Tom Reimann
Tom Reimann is a comedian in Los Angeles. He is the co-creator and co-host of the Cracked Movie Club podcast. Also, he is a senior editor, writer, and performer for Cracked.com, and can complete the Jaws Nintendo game in its entirety in a single afternoon.
Guest Appearances
Top Gun vs. Minority Report (w/ Tom Reimann and Abe Epperson)
This week, Amy is joined by Tom Reimann and Abe Epperson of the podcast Cracked Movie Club to pit two Tom Cruise films against one another: "Top Gun" and "Minority Report." They discuss the usage of "Top Gun" as a military recruitment…
ListenHow Would You Adjust If The Internet Just Went Away?
All the hip young kids are using a thing called the internet these days. In fact, if you're reading this summary or listening to this episode, odds are you're using the internet right now. But what if it all just went away? No podcasts, no turn-by-turn…
ListenHow Jaws And Alien Invented The Summer Blockbuster
Big cardboard cutouts in movie theater lobbies. Promotional cups at fast food restaurants. Kickass soundtracks featuring Seal. These things were once not part of our summer movie lexicon. And in the case of the tie-in song from Seal, they sadly haven't been…
ListenThe Weird Origins of Amusement Parks and the Summer Vacation
Believe it or not, the idea of the summer break wasn't invented until very recently. Before kids got the summer off, school basically was the break from months of grueling farm work or any of the other countless horrors we subjected children…
Listen17 Movies That Were Total Disasters Behind The Scenes
Understatement time: movies are hard to make. Every movie from The Godfather II to Joe Dirt 2 is the result of years and years of tireless hard work from artists, craftsmen, teamsters, executives and advertisers-- all working in high pressure situations with…
Listen8 Historical Badasses You've Never Heard Of, Pt. 2
Two years ago we told you the tales of some of the most badass people lost to the annals of history. There was Peter Freuchen, the 6'7" Danish explorer who clawed his way out of an ice cave using a shovel he made out…
ListenWhy Every Invention is Either an iPhone or a Screwdriver
Screws, in some form or another, have been around since the 3rd century BC, and it wasn't until the 1500s that screws began to start appearing in what we now accept as their modern form. They're a great, simple piece of technology…
ListenHow Disney Movies Program Your Mind
Think about the Disney princesses of the 1930s, 40s and 50s and what they actually accomplished in their films. Snow White: Hot girl falls asleep in the forest and is almost murdered by dwarfs until they realize how hot she is. Alice…
ListenHow Internet Subcultures Combat Free Speech
Here's the easiest experiment in the world. Go to YouTube. Click on ANY video. Scroll to the comments. How long did it take you to find a comment that was the most horrible and vile combination of words you've ever seen? If…
ListenWhy You Don't Know What You Look Like
Have you ever wondered why everyone on Earth knew how crazy post-surgery Michael Jackson looked except Michael Jackson? If you’ve ever come into work with a terrible pimple or smudged makeup (that made you look like a clown) and been shocked when…
ListenInsane Coincidences That Shaped History
Why did the universe try so hard to make World War I happen? Was Hitler basically an evil Forrest Gump? In Hollywood, two bullets hitting in midair is too insanely coincidental for anything besides a Matrix sequel, but it happens constantly in…
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