Guys Of A Certain Age

The Queen is dead. Long live the King.  With the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, the Guys take another look at their favorite shows from across the pond. Will there be a new top show crowned? "Who" will it be?   It's a right corker, and despite what you reckon, there may be some surprises, guv'ner. Geeks of the Week include Art taking a rare look at a Fantastic Marvel comic book, Jay with some Batf...

Join The Guys for a live podcast taping October 6 at 7PM at dave's Dark Horse Tavern on Highway 182 in Starkville.     Answer all your burning questions.  Is Jay taller than Art?  Will Art have a beard?  Will Robbie stay on his phone for the entire taping?  Will mars. Reed show?   Being there is the only way to know for sure!

In this episode, Art and Robbie discuss the Paramount Plus limited series, The Offer. Though typically the Guys talk about superheroes, sci-fi, and fantasy, this look at the bizarre behind-the-scenes story of what it took to get the movie The Godfather made proves that real life can sometimes indeed be stranger than fiction.   Geeks of the Week include the latest news from DC's Flash movie, the Ga...

Brace yourselves, listeners, because The Guys are breaking new topical ground in this episode: all about streaming services!   What, that’s not a new topic?  Well, it may soon be with all the chatter about WarnerMax or DC-very+ or HBOMin, or whatever name they come up with to air the new DC movies and limited series television.   Oh wait, they’ve cancelled all that?!  Hmmm.  Maybe it’s a good time...

Netflix keeps on giving, despite their numbers, and with The Sandman series now available, they may be able to keep the dreaming alive.  Art wakes up from his antihistamine-induced nap to join The (other) Guys by phone to chat about this adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s classic graphic novel.  Are the portrayals of the TV characters true to the comics?  Will there be more tales told in a second season,...

Another Marvel limited series has finished its initial run, and you know what that means: The Guys didn’t have to scramble for a topic.   Kamala Khan was introduced to the MCU - that’s Ms Marvel to you - and brought a unique cast of characters, culture, and colorful chaos to the universe - not to mention the cameo.  The Guys explore everything from powers to partitions in this fresh origin story....

By the time Robbie got to Phoenix, [North Carolina Jay] Art and Jay were cruising.  Were they in a 1979 Celica, driving back and forth from Sonic to McDonald’s?  Not exactly.  B ut they were in the studio talking about a top vacation choice for many guys of a certain age: a cruise.  Jay didn’t have a pony to ride upon his boat, but he did just return from an Alaskan cruise, and aside from a little...

With Jay off enjoying cooler temps on an Alaskan cruise, it's up to Robbie and Art to helm this episode about yet another voyage of the Starship Enterprise. The 2 Guys have a whole captain's log of thoughts on Strang New Worlds, the latest Star Trek series from Paramount Plus which tells the story of pre-Kirk Captain Christopher Pike and a crew with some familiar characters.  Before they "engage"...

In this episode, the Guys are back together in the studio to hammer out their review of Thor: Love and Thunder. Spoiler alert, though the movie takes a swing at recapturing the magic of Ragnarok, they needed a better handle on the over-the-top comedy to truly nail it. Geeks of the Week include: Art (aka Love) talking about rumors of Henry Cavill reprising his Superman role, Jay (aka Thunder) hinti...

Rumor has it, the Wives of a Certain Age have told The Guys to “Go outside…and while you’re out there, cook dinner.” Since that’s where the grills are, that’s okay. (If only it wasn’t the dead of summer in the south.) To make sure everything is up to snuff, they brought in a grilling expert. Wes Shelton is not just a seller of all things involving outdoor kitchens, he knows how to use it all, and...

Elvis had left the building…but he’s back!  With Baz Luhrmann’s movie in theaters, the King of Rock and Roll is in the limelight once again.  Robbie is out this week, but Art and Jay talk the movie, the music, the actors, and the cinematography.   But believe it or not, Art did NOT sing a Presley hit.  To make up for that, they brought in a special guest - someone who actually saw Elvis in concert...

Obi-wan, obi two, obi wan, two, three… and welcome to Guys of a Certain Age, the Anakin Episode!     Excitement has been building for months as everyone waited for the Obi Wan Kenobi limited series to begin, and now the Guys are already looking back and doing a recap. Was it worth the wait?  Was it critical to the canon, or just a diversion?  In fact, is it possible the Star Wars fan base is a bit...

It’s another riveting interview on this episode, this time led by Art with his old friend (or friend of a certain age, we’ll say) George Abide, who may hold the current record for guest appearances. And speaking of records, that's just what they do, when they put their spin on taking care of vinyl albums in the old days. But before they wax nostalgic, Robbie and Jay get a word in with Geeks of the...

It only took 36 years for Tom Cruise to reprise his role in Top Gun: Maverick.  Somehow he looks almost the same, and The Guys definitely do not resemble their 1986 versions.  But that doesn’t mean they didn’t enjoy the film.  From Kenny Loggins to Val Kilmer, this one is full of nods to the original movie, with plenty of new plot and relationship resolutions.  And action - lots of fun, literally...

Guys of a Certain Age don’t just watch Star Wars, attend comic conventions, and see movies with the aid of an app, they also read books. And if Andy Wolverton ( https://www.andywolverton.com ) has anything to say about it, they also have book clubs.  In this episode, Robbie sits with an old friend to talk about his new book, "Men Don't Read: The Unlikely Story of the Guys Book Club.”   (Purchase a...

In this strange new episode, aka new Strange episode, the Illuminati of a Certain Age gather to hear Jay’s wisdom and deep thoughts on the Multiverse of Madness movie, which he finally got around to seeing.  In the theater, no less. Listeners will be relieved to learn that all multiverses are not bad, and even zombies can be your friend, especially with the appropriate tie-ins.   Spoilers abound,...

Though they should be used to it by now, this podcast is a little STRANGE without Jay, as Robbie and Art try to weave in and out of multiverses to review the latest Marvel movie without going mad. In a spoiler-filled recap, the Guys give their thoughts on the good, the bad, and the unexpected in Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness.  Geeks of the Week include Kathleen Kennedy's latest comment...

Episode topics can originate in strange places, as all Guys of a Certain Age listeners are well aware.   This one began in a grocery store parking lot, on a t-shirt that Jay happened upon.  To be clear, seeing a dude in a cool t-shirt in a parking lot is not exactly a milestone moment, but it triggered a memory of an event that is unlikely to be repeated (at least in Jay’s lifetime), and even less...

Like much of the Marvel fan community, the Guys were looking forward to the Moon Knight series, despite knowing very little about the character.   And after 6 episodes, they still don’t know much.  What they do know is that Oscar Isaac is a brilliant actor, Ethan Hawke’s foray into the MCU was worth watching, and one shouldn’t make assumptions about hippos in costume.  At the least, the Guys were...

On this week’s episode, The Guys welcome a special guest to the studio, and it’s not Robbie.  Stan Brown, a local author, joins Art and Jay to talk all things novel: his writing process, adventures with publishing, agents and editors, and how he went from writing kinesiology textbooks to paranormal thrillers.  Just for fun, Marvel Comics also gets a mention in his story.  Meanwhile, it’s not just...

It’s not just movies and TV series that The Guys count on for entertainment, occasionally they get out into the world for live shows.  Concerts, they’ve talked about - there was even an episode on some of their faves.  This time they’re talking local theater.    While Art has actually participated in a few performances over the years, Robbie and Jay have been more like Statler and Waldorf, the cro...

The Guys, being a certain age, do tend to move slower than they used to, but all were surprised that the biggest Bat-fan in the room was the last to see The Batman.  And on the telly, no less.  But even though Jay and Robbie had taken their turn in a previous episode to wax eloquently on the latest installment in the DC Universe, they thought it would be only fair to give Art a chance to share his...

With Jay sitting this episode out (something about work?), Robbie and Art take a look at some of the movies and series that are coming up this summer...and beyond. (Though, no... they don't mention Buzz Lightyear.) Rest assured, there's plenty to look forward to, one project that may be gone in a Flash, and a current superhero movie that is more dead than undead.  Geeks of the week include Art's l...

As the weather improves (except for the tornadic winds and such that The Guys have found themselves dodging of late), that means grilling season is coming.  It’s time to inventory the gear, scrape the dirt dauber nests out of the grill, and gather the ingredients for our favorite rubs and marinades.   Art had better things to do on this recording day, so Jay and Robbie take to the microphones alon...

It’s Oscars time again, but does anybody care?  Like the tree falling in the woods, if “the slap heard round the world” had not happened, would we even know there was an Oscars? In this week’s episode of Guys of a Certain Age, a bizarre instance of life imitating art makes its way into the studio.  Will it mean this is the final episode?  And like the Oscars, would anybody care?  In any case, with...