Good Morning Zamunda! It only took 33 years but the sequel to Coming To America is finally here and cleverly titled Coming 2 America!

We brought back Seggie Isho from Straight No Chaser since he broke down the original with us and it was fun talking about a brand new movie with him!

This episode ends with a newer game we’re calling Before and After and since there were so many musician cameos in Coming 2 America, we decided to pick our Top 5 Favorite Musician Cameos in Film.

If you haven’t seen either of these films, they’re currently streaming on Amazon Prime. Check them out and come back and listen to these episodes!

Enjoy!

3:20 Sound of Metal (Amazon)
6:07 The United States vs Billie Holiday (HULU)
7:43 The Crown Season 4 (Netflix)
11:04 Succession Season 2 (HBOMax)
12:22 Assassins Creed Valhalla on PS5
13:11 A Hologram For The King by Dave Eggers
15:15 Plugarooni’s
15:42 Patreon.com/theavidindoorsmen
18:42 @SNCSeggie
19:16 “You Get What You Give” by Straight No Chaser @SNCMusic
https://open.spotify.com/track/1Yw6sYv0ChYIyVdY4EieC0?si=FLVzp5yHSQee06_m5Cp_vg
20:14 Coming 2 America Plot Synopsis
20:50 Rotten Tomatoes
22:30 Buegs’ Hot Take
25:11 Rob’s Hot Take
26:47 Seggie’s Hot Take
28:15 The Dude
30:18 The Tucci Award
39:10 The Dingus
47:40 Show Me The Money
54:41 Buegs Boo Hoo Moments
58:30 Movie Trivia
1:03:45 Before and After Movie Game
1:12:45 Top 5 Musician Cameos Draft

Good Morning My Neighbors! We have discussed doing an episode on Coming To America forever since it’s one of our favorite comedies and now seemed like the perfect time since a sequel has finally been released.

Seggie Isho from Straight No Chaser shares our love of this Eddie Murphy classic and we asked him to come back to the pod and give some smokin’ hot takes!

We end this episode with a Starting 5 movie game and our Patrons get to hear us battle it out during our Top 5 Fictional Movie Restaurants Draft.

Enjoy!

2:16 Nomadland (HULU)
6:05 Reno 911 (HBOMax)
8:51 Murder On Middle Beach (HBOMax)
10:18 Buegs’ Favorite Meal
10:49 Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
12:11 Plugarooni’s
12:41 Patreon.com/theavidindoorsmen
15:17 @SNCSeggie www.sncmusic.com
16:25 Coming To America Plot Synopsis
17:09 Rotten Tomatoes
18:51 Buegs’ Hot Take
20:13 Rob’s Hot Take
22:50 Seggie’s Hot Take
24:35 The Dude
26:56 The Tucci Award
34:16 The Dingus
40:56 Show Me The Money
52:31 Buegs Boo Hoo Moments
53:51 Movie Trivia
1:03:36 Judgment Day
1:05:37 The Starting 5
1:19:36 Top 5 Fictional Movie Restaurants

Fresh off of Daniel Kaluuya’s Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Film Golden Globe win, we talked about Judas and the Black Messiah with our good friend, Neil Ghosh.

We were excited that a new film came out that was worth doing an episode on. JATBM will be up for a bunch of Academy Awards and we highly recommend checking the film out on HBO before listening to this episode. Big thanks to Neil for coming on and sharing his great takes!

We end this episode with an Imitation Game and our Patrons get to hear us battle it out during our Top 5 Undercover Films Draft!

Enjoy this episode on Judas and the Black Messiah!

2:17 The Croods
3:46 I Care A Lot (Netflix)
5:46 The Croods: A New Age
7:28 I Know This Much Is True (HBOMax)
8:57 Between The World And Me (HBOMax)
10:40 The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
12:24 Plugarooni’s
12:50 patreon.com/theavidindoorsmen
14:24 Coming Attractions: Coming To America
15:23 Neil Ghosh @thewiseghosh
17:07 Judas and the Black Messiah Plot Synopsis
17:27 Rotten Tomatoes
19:56 Buegs’ Hot Take
23:07 Rob’s Hot Take
25:24 Neil’s Hot Take
28:48 The Dude
32:05 The Tucci Award
38:40 The Dingus
47:47 Show Me The Money
54:58 Buegs Boo Hoo Moments
57:22 Movie Trivia
1:02:01 Judgement Day
1:03:40 The Imitation Game
1:18:53 Top 5 Undercover Films

We have another fun Movie Game Night episode for your listening pleasure...and viewing pleasure if you’re a supporter on Patreon.

We were joined by a couple of returning guests: Home Free’s monster bass, Tim Foust; and Home Free’s manager, Luke Pierce. Making his Avid Indoorsmen debut is fellow Sing Off alumn and wildly successful podcaster, Jeremy Lewis!

So much fun was had, we hope you’re not too distracted from all the laughing.

Enjoy!

1:00 @TimFoustMusic, @wlukepierce and @jeremymichael22

2:20 www.timfoustmusic.com; www.patreon.com/timfoustmusic

4:00 Wild Til 9 @wildtil9 https://m.youtube.com/c/WildTil9

5:27 The Starting 5

21:00 The Imitation Game

33:55 Bend It Like Trebekumm

1:00:07 Before and After

The hilarious 1996 La Cage aux Folles adaptation, The Birdcage, is celebrating it’s 25th anniversary! To commemorate this big occasion we devoted an entire episode to it!

We brought back to the podcast Broadway/film/TV actor Benny Elledge and making his AI debut fellow NYC actor/UMD alumn Brian Skellenger. It was fun to reminisce about our old college days and break down this comedic classic.

We end this episode with a fun Starting 5 game and our Patrons get to hear our Top 5 LGBTQ+ Films Draft.

Enjoy!

2:27 Miller’s Crossing
5:07 The Prom (Netflix)
7:05 Tiger (HBOMax)
9:07 Normal People (HULU)
12:06 Buegs’ Favorite Meal
13:00 Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
15:10 Plugarooni’s
15:46 Patreon.com/theavidindoorsmen
18:18 Benny Elledge (@benny_elledge) and Brian Skellenger (@bskellenger)
21:00 DBC Improv Show every Wednesday @ 8:40 PM The Peoples Improv Theater https://www.facebook.com/thepitnyc/
22:47 The Birdcage Plot Synopsis
24:52 Buegs’ Hot Take
26:05 Rob’s Hot Take
28:49 Benny’s Hot Take
31:32 Brian’s Hot Take
37:00 Straight Actors Playing Gay Characters
49:30 The Dude
55:51 The Tucci Award
1:08:10 The Dingus
1:17:30 Show Me The Money
1:26:53 Buegs Boo Hoo Moments
1:30:29 Movie Trivia
1:36:55 Judgement Day
1:38:20 The Starting 5 (Movies with a type of bird in the title)
1:57:46 Top 5 LGBTQ+ Films Draft

This was a really special episode for us because we were able to talk with an actor that we have loved for a very long time, John Carroll Lynch! We had a great time picking his brain about his experience with Fargo, his time spent in Minnesota and his directorial debut.

Then we break down Fargo, just the two of us, and end with a movie game called Last Man Stanton. Our Patrons then get to hear us draft our Top 5 Favorite Coen Brothers Films!

We are now offering a new Patreon tier where you can watch the Zoom calls with our guests and the first one released will be our interview with John Carroll Lynch!

Enjoy!

1:20 John Carroll Lynch Interview
32:46 Plugarooni’s
33:30 patreon.com/theavidindoorsmen
35:26 Fargo Plot Synopsis
36:05 Rotten Tomatoes
38:07 Buegs’ Hot Take
39:46 Rob’s Hot Take
42:47 The Dude
47:10 The Tucci Award
53:42 The Dingus
1:02:45 Show Me The Money
1:09:52 Buegs Boo Hoo Moments
1:10:55 Movie Trivia
1:16:05 Judgement Day
1:17:07 Last Man Stanton
1:29:42 Top 5 Favorite Coen Brothers Films

The last time a film won Academy Awards for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Picture was 30 years ago for The Silence of the Lambs.

We knew we wanted to talk about this film since it’s celebrating it’s 30th Anniversary and it’s so iconic. We found a couple of wonderful returning guests who had some great insights, The Hound + The Fox’s Reilly and McKenzie Zamber. We had a blast discussing this intense, suspenseful film with them.

We conclude with a fun game we call The Starting 5 and our Patrons get to listen to us draft our Top 5 Serial Killer Films.

Enjoy!

1:52 One Night in Miami (Amazon Prime)
3:47 Catch Me If You Can
4:57 The Flight Attendant (HBOMax)
6:30 The Crown Season 1 (Netflix)
8:53 World Street Kitchen https://www.eatwsk.com/
11:04 Buegs’ Favorite Meal
12:46 Plugs
13:17 patreon.com/theavidindoorsmen
15:21 @thehoundthefox https://www.houndfoxmusic.com/
16:55 Silence of the Lambs Plot Synopsis
17:44 Rotten Tomatoes
20:11 Buegs’ Hot Take
22:00 Rob’s Hot Take
24:18 Reilly’s Hot Take
27:50 McKenzie’s Hot Take
32:08 The Dude
37:01 The Tucci Award
49:30 The Dingus
1:03:40 Show Me The Money
1:14:28 Buegs Boo Hoo Moments
1:16:56 Movie Trivia
1:26:57 Judgement Day
1:28:00 The Starting 5
1:45:20 Top 5 Serial Killer Films Draft

We’re back with another Movie Game Night!!! We thought it would be fun to get a bunch of returning guests who just so happened to all go to the same high school as Rob, Park Center HS located in Brooklyn Park, MN. This episode features: Benny Elledge, Tim St.Sauver, Dan Ristrom and J.Michael Trautmann. It was so much fun to have a little high school reunion and things got pretty goofy in this one. We apologize for the excessive laughter!!!

Enjoy!

1:03 @Benny_Elledge; @TimStSauver; @DanRistrom; @JMACDakid
2:10 The Imitation Game
17:40 The Starting 5
37:40 Bend It Like Trebekumm
45:55 Tuned Up Custom Rods https://tunedupcustomrods.com/
1:13:22 The Bad Plot Synopsis

2020 is in the books and we thought it would be fun to do a 2020 Year in Review episode ranking our Top 10 favorite movies of the year.

Many movies that were supposed to come out were rescheduled (like so many things in 2020) and we saw way fewer new movies than we would during a “normal” year. However, there were still many worth seeing so listen up if you want some recommendations!

Our Patrons get to hear us rank our favorite TV Series of 2020, and there were a TON of quality shows released this year. Join Patreon if you need a new series recommendation!

We hope you’re doing well so far in 2021!

Enjoy!

1:55 Patron Shoutouts
3:10 #1 Movie of 2020
5:57 #2 Movie
7:45 #3 Movie
10:35 #4 Movie
14:48 #5 Movie
16:45 #6 Movie
19:21 #7 Movie
21:38 #8 Movie
24:40 #9 Movie
26:46 #10 Movie
34:15 Least Favorite Film of 2020
38:37 Most Outstanding Acting Performance of 2020
41:55 Favorite Movie We Saw In 2020 That Wasn’t Released in 2020
49:12 Top 5 TV Series of 2020

We are joined again by two wonderful humans, @samimatarante and @olenanoelle, to talk about the newest superhero film, Wonder Woman 1984.

This movie has gotten some mixed reviews and our takes are all over the place. After we give our thoughts, we end the episode with a fun game we call The Starting 5 and our Patrons can hear us draft our Top 5 Favorite Movies Where A Wish Is Granted.

Wonder Woman 1984 is currently available on HBO Max. Like all of our episodes, it’s much more enjoyable if you’ve seen the film we’re discussing, as there are many spoilers.

Enjoy!

2:10 Cool Hand Luke
5:11 Soul
7:46 3 Days To Kill
9:54 The Crown Season 4
11:43 Buegs’ Favorite Meal
12:52 Rob’s Favorite Meal
14:32 Plugarooni’s
15:22 Patreon.com/theavidindoorsmen
17:08 @samimatarante and @olenanoelle; www.olenanoelle.com and www.thesamijones.com
19:27 Wonder Woman 1984 Plot Synopsis
20:16 Rotten Tomatoes
22:27 Buegs’ Hot Take
25:37 Rob’s Hot Take
28:04 Olena’s Hot Take
29:52 Sami’s Hot Take
32:55 The Dude
37:15 The Tucci Award
44:57 The Dingus
52:30 Show Me The Money
58:08 Buegs Boo Hoo Moments
1:02:23 Movie Trivia
1:08:25 Judgement Day
1:10:30 The Starting 5 (Makeover Movies)
1:26:40 Top 5 Movies Where A Wish Is Granted