Well, we tried another holiday special, and…. it goes about as well as a Media Majors Holiday episode goes – Off. The. Rails. Liam tells the history behind one of the most iconic horror movie props, and Tom decides to tell a famous creepy pasta live on air! Listen as we plow our way through a once famous internet fad. Have a happy Halloween and make sure to check out Tom’s new podcast, King Me, starting tomorrow, only on the Major Cast Network!

tags: ouija, ouija boards, hasbro, horror movies, talking boards, fox sisters, spiritualists, parker brothers, forums, copy pasta, creepy pasta, ben drowns, legend of zelda, majora’s mask

Time Code

Liam’s Story 1:55

Tom’s Story 19:20 – 24:12

Ben Drowns 24:48 – 54:20

SCC 55:22

On today’s episode, Tom makes a blunder involving three different men named Mickey, makes a bold statement about John Madden, and gets pranked with kindness. It’s a real rollercoaster ride for him. Along the way, he tells a story about the dark underbelly of lootboxes, while Liam talks about a human man that was traded for a cartoon rabbit.

Tags: gordon ramsay, lootboxes, collecting, zt online, chests, keys, team fortress 2, valve, hats, paul manwaring, mmo,, overwatch, middle earth shadow of war, csgo lotto, who framed roger rabbit, al michaels, nbc, abc, espn, monday night football, oswald the lucky rabbit, walt disney, mickey rooney, mickey rourke

Time Code

Tom’s Story 3:10

Liam’s Story 15:07

SCC 29:34

Today, Liam and Tom go head to head with one of their greatest enemies yet: Viral Marketing. Cower as Liam regales us with the tale of the McNugget sauce that ruined everything while Tom counts down the strangest, silliest, and downright ickiest gaming ad campaigns in history.

tags: mcdonalds, mcnuggets, mulan, rick and morty, szechuan sauce, fanbases, viral marketing, god of war, goat, balloons, sexism, booth babes, sin to win, splinter cell, ubisoft, acclaim

Time Code

Liam’s Story 2:50

Tom’s Story 18:18

SCC 43:26

When there’s something strange in your neighborhood, who ya gonna call? A dude in a gorilla suit of course. We watched a show called The Ghost Busters, made before the Ghostbusters. So, ya know we’re in for a treat.

It’s a new week and we got a new Media Majors to start you off! Fair warning, we go into some pretty heavy topics this episode as Liam ends his three part story about the US, N Korea and Media, Tom talks about a misguided ad campaign, and special guest Jane tells a story of a filmmaker who made a hell of a name for himself.

Liam’s Story 3:45

Jane’s Story  17:42

Tom’s Story 42:34

Tags: wga, 2007 writer’s strike, donald trump, the apprentice, the celebrity apprentice, dennis rodman, kim jong un, nuclear war, james ronald whitney, just melvin just evil, telling nicholas, chippendales, doom, john romero, daikattana, id software, ion storm, quake, quake 2

This may be one of the funniest Media Majors we’ve ever recorded. Not only does Tom talk about one of gaming’s good guys, Liam talks more about North Korea’s obsession with Dennis Rodman. Then, special guest, sports expert, and Big Time Whoopsies host Eric McAdams quizzes them on the very silly names of baseball.

Tom’s Story: 3:03

Liam’s Story: 14:46

Eric’s Story 33:00

SCC 54: 24

Tags: chris kluwe, minnesota vikings, football, gamergate, cussin, dennis rodman, hulk hogan, north korea, kim jong un, baseball, nicknames

Folks, we got ourselves a whopper of a Media Majors today, filled with story and discourse. Tom talks about Pewdiepie saying a racial slur and how that reflects on youtube gaming as a whole, while Liam talks about one of history’s most notorious cinephiles: Kim Jong Il.

Topics: pewdiepie, youtube, racism, bigotry, call of duty, minecraft, amnesia the dark descent, felix, the n word, kim jong il, north korea, shin sang ok, choi eun hee, kidnap, pulgasari

Time Code

Tom’s Story 1:40

Liam’s Story 30:50

SCC 44:35

We’ve got an extra long Media Majors spectacular! Liam talks about one of Hollywood’s most notorious con men, but this week the spotlight is on Tom’s story. Tom talks about the Kony 2012 internet scam and halfway through his story, Tom and Liam live riff the Invisible Children campaign video that started the whole mess.

This is real. Part of this podcast episode is a live to tape, improvised riffing of a pretty polarizing youtube video, so we’ve carved out the time codes for it if that’s something you may want to skip.

Tags: scams, scam artists, con men, christophe rocancourt, christopher rockefeller, jean claude van demme, mickey rourke, kony, jason russell, kony 2012, gavin, invisible children, internet activism

Time Code:

Liam’s Story 2:13

Tom’s Story: 12:24

Kony Video 18:15 – 47:44

SCC 58:37

Hey guys, sit down. We know that Tom and Liam have been telling silly or even uplifting stories lately. We forgot what this podcast is about, so we got some stories that bring out rants and yelling! Liam talks about Heaven’s Gate, a movie plagued with an expensive and deadly production while Tom talks about everyone’s favorite video game makers: PETA!

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Topics: sunburn, the beach, dark sun, the johnson county war, michael cimino, united artists, the deer hunter, heaven’s gate, isabelle huppert, animal cruelty, aha, PETA, ingrid newkirk, mario bros, chick sisters, pokemon, black and blue, tofu boy, super meat boy

Liam’s Story 2:42

Tom’s Story 19:37

SCC 38:45

Today, Liam and Tom look into the disappointing world of disappointments, failures, and let downs. Liam lists a bunch of awesome sounding movies that were never made, while Tom takes a look at a little console that changed nothing, the Ouya.

Topics: working out, ryan murphy, shia labeouf, dune, david lynch, stanely kubrick, napoleon, steven spielberg, ridley scott, nick cave, george miller, justice league, frankenstein, david cronenberg, alfred hitchcock, salvador dali, the marx brothers, console wars, ps4, xbox 360, wii, wii u, ouya, kickstarter,

Time Code

Liam’s Story 3:30

Tom’s Story 25:55

SCC 41:40