PopFury

John Anderson strips down to his skivvies in Studio 1Q to talk about the Game of Thrones, The Hobbit trilogy, Masters of Sex and the Mythbusters shake up.

Show Notes:

John takes off his pants because he's hot. 

We talk about him looking like a Disney prince and working at Groupon.

We jump back and forth between the Game of Thrones and The Hobbit...and John curses the Hobbit movies and outlines his problems with them. He also talks about his problems with Cowboys & Aliens.

Sammy forces John to come up with "definitive" endings for random GoT characters.

John digs Masters of Sex and recounts his "dinner" with Lizzy Caplan.

He's currently digging the CNN documentaries Chicagoland and the 60s.

Finally, we discuss the Mythbusters shake up and John works through his feelings about it.

Clayton Margeson is our guest for the first-ever Pop Fury Fall Movie Preview. No movie escapes his angry disdain as we work our way through upcoming studio releases.

We discuss: The Maze Runner, Tusk, Horns, Skeleton Twins, Atlas Shrugged pt 3, Ouija, Fury (with a detour to Captain America and Chris Evans), Birdman, The Tale of Princess of Kaguy, Interstellar, Big Hero Six, Hunger Games: Mockingjay pt 1, Dumb and Dumber To, Exodus: Gods & Kings, The Hobbit:The Battle of the Five Armies, Into the Woods and Hot Tub Time Machine 2.

We then slide into an impromptu mini-Fall Video Game preview when Clayton shares the upcoming games he's looking forward to.

This is a special minisode edition of Pop Fury.

Pro Benders Clayton Margeson and John Anderson battled their way into the Pop Fury Temple, clamoring to chat about the Korra season finale. They also talk about Rick & Morty, Young Justice and Batman: Assault on Arkham.

Show Notes:

Sammy's intro: Clayton and John both raved about the Korra finale and talked about other animated shows they loved, so he created a special minisode combining their discussions.

Clayton was happy to see an airbender villain, thinks season 2 was not-so-great and loved the character dynamics of season 3. Both Sammy and Clayton agree Nick has treated Korra poorly. Both Sammy and Clayton agree Nick has treated Korra poorly.

Clayton loves the really dark and funny animated show Rick and Morty, which sounds like a twisted Back to the Future.

John is amazed by what they put Korra through this season and how dark the show gotten.

We discuss a little more about the behind the scenes issues with Nick and Korra.

John the “rules” of shows and compares it to improv. He likes shows with consequences and strong personality traits.

We discuss the more mature Batman: Assault on Arkham and Young Justice.

You can hear Clayon and John's full episodes in upcoming weeks.

Molly Wilbanks Anderson chats about her cross-country acting journey, crossfit, catcalling, Scooby Doo's Fat Daphne controversy and her love of trainwreck reality TV.

SHOW NOTES:

Molly has lived in Texas, California and Chicago...all the while persuing her career and learning queso recipes.

Thanks to Crossfit, she can take on multiple elderly people in a fight.

She pulled the trigger on a break up right after moving to Chicago.

Sammy stuns Molly when he shares the plot to the newest Scooby Doo animated movie.

Molly breaks down the style differences of Texas, Chicago and California.

We talk Scandal and Breaking Bad before sliding into the topic of YouTube celebrities.

She shares what it's like being married now to fellow Texan John Anderson.

We wrap up with her love of train wreck Reality TV (like Aviva from Real Housewives).

Ashley Nicole Black swings by Studio 1Q and delivers the Do's and Don'ts of discussing race and racism with your black friends. She also explains the Kim Kardashian game, convinces me to watch the TV show Scandal and then falls into the well of sexy that is Idris Elba.

Show Notes:

Ashley walks Sammy through her article, how to discuss race and racism with your black friends.

Ashley loves Kim Kardashian's game.  Here is damning proof.

Sammy likes All About That Bass and is relieved Ashley likes it too.

Ashley tries to convince Sammy to watch Scandal.

She doesn't have internet and is very productive. She also reads YA books for some reason.

Idris Elba. Sigh.

This week Second City's Daniel Strauss stops by Studio 1Q and we discuss Robin Williams, internet trolls, comic book movies and his passionate belief why Cyclops is the best X-Man ever.

Show Notes:

Daniel had a guest spot in Rachel's KFC Commercial

Robin Williams committed suicide and trolls led Zelda Williams to quit Twitter. Daniel is not an internet troll and collects stickers in Rachel's favorite game, LittleBigPlanet

Daniel appreciated the fun of Guardians of the Galaxy and Dave Bautista's performance (and here is a GIF of Dave Bautista's Princess Wave) and then we discuss the glut of comic book movies and TV shows.

Daniel gets passionate about X-Men: First class and The REAL First Class and stakes a claim for Cyclops as the BESTEST X-Man!

Daniel explains creating a new show via the Second City Process.

We wrap up with Daniel explaining why you should watch pro wrestling, brother.