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Back in our day you had to walk 10 miles uphill in the snow to Blockbuster just to watch bad movies. Kids today have it too damn easy. "Old Dads" (2023) sees Bill Burr yelling at clouds and committing macroagressions as Pat and George discuss the coddling of today's youth, the tensions between pickleball and tennis (it gets political!), and all sorts of spooky subjects. Pat recaps a...

The boys tackle "Reptile" (2023) and cover topics such as paying for an unsimulated haunted house, Netflix's next frontier (possibly haunted), Sky Ferreira's sophomore album (Pat still believes it's coming), the ambiguity of stab wounds, and Lacoste's interpolation of Netflix originals. Maybe the real reptile is the podcast we listened to along the way...

The Harry Podders are back to discuss "Fair Play" (2023), a dare-we-say psychosexual feminist thriller. Anyway we talk about infiltration of the r/redscarepod subreddit by intelligence agencies, the male manipulator guru pipeline (are we in it?), if it's possible to be too thankful, if it's possible to watch too many pizza reviews, and if it's possible to google any movie and...

Here at How Original Enterprises, we like to ask the important questions. Is Drake lonely? Are Hogwarts students riddled with PTSD? Should you ‘fold yourself like a DVD’ into the Netflix sleeping bag (real quote from the site)? Lesser minds would collapse under the sheer weight of these inquiries. Charlie Brooker also likes to ask big brain questions, like… wot if… yew wuz in space, an anutha blok...

Wake up Mr. Wes! Uh. Ye. Uh. You heard us say (some bullshit). This may be our wettest (Wes-est?) and wildest episode yet, ya'll. We were truly on one. Maybe even two. Your kings discuss Mr. Baseball's addiction to desecrating Japanese baseball fields with chaw, the Darwinian chaos of Juice Bar, George's unsupervised culinary experiments (do not recreate), brother surveillance at work,...

The prodigal boys return against all odds to keep fighting the good fight against Netflix Originals. An invisible war. A holy crusade. No one is safe. This week's target: the latest season of Black Mirror. They also weigh in (finally) about whether vaping over railings is cool, the theory of accelerated Bionicle evolution, the somalier motherland, Pat gives a chilling Elsagate and Iceman repor...

To the Windfall....to the wall...till the sweat drips down Jesse Plemons' face. Our most contentious episode yet. Time to pick your allegiances, loyalists - this may be a civil war situation. Topics discussed include: David Goggins bars, the dreaded "Monster" loop, hate jerks, Mr. Skin for reptiles, and Pat's heist philosophy (no survivors). Is Plemons a Yeezy demons? Are George...

Water they doing down there?! Pat and George return with a very stressful watch, "The Deepest Breath" (2023). What if a whole movie was an underwater level? Wouldn't that be not super great? The boys talk about the Russian urge to play Counterstrike, Netflix documentaries winning the hearts and minds of parents, Dracula Flow (seriously, look it up), tennis players rocking tank tops,...

Pat and George discuss "Run Rabbit Run" (2023), a movie that may or not give you a serious case of the willies. The lads connect through the magic of Zoom to chop it up about the Tabi swiper, the diabolical horniness of @samstailor, the windiest suburb ever shown onscreen, whether George should get a pet rabbit (the answer is no), whether young Mike should put a rabbit's head into hi...

Damn, Pat and George! Back at it again with the white Vans. The boys touch on becoming The Creation by drinking milk, giving yourself claustrophobia, the ideal male McDonald's order, and much more! Is Adam Devine actually cool? is George a British spy? Pour yourself an ice cold glass of homogenized whole milk to find out. @howoriginalpodcast howoriginalpod@gmail.com Eastridge Turnstile by The...

George's single player campaign continues, and he goes full-blown Goggins. This one's all about living the active lifestyle. Enjoy responsibly.

After a long hiatus, the #1 airport enjoyer and road dawg hops back on mic with two thrilling tales. Critics are calling Pat's return to podcasting "unnecessary" and "we thought he was finally gone." You won't find this type of content anywhere else, folks, that's for damn sure.

Uh oh, Pat trusted George to record a solo pod while he's off traveling! Will he run the pod into the ground? Will he spread dangerous disinformation? Or will he hold it down? (Spoilers: he holds it down). George discusses elevator rizz, round meat, food that slows you down, brunch deals, K-dramas, and MORE! Tune in, lil' tune-chis.

It's true, you know, the part from "Lost in Translation" about how the shower heads are lower here.

Sometimes a company pushes you to the edge and you're left with no choice but to record a pod. Pat strikes back at Air Canada. To quote Seinfeld: "Anyone can TAKE a reservation!"

And that's a (snack)wrap on Season 2. We're still a McFlurry of emotions. This was our most unhinged episode yet, so just try and EXTRACT a single grain of enlightenment or wisdom from this. We dare you. Well, if you so choose, we discuss sweaty billboards, the Netflix and Chill AirBNB, Chris Hamson, the male urge to perish in a submarine, the rake as a serious instrument, iconic action he...

Doing an episode about a whole TV season is hard - lesser podcasters would crumble. The boys struggle a bit but keep the plot of "Beef" (2023) relatively straight. They also discuss controversy amongst podcasting contemporaries as Bill Simmons' comments about Harry & Meghan circulate online. George describes a Freudian dream that's been plaguing him and speaks to the difficul...

Cue Kanye's "Homecoming" cuz we're back in Chi city. Imagine a Swanberg movie but very bad, that's "The Last Summer" (2019). Pat calls in from the road for our first remote episode. The boyz zig-zag between the overly-explained multiple storylines to cover double-bagging groceries (groceries is a code word), KJ Apa's blank slate acting style, scheduling breakups...

Hoo. Hoo hoo hoo hoo. Welcome to the jungle folks. The lads discuss the four-part docuseries "Chimp Empire" and dialogue about the trials and tribulations of alpha males, being the big man with the little pony, cocaine house hippos, monkey munching, Sam Levinson: horniest man in Hollywood, and how animals are actually dumb (sorry). Warning: episode contains FEAR. @howoriginalpodcast howo...

It's 2014. LMFAO's "Sexy And I Know It" is somehow still playing at college parties. Yes, you guessed it, we're talking about the extremely mids movie "When We First Met." We also dive into arousing topics like Pat's apartment as micro Tokyo, time travel is for the gays, human Shrek, evil tattoos, the ideal male spelling of "Patri(c/k/que)", being Bana...

Netflix movies based on classic novels staring Armie Hammer? Don't mind if we do. The gentlemen sink their teeth into topics like astral projecting into deer and seeing your ancestors, not knowing any hallways, Kanye bars as bear protection, needing a horny guardian, wholesome gothic family dynamics, and how early is too early for oysters. What can we say, the boys are "on their own journ...

We're beyond the edit on this one. Exploring the depths of the sea, which is the sea (and which people drown in). Folks, we almost drowned in this show. Pat and George finish the second half of 'Love is Blind' and touch upon ferry tales, the worst people you know using therapy-speak, the extremely tortured LIB subreddit, people named Shelby and their second sight, Pat's bedroom ent...

We're here. You're here. Let's talk Netflix shop. This week the lads weigh in on the classic Rachel vs. Monica debate, and they engage in riveting discourse on sunflower seeds, Christ and Satan on the 'gram, attaining nirvana in a yoga class, the male urge to brexit your job and get a monogramed briefcase, what's going on in Julia Fox's head, and MORE! Oh, and we do a shall...

We're so back. Pat and George sit Joe Budden Podcast-style on Pat's couch to drop a classic. The boys talk about getting crowd-worked at the Store and fashion faux pas, heavily armed dispensary workers, LA's dark vibes (Pat is the first to ever say this), a new Kurt Cobain theory, coddling our reality TV stars, George trying to stop listening to 'evil podcasts,' and a bunch of...

"There's Someone Inside Your House" (2021) is the first movie the boys cover that depicts someone literally dying for their podcast. Pat and George talk about their upcoming trip to LA for Spotify Labs, guesting on Think Fresh pod, strange encounters at arcade bars and dance floor lone wolves, the Texas book depository, heroes who wear the Carhartt to make it vintage, and how the rap...