Jeff Has Cool Friends

Join mega nerds Dre Alvarez and Jeff May as they geek out on a different nerdy cultural touchstone every month. Part reminiscence, part historical deep dive. This month, Dre and Jeff continue their season on Single-Season Animated Shows with the infamously mishandled, cult-favorite Clerks the Animated Series!

There's a lot to unpack about one of television history's greatest What-If's, so let's switch from drugs to fireworks, spend money on a Super Bowl Ad for a show we hate, and be INCREDIBLY dated, as we tackle one of the most egregious examples of Disney's misplaced greed that, unfortunately, only lasted one [-third of a] season. 

And, of course, don't forget to follow Dre (@nerdnumbers) Jeff (@heytherejeffro2 or @heytherejeffro) on the socials, and have a nerdy day!

My latest cool friend is the incredible Kiran Deol, and she is one of the most intimidating people I've ever met. A Harvard-educated comedian/writer/actor/multi-hyphenate, Kiran seems to be living in a world with 28 hour days. Where else could she find the time to do so many incredible things? You may have seen her, among countless projects, on shows like Sunnyside, her comedy special Joy Suck (available on Amazon and Tubi), or in the upcoming Didn't Die, a Sundance-Darling of a film that's been being viewed as a star-making vehicle for Kiran. Honestly, I could write about all the incredible things she's had a hand in, but I'm just going to suggest you listen to the episode, because we had a lot of fun, and we cover A LOT of ground.

So enjoy, please follow Kiran on IG (@ShitFromKiran), and GO SEE "DIDN'T DIE" IF YOU CAN! And, please head on over to Patreon.com/jeffmay to enjoy early episodes with uncensored comments, PLUS exclusive content in this episode that we recorded JUST FOR PATRONS!

Folks, it's been a bit of a rollercoaster with my February. I know, I know, that's more of a "Monthly Flow" kinda thing, but here we are. My computer has been in and out of the hospital, trying to find a diagnosis. (Probably E-Syphilis or something) I've had several wonderful offers from several wonderful people offering me replacement computers, but I've been on the cusp of not needing them because my laptop is RIGHT ABOUT to be fixed. Alas, everytime I think I'm in the clearing, my screen goes dark again, to remind me that I'm never safe.

Instead of wasting a guest's time by having them on the show and having to reboot my computer three or four times, I decided to do something I've never done on here: make, in a way, my Patrons be this episode's Cool Friends. So I sought out your questions, and answered them without reservations. I didn't hide anything, really. You asked, I answered. So enjoy, and thank you for your patience while I'm trying not to go insane dealing with something that's so far beyond my scope of knowledge, that the best fix I've had so far has just been breathing into a paper bag.

And hey, head on over to Patreon.com/jeffmay for early access to uncensored episodes with bonus content, exclusive podcasts, and so much more

Join mega nerds Dre Alvarez and Jeff May as they geek out on a different nerdy cultural touchstone every month. Part reminiscence, part historical deep dive. This month, Dre and Jeff continue their season on Single-Season Animated Shows with the poorly thought out and poorly executed syndicated abomination, Darkstalkers!

There's a lot to unpack about this abhorrent video game adaptation, so let's get go be deeply inconsistent, add egregiously sexual characters on a children's show, and absolutely fumble the bag, as we tackle one of the most unbelievably terrible cartoons that, thankfully, only lasted one season. 

And, of course, don't forget to follow Dre (@nerdnumbers) Jeff (@heytherejeffro2 or @heytherejeffro) on the socials, and have a nerdy day!

Hey all, technical difficulties mean this month's nerd will be a month late. So while you wait, checkout the episode on the worst thing we'd ever covered ... until next week!

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Join mega nerds Dre Alvarez and Jeff May as they geek out on a different nerdy cultural touchstone every month. Part reminiscence, part historical deep dive. This month, Dre and Jeff finish their season on Unfortunate Video Game Adaptations with the most unfortunate mainstream video game adaptation of all-time: 1994's Double Dragon! There's a lot to unpack about this absoulte violation of a film, so let's bleach our flaptops, engage in some questionable martial arts, and reunite our cheap plastic medallion as we dive deep into Double Dragon with our final unfortunate video game movie! And don't forget to follow Dre (@nerdnumbers) and Jeff (@heytherejeffro), have a nerdy day, and head on over to patreon.com/jeffmay for exclusives, early access to uncensored episodes, and so much more!

My latest Cool Friend is also my newest Cool Friend, the hilarious Jacob Rice. I know for a fact that a lot of you know who he is, as my inbox is littered with his reels. He has become one of the premiere pop culture satirists on social media, stretching himself out in unique directions with a unique voice, to the point where he has gone from "viral" to "internet mainstay" in a manner of a few months. We hit it off almost immediately after a post of his, and I figured we might want to just continue our introduction to each other on the pod. His instantly recognizeable introduction of "Hey Man," in his videos has somehow monopolized a common phrase into something that feels uniquely singular.

So please enjoy the episode. If you haven't followed Jacob yet, what are you waiting for? He's @Itstheheyman on IG, and there's more. We talk about it. And please head on over to patreon.com/jeffmay to enjoy Patreon-exclusive content we recorded just for Patrons!

Join mega nerds Dre Alvarez and Jeff May as they geek out on a different nerdy cultural touchstone every month. Part reminiscence, part historical deep dive. This month, Dre and Jeff begin their season on Single-Season TV Shows with the surprisingly progressive late-80's syndicated animated Space-Western, Bravestarr!
There's a lot to unpack about this spiritual sequel to He Man, so let's get go mine some Kerium, have some totem super powers, and have the darkest episode of a children's cartoon ever, as we tackle one of the most infamous children's properties of the 1980's that only lasted one season. And, of course, don't forget to follow Dre (@nerdnumbers) Jeff (@heytherejeffro2 or @heytherejeffro) on the socials, and have a nerdy day!

Christine Fekete is a fascinating study in going with the flow and moving forward. As the map of her life will detail, there is a 0% chance she could've predicted that she would be one of the fastest growing content creators on social media today! I have seen her grow from a few thousand followers to hundreds of thousands almost overnight, taking down a lot of right-wing talking points in that classic "We see what you're doing" style. But, honestly, do you think I would have someone on the show if their big thing was "has a lot of followers?" Heck no. Turns out, Christine's roadmap to end up where she is right now is a fascinating tapestry of ups and downs, a story of perseverence if you will. We talk all about that, including her "Think Happy Stuff" company, relationship with Evangelical Christianity, and so much more. So enjoy this episode, go follow @what.the.fekete on social media, and head on over to Patreon.com/jeffmay to enjoy the exclusive bonus content we recorded JUST FOR PATRONS!

I'm not sure how to introduce my latest (and newest) Cool Friend, Paige Harbison. She's an accomplished author who got her first novel published at the age of 19, a viral sensation on TikTok and Instagram with her One-Minute Hallmark Movie videos, she hosts the fantastic "Nameless Best Friends" podcast with her mother and brother, she's a painter, she's...well, she's a little bit of everything. Wait, scratch that: She's a LOTTA bit of everything, and she's an incredibly Cool Friend.
This quickly became one of those effortless podcasts that took on a life of its own almost immediately. This could have easily become a 3 or 4 hour podcast, and it almost did, but my schedule and bank account couldn't have handled that much editing. Please enjoy this episode, follow Paige on the socials (@Pharbeaux), check out Nameless Best Friends, and go buy her books, including the recent hit The Other Side of Now, which you can get at stores that have books. (They should come up with a better name for that). And please head over to Patreon.com/jeffmay to enjoy (among other things) the exclusive content that we recorded JUST FOR PATRONS!

Join mega nerds Dre Alvarez and Jeff May as they geek out on a different nerdy cultural touchstone every month. Part reminiscence, part historical deep dive. This episode was a 2024 Patreon-Exclusive holiday gift from Dre and Jeff, highlighting the absolutely unhinged Christmas episode of X-Men the Animated Series! "Have Yourself a Morlock Little Christmas" contains a wild, uncharacteristic collection of holiday moments between all of our favorite X-Men. There's a lot to unpack about this absurd and mildly insulting special episode, so let's go against our entire character development, plagiarize Demolition Man, and be overly dramatic as we dive deep into this understandably forgotten holiday episode! And Don't forget to follow Dre (@nerdnumbers) and Jeff (@heytherejeffro) on the socials and have a nerdy Holiday season!

AND head on over to Pateron.com/jeffmay for an exclusive bonus episode of NERD! gifted exclusively to Patrons, and you would've gotten THIS one a year ago!