TopAndBottomTalk

In this episode, Brook is joined by Pam to discuss all things Japan, personal attacks and near death experiences.

In this episode, Brook lists his top 15 albums of 2002, attempts to shake off the jet lag and refuses to give Justin Timberlake the time of day.

1 - Tom Waits - Blood Money

2 - Sigur Ros - ( )

3 - ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes

4 - Tom Waits - Alice

5 - The Walkmen - Everyone I Know Who Liked Me is Gone

6 - Interpol - Turn Out The Bright Lights

7 - Cody Chesnutt - The Headphone Masterpiece

8 - Los Halos - For Ramona

9 - El-P - Fantastic Damage

10 - Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf

11 - Neko Case - Blacklisted

12 - Dredg - El Cielo

13 - Isis - Oceanic

14 - Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People

15 - Pedro The Lion - Control

In this episode, Brook is joined by Derrick and Ryan to discuss their top 10 movies (and songs) of 2005, Ryan's dance with death as a young adult and Derrick's absolute disregard for what constitutes a good film.

Brook's top 10 movies and songs:

1) Sin City; Sigur Ros - Hoppipola2) Batman Begins; Smog - I'm New Here3) The Proposition; The Animal Collective - The Purple Bottle4) The Squid and the Whale; Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - The Skin of my Yellow Country Teeth5) Wedding Crashers; Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine6) V For Vendetta; Team Sleep - Tom of Liegia7) 40 Year Old Virgin; Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy Jr8) Green Street Hooligans; LCD Soundsystem - Great Release9) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang; Sleater Kinney - Modern Girl10) History of Violence; Andrew Bird - Fake Palindromes

Derrick's Top 10 Movies

1) Wedding Crashers

2) 40 Year Old Virgin

3) Hostel

4) Saw 2

5) Mr and Mrs. Smith

6) War of the Worlds

7) The Ringer

8) Assault on Precinct 13

9) Guess Who?

10) Land of the Dead

Ryan's Top 10 Movies

1) Batman Begins

2) Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

3) Sin City

4) V for Vendetta

5) Lord of War

6) 40 Year Old Virgin

7) The Descent

8) Just Friends

9) Waiting

10) Cinderella Man

In this episode, Brook is joined by Ryan to discuss their top 15 TV shows, their bottom 5 TV shows and lots of intellectual, philosophical musings that come up naturally from two of the biggest brains in the business. Some healing may also have transpired during the recording process.

Brook's Top 15:

1 - Seinfeld

2 - Arrested Development

3 - Breaking Bad / Better Call Saul (yes, I cheated)

4 - The Wire

5 - The Office (UK/US - yes, I cheated again)

6 - Peep Show

7 - Game of Thrones

8 - Parks & Rec

9 - Curb Your Enthusiasm

10 - Hannibal

11 - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

12 - Deadwood

13 - South Park

14 - Eastbound and Down

15 - Barry

Ryan's Top 15:

1 - The Wire

2 - Better Call Saul

3 - Breaking Bad

4 - Andor

5 - Mindhunters

6 - The Sopranos

7 - The Penguin

8 - Futurama

9 - Deadwood

10 - Peaky Blinders

11 - The Boys

12 - Mad Men

13 - The Leftovers

14 - Band of Brothers

15 - Cowboy Bebop

In this episode, Brook is joined by Ryan to discuss their top 10 movies of 2004, the pros and cons of racism and how much domestic abuse is too much. Plus, they also rank their top 10 songs of 2004, so lots of ground is covered in this one.

Brook's top 10:

1. Anchorman

2. Kill Bill 2

3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

4. Napoleon Dynamite

5. Kung Fu Hustle

6. Shrek 2

7. Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

8. Collateral

9. Sideways

10. Along Came Polly

Ryan's top 10

1. Kill Bill 2

2. Spiderman 2

3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (HP3)

4. Shaun of the Dead

5. Anchorman

6. Howl's Moving Castle

7. Layercake

8. Garden State

9. Man on Fire

10. Crash

In this episode, Brook really scraps the bottom of the barrel with jokes that may have been funny 10 years ago but now are just kind of weird and unsettling. There are some funny ideas mixed in there, but man, this one was rough. Have a done a sufficient job of lowering the bar?

In this episode, Brook reveals deep secrets about himself. Turns out, this man of mystery likes to laugh. Every now and then, with deep focus and lots of luck, he is able to make others laugh as well. This episode is full of things that attempt to do just that. There are jokes, rants, mysterious statements and occasionally just weird opinions, but the thing that strings them all together is that they are all universally true and cannot be challenged by anyone. At times you will think you're listening to the ramblings of a madman. No follow up there, just letting you know it's going to get weird at times.

In this episode, Brook is joined by Ryan to discuss their top 10 movies of 2003, whether or not Evan Rachel Wood is attractive and why watching Kate Beckinsale jump around in skintight leather pants will leave you frustrated. They also name their top 10 songs of 2003 and develop a mutual respect for each other in real time.

Brook's top 10:

1. Kill Bill

2. Oldboy

3. Elf

4. Lost in Translation

5. Lord of the Rings - Return of the King

6. Old School

7. X2 (X-men)

8. Something's Gotta Give

9. Pirates of the Caribbean

10. Bruce Almighty

Ryan's top 10

1. Kill Bill

2. LOTR - Return of the King

3. X2

4. Pirates of the Caribbean

5. Underworld

6. 21 Grams

7. Big Fish

8. Lost in Translation

9. Old School

10. Last Samurai

In this episode, Brook ranks his top 15 albums of 2001, meets the yawn quota in the first 10 minutes and once again professes his love for Hope Sandoval (in case she's listening).

Top 15

1. Hayden - Skyscraper National Park

2. My Morning Jacket - At Dawn

3. Radiohead - Amnesiac

4. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

5. The Microphones - The Glow, Pt 2

6. The New Year - Newness Ends

7. Fugazi - The Argument

8. The Strokes - Is This It?

9. Destroyer - Streethawk: A Seduction

10. Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You

11. White Stripes - White Blood Cells

12. Nick Cave - No More Shall We Part

13. Whiskeytown - Pneumonia

14. Bjork - Vespertine

15. Super Furry Animals - Rings Around The World

In this episode, Brook and Ryan discuss their top 10 movies of 2002, followed by friendship ending disagreements about Road to Perdition and Equilibrium. They also discuss their favorite songs of 2002 and Ryan lets it be known that in a different life, he and Amy Adams would have been a perfect match.

Brook's list:

1 - Punch Drunk Love

2 - Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers

3 - City of God

4 - The Bourne Identity

5 - Catch Me If You Can

6 - Minority Report

7 - Signs

8 - The Count of Monte Cristo

9 - Spiderman

10 - 8 Mile

Ryan's list:

1 - City of God

2 - LOTR - The Twin Towers

3 - Gangs of New York

4 - Catch Me If You Can

5 - Road to Perdition

6 - Spiderman

7 - 28 Days Later

8 - Signs

9 - 25th Hour

10 - Bourne Identity