A Podcast About Bad Movies
Stuart tries for extra credit (no one tell him that Flop House extra credit isn’t a thing), by checking out the puppy-kidnapping family comedy Rusty: A Dog’s Tale and reporting back to the guys.
Guys, we’re so excited for our guest this episode. He’s a big-time Hollywood gent who’s worn many hats — and to name just a few: he wrote and directed About a Boy. As an actor, he co-starred as “Chuck” in Chuck and Buck. He was one of the producers of The Farewell. The man co-wrote a Star War (Rogue One), for Pete’s sake! And, as we never get tired of reminding him, he directed Twilight: New Moon. But up until now, he’s been missing one line on his resume — Flop House guest. I’m sure now he weeps, for he has no worlds left to conquer. Chris Weitz is on this episode! And we’re sorry we made him talk about Rambo: Last Blood! Meanwhile the rest of us do some shit. We won’t waste your time. Just listen.
Griffin Newman came back (for reals, not one of these “we actually recorded it at the same time”) to chat for a bit about Watto, Star Wars in general, his career, and, of course, Tom Selleck.
First off, how are you guys? Everyone doing okay? We hope so. Take care of yourselves. Secondly, my lord were we excited to have Griffin Newman, of many, many things, including the Blank Check podcast and Amazon’s The Tick, but MOST IMPORTANTLY, the world’s #1 Vin Diesel fan, join the show to discuss Vin’s latest vinsanity, Bloodshot. Meanwhile Elliott takes us on a tour through the 4th most popular comics publisher of the 90’s, Griffin offers a unified Diesel theory, and Stu and Dan do some bullshit, we’re sure, but, honestly, that’s really the most important stuff, because those two lovable scamps can talk up a storm!
Elliott gives us a preview of his son Sammy’s novel, and then things take a turn.
In our first episode recorded after shit got real, we take a change of pace, and discuss your aunt’s favorite movie, Book Club. Can a cast of wonderful old pros elevate the world’s most banal script? Meanwhile, Elliott presents his Golden Girls hypothesis, Dan’s a huge crybaby, and Stu bravely soldiers on, through his COVID-19.
OH WHAT AN EPISODE. We’re joined by screenwriter and Switchblade Sisters host, April Wolfe, to discuss Wolverine himself, Glenn Danzig’s directorial debut, Verotika — an anthology of “sexy” (?) horror tales. And this time we even managed to give April a working microphone!
Is Holmes & Watson somehow an even worse version of the Sherlock Holmes stories than Sherlock Gnomes? Will Elliott and Stu be able to console Dan about the latest insult to his beloved hero? Join us for this live show, taped last year in Portland, Oregon, to find out!
In this minisode we take on the topic of teams of specialists, like you might find in heist films.
We’ve been wanting to tackle this one for quite a while, folks, and… oof. Be careful what you wish for. Adal Rifai of the podcast “Hello From the Magic Tavern” joins us to discuss The Fanatic, the movie that asks “What if Fred Durst directed a movie starring a career-self-destructing John Travolta as a man with a developmental disability, with his trademark Limp Bizkit sensitivity?” Meanwhile, Stuart invents the newest horror movie killer, Elliott attacks Dan for his nonexistent position on backstory, and Dan misses Leggs.
In this minisode we take on the topic of jobs in movies. If you want to dictate a future minisode, tweet at us @theflophousepod.
It’s the second and final of our two contest winner-selected episodes, this one picked by Scott Yacychyn, who designed our delightful new Flop House “couch monsters” poster, which you can purchase HERE! It’s a romantic comedy called Little Italy (or as they pronounce it, li’lit’ly), set in the world’s most romantic city… Toronto! Meanwhile, Stuart gets mad at Elliott, Dan gets mad at Elliott and Stuart, and Elliott just keeps on singing a happy song.
Here’s a little thing we’re trying, sort of as a snack between episodes. Minisodes that are more tangent than show. On this first one, we ask: Goofy — what’s HIS deal?
Zar-who-what-now? We finally get around to one of our contest winner episodes, this one picked by Elizabeth Stege, who designed our delightful new Flop House Housecat t-shirt, which you can purchase HERE! It’s a Full Moon Features (awww yeah, Stu) kaiju movie with about 5 minutes of giant monster action in the whole film. But what it lacks in reason to exist, it makes up for in… charm? We guess? Meanwhile, Stuart explains the advantages to playing with dead things, Elliott explains how time zones work, and Dan introduces an exciting new wrinkle to the show.
Didja really think we’d pass up The Happytime Murders? The movie that many proclaimed the worst of 2018? Don’t be silly! We just held onto the episode in our vault of live shows until it was no longer relevant! Please enjoy this live recording from… last summer? We can’t remember. Taped at our ol’ stomping grounds, The Bell House, in fabulous and increasingly unaffordable Brooklyn, NY!
SURPRISE! It’s an off-week extra episode, just because we didn’t want to go ANY longer without discussing that purrfect mewowsical, directed by Tomcat Hooper: CATS! It’s a show so big, we couldn’t do it without the dual returns of Cats enthusiast, Jenny Jaffee, and musical theater authority, Ms. Natalie Walker who was AT THE MOTHERFUCKING CATS PREMIERE! We know that there’s usually a bunch of gibberish at this point, teasing stuff from the episode, but just dive in, folks! IT’S CATS!
We kick off the New Year (and the next 300 episodes?) by discussing a movie that no one has ANY strong feelings about — Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. One programming note: we sort of threw together this episode at the last moment because Elliott was visiting New York, so we skip the usual letters and recommendation segments. Don’t worry, though — we still manage to talk for 100 minutes. Because it’s Star Wars.
Well, we made it to three hundred, guys. And it only took us 12 years. What a triumph of the human spirit. Or monument to three lives sorely misused. One of those two things. But hey! It’s Cagemas, when we celebrate the work of Saint Nicolas Cage! And Hallie’s here! And we’re talking about The Wicker Man! That’s a 300th birthday to be proud of Meanwhile Elliott and Stu really love pronouncing “raspberries,” Dan wonders how long you can hold bullets, and Hallie isn’t gonna let motherhood tank her Flop House Q rating.
We attempt to exploit the zeitgeist by… reviewing a movie from 1969. We may not be good at this zeitgeist thing. More to the point — since Disney+ has been in the news, we attempt to bask in some reflected glory by talking about the young Kurt Russell Disney live-action vehicle, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (thanks to longtime Daily Show producer and head researcher Adam Chodikoff for the idea). Meanwhile Stu makes the fatal error of encouraging Elliott’s singing, Elliott takes us inside the pitch meetings for our favorite cereal mascots, and Dan has the plague.
No, you didn’t dream it. Way back in January the Peaches went to the University of Wisconsin, Madison (the dead of winter being the best time to visit the upper Midwest), and they discussed the infamous anti-hero superhero movie, Venom. This is that!
Enough about small failures like Slender Man, let’s talk about massive, hubristic failures like Mortal Engines! Meanwhile Stuart discourses on other evil Valentines in fiction, Elliott’s got Morgan Spurlock’s reciepts, Dan doesn’t understand how a single goddamn thing in this movie works, and we’re joined by Brendan Hay, executive producer for Harvey Girls Forever!
Shocktober 2019 concludes with our dissection of the Internet meme/creepypasta horror film, Slender Man. Thanks to Max Fun HQ for letting us pop in and use an actual studio for once. Meanwhile Stuart tells a tale of nude figure drawing, Dan reveals karaoke antics, and Elliott’s not afraid of businessmen.
We dip our toe into Shocktober by discussing one of the million court-mandated “The Conjuring” spin-offs, The Nun. Meanwhile Dan prefers that all demon-fighting talk be kept to work hours, Elliott takes down New Age music, and Stuart demands that you stop preaching at him.
For the second episode of Smalltember (Smallvember) 2019, we cave to overwhelming demand and discuss Love on a Leash. Meanwhile, Elliott ain’t your daddy’s Crypt Keeper, Dan exhibits his remarkable ability for telling two voices apart, and Stuart isn’t having a breakdown, that really IS the plot of the movie.
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