Mini #73
The 73rd Flop House Mini
Our esteemed host for the mini, Mr. Elliott Kalan, takes Dan and Stu on a tour through Oscar history by quizzing them on some of the most forgettable Best Picture winners of all time
Episodes
Episode #388
Don’t Worry Darling
Booksmart was one of Dan’s favorite movies of its year. Director Olivia Wilde’s big-budget follow-up, Don’t Worry Darling… has problems. Dan, Stu, and Elliott chat about them, while mostly ignoring the extra-textural hubbub around the movie. Mostly. Don’t worry, darlings. Or do. We aren’t your dads.
Mini #72
Numb3r Stat10ns
This is one of the zanier minis we’ve done — so much so, that we kind of don’t even want to spoil it for you. Just take a number, and dive right in!
Episode #387
Black Adam
We start the new year off with a BIG movie, especially according to its star, Mr. Dwayne Mr. “The Rock” E. Normous Johnson. It’s Black Adam, a superhero probably even fewer of you have heard of than Shazam (nee Captain Marvel), in whose pages B. Adam first appeared. He’s not your daddy’s superhero, in that he kills a bunch of people, but he probably is your daddy’s (or granddaddy’s) superhero in the sense that he’s from 1945. Anyway, they made a long, boring movie about him, so we talk about it.
Mini #71
’22 in Review
Hope you’re ready for a “mini” that’s as long as one of our regular episodes! With the new year just beginning, Dan, Stuart, and Elliott look back and discuss their…
Episode #386
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, with Alonso Duralde
Mr. Christmas himself, Alonso Duralde, of many other podcasts, returns to dissect the third, and most narratively sweaty, of the Santa Clause trilogy, “The Escape Clause.” Also, if you’re wondering who stole Cagemas, Dan says a few words about it. Let’s not say “goodbye” let’s just say “congratulations, Mr. Cage, on paying off your castles.”
Episode #385
Amsterdam
Stick an Academy Award-nominated director with three of the most acclaimed actors currently working and an absolutely berzerk cavalcade of supporting stars and the resulting movie’s gotta be fantastic, right? Right? We test that theory with a viewing of the wildly critically-mixed (at best) Amsterdam. One of us kinda liked it. The others ridicule it extensively. It’s all good fun.
Mini #69
Gnome Named Gnorm Gnews, with Parker Bennett
You remember Flop House superstar, Parker Bennett, right? He co-wrote the legendarily strange Super Mario Bros, and we talked to him about his experiences with that movie in FH Mini 39. Well, he heard us mention A Gnome Named Gnorm in our recent mini with Griffin Newman and dropped us a line to reveal he and his partner did some punch-up on everyone’s favorite buddy comedy starring a horrific gnome and Anthony Michael Hall. So he’s back to share more tales of his fascinating career!
Episode #384
Marmaduke (2022)
Wait didn’t we do this movie before? Don’t be ridiculous. That was Marmaduke (2010) this is Marmaduke (2022). How could you possibly have mixed that up? Anyway, this ain’t your daddy’s Marmaduke, provided you have a very young daddy (in the case of the previous film) or a very old daddy (who loves the comic). This is the animated one for Netflix, with Pete Davidson as the titular Duke of Marma. Does it make the previous one look like the Citizen Kane of Marmaduke films? Kinda!
Mini #68
Oops All Nuts
Dan leads us on a tour of nut movies. It kind of makes sense when you listen to it.
Episode #383
The Munsters, with Kevin Maher
Kevin Maher, our old friend, host of Kevin Geeks Out, and author of the new book Santa Doesn’t Need Your Help (with illustrations by New Yorker cartoonist Joe Dator) joins us to discuss the straight-to-Netflix film reboot of the old sitcom, The Munsters. And who better to direct this comedy film, than Rob Zombie, the rocker-turned-director known for his… light comic touch?
Mini #67
Newmania! with Griffin Newman
We invite Griffin Newman (of Blank Check fame) on for a mini with an excess of premises. Is it about Griffin addressing the nation? Is it a pop quiz? Is it a quiz GAME? Is it about A Gnome Named Gnorm? Is it another of Stu’s Flop House spinoffs in his increasingly large Flop Podcastic Universe? Who knows? The important thing is, WE had fun.
Episode #382
Aline
On this episode, we discuss Aline, the movie about a French Canadian diva who becomes wildly popular, marries her manager, plays Vegas, and sings My Heart Will Go On from the film Titanic, but is NOT Celine Dion. She’s Aline. ALINE. Oh, and also she has an adult face on a kid’s body. Y’know. Aline.
Mini #66
The Peach Pit After Dark
Stuart invites Elliott and Dan onto The Peach Pit After Dark, an after show discussing the popular Flop House after show “
Episode #381
Countdown (2019)
We talk about Countdown, the film about a killer app. Imagine the terror of ordering what you think will be a delicious plate of mozzarella sticks only to have them viciously… what? It’s the OTHER type of app? Aw man. An Internet-based horror movie? Those are never good? Will this one break the curse?
Mini #65
The Goofs About Charlie
Elliott ranks his top eleven Charlies from cinema, and the others discuss. Why? It kind of makes sense if you listen. But not really.
Episode #380
Orphan: First Kill, with Hallie Haglund
The star of the show, Hallie Haglund, returns to talk about ANOTHER adorable moppet, that incorrigible, family-killin’ Esther, who’s back 13 years later, for a prequel, where she’s even younger! A big swing, fer shure — does the inaccurately-named Orphan: First Kill pull it off? Find out in the first episode of SHOCKTOBER 2022!
Mini #64
Goofs Only 90s Kids Will Remember
Dan brings back his popular IMDb Goofs game to challenge Elliott and Stu on their 90s knowledge.
Episode #379
Pinocchio: A True Story
For our second and final Smalltember(vember?) show of 2022, we talk Pinocchio. No, not that one. Not that one either. The Russian one with Pauly Shore. Is that a thing that exists, and not just some weird chain of words we strung together? Apparently! We watched it, so unless it was a collective bi-coastal hallucination, it’s real! And we had to watch it, so now you have to listen!
Mini #63
The Peach Pit
Stuart welcomes Dan and Elliott to “The Pitch Pit,” his Flop House after-show, which is definitely a long-running podcast and not just something he made up for this mini.
Episode #378
Amityville in Space
Even though the last few years may have made everyone feel unstuck in time, there are still some things you can depend on — namely that, come the fall, Dan and Elliott will argue about whether it’s Smalltember or Smallvember. Anywhooo, we kick off the smallest time of year with Amityville in Space, the movie that dares ask the question “What if Amityville… but in space?”
Mini #62
The Long-Awaited Wedding Episode
Elliott finally makes honest men of Dan and Stu, by quizzing them about movie marriages.
Episode #377
The Gray Man
Netflix sure loves to make movies that sit on their home screen for a week or so and then no one talks about again, huh? At least it gave the directors a chance to insult movie theaters. Anyway, we talked about their latest “hit” The Gray Man.