Shelf Life

Happy Saturday, boys and girls! It's time for another Saturday Morning Shelf Life! YEAAAAA! And this volume we get a little spooky and a little mystery as we go through one of the most beloved stoner dogs in pop culture with Scooby-Doo. Topics include problematic historical collections, snake oil urchins, slurm type substances, and just what is going on with the vampire lounge singer wear wolf...

In this episode of Shelf Life, Kevin and Rachel check the caller ID and bone up on their scary movie knowledge just in case with the horror classic Scream . A movie where some troubled youths get ahold of a really cool voice changer. Discussions include caller ID, eating ice cream cones in public, chucking beer bottles, and who's call was it to kill Principal Fonzie? Listen and enjoy to find o...

On the first episode of Volume 9 of Shelf Life, Kevin and Rachel make a triumphant return to Springfield and start the journey of The Simpsons season 2. Discussions include helping struggling students, snake oil male products, the ethics of pigging out at a guests house, and what's the right price to purchase a haunted house? Listen and enjoy the start of The Simpsons season 2. 0:00:00 - Intro...

Shelf Life Volume 9 is here! Shelf Life gets a spiritual sequel to last Fall/Winter volume with this year's fun games and magic. We will be trying to survive the whole ordeal with evil children, meta commentary, thunder gods, & of course dragons. It all comes to you this Fall and Winter as Shelf Life continues the journey through pop culture by trying to get through some fun games and murd...

It's that time of year for the 5th Annual Shelf Life Fantasy Draft! Join Kevin and Rachel as they select a scenario from the Wheel of Fantasy and draft characters from Volumes 7 and 8 of Shelf Life. It is our largest fantasy draft to date complete with surprises, steals, long shots, and sociopaths joining the squads. Who will walk away with the best fantasy squad in this year's special sce...

You can't stop us from talking about movies for 4 plus hours. We're too strong. We're too motivated. But as Shelf Life listeners you are anything but weak. The conclusion is here. It's Heavyweights ! A movie about a fat camp taken over by a crazy person. Discussions in part two include visa issues, cheating at an intermural camp race, the legality of kidnapping an owner of a camp i...

Congratulations, Shelf Life Listeners. You've made it to the MAIN EVENT of Volume 8 but lunch is still cancelled due to lack of hustle. Deal with it. It's Heavyweights ! A movie about a fat camp taken over by a crazy person, and oh no we talked too long for this kids' movie. I mean it is a main event. Discussions in part one include the reality of the blob, boogie fever, Peter Fitz, an...

On this episode of Shelf Life, Summer is here and Kevin and Rachel embrace the absurdity of camp with the off the wall comedy Wet Hot American Summer. A parody movie that makes sure everyone finds love at camp. Discussions include arts and crafts, capture the flag, talents shows, and softball...and also talking vegetable cans, drug use, goat shit, and telekinesis. There's a lot going on the la...

In this episode of Shelf Life, Kevin and Rachel find a magical pair of pants and solve all their personal problems with Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. A movie I don't know anything about because Kevin is writing this intro. Discussions include hanging up your octopi, the Nick Parker school of parenting, would this have been better with a magical shopkeeper, and the inappropriate relationsh...

In this episode of Shelf Life, Kevin and Rachel conclude the discussion of the literature classic Lord of the Flies . Discussions include censorship, British manners, rants about Jack Merridew, and does the Bane voice capture the beast perfectly? Listen and enjoy to find out if Lord of the Flies has shelf life. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:01:29 - Chapter 7 0:25:08 - Chapter 8 0:51:49 - Chapter 9 1:05:15 - C...

In this episode of Shelf Life, Kevin and Rachel discuss a wholesome classic of a group of kids creating society on a deserted island with Lord of the Flies . A cynical look at humanity's worst instincts. Discussions include dirt devil children, the benefits of eating meat, hitting a C#, and all right you kids knock it off now before someone gets hurt. Listen and enjoy the first half of Lord of...

On this extra-large episode of Shelf Life, Kevin and Rachel celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence by stealing it with National Treasure . A movie where Nic Cage tries to find the Mason's plunder before Ned Stark can steal it. Discussions include changing room etiquette, colonial curses, a lack of Nic Cage freakouts, and how in the world did Sean Bean's Ian thin...

Hi there, boys and girls! It's time once again for another Saturday Morning Shelf Life YEAHHHH! And this time Kevin and Rachel head to camp with some old friends to talk about Arthur, Kim Possible, and head out to Gravity Falls. Discussions include boys vs girls prank wars, sentient shark blow ups, Kevin shipping various characters, and the differences between zombies and gnomes. Listen and en...

On this episode of Shelf Life, Kevin and Rachel head to the old pit, grab some chew, and spend the dog days of summer with the boys in The Sandlot. A movie where millennials learned what s'mores are and get sucked in by nostalgia. Discussions include signed baseball posterity, the patriarchy, 60's kid insults, and why is that hat brim so big? Listen and enjoy to find out if The Sandlot has...

On this episode of Shelf Life, Kevin and Rachel make the case that they are good boys and girls to avoid the slasher as they discuss the original Friday the 13th. A movie where a mysterious killer is taking out camp consolers at Camp Crystal Lake one by one. Discussions include dirty blankets, the secret werewolves of Crystal Lake, hero diner workers, and where the hell did Steve go all day? Liste...

On this episode of Shelf Life, Kevin and Rachel pretend to be the other sibling to...trick their parents...ok none of that makes sense. But we watch The Parent Trap . A movie where Lindsay Lohan breaks out and shows off her English accent acting chops. Discussions include home ear piercings, aloof father's, dogs being allowed in swanky hotels, and what judge signed off on this arrangement and...

Before we head off for the Summer, Kevin and Rachel take some time to gain some more college credits with Community. This time discussing episodes 16-18. Topics discussed include bagels, naked sports, backup shirts, and did the Greendale Human Being procreate? Listen and enjoy as we continue our class schedule through Community. 0:00:00 - Communication Studies 1:21:13 - Physical Education 2:39:27...

On this episode of Shelf Life, Kevin and Rachel get palladium poisoning and debate governmental takeover of personal property with the 3rd movie in the MCU, Iron Man 2. A movie where Tony Stark has to stop his suit from killing him and a bunch of other bloated nonsense. Discussions include cockatoo sidekicks, reckless billionaires and their legacies, giving a Batman Begins speech, and just how the...

The 2nd semester of Community starts here on this episode of Shelf Life, as Kevin and Rachel get some more credits with the study group. Discussions include the female gaze, girthy high kicks, weird boners, and relationship permission slips. 0:00:00 - Investigative Journalism 1:08:30 - Interpretive Dance 2:13:19 - Romantic Expressionism Be sure to subscribe to the show, check out the website, and...

Strap on your working boots because on this episode of Shelf Life, Kevin and Rachel are headed back to the black and gold squared circle to discuss the first NXT Takeover. An event that started the trend of WWE indie style developmental PPV branded shows. Discussions include party poopers, fat luchadors, male models, and old men living together in a party house. Listen and enjoy to find out if NXT...

On the Volume 8 kickoff episode of Shelf Life, Kevin and Rachel play hooky and head downtown to discuss Ferris Bueller's Day Off. A classic 80's coming of age comedy about the cockiest kid in the world. Discussions include sausages, tariffs, heckling at baseball games, and just how did they fit this all in one day? Listen and enjoy to find out if Ferris Bueller's Day Off has shelf life...

Shelf Life Volume 8 is here! And this Summer, Shelf Life is headed out of school and headed to camp. And we aren't holding back with this summer feeling volume. We've got killer camps, long lost sister camps, fat camps. Not to mention fetch quests for treasure and magical pants. It all comes to you with volume 8 where Shelf Life goes to camp. Volume 8 episodes include the following subject...

It is rerun season at Shelf Life which means it is time for our patented Short Cuts. And what the hey lets switch up the reruns with a different type of cut. We always rank the episodes of seasons of television when we finish them and determine which ones go on the shelf. How about a short cut super cut version of that? In this Short Cut episode you get our television episode rankings from the mos...

It's that time of year! It is time once again for the madness, The MUNCH MADNESS! Kevin and Rachel pit food brands flavors or styles against each other to crown the annual Munch Madness Champion. In this tournament, we get to the bottom of the Chicken Sandwich Fast Food Wars. Who will be crowned the best of the chicken sandwiches, listen to find out. Be sure to subscribe to the show, check out...

It is rerun season at Shelf Life which means it is time for our patented Short Cuts. In this Short Cut episode, Kevin and Rachel discuss the 12th episode of the first season of  Community, Comparative Religion . An episode where the study group learns the true meaning of December 10th. For the full walkthroughs of the first semester of  Community  see volume 6 episodes 2 & 3 and volume 7 episo...