Jared and Ryan dismantle the myth that 2017 didn’t produce meaningful and notable art in music, film, and in both. The two hit you with their top 3 movies/music moments in 2017 and then their top 5 songs released in 2017 to make scenes for. It’s pretty straightforward, and it’s a little bit longer than your average episode. Hope you all enjoy it, and hope you all have a great new year! Celebrate safely, everyone! There is one small audio issue in this episode, so there is a sudden break, but we hope you don’t mind!

Are you driven to madness during the holidays? Do you care that much about how some shitty kid from Chicago feels about the holidays without his family? Is a Muppet a man? These are the eternal questions that Jared and Ryan grapple with this week on a special LMAS Minisode where they discuss their general apathy towards the holidays and how they consume holiday movies. They also talk about their favorite music in film during this special wintry time, and Rocko really gets involved in a big way.

In this episode of LMAS, Ryan shares one of his favorite all-time Bill Murray scenes and Jared talks about why South Park is his favorite television program. Then, the scenes they create range from the artistically bizarre to the exercise in building up to a stupid joke. Also, a call back or two to previous episodes make an appearance. Also Harold Ramis directed Groundhog Day, NOT Ivan Reitman. Get it right! Are you listening to all these episodes? These are turning into classics! GET ON BOARD, PEOPLE.

This week Jared and Ryan do some deep dives and get some bitterness off their chests. Bob Dylan gets taken down a notch, a bio-pic in the making is pitched, and a question is posed … Can you put modern music in period pieces from before electricity was even discovered? Time is a flat circle, nothing means anything, and is Peter Gabriel more important than Phil Collins?

CW: Discussion about excessive violence, clips with audible gunfire and voices in pain. Jared and Ryan go all in on their favorite action movies and really do some deep dives into what can make a scene really jump off the screen. Jared gets a serious nerdy factoid incorrect and is corrected on air, Ryan suggests that murder is all that he wants, and the two of them share thoughts about why the feeling of sweaty palms can be appealing. Two dogs continue their streak of LMAS appearances, and Ryan has a cold.

CW: Discussion about addiction, relapse, recovery, and rehabilitation including mentions of injection. Ryan and Jared expose movie montages for the shams they really are! Just kidding. Jared speaks more about his hatred for the modern movie montage, and they both go in on what makes an effective montage work. Things get serious when Jared and Ryan share thoughts about the process of overcoming adversity and how montages can express those challenges effectively and compassionately. Ryan loses it over his favorite 80’s teen flick and two dogs make an appearance.

Ryan and Jared, in the inaugural “Let’s Make A Scene” episode, talk sports movies! They gush about post-rock, how we all examine sports in culture today, the storytelling inherent in athletic competition, and Jared’s hatred of the modern training montage. Jared shocks Ryan with his selection for his scene.