CRUEL2REWIND: A Funny Movie Podcast

*This episode originally published in October of 2022* Welcome to Meatball Salad, the meaty pop culture podcast that keeps it light. What do Ke$ha, Jerry Seinfeld, Kevin McCallister, Shaggy, Selina Meyer, Frank Egglehofer, and Electric Six have in common? They’re all responsible for words that have gotten wedged in our brains over the years. We brought in Will Green, a real live comedian and fine...

*This episode originally published in March of 2023* This is Meatball Salad, the meaty pop culture podcast that keeps it light. On this episode, we chat with a very good pal, Katie McCurley, about our shared love of rewatching TV episodes. Again and again and again. Is that because it’s fun? Or is it to numb the anxieties of daily life? Maybe a little of both. Join us as we take turns sharing our...

Welcome back to Meatball Salad, the meaty pop culture podcast that keeps it light. We invited C2R Research Czar Tony to join us for a little friendly competition while drafting our favorite albums, songs, and music videos from 1995. It’s a pretty great trip down memory lane if you’re of a certain age. You might even learn something!  Apologies in advance if you’re a fan of Phish or the swing reviv...

Prince Jeffrey, President & Co-Founder of C2R Enterprises, has a very special announcement about what you can expect to see in your podcast feed in the immediate future.

Can you Christmas believe your Christmas eyes? We're just in time with a Christmas surprise. Join Jeff, Angie, and special guest C2R Research Czar Tony as they draft their favorite Christmas movies (and characters). Yule love it.

Can you believe it's already time for C2R Seasonal Favorites?? Gobble gobble! I think you get it. Thanksgiving = Planes, Trains & Automobiles. Join Angie and Jeff as they wander around with Steve Martin and John Candy, traversing the Midwest in an attempt to get home for the holidays. We've got personal travel horror stories, anecdotes about how Jeff is bad at yelling, and the finest a...

Yes hi hello we’re back randomly just in time for Halloween. As the title suggests, this episode is kind of like your favorite combo meal at a certain crappy American diner chain: a little bit of everything (everything spooky that is). In the same way you pick your favorite candy out of the pillow case first after trick-or-treating, Jeff and Angie have their favorite Halloween-themed viewing ritua...

Can you believe it's been a whole three decades of butt-whippin' time? We wanted to commemorate the occasion by re-releasing one of our favorite episodes with a hopefully fun surprise at the end (which Jeff calls an "Easter Egg," but if you announce that out loud, it's not really an "Easter Egg" anymore, is it?). Please take this time to sit and contemplate what it...

Hey listener! You got somethin’ hangin’ outta your nose! We’re overjoyed to share this episode in time for the 30th anniversary of Rookie of the Year, an iconic baseball-themed movie picked lovingly by Angie. Join us as we reminisce about one of the movie’s filming locations—and our home for more than a decade—Oak Park, Illinois. Also featured:  Jeff shares a story of baseball heroism featuring hi...

You may have heard us mention C2R Research Czar Tony in past episodes. Well, he’s a real person, and we had the pleasure of having him live in the studio for C2R’s very first Cinematic Draft. Join Jeff, Angie, and Tony as they nervously survey their draft boards and take their top picks in the categories of Drama, Comedy, Action/Crime/Horror, Blockbuster, Oscar, and Wildcard from 1999 to 2004. Pre...

It’s time to shuffle off to Buffalo with Angie’s choice of movie: Stepping Out, starring the legendary Liza Minnelli. Queen Beas used to LOVE watching classic dance films growing up, and she would go on to do some dancing of her own as she emulated the likes of Liza, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Gene Kelly, all while wearing very spangly, sparkly outfits. But does Stepping Out match up to, say,...

“Yeah, I used to be a podcaster. It’s a tough racket.” *lifts glass* If Jeff had a dollar for every time he put this movie on only for Angie to fall asleep before the ten minute mark, he’d have close to 82 grand, which just happens to be equal to Shelley “The Machine” Levene’s bogus deal with Harriet and Blah Blah Nyborg. Well, that’s not the case today on episode 60 of CRUEL2REWIND in which we di...

Angie introduces Jeff to Rachel Flax, the carefree mother of two daughters, Charlotte and Kate, who just can’t seem to stay in one place for too long. We examine all the “advice” Mrs. Flax has to offer, gush over a young and upcoming Winona Ryder, and decide where we stand on Cher’s performance. So, hit the mermaid play button and have a mermaid good time listening to this mermaid episode.  Ways t...

He is a robot. He is a cop. He is a RoboCop. You'll gladly buy this podcast for a dollar because that's about how much we deserve for the sheer lack of research on this episode and our general unfamiliarity with the character. Oops! But don't listen to me. It's still a fun ride-along through Old Detroit. It's as enjoyable as watching ED-209 try to walk a flight of stairs, I swe...

Welcome to our cozy crypt… do we have a movie for you! Our second pick for Cruel 2 Rewind: Spookums Edition 2022 is one of the first examples of big budget horror movie gore that Prince Jeffrey ever laid eyes on as a kid: John Carpenter’s The Thing. Join us as we dissect the gory goopy gloppy grossness, the sweet-yet-gnarly signature synths, and what even the ending is (or isn’t). I mean, seriousl...

Halloween’s comin’, the spookiest time of year, so we’re kicking off C2R Spookums Edition 2022 with THE STUFF, a 1985 “cult classic.” The Stuff is a “delicious, mysterious goo that oozes from the earth” that’s marketed as the “newest dessert sensation, but the tasty treat rots more than teeth.” How could you go wrong with gross-out effects and zombie-like shenanigans? Well, The Stuff [SPOILER ALER...

We’re kicking summer off right with one of Angie’s favorite summertime flicks from 1995: The Baby-Sitters Club, based on the popular book series by Ann M. Martin. Angie was a big fan of the series, but not so much babysitting in real life. She gave up her stint in the profession by age 16. So, we thought it would be fun to put Jeff, an inexperienced sitter, to the test (again). Angie presents him...

Get in losers, it’s Angie's turn this week. We’re here for another one of her favorite 90’s teen rom-coms: She’s All That. Hot shot, Zack Siler, makes a bet with his friends to turn nerdy outcast, Laney Boggs, into prom queen. He has just six weeks to get Laney to take her glasses off so everyone realizes how pretty she is!!! OMG. Do you think it will work? Jeff is put to the test this week, liter...

C2R was overdue for another Batcast (especially with all the hype surrounding Matt Reeves' The Batman) so Prince Jeffrey and Queen Beas decided to revisit the last time the Dark Knight rebooted in 2005. Of course we're talking about Christian Bale’s first appearance in the cape and cowl: Batman Begins. That guy always seems to be beginning, and we can't get enough. Jeff and Angie's adventures in C...

WE’RE ON THE AIR, SLED GODS. Angie was feeling “very Olympic” last month and picked an all-time favorite, Cool Runnings, in the spirit of the 2022 Beijing games (if you even noticed the Olympics happened last month). Like Jeff with Wayne’s World, Cool Runnings was one of the first movies Angie memorized all the way through. She practiced her Sanka impression religiously, and thankfully there is no...

Hello? Is this thing on? Hey, we’re back! We missed you. And we’re stoked this week to discuss an iconic comedy that turned 30 years young in February: Wayne’s World. Based on the Saturday Night Live sketch of the same name, Wayne’s World follows Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth (Dana Carvey) as their cable access show gets picked up by a sleazy producer (the ageless Rob Lowe). Have you ever noticed h...

What’s spookums season without a good ol' exorcism? We’re digging into Exorcist III this week for some extra spooks and scares from 1990. The film stars everyone’s favorite curmudgeon, George C. Scott, and Brad Dourif, who famously played Wormtongue in the Lord of the Rings films. Did you know there are some creepy true crime tie-ins to this movie? We get into those and taste test another new cand...

Wait until you sink your teeth into this second episode of C2R Spookums Edition, Michael. We’re revisiting the teen horror comedy, The Lost Boys, from 1987. The movie follows two brothers who move with their single mother to the fictional town of Santa Clara, California, and discover that the area is a haven for vampires and big, muscle-y saxophone men. We posthumously welcome Joel Schumacher to t...

C2R Spookums Edition is here! You might even call it…Son of Spookums?? We have a full month of goofs and spooks planned for you. To kick us off, we’re continuing our Batman Odyssey (that is, watching Batman movies Angie hasn’t seen yet) with Batman & Robin, which hit theaters in 1997 and stars George Clooney and C2R Hall of Famer Arnold Schwarzenegger. Think of this movie as the “campy” piece...

In this very special episode, we chat with Lisa Downs, director and producer of  Life After the Navigator . The documentary details the making of Flight of the Navigator and examines the life of child star, Joey Cramer, who experienced difficulties after starring in the film. It’s a true celebration of this childhood classic (which we had a blast watching for Ep 41 ). We talk to Lisa about making...