You know what the Go Plug Yourself gang got you for the holidays? A podcast a day early! Our generosity knows no bounds!

It’s time for our most chaotic episode of the year! It’s the Go Plug Yourself shit show featuring too many people to mention but I’m going to try anyways – starting with my amazing co-hosts Walter J. Lyng, Lawrence Corber, Troy Stark, my wife Sarah and Chris Venditto, Go Plug Yourself regulars like Vance Michel, The Green Phantom, Mike Carrozza some cameos by Zak Kik, Shosho Abatouk, Harvey the Dog, some guy named Colin or Connor and I’m pretty sure Hasher was there for a second too. It’s a mess you guys. Enjoy the show!

The audio quality is always a little all over the place with these bad boys and this year is no exception, I tried to level it off a little (our tendency to yell loudly when anyone showed up was particularly brutal on the ear drums) but it is what it is they say. So load this episode up and put it on a speaker so the whole house feels like a party where you’re not allowed to talk. In fairness, nobody is really “allowed” to talk when we’re all together like this. It’s just about being the loudest person in any given moment.

Enjoy the show!

As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Leighland Beckman and Aural Turpitude!

Chris Venditto is another funny person in Montreal who you can see all over the place and if you don’t want to miss him take the stage you should follow him on all the socials. He’s @chrisvenditto on Twitter and Instagram so you should follow him on those two things. He also produces shows with the guys at Perfect Bite Productions who you should also follow on Instagram and on Facebook.

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and sometimes blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

Inés Anaya never stops finding ways to be funny: writing for Hindwing Press and The Beaverton, running shows like Stand Up Story Slam and getting on the mic at comedy shows all over the city when it is legally possible to do so. The best way to keep track of what she’s up to next is on Instagram @clout__atlas

Lawrence Corber also produces some shows you may have heard of (you should probably check out the next Healthy Living show when you get a chance) and if you’re close with him you can call him Lully. The other way to call him “Lully” is to follow him on his socials. @Lully514 on Instagram.

Walter J. Lyng is a stand-up comedian based out of Montreal, you should follow him on Twitter @wallygoodtimes and on Facebook: Walter J. Lyng

Sarah is somehow still @femalewalter on Instagram. Follow her for pictures of our dogs and sometimes she remembers to post about all the arts and entertainment we take in all year long.

Troy Stark is yet another amazing Montreal comedian and promoter who indulges me in co-hosting this wonderful little show of ours. You can catch him pretty often at the World’s Smallest Comedy Night and Cheap Laughs at Rustik Pub, both of which he produces.

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We missed out on ranking Wake Up Dead Man on this one but I guess that’s fine because it gives Keith another few weeks to watch it and then all three of us can chime in on Rian Johnson’s latest Knives Out mystery.

I do love that Rian Johnson committed to making three full feature length films in the style of a modern Agatha Christie character where many filmmakers would just remake Murder On The Nile or whatever. It’s nice that someone is writing new things, ya know?

Even though he has no plans for a fourth Knives Out at the moment I have faith that we haven’t seen the last of Benoit Blanc. Why? Who knows where faith comes from Joe.

For your viewing pleasure I found the exact reel that Scott was talking about from the Instagram account “yojoe_collectibles” and believe me when I say it’s breathtaking.

We wrap things up talking about the incredible and varied career of both Rob Reiner and John Cena’s final match on Saturday against Gunther.

As we often do on Garbage Time we keep the wrestling chat behind our very affordable paywall. As we briefly speak about on the main show John Cena retired over the weekend so Scott and Keith break down whether or not John Cena is the wrestling G.O.A.T. or if he even manages to make it on to the Mount Rushmore of professional wrestling (or sports entertainment if you think those are two different things). We also talk about some Golden Globe nominations and Keith has been watching Fiona & Cake,

If you would like to show your support and head over to Patreon and subscribe at the 9ES Deluxe tier to listen to this and all past episodes of Garbage Time that would be appreciated.

Our intro song is a brand new jam cooked up by OKU-DA just for us, do yourself a favour and check out his SoundCloud).

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The Montreal arts & entertainment podcast that asks comedian Sarah Warren: “Which love song do you wish was written about you?” That question was asked a few episodes ago by the wonderful Lou Laurence who was promoting her debut album “Montréal Romantic.”

Listen, we know that we had Sarah Warren on the show already this year to promote her show “My Dead Mom’s Cookbook” but you might remember that on that very show she mentioned she was (at the time) taking a break from standup comedy. Well guess what? She’s back! Next Thursday, December 18th at the historic Café Cleopatra Sarah Warren will be taking to the stage to headline an all-star lineup of local talent. “Sarah Warren & Friends” will be the perfect way to kick off your holiday revelry in earnest. I promise.

In the meantime, do yourself a favour and catch all of Sarah’s content (yes, often about her dead mom) at sarahisfamous on Instagram.

Sarah joined Walter, Troy and I at the back of Grumpy’s to talk about sex toy sponsorship, John Cena’s last match and Reddit. Probably some other stuff too. You’ll have to listen to find out.

Go Plug Yourself!

As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Leighland Beckman and Aural Turpitude!

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and sometimes blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

Walter J. Lyng is a stand-up comedian based out of Montreal, you should follow him on Twitter @wallygoodtimes and on Facebook: Walter J. Lyng

Troy Stark is yet another amazing Montreal comedian and promoter who indulges me in co-hosting this wonderful little show of ours. You can catch him pretty often at the World’s Smallest Comedy Night and Cheap Laughs at Rustik Pub, both of which he produces.

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Really the only thing that stops us from being just like Jesse Plemons in Begonia is that none of us are beekeepers.

Waitaminute- Jon is a beekeeper. I guess it’s time for us to kidnap a CEO. This podcast is about to really take a turn. Hit us up in the comments if you’re a CEO who would like to be kidnapped by the three of us.

Anyways, it’s hard to get out to the movies these days and by hard I mean really fucking expensive. Factor in a baby-sitter and you’re looking at dropping $200 on a Friday night at the movies with a food-court dinner. I wonder if high-school kids still go to the movies for dates or if they’re totally priced out of that too.

We talk about a few other pretty recent flicks like Caught Stealing and Asteroid City and then Scott talks about a film that is definitely not that recent: The Long Goodbye.

Then we talk about The Pink Panther and how it might be one of the greatest theme songs of all time. Stay tuned for some future episode of 9ES where we rank the greatest theme songs of all time… probably.

Meanwhile on a brand new episode of Garbage Time we talk about some of the dumbest matches in pro-wrestling history including the infamous “Kennel Match” where a bunch of scared dogs just peed and pooped all over the place. I guess talking about things really going to shit leads us to (of course) talk about the Toronto Maple Leafs. There’s a connection there I just know it.

If you would like to show your support and head over to Patreon and subscribe at the 9ES Deluxe tier to listen to this and all past episodes of Garbage Time that would be appreciated.

Our intro song is a brand new jam cooked up by OKU-DA just for us, do yourself a favour and check out his SoundCloud).

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The Montreal arts & entertainment podcast takes a break from our usual programming and invites Scott MacIver (from our other show 9ES) to talk about sports! We’re a Montreal sports show now! I’ll be totally up front though, about 95% of the sports talk is hockey centric. Scott and Chris talk a little about football and baseball towards the end there but we love in Montreal and this is a hockey town so this is kind of a hockey podcast.

Deal with it!

The three of us break down the first 25% of the season for our beloved Montreal Canadiens who are quickly becoming one of the most exciting iterations of this team that we’ve had in recent memory. We also spend a good chunk of time celebrating the woes of the Toronto Maple Leafs. We all knew the wheels were going to come off but so far it’s been even more dramatic than even my wildest predictions.

We talk about Team Canada, which Habs might make the cut for not only Team Canada but who else will be heading to Milan for their respective countries and Scott pretty much fixes the All-Star game.

We close things off talking about the Milwaukee Brewers and Chris proclaims the MLB playoffs and World Series to be the most entertaining post-season in sports.

Sports!

As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Leighland Beckman and Aural Turpitude!

Chris Venditto is another funny person in Montreal who you can see all over the place and if you don’t want to miss him take the stage you should follow him on all the socials. He’s @chrisvenditto on Twitter and Instagram so you should follow him on those two things. He also produces shows with the guys at Perfect Bite Productions who you should also follow on Instagram and on Facebook.

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and sometimes blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

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So the Trump administration has reversed their decision on not releasing the Epstein Files despite the possibility of a photo of… checks notes… “Trump blowing Bubba.” I can’t really be excited by any of this since I’m pretty sure if they’re releasing the files they’ve already scorched any ties that the orange man might have had with the pervert anyways.

I guess we shall see.

So Paul McCartney joined a bunch of other British artists to release an anti-AI album and it’s one part protest and one part tricking and misleading the algorithm. The fact that they are apparently also releasing the album on vinyl is somewhere between hilarious and insane.

Anyhow, Keith played all the way through 2022’s “Stray” and Jon watched Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein. Those are two things that happened so we talk about them.

Finally, Dave Mustaine from Megadeth wants Megadeth’s last show to be actually in space and I really want that to happen. That is all.

Meanwhile on a brand new episode of Garbage Time we talk about the phenomenon aphantasia and discuss how Jon most likely actually has it. That’s right, it’s a 30 minute conversation that is mostly about how the three of us process information and remember things. I don’t know if this is peak garbage content or possibly the best Garbage Time we’ve ever recorded. We read a bunch of quotes from this article on CTV that references a lot of the actual studies on the topic.

If you would like to show your support and head over to Patreon and subscribe at the 9ES Deluxe tier to listen to this and all past episodes of Garbage Time that would be appreciated.

Our intro song is a brand new jam cooked up by OKU-DA just for us, do yourself a favour and check out his SoundCloud).

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The Montreal arts & entertainment podcast that asks singer-songwriter Lou Laurence: “What makes baseball so romantic?” That question asked by Pascal Girard back in our last episode.

Lou Laurence is an incredibly talented (and funny) performer who you may even recognize from her last appearance on this podcast promoting her Fringe Show “Love, Sharks & Frenching“. Well she’s just released her first album “Montréal Romantic” and you can listen to it pretty much everywhere you stream music. You can even buy the album digitally on Bandcamp if you’re a really good person.

Lou Laurence joined Troy Stark and I at the back of Grumpy’s to talk about producing her first album, how thin the wall is between her and her neighbour and generally all the ups and downs of living and loving in the wonderful city of Montreal. Sudden snow storms, transit strikes and all.

Troy Stark also steps up as full co-host for this one because Walter “flaked” on the episode in a move that I’m sure was not prompted by the metro strike. Thank you Troy!

Oh hey, there’s never been a better time to tell someone about Go Plug Yourself than right now – we’re proud that Go Plug Yourself was selected to be part of Acast’s Indie Amplifier selections for November – check us out on Amazon Music Canada.

Enjoy the show!

As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Leighland Beckman and Aural Turpitude!

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and sometimes blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

Troy Stark is yet another amazing Montreal comedian and promoter who indulges me in co-hosting this wonderful little show of ours. You can catch him pretty often at the World’s Smallest Comedy Night and Cheap Laughs at Rustik Pub, both of which he produces.

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Two out of three of us are dads here on 9ES. When is it ok to show Zach Cregger’s Weapons to your kid? 12? 13 years old?

When is it ok to show Thanatomorphose to your kid? Probably never?

Weapons was pretty great and I can’t wait for Jono to watch Barbarian so we can dutifully compare and contrast. If Zach Cregger was a recording artist, Weapons would be an excellent second album. Which we know from many, many subpar sophomore albums is still quite the accomplishment. Barbarian is still the original though, the first break out into the world of horror film making and I think Weapons may suffer slightly from having too many echoes of Barbarian to truly break out and stand on its own.

Still definitely worth the watch though, don’t get me wrong.

As you do towards the end of October we watched a bunch of other horror movies. Scott showed Prince of Darkness to his kid which is exciting, while I watched Oddity, Wolf Man and started into Welcome to Derry. Tis the season after all. Finally we wonder out loud if Stephen King is the most recognizable author on the planet.

We will return to (slightly) less horror-centric content next episode probably. Maybe.

Meanwhile on a brand new episode of Garbage Time we talk about Stephen King some more while we talk about Edgar Wright’s upcoming take on The Running Man. Keith has made it to The Trial of Magneto as he plows through Marvel’s Krakoan Age and that leads us to talk about the X-Men.

If you would like to show your support and head over to Patreon and subscribe at the 9ES Deluxe tier to listen to this and all past episodes of Garbage Time that would be appreciated.

Our intro song is a brand new jam cooked up by OKU-DA just for us, do yourself a favour and check out his SoundCloud).

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The Montreal arts & entertainment podcast that asks comic book artist Pascal Girard: “What’s your positive vision for the future?” That question was asked in our last episode by Annie and Scout from CULT PLAY.

Chris Venditto and I were excited to host cartoonist Pascal Girard on this week’s episode of Go Plug Yourself.

Pow Pow is bringing the English translation of Pascal Girard’s latest book “Pastimes” next week.

From Pow Pow:

“From encounters with would-be swingers at the dog park to ferocious felines at the local cat cafe, in these short, snappy comic strips Pascal Girard delivers snippets inspired by his daily life, with a bittersweet humour that’s sometimes mocking, sometimes tender, but always deeply observant. Pastimes is a funny and surprisingly moving portrait of passing time in the modern world, one comic at a time.”

We talk about being obsessed with death, what it’s like to let a translator become your voice, surfing and the Blue Jays making us cry.

If you’re in the area you can check out the official launch party at Librairie D&Q on November 7th and Pascal Girard and other Pow Pow artists will be at the Read Quebec book fair on December 6th and 7th at Casa d’Italia.

Oh hey, there’s never been a better time to tell someone about Go Plug Yourself than right now – we’re proud that Go Plug Yourself was selected to be part of Acast’s Indie Amplifier selections for November – check us out on Amazon Music Canada.

Enjoy the show!

As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Leighland Beckman and Aural Turpitude!

Chris Venditto is another funny person in Montreal who you can see all over the place and if you don’t want to miss him take the stage you should follow him on all the socials. He’s @chrisvenditto on Twitter and Instagram so you should follow him on those two things. He also produces shows with the guys at Perfect Bite Productions who you should also follow on Instagram and on Facebook.

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and sometimes blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek.

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Tron is a weird franchise and Tron: Ares just continues the weirdness. From what I’ve read, none of the three movies were considered hits for Disney. But somehow three of them have been made and they made a really expensive roller coaster to celebrate the franchise in Disneyworld. Hard to figure out the actual numbers but allegedly it was in the same price range as the Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind ride and that cost $500 million USD.

That’s a lot of money for Tron.

So, Tron: Ares.

OG Tron:

Budget $17 million

Box office $50 million[1]

Tron: Legacy:

Budget $170 million[5][6]

Box office $409.9 million[6]

Tron: Ares

Deadline Hollywood reported a total cost of $347.5 million, including production and advertising, for the film and estimated that it ultimately should lose over $132 million.

Whoopsie!

Meanwhile, you know what else involved a lot of money? The Riyadh Comedy Festival.

We didn’t have the Marc Maron quote on the show, but here it is in all its glory:

“I mean, how do you even promote that? “From the folks that brought you 9/11. Two weeks of laughter in the desert, don’t miss it!” I mean, the same guy that’s gonna pay them is the same guy that paid that guy to bone-saw Jamal Khashoggi and put him in a fucking suitcase. But don’t let that stop the yuks, it’s gonna be a good time!”

You’re a legend Mr. Maron.

Meanwhile on a brand new episode of Garbage Time you won’t believe it but Jon and Keith talk more about Silksong! For the last time! Both of them are sitting at 100% game completion so they finally get it all out of their system… until the inevitable DLC is released. Keith also went to the Pounding the Pavement exhibit on now at the McCord Museum in Montreal (until October 26 so you’re probably already too late) and Scott wrestled a coyote.

If you would like to show your support and head over to Patreon and subscribe at the 9ES Deluxe tier to listen to this and all past episodes of Garbage Time that would be appreciated.

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