If you didn’t like “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” it’s only because you didn’t see all of these other Indiana Jones adventurer knockoffs in the 1980's that were hilariously, misguidedly, and unrepentantly bad. This week, from the decade that brought you Twisted Sister, Reaganomics, television’s “Small Wonder,” and the crack cocaine epidemic, comes the Indiana Jones rip-offs of the 1980s!

We also cover our usual assortment of shows and films we watched this week, in another exciting round of Fresh Shit, including What If...? and Free Guy.

| 0:00 - Intros

| 8:15 - What If...? (2021)

| 15:30 - Public Service Announcement: get rid of your Gigabyte P750 GM Power Supply!

| 16:25 - Schmigadoon! (2021)

| 21:23 - Free Guy (2021)

| 32:50 - Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami (2021)

| 35:10 - Blood Red Sky (2021)

| 39:45 - Indiana Jones Knockoffs

| 42:00 - King Soloman’s Mines (1985) and Allan Quatermain And The Lost City Of Gold (1986)

| 47:00 - Romancing The Stone (1984)

| 52:50 - Hunters of the Golden Cobra (1982)

| 55:10 - Tales of the Golden Monkey (TV)

| 57:55 - The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of Yik Yak (1984)

| 59:45 - Armour of God (1986) and Operation Condor (1991)

| 1:01:10 - Firewalker (1986)

| 1:03:40 - Jake Speed (1986)

| 1:06:15 - The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck (1988)

| Clips

| Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl

| Walter Murphy - Theme from Raiders of the Lost Ark (Disco version)

| Jerry Fielding - Hogan’s Heroes March

| Soap Theme Song

| Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat

| Laura Karpman - What If? S1E1 Credits Music

| Cinco Paul - Schmigadoon!

| Cinco Paul - Corn Puddin’ - Schmigadoon!

| Mariah Carey - Fantasy

| Pitbull - Blood Sport - from Cocaine Cowboys The Kings Of Miami

| Dascha Dauenhauer - Old Vampire - Blood Red Sky

| Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh

| Jerry Goldsmith - King Solomon’s Mines

| Alan Silvestri - Main Title - Romancing The Stone Theme

| Frank Denson - Tales of the Gold Monkey Theme

| Pierre Bachelet - Gwendoline

| Chris Babida - End Titles - Operation Condor

| Gary Chang - End Credits - Firewalker

| Mark Snow - Jake Speed

| Andy Clark - What Is That Noise? - The Further Adventures of Tennessee Buck

This week we delve into the 2nd most blatantly sampled song in the world. It just wouldn’t be the late 80’s / early 90’s without the rhythm found in James Brown’s “Funky Drummer” underneath everything from DJs with mad skills to pasty white dudes with absolutely no skills whatsoever. We also review James Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad”. Check out the show! It’s a trip, it’s got a funky beat, and you can bug out to it!

| 0:00 - Intros

| 3:55 - Greg Abbott Wants You Dead

| 7:45 - The Suicide Squad (2021) [Mild SPOILERS]

| 19:44 - Beats, Rhymes, and Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (2020)

| 21:50 - Jungle Cruise (2021)

| 25:30 - Miracle Workers: Oregon Trail (2021)

| 27:10 - Wellington Paranormal

| 28:20 - Behind The Music

| 31:25 - The Ubiquitous Funky Drummer Breakbeat

| Clips

| Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl

| James Brown - Funky Drummer

| Mike McCoy - Greg Abbott Wants You Dead

| Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat

| Lunachicks - Spoilt / Joss Stone - Spoiled / Monty Python - Spam

| Mike Murphy - So This Is The Famous Suicide Squad (from Suicide Squad)

| A Tribe Called Quest - The Hop

| James Newton Howard - Jungle Cruise Suite

| James Newton Howard - Nothing Else Matters (feat. Metallica) - Jungle Cruise

| Clip from Miracle Workers: Oregon Trail

| Jermaine Clement - Wellington Paranormal Theme Music

| Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh

| The Winstons - Amen, Brother

| N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton

| Grandmaster Flash - Fastest Man Alive (1986)

| Boogie Down Productions - South Bronx

| Derek B - Rock The Beat (1987)

| Bob James - Take Me To The Mardi Gras

| Sinéad O'Connor - I Am Stretched On Your Grave (1990)

| Fat Boys - Crushin’ (1987)

| Public Enemy - Bring the Noize (1987)

| Public Enemy - Fight The Power (1989)

| D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Hip Hop Dancer’s Theme (1988)

| D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Pump Up the Bass (1988)

| N.W.A. - F**k Tha Police (1988)

| N.W.A. - Quiet on tha Set (1988)

| Run D.M.C. - Run’s House (1988)

| New Kids On The Block - Games

| Vanilla Ice - Stop That Train

| CB4 - Straight Outta Locash

| Incredible Bongo Band - Apache

| Pop Will Eat Itself - Not Now James, We’re Busy (1989)

| George Michael - Freedom! ‘90 (1990)

| Madonna - Justify My Love (1990)

| Candy Flip - Strawberry Fields Forever (1990)

| L.L. Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out

| Tasty Taste - Granny Says Kick Yo Black Ass - Fear of a Black Hat

| De La Soul - The Magic Number (1989)

| Clip of James Earl Jones doing CNN bumpers

| James L. Venable - Powerpuff Girls Theme

Does anyone watch classic Hollywood movies anymore? Because this round we got a doozy for you… 1940’s The Philadelphia Story, starring Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart in the glorious screwball comedy from director George Cukor. This is by far the oldest movie we’ve ever featured on the show, and while Chris and Eric both enjoy it immensely and have seen it many times, this was Brian’s first time with it. So essentially you’ll get the established dogma about an inarguable film classic infused with a very unvarnished take from someone less taken by its charms. Snappy banter and farcical confusion ensue, and there may or may not be a love triangle that gets resolved by the end. Cue the booze soaked sophistication of the hoi polloi, kids, because this one’s a keeper!

| 0:00 - Intros

| 9:00 - Real Dictators (Podcast)

| 14:00 - The Walking Dead

| 18:50 - Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (2021)

| 26:00 - The Green Knight (2021)

| 32:15 - Jungle Cruise (2021)

| 38:55 - The Philadelphia Story (1940)

| Clips

| Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl

| Franz Waxman - The Philadelphia Story

| Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat

| Clip from Real Dictators

| Rodrigo Garcia - The Walking Dead Theme

| Martin Todsharow - Behind The Mask - Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

| Daniel Hart - Your Head Is On Your Neck, Dear Lady - The Green Knight

| Daniel Hart - Are You Real, Or Are You A Spirit? - The Green Knight

| James Newton Howard - Jungle Cruise Suite

| Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh

| Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra - Well, Did You Evah (from “High Society”)

This week we take a look at filmmakers who should probably have hung it up a long time ago. You know what we’re talking about too - remember the last time you were watching a film by someone you used to like, only to say, “What the hell is going on here? When did Tim Burton get so uninteresting and aggressively banal?” I mean, any time I see a bad film by someone who used to be worth watching, I sure think of Tim Burton. Or Clint Eastwood. Or Steven Spielberg. Or a number of (it always seems to be) men who just need to cut it out and start making commercials and music videos. It’s over, hammer!

| 0:00 - Intros

| 7:20 - The Hunt (2020)

| 13:40 - Birds of Prey: Or The Fantabulous Emancipation of one Harley Quinn (2020)

| 18:00 - The Extra Man (2010)

| 21:00 - The Stand In (2020)

| 23:50 - Bloodborne (PS4)

| 28:20 - Lovecraft Country (2020)

| 35:50 - Directors In Decline

| Clips

| Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl

| James Blunt - Should I Give It All Up

| Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat

| Nathan Barr - End Credits - The Hunt

| Doja Cat - Boss Bitch

| Trailer for The Extra Man (2010)

| Ryan Amon - Bloodborne - Omen

| David Fenn - Death’s Door

| Alice Smith - Sinner Man

| Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh

| Imagine Dragons - Nothing Left To Say

Boy did we pick the wrong week to stop sniffing glue! Brian challenged the MagHuge crew to jump feet-first into a movie none of us had ever seen, and it did not disappoint. Thanks to some other trippy 70’s movies from previous podcasts the HBO Max recommendation engine suggested we watch House, a 1977 horror movie from Japanese studio Toho - best known for the Godzilla movies. What we expected was schlock. What we got was practically an art film. Check out our reactions to that. Also, Loki and Black Widow get some time in the barrel.

| 0:00 - Intros

| 3:40 - Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)

| 10:30 - 1984 (Orwell, 1948)

| 12:30 - The St. Francis Dam Failure https://youtu.be/-ibvUxv1-lM

| 15:15 - This is Pop: The Brill Building in 4 Songs

| 20:00 - Greenland (2020)

| 24:00 - Loki (SPOILERS)

| 29:15 - Black Widow (2021)

| 35:40 - House (1977)

| Clips

| Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl

| Pop Will Eat Itself - Hit the Hi-Tech Groove

| Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat

| Frank Ilfman - Goonfight at Gutterball Corral - Gunpowder Milkshake

| The Archies - Sugar, Sugar

| Neil Sedaka - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

| P!nk - Get The Party Started

| David Buckley - Imperfect Lives - Greenland

| Lunachicks - Spoilt / Joss Stone - Spoiled / Monty Python - Spam

| Lorne Balfe - The First Bite Is the Deepest - Black Widow

| Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh

| Clips from House (1977)

| Asei Kobayashi - House Main Theme

Join the Magnificently Huge Podcast for a look back at the semi-forgotten 80’s action-buddy-road-comedy, Midnight Run! Robert DeNiro stars in his first mainstream comedy, as a bounty hunter taking a mob accountant (Charles Grodin in a genius deadpan signature role) cross-country in a race against the Feds, the Mob and time itself! It’s an almost-classic that has not aged well, but it is still a solid piece of entertainment held together solely by the fun chemistry of the two leads. Directed by Martin Brest in his follow-up to Beverly Hills Cop, and featuring a who’s-who of character actors in supporting roles, Midnight Run tries its best to entertain and occasionally succeeds. Unfortunately, it opened the same week as Die Hard and got buried at the box office. More of an 80’s artifact now than anything, this fun popcorner is a solid second-string film from the era. And that’s fine, just like this movie.

| 0:00 - Intros

| 4:30 - In The Heights (2021)

| 14:20 - The Cause of the Champlain Condo Towers collapse: https://youtu.be/PEPyE2h6P4k

| 21:00 - Summer of Soul (2021)

| 27:20 - Opening Night (2016)

| 30:30 - Hard Ticket To Hawaii (1987)

| 39:35 - Midnight Run (1988)

| Clips

| Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl

| Danny Elfman - Main Titles - Midnight Run

| Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat

| Anthony Ramos, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and the cast of In The Heights - In The Heights

| Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Melissa Barrera, Leslie Grace, Olga Merediz and the cast of In The Heights - Blackout - In The Heights

| The Dead Milkmen - Life Is Shit

| Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

| JC Chasez - One Hit Wonderland - Opening Night

| Gary Stockdale - Hard Ticket To Hawaii

| Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh

| Danny Elfman - J.W. Gets a Plan - Midnight Run

| Mosley & The B-Men - Try To Believe

This round is actors who surprised us by going the career distance over the ones we expected to soar but who actually fizzled. It’s a real Tortoise Vs. Hare sitch that turned out to be way more difficult to wrap our heads around than we thought. For example, who knew the kid from Teen Wolf Too would go on to become the class-act we now know as multi-hyphenate actor/writer/producer/directorJason Bateman? We sure didn’t! We totally figured someone like Anthony Michael Hall was destined for that kind of awesome. Nope. So egg on our faces, because that sure as hell didn’t happen!

| 0:00 - Intros

| 5:35 - Tread (2019)

| 14:45 - This Is Pop (Netflix, 2021)

| 24:30 - The Sparks Brothers (2021)

| 28:45 - F9: The Fast Saga (2021)

| 36:25 - Tortoise Beats Hare

| Clips

| Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl

| CeCe Peniston - Finally

| Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance

| Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat

| Austin Wintory - My Name Is Marvin Heemeyer - Tread

| Thom Yorke - Wonderwall (Acoustic Version Oasis Parody)

| Sparks - Amateur Hour

| Skepta & Pop Smoke - Lane Switcha (feat. ASAP Rocky, Juicy J & Project Pat)

| The Prodigy - Breathe (feat. RZA) [Liam H and Rene LaVice Re-Amp]

| Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh

| Clip from Ruthless People (1986)

| Lauryn Hill - Everything Is Everything

Strap in for some pure escapist fun, because we’re celebrating the 30th Anniversary of The Rocketeer! Based on a popular indie comic, The Rocketeer is basically Indiana Jones Meets Iron Man done as an earnest, cynicism-free homage to the 1930’s movie adventure serials of yesteryear. Put out by Disney, this was supposed to be the start of a big franchise. Sadly, it landed with a mild thud amid some very stiff competition in the summer of 1991. Which is too bad, really, because The Rocketeer is flippin’ awesome fun, kids. A zippy-fast joyride that doesn’t wear out its welcome, this near-perfect summer popcorn flick is best known now as the audition reel that landed director Joe Johnston the gig for Captain America: The First Avenger. And it is one of our favorite movies from any era. So say all of us!

| 0:00 - Intros

| 7:30 - Luca (Pixar, 2021)

| 16:25 - Startup (Crackle, 2016)

| 18:20 - Wallander

| 22:40 - Black Summer (Netflix, 2019)

| 26:20 - 1917 (2020)

| 33:23 - The Rocketeer (1991)

| Clips

| Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl

| Devo - Human Rocket

| A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It?

| Beastie Boys - Intergalactic

| Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat

| Dan Romer - Portorosso - Luca Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

| Tristan Clopet - Lightbulb - Startup Soundtrack

| Emily Barker - Nostalgia (Wallander version)

| Black Summer Theme Music

| Thomas Newman - Up the Down Trench - 1917 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

| Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh

| Melora Hardin - Begin The Beguine - The Rocketeer

| James Horner - Main Title - The Rocketeer

| James Horner - End Titles - The Rocketeer

For years, we’ve all found something in a movie that was incorrect - something with it’s own canon, wrong historical references, or just stuff so weird you wonder how it wound up in there in the first place. But what if these things were intentional, put there to hint at a larger universe just out of view? Fan theories work to cover mistakes by creating more interesting possibilities. Today, we share some of our favorites.

| 0:00 - Intros

| 5:05 - Loki (Disney+, 2021)

| 12:30 - Joe Walsh

| 16:50 - Habitat For Humanity

| 18:00 - Hacks (HBO, 2021)

| 22:00 - Bo Burnham Inside (Netflix, 2021)

| 26:20 - Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street

| 28:40 - The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard (2021)

| 31:30 - Goofy Fan Film Theories

| Clips

| Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl

| The Presidents of the United States of America - Peaches

| Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat

| Natalie Holt - Loki Theme

| Joe Walsh - A Life Of Illusion

| Joe Walsh - Desperado (Live)

| Joe Walsh - Life’s Been Good

| Etta James - Fire

| Bo Burnham - Shit

| Bo Burnham - Welcome To The Internet

| Alti Orvarsson - The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard

| Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh

| “Weird Al” Yankovic - Everything You Know Is Wrong

We’ve had enough. Enough of the grim. Enough of the dark. Enough of the grimdark! There’s only so many movies about depression, stress, and violence we can tolerate. Reality is depressing enough. So this week we’re looking for some pick-me-ups. We’re talking about movies that lift the spirits. Fun, dammit! FUN! Also Cruella I guess.

| 0:00 - Intros

| 4:30 - Alexander (2004)

| 9:00 - Cruella (2021)

| 20:45 - The A Team

| 29:30 - Upload (2020)

| 33:30 - Happy and Fun movies!

| 35:00 - Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

| 44:30 - 50 First Dates (2004)

| 50:30 - The Muppet Movie (1979)

| Clips

| Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl

| Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine

| Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat

| Vangelis - Across the Mountains - Alexander Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

| Florence + the Machine - Call me Cruella

| Deep Purple - Hush

| Lunachicks - Spoilt / Joss Stone - Spoiled / Monty Python - Spam

| John Swihart - The A Team Title Theme

| Joseph Stephens - Upload Main Title Theme

| Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh

| Clip from Singin’ in the Rain

| Jason Mraz - I Melt With You

| Kermit & Fozzie - Movin’ Right Along - The Muppet Movie

| Gonzo - I’m Going To Go Back There Someday - The Muppet Movie

| Kermit - Rainbow Connection - The Muppet Movie

| Kermit & Rowlf - I Hope That Somethin Better Comes Along

| Samantha Fox - I Wanna Have Some Fun