The Flop House Movie Minute #13 - Rainy Day Fun

We give you directions on how to make your own Flop House at home.

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Fan Art!

While you wait for the next episode of The Flop House, enjoy this fan art,* celebrating that unforgettable character Oliver Sudden, who popped up back in Episode #21 - One Missed Call. (Click image to enlarge.)




















*Okay, it was done by Dan's brother John (who also designed our logo). But that doesn't mean he isn't a fan.

Flop House Klassic - Bratz

What do you get when Stuart is out of town on vacation, Elliott is busy transitioning from one high-stress television comedy job to another high-stress television comedy job, and Dan is having Internet problems? A rerun! Hey, at least we don't do it as much as LOST. (Well, as much as they used to... before their uninterrupted seasons... lets pretend that joke was still relevant and move on).

In this, one of our favorite episodes, we discussed Bratz-- a movie that was so unexpectedly delightful in its badness that it became the gold standard for Flop House film ratings. Enjoy.

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Speaking of Bratz, the Onion AV Club, home of the smartest and funniest pop culture commentary on the Internet (or pretty much anywhere) published their own appreciation of the movie over at My Year of Flops. You might wanna check it out.


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In the Spirit of All Things B-Movie

I post this trailer for "Metal Samurai" which stars my friend Jay in the titular role. I used to be in plays with this guy in college, and while I labor in obscurity in NYC, he's starring in goofy action films in Japan. Who knew that was the road to success?

Congratulations, Elliott

On being hired as the newest writer for The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.




















Perhaps now the keyboard pictured in the promotional shot you use for everything will actually be hooked up to something.

Episode #23 - Wild Hogs

We're joined by comedian and writer Ritch Duncan to talk about Wild Hogs, the movie that posits that middle aged actors on motorcycles is inherently funny. Meanwhile, Elliott does his scarily accurate Ray Liotta laugh, Dan delves into John Travolta's tortured psyche, and Ritch proposes a Bruce Springsteen simile that perfectly sums up The Flop House.

0:00 - 0:32 - Introduction and theme.
0:33 - 2:45 - We welcome back Elliott Kalan, make fun of Stuart, and reintroduce Ritch Duncan.
2:46 - 40:22 - We make up for our spottily-released late summer shows by making this our second-longest episode ever and spending far too much time discussing Wild Hogs-- possibly more than the screenwriter took to write it.
40:23 - 44:30 - Final judgments.
44:31 - 49:10 - We congratulate Elliott on some huge news, and spend a little time discussing the Ewe Boll contest (with a brief R.I.P. for Dan's local video rental place).
49:11 - 55:56 - The sad bastards recommend.
55:57 - 57:28 - Goodbyes, theme, and outtakes.

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Wikipedia synopsis of Wild Hogs

The Flop House Movie Minute #12 - Ewe Boll Contest

We honor the modern-day Ed Wood with a contest.

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Also, take a minute to watch this episode of the video podcast Captains in Space, which was written by Flop House co-host Dan McCoy and features the voice acting talents of co-host Elliott Kalan (as the alien reporter) and Dan (as the attack ad narrator).

It also features the same plot as that Kevin Costner flop Swing State, a film which you probably forgot about until I mentioned it right now. But the episode was written before Dan had ever heard of such a movie (in fact, a couple of years before it was released), and America has already rejected Costner's version. So let's just pretend it doesn't exist, kay?

For Those of You Missing The Flop House, Over Labor Day...

I'm fascinated by the upcoming film Bangkok Dangerous. Sure, some of my questions involve Nicholas Cage's greasy hair, and whether he uses it to whip thugs into submission, but most of my questions focus on the title. Are the villains that Nic Cage faces so devilishly evil that they've stolen the word "is" from the very title of the film? Is it a play on the common, everyday phrase "Bangkok Dangerous?" As in, "Oh, you don't want to fuck with Nic Cage, man. That motherfucker is BANGKOK Dangerous." Is the entire film simply a poorly-translated warning video put out by the Bankok tourism board, and if so, what's their budget? Nic Cage's greasy hair doesn't come cheap.

Mainly, I just wonder what they'll name the sequel. "Bangkok Dangerous" is such a perfect void of meaning, a phrase of such exquisite, dumb emptiness that I worry it can't be topped. When you stare into Bangkok Dangerous, Bangkok Dangerous stares back into you.

Still, I thought I could offer the producers some possibilities. The obvious option is simply to switch locations:




















Or they could move to a different city and add some of that punk rock flair:




















Better yet, they could expand on the sexual meaning of "Bangkok:"




















Perhaps while maintaining a faux-Eastern feel...




















Or they could dispense with all subtlety, and go more clinical:




















But they should probably just go with something brutally honest: