Guys Of A Certain Age

Something is afoot in Gotham.  The Art-man, who is well known to be the biggest Batman fan among The Guys, if accumulation of Bat-toys, Bat-shirts, and other Bat-regalia is the true measure of a fan, is suspiciously absent from this episode.  Where could he be?  And why hadn’t he seen The Batman movie yet?  It’s a riddle for sure.   But it didn’t keep Jay and Robbie from descending on the Bat-stud...

Free Jay!  Free Jay!  Such is the new cry of the NPC’s in Free City, the virtual world in which a blue-shirted Ryan Reynolds lives and loves and is perpetually happy, even after being run over by a train ... until he’s not.     In this episode The Guys (of a Certain Age, not the one Guy in the film) chat about the nods to other films (some obvious, some not), the consistency of Mr. Reynolds’ style...

When the microphone cuts off in the Guys of a Certain Age studio, the talk doesn’t necessarily stop.  And often, one of They Guys (usually Art) will say, “we should save this for another episode.”  Or sometimes Jay will get home and think, “I completely forgot to say ….(insert great idea here).”   This episode is all about those loose ends.  Filling in the blanks that the listeners may not have re...

If you’re old enough to remember “You’ve Got Mail” or you’ll Say Anything while walking around Notting Hill on the way to your Best Friend’s Wedding, you might just be a guy (or gal) of a certain age.   Especially if that sentence conjured up the memory of your original AOL address, or that night you stood outside your girlfriend’s window holding a boom box because it worked for Jon Cusack.  Admit...

Another Disney+ mini-series is in the books and The Guys are ready to share their takes on it.  Bounty hunter, lovable rogue, benevolent daimyo, holiday special crasher: this is truly the Book of Boba Fett.  There was much anticipation for this Jon Favreau enterprise after the success of The Mandalorian, and The Guys had  high expectations.   Were they met?  Was it worth the seven-ish hours of our...

In this week’s episode, we learn why Robbie went to Chicago without Art and Jay.  A s it turns out, it was a pretty cool reason: the premiere of The Loyola Project, a documentary film that Robbie may not have starred in, but definitely has close ties to.  The Loyola University Chicago's basketball team of 1962-63 made history, and the university that employs Art, that Robbie attended, and that Jay...

This week Robbie goes to Chicago to seek fame, fortune, and pizza.   And he took his wife instead of Art and Jay.  So they did an episode without him, and invited a special guest to take his place: Zac Ashmore.  Zac brings us into the world of Rowan Drake, Wolf Slayer, the low fantasy novella he is in the process of writing.   They talk book research, the writing process, the difference between lo...

Top of the morning/afternoon/evening to all listeners of Guys of a Certain Age, especially to those 3 dudes in Wales!  This episode is for you - the one where The Guys talk about all those British shows that you’ve known about for years.   So maybe this is for everybody else who just needs to up their British TV game.  Between Robbie’s obsession with Dr. Who, Jay’s new Britbox streaming subscripti...

With Jay missing, Robbie and Art are joined by honorary "Guy" (at least he's the right certain age) George Abide.   In a segment inspired by microwave-heated Skittles, George shares some of his food scientist knowledge and gives us ways to improve off-the-shelf products with items already in our pantries and refrigerators.    This Jay-less episode begins with Robbie talking Dr. Who and Art talking...

Sometimes The Guys go see the latest Marvel movie together in the theater, sometimes in the first few days after release.  Sometimes they wait till it shows up “free” on Disney Plus.   Enter The Eternals.  2 hours 36 minutes times 3 people, plus bathroom breaks (no need for the RunPee app in the comfort of home), comes out to at least 8 hours - about a workday - devoted to this movie.  Was it wort...

Everybody has a “best of” episode at the end of the year, recalling favorite movies, shows, books, music, etc.  The Guys even got on that bandwagon, and just about broke a hip in the process.  But in this episode it’s new ground that is broken.   Only 2 weeks into 2022, and they have come to report their First Five Favorites: the movies and shows that got early nods for The Guys’ attention  (and o...

As 2021 came to a close, loyal Marvel fans got an unexpected (though much anticipated) gift from Santa … and Disney+ : the Hawkeye limited series.   The Guys agreed it had all the things: humor, action, memorable characters,  even a salute to Christmas.  Origin and backstories were neatly juxtaposed with closure for at least one cameo hero.  And let’s not forget the appearance of the King.  No, no...

Guy-der-men, Guy-der-men, friendly neighborhood Guy-der-men, wealth and fame, that’s a joke, having sponsors is such a yoke. (Not really.  Call us.)  Okay, the song went a little askew - you could almost say it had no way home.   And by now, astute listeners (especially the three in Bulgaria) have surely guessed that this episode is the Guys’ highly anticipated breakdown of the newest Spider-Man m...

It’s the new year and The Guys are already reminiscing about the old one.  The Best Movie list was a little easier to whittle down as the usual number of movies just didn’t come out.   But the Best TV selections made up for it, since everybody was still home streaming.  And books?  Well, Jay went out of his comfort zone and listened to an audiobook on sports (pretty broad for a band geek), and sci...

The Guys just can’t get enough partying as the year comes to a close, but who should they invite to the New Year’s Eve Party?   People from all over the galaxies will want to come, but there’s only room for fifteen or so extra guests.  So they limit the invitations to Star Wars actors and actresses through the years.  Most of their picks are still living, but the Guys don’t want to be too exclusiv...

It’s the holiday season, so hoop-de-do and dickory dock, Guys of a Certain Age are fighting the clock.  So we party when we can, and it’s our party, so we invite who we want to.  Even if they’re no longer walking the earth.   It’s the ultimate Christmas party, and the Guys each get 5 invitations (though some honorables are mentioned).  The only criteria is that they must be actors/actresses who ha...

Wherefore art thou, Art?  It seems it’s once again Art’s turn to take a break from the rigorous Guys of a Certain Age recording schedule, and Jay sort of takes over the show.   Finally, the cord has been cut on Jay’s Netflix DVD plan and the Twitterverse went nuts.  (It was about something else, but seriously - it’s nuts on there.)  To mark the occasion, he shares the last half dozen DVDs watched...

The holidays are not all about eating, but somehow food gets invited to all the parties.  And Christmas tends to bring out special dishes that generally don’t show up the rest of the year.  In summer there are no gingerbread beach house-building contests, it’s a slow period for Reese’s iterations, and the Candy Cane Wonder Twins take the form of Starlight Mints again.  Be it fruitcake or egg nog,...

It’s the holiday season, and that means … a mailbox full of catalogs.  Or at least it used to.  Yes, Amazon got in on the game this year, and some of the old favorites like Sharper Image and LL Bean still have a printer in the office, but the OG of Christmas catalogs  - Sears and Roebuck - have gone the way of the dinosaur.  In other words, it’s almost impossible to find a real one, but they are a...

With Jay out this week, Robbie and Art present a list of gift suggestions in three categories: cheaper, guilty pleasure, mid-range, but more practical, and way-too expensive, extravagant gift. Note: in most (all?) cases, these are are gifts that Robbie and Art have already received, some as "gifts" to themselves. We offer these as suggestions for that hard-to-buy-for, certain-aged Guy or Gal that...

Once in a while, an actor will emerge from the pack and be all of a sudden, everywhere.   For those in similar viewing circles to The Guys (which may be a circle of three), that actor is currently Jeffrey Wright.  Not only is he crossing comic universes with roles in both DC and Marvel creations, he’s also crossing from a voice on a scripted podcast to an animated character. He’s at home in the wo...

What better way to celebrate the Guys’ 150th episode than to visit a practically uninhabitable desert planet!   That’s right, good listeners, it’s been that long.  And like B-Art-les and Jay-mes (and Robbie), The Guys thank you for your support.  Meanwhile, back in the desert, it’s time to talk Dune.  The new movie directed by a gentleman with a name only Art can properly pronounce has been releas...

In this week’s episode The Guys use all their senses, except perhaps good sense.  Art resumes his updates from the world of DC, with all the new trailers from DC Fandome - a virtual trailer park of movies that will come out sometime before the Dawn of the next Century.  (Perhaps that’s what DC stands for?) Robbie is into reading, with a new book unveiling deep background on the setup of the MCU.  ...

What if The Guys went into space with a bald-headed billionaire?  What if Jim Shatner were really a spaceship captain? What if there was yet another Star Wars series or candy corn wasn’t everybody’s favorite Halloween candy?   What if the hosts of this podcast weren’t actually Robbie, Art, and …. What’s his name? What if it’s just Art doing all the voices? This week’s episode asks a lot of “what i...

Even if the guys can’t agree how to pronounce Shang Chi, or remember how they said it seven minutes before, they agree on the quality of the movie.  At least they think Art will, also, as soon as he sees it.  It’s Marvel’s latest addition to the MCU, and The Guys give it Ten Rings.  In the Geeks of the Week segment, Jay returns to the Wonder Years, Art gives an update on Spidey’s rights, and Robbi...