Episodes

  • WOODSTOCK 99 - An End of Summer Special Episode

    WOODSTOCK 99 - An End of Summer Special Episode
    Aug 24 2024
    For an end-of-summer special, Dan Colón, of CageClub's very own The Monsters That Made Us podcast, joins John to talk about the greed, mayhem, and madness that defined Woodstock 99. The Woodstock that was just so great that it convinced everybody to never Woodstock again, 1999's 30th anniversary festival (inspired by the relative success of the 25th anniversary Woodstock 94) was...a lot of things. But mostly it was an epic disaster that somehow managed to take bad situations and terrible ideas and make them much worse. What went wrong?? Well, aside from everything, John and Dan explore some of the specific problems that sent Woodstock 99 into a fiery tailspin, and discuss why this is such and important milestone in how our culture got to where it is today.
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • 99@25 #015 - August 1-15 1999

    99@25 #015 - August 1-15 1999
    Aug 17 2024
    We're nearing the end of summer, and this time we take a look back at a very entertaining first half of August, 1999. August 1-15 gave us: KISS! Prince's Yard Sale! Two guys named Putin and Netanyahu who have since faded into total obscurity Dick! The Sixth Sense! Mystery Men! Wade Boggs! Mark McGwire jacking dingdongs! The Dilberito! And your host turning 20! This week, John is joined by friend of the show Tyler Birth (with a brief appearance from his new mouse friend!) as they take a look at a little bit of Monica, Jessica, Sandra, Rita, and everything else that mamboed our way in the beginning of August!
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • 99@25 #013/14 - July 1-31 1999

    99@25 #013/14 - July 1-31 1999
    Aug 2 2024
    But, to make up for it, we have the delightful and hilarious Jacki Krestel (@zombie_jacki) to join John in a walk down 1999 memory lane! July 1999 included: Macy Gray! Destiny's Child! Bree Sharp's summer novelty pop hit "David Duchovny"! The Fenway Park All-Star Game! Blair Witch, American Pie, Eyes Wide Shut, and Deep Blue Sea! The death (????) of JFK Jr! Cheatin' cheater Lance Armstrong! Terrible ghoul JK Rowling! Woodstock 99! And more Plus, join John and Jenn next week for a more in-depth look at what is universally agreed to be the best Woodstock in another summer special episode.
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    52 mins
  • THE EMPTY CINEMA - A Special Summer Episode

    THE EMPTY CINEMA - A Special Summer Episode
    Jul 29 2024
    John and Jenn take a crack at explaining the baffling summer 2024 box office. Why did PLANER OF THE APES and FURIOSA fail where INSIDE OUT 2 succeeded? Is the summer movie season a thing of the past? And why do people seem less inclined to go to the movie theater for just ANYTHING? Covid? Prices? Capitalism? All of the above? Find out what we have to say in this special summer episode about America's increasingly, depressingly empty cinemas.
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    52 mins
  • ARLINGTON ROAD: "Boom" - with Matt Belenky

    ARLINGTON ROAD: "Boom" - with Matt Belenky
    Jul 15 2024
    Arlington Road was 77th highest grossing movie of 1999, released 25 years ago last week on July 9th, unfortunately crowded out by some other big releases, namely American Pie, released the same day, as well as Wild Wild West, Tarzan, and The General's Daughter, all in their second weeks. Directed by acclaimed music video director Mark Pellington (Pearl Jam's "Jeremy"), with a script from future Oscar nominee Ehren Kruger. a score by David Lynch’s personal composer Angelo Badalamenti, and starring two of the finest actors of their generation, Jeff Bridges and Tim Robbins, Arlington Road has a lot going for it. 25 years later, it's also turned out to be one of the most prescient and relevant movies of the year. At times unbearably tense, deadly serious, and eye-rollingly goofy, it's ambitious, uneven, and incredibly entertaining. Lawyer, occasional movie producer, and writer Matt Belenky is probably the world's most biggest Arlington Road fan (prove us wrong!), so John and Jenn invited him on to look back on this very 1990s genre film. Find Matt on Twitter @JagrWatch68
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    1 hr and 53 mins
  • SOUTH PARK - Summer Rerelease! - with George Freitag

    SOUTH PARK - Summer Rerelease! - with George Freitag
    Jul 1 2024
    South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut is...very funny. It's also absurd, obscene, and one of the best movie musicals not called Moulin Rouge of the last few decades. The humor of the show and the movie, though, has always been too things - edgy (bordering on shocking) and timely. South Park the series has produced some of the smartest, most incisive satire anywhere in its 25 years of existence, but that kind of humor doesn't always age well? So how does this movie hold up in that regard? We asked someone who loved it at the time - John's friend George Freitag - if he would still rave to strangers about it at Denny's like he did 23 years ago. Blame Canada, join La Resistance, and save Terrence and Phillip as we talk about South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut, a title that refers solely to the the fact that the movie is bigger and longer than an episode of the show and did not have to be edited for television! Find George on Twitter if it still exists @georgefreitag
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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • 99@25 #012 - June 16-30 1999

    99@25 #012 - June 16-30 1999
    Jun 29 2024
    This week, we're covering the second two weeks of June, 1999 (16-30), perhaps the most teenage-boy two weeks of the year. This week: Cartoons rule as SOUTH PARK and TARZAN both arrive in cinemas (setting up an epic Best Original Song Oscar duel!) Adam Sandler's massive hit BIG DADDY is also released. SMOOTH is released as a single and refuses to go away ever! Tony Hawk lands a 900 for the first time ever! Weird Al spoiler-bitches the ENTIRE plot of THE PHANTOM MENACE Stephen King gets hit by a car And more! This week, John is joined by special guest Matt Romano, co-host of RETURN OF THE POD!
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • TARZAN - Summer Rerelease! - with Heather Antos

    TARZAN - Summer Rerelease! - with Heather Antos
    Jun 24 2024
    Disney’s Tarzan was, as the 6th-highest grossing movie of the year, a big hit. But it also had a giant budget. Made for $130 million, it grossed $171 million domestically and $448 million worldwide. Tarzan did well with critics, as well. It was nominated for more than 2 dozen different awards, and won the Oscar and Golden Globe for best original song, Phil Collins’ “You’ll Be in My Heart”. It holds a an 89 percent Rotten Tomatoes score with more than 100 reviews, and 79 Metacritic score with 27 reviews, putting it right in the middle of the pack of the so-called Disney Renaissance films. But, oddly, this de facto grand finale of the Disney hand-drawn era just doesn't loom as large as the like of The Lion King, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, or even Hercules. It will, however, always be in the heart (get it?) of our guest, artist and senior editor at IDW, Heather Antos. She joins John and Joey to talk about why Tarzan is great and deserves its seat in the Disney pantheon. Heather is on Twitter @HeatherAntos
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    1 hr and 21 mins