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History of the World Pt. 1 (45th Anniversary)

2026-10-1350:08

Send us Fan Mail Tonight, we’re celebrating the 45th anniversary of Mel Brooks’ History of the World, Part I, the movie that finally taught us everything our history teachers were apparently too cowardly to cover. From cavemen and the Roman Empire to the Spanish Inquisition and Louis XVI, Brooks proves that thousands of years of human civilization were really just an elaborate setup for dick jokes. We’ll revisit the movie’s greatest scenes, ridiculous characters, endlessly quotable lines, and...

From First Downs to First Takes: Football Players Turned Actors

2026-10-0655:02

Send us Fan Mail Tonight, we’re looking at football players who traded first downs for first takes, proving that apparently getting tackled by a 300-pound lineman is excellent preparation for Hollywood. 🏈🎬 From Jim Brown and Carl Weathers to Bubba Smith and Terry Crews, some of these guys left the gridiron and built acting careers that became almost as famous as their football ones. Others discovered that memorizing dialogue is considerably easier when nobody is trying to knock you unconsciou...

Creatures, Miniatures & Mayhem: The Practical Effects Movie Draft w/ Cthulhu Jack

2026-09-2901:30:41

Send us Fan Mail Tonight, we’re celebrating the glorious days when movie monsters were made of rubber, spaceships were hanging from wires, and blowing something up meant somebody actually had to blow something up. From prosthetic creatures and miniature cities to animatronic dinosaurs and stunt performers questioning their career choices, we’re drafting the greatest practical-effects movies from across the decades. Each of us will build our team while trying to decide whether to grab a classi...

THE PEOPLE vs. ROGER EBERT: THE ROGER EBERT ZERO STAR FILM LIST

2026-09-2257:59

Send us Fan Mail Tonight, we’re celebrating one of the rarest achievements in cinema: making a movie Roger Ebert believed deserved absolutely nothing. Mike and Kev will try to identify twelve movies that earned the dreaded ZERO STARS, ranging from infamous cinematic disasters to a few choices that may cause us to question Roger’s usually impeccable judgment. Along the way, we’ll revisit some of Ebert’s most gloriously savage reviews, because nobody could professionally tell a filmmaker they’d...

Where No Podcast Has Gone Before: 60 Years of Star Trek

2026-09-1501:05:40

Send us Fan Mail Sixty years ago, Star Trek boldly went where no television show had gone before, although it took two pilots, two captains, and a network saying “maybe try that again” to actually get there. 🖖 Tonight, we’re heading back to the beginning with The Cage and Where No Man Has Gone Before to see how Captain Pike’s strange trip to Talos IV eventually evolved into Kirk, Spock, and the Enterprise we all know. Then we’re raiding every corner of the Star Trek universe to build our perf...

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Films and Fermentation-- Strong reviews. Stronger drinks.