Mike, Max and Shane talk conspiracy theories, cancel culture, and are pleasantly surprised when three-time Olympic gold medalist and friend of the Pod, Tessa Virtue unexpectedly pops in to say hi to the gang.

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The whole gang is back after technical difficulties corrupted all but 11 minutes of the most recent podcast. Mike, Max, Shane are joined by Mike's brother Greg as they attempt to recreate the magic from their lost episode with tales of high school friendship and poor wedding outfit choices. Then Mike and Shane sit down with featured guests and Conan O'Brien writers Jessie Gaskell & Mike Sweeney (Inside Conan: An important Hollywood Podcast) to talk about the path to comedy writing, working for Conan, and writing for Conan's comedy sensibilities.

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ALL TEN EPISODES OF THE PEDESTAL PODCAST SEASON 2 ARE NOW AVAILABLE

In our first ever Personal Pedestal episode, we're emotional vampires with the 2002 Roger Avary black comedy THE RULES OF ATTRACTION.

Shane explains why this movie is on his own personal pedestal, and why it made him think Roger Avary was a superior director to Quentin Tarantino (8:36). We then begin the case for putting it on the pedestal with the kinds of risks Avary took that we had never seen before (13:42). We gush over the famous “movie within a movie” euro trip scene (15:53), debate whether or not the dark satire does more damage than good (31:20), and if Paul was the breakout character (42:09). We move on to the case for keeping it off the pedestal with Van Der Beek feeling very miscast (51:13), how everything has a “student film” quality (54:17), and why in retrospect Shane found so much of this movie very annoying (58:42).

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In this episode, we need your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle with the 1991 Arnold Schwarzenegger action blockbuster TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY.

After Pops divulges all the different ways this movie traumatized him in his youth (7:13), we begin the case for keeping it on the pedestal with discussing what makes James Cameron such a prolific director (12:01). We debate how “sexy” Arnold is in this movie (17:30), how the special effects are still mind blowing (32:12), and whether or not Linda Hamilton actually stole the show (45:41). We move on to the case for knocking it off the pedestal with all the problems with the biker bar scene (52:15), Mike points out a very cringe worthy T-1000 line (1:01:01), and we discuss the inherent paradoxes that exist in any story about time travel (1:16:03).

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Max returns from Europe for the annual JFL recap episode!! Mike and Shane walk Max through their always eventful weekend at the greatest comedy festival on the planet.

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ALL TEN EPISODES OF THE PEDESTAL PODCAST SEASON 2 ARE NOW AVAILABLE

In this episode, we're hungry for your touch with the 1990 Patrick Swayze romantic thriller GHOST.
 
We're joined by our very first guest, Hollywood screenwriter Matt Unsworth (Happy Together, Heist Podcast) as we first recollect how scary the demons were for us as kids (7:22). We then begin the case for keeping it on the pedestal with all things Whoopi (12:14). We all debate whether it's worth going crazy for Swayze (18:09), Mike praises the logic of the supernatural plot (28:23), and Unsworth explains why he loves the ending and its possible larger ramifications (38:12). We move on to the case for knocking it off the pedestal with how tonally disjointed it feels throughout (41:06), Pops gets pissed about the rules of being a ghost (44:50), and we wonder if this entire movie runs only on star power (49:45). Finally, after a historic deadlock, Mike on Much co-host and Arkells front man Max Kerman drops in to cast the deciding vote (1:03:22).

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Mike and Shane have Max on the phone from Amsterdam to discuss the tedium of commuting, swearing in front of babies, German techno clubs, Aziz Ansari, the "Cats" trailer, and the appropriate punishment for food lickers. 

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In this episode, we just got our beavers stuffed with the 1988 Leslie Neilson screwball comedy THE NAKED GUN: FROM THE FILES OF POLICE SQUAD!

 After reminiscing over the days of VHS vs Beta (4:08), we begin the case for keeping it on the pedestal with Pops lauding its use of constant little jokes over the big ones (7:12). We dive into the continuing comedic brilliance of Leslie Neilson (19:19), delve into our favorite scenes from Weird Al to the baseball game finale (24:30), and Mike admires how well the movie “keeps the farts hot” (32:14). We move on to the case for knocking it off the pedestal with the inevitable debate about OJ Simpson (42:44). Shane takes issue with the ratio of bad to good jokes (48:23), we talk about why Ricardo Montalban may be the movie's weakest link (51:11), and how the Queen plot severely dates the whole thing (55:26).

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Max calls in from Portugal with a “working vacation” update, the gang addresses the seldom discussed “terms of agreement” associated with the new FaceApp craze sweeping Instagram, and Shane asks if "I was joking" is ever a valid excuse.

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ALL TEN EPISODES OF THE PEDESTAL PODCAST SEASON 2 ARE NOW AVAILABLE

In the first episode of season two, we strike hard and fade away with the 1990 radical action classic TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES.

After sharing the different impacts karate class had on our childhoods (5:24) and who our favorite Ninja Turtle was (8:50), we begin the case for keeping it on the pedestal with how well the look of the turtles themselves have held up over the years (13:10). We debate Casey Jones' claustrophobic joke (23:44), we gush over the movie's use of flashbacks (33:13), and examine some of the bold artistic choices made in a kid's action movie (39:43). We move on to the case for knocking it off the pedestal with all the things that bothered us about Shredder (45:47) and that punk kid Danny (48:10). Pops dives into the issues with the movie's pro-vigilantism (52:37) and Shane asks the question we've all pondered for years: “Are the turtles sexual beings?” (1:05:55)

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