The Complete Disaster Podcast

You can't escape Jesse the Shrink, even when he's not actually here. He's put together a contest called Funniest Headliner, and Randall and Maggie are both in it. It's at Gambit Brewing tomorrow, the 9th, and the 16th at 7 PM. The first two shows are free!

On this segment, we watch a political ad. No, we're not getting that sweet campaign fund money quite yet. We were just told it was funny. And it was. Sad, but funny.

Hollywood might be on the downswing. But that doesn't mean movies are making no money - far from it. It's just that half the ones making money are low budget indie horror movies. Is that a good thing? It is if you're sick of endless sequels and derivative works. Not so much if big budget spectacles are more your speed.

The 2025-2026 TV season is over, and the numbers are in. Broadcast TV is in the tens of millions again. Netflix is still higher, but still. We thought TV would be dead at this point.

Topics:

TV season wrap-up

The Simpsons are still going

Old TVs

Dressing up on planes

Defunct stores and malls

The Backrooms

Indie horror

The Crash

Tim's Mother-in-law

Childhood obesity is a major issue. Diet is the biggest factor there, easily. But is fitness lagging as well? Vinnie thinks that kids these days aren't being made to exercise in school like they used to. Mike disagrees. The rest of us are still thinking about that matzo ball soup. In moderation, of course.

Topics:

Comics Unleashed isn't doing so well

People aren't watching late night TV

The decline of the deli

Gene Simmons breaks Lassman's desk

Vinnie Tortorich's business woes

Fitness in school

As it turns out, maybe not Spencer Pratt for mayor. He's all talk and no actionable ideas. Wait, isn't that almost every politician?

Topics:

Tom Hardy allegedly ousted from MobLand

Eggs

Bananas

Spencer Pratt

Minneapolis police chief resigns

Kids need discipline

Remember The Hill? Remember that guy from The Hill? Apparently he's running for mayor of LA now. Go figure.

Topics:

Fawn turns 10

Mandalorian and Grogu at #1

This Is It

Full Swing

Spencer Pratt

Changes to the show

A long time ago, a movie came out called The Blair Witch Project. That's not totally relevant, except for the fact that it made hundreds of millions off a small budget. There's a new movie out called Obsession and it's shaping up to be the latest low budget horror movie to make bank. I guess after years of movies with budgets to rival the GDP of a large city, audiences are looking for something different.

Topics:

Kyle Busch dies during a training exercise

Colbert has his final show

Makeup/wardrobe inconsistencies in movies

Hockey fights

Gilbert Gottfriend

Mandalorian and Grogu

Obsession

A long time ago, a movie came out called The Blair Witch Project. That's not totally relevant, except for the fact that it made hundreds of millions off a small budget. There's a new movie out called Obsession and it's shaping up to be the latest low budget horror movie to make bank. I guess after years of movies with budgets to rival the GDP of a large city, audiences are looking for something different.

Topics:

Kyle Busch dies during a training exercise

Colbert has his final show

Makeup/wardrobe inconsistencies in movies

Hockey fights

Gilbert Gottfriend

Mandalorian and Grogu

Obsession

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Remember Ed Sullivan? Statistically, you probably don't. The man has been dead for 50 years. But you've heard of him. That used to be the power of talk shows. If we're still talking about any of the current hosts fifty years from now, I'll be shocked. You know what we'll definitely be talking about? Hangnails. They're the human condition.

Topics:

Ed Sullivan

Local media is dying

Jesse and Johnny

Tormented genius

Aimee Bock sentenced

Bemidji

Cuticle clippers