#427 - Chips and Salsa Etiquette, Empress Theresa, and Hobbs & Shaw

We start out with Chuck getting vulnerable and talking honestly about some frustrations he has felt lately in his professional life. From there, we move to more positive news, celebrating his new Providence Monthly column. Chuck reveals an argument he had on Reddit about charging people from chips and salsa at a Mexican restaurant. We discuss The Lion King (2019) becoming the highest-grossing animated film of all time. We discuss feature film The Hunt being pulled from theaters. I talk about a book I recently read and how little I enjoyed it. Just a brutal slog through 450 pages. Woof. Chuck talks about some restaurants he recently tried and I get hungry. We then offer a spoiler-free discussion of the new Fast & Furious spin-off "Hobbs and Shaw," then, we make it very clear we're going to spoil things...and then discuss the film in greater depth.
- Brad

#426 - The Lion King, Chuck Visits Jersey, and Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood

The lovely and talented Gina Mastrostefano joins us this week! We discuss what our fans should be named and can't come up with much. From there, we talk about The Lion King (2019) and live-action storytelling of animated films in general. Chuck tells me all about their weekends in New Jersey and how they made him feel creatively. We talk about what foods are appropriate to bring into a movie theater, then get into the main event. We offer a spoiler-free review of the new Quentin Tarantino film Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood. After we share our thoughts thusly, we make it clear we're going into spoiler territory and then more fully discuss the film.br> - Brad

#388 - Chuck's Florida Vacation and Sacrifice & Compromise

Gina joins us this week, as she was up close and personal with Chuck's recent Florida vacation. We start with some listener questions and get into a lengthy discussion about The Office. Like...a really lengthy talk. Chuck and Gina then talk about their trip to Florida with Chuck's family. They talk about their adventures in the Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom on the first two days of the trip. They had some magical moments and some less-magical moments. Gina tries to teach us about American History with mixed results. Chuck talks about some of the issues that came up on a long vacation with four generations of family. I talk about throwing my back out helping a friend move.
- Brad

Episode 325: Rancid + Dropkick Murphys, Senior Discount Attacked, and Chuck Almost Drowns!

After the normal social media plugs, we talk about the below Web Couliers. After that, we talk at length about Disney's new streaming service (that starts in 2019) and try to figure out how we are going to consume visual media in the future. After that, Chuck reads selections of a review of Senior Discount's new album. I have no skin in this game; if someone doesn't like the music, that's a valid opinion. That having been said, this is a dumb review and we spend some time marveling at the dumbness of it. Once we get that bile out of our systems, we talk about some Chuck birthday celebrations, then our trip to see Rancid and the Dropkick Murphys in concert. Chuck tells me the story of his kayaking misadventure and I am suitably impressed. We talk about seeing the Lion King in theaters, and close with compliments for Chuck's birthday dinner at Cook and Dagger!
- Brad

WEB COULIERS:
TRAILER: American Vandal
VIDEO: Subway Royal Rumble

Episode 307: Kong: Skull Island, Paige's Scandal, and New Dave Chapelle Specials

After our standard social media and upcoming show plugs (April 9 at the Comedy Connection), we discuss the below Web Couliers and try and figure out how to describe the action in Atomic Blonde as it relates to other movies. We do not succeed. After that, we talk about Henry Cavill being cast in Mission Impossible 6 via Instagram, an upcoming Amy Poehler/Nick Offerman project, Venom possibly getting an R rating, and a new Sarah Silverman show. Awesome! We also revel in the news of a new Goldfinger album, a Record Store Day exclusive from Against Me!, and a new Days N Daze album.
We dive into the scandal surrounding WWE Superstar Paige and her response. Chuck talks about his trip to see Lion King at the Providence Performing Arts Center, then a trip to see Bryan Callen and Stevie Blue Eyes do stand-up in Boston. We talk about actually eating Thai food at a restaurant in Barrington and discuss our appearance on 'Defend This,' our pal Keith Goward's podcast. We talk about seeing Anthony Jeselnik live (it was great), then talk about going to see Kong: Skull Island (uh...). Chuck tells me about the new Dave Chapelle specials that I haven't watched yet. We discuss Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them (which we have finally seen). Chuck talks a little bit about some video games, including "Dead Storm Pirates," a light-gun game for the PS3. Finally Chuck tells me about his recent trip to see Dan Soder do stand-up. Was he as good as when we saw him at Nick's Comedy Stop a few years back? Listen and find out!
~ Brad

WEB COULIERS:
TRAILER: Atomic Blonde
TRAILER: Baby Driver
TRAILER: Spider-Man: Homecoming