Clearing The Queue

Clearing The Queue

By Matt Bogdanow and Alex PopkinTV & Film
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Clearing The Queue episodes

  • Episode 19: Meaghan O’Connor Feiner
    CTQ kisses the status-quo goodbye with this week's guest, the lovely Meaghan O'Connor Feiner. As Meaghan explains why growing up abroad resulted in permanent pop culture blind spots, Matty learns the difference between "Footloose," "Flashdance," and "Dirty Dancing." It's business as usual, until Meaghan's choice goes horribly wrong, forcing the guys do something they've never done before -- break the cardinal rules of CTQ.
    QUEUE CONTENDERS: "Fruitvale Station" (2013), "Nick Offerman: American Ham" (2014), "Last Night" (2010), "Gomorrah" (2008)
    50 min
  • Episode 18: Mikaal Sulaiman

    The guys have their hands full as their friend, obsessive movie-watcher and iPhone “nester” Mikaal Sulaiman brings his whopping & diverse queue of 136 movies. In this episode Mika breaks down his pathological love of consuming information and his conspiracy theory behind rotten tomatoes scores, while later the guys debate what the proper etiquette for watching graphic movies on airplanes is. AND FOR NO REASON: Matty lists his Top 5 Moustaches and Bald Heads.

    QUEUE CONTENDERS: “Gomorrah” (2008), “Bronson” (2008), “Braveheart” (1995)

    https://ia801507.us.archive.org/35/items/CTQ18MikaalSulaiman/CTQ18_Mikaal_Sulaiman.mp3

    Clearing The Queue is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://ctqpodcast.wordpress.com/

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  • Episode 17: Brian Bender

    The CTQ guys bring in their friend cult-movie appreciator Brian Bender. As Bender explains how his movie tastes were invariably shaped by the seedy video store in his hometown in Indiana and educates the guys about the sci-fi franchise Dune with a “spicy” elevator pitch, Matty gets hip to “practical” visual FX, while Alex becomes enlightened to fine wordplay and even finer bass guitar-play.

    QUEUE CONTENDERS: “Jaco” (2014), “The Sting” (1973), “The Hustler” (1961), “The Resurrection of Jake The Snake” (2015)
    https://ia601501.us.archive.org/6/items/CTQ17BrianBender/CTQ17_Brian_Bender.mp3

    Clearing The Queue is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://ctqpodcast.wordpress.com/

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  • Episode 16: Brian Harris

    The blind can see, the lame can walk, and the queue-less can stream as the CTQ guys bring in their good friend “Steampunk” Brian Harris for another helping of “Queue Beginnings.” On this week’s episode, the guys discuss how Brian got his confusing yet ubiquitous nickname and why “Deadpool” not only breaks superhero movie conventions, but also our increasingly-suspect algorithms. Plus after 15 episodes Matty and Alex FINALLY agree on what a guilty pleasure is — and it looks an awful lot like Owen Wilson as an action star.

    QUEUE CONTENDERS:
    “Spy Game” (2001), “Mac and Devin Go To High School” (2012), “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” (1993), “Primal Fear” (1996), “Heathers” (1988)
    https://ia801509.us.archive.org/31/items/CTQ16BrianHarris/CTQ16_Brian_Harris.mp3

    Clearing The Queue is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://ctqpodcast.wordpress.com/

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  • Episode 16: Brian Harris
    The blind can see, the lame can walk, and the queue-less can stream as the CTQ guys bring in their good friend "Steampunk" Brian Harris for another helping of "Queue Beginnings." On this week's episode, the guys discuss how Brian got his confusing yet ubiquitous nickname and why "Deadpool" not only breaks superhero movie conventions, but also our increasingly-suspect algorithms. Plus after 15 episodes Matty and Alex FINALLY agree on what a guilty pleasure is -- and it looks an awful lot like Owen Wilson as an action star.
    QUEUE CONTENDERS:
    "Spy Game" (2001), "Mac and Devin Go To High School" (2012), "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" (1993), "Primal Fear" (1996), "Heathers" (1988)
    40 min
  • Episode 15: The Nerd Lys
    It’s a “Blessed Union of Podcast Souls” as the CTQ guys welcome in fellow podcasters, cosplayers and Comic-Con regulars “The Nerd Lys” Chris and Rachel! In this hilarious episode the foursome discuss cosplay vs LARPing, shamefully innocent love for Dog the Bounty Hunter and The O.C., cartoon violence, and how they all celebrated the “the Will-ennium” in Dec 1999.
    QUEUE CONTENDERS:
    “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968), “Galaxy Quest” (1999)
    https://ia801502.us.archive.org/34/items/CTQ15TheNerdlys/CTQ15_The_Nerdlys.mp3

    Clearing The Queue is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://ctqpodcast.wordpress.com/

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  • Episode 15: The Nerd Lys
    It's a "Blessed Union of Podcast Souls" as the CTQ guys welcome in fellow podcasters, cosplayers and Comic-Con regulars "The Nerd Lys" Chris and Rachel! In this hilarious episode the foursome discuss cosplay vs LARPing, shamefully innocent love for Dog the Bounty Hunter and The O.C., cartoon violence, and how they all celebrated the "the Will-ennium" in Dec 1999.
    QUEUE CONTENDERS:
    "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968), "Galaxy Quest" (1999)
    49 min
  • Episode 14: Oliver Taylor
    It’s the “Film Education Of Clearing The Queue” as cinema-lover and CTQ superfan Oliver Taylor stops by to drop his unique and insightful brand of film-school knowledge. The guys discuss why camera operators are the coolest people on the film set, learn why Tom Cruise makes the perfect empty vessel, and make a oddly-effective analogy using macaroni and cheese with chipotle peppers. ALSO: Oliver forces Alex and Matt to address “the elephant in the room.”
    QUEUE CONTENDERS:
    “Meek’s Cutoff” (2010), “Sixteen Candles” (1984), “The Hustler” (1961)
    https://ia601502.us.archive.org/18/items/CTQ14OliverTaylor/CTQ14_Oliver_Taylor.mp3

    Clearing The Queue is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://ctqpodcast.wordpress.com/

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  • Episode 14: Oliver Taylor
    It's the "Film Education Of Clearing The Queue" as cinema-lover and CTQ superfan Oliver Taylor stops by to drop his unique and insightful brand of film-school knowledge. The guys discuss why camera operators are the coolest people on the film set, learn why Tom Cruise makes the perfect empty vessel, and make a oddly-effective analogy using macaroni and cheese with chipotle peppers. ALSO: Oliver forces Alex and Matt to address "the elephant in the room."
    QUEUE CONTENDERS:
    "Meek's Cutoff" (2010), "Sixteen Candles" (1984), "The Hustler" (1961)
    59 min
  • Episode 13: Michelle Luchese
    No queue? No problem! This week on CTQ the guys invite their friend, rom-com expert and Corey Haim-fanclub member Michelle Luchese to be the guinea pig as they test run Operation: “Queue Beginnings”, a highly-sophisticated and fine-tuned apparatus designed to hack the Netflix algorithms and fashion a brand-new queue from scratch.
    Queue Contenders:
    “Pretty Ugly People” (2008), “Confessions of A Dangerous Mind” (2012),  “Little Bit Of Heaven” (2011)
    https://ia801505.us.archive.org/32/items/CTQ13MichelleLuchese/CTQ13_Michelle_Luchese.mp3

    Clearing The Queue is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://ctqpodcast.wordpress.com/

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