Jack's Silly Little Friendly Neighborhood Star Trek Discovery, Short Treks & Podcast

It's the second episode of Lower Decks, and the first appearance of a Ferengi in Star Trek in EIGHTEEN YEARS, so you know who Jack had to grab for this one! That's right, it's Space Merchant Ferengi expert Kregg Castillo, finally getting to talk about Ferengis on Jack's Silly! In addition to waxing rhapsodic over their profound love of Quimp, the Dynamic Duo talk about where LDS has casually landed on the "Klingon Question", Rutherford's new grooves, fast talkin' characters, and so much more! In addition to the debut of a brand new recurring feature, this episode will go down in history as the first official public announcement of a very special new project from Kregg that is sure to change lives! This episode, I tell ya, it's Golden, Boy.

Saddle up! Let's lock, load, and LOOK at the newest member of the Star Trek Crew (of shows). To do that, Jack has brought back the P.D. Crew (himself, Barm, and Sam and Kevin from Reopening the Wormhole) to check out Second Contact, the first outing of Lower Decks. Is it good Star Trek? Is it funny? Does it have ENOUGH Star Trek/California references? Is it similar/different enough from The Orville/Rick and Morty? Most importantly, is it FUN!? In addition to these important questions, the gang will rank the Riddlers, discuss their favorite punctuation marks, find out who wrote Monkees songs, open a ginormous mailbag, and so much more! No matter what YOUR take on Lower Decks, you're gonna have a good time hearing ours.

LOWER DECKS!? Never heard of it. At this podcast, all we know is DISCO, and we got DISCO BOOK FEVER. Jack and Barm, widely known as the two biggest Emperor Georgiou (and Section 31) fans in the world, have joined forces to discuss the OTHER crazy thing between the first and second seasons of Discovery that was happening, with crazy starfish people, slug people, and lightning ball people during the wacky adventures of Emperor Georgiou, Finnegan, and Emony Dax. All right, yeah, we're gonna talk about Lower Decks for the next ten weeks, but before we do, why not take one last dive into a Blood Devil pool and see how just fucking NUTS Discovery can be when the cameras are facing elsewhere?

The drunk speak! That's right, like our beloved Sheev, DRUNK STAR WARS has arisen from the dead, but the only difference is that this makes sense! Or as much sense as any drunk Star Wars episode could make. Jack's bottle of whiskey may have cost 80 dollars less than Kregg's, but the end result is the same: another few fantastic hours of drunk assholes whining about Star Wars! Jack has FINALLY found a sympathetic ear to try and keep track of what the hell is happening with lightsabers in this movie, commiserate about Death Star nonsense, pin down what is wrong and right about Threepio and hang out with Watto in Mos Eisley. The alcohol, it is IN THEIR BLOOD.

Remember back when Jack, Barm, and Kregg discussed Saru's origins, and promised you a Sober Last Jedi commentary track? Of course you do, and 18 or so months later, here it is, because Jack can't get enough of doing Last Jedi podcasts. The Golden Boy, the guy who's on like 70% of the episodes of this show, and your Jedi host are back to talk about The Last Jedi AGAIN, and this time you get to hear a cat vomiting WHILE YOU WATCH! Once you've watched The Last Jedi this way, you won't ever be able to watch it without it. If you can only listen to ONE Jack Last Jedi podcast and you've already heard the other four, this is the one for you. You have the spirit of a TRUE JEDI!

It's time to Discover Discovery all over again! This time, the robotic Jack and Kevin of last year's ELO party are joined by a couple of daft punks, in the form of Sam Stovold and Daft Punk superfan Geoff Clarke of the ApeCast, to talk about 2001's Discovery. Inevitably, as the alcohol flows freely, they're gonna talk about Interstella 5555, and branch off into a bevy of musical topics and other tangents as well, as they go through the album track by track. So dye your skin blue and get ready to rock. Veridis Quo, y'all!

Beloved moths, the only Discovery podcast that is distermined not to talk about Star Trek: Discovery is BACK with its 3rd annual Curb Your Enthusiasm episode! Lauren and Jack are ready to talk about asshole and swan killer Larry David, but HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER! Sam Stovold has discovered the cheat code to get on to podcasts, and that is making the host feel guilty about their past negligence. It's all good though, as Sam makes a fine addition to the Curb Team, as they investigate whether the eponymous swan is named Kyoko or Kiyoko, enjoy the rare quartet of Larry, Jeff, Cousin Andy and Funkhouser, reminisce on their large bird experiences, fantasize about Larry David and Patrick Stewart switching places, talk Godzilla AGAIN, and finally, discuss genre fiction that TRANSCENDS its trappings. Mr. Takahashi himself couldn't find it in his heart to condemn this episode.

It may be the millennium of Aftermath, but Jack and Barm aren't awarding any platinum plaques to Star Trek: Discovery's lackluster third comic series. It's Klingons again, and not even the combined powers of Pike, Spock, and a John Colicos looking Kor are enough to save this comic from an anemic story and dodgy artwork, plus shitty binding that has the TPB literally falling apart in your hands, as a final insult. On the plus side, our magnetic co-hosts found the Captain Saru annual to be some pretty zippy fun, and enjoy talking about Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Unlike L'Rell, you're not gonna wanna crash this fantastic episode into a mountain.

Trust the fungus, and trust Jack's Silly to bring you the BEST random audio commentaries for movies in the podcast GAME! This ain't no edited postgame discussion, it's a commentating live as the movie plays thrill ride! Jack's Silly must have swallowed a mushroom, because it's this show's biggest audio commentary yet! Jack is joined by Barm, Josh Lee, Sam Stovold (Marvel Star Wars Explorers) and Kristina Kephart to talk about this misbegotten cinematic misadventure from 1993. So fire up your Super Mario Bros. DVD or Blu-Ray and get ready to warp to Brooklyn and Koopa City together with your favorite set of Goombas! Mama Mia!

Jack's Silly coverage of Picard is NOT OVER YET, not as long as Una McCormack, Jack, and frequent guest Barm have anything to say about it. In fact, being a prequel, it might be more accurate to say Picard hasn't even BEGUN yet! Jack and his Trek book buddy Barm unpack Una McCormack's shockingly good novel about the fifteen years leading up to ST: Picard in this fitting coda to our Picard coverage (for now). Guys, MAYBE this should have been the show?? Whatever the case, if, like most right-thinking people, you want to dive into a world of refugee relocation, political tomfoolery, bureaucratic nightmares, Picard's psyche, Planet Raffi, Geordi's pain, Maddox's egotism, and the frustrating and unending puzzle that is Romulan culture, let us be your tour guides! (Also, buy the book!). As a bonus, tune in to hear musical talent level 0 Jack's most elaborate musical effort yet! Jolan tru!