An Earful of Convoy/Cocktail/You've Got Mail/Jumper

In a first-ever podcast event, the Earful Gang is joined by a GUEST... in cyberspace! Joining via a chatroom-voice-to-text bridge (presented by Wells Fargo), Diego shares his hate of Kathleen Kelly, as we pick apart the 17th five minutes of YGM. The Shop liquidates, Frank and Kathleen part amicably, and the Fox fox leers lecherously; meanwhile, we analyze just *how* racist Kathleen is, talk about...

In an episode many are calling "our most poorly-paced yet", the Earful Gang is back to analyze (eventually, be patient) the 16th five minutes of YGM, and it just may strain your CPU! (Send syslogs, please.) Joe Fox deletes up a storm (we count the keys), Intel stock is soaring (we read the ticker), Birdie dates fascists (we dig deep into Francoist Spain), and Alan turns a video into a GIF (we outl...

Gather round, and you shall hear the Earful Gang sing The Ballad of the Rooftop Killer (with a-ccompaniment on live harmonica!) In these five minutes of film, Robert Underwood gets framed for murder (by Rudy Giuliani and George), Joe shows off some sick macros, and Birdie gets spooky. Meanwhile, we pick apart the controversy of Champion Fairewood Frolic (registered name or called name: which count...

We ring in the new year with another episode of Earful: the easiest just got easier! In this ep, we breach the veritable "third rail" of "You've Got Mail" (1998) analysis: talking about vertical service codes: *70? *57? *86? They're all here! But that's not all: we crack open the fourteenth five minutes of the film, and ask the big questions. Did Joe Fox lie? Can an express train suck you onto the...

If you're in search of the perfect combination of poetry and meanness, look no further! Earful is back, and we're deep into cross-textual analysis: in addition to a typically incisive analysis of a YGM chunk (Joe Fox shakes a fence, Kathleen re-ups on tea), we crack open multiple additional texts‒first diving deep into the themes of Ernst Lubitsch's "The Shop Around the Corner", then plunging into...

Freshly equipped with macOS Big Sur (running beautifully), we're back with a new ep of An Earful of You've Got Mail! In this ep, Joe Fox is drunk as a skunk, the lockets are opening up, and Frank stars on everybody's favorite show: "**NT WAT**". We also conclude the important saga of William Spungeon, and rhapsodize about the ecstasy of email. 10-4!

In this, the final episode of Earful, the gang is in a feuding mood! We again return to the Happy Land of Absolutes to discuss the eleventh five minutes of You've Got Mail, and discuss the criminality of all the Mail characters, Jeffersonian purity, and modern gym wicking technology. Recorded just hours after the Presidential Election was called, we're also making our own calls: how best can an un...

You've Got... Instant Message?!?! We've kicked into Web 2.0 here at Earful, and the textboxes are flying! This ep, we have a delightful (and very fun) Thanksgiving Round of "The Instrument Song (The Orchestra Song)", Birdie is on the prowl, and we investigate the innovative voice-over scheme that YGM uses to represent online communication. ...Hello? Also featuring the popular segment "Our Jacobin...

"Press Send" to another ep of Earful, featuring plenty of holiday merriment: we head to the hectic, not-yet-cashfree world of Zabar's to introduce a new exhibit, explore the lobster salad controversy, and uncover the four secret steps to a perfect espresso. Educate yourself with a lively debate about whether 'A Christmas Carol' takes place at Thanksgiving or Christmas. Also introducing the popular...

Pop an Ultra Dorm and settle in for another episode of Earful! A veritable smorgasbord of savory morsels on display today: we analyze the egg dish, judge the poultry lift, and assess garnishes. And as always, we mix business with pleasure: analyzing the corporate structure of the Price Club, guessing Birdie's salary, and auditing bookstore revenues (we're in the book business, after all!)

It's a hit! The Earful Gang is back with episode seven, and it's even more fun than the nut shop! It's party time at Vince Mancini's, and we have plenty of time to talk about rent control, Miranda rights, the books Miranda writes, as well as the legendary William Spungeon. (Isn't he in Mexico?) So step to the back of the drink line and listen in! (Also featuring the hit segment "We Check the Tweet...

Two grand openings this week: Fox and Sons Books, and Episode 06 of An Earful of You've Got Mail! As the Fox surveys the henhouse, Kathleen and George practice the hard sell, Christina moves the fish, and sandwichman chows down. Meanwhile, we analyze book prices (hand-tipped or non), plow through 5+ sub-scenes, create synergy among our various podcast properties, and generally do the best we can,...

The novel coronavirus cannot keep the Earful gang down! Like Tom Hanks, we've risen from the dead; a little rusty, but with plenty of new CDC-approved protocol for keeping the YGM analysis both incisive and safe. In this ep, we bring you a veritable "Who's Who" from the Fox family tree, say hello to New Jersey, and give careful ratings of all "games" at the Fall Festival. Also featuring the popula...

Final pre-COVID episode. Plague looms.

Penultimate pre-COVID episode.

Get ready for cameos! Joe finishes the juice, Patricia poses for the mags, and everybody zigs and zags to to the Cranberries (peak 1990s). Time for emails about enjoying emails, some good tips on learning Latin like a Local, some real-time mapping of Manhattan businesses, and some Gant charting!

We depart Long Island and head to The Big Apple to start our new movie, "You've Got Mail"; the earful gang immediately get started through a lengthy credit sequence, featuring God's Desktop, and explore the beginnings of the downfall of Western Civilization. Featuring new segments, "You've Got Spoilers," "Hack of the Ep," and "'Ware in the Air".

We talk to Heywood Gould about "Cocktail" (1984), "Cocktail" (1988), "Cocktail 2" (TBD), "Cocktail: The Musical" (TBD), and much, much more

NOT a party ep

We hit the FFF of Cocktail, and we have a FIGHT on our hands! A good time as any to crack open the Security Guard Force Continuum, and assess how adequately various security guards/bellmen deescalated the flare-up between Flanagan and Penthouse Daddy. (thanks to crimedoctor.com) In the remaining time, we analyze the planning of the Flanagan/Shue wedding, discover a mystery wedding guest, fix the m...

We're solving a mystery, the mystery of the murder of Douglas Coughlin! The clues are everywhere! Can someone commit suicide by slashing their own throat? (we consult Quora.) Who wrote the "suicide" letter? (We conduct advanced handwriting analyses.) Also featuring additional investigations into etymology of penthouse and other compound words, the coroner scene, the corner scene, blood temperature...

Get ready for a new, completely mistake-free episode of Earful of Cocktail! Plenty to dive into, as we pick apart the decor of the Coughlin-Prognan-'Partment, itemize with staggering detail the expenses of a $100k/week bar, but most importantly, apply the writings of Barbara Ehrenreich to best understand how "Cocktail" (1988) represents masculinity in the 1980s, in the context of ever-changing gen...

Mr. Coughlin may have no friends on Saturday night, but you have a friend in the Earful Crew, as we crack the 17th five minutes. We may be a bit rusty, but whether it's crunching the numbers on the FRP (Flanagan Removal Price), investigating how much prospective club attendees resemble Bruce Springsteen's couch, or missizing windows in order to block significant portions of our screens, we deliver...

The Earful crew welcomes Daddy to the story, as we move on up from pickled chicken eggs to pickled ostrich eggs, from a mere Megaloft to a true Park Avenue penthouse! Also on this ep: an important Pageful of Cocktail update, and plenty of java: an analysis of "Starbucks Trajectory" and a recap of the famous coffee scene from George of the Jungle! Welcome Daddy!

The Earful Gang serves up some specials in this ep... But instead of meatloaf muzzarell from the homeland, it's deep analysis of the menacing meta-romantic-comedy overtures of Brian Flanagan! And instead of Chicken a la King (a la Delmonico's), we dive deep into abortion and how societal expectations of loyalty fit into gender roles! And in lieu of ketchup for your fries, we have so much more: cam...