Jerks In the 4th Row

In this episode Phil and Tim prepare for the apocalypse... by talking about which fictional characters they'd have on their "doomsday squad." The Jerks discuss what, non-fantastical, fictional characters would be most useful in the end of days! This playground style draft may surprise you as the boys do their best to think outside the box and fill in their roster's with some unique selections!

A Q&A podcast where Phil and Tim ask each other questions about the upcoming year in film and whether all of the events of the passed year have to be addressed within films who wish to maintain continuity with reality. How soon is too soon to start making fictional works around a year where fact and fiction have been blurred due to disinformation and whether creating more fictional works surrounding this time would be detrimental to our society. 

PS: the random sound you may hear from Tim's side is not him farting, just his chair creaking! 

Take it easy perverts, this episode has no sexual content.. This is the first annual Jerkee Awards! In this episode The Jerks are handing out 5 uniquely crafted awards, inspired by recurring themes on our podcast, to both actors and films that have stirred us up for better or for worse this past year!

As a supplement to our "2020: The Year of the Documentary" podcast, in our very first BONUS episode, the Jerks have a transparent conversation about the role of race in 2020 and a few documentaries that helped to highlight systemic racism in America. We initially wanted to involve the topic of race in our last episode but it didn't come up naturally when talking about entertainment value of documentaries. Although this is a movie podcast, we Jerks want to make known the importance of the black influence in our lives and didn't think we would do 2020 justice without discussing the Black Lives Matter Movement.

2020 was truly a year where reality was more compelling, and at times more entertaining, than fiction and the media that we, as a society, consumed certainly mirrored that. In this episode the Jerks discuss the elements that allowed the Documentary Film genre rise to prominence in pop-culture this past year, the art of documentary-film making, and the ethical dilemma's inferred by using reality for entertainment purposes. 

Light up the tree, warm up the cocoa, spike the "nog" and kick up your feet cuz' we're about to sprinkle a little holiday cheer on this cookie of a season! To the Jerks, Christmas is all about nostalgia and finding that merry spirit through sharing nostalgic memories with friends and family! In this episode the Jerks discuss which holiday movies and specials get them in that gay spirit, why holiday media have become a genre in itself, and in the end, The Jerks take a swing at their very own Christmas parody script...! Ho-Ho-Hold your applause till you've listened! Happy holiday's!

Picture Nick Cage, Marky Mark, or Tom Cruise slowly walking away from a massive explosion without a scratch on them or even so much as a glance back at the damage they are causing... pretty cool right? Yea, but completely unrealistic and down right ridiculous when you think about it! In this episode, The Jerks discuss all the movie clichés that take advantage of the audience members' suspended reality for a bit and ask why these recurring scenes and behaviors are so effective in cinema!

This episode focuses on "The Mandela Effect," a newly defined phenomena that will likely leave you questioning your own memory and how much false information our subconscious' use to fill in the bl_nks. This informative podcast will have you questioning your memory of famous movie scenes and quotes that are strangely often misremembered by large groups of people!

The Jerks are comin' in hot to make an argument for why Comedy Films deserve to be recognized as a higher art for they have the ability to, arguably, evoke the most emotion from an audience, while maintaining longevity through re-watchability  and their likelihood to inspire quotes that, we as a society, use to interact and connect through. We even argue that it takes more refined acting chops and a more specific awareness from an actor to use comedy effectively. The Jerks are jazzed up and pissed that comedies "get no respect!"

With Thanksgiving 2020 upon us and most of us not traveling this year, The Jerks discuss family antics in films and the parallels within our own family!