Happy New Year from The Black List Table Reads with Franklin Leonard! Please enjoy an interview with screenwriter Todd Komarnicki known for Sully, one of the best films of 2016.

Recorded live from Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles, D’Arcy Carden (The Good Place) and Dan Levy (Lion) join Paul and Jason to discuss the 1996 John Carpenter/Kurt Russell film Escape from L.A. They’ll talk about Snake Plissken possibly being immortal, Cuervo Jones, playing basketball to save your life, surfing on a tsunami, and much more. Plus, everyone meets a real bad-ass Snake Plissken during Audience Q&A!

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Where to Find Jason, June & Paul:

Paul is in the new Nicolas Cage film “Army of One” available on VOD.

Paul’s new comedy Filthy Preppy Teen$ is now avail on the FullScreen and you can see June and Paul in their old show NTSF:SD:SUV:: on HULU. Paul also appears on Fresh off the Boat on ABC.

June stars in Grace and Frankie on Netflix, as well as Lady Dynamite alongside with Jason.

Jason can be seen in How to Be Single, Sleeping with Other People, and is still indeed in The Dictator.

SiriusXM hosts Pete Dominick (Stand Up! With Pete Dominick) and Mark Thompson (Make It Plain) join Negin to kick off 2017 by discussing the latest hullabaloo from the presidential transition and what they expect from Trump’s first 100 days in office. They also tackle the GOP’s intra-party dynamics and Trump’s inauguration performers (or lack thereof).

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Sklarbro Country’s celebrity gallery has gathered once again to celebrate the new year! Randy and Jason welcome special guests Dennis Rodman, Dick Vitale, Tilda Swinton, Fat Matthew McConaughey, Kris Kristofferson, both Nicholas Cages, Sam Elliott, Ken Kratz, Steven Avery, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Steven Seagal, Michael Caine, Javier Bardem, Manny Pacquiao, and many, many more to reflect on the past year and to share their plans for 2017.

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This week Bryan learns the meaning of DSLs while Erin finally shares her new obsession with Judge Judy. Also, Paul Ryan’s at it again as the mother of the House of Representatives trying to defund Planned Parenthood, and Stefano Gabanna made some controversial statements after receiving hate on a recent Instagram post. Plus Erin’s fiancé, guest Alessandro Minoli is here to serenade us with Olivers toy song, meeting Erin, and discuss his new show Jeff & Some Aliens.

Being good with Rachel Bloom.

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Each week, comedian Gilbert Gottfried and comedy writer Frank Santopadre share their admiration for lesser-known films, underappreciated TV shows and underrated performers — discussing, dissecting and (occasionally) defending their handpicked guilty pleasures and buried treasures. 

This week: Sterling Hayden! “The Story of Mankind”! Gene Hackman dodges a bullet! And Snow White serenades Gilbert!

The wonderful, warm, and witty actress Molly Shannon (Other People, HBO’s Divorce, SNL) joins Sarah and Susan to talk about “Smile” by Nat King Cole, the movies “Ponette” and “Annie,” an Emily Dickinson poem, and snowy scenes.

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Actor and comedian Baron Vaughn joins Kevin and newly-returned Kamau this week to discuss Denzel’s recent film “Fences.” They chat about the best way to deal with recording snafus and swap Denzel Top Fives before diving into a discussion on the film, noting the changes from stage to screen and praising Viola Davis’s powerhouse performance. All this and more before “Fences” receives an official Denzel rating.

Special musical guest Radical Face (Ben Cooper, Josh Lee) joins Dan Lippert, Jon Gabrus, and Stephanie Allynne along with Matt Besser for this week’s improv4humans. Ben and Josh serenade the improvisers with tunes that inspire scenes about schoolkids that refuse to be buddies, the search for a time-traveling daughter, and the least badass dude in a bar. Later, a dead uncle tries to sell cars at a seance, and Stephanie has a hard time bringing her dog back to life.

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Casey and Danielle are back from hiatus and it couldn’t be soon enough what with Kenya pulling a gun on trespassers, the debut of that nasty Dorito and Mariah just…being Mariah. Plus Casey has a new years resolution involving unprescribed pills and Danielle fights the real enemy…Jiggy. It’s an extra long episode because they cover it all, except Erica Jayne’s vag, that’s still bare and beautiful.

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With 2016 behind us, we want to take a quick minute to thank you all for supporting this podcast. The Atlantic listed us at #7 in their top 50 podcasts of 2016, and we were first in GQ Magazine’s list of the 7 best new podcasts to check out. We’re very proud of the recognition and very grateful to all of you for listening, for subscribing, for telling your friends about Stranglers, and for all your comments online (even the criticisms…we read those too!). On behalf of the Stranglers production team, I want to wish you all a very happy new year & let you know that next week, Stranglers returns with the 2nd half of our season. Another week might feel like a long time to wait, so give a listen to this sneak peek of what’s in store…

Happy New Year

Dr. Harold Bornstein (Jon Gabrus), Donald Trump’s personal physician, shares fun facts about Trump’s health and fitness with Mark and Pete; his all-horse-meat diet, why he literally bleeds red, white and blue, and whether he is in fact immortal. Plus: Pete resolves to be less combative in the new year.

Actor/writer Tim Baltz helps Howard and Kulap usher in a new year of charting on this week’s Who Charted! Tim dishes on having his show “Shrink” picked up by Seeso before the gang hops into Spotify’s Top 5 Songs. We hear about Rhonda Rousey’s rumbles, how to get respect on the playground, and later, Howard explores the Jewish quarter of Universal City Walk during the Movie Chart. Finally, Two Charted brings with it a brand new segment in the way of Big Game Predictions: Coach Style Wars.

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This week Bryan explains how Mamma Mia is the modern day Cats, while Erin shares about her eventful New Years Eve with a bunch of dead rats. Also, Religious TV Show host Gordon James Klingenschmitt recently defended a stationary store that was discriminating against gay people, and The New York Times published an article about tech companies recruiting women candidates for positions of power to help enact change. Happy New Year!

Singer-songwriter Molly Moore joins Jensen and guest-host Drew Unga to talk about her new EP “Now You See Me,” Nick Grant, Rumi the Poet, Das Bootleg, steam rooms, how we were late on Instagram stories, Amazon Echo, and much more. Happy New Year!

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Happy New Year from OMFG! To start off the new year, Deanna and Emily are joined by inspiring Orthodox lecturer, teacher, and spiritual counselor Chana Rachel Schusterman to share her wisdom on dating and marriage to the listeners. She will help previous guest Daliya Karnofsky with her relationship question on when you know if you should stay or go. Plus, she answers questions on how you should feel when you meet your potential husband/wife, explains why falling in love like in the movies is an illusion, and much more.

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Actor and comedian Dennis Gubbins joins Randy and Jason for the penultimate edition of Sklarbro County! Daniel Van Kirk shares stories of a sword fight gone south, a college freshman who found out why you shouldn’t snap and drive, and a New Yorker who got stiffed by a local casino. Finally, the Sklars listen to a voicemail from Manny Pacquiao in which the boxer shares his New Year’s resolutions.

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Ben Rodgers helps the gentlemen you love say goodbye to the evil 2016 with a memorial of someone they lost.

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A musical episode this week, featuring dreams with their own theme songs. Comedian Janelle James sings along, and yes, Gary’s an ass man.

Gilbert and Frank take a look back at some of the best moments of an unforgettable year, featuring a lineup of memorable guests, including Dick Van Dyke, Michael McKean, Lee Grant, Bob “Super Dave” Einstein and Matthew Broderick, to name a few. Also, Pat Cooper rants, Bruce Dern praises Gilbert, Peter Bogdanovich classes up the joint and George Takei spanks William Shatner. PLUS: Dueling Paul Williams! Uncle Junior sings! Dick Cavett strips! The wonder of Bob Hope’s “Joys”! And the fascinating journey of Al Jaffee!

Name the year: a new Star War is killing it at the box office, Russia and the US are having a staring contest and a madman driven by the power of celebrity is elected President. Yes, it’s looking very much like we’re living in the year 1980 right now and we want it to stop. I mean, if this is 1980, that means we’re only three years away from more Ewoks. Although what is a Minion but yellow Ewok?

But in all seriousness, the world has taken a turn for the conservative as it did in the early 80s. Free love and long hair were gone and replaced by shoulder pads, cocaine and rich white kids who thought the stock market was dope. So is there anything redeemable about this situation other than the prospect of getting some cool movies and punk music?

Jack O’Brien and Daniel O’Brien are joined by comedian, podcast host and ‘Saved by the Bell’ historian April Richardson for a conversation about how 80s pop-culture perfectly represented those regressive times and how some of the patterns we saw then are starting to appear now in our modern pop-culture. They also talk about ‘Saved by the Bell’ a lot. Like, a whole bunch.

Our next live podcast is on Saturday, January 14th at 7pm at the UCB Sunset Theatre in Los Angeles. Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark from ‘My Favorite Murder’ are back for another hour of creepy unsolved murders and even creepier solved ones. Tickets are $7 and on sale  here: https://goo.gl/5eew6F

Footnotes:

April Richardson: https://goo.gl/uPOCwn

Go Bayside! Podcast: https://goo.gl/FuWvyL

Article: Cracked: Why ‘Saved by the Bell’ is All a Dream: https://goo.gl/J9ujG

Article: Cracked: 6 Ways You Didn’t Realize Ronald Reagan Ruined the Country: https://goo.gl/55AJy2

Article: Cracked: 5 Baffling 80s Trends Explained by Rare Mental Disorders : https://goo.gl/XW6Y6

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Seems like about time to check back in with the goblins and see how their plan to rise up and take over all of Foon is going.

Credits
Arnie: Arnie Niekamp
Chunt: Adal Rifai
Usidore: Matt Young
General Leebad Fellatio: Atra Asdou
Mysterious Man: Tim Sniffen
Craig: Ryan DiGiorgi

Producers: Arnie Niekamp, Evan Jacover, Ryan DiGiorgi
Editor: Garrett Schultz
Theme Music: Andy Poland
Magic Tavern Logo: Allard Laban
Audio Assistance: Jason Knox
Production Assistance: Garrett Schultz

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Jimmy Pardo (Never Not Funny) wouldn’t dream of entering the Room Where It’s Happening without the foremost Hamilton expert in his life: his 9-year-old son, Oliver. The father son-duo discusses getting hooked on Hamilton together, how they manage the occasional curse word in the soundtrack, and the thrill of getting a tour backstage at the Chicago production of Hamilton. Plus, a very enthusiastic sing-along to “I Know Him.”

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