Switch The Envelope

To many movie fans the term ‘Remake” is a four letter word. Nearly every time a movie studio announces a remake is going into production, the world pauses spinning for a moment as the cinephiles collectively roll their eyes. But what if a remake was good? So good that it matches, or dare we say it, surpasses the original, and stakes its own claim amongst the throngs of classics. This episode, Cory tries to sell Jeff on a few examples of remakes that can stand on their own feet. Unconvinced, Jeff then presents Cory with some remakes that should never have been made. The debate may never be settled, but one truth remains: a good film, whether wholly original or a remake, is worth the watch.

There’s a common gripe about Hollywood that movie studios don’t have any new ideas. Even worse then the constant rehashing of plot ideas is the cinematic phenomenon of movie twins. Sometimes a new idea does float through tinsel town that’s so shiny multiple studios scramble to make the same film, at the same time. From disaster films about asteroids or dormant volcanos to fighter pilots to Wyatt Earp, competing studios have a history of trying to out do each other with the same movie. Jeff and Cory go through a slew of movie twins and decide which is the better same, but different film. As with all twins there is a good twin and a bad twin. Spoiler alert: the later is easily distinguishable by its menacing goatee.

A winter break that turned into a hiatus turned into a long awaited return of Switch the Envelope. So lets get back to it, Switches with our first show of 2022. Don’t call it a comeback, lets just go with a welcome back to the Season 3 world premier. This week Jeff and Cory catch up on some important nerd news, then dive head first into a pop culture would-you-rather style game. Stay tuned to the whole show for details on our very first StE give away!

Happy Holidays, Switches! Jeff and Cory are setting up for the Switch the Envelope Christmas party, and you’re invited! The eggnog is flowing and the Combos are warming up. For us here at StE, nothing says Christmas time quite like a variety style holiday show full of camp, what some might consider light comedy, a whole lot of forced merriment, and copious amounts of product placement. So warm up by the fire and settle in for some useless holiday movie facts, Christmas movie sketches, and a merry tune to remind you to rate and review our show. Everything is brought to you by a bunch of companies that no longer exist and the fire is just a sound effect. Welcome to the holiday twilight zone, but most of all, Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals!

This week Jeff & Cory get themselves in to the holiday mood, movie lover style, with a slew of movies to watch during the Holidays that aren’t necessarily holiday films. Before jumping in with some listener submitted non-holiday films, Jeff introduces a new game where Cory has to guess the film based off of the moral of its story. Al gives us some useless Hollywood facts about a movie that has become synonomus with almost every major holiday. Then our dynamic duo finish things off with some flick picks for their non-holiday movie viewing.

We made it to 100! To celebrate hitting our 100th episode we invited some of our favorite podcasting friends on to play a super sized game of Switch the Envelope: The Game. On this episode we welcome Chris from Measuring the Score, Joe from Digital Dissection: A Nerd Podcast, and Sean and Max from Better Than Most Things as our guests. We had a lot of fun playing through some movie trivia, which our guests nailed and Cory’s game anxiety may have gotten better of him. A huge thank you to all the Switches out there that listen and support this show, without you we wouldn’t have made it to 100. So sit back, crack open a bag of Combos, and enjoy the party!

Best of Switch the Envelope guest interviews.

As the show inches ever closer to episode 100, this week Jeff & Cory take a trip down memory lane through some of their favorite memories from the show so far. There are no better memories then those conversations they’ve had with all the friends they’ve met along the way. Join our hosts as they revisit interviews they’ve had with some truly inspiring, interesting, and entertaining people. From Never Have I Ever’s Jack Seavor McDonald to The Secret History of Hollywood’s Adam Roche to Comedian Richard Martinez’s backstage encounter with Zack Morris, and more! Here’s to all the wonderful conversations on the how so far, and to the many, many more to come!

Not everyone is cut out for heaps of gore and extremely violent monster slashers, but sometimes, when the moon is right, you might be in the mood for a film with a little bit of fright. Join Jeff and Cory on a journey through some not so scary scary movies that are perfect  for those moviegoers who scare easily or are looking to pace their transition to more intense horror. Whether you’re a horror super fan or a film fan looking for a spooky good time, make sure to add these films to your Halloween movie list.

In this episode Jeff and Cory try to wrap their heads around the many timelines and continuity shifts of the Halloween franchise. The iconic film series that started the slasher horror genre has stopped and restarted quite a few time in its storied 40+ year run. Our hosts try to make sense of it all so you don’t end up lost in the woods trying to figure out what end is up. They’ll try there best to take you through 13 films, 3 main timelines, 3 sets of trilogies, 1 reboot, 1 totally unconnected film, countless white Shatner masks, and 3 separate films all with the same title. This is your guide to the many fractured timelines of Halloween that may be just as scattershot as the franchise itself. Grab your popcorn and lets take a stab into the most iconic horror movie series ever made.

On this episode Jeff and Cory clear the air on some movies that people habitually lie about seeing. Whether you’re trying to fit in with a new crowd or you just don’t want to hear another person befuddlingly retort, “You haven’t seen that movie?”, there’s a good chance you’ve lied about seeing a cinematic classic. Switch the Envelope is here to tell you its ok. So join us as we shed the shame and come clean about some movies we’re probably never gonna see no matter how many people tell us we should.