Guys Of A Certain Age

It’s one of those bittersweet moments in life.  You’ve got a show you love, that keeps on giving.  Then it comes to an end, but it comes to an end in a way that makes you happy. Three out of three Guys agree: Ted Lasso is must-see Apple TV. Of course, almost every episode of Ted Lasso over the course of its three-season life made fans happy in some form or fashion, whether it was the sports aspect...

With Jay out for the week, Robbie and Art explore the influence of artificial intelligence (AI) on visual media in this episode of "Guys of a Certain Age," Kicking things off with "Geeks of the Week," Robbie shares his excitement for the new Star Trek: Strange New Worlds trailer and reveals a surprising cameo in the upcoming Flash movie. Art discusses Star Wars updates and pays tribute to the late...

If you run out of news, just check in and see what Disney is up to.  Or listen to this episode, where the Guys chat (not gpt) about all the things going down at the House of Mouse.  New HQ scrapped, but new ESPN streaming in the works.  Loki and Echo to come, but lots of other shows on the chopping block.   And while the Guys are still waiting for a listener to sponsor a field trip to the Galactic...

Welcome, superhero fans, to Guys of the Galaxy, volume way too many!  Galaxy? Old. Guys? Old.   Jay even jumps in the wayback machine without the guidance of Popular Science to revisit Dolph Lundgren’s 80’s portrayal of The Punisher.  Art looks to the future (or was it a long time ago in a galaxy far far away?) for Filoni’s Star Wars movie that promises to take an old title and fill it with potent...

Mandalorian Season 3 is complete.  Yes, it’s been complete for a while.  The Guys know.  Jay just needed to get caught up.  What’s new?  But for those who are even farther behind, beware…spoilers abound!   The Guys talk about how this season ranks among the others, where it may be headed with which characters at the forefront, and how it seems to fit in the timeline of Dr. Who (just kidding.)  In...

Now that the Mandalorian season (series?) is over, Robbie and Art share their thoughts on what's coming next in the Star Wars realm. Will we see Din and Grogu continue their adventures on the big screen? Will Finn join Rey in the next sequel trilogy? And who is the next Big Bad... and does Jay being absent have anything to with that? Geeks of the Week include a leadership change at DC Comics and a...

Hold on to your vines and tighten your loincloths, listeners - it’s time to talk Tarzan.   The Guys keep this episode high above the jungle floor by inviting AMC’s “Tarzan expert on-call”, Scott Tracy Griffin, to the show.  Griffin has written two definitive coffee table books (that you wouldn’t want coffee anywhere near) about the art, books, and films of Edgar Rice Burroughs' most famous charact...

It was a big week in geek news, with the Star Wars Celebration in jolly old England and the latest name change over at HBO/Discovery/Warner/Whatever announced in Holly-old-Wood. The Guys get giddy about Star Wars content to come, with Rey and Mando getting new movies, and Ahsoka streaming soon.  Well, “soon” in the world of Disney+ releases.   And what of Max, the new name for the Discovery-HBO-Ma...

Following James Cameron's lead, Art waited almost 10 years to create a sequel to his mildly successful first Jack Quasar comic book. In this episode, Robbie and Art discuss the character's history, the process of creating a comic book on an iPad, and the ongoing trials and tribulations of self-publishing through Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing system.  Geeks of the Week include the latest role N...

Robbie really loves it when all the live people come back, and that’s what’s happening soon-ish on Netflix’s announced anime’ version of Scott Pilgrim vs The World.  All the stars, or at least their voices, will come back for this unique twist on the beloved comic-turned-classic movie.   Jay, on the other hand, is excited not just about John Wick’s latest movie (where we assume lots of live people...

This week it’s Art who’s roaming the country in search of the studio, so Robbie and Jay have to carry the conversation.  But not to worry, Guys of a Certain Age, though they might talk a lot about Marvel, they are not firing people like Marvel seems to be.  Art will be back just like Daredevil, however, unless he got caught in the Blip.   And if that happens, the Guys (whoever is left) will be sur...

Art and Robbie welcome a new guest and possible Jay replacement this week to discuss the latest post-apocalyptic phenomenon, HBO Max's The Last of Us. Jonah Holland, a co-worker of Art's and an avid fan of both the games and the limited series shares his insights and predictions for the already-announced second and third series. Jonah's also a fan of our show, and he and the Guys discuss how the g...

This week in the studio realm, the Council of Guys met to decide which Avenger’s movie would next be viewed and reviewed.  Since Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantamania was the only one in the theater, that’s the one they chose.  (Big decision-makers, these Guys.) And they asked deep questions: Is Paul Rudd the new Robert Downey, Jr?  Will Michael Douglas come back for another movie?  Was Bill Murray’s...

It’s time to talk Severance.  Wait, what?  Is Robbie offering a severance package for Art and Jay?  Oh right - it’s the AppleTV+ show, Severance, that Jay finally got around to watching.  Whew.   The Guys dissect this AppleTV+ original series about life-work balance (they really need some), or more accurately: life-work separation.  But don’t worry, they’re not severing from the podcast…or are the...

Lots and lots of money was spent advertising during the 2023 Super Bowl.  Thousands, at least.  (Prepare for the price increase of your morning donut:  Benifer is expensive.)   And all that just to audition for a spot during the break on Guys of a Certain Age?  Who’d a thunk? The game that was played between commercials was pretty tight, as was the race for best ad.  The world awaits the decision,...

Apparently it’s time for a restructuring.  Unlike Disney, which can afford to lay of thousands of workers, The Guys need at least 2 to show up, so the GOCA shuffle has been postponed.  But Toy Story 5 has not, it seems.  And an old friendship is soon to be restored when Loki returns to the small screen: Short Round is back, and we’re not talking about Jay’s appearance when he was 12.   Believe it...

The Big Announcement is finally here.  Or it was finally there a few weeks ago when it was announced - but now, valued listener, you get to hear The Guys talk about it.   Yep, it’s the DCU, Chapter One, Gods and Monsters, announced by the young Gunn, James.  At last the wait is over, and DC fans can look forward to a fresh take on Superman, Batman, Swamp Thing and a host of other heroes, antiheroe...

It’s award show season, and this time The Guys are ahead of the game!   Oscar nominations are out, and the RAJ Collective (that’s Robbie Art Jay for those playing at home) are almost as excited as when they found out the Golden Globes had already happened.  As a matter of fact, most of the same movies showed up on the lists - except now there are more lists.  Catch all the comments as they share o...

The Guys of the Certain Age Studio is a little short of Shirleys on this episode, leaving Jay and Robbie to talk about their second favorite activity: eating. And it’s a great time to talk about it (and to eat) because the Super Bowl is coming up soon, and that means super snacks. But does it mean snacking with a crowd?  At their home or someone else’s?  Or is it just as fun to nosh on a chip and...

The Golden Globes are so “last year,” except it’s been a year, and now they’re back.   Art actually watched a little bit of the show, and that plus a quick online review of the winners and nominees was fodder enough for The Guys to talk about what they didn’t watch.  Unfortunately, Art and Robbie seemed to think Jay had some words of wisdom about the 2022 awardees, but it turned out he’d only seen...

This week, Robbie and Art talk about shows and movies they'd like to see brought back as reboots, remakes, or continuations. If all this sounds familiar, it's not because they've talked about it before and forgotten, it's because they've talked about it before, forgotten, and decided to spin it as a reboot! Or recycling. Geeks of the Week include news of an Oceans 11 remake (which sounds oddly fam...

It’s not Groundhog Day just yet, but The Guys are back to repeating themselves.  For the second week in a row, there is a guest in the studio talking about fave movies and tv of 2022, with an expectant look towards 2023.   One might say The Guys are getting rusty, having to bring in consecutive guests to liven up the conversation, but in this case it’s literal: they got Rusty, aka Jay’s brother an...

Special guest Bill Triplett joins Robbie and Art for a look back at the year that was 2022. What were our favorite series and movies from the past year, and what are we most looking forward to seeing in 2023? Some answers may surprise. Geeks of the week include celebrating what would have been Stan Lee's 100th birthday and citing our favorite cameos, a look at James Cameron's Avatar 2 success, and...

It’s that time of year, the time when decisions are made: will I make New Year’s Resolutions?  Should I even bother?  Do they turn into life-changing habits or are they broken the first time we drive by the Golden Arches on the way to the soon-to-be uncrowded gym?   These are the deep questions pondered by The Guys as they embark on Year Five of the podcast.  Particularly, will Robbie and Art be n...

It was a Trivia Takeover - no, The Guys didn’t take over as guest posters on a social media site…they can barely maintain their own.  Nope, they were actually invited to host trivia night at a local tavern recently, the same tavern where they recorded their 200th episode live and in person, still the only episode that can be watched (see aforementioned barely-maintained Facebook page.)   And that...