Episode 595: Our 1988 Favorites

It's always an honor and a pleasure to welcome back one of our absolute favorites and a spot of true class on our little show... and since Jenn Novotny was not available, we called upon our beloved Jennifer Kaufman as this week's #FanboySummer winner loser participant! (we kid, we kid... we love Kaufman)

First up, lots of birthday movies from the previous 5, 10, 20 and so on years -- including the original The Meg's 5th birthday, 2 Guns 10th birthday, The Fugitive's 30th birthday, and more.

Then, a round of Reel or Unreal, as the crew tries to guess the names of really bad films few people have heard of.

Finally, a great look at the year in film 1988.  Kaufman gives her reasons for picking this topic, and everyone gives their favorite films from that year including vintage Eddie Murphy... all the actors who were up for the legendary role Bob Hoskins got... the sad  tale of "Yep Yep Yep"... a shout out to Garrison's fave film... Seagal, Ernest, and Chevy all get love from Mikey... and Dr Earl gets pretentious, of course.

Movies discussed and where to find them:

• Above the Law (for rental)
• All Hat (Amazon Prime; MGM+; TubiTV; Paramount+)
• Beetlejuice (AMC+; for rental)
• Big (Disney+; MGM+)
• The Care Bears Nutcracker Suite (for rental)
• Coming to America (Netflix)
• Dangerous Liasons (for rental)
• Die Hard (Hulu)
• Dominick and Eugene (unavailable)
• Ernest Saves Christmas (Disney+)
• Fading of the Cries (unavailable)
• A Fish Called Wanda (Showtime)
• Funny Farm (for rental)
• The Great Outdoors (for rental)
• How to Go Out on a Date in Queens (Plex)
• The Land Before Time (for rental)
• License to Drive (Starz)
• Midnight Run (for rental)
• Oliver and Company (Disney+)
• Rain Man (Showtime; Paramount+)
• The Rescue (Hoopla; for rental)
• Shoot to Kill (unavailable)
• A Smile Like Yours (for rental)
• Teenage Space Vampires (TubiTV; Plex)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Disney+)
• Working Girl (Amazon Prime; MGM+)

Episode 427: Favorite Movie Opening Sequences

Another week, another episode from Quarantine Central, and Mikey, Dave, and #TwitterlessDrEarl.
First up, a random game of See This Not That with 80s movie stars... and to bring in more movies and more opinions, it's the pride of St. Simon's Island, Georgia, that being Scottie Ryfun... and what's better than one Ryfun?  Ice cream. But in lieu of having ice cream, how about another Ryfun?  Lil G Ryfun returns again (and even has his pic on the website!)

Finally, to the Top Five... One of the most crucial parts of any film is the beginning, and the guys want to give their Favorite Movie Opening Sequences of All Time.

Also randomly discussed... Truman Capote... Ziro the Hutt... Annie Hall... the pretty of Ana de Armas... the early acting of Katie Heigl... JCVD's birthright... Leonard Nimoy's kid show... when Ryfun woke up Danny Glover... the old man that is Lil G Ryfun... Dave sees Star Wars on HBO...

These are the movies discussed, and where they are streaming at the time of recording:

• 2001: A Space Odyssey (DirecTV)
• Baby Driver (FX Now)
• Blade Runner (Netflix)
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Showtime)
• The Dark Knight (DirecTV)
• Ghostbusters (for rental)
• The Godfather (for rental)
• Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom (Netflix)
• Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade (Netflix)
• Inglorious Basterds (Netflix)
• Jaws (DirecTV; Cinemax)
• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (for rental)
• Lethal Weapon 3 (STARZ)
• The Lion King (Disney+)
• Minority Report (Netflix)
• Mission Impossible III (for rental)
• National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (Hulu)
• Police Story (Criterion Channel; Kanopy)
• Quantum of Solace (HBO)
• Pulp Fiction (STARZ)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (Netflix) 
• Saving Private Ryan (DirecTV) 
• Scream (Showtime)
• Seems Like Old Times (Crackle)
• Star Wars: The Voyage Home (Disney+)
• Up (Disney+)

Episode 200: DeuceGiving 2015!!

It's our 200th round of pop culture & movie talk!  And it falls on one of our favorite weeks of the year, Thanksgiving, just in time for our annual DeuceGiving Episode...

We invite frequent show contributor Dr Earl to the show, along with former co-host of the show (waaay back in the first 30 eps or so) Matt Rector for this journey into the past and future.

First up, the 2nd round of The Game of Games, a collection of games that we play every 100 episodes--can Dr Earl retain his title from winning during episode 100?

Then, we list our top five actresses we are currently thankful, those great chicks who make every movie they are in better, and manage to even make bad movies bearable.  Emily Blunt!  Brie Larson!  And who doesn't love Jessica Chastain?!

We bring back one of the oldest segments from the early days of the show, The Beverage Tasting, as Mikey brings in Moxie for everyone in studio to get a taste of... somehow, it results in a pretty terrible Boss Nass Phantom Menace imitation.

And somehow, we randomly end up name dropping "Trees Lounge" with Steve Buscemi and Dr. Earl's hope for "Air Con 2".

Next up are the actors we are thankful for, including a great discussion on Tom Hanks, plus attempts to say "Chiwetel Ejiofor", Chris Pratt's rise and more love for the Fassbender.

And no 200th episode would be complete without the one time return of... Seagal Watch.

Thanks for downloading our show, be it for the 1st, the 10th, the 120th or 200th time...

Episode XCVIII: Pod & Podderer: When Mikey Met d$

It's another step closer to silencing the critics who said we'd never make it to 100... or those who never said we'd make it to 10.  That includes Hurricane Rhett, who joins us tonight for our 98th journey into the airwaves of eternal podcastial lore and love.

We kick it off by answering the age ol' question... can you still poke on Facebook?  d$ finds out.  We hear another word from our sponsor, and we begin our regaling of sordid tales of StadiumFest and if Switchfoot ducked the Jesus word... what is the name of that Christian clown guy?!.... more trips to the zoo for Mikey and the family... K-Mart's brilliant, edgy ad (and whether we've ever heard the words "edgy", "brilliant" and "K-Mart" in concurrent usage in a sentence... the difference in bike helmets and storm helmets... and McDonald's customer service problem.




Mikey has some band that sounds like a mexican Lisa Loeb... d$ has not one, but TWO palet cleansers... and we dive into the Final Four of the Awesome Bracket...

Movies discussed tonight include "The Place Beyond the Pines"... "Green Lantern" (!)... "American Loser"... "Django Unchained"... "The Campaign"... and the possibility of Dr. Earl's favorite movie getting a sequel... that's right, the Terrance Malick/Method Man collaboration of a possible second "How High" movie.

Our Big Three gives us our favorite TV Finales of All Time, including thoughts on BSG... Lost... 24... Wonder Years and more...

Plus, we dig on Disney's plans for more and more Star Wars... the prospect of the Justice League movie... the upcoming Superman film and its lack of kryptonite... the love of The Clone Wars... more rants on Facebook moms... Psy's new cut... Ryan Gosling and ninjas...

And of course... Demi Lovato

Plus?   Seagal Watch

Join us next week for Mikey's Musical Crap, the finals of the Awesome Bracket, Our Summer Movie Preview and more, as our pre-century episode happens... Dr. Earl up in the HIZZZAY on The Deucecast Episode XCIX: Dr StrangePod:  Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Deuce

Episode Negative 1: Where It All Began

Two years ago, a band of brothers made a decision to record their voices and post them on the internet for future generations to hear.

As we approach our 100th Episode, we wanted to take a look back at where at it all began. Dr. Earl makes his first appearance as a guest, and Matt was third co-host in our satellite studio location. There are important topics discussed: Steven Seagal, Star Wars, and, of course, Disney.

So sit back, relax, and enjoy Episode Negative 1!


Here's some of the music & media Mike mentioned in this episode:

• You Are A Tourist
• Young Blood
• When My Time Comes
• My Body
• Fringe: The Complete First Season
• Fixin' To Die
• Mine Smell Like Honey

Episode LXXXV: Podcasts of the Southern Wild

Its a very special episode of The Deucecast... no, there are no life lessons to be taught--unless you want to learn how apartheid and Keyser Soze go together--nay, its a special episode because for the first time ever, former co-host Matt joins The Deucecast not from The Noog... but in studio, live!

He left our show as a permanent host waaaaaay back in The Deucecast Episode XXXII: The Podcast for Spock, and has joined us via phone/Skype every now and again, but today, is actually live and in the flesh for a thrilling episode that is so good, it will be possibly one of the few Deucecast episodes worthy of submission to the Daytime Emmys! Congrats guys!



Not sure why Bud Light didn't do a "Real
American Hero" spot on Mr. Drummond.

The guys kick off a fun little tasting with some Bug Juice, or as Mikey puts it, "melted down Otter Pops"... Matt discusses his time away, his move to Missouri, MLK, Jr. Day, celebrating MLK, Jr. with Django Unchained... and becoming a hunter (or an extra from the original Red Dawn)... Mikey dishes on his sick kid... Justin Timberlake new music in Mike's Surprisingly Passable Music Minute... and d$ brings up his Redbox weeklong extravaganza...

We lost a great American hero this week, and The Deucecast pays tribute to one of our own, Conrad Bain, in a deeply moving and personal obituary in The Buried Treasure... and because of Matt's return, we dig up an oldie but a goody, Faux or Show for our game time.  Greg Evigan would be proud.  As would Dack Rambo.

The Big Three was a little more difficult than the guys thought it would be, as the topic of Best Supporting Actress and Actor Oscar winners are brought up and ranked, including classics from Kim Basinger in L.A. Confidential... Cate Blanchett in The Aviator [Blu-ray]... Joe Pesci in GoodFellas... some Inglourious Basterds... and we answer the question--"Who is Keyser Soze?"  A question that is answered many times.... many times... over the podcast.

Matt's back.  Thankfully, he's on our side. Incidentally,
he dropped this outfit in his back yard and hasn't seen it
in two weeks.

Other topics discussed include a bevy of release dates for upcoming Disney films... Machete Kills... a TV premiere date for Under the Dome... Mumblecore films... a thrilling Gary Busey Moment (perhaps the first of many)... Star Wars director chaos... we discuss the Golden Globes and Jodie Foster's ramble... and...

The Return of The Seagal Watch.  (cue drums)

Mikey dishes on his assigned movie, "Juice", and what a sad loss it was when Tupac left us... and we review many other films seen, including "Dredd"... "Zero Dark Thirty"... "The Company Men"... "Looper"... "Beasts of the Southern Wild"... "Moonrise Kingdom"... "The Watch"... and d$'s assigned film, "Hugo".  

And... Demi. 

Next week, d$ reviews his assigned movie, "Blue Valentine", while The Big Three takes on favorite Oscar winning screenplays, both adapted and original... Mikey has more crap for us to suck up and take... and more Disney news, TV news, movie reviews and perhaps... more Busey?   That's all on The Deucecast Episode LXXXVI: Silver Linings Podcast

DeuceGiving 2012

Because, in the South, anything done two years in a row makes a tradition.... we at The Deucecast are proud of our annual tradition of giving thanks in a special episode called DeuceGiving... and we call it DeuceGiving 2012, not just DeuceGiving '12... because in 100 years, we don't want this year's DeuceGiving to be confused with DeuceGiving 2112, right?  Right.

Before we get to the DeuceGiving of it all, we dish on such topics as... Mikey's daughter turning 2... the crazy weekend of college football and Steak N Shake...

Mike's Crappy Music rolls on, discussing cover songs of classic hits by Michael Jackson... Oasis... INXSand.. Leonard Cohen (!). 

Of course, what would our annual DeuceGiving be without our thanks to... Audible.com... and tacos... and Max's Deli... and The Avengers, plus more fantastic, heartfelt appreciations. 



A rousing discussion on the difference in David Keith and Keith David...

Episode XXXI: The Podcast of Khaaaaaan

Its a little late, but better late than never, especially when discussing the 31st episode of The Deucecast: The Podcast of Khaaaaaan...



We dive right in to our week in review, discussing Mikey's worshipful experience at a Bashta concert... and dressing as The Bearded Lady... Matt's new job happenings... and d$'s Disney World experience, including a spirited discussion on The Wizarding World of Harry Potter vs. Disney World... throughout the show, you'll hear topics such as Colin Quinn... "Once Upon a Time"... the crap that was M. Night Shamalamlamnana' "The Happening", or as its commonly known, "The Crappening"... I-I-I-I-I Want the Knife/Golden Child references... and Matt Jackson...

And d$'s problems not only with Madeleine Stowe, but also a question of eBay etiquette.

The very pretty Madeline.. Madeieline... Maha..
Madeileine... ah, crap, that chick from that
Mohican movie...

The Big Three gives us some great films that ruined it with the endings, movies like War of the Worlds... The Forgotten... The Departed... Matrix movies... and A.I.: Artificial Intelligence... plus many more.

Plus, a great discussion of our faith, our witness and being made in His image.

And Michael Bolton.

And Nic Cage.

And Steven Seagal.

The Matt Farewell Tour concludes on Matt's final regular show next week... The Big Three takes on Older Movies With Technology that Never Came to Fruition... d$ has a special musical Smorg... and we bust out a rousing edition of Faux or Shaux, one more for Mattypoo... that's all next week, on The Deucecast Ep XXXII: The Podcast for Spock


Music Minute by Mike:

• The Sounds Of Daniel Bashta



• Self Titled EP - Matt Jackson

Buried Treasure by Dave:

Soul Provider - Michael Bolton

The Big 3: The One Where The Deucecast Team Talks about Movies That Started Off Great But Had Horrible Endings:

Dave's Choice - Soul Provider - Michael Bolton
Matt's Choice - War of the Worlds [Blu-ray]
Mike's Choice - Season of the Witch [Blu-ray]

Episode xXx: State of the Podcast

There is no other way to celebrate the thirtieth episode of The Deucecast other than say that it's...

 

xXx

State of the Podcast

Welcoming Dr. Earl into the studio this week, we dive right into xXx with thoughts on "Three Muskateers"... "Welcome to Sarajevo"... "Summer in Genoa"... "Garden Party"... and Mikey and Dr. Earl watching Mute Math.  The show also dives into such topics as The Dark Tower's revival... Assassin's Creed with Scott Stapp... Tone Loc Watch... Demi Lovato's anthem... and Joss Whedon's latest...

Matty sold his Jetta!  Hear this on the up-and-up-but-only-sounds-sketchy story, plus there might be some changes for the Matt Fam soon.  Mikey talks about his first pony ride (and we don't mean the Ginuwine song "Pony") and d$ shares a few coffee stories.

Rob Zombie is the Music Minute topic, d$ unearths a great (and by great, we mean awful, and by awful we mean awesome) Nic Cage Buried Treasure, and we get some true life vampire education in the latest segment of "Dying with Dr. Earl".

 

This is posted specifically for Mikey to see and think about.  Yes,
Mikey, this might be under your bed.  Right now.  Go look.  Go ahead.

The Big Three scares up our favorite horror flicks, with nods to "28 Days Later"... "The Fly"... "The Shining"... "Phantasm"... and of course, our favorite clown scene, "Poltergeist".  And "Monsturd"?  Yep.  Monsturd.  Mikey gets scared.

 

And... Seagal Watch.

Join us next week, as we broadcast on Thursday--d$ gives a full Disney report... Mikey finds more crap to listen to... Matt begins his goodbye tour (?!)... and we talk about The Best Movies with Crappy Endings.... that's all on The Deucecast Ep XXXI:  The Podcast of Khan

 

Music Minute by Mike:

• Past, Present & Future [Explicit] - Rob Zombie

Buried Treasure by Dave:

• Snake Eyes

Dave's Scary Reads:

• The Shining
• Pet Sematary
• Christine (Signet)

The Big 3: The One Where We Talk About Movies that Scared the Crap Out of Us:

• Mike's Pick - The Evil Dead [Blu-ray]
• Matt's Pick - Pet Sematary (Special Collector's Edition)
• Dave's Pick - Poltergeist [Blu-ray]
• Dr. Earl's Pick - The Exorcist (Extended Director's Cut & Original Theatrical Edition) [Blu-ray]

Roundtable Randomness:

• The Dark Tower Boxed Set (Books 1-4)
• The Walking Dead: Season One [Blu-ray]
• Akira [Blu-ray]
• Much Ado About Nothing [Blu-ray]

Tone Loc of the Week:

• Blank Check

Seagal of the Week:

• Clementine [DVD]