DCOM Decoded

Grab a sleigh and SLAY, because we're flying into the holidays with 'Twas the Night! Liz and Mike discuss Harambe (RIP), how awkward it is to photoshop genitals, pooping in an airport, and how hot Brian Cranston is when he's a real a-hole.

Hosts: Liz Matijasic and Mike Mitra

Producer: Mike Mitra

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Grab a chocolate cookie, your favorite picture book, and your Windsweeper 5000 because we're going to a place where time is a flat circle - it's Halloweentown! Liz and Mike discuss the hottest 80-year-olds, suffragettes, fun band names at ACL, and the possibility that Calabar is a jealous stone-cold killer.

Hosts: Liz Matijasic and Mike Mitra

Producer: Mike Mitra

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Grab an amorphous blob, a gust of wind, and a unique fashion sense, because we're pointing an unplugged hair dryer to the 2000s DCOM hit Stepsister from Planet Weird! Liz and Mike discuss SPF moisturizer, uncooked hotdogs, Cosmo Cola at improv, and how much you can really learn about sex from the internet.

Hosts: Liz Matijasic and Mike Mitra
Producer: Mike Mitra
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Grab a mermaid tail, a swim Speedo, and a hair dryer, because we're making a splash with this classic hit The Thirteenth Year! Special guest Hannah Foy joins Liz and Mike to discuss cryptozoology, crunchy step moms, creepy ocean sirens, excessive bullying, and 1/48-scale model airplanes.

Hosts: Liz Matijasic (on Instagram: @e_majestic) and Mike Mitra (on Instagram: @mikemitra)

Grab a mini skirt, some platform sandals, and your favorite dominatrix outfit, because we’re watching this DCOM-before-there-were-DCOMs, Wish Upon A Star! Liz and Mike discuss construction workers looking at minors, what it means to buy JNCOs in the “husky” section, and the indelible bond between body-swapped sisters.

Hosts: Liz Matijasic and Mike Mitra

Producer: Mike Mitra

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Grab a bowling ball and a swingin' soundtrack because we're scoring turkeys with this 2000 classic Alley Cats Strike! Liz and Mike discuss Rockabilly style, other cuter towns in northern Ohio, how sunglasses make a makeover and what really happened to Alex's grandma.

Hosts: Liz Matijasic and Mike Mitra

Producer: Mike Mitra

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In this special episode, Liz and Mike do something they haven’t done yet - watch a DCOM they BOTH haven’t seen! So grab a surfboard and your best guess at the plot, because they’re discussing the modern classic Teach Beach Movie! Liz and Mike discuss monoculture in a post High School Musical world, two-piece bathing suits, sacrificing story for the sake of stellar choreography, and whether being stuck in another dimension is a good excuse to miss a flight.

Hosted and Produced by Liz Matijasic and Mike Mitra

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Grab some pom-poms, a festive uniform and your most inspirational quote because we’re watching the 2002 banger Gotta Kick It Up!! Liz and Mike discuss the “white savior” trope, this movie’s relationship with the Oscars, public school budget problems, Condoleezza Rice, and northern Ohio’s perennial show choir powerhouse Teays Valley. ¡Sí, se puede!

Hosts: Liz Matijasic and Mike Mitra

Producer: Mike Mitra

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Grab a horse... and some sense, because we're watching the brotherly blast from the past Horse Sense! Liz and Mike join special guest (and Liz's brother) Aaron Matijasic to discuss yassification, how hearing "daddy" can make you cringe, right-wing sympathizers named Twister, and what happens when a VHS tape of your breakthrough film is recorded over and lost to history.

Hosts: Liz Matijasic and Mike Mitra

Guest: Aaron Matijasic

Producer: Mike Mitra

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Grab a guitar and your favorite red leather jacket because we’re talking about the mind-blowingly prescient future hellscape in Pixel Perfect! Liz and Mike lose their minds and get scared to death talking about AI, discuss eating two-course meals alone, contemplate on email attachments and react to what the inside of the internet looks like!

Hosts: Liz Matijasic and Mike Mitra

Producer: Mike Mitra

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