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Mark and Jon cover the peak of Mark's movie mountain, Martin Scorsese's The Departed. Mark gives his take on the cast's proficiency of the Boston accent and Jon makes it all about  "daddy issues". Is this episode the one? Maybe, maybe not, maybe go fuck yourself.

Mark and Jon bring in their longtime friend Kareem Aridi to cover the internationally loved Adam Sandler Classic You Don't Mess with the Zohan. Mark and Kareem feel right at home with a movie entwined in their friendship and Jon's just there for the hummus. Disco, Disco - Good! Good!

Before the OC and before the housewives, there was Orange County. Mark & Jon take on the start of it all with this week’s take on the 2002 classic. Mark isn’t terribly amused with Jack Black’s underwear-laden antics and Jon sheds light on how we came to be so obsessed with mean rich folk. 

Mark and Jon call in backup to dive into the psyche of a gun runner with 2005's Lord of War, starring Nick Cage. Special guest Marc Coquis talks the art of negotiation, Jon scoffs at the holier-than-thou message, and Mark relishes in the joys of bribery. 

Mark and Jon got a real jam going now…so welcome to the Space Jam. Yes, 1996’s Space Jam, starring Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny. Mark thinks back on the Scholastic Book Fair and Jon contemplates the hollow world reality of Looney Tunes Land . Again, come on and slam and welcome to the jam. 

Mark and Jon welcome long time listener first time guest Eric Hattey to discuss the finer points of a college education in 2002's National Lampoon's Van Wilder. The guys have a hard time staying on topic and Tara Reid takes a beating.

Mark and Jon feel the romance in the air this week with Will Smith's 2005 Hitch. Jon leaves weird impressions and Mark comes to terms with loving something that isn't perfect and both of them struggle with math.

Mark and Jon really do go long as they look back to the heyday of roughneck football and unapologetic racism with 2000's Remember the Titans.  Jon breaks down facts and fiction and while Mark gets into the fragile psyche of young athletes. Includes mandatory bonus footage of Mark & Jon’s own glory days on the gridiron . 

Mark and Jon take a personal day to cover 1986's John Hughes classic, Ferris Bueller's Day Off.  Mark uses his brief time as a Chicagoan to explain  the North Shore suburbs while Jon tries his hardest not to sing Danke Schoën. This episode moves pretty fast — you could miss it. 

This week, Mark and Jon find they're both built for neither speed nor comfort with 2005’s Wedding Crashers, starring Vince Vaugh and Owen Wilson.  Mark uses all of his God-given restraint to keep from defending locker room talk and Jon goes to great lengths to mathematically prove that wedding crashing is a young man's game.