Two Geeks Two Beers

Hey, you guys! It's time to look back and celebrate one of the greatest adventure films of all time, 1985's The Goonies.

Tom can't quite believe that Morgan only watched this once a few years ago, and so it's up to him to teach him all about the legendary film starring Sean Astin, Josh Brolin and many others.

From One Eyed WIlly's rich stuff to a missing octopus, we'll take you through the excellent film.

And maybe you can help us find out if we really did have a pub chat with a Red Dwarf and EastEnders actor...

We also discuss:

• How all the children are far too loud
• Robert Davi's terrifying opera singing
• No, Jerry O'Connell is not in this film, Morgan
• Why Mikey and his inhaler was Tom's hero
• Jeff Cohen is now a dish
• Will a sequel ever happen?

Clips used:

• The Goonies (Warner Bros)
• Cyndi Lauper - The Goonies R Good Enough (Portrait)
• 'One Thing You Never Knew About 'The Goonies' (Tech Insider)
• The Goonies - Reunited Apart (Josh Gad, YouTube)

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Remember that vampire series on Channel 4 that starred Jack Davenport and Idris Elba before they were famous and it only ran for six episodes in 1998? No? Well, Morgan's going to refresh your memory.

For this Halloween (sort of) special, Morgan will teach Tom all about the cult British TV drama, that also starred a pre-True Blood Stephen Moyer as a vampire 10 years before his American success.

Oh, and Tom forgets Morgan's birthday.

We also discuss:

• What an era for vampires the late '90s were
• Why you never say the word 'vampire'
• Why sexy Jack Davenport can't be bothered in this show
• And neither can Idris
• Why Tom thinks it's 'Pearl Harbour with vampires'
• Will we ever feel old enough to sip brandy and wear double jackets?
• Is it Bram Stoker or Bam Stroker?

Clips used:

• Vampire's Kiss
• Ultraviolet (Channel 4)
• Johnny Berchtold (Twitter)
• A Clockwork Orange
• Famalam
• Ultraviolet (Fox)

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Whether you're a ticking time bomb of rage or a master of cutlery, we're here for you. In our latest episode we're tackling the underrated 1999 superhero comedy, Mystery Men!

Tom teaches Morgan (though, it turns out Morgan didn't need any teaching) all about the making of the Ben Stiller comedy, also staring William H Macy, Hank Azaria, Jaenene Garofalo, Greg Kinnear, Geoffrey Rush, Eddie Izzard, Kel Mitchell, Paul Reubens and even Tom Waits.

Particularly drunk, we discuss:

• How this time, Doom Bar was an acquired taste
• Those 'This Is DVD' adverts
• How Mystery Men must have inspired The Boys, according to Tom
• Tom invents several words, unucsessfully
• How it's everyone's finest roles
• What happened to Claire Forlani after the 90s?
• Eddie Izzard taking it deadly seriously
• Michael Bay brings the brewskis

Clips used:

• Mystery Men (Universal)
• This Is DVD

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Yes, we're tackling that 'loveable' green giant once more.

With She-Hulk now unleashes, in this episode Morgan teaches Tom all about the 1982 animated version of the Incredible Hulk.

We drunkenly discuss:

• How Hulk fit in with Spider-Man and his 'amazing' friends (what made them so amazing, anyway?)
• A look back at the forgotten '60s version and its incredible theme tune
• How Hulk enjoyed being slap-happy and wore guyliner
• What happened to the Hulk's clothes?
• How it inspired future versions of Hulk forever more...

Clips used:

• The Incredible Hulk (1982) (NBC)
• Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends (NBC)
• The Marvel Super-Heroes (Syndicated/Marvel)

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Dance your cares away, worries for another day, it's time for a new Two Geeks Two Beers podcast episode!

This time, Tom fulfils a listener's wish by finally doing Fraggle Rock, as he teaches Morgan all about the classic '80s TV show from Jim Henson.

In it, we discuss:

• The Muppetverse of Madness
• The various international human 'wraparounds' including a French bakery and Scottish lighthouse
• Will we ever see all the missing British episodes?
• Why Sprocket is the best Muppet ever
• The surprising power of radishes
• A series finale better than Game of Thrones

Clips used:

• Fraggle Rock (HBO/CBC/ITV)
• Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series (NBC)
• The Doozers (Hulu)
• Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (Apple TV+)

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All for one, and all for love!

This episode sees Morgan take Tom back to 1993 and the strangely-forgotten action romp The Three Musketeers, starring Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, Oliver Platt, Chris O'Donnell and Tim Curry.

Tom thought he'd seen it, but when he watched it the night before, this was apparently not the case. But what did he think of it?

We discuss:

• Why are they called Musketeers when they only seem to use swords?
• Tom's concept of something having 'no legacy' purely because he's never heard of it
• The brilliance of Dogtanian and Albert the Fifth Musketeer
• Why the film has, according to Morgan, a "highly f***able" cast
• Tom's weird dissing of Chris O'Donnell
• Why we're still annoyed about Drew from Neighbours' death
• What the hell have they done to Paul McGann?
• Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart AND Sting

Clips used:

• The Three Musketeers (1993) (Disney)
• The Three Musketeers (1973) (20th Century Fox)
• Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting - All for Love (Universal)
• Dogtanian and the Three Muskahounds (BRB)
• Albert the 5th Musketeer (BBC/Canal+)

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"And slowly, but surely, they drew their plans against us..."

For this episode, Tom teaches Morgan all about a true one-off: the sci-fi prog rock concept musical album adaptation of HG Wells' War of the Worlds, by Jeff Wayne.

Morgan gets flabbergasted at the album's enduring popularity, as he hears songs like 'Eve of the War' and 'Forever Autumn' for the first time, much to Tom's dismay.

We discuss:

• The gravitas of Richard Burton and the surprisingly decent David Essex
• The gall and the gumption of Jeff Wayne sticking his name on the album and spending A LOT of money - but it worked!
• How Tom grew up with an actual typewriter
• Morgan's most hated words: 'rock opera'
• Justin Hayward's sci-fi pedigree
• How Tom had a mandatory dance class at school. Just him?
• Morgan's impressions are back: Al Pacino, Sean Connery, Marlon Brando and more!
• The album's amazing artwork and video game spinoffs
• Tom's love of Daniel Bedingfield

Clips used:

• Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of War of the Worlds (CBS)
• Songs: 'Eve of the War', 'Forever Autumn', 'Thunder Child', 'The Spirit of Man', 'Brave New World', 'Epilogue'
• Vigrass & Osborne - 'Forever Autumn' / Lego commercial
• Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds (ZX Spectrum)
• Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of War of the Worlds - The New Generation (Sony)
• Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds - The Musical Drama (Audible)

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ACTION! WAIT! ACTION!

In this episode, Morgan takes a shot at looking back at the history of the classic Time Crisis video game series.

It is an action series that has produced 11 games since first taking arcades by storm in 1995, some 27 years ago.

In a rather drunken episode, we discuss:

• Morgan's recent stag do and his downright diva behaviour
• The fun and mystique of arcades - or 'arcade centres' as Tom calls them
• The light gun myth - did they actually work?
• Wild Dog's many deaths
• Time Crisis' insistence of using randomly generic names for its heroes
• Croad Macgalain - the most underrated action star ever?

Make sure to check out all previous episodes, including all our video game specials, including Streets of Rage, the Sega Dreamcast and Mortal Kombat.

Clips used:

• Time Crisis (Namco)
• Time Crisis 2 (Namco)
• Time Crisis 3 (Namco/Sony)
• Time Crisis 4 (Namco)
• Time Crisis 5 (Namco)
• Time Crisis Crisis Zone (Namco/Sony)
• Resident Evil (Capcom)
• Time Crisis: Project Titan (Namco)

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People power has spoken! After literally hundreds a few tweets for #DoTheLakeHouse, Morgan has finally given in and is allowing Tom to do a whole episode on one of his favourite films of all time: The Lake House.

After an hour of drunkenly banging on about the 2006 romcom starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, the boys soon discover that it's far geekier than they ever thought. But will Morgan agree with Tom that it's one of the greatest movies ever made? Stranger things have happened.

In the episode, we discuss:

• Morgan's brain melting as Tom tries to make sense of The Lake House's time-travel rules
• Is Morgan a sexy name?
• The sad decline of DVD bonus features
• Tom's weird annual ritual of watching a flop film from 2006 every autumn
• Magical dogs
• What can you get away with putting in the magical mailbox?

We also struggle through the episode while drinking a very strong stout.

Make sure to check out all previous episodes, including time-travelling escapades like Back to the Future, Bill and Ted and Doctor Who. We also of course have our Keanu Reeves special.

Clips used:

• The Lake House (Warner Bros)
• Liberal Arts (IFC Films)
• The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
• Spongebob Squarepants (Nickelodeon)

Check out MJYoung's incredible Lake House time travel notes here.

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Children of the Sun, this podcast has just begun...

In our latest episode, we will be following the path of the setting sun that leads to El Dorado, as Morgan teaches Tom about the Mysterious Cities of Gold.

In this episode, we discuss the classic 1980s cartoon series in depth, including its fantastic theme tune and soundtrack, characters, cast, sequels and more.

We also chat about:

• Do you remember Hammerman and Gatchaman?
• Philip Schofield's singing ability in the Broom Cupboard
• How so many kids shows revolve around finding a thing that f*****g flies
• How kids were clearly far more intelligent back in the '80s to follow this stuff each week
• A very mysterious jar
• Is nostalgia happy or sad?
• The wonders of Skips and Billy Bear
• How Tom was recently offended at a pub

Clips used:

• The Mysterious Cities of Gold (Studio Perriot/DIC)
• The Mysterious Cities of Gold (2012) (TF1)
• Hammerman (ABC)
• Battle of the Planets (Sandy Frank)