
Bananarama - Venus
Bangles - Going Down To Liverpool
Katrina and the Waves - Going Down To Liverpool
Devo - (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
Phyllis Diller - (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
William Shatner - Mr Tambourine Man
William Shatner - Common People
Fugees - Killing Me Softly With His Song
Engelbert Humperdinck - Killing Me Softly
Erasure - Lay All Your Love On Me
ABBA - Lay All Your Love On Me
Information Society - Lay All Your Love On Me
Erasure - S.O.S.
Men Without Hats - S.O.S.
Pierce Brosnan & Meryl Streep - Sos (Mamma Mia! Original Motion Picture Sountrack)
Russell Crowe - Stars (Les Miserables)
Red Kross - Dancing Queen
Erasure - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind
Gary Jules - Mad World
Lorde - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Think Up Anger ft Malia J - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nouela - Black Hole Sun
Scala & Kolacny Brothers - California Dreamin’
Scala Choir - Creep
Postmodern Jukebox - Creep
Postmodern Jukebox - Seven Nation Army
Richard Cheese - Smack My Bitch Up
Richard Cheese - Creep
The BossHoss - Word Up
Tom T-Bone Stankus - Purple Rain
Hayseed Dixie - Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap)
Powerman 5000 - Relax
Blondie - Relax
Nouvelle Vague - Too Drunk To Fuck
Aerosmith - Come Together
Steve Martin - Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
Orgy - Blue Monday
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts – Bad Reputation
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts – I Love Rock & Roll
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts – ACDC
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts – MCA
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts – Do You Wanna Touch Me
Gary Glitter – Rock and Roll, Pt. 2
The Timelords - Doctorin’ The Tardis
Age of Chance – Kiss
Age of Chance – Disco Inferno
Age of Chance – We Got Trouble
Cake – War Pigs
Orkestra Obsolete – Blue Monday
Apocalyptica – One
Perpetuum Jazzile – Africa
Brown Derbies – In Your Eyes
Brown Derbies – Karma Police
Tom Waits – Brother Can You Spare A Dime
The Con Men – Brother Can You Spare A Dime
Ben Folds – Bitches Ain’t Shit
Dynamite Hack – Boyz in the Hood
The Gourds – Gin and Juice
Weezer – Life’s What You Make It
Hannah Montana – Life’s What You Make It
Buddy Rich – Norwegian Wood
Type O Negative - Summer Breeze
Primal Scream - Some Velvet Morning
Dickies - Nights in White Satin
Dead Kennedys - Viva Las Vegas
Flaming lips - Knives Out

0:00 Intros and Eric’s connection dropping
3:00 Eric loves driving an EV
6:10 Fresh Shit
8:35 Canada’s Worst Handyman
10:30 Free Fire
12:33 Spider-Man: Homecoming
17:35 Arrival
21:27 Covers intro
24:20 Covers where artists take ownership of a song
28:32 Covers that are very different from the original
33:50 ABBA
40:37 Slow, sad versions of older pop songs
43:10 Creep
46:15 Covers made funny by changing style
52:00 Covers that add nothing to the original
54:52 Marilyn Manson
55:50 Joan Jett
58:18 Pedophiles / Gary Glitter
1:00:54 Age of Chance
1:03:10 Cake
1:03:37 Eric cuts out again
1:05:30 Unusual Instruments
1:07:08 A Cappella covers
1:09:46 Brother Can You Spare A Dime
1:11:23 Even more about owning it and/or cultural appropriation
1:17:10 Eric’s top 5 covers

RERUN - Episode 26 - Cover Songs

It’s time we talk about the 1980 classic “The Blues Brothers” - for good or for ill, the forerunner of every Saturday Night Live based film to come after it. Full of great music, weird guest appearances, and the most cars destroyed on screen (until it’s lamentably shitty sequel, of which we will say nothing,) “The Blues Brothers” is probably the most underrated masterpiece there is.

 | 0:00 - Intros
 | 4:15 - The Legend Of Vox Machina (Amazon, 2022)
 | 7:00 - Pennyworth (Epix, 2019)
 | 15:20 - Don’t Look Up (Netflix, 2021)
 | 19:55 - Folding Ideas - Line Goes Up: The Problem With NFTs (https://youtu.be/YQ_xWvX1n9g)
 | 25:30 - Superjail! (Adult Swim, 2007)
 | 28:20 - The Blues Brothers (1980)


 | Clips
 | Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl
 | The Blues Brothers - Peter Gunn Theme
 | Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat
 | Neal Acree - Opening Titles - The Legend Of Vox Machina
 | David Russo - Main Title - Pennyworth
 | Nicholas Britell - Don’t Look Up - Main Title Theme
 | Clip from Folding Ideas - Line Goes Up The Problem With NFTs 
 | Cheeseburger - Coming Home (Superjail Opening Theme)
 | Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh
 | Aretha Franklin - Think (feat. The Blues Brothers)
 | Ray Charles - Shake a Tail Feather
 | John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom
 | Richard Spencer (alt right modern Nazi) speech excerpts
 | Clips from The Blues Brothers (1980)
 | The Blues Brothers - Theme to Rawhide
 | Girl From Ipanema (The Blues Brothers - elevator music)
 | The Blues Brothers - Everybody Needs Somebody to Love

Episode 212 - The Blues Brothers

It’s our Ultimate 80s ‘Copter Throwdown!  The premise is simple:  Who would win in a fight between Blue Thunder and Airwolf?  The answer is more difficult, especially if you have no idea what Blue Thunder or Airwolf are.  Just know that back in the early 1980’s, movies and TV shows had a fascination with super-advanced tech applied to cars, trucks, planes, trains, motorcycles, and, yes…. Helicopters!  Before smartphones and ChatGPT, we had super action! Which brings us back to the premise… pitting a super-creepy police urban surveillance machine against a super-secret advanced military weapon flown by two private-sector schmos.  Get to da choppa!


4:30 - The Why Files (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/@TheWhyFiles
13:00 - Mission Hill (1999)
17:28 - Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1
25:45 - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
36:10 - Airwolf vs Blue Thunder

Episode 272 - Blue Thunder V. Airwolf: Ultimate 80s ‘Copter Throwdown

Upon the occasion of his death, we are repeating our tribute to the great Norman Lear!
In the 1970's, television producer Norman Lear beat Marvel to the punch by several decades with the creation of a sitcom universe filled with individual shows whose characters formed an unstoppable team of comedy heroes to defeat an array of social issues.  Archie Bunker is Iron Man.  Maude is Thor.  George Jefferson is The Hulk.  Also:  Adrienne Barbeau is Adrienne Barbeau.

RERUN - The Norman Lear Cinematic Universe (RIP)

It’s all neon gloss and kinetic pacing in this peak 80s early outing from writer/direct Luc Besson (Fifth Element)! And it is French! We get a pre-Highlander Christopher Lambert as a lost soul on the run from both the cops and the mob, hiding out in the Paris subway tunnels among a community of social outcasts and petty thieves.  There is not much more to it than that.  But again, it looks terrific, which is all we really expected anyway from Monsieur Besson.

0:00 - Intros
5:50 - Rivals (Hulu)
13:00 - Amelie (2001)
18:40 - Jeff Lynne’s ELO
27:40  - The Penguin (Max)
34:20 - Whatever Bond movie is on
40:40 - Subway (1985)

Episode 317 - Luc Besson’s Subway

The Academy Awards are coming up this week, so we decided to look back at the twisted logic that decided “Shakespeare in Love” was a better movie than “Saving Private Ryan.” There’s some other stuff in this episode as well, but that’s just the shining example of WTF in Oscar history, isn’t it?

0:00 - Intros
5:30 - The 90’s Cruise
21:00 - Better Man (2025)
24:30 - Some Like It Hot! (touring)
28:30 - Only Murders in the Building (season 4)
32:55 - Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
36:20 - Best Pictures get it wrong

#DrivingMissDaisy #DoTheRightThing
#BetterMan #Oscars #BestPicture #RobbieWilliams #SomeLikeItHot #Broadway #OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding #WallaceAndGromit
#The90sCruise #The80sCruise #Lit #Everclear #DigitalUnderground #ColorMeBadd
#podcast #genx #nostalgia #funny #movies #streaming #podernfamily #underdogpods


Episode 325 - And the Oscar Didn’t Go To…

Ruthless People is a hilarious gem from the 80s that gets the bizness this round!  The last comedy directed jointly by the Airplane! guys, from a script by the guy who wrote Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and My Cousin Vinny, with one of the strongest casts you will ever have the pleasure of seeing perform, it should have become an instant classic.  So why did this one get so unceremoniously memory-holed?  Is it because, in spite of its tight script and screwball antics, that it happens to also be one of THE MOST 80’S MOVIES EVER MADE?  From the production design and costumes to the music that screams 1986, Ruthless People has been forever unable to escape the gravitational force of the Me Decade to languish in semi-obscurity.  Which is a damn shame, and we are here today to wrest it from the pit of Lost VHS Classics!

Episode 334 - Ruthless People Got Memory-Holed

It may not be the day-in-the-life movie we wanted, but it was the one we deserved. A 90s-era nostalgia trip to the early 80s, “200 Cigarettes” is notable mostly for its cast of future stars. We also talk about dead parents, nuclear war, James Bond and shooting people to Lionel Ritchie. Because we’re just that freakin’ good.

4:40 - Gen Alpha linguistics professor 
7:00 - McCurdy, Jennette - I’m Glad My Mom Died (book)
13:10 - Jacobsen, Annie - Nuclear War: A Scenario (book)
18:00 - Peter Hook and the Light
21:20 - James Bond revisited (You Only Live Twice, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Diamonds Are Forever)
38:50  - 200 Cigarettes

Episode 335 - 200 Cigarettes

So there’s this movie about a woman who’s a spy and kicks a lot of ass and kills people. No, not “Atomic Blonde.” No, not “Ballerina.” And not “Alias” or “Red Sparrow” or “Black Widow” or… okay, maybe not the most original concept. But before all of these things there was “The Long Kiss Goodnight” - the Geena Davis/Renny Harlin attempt to keep working despite one of Hollywood’s most disastrous bombs the year before (Cutthroat Island). Like all of our shows, it’s a wild ride this week! We also cover some music, some James Bond stuff, Mission: Impossible, and America’s attempt to reject monarchy. 


5:30 - Trump parade vs No Kings
17:35 - Mission: Impossible the Final Reckoning vs the worst of Roger Moore’s James Bond (Live and Let Die, The Man with the Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me)
33:30 - Negativland: The World Will Decide, Helter Stupid
38:50 - Shrek and Madagascar
44:25 - The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

Episode 336 - The Long Kiss Goodnight

Let’s quiet things down a bit and hit some introspective vibes with 2003’s indie comedy-drama, The Station Agent.  It is the breakout role for Peter “Don’t Call Me Tyrion” Dinklage, as a loner who just wants to remain alone but doesn’t because other humans are around who eventually become his friends… or something. Not a lot happens in this movie, to be honest, but so what? It is supposed to be quiet and sweet and why do you have to make it so difficult to forge new relationships in adulthood? Huh? Because the real journey is the friends we make along the way.  Also starring Patricia Clarkson, Bobby Cannavale and Michelle Williams, The Station Agent is our Movie of the Week.

0:00 - Intros
5:43 - The White Lotus (season 3)
12:23 - Captain America Brave New World
16:00 - Monster: Humanoids from the Deep (1980)
19:00 - Thunderbolts* (2025)
30:25 - Daredevil Born Again
32:13 - Ball of Fire (1941)
39:27 - The Station Agent (2003)


Episode 337 - The Station Agent

So how does a band like Eagles have such a bad reputation for sucking… and sell THIS MANY ALBUMS!?! The mind boggles. The Beatles sold a lot of records, and people still love those guys. Michael Jackson sold a lot of records, and people forgave him for some really awful stuff I won’t mention lest I get some kind of “flag” from Apple. I’ll just say, “Jesus juice.” Google it. Anyway, Eagles (not “The” Eagles, because reasons,) didn’t interfere with any children, but people hate them all the same these days. Why? With such an impressive list of songs that were not only hits but are still cultural touchstones, how does this band still get the high hat from music fans? Glad you asked, because that’s what we’ll be talking about this week. Plus a lot of other stuff like Star Wars, The John Wickiverse, Wes Anderson, and probably more than you want to know about.

3:15 - Andor season 2
17:20 - Reacher season 3
23:00 - Ballerina
35:50 - The Phoenician Scheme
41:20 - Eagles
(1:12:00 - Heartache Tonight)
End on Don Henley must Die

Episode 338 - Eagles: The Most Successful Most Hated Band in History

Michael Mann helped create the 80’s neon-noir & pastel music video aesthetic in TV and films with Miami Vice,Thief and Manhunter. Obviously this would lead to his 1992 movie adaptation of The Last of the Mohicans, a very dull and nigh-unreadable 19th Century adventure romance novel by James Fenimore Cooper. It’s a costume drama set during the French and Indian War starring Daniel Day-Lewis as Hawkeye, a white dude raised by the Mohicans who gets embroiled in the conflict to save the woman he loves (Madeleine Stowe) from becoming collateral damage. With gorgeous forested vistas, well-staged action, and a sweeping score by Trevor Jones, this one is a weird passion project for Mann, to be sure.  But it did surprisingly well at the box office, so I guess that’s something.  So stay alive, no matter what occurs… we will podcast about it for you!

0:00 - Intros
9:35 - Parks and Recreation
16:20 - The Traitors NZ
20:00 - Thunderbolts* (2025)
31:45 - 28 Years Later (2025)
39:00 - The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

Here’s the Ben Stiller Show clip Eric referenced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaAC3OppG94 


Episode 339 - Michael Mann’s The Last of the Mohicans

1988’s “I'm Gonna Git You Sucka,” directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, was a sleeper hit at a time when there weren’t a lot of sleeper hits yet. This had a cast of greats from the 70s blaxploitation era, as well as future comedy legends only just getting their first job on a movie. In our ongoing search for comedies from decades ago to see if they’re still funny, we pick this movie apart in painstaking detail. We also talk about James Bond, the MCU, Amazon’s “Heads of State,” and all sorts of cultural silliness. Because that’s our beat. You’re welcome.

0:00 - Intros
3:15 - Loki season 2
5:15 - The Franchise
10:40 - Heads of State
21:50 - The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker
35:30 - I’m Gonna Git You Sucka


Episode 340 - I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

<Eric typing frantically> This week, when they go low… we go Solo! I hate myself for writing that. I truly do. I think this is why people try to avoid me in public. When I try to make small talk in an elevator I just get so many eye rolls and heads shaking…. I should be taken out back and shot for that. “Solo?” Ugh. Puns. WhatEVER. Oh, and we also dissect “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” along with a slew of superhero crap we’ve been watching. There is no WAY anyone is still reading this.

0:00 - Intros
8:30 - Agatha All Along
10:10 - Ms. Marvel and The Marvels
18:05 - Superman (2025)
28:35 - The Cleaner (BBC)
33:00 - Solo: A Star Wars Story

Episode 341 - Solo: A Star Wars Story: Was It Really That Bad?

Do the Muppets even carry the same cultural heft now as in their 70s heyday?  Who cares?  Because there is no movie as pure and joyful and fun as The Muppet Movie, so say us.  Jim Henson and Co. took what was best about their TV show and turned it into a road-comedy with heart, an erstwhile origin story of how the Muppets became THE MUPPETS.  With lots of classic, catchy bangers by Paul Williams thrown in among the (now dated?) cameos by stars you may not even remember if you are younger than 50.  This thing is peak Gen-X, kids. It is also a movie guaranteed to lift your mood - a 90-minute shot of dopamine, serotonin and positivity mainlined into your brainpan by cute and cuddly puppets, all wrapped in a giant, fuzzy warm hug.    

0:00 - Intros
5:28 - Old Henry (2021)
12:15 - Jason Statham movies
19:50 - Friday Night Dinner (BBC)
23:55 - Starfleet Academy trailer
25:30 - The Paragon (2023)
28:5 0 - The last 3 Roger Moore James Bond Films (For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View to a Kill)
41:55 - The Muppet Movie

Episode 342 - The Muppet Movie is the Good Mood You Need Right Now

Episode 343 - Sinners

We finally take a look at Ryan Coogler’s dynamic, thematically-dense social critique of how the Jim Crow South refuses to die, and the skepticism towards big tent progressivism on certain cultural groups in America.  Or maybe Sinners is just a basic vampire tale? We’ll be the judge of that! Just don’t invite any strangers in, or you’ll be sorry.  Unless it is us.  In which case, you will likely still be sorry. Sinners… it’s good.  See it.

0:00 - Intros
7:30 - The Truth About Jussie Smollett
15:30 - Fantastic 4: First Steps (2025)
25:45 - The Naked Gun (2025) 
33:10 - Marc Maron - Panicked (2025) 
40:45 - Sinners (2025)   SPOILER DISCUSSION

Episode 343 - Sinners

This week, we dissect Death of a Unicorn, the 2025 indie-horror-fantasy-corporate-satire you didn't know you needed. Follow the bizarre journey of a father-daughter duo who hit a unicorn—yes, an actual one—and are promptly dragged into a corporate scramble over who gets to exploit the thing’s magical healing powers first. Because what better metaphor for late-stage capitalism than weaponizing purity, bottling it, and selling it to shareholders?

It beats reality anyway. Also, Alien Earth and more James Bond!

Episode 344 - Death of a Unicorn

Ever watch a TV show and simply think, WTF? Oh, sure, there are plenty of new programs out there that make you go hmmmmm…. But we’re focusing more on the ones from further back in the historical record that have managed to become part of the zeitgeist despite (or because of?) their best and weirdest efforts not to. These are the shows that may not have aged well, may not make any sense using a modern context, or simply have no clue how amazingly weird they really are. For every Hill Street Blues, there is always a Cop Rock. For every Modern Family, there is a Brady Bunch. For every… well you get the idea. So here is our very arbitrary, very lazy, and incredibly haphazard look at The Weirdest TV Shows in History!

0:00 - Intros
5:45 - Liarmouth (Book. Waters, John)
13:25 - Pierce Brosnan as James Bond. Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough, Tomorrow Never Dies
39:05 - Weirdest TV Shows to get made, but are popular anyway
40:20 Hogan’s Heroes
50:40 Gilligan’s Island
56:20 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1:03:10 - Friends
1:05:50 - Three’s Company


Episode 345 - The Weirdest TV Shows in History!

James Bond is on the menu this week, as Brian winds down his journey to watch every canonical movie in sequential order.  That means we finally hit up the first appearance of Daniel Craig in the 2006 throwback/reboot/reset adaptation of the very first Ian Fleming novel - Casino Royale!  Or did we do the very terrible star-studded psychedelic comedy trainwreck from 1967?  Or maybe the Americanized, made-for-TV version from 1954? Confused yet?  You won’t be once you listen to our take on the GOOD Casino Royale. 

0:00 - Intros
3:35 - LCD Soundsystem
7:50 - Your Friends and Neighbors (Apple TV+)
10:50 - DEVO Documentary (Netflix)
21:30 - Weird Al Bigger and Weirder Tour
27:55 - Taskmaster
34:20 - Casino Royale

Here is the Patrick (H) Willems take on the Craig Bond Years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bNXqwpm-rk&ab_channel=Patrick%28H%29Willems


Episode 346 - No, the GOOD Casino Royale

A discussion of the music we love - but don't brag about. Never going to give you up. Never going to let you down. Rickroll!

Episdoe 5 - Music Guilty Pleasures

Are movie theme songs even a thing anymore?  They used to be EVERYWHERE, those soundtracks of summer that made us want to go see the film.  Let’s be real, we all know at least one earworm that rolled during the credits that we can still sing in our sleep.  But do we always remember the movie it came from?  We present a few of the songs that managed to eclipse the movies from whence they came to become classics in their own right, plus a whole bag of ugly sonic miscues that you will wish had stayed forgotten.

Plus, here is the only Movie Theme Song Playlist you will ever need:
https://open.spotify.com/user/magnificentlyhuge/playlist/4e0KPVasz1bshnSs8tfWe1?si=KLx_QammSTGDnlQnf-gOJw

0:00 Intros
5:00 The Fresh Shit
19:33 Movie Theme Songs: ground rules

Huey Lewis and the News: The Power Of Love
Bell Book and Candle
Boy’s Night Out
Michael Giacchino: Incredits 2
Utada Hikaru: Don’t Think Twice (Kingdom Hearts 3)
Control trailer
Charles Aznavour: Parce que tu crois: Oceans 8
Ray Parker Jr.: Ghostbusters
Bobby Brown: On Our Own
Rick Astley: Never Gonna Give You Up
Celine Dion: My Heart Will Go On
Whitney Houston: I Will Always Love You
Survivor: Eye of the Tiger
Joe “Bean” Esposito: You’re the Best
Isaac Hayes: Theme From Shaft
Marvin Gaye: Trouble Man
Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes: Up Where We Belong
Irene Cara: What A Feeling
Rose Royce: Car Wash
The Ramones: Rock and Roll High School
Prince: Batdance
Debby Boone: You Light Up My Life
Limp Bizkit: Take A Look Around
Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton: Theme from Mission: Impossible
Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes: (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life
Will Smith: Men In Black
Will Smith: Wild Wild West
Starship: Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now
Bryan Adams: (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
Bryan Adams: Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?
Blondie: Call Me
Limahl: The NeverEnding Story
Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder: Together In Electric Dreams
Kenny Loggins: Danger Zone
Berlin: Take My Breath Away
Harold Faltermeyer: Axel F
Jan Hammer: Miami Vice Theme
The Art of Noise featuring Duane Eddy: Peter Gunn Theme
John Parr: St. Elmo’s Fire
Night Ranger: The Secret Of My Success
Mick Jagger: Ruthless People
Paul McCartney: Spies Like Us
Queen: Flash’s Theme
Margot Kidder: Can You Read My Mind?
Maureen McGovern: Can You Read My Mind?
Maureen McGovern: The Morning After
Deniece Williams: Let’s Hear It for the Boy
Tina Turner: We Don’t Need Another Hero
Clips from Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
The Beach Boys: Kokomo
Vanilla Ice: Ninja Rap
Seal: Kiss From A Rose
U2: Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me
Smashing Pumpkins: The End Is The Beginning Is The End
Quad City DJs: Space Jam
R. Kelly: I Believe I Can Fly
Alanis Morissette: Uninvited
Aerosmith: I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing
Kendrick Lamar, SZA: All The Stars
Pharrell Williams: Happy
Justin Timberlake: CAN’T STOP THE FEELING!
Soundgarden: Live To Rise
Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott: Hero
Eminem: Lose Yourself
Celine Dion: Ashes
Johnny Mandel: Suicide Is Painless
Public Enemy: Fight The Power
Liza Minnelli: New York, New York
Harry Nilsson: Everybody’s Talkin’
Audrey Hepburn and Henry Mancini: Moon River
Carol Channing: Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend
Barbra Streisand: The Way We Were
Steely Dan: FM
Dooley Wilson: As Time Goes By
Judy Garland: Over The Rainbow
Kermit the Frog: The Rainbow Connection
Dolly Parton: 9 to 5
Bee Gees: Night Fever
Bette Midler: The Rose
Cyndi Lauper: The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough
Phil Collins: Against All Odds
AC/DC: Who Made Who
AC/DC: Big Gun
Lindsey Buckingham: Holiday Road
Queen: A Kind of Magic

Episode 55 - Movie Theme Songs

Episode 64 - I Can’t Believe It’s Not Star Wars, EP 1 - A Fandom Menaced

They may be blatant rip-offs of Star Wars filled with bad acting and laughable special effects, but we don’t care.  Each is entertaining in its own weird way, even if it feels like we’ve seen it all somewhere before.  Here is Volume 1 of our newest retrospective of shows to feature cinema inspired by the mother of all space operas, movies released to ride those coattails all the way to fat bags stuffed with cash.  These odd gems run the gamut - from delightfully weird to cynical copycat garbage - and form a unique genre we aren’t going to shut up about any time soon:  I Can’t Believe It’s Not Star Wars!     

0:00 Intros
5:05 Mandy (2018)
10:22 Fear - Bob Woodward
12:45 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
15:40 Rushmore
18:15 Singin' In The Rain
23:17 TOBACCO
23:54 The Jesus And Mary Chain
26:15 Nine Inch Nails - Cold and Black and Infinite Tour (2018)
33:43 “You’re No Star Wars” Intro
37:09 Moonraker (1979)
40:13 Flash Gordon (1980)
52:14 Spacehunter: Adventures In The Forbidden Zone (1983)
58:05 Battle Beyond The Stars

Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl
John Barry - Overture - The Black Hole (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
John Barry - Into The Hole - The Black Hole (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Seeker of the Serpent's Eye - Mandy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Starling Monologue - Mandy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Barry Manilow - Mandy
Jon Stewart on Crossfire (CNN)
Staind - It's Been A While
The Max Fischer Players - Out of Sight (MTV Movie Awards 1999)
Donald O’Connor, Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds - Main Title - Singin’ In The Rain (1952)
Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor - Moses - Singin’ In The Rain (1952)
Donald O’Connor - Make ‘Em Laugh - Singin’ In The Rain (1952)
TOBACCO - Stretch Your Face
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Blues From A Gun (Live) - Phoenix, AZ (2018)
Nine Inch Nails - Mr. Self Destruct (Live) - Phoenix, AZ (2018)
Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh
Shirley Bassey - Moonraker - Moonraker (Soundtrack)
Clip from Portal 2
Queen - Flash’s Theme
The Orb - Earth (Gaia)
Tenacious D - Flash
Elmer Bernstein - Main Title - Spacehunter: Adventures In The Forbidden Zone
James Horner - Main Title (Battle Beyond The Stars)
Clips from Battle Beyond The Stars
Clip from Austin Powers: Goldmember
John Williams - Finale - Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

Episode 64 - I Can’t Believe It’s Not Star Wars, EP 1 - A Fandom Menaced

Everybody cut Footloose, because here is the final chapter in our Kenny Loggins movie themes retrospective!  Yes, we dive headfirst into the titular 1984 not-musical about what happens when a small town outlaws fun and forces newcomer Kevin Bacon to teach the kids interpretive dance so they can have one final hoedown before sacrificing themselves to the demon Baphomet.  We think that’s what happened, anyway.  This movie is truly a mess and confused us on multiple levels.  And yet it has defied the odds to become a pop 80s classic that gave Kenny Loggins his only Number 1 song while also catapulting Kevin Bacon’s whole career.  Who are we to argue with that sort of pedigree?  

0:00 Intros
9:17 Henry Rollins
14:00 First Man
18:30 Venom
26:15 Doctor Who Series 13
36:00 Logman Vol. 4
38:30 Footloose

Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl
Kenny Loggins - Footloose
Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat
Ronald Reagan - presidential debate - October 7, 1984\
Justin Hurwitz - End Credits - First Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Eminem - Venom
Journey - Lights
Clip from Avatar: The Last Airbender
Segun Akinola - Doctor Who Theme (2018)
Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh
Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone
Kenny Loggins - Meet Me Halfway
Kenny Loggins - Playin’ With The Boys
Kenny Loggins - I’m Alright
Jodi Benson - Part of Your World - The Little Mermaid
Moving Pictures - Never
Shalamar - Dancing In the Sheets
Quiet Riot - Bang Your Head (Metal Health)
Bill Medly, Jennifer Warnes - I’ve Had The Time Of My Life
Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero
Deniece Williams - Let’s Hear It For The Boy
Clip from Footloose (1984)
Ann Wilson, Mike Reno - Almost Paradise
Blake Shelton - Footloose
Glee - Footloose
“Weird Al” Yankovic - Hooked On Polkas

Episode 68 - Logman Vol. 4: Footloose

When it comes to Christmas specials that define the fabric of the holiday season, few are as vital (or strange) as the Rankin/Bass stop-motion acid trip classic, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.  It has aired every single year since 1964, which is astonishing.  Even more astonishing is the fact that this “Christmas Classic” has very little to do with actual Christmas.  It features a Yeti, a crazy mountain man with a pick-axe fetish, and a gender-fluid elf named Hermey who just wants to be a dentist.  Which all just screams Christmas.  Still, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is the crown jewel in the Rankin/Bass library of holiday specials - utterly sublime weirdness that is equal parts wholesome family fun and intense WTF-ery - and we unwrap all of the splendor in our Very Special MagHuge Holiday Special! 

Links to Brian’s amazing Christmas music playlist:

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/a-kruegerland-christmas-shuffle-random-recommended/pl.u-gr7lI5MDW0q?fbclid=IwAR3jP4fyWHOr4nduFYYQoJLtPKDQuz2aJ-4y9fyxM7ijDvDQk8blm1MIcZ0

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/35MGvfRzA9mGs7nd6yOHLh?si=RMr8nWZtQfS6X6a7EneM_g&fbclid=IwAR1zT3waKBPohZcPpZiyL-Xx5H82hCvC-svj7RZs0oJWV6nPhl1TXnVcrao

 | 0:00 - Intros
 | 6:30 - Star Trek: Deep Space 9
 | 7:45 - American Gods (Starz, 2017)
 | 14:45 - Brian’s hot take / predictions for Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker
 | 18:45 - Sunday Night Football Theme
 | 21:10 - Dark Waters (2019)
 | 24:00 - Brian’s Chrismas Music picks of the week
 | 26:00 - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (season 3)
 | 29:52 - Black Widow (trailer)
 | 33:30 - The Irishman (Netflix, 2019)
 | 39:50 - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)

 | Clips
 | Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl
 | Decca Concert Orchestra - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Instrumental)
 | Burl Ives - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
 | Quad City DJ’s - What You Want For Christmas
 | !!! - Shit Scheisse Merde, Pt. 1 / Thomas Bangalter, 113 - 113 Fout la Merde
 | Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat
 | Dennis McCarthy - Star Trek Deep Space Nine (Main Title, Season IV)
 | Brian Reitzell - Main Titles - American Gods - Original Television Series Soundtrack
 | Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker Duel Of The Fates Trailer
 | Carrie Underwood - NBC Sunday Night Football 2019 Theme
 | Bill Medley - Friday Night’s A Great Night For Football - Last Boyscout - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
 | Marcelo Zarvos - Filing the Suit - Dark Waters - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
 | The Dead Milkmen - Life Is Shit
 | Praveen Francis - Christmas Rap (feat. Yves Shavelin Kemgne)
 | Justin Bieber - Drummer Boy (feat. Busta Rhymes)
 | Connie Francis - Who’s Sorry Now
 | Trailer for Black Widow (2020)
 | Robbie Robertson - Theme for The Irishman
 | Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh
 | Thousand Foot Krutch - Heat Miser
 | Clips from Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer (1964)
 | Billie Richards & Paul Soles - We’re a Couple of Misfits
 | Burl Ives - Silver and Gold
 | Synthetic Twins - Feliz Navidub

Links
The Big Picture on “Black Widow” https://youtu.be/biu6_WcchSE

Episode 117 - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

The Cold War came to an end in 1989.  A year later, Hollywood gave it a grand send-off with an adaptation of Tom Clancy’s breakout techno-thriller, The Hunt for Red October.  Set in 1984 at the height of US-Soviet tensions, the movie slaps a fresh coat of paint on the classic Cold War tropes to do for submarines what Top Gun did for jets.  The chase is on to find a rogue USSR nuclear sub trying to defect to the USA before the Motherland can blow it out of the water.  Director John McTiernan was fresh off his insane run of stone cold 80’s classics Predator and Die Hard, and here turns in his third consecutive winner.  Starring Sean Connery, Sam Neill, Tim Curry, James Earl Jones, and Scott Glenn - plus Alec Baldwin in his breakout role as the first (and best) Jack Ryan - The Hunt for Red October is a taut, fun ride from start to finish and the perfect coda for an era. So let’s take a deep dive on it, shall we?  

 | 0:00 - Intros
 | 4:35 - Gerry Anderson’s Stingray (1964)
 | 12:10 - 7500 (2019)
 | 17:45 - Videogame announcement substitutes for E3 (Guerrilla Collective, PC Gaming Show, Future Games Show)
 | 24:27 -  Crazy World (2014)
 | 30:20 - The Hunt for Red October (1990)

 | Clips
 | Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl
 | Basil Poledouris - Nuclear Scam - The Hunt for Red October
 | Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat
 | Gerry Anderson’s Stingray - Opening Titles
 | Gerry Anderson’s Stingray - Aqua Marina 
 | Trailer for Crazy World
 | Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh
 | Basil Poledouris - Kaboom!!! - The Hunt for Red October
 | Basil Poledouris - Hymn to Red October (Main Title) - The Hunt for Red October

Episode 141 - The Hunt For Red October

Episode 144 - Back to the Future

Roads? Where we’re podcasting we don’t need roads! That’s right, this time we go Back to the Future with Marty and Doc in a very accidental 35th Anniversary Celebration of the biggest movie from 1985! Yep, it’s the classic time travel incest comedy with the world’s most tricked-out Delorean that spawned two sequels, a cartoon show, a theme park ride, and now this podcast! So set the flux capacitor to 1.21 jigawatts and rock out to some Huey Lewis and the News as we wax nostalgic about one of the most (almost) perfect Hollywood blockbusters ever made! 
 | 0:00 - Intros
 | 5:11 -  Elfstones of Shannara (book, Brooks, 1982)
 | 5:46 - Danger 5
 | 11:43 - Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar, (Book, Montefiore 2003)
 | 14:15 - Stranger Things (Netflix)
 | 18:45 - Don’t (ABC)
 | 21:05 - The Vast of Night (2019)
 | 24:25 - Devolver Direct 2020
 | 30:44 - Back to the Future (1985)

 | Clips
 | Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl
 | The Outatime Orchestra - Back to the Future
 | Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat
 | Dario Russo - Danger 5 Theme
 | Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein - Stranger Things Theme
 | Promo for “Don’t”
 | Erick Alexander & Jared Bulmer - music from The Vast of Night
 | Clip from Devolver Direct 2020
 | Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh
 | Alan Silvestri - 1.21 Jigowatts
 | Alan Silvestri - Skateboard Chase
 | Huey Lewis & the News - The Power of Love
 | Alan Silvestri - DeLorean Reveal
 | Huey Lewis & the News - Back In Time 
 | Clip from #JustForLaughs with John Mulaney

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