Wasted Potential Podcast

This week Hobo Dan and Ron talk about the scariest tike of the year: baseball season!!! Boooooooo! They also discuss the 1976 film "The Bad News Bears!" Its foul mouth, drunk, and incompetent: just like our podcast! In this Glass Half Full episode, we discuss three things we love, when we first saw the film, our 2026 reaction, and anything we might change. Take a listen and boo Yankees!

0:00 - Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

6:04 - Introduction

10:21 - The Bad News Bears (1976)

25:40 - Things We Love About the Bad News Bears

1:11:50 - Changes You Would Make?

1:19:34 - Sequels, Diggstown, & the 2005 Remake

1:42:24 - Recommendations & Outro

1:48:47 - Bloopers

This podcast features aufio clips from: Kung Pow: Enter the Fist, the Bad News Bear (1976), Anchorman: the Legend of Ron Burgundy, Sandlot, MLB, a Nightmare on Elmstreet (2010), Carmen: No. 1 the Prelude and No. 2 the Habanera, the Bear, Sometimes You Lose with Kevin Smith, and the Bad News Bears (2005).

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The boys are back and this time Ronnie, Shane, and Hobo Dan talk about the scariest thing: the death of comedy films. We spend most our tike reminiscing about old comedic films and complaining about new unfunny movies. Do we know what we are talking about? Nopez but we talk it for 3 and a half hours. Seriously. I am an unpaid editor. I guess beer is payment but its not worth the countless hours of listening through this audio and replacing cancelable words with Scary Movie audio. This premise is f***ed because only one of them watched Scary Movie 6. Clickbait for a movie that came and went. Likez and subscribez loserz.

0:00 - WPP Movie Pitch

10:13 - Introduction

22:55 - Animal House '78

57:19 - 70s & 80s Comedies

1:05:54 - Ace Ventura: Pet Detective '94

1:30:20 - 90s Comedies

1:35:34 - Superbad '07

2:09:41 - 2000s & 2010s Comedies

2:22:02 - Scary Movie '26

2:39:52 - 2020s Comedies

2:46:44 - What Happened to Comedy Films?

3:12:40 - Final Thoughts

3:18:22 - Outro & Extras

Featuring audio clips from: Dumb and Dumber, Billy Madison, Glass Onion, Holmes and Watson, the Ben Show, Animal House, ABC 4 news, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Superbad, Palm Springs, In Bruges, Scary Movie (2026), Scary Movie (1996), Scary Movie 5, Club Shay Shay, Austin Powers: the Spy Who Shagged Me.

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Oh no, we did it again! From the Library is sticking around for a second helping of randomness. Hobo Dan joins Ronnie to talk about 1941's The Wolf Man! A guy directed it but no one knows his name. These idiots also watch hours of bonus features. Boring. Its in black and white and has zero gore and boobs. Awful. Shane wrote this description. We talk longer than the actual film! Booooooo!

0:00 - Intro

6:00 - Wolfman '41

13:01 - Act I

28:50 - Act II

44:12 - Act III

57:04 - Remakes, Sequels, and BTS

1:32:31 - Recommendations & Outro

1:37:06 - Extras

Featuring audio clips from: Wolfman (1941, 2010, 2025), the Bride, American Werewolf in London, the Simpsons, Snatch, What We Do in the Shadows, Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman, Tom Weaver commentary track, and Monsters by Moonlight.

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Wasted Potential Podcast is back with a fiery commentary track for 1996's Dragon Heart! Oh boy its a rambling one in which we discuss some film facts, give our awful opinions, but mostly discuss other more interesting movies. We play some trivia games like Shot or Not, Creature or Feature (???), and Quaid or Costner. Side note: if anyone has a functioning taint and wants to offer it for a transplant, reach out to Hobo Dan at [email protected]. Thanks!

Hobo Dan's Dragonheart synopsis: Our knight and shining armor…the man with a plan…the man who is gonna save us from Pokémon. Martin Lawrence with a jets jersey on. Ohhh no wait…it’s just Dennis quaid is the knight or some shit I think. I’m assuming there is gonna be time travel or he goes back in time and befriends a dragon and some religious aspect to it comes into play. The movie is called dragonheart or dragon slayer. I hope they play a slayer song in this movie that would be sweet. Sean Connor is the guy that’s anti dragons and Dennis quaid tries to save the dragon. But it’s maybe Dennis quaid may want to fuck the dragon at the end maybe he falls in love with him. Oh no maybe his love becomes a dragon and then fucks it. That would be the best movie ever okay let’s do that. You will believe in fucking dragons. A movie before it’s time!

0:00 - Advertisements

3:05 - Introductions

6:24 - Games

12:37 - Dragon Heart

1:54:32 - Recommendations & Outro

1:59:29 - Outtakes

This week we are sponsored by Fire Breathing Starter Pack and No More Jock Straps Pills.

Our Drinking Games this podcast:

1. Quote the Old Code

2. Fire loogies

Signature Drink: Dragon's Nostril

1 part Fireball

3 parts Chaucer's Raspberry Mead

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We're back and this time we discuss the 1980's graphic novel and the 2005 film V for Vendetta. Mike returns to the podcast and joins Ronnie and Shane as they compare and contrast both and attempt to derail the conversation as often as possible. Anarchy Forever!

Featuring audio clips from: V for Vendetta and a bunch of other things that we do not have the permission or ownership over but it all falls under basic copyright laws for entertainment.

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Welcome to a new gimmick from Wasted Potential Podcast: From the Library! In this new concept made to torture our obnoxious podcasting pals, Ronnie and Shane randomly selected to watch the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock classic Rear Window. The boys drunkenly discuss the film and some behind the scenes featurettes. Both informative and annoying, this episode dangles on the edge of the cliff of listenability. Check it out and let us know if this premise is worth another, more sober attempt.

Featuring audio clips from: Rear Window, Rear Window re-release trailer, Ethics: An Original Documentary, Disturbia trailer, WDSU News, Channel 5 Clips, War of the Worlds (2025), Dumb and Dumber, the Wedding Singer, Conversation with Screenwriter John Michael Hayes, Family Guy, and Paid in Full.

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November 1, 2025: Hobo Dan joined Ron to talk about post-Halloween movies and they debated which last 2000s horror remake sucked more: Friday the 13th (2009) or A Nightmare on Elmstreet (2010). Spoilers: they both suck but one sucks WAY more. Our editor got lazy and busy so enjoy this spring time released Halloween/horror slasher podcast!

0:00 - Rambling about Halloween

5:04 - Intro

11:28 - Friday the 13th

35:00 - A Nightmare on Elmstreet

54:30 - Which Remake Sucks Less?

1:21:50 - Wrap Up, Outro, & Bloopers

Audio clips taken from: Alien Earth, Friday the 13th IX, Halloween 6 Producer's Cut, Friday the 13th V, Friday the 13th (2009), Nightmare on Elmstreet (2010), "Nightmare" - Avenged Sevenfold, Watchmen, Nightmare on Elm Street 4, 5, 6, and Freddy v Jason.

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The Jedi are back baby! This week we watched 2009's war comedy The Men Who Stare At Goats. I know?! That movie! You have seen it but forgot you saw it. We rewatched it so you don't have to. This starts as a Glass Half Full episode but quickly goes off the goat path. Shane and Ronnie get bored when talking about this movie so they talk about real life military operations that are stranger than fiction. Shane edited this podcast so watch that volume level!

Editor's Note: we recorded a third part to this podcast that our editor was too lazy to include. Maybe one day you will get to see The Men Who Stare at Little Mermaids.

0:00 - Intro

4:55 - The Men Who Stare At Goats

54:00 - Conspiracies & Military History

1:12:25 - Ending & Outro

Clips featured in this podcast: The Men Who Stare at Goats, Star Wars: the Phantom Menace, the Alex jones Show, Full metal jacket, CNN, Jurassic Park, Billy Madison, Burn after reading, and a bunch of other things we do NOT own the rights to.

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Due to high levels of intoxication and even higher levels of editor apathy: Spoiler warnings for all movies. Viewer Indiscretions Advised.

Welcome to the 2nd Annual Wasted Potential Podcast Broken Bottle Awards! Ronnie, Shane, and Hobo Dan each bring three movies and some honorable mentions to talk about, and we wrap up by deep diving into two movies that don't even deserve sarcastic awards at all. Seriously: they spoil all the movies so beware. Who the f*** is Tom?!

0:00 - Introduction

7:51 - The Earth is Actually Flat Award

13:55 - Bugonia Spoilers

17:30 - I'll Stop the World and Melt With You Award

30:23 - You Like Me Right? Award

38:37 - Friendship and the Chair Company Spoilers

43:30 - TV Break #1

51:39 - Never Trust the Kindness of Strangers Award

57:40 - Bring Her Back Spoilers

1:00:18 - Toy Story 6 Award

1:09:57 - Its Just Dumb Award

1:29:56 - TV Break #2

1:41:44 - The Movie That Made Me Feel Something Again Award

1:48:49 - The Long Walk Spoilers

1:52:42 - Opiods Are Not Good But Kinda Are Award

2:08:28 - Absolute Crackers About Cheese Award

2:14:47 - TV Break #3

2:20:05 - War of the Worlds '25

2:24:47 - The Other

2:44:30 - Outro

2:55:53- End Theme & Bloopers

Featuring clips from: Bugonia, Civil War, Together, Friendship, I Think You Should Leave, 40 Year Old Virgin, Blue Mountain State, Bring Her Back, The Monkey, Wake a Dead Man, the Long Walk, the Smashing Machine, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, War of the Worlds '25, & The Other.

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Merry Sharkmas from Wasted Potential Podcast! Iys that festive time of the year where we get together to talk about the reason for the season: shark attack movies! We ramble through 1999's Deep Blue Sea and have fun trivia about the film, sharks, and hip hop!

Drinking Games:

• Ron - Every time two characters have a serious close up conversation
• Shane - Tom Scoggs (Michael Rapaport) says science or math stuff
• Dan - Every time a door opens or closes

Signature Drink: Sharkmas Long Island Iced Tea

• Egg Nog
• Vanilla Vodka
• Gin
• Malibu Rum
• Peppermint Shnapps
• Grenadine for color

Advertisements: 0:00

Introduction: 5:50

Movie Start: 14:20

This podcast had been sponsored by HasBeen Toys!

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