Tyler and Konnery stave off boredom, sing forgettable standards, and defend themselves with Southern accents as they cover a movie from the twisted mind of Todd Phillips, "Joker: Folie à Deux"! Together they discuss the film's intricacies (or utter lack thereof), praise the tradespeople behind the film, and pine for a Jokerfied A Star Is Born until the film before them sinks in and they begin to question why anyone literally does anything? All this and so much more on this shared madness episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

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What's New:

Tyler: Caddo Lake (Max), Gladiator II (Paramount Plus)

Kon: Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman, We Used To Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

Tyler and Konnery get what they deserve as they are joined by fellow clown horn enthusiast Travis Shannon to delve deep into the psyche of a damaged man ruined by society known as Todd Phillips, the director of "Joker"! Together they clown around to discuss the film's gorgeous look, the director's unclear intentions, contemplate its approach to mental illness,and so much more on this failed standup set episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

What’s New:

Tyler: Titane (Hulu)

Konnery: The Penguin (Max)

Travis: Crash (Blu-ray stuck in his PS4)

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Tyler and Konnery return to the chili dog-eating, super speed world of Team Sonic (or maybe just Team) as they discuss new release Sonic the Hedgehog 3! Together they catch up with returning anthropomorphic friends and cower in fear at Shadow's gun and another, older, eviler Robotnik. Then just as with Sonic and Shadow, Konnery must rescue Tyler from destroying hope, franchise movies, and expendable entertainment in this new age of sobering ecological disasters and other darkness. All this and more on this introspective episode of The Friendchise Podcast! And don't forget: the light shines, even though the star is gone.

What's New:

Tyler: Gleaming the Cube (1989) (YouTube)

Kon: Squid Game season 2 (Netflix), The Traitors season 3 (Peacock)

Tyler and Kon call in Taylor McLaughlin and Cameron Takeda as reinforcements to fight off Dunlendings, yetis, and tight production schedules with their bare fists as they cover the newest, most animated, and most appendice'd entry in LOTR cinema: "The War of the Rohirrim"! They discuss the history behind the film's story, mythic characters, using new films to retain licensing rights and so much more on this fantastical episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

What's New:

Tyler: World of Warcraft (Mac)

Kon: Path of Exile 2 (PS5), Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson (Audible)

Taylor: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, Star Wars Outlaws (PS5), Middle-earth: Shadow of War (PS4)

Cameron: Dungeon Crawler Carl Series by Matt Dinniman, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (PC)

Da boys are BACK! Tyler and Konnery return in full franchise motion to explain their absence and announce new additions to the pod as they are joined by Lily Denering Young and Karyn Krupsaw to describe their Top 5 Media Lists of 2024 AND find time to have as full a conversation as anyone's ever had on the second installment of Gary Marshall's holiday trilogy "New Year's Eve" (2011)! All this and so much more on this joyful return to The Friendchise Podcast!

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Top 5 Media 2024:

Tyler:

5) The Beekeeper (Prime Video)

4) Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobson

3) Dune: Part Two (Max)

2) I Saw The TV Glow (Max)

1) Shogun (Hulu)

Konnery:

5) The Penguin (Max)

4) Wicked (In Theaters)

3) The Wild Robot (In Theaters)

2) Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree (PS5)

1) The Stormlight Archive: Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson (Audible)

Karyn:

5) St. Denis Medical (Peacock)

4) Presumed Innocent (Apple TV+)

3) Hell or High Rollers Podcast

2) Saturday Night (In Theaters)

1) Emilia Pérez (Netflix)

Lily:

5) Uglies (Netflix)

4)Civil War (Max)

3)Only Murders in the Building (Hulu) / Mr. Ballen Podcast

2)Trap (Max)

1)Dune: Part Two (Max)

BONUS: Unbridled Podcast

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It's showtime as Tyler and Konnery are joined by secret producer Lily Denering Young and Halloween double-feature queen Nina McLaughlin to tackle the doubleheader that is "Beetlejuice and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice! Together they discuss Tim Burton's decades-long career and powerful presence in their lives, how absolutely hilarious the cast is together, why the original is a chaotic classic and what makes the new one so fun despite plenty of strange choices, remember to keep it real and so much more on this mall-goth episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

What's New:

Lily: The Perfect Couple (Netflix), America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (Netflix)

Tyler: Frankenstein (1931) (Peacock)

Konnery: The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (Audible)

Nina: Your Honor (Netflix)

Tyler and Konnery are joined by annual Halloween-time visitor and film critic Brennan Klein to close out the Alien franchise with, "Alien: Romulus"! Together they discuss the franchise middle ground the movie takes, the Gen Z cast, face replacements more terrifying than face huggers, rank the franchise's androids, and so much more on this zero-G acid episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

What's New!:

Tyler: Trap (In Theaters)

Kon: Gigi (Tubi), Age of Mythology: Retold (Xbox Series X)

Brennan: The Crow (In Theaters)

NOTE: Some minor audio issues. Cleaned it up real nice, but we mourn for the conversations you will never hear.

Tyler and Konnery pair the podcast down to just the two of them to play a space recorder and cover the wall-to-wall Michael Fassbender talent show that is, "Alien: Covenant"! Together they examine how this is half-Promtheus sequel half-schlocker, more dumb dumbs getting murked by aliens (Neomorphs this time), incredible set design, how hard David can rock an ombré, and so much more on this Ozymandius-misquoting episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

What's New:

Kon: I Saw The TV Glow (Max)

Tyler: XCOM 2 (iPad), Communion (Tubi, Prime Video, Peacock)

Tyler and Konnery are joined by local Prome Dome Victor Guzman to analyze the biblical space epic of an Alien film, "Prometheus"! Together they discuss the origin and intention of mankind, the mythic storytelling and symbolic characterizations, stupid scientists, lots of xeno-goop and so much more on this prophetic episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

What's New:

Tyler: Starfield (Xbox Series S), The Watchers (Netflix)

Kon: Space Marine 2 (PS5)

Victor: MaXXXine (In Theaters), Longlegs (In Theaters), The Fall of the House of Usher (Netflix)