Pretending to Amuse

Steve and Jason discuss bunk beds and the cleaning tendencies of their wives. We dish on streaming services and their original content. And we discuss an SNL bit that blames a famous actor for something he didn’t do.

Special guest Johnny Flynn joins the podcast to set us straight about our Star Wars Episode VIII episode. Listen in to see how we got it wrong, and got called out on Facebook. Jason talks up a podcast he recently got into. Check that out … Continue readingPTA 096 – The Revenge of the Filmmaker

We dig into the #metoo movement where we wonder if nuance can be brought to the table. Steve begs Jason to watch the Oprah speech. And Jason has exciting news about everyone’s favorite porn star.

Jay tells and incredibly long story about pissing off his BIL with snack food. We talk about how terrible fans can be to famous comedians. Jason convinces Steve to watch new standup.

Here it is, our Star Wars: The Last Jedi discussion, review, and critique. Spoilers galore, of course! Apparently Jason and Steve swapped spots since The Force Awakens, now Steve loves it and Jason is not terribly enthused. We discuss the entire movie, the things we … Continue readingPTA 093 – The Last Poppins

Happy Holidays! We dish on Christmas gifts and Jason gets his phone stolen. We talk Net Neutrality and how Disney will soon own the entire world, and also Hulu. Jason notices something about his favorite TV shows and we discuss if it is an over … Continue readingPTA 092 – The Over-Correction

Steve talks about his annual Christmas date night seeing Jerry Seinfeld. We rank the top 5 standups of all time. And Steve tells us about seeing Birbiglia. We talk about the changing Detroit, the Q-Line, LCA. Jason took the family to the Holiday Nights at … Continue readingPTA 091 – The iPhone Incident

After 8 long months, we are back in action! Thanks for sticking with us and supporting the show while we were gone! We talk about our time off, what podcasts and books we’ve been listening to, what TV we have been watching, and the latest … Continue readingPTA 090 – The Strangers of Perfection

Jason had a rough week. We dicuss our fears about surgery and going under. Both of us relate a bad restuarant service experience. Jason asks an important question about the service industry.

We go deep into breaking down the amazing sci-fi novel Dark Matter: A Novel by Blake Crouch. Hear about what we loved and didn’t love about the book. And of course, we offer our special brand of thoughts on how we would improve the story … Continue readingPTA 088 – Dark Matter: A Podcast