This week, dear listeners, we welcome back Cetius the Scotchbringer for an episode about the year 1987! He figures that 1987 was a stellar year for fun movies, and we we completely agree.

If you look back at the year 1987 and feel old, we recommend that you drink more Aberlour 16 scotch, because that’s what we did. (And if you’re too young to remember 1987, please wait while I reach for my glass…)

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Extreme Tasting League

Horrorshow Hot Dog

Neko Atsume

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It is time, dear listeners, for our fifth Off Topic episode! Like our previous Off Topic episodes, this one is constructed of bits that were cut out of the previous 14 episodes: gaffs, giggles, tangents, and other random stuff.

Amidst this wandering fray, you will hear the voices of many former guests, including:

And, as usual for these things, our subject matter and level of sobriety will vary wildly from clip to clip. So, buckle in and enjoy!

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PG Porn by James Gunn:

Twin Cities Geeks:

Fashion It So:

This Is Not Porn:

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We have something special for you this week, dear listeners! For this episode, we combined forces with Screw It! A Podcast About Wine and recorded live at CONvergence 2015! That means the audio quality isn’t great and we’re especially squirrelly, but who wouldn’t be when joined onstage with the fabulous Dawn Krosnowski and Lana Rosario? Anyway, we took this great opportunity to learn how to hone our drinking skills, and then we discussed fan communities that have grown around our favorite movies and TV shows.

If you would like to drink along with us, we recommend either Chateau St. Jean Cabernet Sauvignon or Castillero del Diablo Malbec, both of which we tasted with great care during the episode.

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Screw It! A Podcast About Wine

On

The Martian by Andy Weir

ARC thrift stores

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We have a special delight for you today, dear listeners! Today is the first day of CONvergence 2015, and so we have invited Eric Knight to talk about the 17 years he has spent running the incredible CONvergence movie room, Cinema Rex! CONvergence fans can hear about this year’s film selections (all dystopia themed) as well as learn about the history of the movie room. Those of you aren’t CONvergence nerds can also delight in learning about what goes into making the ultimate movie mixtape every year.

If you would like to drink along with us, we recommend either Maipe Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon or The Show Malbec. Both served us well while recording.

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CONvergence

Fantasy Flight Games

Vilification Tennis

Fearless Comedy Productions

Hey girl Mad Max Tumblr

Surly Brewery

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This week, dear listeners, we are joined again by author Pat Harrigan for an episode all about Quatermass! We get into the nitty gritty of Nigel Kneale’s groundbreaking series of stories: the BBC miniseries, the Hammer Films remakes, the radio show… and even stuff like The Stone Tape and The Year of the Sex Olympics.

If you would like to drink along (and oh, we did drink), we recommend Black Ink wine, because it has a cephalopod on it. It certainly was appropriate to our subject matter.

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Get Off My World podcast

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Oh my, dear listeners, it’s time for our second XanaCineWeekend Movie Marathon! For this episode, Windy and Melissa ensconced themselves for an entire weekend, trading off watching movies that one or both of them had never seen before. This episode compiles their thoughts and comments about fifteen films, with each segment recorded immediately after the completion of each film.

If you would like to drink along, dears, grab the vodka. (It was a long weekend.)

(And it’s a long episode.)

(I mean, seriously, it’s a long episode. Buckle up, kids!)

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Emperor of the North song:

Mandom commercial with Charles Bronson:

Junkfood Cinema episode about Ernesto Diaz Espinoza and Marko Zaror:

Jozeph Sabovcik, the “guy on ice” that Windy was talking about:

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This week, dear listeners, we have rejoined with North Star Rollergirl Kate Cornish (aka She Coli) for an episode all about the films of Rian Johnson! So if you have never seen Brick, Brothers Bloom, or Looper, we hope to steer you to a better life.

If you would like to drink along, we recommend Bodega Tamari Reserva Malbec, because it’s Argentinian, and we like Argentinians.

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Every Noise at Once

C&EN Onion:

Rock Sugar’s “Don’t Stop the Sandman”

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Dear listeners, remember all those weird, dark live action Disney movies from the mid-60s to mid-80s? Well, buckle up for our episode all about Disney Urban Fantasy Movies! For this episode, we are joined by Cetius Scotchbringer, who brought both this week’s subject matter and plenty of scotch for us to sip.

If you would like to drink along, we recommend any and all of the following: Macallen 18 year single malt scotch, Aberlour 16 year single malt scotch, Summer’s Bee Hard Apple Cider.

And if you like scotch, you might be interested in Cetius’ podcast: Xtreme Tasting League: Scotch.

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Extreme Tasting League: Scotch podcast

Apropos of Nothing podcast

Screw It! A Podcast About Wine

Roadside America (the site is great and so is their app)

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Dear listeners, get ready to be bombarded with quotes, because this week our subject of choice is Monty Python! And joining us for our odyssey through absurdity is returning guest and Python fanatic Tonya Wershow!

If you would like to gain liver poisoning by drinking at every Python quote we drop, please consider Trepiche Malbec, which is responsible for our tipsy behavior during this episode.

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The chartered accountant sketch from At Last, the 1948 Show:

The interview where they spilled Graham Chapman’s ashes:

“Stonehenge” by Ylvis

Devil in the White City by Erik Larson:

Zombies, Run!

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This week, dear listeners, we talk to Linkara (aka Lewis Lovhaug) about making Atop the Fourth Wall: The Movie, a crowdfunded film based on his popular web video show. We discuss independent filmmaking, producing content for the Internet, and space ships.

For this episode, we were also joined by a couple of excellent audience members, Fes Works and Noel Thingvall. Yay!

If you want to drink along with Windy and Melissa, we suggest drinking whatever you have handy, because your dear hosts had drank so much wine prior to the episode that they totally forgot to mention what they drank. Thus, we apologize for all the lost consonants in this episode.

Show notes after the cut!

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Atop the 4th Wall

The Republic of Molossia:

Channel Awesome

The Good Ship Bollypop

The Dune Swede

Disney movie / Dr. Who mash-up t-shirts

Fitbit clips for people who don’t like Fitbits on their wrists

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