The Goods: A Film Podcast

UHF (1989) - Cake and candles, my brother

You're the birthday, you're the birthday, you're the birthday boy or girl! Join as Dan and Brian celebrate Brian's 34th with a special episode talking through Brian's favorite film, the Weird Al star vehicle and cult hit UHF. Brian shares his close connection to the film and how it helped inspire his own TV show while Dan brings in various anecdotes from the commentary track.
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The 150th Episode Spectacular! - Sequicentennisode

Join as Dan and Brian revisit the past 50 episodes of podcasting: looking back and forward, slicing and dicing some measurements, and handing out some awards. Thanks listeners, as always, for joining us on three-years-and-counting of The Goods!
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Journey to Bethlehem (2023) - Sacrilicious

Dan and Brian continue their Wise Men binge with the misguided Nativity-by-way-of-DCOM co-starring Milo Manheim of Zombies fame. Join as they parse through the baffling romcom framing story, ponder the rollercoaster of kitsch, celebrate a very hammy Antonio Banderas, and break down the religious and historical grounding of the writing.
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3 Animated Three Wise Men Stories ft. Gavin - Three wise guys

Biblical scholar and friend of the pod Gavin returns to The Goods to discuss three animated films telling stories about the Three Wise Men. A crazy, racist 1976 Mexican film, a bananas 2003 Disney-dubbed film, and a more straightforward 2006 Andy Griffith-narrated Nativity short.
Join as Dan, Brian, and Gavin discuss the biblical and historical background for the wise men and Jesus's birth, the unusual contexts for each of the three films, an enumeration of the most insane episodes of the film, and appreciation for the musical design of the 2006 short.
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Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) - Christmas slay

Brian uses the holiday season as an excuse to get Dan to finally dip his toe into Jim Varney and John Cherry's Ernest universe. Join as they discuss the history and curious character of the pitchman, the lost art of the live-action cartoon, the strange physics of stories about becoming Santa, and a few of Dan's glaring movie-watching holes.
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) - The boys are Black in town

Dan and Brian continue their holiday coverage with a discussion of Shane Black's directorial debut. Join as they reflect on the once-wunderkind's rise and plateau, praise the film's the pleasing genre blend, appreciate the endless quipping, and discuss whether the discussion around Die Hard's status as a holiday movie is overdone.
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Conversation with Ben Stanley, the man who has seen 130+ Christmas Carols

In honor of their 150th episode and 4th Christmas Carol binge, Dan and Brian bring in Ben Stanley to discuss his epic marathon of Christmas Carol adaptations. They go through some of Ben's favorites, some oddball adaptations, memorable Scrooges, disastrous retellings, and his very complicated Muppets feelings.
Check out Ben's work:
Artwork - http://cinematicscribbles.com/
TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@howveyouben
Other links - https://linktr.ee/HowveYouBen
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Modern-Day Scrooges - 4 Christm4s C4rol, Part 4

Dan and Brian celebrate their 150th episode with their annual tradition of discussing four different Christmas Carol adaptations. This year the theme is modern-set adaptations: Spirited from 2022, Scrooged from 1988, It's Christmas, Carol from 2012, and Carol for Another Christmas from 1964.
Join as they discuss the delights and challenges of a postmodern Dickens adaptation, the "cool but cruel" late-80s mindset, the joys and quirks of Hallmark's prodigious holiday output, and Rod Serling's thoughtful but didactic, UN-sponsored approach to the material.
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