Thinner has 15% on rotten tomatoes. Is it that bad? Michael and I discuss how this film fails and how it actually succeeds, and they place it on their on-going ranked list of the Stephen King canon. Stephen King once again proves him...
2020-11-29 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Production note: This episode was recorded before the election.
BOLD is a podcast about race and justice in America, and a collaboration between Small Beans and Showing Up For Racial Justice, produced by 2020-11-23 17:50:47 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode, the franchise finishes its run with a $250 million movie and with it, the technical completion of this podcast. Bridgett and Sarah cover the movie and say farewell… OR DO THEY?! Actually, we have plans for Hobbes a...
2020-11-17 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Our patrons have spoken! This episode covers films that are improved by a second watching. Adam’s approach examines how films seen in the right state of mind alters how it resonates with you. Maggie touches on how the marketing and...
2020-11-13 17:47:25 +0000 UTC View Post
In a rare TV-based Frame Rate, Alex Schmidt, host of the Secretly Incredibly Fascinating podcast, joins Michael and Abe to discuss the British sitcom Peep Show. We chose the secretly incredibly funny episode “Wedding.” The gang d...
2020-11-09 14:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostHiya, beans! It's beans!
We've been loving streaming games recently and wanted to do more of that. We recently streamed Jackbox Games and Among Us. We'd like to know what you, the beans, prefer!
So vote on either of the two options: Among Us or Jackbox.
If you want to be contrarian, post in...
2020-11-08 13:33:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Last month we talked with Bridgett’s parents so it’s only fair that we investigate Sarah’s youth by talking to the Griffiths. Bridgett takes over the podcast and discusses from whence Sarah was forged. We learn that all Griffit...
2020-11-06 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
On Halloween, many beans convened as a team to play a meme!
Including Michael Swaim, Adam Ganser, Abe Epperson, Moana Sherrill, Alebrelle, DJ Danl, Katie Goldin, Tom & Marina Reimann, David Bell, and Starline Hodge!
Who is best at murdering their friends and lying to them?
2020-11-05 04:44:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Adam and Abe discuss Sam Raimi’s Drag Me To Hell. Abe walks us through a few sequences and the tactics Raimi uses to spook us time and time again. Adam asks the very important question: what’s with all the mouth stuff? Abe doesn...
2020-11-02 14:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post![SmallBeans post [IGN] SwaimScoop! from patreon](https://img5.xxx4fans.com/storage/1/we/qq/66b995-019e83c2-5b04-73c2-ba18-d65426c0acc3.jpg)
Mike got to be on IGN's flagship pod GameScoop again, and this time, on video! Check out his rad mage costume and revel in some pleasant chat about horror-themed video games.
2020-10-30 20:38:43 +0000 UTC View Post
The Shining tale continues with writer/director/editor Mike Flanagan’s Doctor Sleep. We didn’t know all along it’s Stephen King’s X-Men! Seriously, Danny and Abra running around solving ghost crimes and killing psychic vampir...
2020-10-27 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
The Race Wars are back, baby! Join Sarah and Bridgett in their examination of the 7th installment of the Fast and Furious franchise: Furious 7. Sarah argues that these are Star Wars movies. Bridgett realizes the podcast is entering t...
2020-10-23 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
"Bridgett Greenberg and Abe Epperson help us flee from a chitinous terror, a ten-legged devilish decapod, a creepy crustacean crawling closer and closer! ATTACK! OF THE KILLER CRAAAAABS!" Katie Goldin's podcast Creature Feature covered the horrid and continuous evolution of things into crab.
And Small Beans was th...
2020-10-21 17:43:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Jason “David Wong” Pargin joins Abe and Michael to discuss 2014’s Nightcrawler. Jason brings his knowledge of working for local news affiliates and the boys discuss the finer nuance of the sociopath Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal)....
2020-10-19 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Y'know, sometimes a podcast is just talkin'. Just two folx catchin' the fux upp. That's what Swaim did with host and pal Kevin Anderson for a Quarantine Quickie episode of Bleak in Review. Check it out for some pr0n-talk, insider info about this business we call show, and friends bein' friendly.
2020-10-16 18:49:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Abe walks us through the early 2000's and the development of that era’s neo-noir look, how technology facilitated its dominance over the box office, and why Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was both an adopter and a trailblaz...
2020-10-16 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
See above flier. It's pretty self-explanatory, babyyyyyy!
2020-10-13 20:36:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Maggie and Adam dig deep and muster a couple of films that they love to hate and explain why they deserve such vitriol. Do you agree or do you love the films they love to hate? Or rather, do you hate that they love to hate them? Wait...
2020-10-12 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostRight before Swaim left Cracked, he was asked to translate the Does Not Compute formula into podcast form. Instead he did whatever this is, twice. This is the second one.
2020-10-10 17:54:28 +0000 UTC View PostRight before Swaim left Cracked, he was asked to translate the Does Not Compute formula into podcast form. Instead he did whatever this is. It's dated! It's rough! It's something we worked hard on that you statistically speaking probably haven't heard!
2020-10-10 17:52:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Brooks returns to discuss Charlie Kaufman’s second film as a director: “Anomalisa.” The gang tries to decipher its thesis and stacks it up against his other work. There’s a lot to love in this film: the voice acting, the stop...
2020-10-09 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Context note: This episode was recorded on Sep 19, 2020.
BOLD is a podcast about race and justice in America, and a collaboration between Small Beans and 2020-10-05 17:34:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael was rummaging around an old chifforobe and chanced upon the final export of the final episode of Final Bosses, the final thing he and Adam collaborated on at Cracked before both of them separated from the company! That pod eventually went on to relaunch as the 1Upsmanshow you know and love, but we figured we may as we...
2020-10-05 04:34:02 +0000 UTC View Post
If you've enjoyed Vanessa Gritton on 1Upsmanship and Tales from the Pit, make sure you check out her new pod Kicking and Screaming, where each episode covers both a Kung Fu Klassic and A Horror Hasterpiece! Swaim was their very first guest and things got a little awesome.
2020-10-02 19:06:41 +0000 UTC View Post
The casting of Ace Ventura was essential in building the insane rules and tone of the world, and while Jim Carrey is why the film worked, folks may overlook how the casting of everyone else was equally important. Adam elucidates how ...
2020-09-28 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
You read that right. It’s time to hear the rough stuff from the parents of your own Rough Stuff co-host, Bridgett Greenberg! Sarah takes over the podcast and has a little chat with Missy and David about their little bundle of joy. ...
2020-09-25 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Cronenberg and Walken. What can go wrong? Michael and Abe take a look at the story of a man who resurfaces from his coma only to find that he has psychic powers. He saves kids, solves crimes, and prevents nuclear war. The boys also d...
2020-09-21 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Bridgett Greenberg arrives on the scene to give us the perspective of being in high school during its premiere. Its impact on comedy and adolescents are undeniable. The gang talks about how it influenced their comedy, timing, and edi...
2020-09-18 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
What films contributed to your sexual awakening? What film did you exclaim loudly to yourself, “Oh, dear. Oh, yes,” and clutch your pearls? Maggie and Adam discuss their love of pills, mask-donning crusaders, and slippery, greasy...
2020-09-15 11:55:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Cody Johnston of Some More News pops in to tell us his thoughts about John Carpenter’s The Thing. The director regards this as his favorite of his films. It did terribly at the box office, but has since become a cult film, generati...
2020-09-11 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
