Bucky’s Basement Podcast

We always wonder if Fast Pitch could be turned into a party game. So, we threw a mini-party with the ladies at the Toxic Waste of Time Podcast: Katie Booth & Ivy Hensley.   And boy howdy, did they knock it out of the park! We also played their opening episode segment: Icebreaker (which was a blast).   We have a lot of great episodes, but this one goes into the books as a top highlight. Added b...

This week we are super excited to have special guests Katie Boothe & Ivy Hensley from the Toxic Waste of Time podcast in the studio for an episode of Fast Pitch.  But before we get into that madness, we decided to get to know them and their podcast a little better... and to find out of they know about the secret Joe C tribute in Kid Rocks Donkey Show & Steakhouse in downtown Nashville.   O...

We've all been there. Sitting in Hell when you learn some velvety, backwoods cult leader has kidnapped your granddaughter for some nefarious, world-dominating scheme.   So, you do what you have to and bust out of Hades in a sick ride, equipped with the devil's own magic shotgun to hunt down evil rednecks.   But you're missing some element to complete your mission, so you seek out a ridiculously ho...

Did you know Bucky's Basement is on the Dark Web? Yep. Along with all your other favorite...interests. So jump on that Tor search engine and find our latest Fast Pitch if you dare. We can't (legally) post what the episode is about here. But a special guest unexpectedly found us while we were recording and made it something unique.    And if you're not brave enough for the Dark Web, you can always...

Two Crusade Bros have had enough of the Holy Land — too much sun, too much guilt, too many swords in too many people. They desert, wander back to Europe, and find the whole continent has gone janky.    Plague everywhere. Crops dead. Vibes: rancid. Hair: surprisingly good. The culprit? A witch. Obvs.   When has a woman ever not been responsible for a continent-wide supernatural catastrophe? Classic...

The Sack delivered something rare this week — four one-word titles. That means everyone gets their own word, their own pitch, their own movie. With Film Editor Ryan Kendrick joining as special guest, that's four totally unique, completely off-the-cuff pitches — each with Plot, Cast, Tagline, and Movie Marriages.   This week, the Sack giveth: Stranger. Neighborhood. When. Frogman. Four titles. Four...

INT. BUCKY’S BASEMENT  NIGHT KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK. The basement door slowly opens. CREEEEEEAK. A SMALL PAPER BAG sits on the doorstep — ON FIRE. BUCKY (yelling back inside) IT’S ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE FLAMING BAGS! From deeper in the studio: OLDBOY Don’t put it out with your boots!     Too late. Bucky stomps the flames out with his leather magician shoe. He pauses. Something was inside the bag. S...

The Sack has spoken, and this week it delivered something truly unprecedented: Snow Yogurt and Green. You read that right.   Joining us in the studio is special guest and Nashville comedian Lisle Jones, making it a four-pitch showdown for the ages. Casts, Movie Marriages, Taglines — all built from the ground up with backs against the wall and absolutely no dignity to spare.   And somehow, through...

Welcome to Bucky's Basement! This week, we're suiting up for a **Casting Cage** episode covering the 2010 indie superhero cult hit: *Kick-Ass*.   Critically acclaimed and fan-adored, this one stars Nic Cage, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and a whole lot of people getting hit really hard. The guys break down the subplots, the style, the surprisingly deep charac...

This week on Fast Pitch, The Sack giveth a coveted 3-Word Title: The Posh Climber. Where can the guys take us with a title like that? Mt. Everest... in style? A String Cheese Incident show... also in style ? Or maybe a documentary (ahem) about a flower?    Yeah. We go there.   Same title. Three movies. Zero dignity. Always unique. Always fresh. In 15 minutes or less. Only on Bucky's Basement.

Holy smokes, do we have a Casting Cage episode for you! This week, we review the 2009 Werner Herzog joint: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. Nic Cage plays — you guessed it — a shady cop. How shady, you ask?    Let's see. He dates a prostitute. He breaks nearly every law. He does ALL the drugs. There's nothing that will get in his way and nothing he won't smoke (except cigarettes — go figu...

Sometimes when you stare directly into the sun you can still see the sun when you look away.  Like the image is burned into your retina, and your mind.  And sometimes when you watch a lot of Nic Cage movies he just becomes burned into your mind, popping out at the most inopportune times.  For example, when you're trying to record a podcast episode that has nothing to do with him, but he couldn't t...

Remember Knowing? The sci-fi, apocalyptic, sorta-religious action flick where Nic Cage deciphers a string of numbers that predict global catastrophes. And the numbers? They don't lie. We're unpacking alien angels, questionable ciphers, and a story that's ultimately about finding faith — even when that faith is convoluted, chaotic, and kind of pointless.   Just like our review process.   We're fait...

Welcome back to Bucky’s Basement. This week on Fast Pitch, the Sack giveth… “Watching Dawn, The Heavy Cleaner.”   Yeah. Let that one marinate.   With only 15 minutes each to build a full movie — complete with Cast, Tagline, and Movie Marriage — what direction will the guys take?     Is sci-fi in the cards? What about an origin story? Or something closer to home, ripped from the headlines? Or somet...

Nobody said every job would be clean.   This week on Casting Cage, we're diving headfirst into the neon-soaked streets of Thailand with Nicolas Cage's 2008 action thriller, 'Bangkok Dangerous'. A seasoned assassin. One last job. A city full of bad decisions. You know how this goes.   We do our best to find the silver lining in this remake of the Thai cult classic — brought back to life by the orig...

This week on Bucky’s Basement, Fast Pitch pulls the title Don’t Rico Asteroids from the Sack—and the Sack, as usual, shows no mercy. Undeterred, the boys rise to the challenge with three wildly different interpretations: a futuristic sci-fi parable about classism and moral responsibility, an alien invasion orchestrated by a bottom-feeding film producer, and an unexpectedly earnest origin story for...

This week, Bucky’s Basement dusts off another Casting Cage episode with 2007’s National Treasure: Book of Secrets, a sequel that proves American history has even more secret compartments than previously disclosed. Nic Cage returns as Benjamin Gates, this time chasing the mythical City of Gold, Cibola, while reuniting with his whiny daddy (Jon Voight), his ex (Diane Kruger), his trusty sidekick (Ju...

This week the guys reach into the sack and pull out the title: Searching What?   Fifteen minutes. One title. No prep.   They’ve got to come up with a movie pitch — complete with cast, tagline, and Movie Marriage, before the clock runs out.   Will it go full-blown sci-fi?  Absolutely.   Will there be a woman with a questionable, sordid past? You better believe it.   Will it somehow spiral into a re...

This week on Casting Cage, we crack open the 2007 Nicolas Cage thriller Next — the movie where Nic plays a clairvoyant who can glimpse the future… but mostly uses that power to avoid danger, dodge the FBI, and aggressively pursue Jessica Biel.   The government wants his gift to stop a catastrophic terrorist attack. Nic Cage wants a quiet life, a breakfast martini, and to get laid. Naturally, thing...

WE BACK!!!!! KINDA!!!!   Bucky, Oldboy, and Juicebox got back in the studio to make sure we remembered how to do this whole podcast thing.  We'll be back next week with a new episode of Casting Cage.  In the meantime, enjoy us being us.  

This week in the basement, we’re rolling out the Fast Pitch welcome mat to our guest straight from the Mile High City — songwriter, creative mind, and manager of the New Orleans style brass band Brothers of Brass Little Mikey Colefax! Mikey and the guys step up to the mic with some truly original concepts for the movie title  Sharon Simpleton: The Truffle Pauper — a title as wild as the pitch's th...

This week, the dudes saddle up with fellow podcasters Wally Analog and Rowls Royce from The Old Guard to tackle the fiery chaos of 2007’s Ghost Rider! With a cast packed full of legends—Nic Cage, Eva Mendes, Sam Elliott, Peter Fonda, and... Wes Bentley(?)—there’s plenty of hellfire to dissect. From devilish deals to barely death defying bike stunts, the crew breaks down the cast, plot, and gloriou...

This week we're excited to have the guys from " The Old Guard " podcast sit down with us for a Casting Cage episode this week.  But before we bring you that, we decided to sit down with Rowls and Wally and get a little background on who they are and how this collaboration came about.  Enjoy!

DONATE TO 2ND HARVEST Boy Howdy, do we have a great episode for you this week! Fast Pitch is on deck and we have a special guest in the Basement with us, our dear friend: Shana Watkins!  We drew a dreaded 5 word title: An Education Corals Misfortunate Blossoms. Is Shana up to the challenge? Are the guys? Listen in to find out we're their imaginations take them. You won't be disappointed. Because i...

Not the bees!!! On this week's Casting Cage episode,  the dudes review the infamous 2006 production of The Wicker Man. We know you've seen the memes...   With deplorable ratings from critics and fans alike, we ask "Is this movie really that bad?" Or is there more going on and it's an intricately plotted out film with subtle details and clues? You'll have to listen in for varying takes from our guy...