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After the conclusion of one of the most controversial seasons in recent memory, Erin and Brennan have a chat, a large shout, and an awkward whisper about Formula 1. Joining them this week is Brennan's college friend Nao, who has a thing or two to say about the events in Abu Dhabi. Let's be clear, this podcast is a love-fest for Lewis, sorry, SIR Lewis Hamilton while the most we want to see from Max Verstappen is him being tossed into a volcano, pummeled by a battle-bot, and finally subjected to the Spanish Inquisition (AKA the comfy chair!). Erin expresses her love for Kimi Raikkonen, Brennan loves making fun of Mazespin (whoops, Mazepin), and Nao is conflicted between his support for Honda at the expense of cheering Red Bull.  

Hey Lewis! You and Erin have the same birthday! 

#FireMichaelMasi

Erin and Brennan are ready to stert the herliday with the peeperz of the Spiderbers. If you can't tell, Brennan is really struggling with English as a Second Language, but he's doing his best this week. We take a leap off the tallest, or maybe the second tallest, building into Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse, possibly the greatest superhero movie ever made. We know we said the same thing about the Dark Knight, but that was DC and this is Marvel, totally different except that they copy each other constantly, but hey who's counting (we are). Erin this week makes the greatest audio file ever, Chris Pine is perfect, Nic Cage struggles with a Rubix Cube, and Mahershala Ali teaches the art of the shoulder touch. 

Erin and Brennan hang out at a beautiful beach house in the Hamptons to discuss how much they love watching Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton (Erin's queen) flirt with each other in Something's Gotta Give. But let's be real folks, how do you stand up Keanu Reeves? He's Dr. Hot Stuff for a reason for crying out loud! We learn even more about how Viagra works, we see more of Jack Nicholson's butt than we ever expected to, and pajama parties in the kitchen are the parties we all dream of.

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In our final recording, the gang gets down to it with deep discussions about all the most important aspects of the Star Wars Rebels world: Kanan's hair, loopy Hera, Kanan and Hera being a thing, and when DID they do IT exactly? Sabine comes off as a Pikachu meme, cancel culture around the Mortis Gods is A-OK, and someone on the audio staff really had a fun time recording cat noises. Meanwhile, Erin has some strong feelings about TIME and SPACE, but really it's just her fussing about the script. Matt had words this time about stuff that we can't remember, and Brennan just sat back and listened to how little his cohosts cared for his recommended show. All in all, the hosts have a great deal to say, specifically about where all of this goes in the future and how it will find its way into the larger Star Wars multimedia 'verse.

The Force granted Brennan his eyesight back, but all he saw was a bunch of unimpressed cohosts. "I swear it's good!"

We're back with Season Three of Star Wars Rebels, the Disney kids show that is quickly making us ask, "Is Ezra a dumb dumb and should kids REALLY be looking to him for life advice?" We meet up with our crew: Kanan, Ezra, Sabine, Zeb, Chopper, and Hera as they navigate their new roles in a growing galactic rebellion. But why did they leave a sith holocron with a pubescents teen, why is Sabine so angry all the time, and does Maul carry a grudge for Kenobi cutting him in half all those years ago? I think so. Our hosts break down the complexities of Saw Gerrera's douchiness, the timeline issues around Luke looking like a child while Leia is a grown adult, and Erin's bizarre hatred of Grand Admiral Thrawn. Basically she doesn't like him for being a genuine villain. Lost cause as far as I'm concerned  (Hello, Brennan here!) But let's be real folks, we discussed that everyone should know what one circle drawn within another circle means. I mean you would have to be an IDIOT for not knowing. I mean a REAL idiot. Right?                                 Or maybe it's an egg.                   I don't know. 

Can you feel it? The pull? It calls to you. Another episode of Star Wars fandom... for children? You may say it's crazy, you many say that it's silly to take a Disney kids show about the Star Wars universe seriously, but Brennan has been preaching the gospel of Star Wars Rebels for years, and for his birthday podcast, by the Force, he's going to make Erin and Matt watch it too. And quelle surpise, HE WAS RIGHT!!! Erin and Matt, lowly padawans, turn to Brennan, a Jedi Freakin' Master (JFM for short), to instruct them in the ways of Star Wars multimedia. We talk about Ahsoka, Darth Vader, 3PO terribly misreading situations, and LANDO "Smooth Criminal" CALRISSIAN. Erin and Matt put Brennan on trial for not seeing "She's All That," but have no fear dear Void, Brennan has aces up his sleeve! Erin has some Buffy stuff to say, Matt shares some Clone Wars know-how, and together they form the two pieces of Darth Maul, but who pray tell are the robo-legs? In the end, Brennan was right and we agree on three key points: props to casting for getting so many original cast members to join in cameo roles, props for getting the best actors around for key characters, and props for telling a story off of the main saga for fans to explore new corners of the galaxy. Do I feel cold? No, I have a blanket.

May the Force be with you.
Happy Birthday Brennan

 Charge your electric chairs, grab a bottle of cyanide, and awake the dead, it's time for Halloween!! A.K.A. just a normal day in the Addams house. This week we are back to discuss the happiest scary movie of all times, the 1991 film The Addams Family. Erin and Brennan start on a sneeze but recover to talk a great deal about how much we love Morticia and Gomez, to heck with the rest of the family. But we do ask the question: how are these kids still alive and what is a "Pugsley"? Gushing blood during Hamlet, enjoying a good book of scrapes and scabs, and wishing for a fencing lesson from Gomez. Are your cookies made with real Girl Scouts?? We need to know! Brennan does a spot on rendition of a bad German accent while Erin has a strange infatuation with Cousin It.  Will they decide to join the family, or will they join the neighbors and try to shut it all down? 

*Snap! Snap!*

Erin and Brennan head to the Santa Cruz.....I mean SANTA CARLA, Beach Boardwalk for a night of saxophone playing and mayhem. Join us as we review Joel Schumacher's both amazing and infuriating Lost Boys. Brennan chooses the sanity of the comic book shop and talks about how much he HATES this movie, while Erin hangs off the bottom of a bridge and professes her undying love for horrible vampire flicks. 
The two could not feel more differently about this film, and threaten parental brainwashing in order to win the battle of the siblings. 
Who will be covered in glitter blood and who will swoop away over the black Pacific ocean again....and again.....and again.....and again.....Oh my goodness stop repeating the same shot screams Brennan into the Santa Carla wind. 
We end with these haunting words:

Thou shalt not killlllllll.....thou shalt not....something........thou shalt not kill......

(Brennan disapproves)

Have you ever been seduced by an alien from Transylvania? Have you ever witnessed the Time Warp and wanted to just jump to the left? Or take a step to the right? Put your hands on your hips? And bring your knees in tight? 
Well, with a pelvic thrust, your hosts Erin, Brennan and Steve take a wrong turn to a castle in Ohio where they come across a VERY exciting party. 
This week we take on the cult classic ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, still one of the most unique movies ever made and still just as confusing as it was 50 years ago. 
We have monsters, we have aliens, we have nazi UFOlogists? There are stockings, garters, corsets, and heels galore. Did we mention cannibalism? 

The real point is our hosts are very distracted and ultimately become creatures of the night. 

Lot 666, a chandelier in pieces.
Those who have seen his face. . . or half his face, know that a long hallway with golden arms awaits, with a horse, and a boat to a man cave with candelabras that light themselves from the Paris sewers. And as two people who have now seen that face, we are definitely not drawing back in fear, if anything I think my sister is flushed and ready to make some "music of the night." We kick off Halloween Month with the Phantom of the Opera, certainly not a Halloween-type film, but definitively dances along the macabre and morally ambiguous line enough for there to be consideration. While Erin is applying her copious eyeshadow for her date below, Brennan is chumming it up with the masquerade group upstairs and telling them all about that time in the hostel in Montmartre. Brennan wishes Christine would just hurry the hell up going through the graveyard, the power of certain organ keys has quite the sway over our hosts, and Patrick Wilson, while a charming soul, is the most generic white man we've seen. 
Phantom: "Help me make the music of the night"  Erin: "Hell yes, baby!"