Gutting the Sacred Cow

It couldn't be better timing as we're doing a horror film this week, right before Halloween! Phil Ranta returns to pick apart one of the more recent successful horror films, It Chapter 1. What is about that clown people love so much? Phil explains why you shouldn't have 7 protagonists as well as why these clown has powers that aren't consistent. Joining Kevin Gootee again is Terry...

Jim Carrey made a lot of comedies and then changed course to serious movies. Vinnie Potestivo casted and produced a lot of MTV shows like Real World, the Osbornes, Real World/Road Rules challenge, Real Housewives of NJ and NY. So it makes perfect sense Vinnie hates the first film to tackle reality TV, The Truman Show. Guest hosting next to @KevinGootee is @JayBlackisfunny, our gutter from the Amer...

80's and 90's kids, put down your He-Man and Gi-Joe reissue action figures. Grab some Bubble Tape and Crystal Pepsi and head out with your pitchforks cause this one is going to STING. Johnny Brennan (@badtechno) isn't all Hakuna Matata with Simba, Scar, and Mufasa, That's right, John has assumed the Herculean task of trying to puncture the love for the Lion King. @KevinGootee and R...

The Sandlot is a film that shaped baseball fans of the 80s and 90s and also gave us the infamous quote, "you're killing me, Smalls." Enter Mike Price (The Simpsons and F is For Family) who loves baseball but hates this coming of age tale. He tells @KevinGootee and guest co-host Don Jamieson (That Jamieson Show on Compound Media, Terrorizing Telemarketer volume 7 with Jim Florentine) ca...

Merry Christmas, s-----er's full! Noodles from the Offspring couldn't wait to attack the treasured, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Christmas blasphemy is in full effect as Noodles breaks down why Clark Griswold is a megalomaniac and not that lovable, goofball dad we all love. Joining Kevin Gootee as co-host is longtime friend, Terry Loda. Can Noodles take the Holiday Road and s...

Blade Runner: One of the biggest science fiction box office bombs as well as having one of the biggest cult following. You either love this film or you hate it. Marshall Julius HATES this film, the director's cut, and the mother's director's cut with a fiery passion. He doesn't care for Harrison Ford playing Deckard, a cop hunting replicants. But do Kevin Gootee and guest host Jeff...

And on the next episode of Gutting the Sacred Cow: Christian Finnegan (Chappelle Show and Best Week Ever) hops aboard to explains why Blues Brothers wasn't deserving of hanging that poster on your college dorm wall. He finds that this John Belushi/Dan Aykroyd film holds up as well as wet newspaper. Enter Kevin Gootee and guest co-host, AC Roe (Man vs Food). Is Christian's "mission from...

The critics' darlings are taking an absolute beating on this podcast. Big Nick from the Gag on This Podcast decides to attack the greatest actor of our time, Daniel Day Lewis, by targeting "There Will Be Blood." @BigNickJ tries to convince @KevinGootee and guest host Lauren Conlin (She was on the Sixteen Candles episode) that bible thumping, religious hucksters, and oil barons just don...

Chinatown is atop of most critics AFI top 100 lists as one of the most perfect films ever made. On the funniest movie podcast out there and right on cue, @AdamSank is one of few to find this movie overrated and came aboard to air his displeasure. He think Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunway's story of water hoarding in Los Angeles is as exciting as a layover in Omaha. Joining @KevinGootee is former...

Stripes is a universally adored comedy from the golden era: slapstick silliness with a few dashes of gratuitous nudity. And of course, starring the poster child of 80s comedies, Bill Murray. But David the Producer (Behind the Rant) returns to focus his crosshairs on another 1980s darling. Sitting as guest co-host is none other than his lovely wife, Juliette Miranda (@morningneurosis). She and @Kev...

Is this heaven? No, it's Gutting the Sacred Cow's newest episode but it's pretty damn close. Writer and baseball aficionado Matt Welch thinks Field of Dreams is nostalgic nonsense and also believes this film is worse than Ray Lotta NOT hitting left-handed while portraying Shoeless Joe Jackson. Playing the Annie to KG's Ray Kinsella is Nick Whitmer who appeared the Natural episode....

Apocalypse Now is heralded as one of our greatest, most acclaimed war movies of all time. Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Harrison Ford, Laurence Fishburne...titans of the industry. Enter John DeVore who thinks Colonel Kurtz, Kilgore, and Willard should eat a big ol batch of napalm in the morning. Guest co-hosting is Gutting the Sacred Cow fan favorite, Ray Stakenas, from the Who Would...

Braveheart grabbed the nation by storm in 1995, especially dudes in their teenage years/20s. Women swooned over a blue face painted, pre-hot tub rant, Mel Gibson. Did you drunkenly yell FREEEEDOM at a bar and then moon everyone in sight? Well, every man dies but not every man lives. The STST cast boys, James and Rob, return to set their sights on Braveheart and see if they can draw and quarter thi...

Our favorite former WWF/WWE wrestler returns and this time, she watched the RIGHT movie. Shelly Martinez returns as our babyface but turns heel on Tommy Boy. She tries to pile drive the Chris Farley/David Spade that had people in 95 re-enacting "fat guy in a little coat" for an insufferably long time. Shelly also shares stories about (almost) getting Dan Akroyd on her podcast as well as ha...

The Exorcist is he most acclaimed, beloved horror film of all time and it stands in front of cannon filled communion wafers, wine, and crucifixes. Dave Sirus (King of Staten Island) explains why vomiting split pea soup and using a crucifix in a naughty area doesn't scare him one bit. Does the power of Christ compel @KevinGootee and lovable co-host Joanne Nosuchinsky (Mornin on Compound Media)...

One of the most beloved baseball of all times is about to get a fastball in the ribs. Nick Whitmer will try to convince Kevin Gootee and guest co-host Bill Schulz (Mornin with Bill and Joanne Nosuchinsky on Compound Media and formerly of Red Eye on Fox News Channel) that the Robert Redford fairy tale, the Natural, is disgustingly overrated. Can Nick take this fastball over the fence? Or does his a...

Will Ferrell as Elf? Hock-tooey says Ray Gootz. Ray returns (Jurassic Park) to run this reindeer, Zooey Deschanel, and man-child over with Santa's sleigh. Will resident Christmas movie expert, Kevin Israel, give his hard earned stamp of approval on this film? And will Kevin Gootee have another angry elevator story to tell? Looking to sell your product, advertise your services, or raise brand a...

Die Hard. Die Hard on a ship. Now, Die Hard on a bus. Brent Pope from Who Would Win joins Kevin Gootee and Kevin Israel to share why he thinks Speed should have Thelma and Louise'd it right off that LA overpass. He hates the story and characters as much as Keanu hates using polysyllabic words. Do KG and KI think this Wildcat blew off his thumb and brain? We can't express how thankful we ar...

80's action hero films be damned! @MattLaslo joins those handsome fellas @KevinGootee and @KevinIsrael_NJ to explain why Robocop is just subversive "satire" and is justly rebooted. Do KG and KI beat up his argument to the point where Matt can only eat baby food like Robocop? Or can Matt blow up the goodwill like Clarence Boddicker and his crew did to Murphy? We can't express how th...

Beloved and immortal heads continue to roll! @JarrettBellini hops in a crappy blue Chevy Nova and comes on our podcast to tell us that Beverly Hills Cop isn't that crown jewel we remember. In fact, he claims the best thing about it is the Axel F theme song! Are @KevinGootee and @KevinIsrael_NJ going to stick a banana in the tailpipe of this argument? Give it a listen and leave a 5 star rating,...

The Batman just took the world by storm but we stumbled onto another Storm who hates this film. Crystal Storm (@WriterStreamer) hates emo Bruce Wayne, incel Riddler, and uninspiring story. Batman superfans @KevinGootee and @KevinIsrael_NJ race toward the Bat Signal of her hatred. Do they agree this argument is worse than Arnold's puns in Batman and Robin? We can't express how thankful we a...

Did you see the new trailer for Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning? WOW. Tom Cruise is THE best action hero of the last 20 years without question. And the film to kickstart that logic was Mission Impossible. Enter Dan Bova from Entrepreneur magazine who says this installment is worse than being pitched to join the church of Scientology. So sing the theme song as @KevinGootee and @Kevin Israel_NJ d...

Everyone remembers good ol Jim humping a pie in his kitchen, right? Well, Shawn from Cheap Seat Reviews telling us Jim, Oz, Kevin, Finch, Stiffler and his mom is worse than being caught by your entire high school coming twice in 3 minutes. Do @KevinGootee and @KevinIsrael_NJ think Stiffler's party is still the place to be? Or is it like being stuck in band camp, something that KI knows real we...

Another titan just may fall on this podcast! Ben and Dave from @blockbustermentality return to attempt and obliterate every Gen-X kids' favorite film, Batman (1989). Some argue Michael Keaton is the best Batman, some argue Jack Nicholson is the best Joker. And some will argue Ben and Dave are ass clowns for trying to attack the Tim Burton juggernaut. But your favorite plucky hosts just may hav...

One of the most beloved comedies and sketch comedy characters from the last 20 years is Borat. But fellow countryman to Sacha Baron Cohen is Josh from Films and That believes Borat is as funny as a rubber fist in anus. Or if you're into that, enjoy! Maybe Josh just hated how everyone kept saying, "NIIIIICE." But do Commandant @KevinGootee and Colonel @KevinIsrael_NJ feel that Josh'...