Coolest Alive

On episode #340 of the COOLEST ALIVE, Jesse Blaze Snider revisits the outrageous comedy classic Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, starring the unstoppable Jim Carrey at the absolute height of his rubber-faced comedic powers. Whether he’s emerging from a mechanical rhino, solving the mystery of a sacred missing animal, or unleashing one of his legendary rapid-fire impressions, Carrey’s pe...

On episode #339 of COOLEST ALIVE, Jesse Blaze Snider spotlights Transformers Volume 1 from Skybound Entertainment and Image Comics, written and illustrated by powerhouse creator Daniel Warren Johnson. Relaunching the robots-in-disguise mythology with cinematic action and emotional storytelling, this series crashes Autobots and Decepticons onto Earth in spectacular fashion and reminds fans why the...

On episode #338 of COOLEST ALIVE, Jesse Blaze Snider highlights the sweeping animated epic David from Angel Studios, a powerful retelling of the legendary biblical hero who rose from shepherd boy to giant-slayer and king. With sweeping animation, musical storytelling, and an emotional focus on faith, courage, and destiny, the film brings the ancient story of David and Goliath to life for a modern...

On episode #337 of COOLEST ALIVE, host Jesse Blaze Snider spins the iconic soundtrack to Desperado and celebrates one of the '90s coolest movie music compilations. Packed with blazing Latin rock, gritty guitar instrumentals, and swaggering outlaw energy, the album features unforgettable performances from Los Lobos, Carlos Santana, and Tito & Tarantula, along with the legendary “Canci&oac...

Hosted by Jesse Blaze Snider, the Coolest Geek Alive, this Saturday Mother Show takes a deep dive into the provocative Showtime series Penn & Teller: Bullshit! from legendary illusionists Penn Jillette and Teller. While celebrating the show’s fearless spirit and its willingness to challenge conventional thinking, Jesse also flips the lens and calls out moments where the skeptics themselv...

In episode #335 of Coolest Alive, Host Jesse Blaze Snider, the Coolest Geek Alive, celebrates the razor-sharp genius of George Carlin and his 1978 HBO special George Carlin Again. Carlin had already reinvented stand-up more than once by this point, but here he proves why he remained the most fearless voice in comedy, skewering politics, culture, language, and the absurdity of modern life with surg...

This episode spotlights The Transporter, the sleek action thriller that helped turn Jason Statham into a global action icon. Jesse celebrates the film’s stripped-down premise, rules, discipline, and consequences, and how its practical stunt work and fight choreography elevated early-2000s action cinema. The conversation digs into how style, precision, and physical storytelling made this more...

In episode #333 of the Coolest Alive, Jesse revisits The Amazing Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Vol. 1, the bold relaunch era of Spider-Man that re-energized the character for a new generation. He explores how the creative team reintroduced Peter Parker as a scrappier, single hero dealing with grounded problems again, restoring classic energy while setting up modern storytelling momentum. Whether cont...

In episode #332 of Coolest Alive, Jesse shines a spotlight on Monsters, Inc., the Pixar classic that turned childhood fear into emotional storytelling gold. Coolest Alive breaks down how the film balanced groundbreaking animation with heart, humor, and an unexpectedly moving message about empathy and connection. From world-building to voice performances to its iconic door-vault sequence, Jesse cel...

This episode of Coolest Alive celebrates Slave to the Grind by Skid Row, a landmark heavy metal record that proved grit, speed, and streetwise attitude could debut at No. 1 without selling out. Jesse Blaze Snider dives into the album’s uncompromising intensity, from its thrash-leaning title track to its arena-ready hooks, exploring how it captured a pre-grunge moment when hard rock was at it...

It's episode #330 of Coolest Alive! Yea! And, there is a NEW Muppet Show?! And it's GOOD...?!?! (Sabrina Carpenter, Seth Rogan & Maya Rudolph Guest Star!) It's back! The Muppet Show, with their special guest star, Sabrina Carpenter, in a glorious "Force Awakens" like return to so-called "force". Clever musical numbers, cute sketches, and a cast of characters including Kermit, Fozzie, Bunsen, B...

It's PEOPLE HUNTIN' WEEK on Coolest Alive! Bringing you 5 Days of Humans Hunting Humans, concluding with "Ready or Not"! Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, a bride, played by Samara Weaving, discovers that her new in-laws’ wedding tradition is a lethal game of hide-and-seek. If she survives until dawn, she lives. What begins as a darkly comic survival horror becomes a razor...

It's PEOPLE HUNTIN' WEEK on Coolest Alive! Bringing you 5 Days of Humans Hunting Humans, continuing with the chaotic cult comedy "The Pest"! John Leguizamo plays a fast-talking con man who agrees to be hunted for $50,000 by a deranged German aristocrat, portrayed by the late Jeffrey Jones. Released by TriStar Pictures, it turns the deadly-hunt premise into manic cartoon absurdity, slapstick surviv...

It's PEOPLE HUNTIN' WEEK on Coolest Alive! Bringing you 5 Days of Humans Hunting Humans, continuing with episode #327, a WWE-produced film, starring Stone Cold Steve Austin, "The Condemned", which takes the concept of people huntin' global: death row inmates are dropped onto a remote island and forced to fight to the death while the world watches online. Directed by Scott Wiper, it’s a bruta...

It's PEOPLE HUNTIN' WEEK on Coolest Alive! Bringing you 5 Days of Humans Hunting Humans, continuing with "Surviving the Game", which drops Ice-T into the wilderness as a homeless man lured into what he thinks is a survival retreat, only to learn he’s prey for a group of rich businessmen led by Rutger Hauer and Gary Busey. Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson, the film blends pulp thriller energy...

It's PEOPLE HUNTIN' WEEK on Coolest Alive! Bringing you 5 Days of Humans Hunting Humans, starting with John Woo's work of cinematic art, "Hard Target". Jean-Claude Van Damme plays a drifter who discovers that wealthy thrill-seekers in New Orleans are paying to hunt homeless men for sport. When a woman searching for her missing father uncovers the deadly game, Van Damme’s Cajun street fighter...

On episode #324 of Coolest Alive, host Jesse Blaze Snider brings one of his best friends & BIGGEST INSPIRATIONS, the incredible "Digger Mesch" onto the show to compare & contrast the Toy Industry of the Early 90s w/ the Modern Toy Industry! As well as share stories of Art School, pursuing work with Marvel through ToyBiz, building his own company Art Asylum & now "DIGG DEEP" and specula...

On episode #323 of Coolest Alive, host Jesse Blaze Snider says, "If you want to pretend to be a mutant-animal, then you gotta play the TMNT RPG & 'After the Bomb' from Palladium Books!" The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG, released in 1985, was a groundbreaking tabletop game that captured the gritty, underground feel of the original TMNT comics by Kevin Eastman and Pet...

On this episode of The Coolest Alive, host Jesse Blaze Snider shares one of the Greatest Characters Ever Filmed. Cool Hand Luke (1967) is a defining film of the 1960s, starring Paul Newman as the rebellious and charismatic Luke Jackson, a man sent to a Florida chain gang for a minor offense. Luke’s indomitable spirit and refusal to submit to authority make him a hero to his fellow inmates an...

On this episode of Coolest Alive, host Jesse Blaze Snider explains why “Preacher: Gone to Texas” is the best gift for all Absurdist Atheists in your life! Preacher: Vol. 1 – Gone to Texas (1996) introduces readers to Jesse Custer, a small-town preacher who becomes the unlikely protagonist in a dark, violent, and often satirical journey. Written by Garth Ennis and illustrated by S...

On episode #320 of Coolest Alive, host Jesse Blaze Snider is gushing about "Over the Hedge" (2006), a comedic animated film from DreamWorks Animation, an instant classic you probably MISSED! The movie follows a group of forest animals as they navigate the perils of suburban life. Led by the savvy raccoon RJ (voiced by Bruce Willis), the gang must adapt to the human-made environment while avoiding...

On this episode of Coolest Alive, host Jesse Blaze Snider is having Musid day with the Greatest 80’s Metal Album EVER?! (Twisted Sister’s “You Can’t Stop Rock ‘n’ Roll” brings Personal Empowerment!) Released in 1983, You Can’t Stop Rock ‘n’ Roll is the second studio album by the heavy metal band Twisted Sister, a landmark in their rise to...

In episode #318 of COOLEST ALIVE, host Jesse Blaze Snider, in anticipation of Lobo’s big-screen debut in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, is celebrating the Main Man himself, the galaxy’s loudest, nastiest, most indestructible bounty hunter. From his brutal first appearance in Omega Men to his unhinged ‘90s glory days in Lobo, and his scene-stealing turns in Superman: The Animated S...

In this episode of Coolest Alive, host Jesse Blaze Snider talks about Marathon Man (1974) by William Goldman, a gripping conspiracy thriller that follows grad student and runner Tom “Babe” Levy as he’s pulled into a deadly plot involving Nazi war criminals, stolen diamonds, and a sadistic ex-dentist. Haunted by his father’s suicide, Babe faces betrayal, paranoia, and tortur...

On this episode of the Coolest Alive, host Jesse Blaze Snider talks about Antlers (2021), produced by Guillermo del Toro and directed by Scott Cooper, which is a chilling folk-horror tale set in a decaying Oregon town. Teacher Julia Meadows (Keri Russell) and her sheriff brother Paul (Jesse Plemons) investigate a troubled student tied to a tragic, wendigo-like creature born from family trauma and...