Joel Radio #86: Pod Busters
Jun 16th
After seeing enough bad reality television, including Gordon Ramsay telling you your restaurant or hotel sucks, Joel and Corey have a new idea for a reality show – fixing people’s podcasts! Of course, that would involve travelling to many cat urine-scented living rooms of losers all over America, so it’s probably not that fun a job. Instead, the guys decide it’s probably best to stay in their own cat urine-scented living room and continue on with Joel Radio! This week, the guys bemoan the lack of anything interesting out of last week’s E3 conference. They look at Nintendo’s about face on motion control and the impending doom of the Wii U. in the video game world, Joel is annoyed with RPGs in general, while Corey is really excited to get to the end of Mass Effect 3 – whenever they decide to write a good one. Also, Corey says the new film Rock of Ages makes 80s hair metal even less enjoyable than it was before – thanks Tom Cruise! Plus, House Hunters is fake, bollocks to Baggage Battles, and a giant, monster-sized Prometheus spoiler-cast at the end of the show. Really, the movie will be totally ruined if you listen to the last part of this show! You’ve been warned!
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Joel Radio #85: Stuffing the Ballot Box
May 31st
Back on episode #69 the guys tried to decide which of the new fall TV shows would be hits. A point system was assigned and predictions were made. Now the results are in, and comedian Matt McClowry rejoins Corey and Joel for the big reveal. Who is the big winner? Which shows were the surprise hits? Which were the unsurprising flops? Listen and find out! Also, Matt details his latest comedy travels, including some prestigious festivals, and an upcoming headline date. He also tells you his favorite new city for comedy, but don’t go to the bar across the street – unless you’re into that kind of thing. Plus, a local comedy poll drives Corey nuts, Joel doesn’t know how many shows he’s done, Martin from Bay City likes crappy music, and a Men in Black 3 review that’s every bit as lackluster as the actual film.
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Joel Radio #84: How Much Would You Pay
May 18th
It’s a always a fun show when John Tenney stops by. With his recent Bigfoot hunting and conspiracy-exploiting lectures behind him, John joins the guys to announce a new project. It’s a retro cartoon show and the first episode is embedded below. Find out John’s hopes and dreams for the new project and reminisce with Corey about his previous brush with underground fame (it’s actually pretty funny). Joel’s not left behind in the fame sweepstakes though as his small, uncredited, but crucial spot in the Judd Apatow-produced The Five Year Engagement hits screens. Joel has the full story of his involvement with the film, his “extra” pool discovery by the director and tells why he hadn’t promoted it earlier on the show. Also, the value of entertainment is evaluated as Joel thinks Blue Man Group is over-priced, Corey hasn’t jumped at the under-priced Beach Boys reunion, and Joel spends big bucks for Springsteen in Chicago. Plus, Corey says The Dictator should be overthrown, Dark Shadows is worth a look, and Joel’s night with George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars.
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John Tenney’s latest venture. Look for many more episodes soon (or maybe not!)
And finally….
Corey as Chris Merman! We couldn’t resist!
Joel Radio #83: The Avengers of Podcasting
Apr 27th
This week, Corey Hall gives his review of The Avengers, a movie so long in the making that the twelve-year-olds who really wanted to see this movie are now in their mid-thirties. Still, Corey is enthusiastic, while Joel feels that the general public isn’t really feeling this film, but it’ll make $200 million on opening weekend and about three-hundred bucks after that. Speaking of juvenile movies, the guys see Aardman’s Pirate movie (it’s OK), and Joel thinks Disney’s Chimpanzee is a collision of state-of-the-art visuals and cliched animated film narration – a near miss at a classic. Also, Dick Clark finally dies, Levon Helm sadly dies, and Mike Wallce dies as he lived – an asshole. Plus, HBO’s Girls is not for guys, Corey suffers through Law & Order, and Joel finally sees Bruce Springsteen after a twenty-five year wait.
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Detroit radio host Mike Stone sings along with Bruce in Cleveland. It’s only douchey if its caught on film
Joel Radio #82: The Same Old Song
Apr 5th
This show has little shape or structure – just like the hosts! Anyway, Joel and Corey discuss Mitt Romney’s chance for election, the awfulness that is Wrath of the Titans, and Chevy Chase or Keith Olbermann – who’s a bigger asshole? Also, Joel rekindles a romance with The Band after watching The Last Waltz, Corey loves Alison Brie but (maybe) not as much as Lisa Loeb, and nobody really seems to like Sarah Palin. Plus, why Lasse Hallstrom isn’t famous, Joel’s picks and pans on DVD, and Ryan Seacrest is the new Dick Clark and not Carson Daly, who has carved out an awful persona all his own.
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Alison Brie gets spanked by that other broad from Community. Who needs Chevy?
Joel Radio #81: Hey Newton, F You
Mar 23rd
With apologies for the last show (even though some of you enjoyed it), Joel and Corey Hall return. Speaking of crap, Corey gives an in-depth review/hatefuck to John Carter – a new film that proves that 100 years is too long for fans to wait for a film adaptation. Also, Joel dislikes some recent home video releases including one of Corey’s faves from 2011. It’s not all bad though, as the guys both love Jeff, Who Lives at Home, a film that cost less than one CGI Martian from John Carter, and is showing in about 1/10th of the theaters – thanks, Hollywood! Also, Joel deletes annoying Facebook friends while Corey doesn’t have the stones, our fans hate Harry Artin, and the slow death of stand-up comedy in Detroit. Plus, the prospects of The Hunger Games being a hit seem as high as Jennifer Lawrence’s tits.
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Joel Radio #79: Blame The Pointer Sisters
Feb 23rd
If going to the gym wasn’t hard enough wasn’t hard enough, the bad music played there, makes it doubly tough drop the pounds. That’s the premise laid out by Corey. That discussion – about having to listen to “Neutron Dance” while on a treadmill – starts a discussion about mass media, ironic metal fans, when Happy Days started to suck, and whether the Big Ragoo actually nailed Shirley. The guys break down the failure of popular culture and how a the rise of various sub-cultures have made ’90s angst irrelevant and a little embarrassing. Also, Eastbound and Down returns – Joel loves it but says a new HBO show misses, Ricky Gervais puppets a midget, a brief Oscar preview and why real Navy SEALs make real bad actors. Plus, a memo to SNL – real celebrity + impersonator = lazy, shitty comedy.
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The above image pretty much sums it up.
Joel Radio #78: Joel Radio Platinum
Feb 8th
It’s the big Joel Radio post-Super Bowl extravaganza, which is made slightly less super by the game being not so great (until the finish), the commercials sucking, and Madonna making the terrorists hate us even more. Still, Joel and Corey have you covered for discussion of Bud Light Platinum, the joy of punting, M.I.A. is an asshole and why Godaddy can’t seemingly find a hot chick for the commercial. Find out if the guys endorse Met Life’s cartoon character sizing, discuss the bad example Doritos sets (for rednecks), and get the whole history of half-time shows from the truly awful to the pretty good to the pretty bad. Plus, Joel is on a “Who kick” so listen for what was The Who’s greatest performance ever, and while the both love The Beatles, how Corey was more of a Beach Boys guy. Also, Trump becomes Captain Obvious by endorsing Romney, The Rock’s movie career dissected, Joel’s embarrassing commercial opportunity, and Ray Stevens – coming to a jerkwater berg near you.
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Joel Radio #77: The Best and Worst Movies of 2011
Jan 20th
Joel and Corey have completed their 2011 re-cap shows with a list of the best (or more accurately, their favorite) films of 2011. While Joel admits his list isn’t comprehensive, he manages to throw in a few oddball documentaries from cable, while Corey’s likes are in tune with the critical mass for the most part. There’s a few exceptions that won’t get spoiled here, like a British comedian’s vanity project that Corey loved and Joel’s affection for CGI primates that isn’t shared by his co-host. Still, there’s a lot they agreed on, both foreign, domestic, documentary and occasionally weird, so this is turns out to be a pleasant Netflix queue-filling discussion from a couple of film-loving nerds. Of course, there’s hate, too, as Corey still wants Adam Sandler dead, and Joel thinks someone should’ve stopped Conan O’Brien. There’s also no love for Smurfs, Chipmunks, Idiot Brothers or Russell Brand And only one host picked a comic book movie as one of his faves. Wanna guess? Wrong.
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If only The Trip was this interesting
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