In this mini episode, your hosts try to bring you a little bit of the dark side of cinema with a little bit of the light.  Melissa and Jarrad dedicate this episode to talking about their 5 favorite movie scenes of all time and to change it up; 5 scenes that are hard for them to watch.  NOTE: these aren't scenes from movies that your hosts dislike, just scenes that make them squirm a tad.  This episode is also proof that Melissa and Jarrad can successfully complete and episode in less than 2 hours lol.

Welcome back! That means you didn't turn last weeks episode off after Jarrad listed The Empire Strikes Back so low on his list.  In the thrilling conclusion to the season premier of Season 2 Melissa and Jarrad finish off their favorite sequel lists by talking about their remaining top 5.  I bet you've probably never heard 2 people outside of Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves talk about Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey.

In the premier episode of season 2, Melissa and Jarrad sell out and produce a sequel to their first ever episode on their favorite movies in which they bring you an episode on their favorite movie sequels.  To keep the sequel theme going, just like how the first episode was split into parts, this one is as well.  In this episode you'll hear your hosts honorable mentions and their #10-#6

It's been one year of nerd chat nerds and nerdettes!  In this anniversary episode; Melissa and Jarrad are joined by past guests Guy Milks and Mike Rehr to talk the beloved 1988 Chiodo Brothers cult classic film; Killer Klowns from Outer Space!  Your hosts have plenty of cotton candy, balloons and the popcorn gun locked and loaded for a round table discussion about this love letter to the 50's Red scare films.  The plot is simple; aliens taking the form of clowns come to a small California college town and all hell breaks loose, the questions; some make you think, some are easy as acid pies aimed at an amusement park security guard.  The panel praise the practical effects of the movie, discuss who could direct a sequel or reboot (God forbid there should be one.), what their favorite gags were and what the hell was up with that weird love triangle.  You won't believe your ears when your hosts and guests make it almost an hour with out a side tangent!  We apologize in advance for the noise in this episode; Jarrad has been banned from sitting in his office chair from here on out.

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It's showtime nerds and nerdettes!!!!! After 3 long months your nerdy ambassadors are back with a brand new episode!  In this episode Melissa and Jarrad are joined by Robert and Inthia of the Pods and Monsters podcast to discuss the seminal Tim Burton classic; Beetlejuice.  Your hosts may have been gone a while but they haven't forgotten how to ramble on nostalgically while veering off the topic at hand on multiple occasions.  Grab a number, take a seat in the lobby and listen as your hosts and their guests talk all things afterlife from their first memories of the Ghost with the Most, to the schematics of the Maitland/Deetz household, and all the way up to the potential castings of Arnold Schwarzeneger and Sammy Davis Jr.  Remember: Say it once, say it twice, third times the charm.

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In this episode, your hosts Melissa and Jarrad are joined by one of Jarrad's long time best friends Michael Rehr to talk about the 1990 movie from New Line Cinemas: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.  Grab yourself a slice of pizza (hopefully without needing penicillin) and listen to a nostalgic walk down memory lane about your 4 favorite mutants to be named after Renaissance artists. In a crime ridden New York which is being plagued with robberies perpetrated by the mysterious Foot clan and their masked leader The Shredder; they work with fearless (except for rats) reporter April O'Neil and street vigilante Casey Jones to bring them down.  The fight turns personal for the boys when their sensai Master Splinter gets held captive by the Foot.  Your hosts and their guests cover all sorts of ground in this episode as they exchange fun facts, debate who was the better April, Brian Tochi's amazing ability to disguise his voice, breathe too much into why Shredder removes his face plate and recall their favorite moments from the film and pretty much everything else in between. Being kids of the 80's, the turtles were life for Mike and Jarrad, so all things TMNT get discussed in this episode.

In this episode, your hosts Melissa and Jarrad look back on the OG 1960 forgotten cult classic Little Shop of Horrors. (Yes this existed long before the Rick Moranis musical).  Join Melissa and Jarrad at looking back at the misadventures of sad sack floral shop worker Seymour as he deals with his boss Mr. Mushnick, his hypochondriac mother, a narcissistic dentist, a masochistic dental patient (played by a 20 something year old Jack Nicholson) all while trying to win the heart of his coworker Audrey.  As if Seymour didn't have enough to deal with, in order to save his job and the flower shop, he tries to nurture an exotic plant to health to drum up more business but Seymour soon discovers this is no ordinary plant.  

In this episode Melissa and Jarrad are joined by very special guest Guy Milks; most known for his appearances on Real Fans For Real Movies, Please Rewind, Superhero Stress and Dark Tower Radio.  Guy joins your hosts to share his and Jarrad's (and Melissa's budding) mutual love of Milla Jovovich and talk all things Milla.  As you come to expect on this show, the conversation turns into one giant side tangent and morphs into one giant nerd chat between 3 lovers of the culture.  *DISCLAIMER* Parental discretion may be advised in this episode

What up MUFFIN FLUFFERS?!?!?!?!  In this episode Melissa and Jarrad record live from the colorful yet violent Fairyland.  Pull up a Wisher's Ale and listen as your hosts narrate (and hopefully survive) the misadventures of the biggest Bad Sass this side of the Ice Cream Islands; Gertrude; accompanied by her (dead on the inside) guide Larry on her 3-4 decade long quest to find her way back home; while still stuck in the body of an 8 year old girl.  Also in the episode; in a day and age where there is a plethora of comic book films, Melissa and Jarrad cast an animated I Hate Fairyland feature film.

I Hate Fairyland is written and penciled by Skottie Young

Welcome to 2020 Junior Ambassadors! What more perfect way to start new Roaring 20's than with episode 20?  In this episode Melissa and Jarrad talk about their top 10 films of 2019.  Along with their top 10 they talk about the films that just missed and the ones that flat out disappointed.  With the new year upon us, your hosts also talk about what movies they're excited for in 2020.