A Tripp Through Comedy

Our exit today has us trying to relocate a crocodile. This week, we are talking about The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course, written by John Stainton and Holly Goldberg Sloan and directed by John Stainton. And we picked up frequent guest and Steve Irwin superfan to help out with the episode! Along the way, we discuss Irwin and other shows, movies that aren't really movies, TV personalities on scr...

Our exit today has us getting our hair cut. This week, we are talking about Barbershop, written by Mark Brown, Don D. Scott and Marshall Todd and directed by Tim Story. Along the way, we talk Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, TV shows, Car Wash, hang movies, the Fab Five, one-legged tap dancers, and Ross even sings some Lin-Manuel Miranda! Theme music by Jonworthymusic. Powered by RiversideFM. ⁠⁠⁠...

Our exit today has us talking about the moment we fell in love with hip hop. This week, we are talking about Brown Sugar, written by Michael Elliot and Rick Famuyiwa and directed by Rick Famuyiwa. Along the way, we talk New York movies, Anne Hathaway, When Harry Met Sally..., hip hop, City Center Encores!, Tripp's senior musical in high school, proposals gone bad, Hannibal Lecter, pork chops, and...

Our exit today has us saving the world and saving our Christmas presents. This week, we are looking at a pair of threequels to successful franchises. First, we are going to talk about Austin Powers In Goldmember, written by Mike Myers and Michael McCullers and directed by Jay Roach. Next, we will talk about Friday After Next, written by Ice Cube and directed by Marcus Raboy. Both films have so far...

Our exit today has us finally getting into the Turtle Club. This week, we are talking about The Master of Disguise, written by Dana Carvey and Harris Goldberg and directed by Perry Andelin Blake. In our longest journey yet, we manage to talk about Carvey (and his eponymous TV show), Jennifer Epsosito, Mike Meyers, an odd cast, The Golden Girls, and how this film fits into the Happy Madison mold. H...

Our exit today has us smuggling products on the moon and losing tons of money in the process. This week, we are talking about The Adventures of Pluto Nash, written by Neil Cuthbert and directed by Ron Underwood. Along the way, we talk a lot of Eddie Murphy. But we also discuss H.G. Wells, Afrofuturism, Blade Runner, Harlem Renaissance night at the school cafeteria, Rosario Dawson, worldbuilding, w...

Our exit today has us dissecting government conspiracies on our local radio show. This week, we are talking about Eight Legged Freaks, written by Ellory Elkayem, Randy Kornfield and Jesse Alexander, and directed by Ellory Elkayem. To talk about a film this big, we brought along two guests from our favorite bad film podcast Filmjitsu: Mike Merrigan and Jay Santo. And along the way, we cover everyth...

Our exit today has us trying to avoid a subpoena. This week, we are talking about Serving Sara, written by Jay Scherick and David Ronn and directed by Reginald Hudlin. After Tripp blows Ross' mind by having some patience for the film, they talk Matthew Perry and his history of abuse, why Amy Adams can't win an Oscar, the reality of process servers, the legacy of Midnight Run, Iranian cinema, Regin...

Our exit today has us as your first, last and only line of defense against the worst scum of the universe. This week, we are talking about Men In Black II, written by Robert Gordon and Barry Fanaro, and directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. Along the way, we enjoy our first chance to really talk about Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones and their importance to most any 90s kids. Plus, Twin Peaks, alien movies,...

Our exit today has us stepping through the door and we’re floating in a most peculiar way. This week, we are talking about Mr. Deeds, written by Tim Herlihy and directed by Steven Brill. And we have brought along our most frequent passenger, Mitchell Beaupre! Along the way, we of course compare the film to Tripp's beloved 1936 original, talk a lot of Adam Sandler and Winona Ryder, think about the...

Our exit today has us trying to get in touch with our feminine side. This week, we are looking at a pair of films in which male actors attempt to play women in different ways. First, we are going to talk about Juwanna Mann, written by Bradley Allenstein and directed by Jesse Vaughan. Next, we will talk about The Hot Chick, written by Tom Brady and Rob Schneider and directed by Tom Brady. One film...

Our exit today has us trying to diffuse a bomb using seating at Madison Square Garden. This week, we are talking about Bad Company, written by Gary M. Goodman, David Himmelstein, Jason Richman, and Michael Browning and directed by Joel Schumacher. Along the way, we talk a lot about Anthony Hopkins and Joel Schumacher, along with Die Hard, the Coen Brothers, Hamlet, the World Trade Center, action c...

Our exit today has us making a blood oath with our childhood friends. This week, we are talking about Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, written by Mark Andrus and Callie Khouri and directed by Callie Khouri. Along the way, we talk Ellen Burstyn, Sandra Bullock, whether Tripp has ever seen Hope Floats, intergenerational trauma, Gone with the Wind, The Help, Ashley Judd, roofies, flashbacks, M...

Our exit today has us missing our totally real son Ned. This week, we are talking about About A Boy, written by Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz and directed by Chris and Paul Weitz. Along the way, in addition to lots of Hugh Grant and Nick Hornby talk, we discuss Jimmy Fallon, Whipped, Italian romances, pancakes, Jodie Foster, Nirvana, movie soundtracks, Toni Collette, Nicholas Hoult, and...

Our exit today has us playing some funky music. This week, we are talking about The New Guy, written by David Kendall and directed by Ed Decter. Along the way, as we try to determine what works and doesn't in this bizarre movie, we also talk about The New Girl, a Big Trouble reunion, Lyle Lovett's acting career, Eddie Griffin, Boy Meets World, the Mean Girls musical, Unfaithful, Francis Ford Coppo...

Our exit today has us starting a sing along to a Rolling Stones song. This week, we are talking about Life Or Something Like It, written by John Scott Shepherd and Dana Stevens and directed by Stephen Herek. As we try to figure out what is going on in this very strange movie, we talk Angelina Jolie, Tony Shalhoub, Stockard Channing, Joe Somebody, fake presidents, skateboarding documentaries, favor...

Our exit today has us using some Windex to clear up a rash we have. This week, we are talking about My Big Fat Greek Wedding, written by Nia Vardalos and directed by Joel Zwick. Along the way, we talk Andrea Martin, Serendipity, weddings, 90s American Independent Cinema, Yorgos Lanthimos, box office legs, Chicago movies, great ensembles, Greece, and too much talk about the Teen Choice Awards. Them...

Our exit today has us crashing the wedding of our new crush. This week, we are talking about The Sweetest Thing, written by Nancy Pimental and directed by Roger Kumble. A lot of our focus is on whether this early female-raunch comedy really works, and we can't help but talk about a lot of later examples. But we also talk Cameron Diaz, tonsils, Christina Applegate, San Francisco, Greta Gerwig, back...

Our exit today has us trying to find a nuclear bomb in all the wrong places. This week, we are talking about Big Trouble, written by Robert Ramsey and Matthew Stone and directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. Along the way, we spend time discussing Sonnenfeld and his career, the Coen Brothers, this wonderful ensemble, Florida crime films, Dave Barry, John Records Landecker, Pixar films, Get Shorty, the Gato...

Our exit today has us learning about the dark, seedy underbelly of children’s programming. This week, we are talking about Death to Smoochy, written by Adam Resnick and directed by Danny DeVito. Since this is our first chance to talk about Robin Williams, we spend a lot of time focusing on his career and importance in Tripp and Ross' childhoods. But we also talk Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Edwar...

Our exit today has us reliving some debaucherous times in college. This week, we are looking at two films about hard partying guys in college who attempt to learn life lessons and change their ways. First, we are going to talk about Sorority Boys, written by Joe Jarvis and Greg Coolidge and directed by Wallace Wolodarsky. Then we will talk about National Lampoon’s Van Wilder, written by Brent Gold...

Our exit today has us trying to solve a diamond heist on the shores of South Beach. This week, we are talking about All About The Benjamins, written by Ronald Lang and Ice Cube and directed by Kevin Bray. In a surprisingly divisive episode, we also talk rappers turned actors, Michael Bay, Michael Mann, Miami movies, Spike Lee, high budget movies, Beverly Hills Cop, and why no one knows what to do...

Our exit today has us making model cars to take our mind off of…other things. This week, we are talking about 40 Days And 40 Nights, written by Rob Perez and directed by Michael Lehmann. Along the way, we talk Josh Hartnett, Heathers, French romantic comedies, Griffin Dunne, American Pie, early 2000s Internet, Nickelodeon shows from the 90s, bagels, Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Virgin Suicides, Catholic...

Our exit today has us finally getting that liter of cola we ordered. This week, we are talking about Super Troopers, written by Broken Lizard and directed by Jay Chandrasekhar. Along the way, we go off on as many tangents as the movie, talking about highway movies, comedy troupes, Vermont, Brian Cox, 2001 Sundance, the War in Afghanistan, Freddy Got Fingered, musicians in movies, Jim Gaffigan, the...

Our exit today has us realizing that we’re not a girl but not yet a woman. This week, we are talking about the Britney Spears vehicle Crossroads, written by Shonda Rhimes and directed by Tamra Davis. While we spend a lot of time discussing Britney Spears (and defending her from our greatest enemy, the Razzie Awards), we also talk Shondaland, the Nintendo Power Glove, road trip movies, karaoke song...