Monkey Off My Backlog

By Tessa Swehla and Sam Morris

Every week, Tessa and Sam exorcise their personal pop culture demons by going through their media to-do lists one item at a time. Each week involves a discussion about the media they listened, watched... more

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December 21, 2020 Monkey: Nights - TeneT
TeneT: Worth the wait? Could we actually hear any of the dialogue?
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32min
December 20, 2020 9 Days of Fast & Furious: Fast 5
Tessa and Sam count down to Christmas Day with the Fast & Furious franchise and spread some holiday cheer. Friend of the podcast Megan Spell stops by to help discuss the fifth film in the franchise, Fast Five.
01:06 - Holiday Cheer!
11:36 - Tessa, Sam, and Megan talk about the film.
43:51 - Fast Facts and Furious Stats
Join us tomorrow as we discuss Fast & Furious 6!
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1h 5min
December 19, 2020 9 Days of Fast & Furious: Fast & Furious
Tessa and Sam count down to Christmas Day with the Fast & Furious franchise and spread some holiday cheer. Today they're talking about the fourth film in the franchise, Fast & Furious.
00:48 - Holiday Cheer!
04:45 - Tessa and Sam talk about the film.
30:19 - Fast Facts and Furious Stats
Join us tomorrow as we discuss Fast 5!
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37min
December 18, 2020 9 Days of Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift
Tessa and Sam count down to Christmas Day with the Fast & Furious franchise and spread some holiday cheer. Friend of the podcast Martha Pietruszewski stops by to help discuss the third film in the franchise, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.
00:34 - Holiday Cheer!
08:05 - Tessa, Sam, and Martha talk about the film (with a special appearance from Andy).
29:00 - Fast Facts and Furious Stats
Join us tomorrow as we discuss Fast & Furious!
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41min
December 17, 2020 9 Days of Fast & Furious: 2 Fast 2 Furious
Tessa and Sam count down to Christmas Day with the Fast & Furious franchise and spread some holiday cheer. Today they're talking about 2 Fast 2 Furious.
00:35 - Holiday Cheer!
03:55 - Tessa and Sam talk about the film.
22:38 - Fast Facts and Furious Stats
Join us tomorrow as we discuss The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift!
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31min
December 16, 2020 9 Days of Fast & Furious: The Fast and the Furious
Tessa and Sam count down to Christmas Day with the Fast & Furious franchise, spreading some holiday cheer along the way. Friend of the podcast Colby Waddell stops by to help discuss the first film in the franchise, The Fast and the Furious.
00:45 - Holiday Cheer!
10:00 - Why are we doing this limited series?
17:40 - Tessa, Sam, and Colby talk about the film.
37:30 - Fast Facts and Furious Stats
Join us tomorrow as we discuss 2 Fast 2 Furious!
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49min
December 15, 2020 Monkey: Nights - The New Mutants
The first episode of our new spin-off series, Monkey: Nights!
Today we're talking about the long-delayed film, The New Mutants. Is it the disaster we expected? Could this film be...good?
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20min
December 14, 2020 Ep. 29 - Clueless, High Fidelity, The Great British Bake Off
The classic 1995 adaptation of Emma, Clueless; Hulu's unjustly cancelled series High Fidelity; holiday episodes of The Great British Bake Off.
00:56 - The gang discusses how Sam forgot to hit record, the classic No Doubt album Tragic Kingdom, and other pop culture from 1995.
06:54 - Tessa comes in with the hottest of hot takes: Clueless is better than Emma.
18:21 - Sam talks about how well the remix of Nick Hornby's novel High Fidelity stands up both to the original and to the 2000 film adaptation.
33:47 - Andy catches up with literally everyone else and sees what all the fuss about The Great British Bake Off is.
Join us for 9 Days of Fast & Furious, our first limited series, beginning this Wednesday, December 16th!
Note: In our next regular episode, Tessa and Sam will not be discussing DOOM and Kingdom Hearts.
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45min
December 07, 2020 Ep. 28 - Marvel 1602, Gone Home, The Reckoners
Neil Gaiman's Marvel 1602, Fullbright's Gone Home, and Brandon Sanderson's The Reckoners trilogy. Plus, previews of new content coming to MoMBl ('Monkey off My Backlog') soon!
00:52 - Andy, Tessa, and Sam preview Monkey: Nights, The 9 Days of _the Fast & the Furious, and the 3rd Annual _Stupid Long Movie Marathon: Stupid 90s Action Movie Edition.
10:08 - Tessa plays the story exploration video game Gone Home.
18:00 - Andy talks about Brandon Sanderson's YA trilogy The Reckoners.
27:23 - Sam reads Neil Gaiman's entry into Marvel Comics, 1602.
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39min
November 30, 2020 Ep. 27 - Mr. Robot, Fiddler on the Roof, Head
While Andy is spending time with his new baby, Tessa and Sam are joined by Nigel of the 'Les Bi Honest' podcast.
11:27 James talks about his reactions to season one of Mr. Robot.
22:41 Sam finally gets around to the film adaptation of the musical Fiddler on the Roof.
35:08 Tessa continues her Monkees' journey with their 1968 feature film Head.
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53min

FAQs about Monkey Off My Backlog:

How many episodes does Monkey Off My Backlog have?

The podcast currently has 250 episodes available.