Raised by Rentals

We started this podcast to imagine how we might "improv improve" our favorite pop culture stories if ever given the keys to the kingdom...but what if we broke bad and just %*@&ing RUINED a good story instead? In a twist that could only happen in Hollywood, we spend our nice episode cringing at the thought of what it would take to ruin a perfect movie like ROBOCOP!

In a future without parents, rad orphans only have one choice: skate or die! For this episode, Justin Von Strasburg joins us to imagine a world where PRAYER OF THE ROLLERBOYS meets SOLARBABIES!

When a deep void research vessel goes missing on its way to an uncharted planet, the mission calls for a crack team of space commandos to follow the trail. In this episode, Josh and Mike return to the dark arcade to investigate the mystery of PAC-MAN!

The sleepy town of Flapjack, Arkansas doesn't boast much to put it on the map...unless you count the breakfast-themed serial murders. Fellow Rad Panther Michael O'May from the Count Kreepyhead's Saturday Morning Monster Mash podcast joins us to play horror-host and cruel gamemaster as we follow the maple syrup trail to unmask PANCAKE FACE!

Brian Kelly was just a skater-punk screw-up from Orange County until his brother became the victim of a deadly conspiracy. Obsessed with uncovering the truth, Brian got in too deep and his life would never be the same (or safe) again. So what do a vulgar radio pirate in Arizona and a teenage suicide bomb in Ohio have to do with it? Fellow Rad Panther Dawn D'Orazio joins Mike and Josh to connect th...

After meeting God herself, the resident stoners of the View Askewniverse went to Hollywood to get revenge, get the girl, and get paid. Then what happened? For the first episode of RAISED BY RENTALS Season 3, we channel the spirits of Tinseltown's classic comedy duos to daydream a movie where JAY AND SILENT BOB meet FRANKENSTEIN!

It seems like a lot of content creators build their brands riding the coattails of actual creative people...and we make a whole podcast doing exactly that! So for our 11th RENTAL RANT episode, we turn the meta-spotlight on ourselves and take a look back at what we “made" in RAISED BY RENTALS SEASON 2.

In an age of consumerism and forgotten traditions, sometimes people need to be reminded what Christmas is all about...whether they like it or not. To round out our spooky holiday season, our very own horror host Samm Grandquist from WNY Horror Krue and Jerry's Closet calls the shots as we conjure the spirit of the YULETIDE AVENGER!

For decades, the day after Thanksgiving in the US was a day for Xmas shopping, doorbuster bargains...and terrifying mob rule. But in recent years the tradition has declined, so in this episode we spitball a slasher flick to bring back the classic holiday horror of BLACK FRIDAY!

From MTV VJ to leading man to Hollywood has-been, Pauly Shore has had one long strange trip of a career...but we thought we could make it even stranger. For our 2023 Thanksgiving special, we take the Weasel on a holiday road to a good ol' fashioned Griswold family VACATION.

The residents of Warren Valley take Halloween very seriously and one trick-or-treater in particular makes sure the traditions never die...or else. For our 2023 All Hallow's Eve special, we lovingly contribute to the mythos with a fan-fiction sequel to TRICK 'R TREAT!

He was melted by toxic waste in the sewers of New York but still made it home in time for the next film...but how exactly did Jason get back to Camp Crystal Lake? With an episode that hearkens back to our first ever, we fill in the blank between JASON TAKES MANHATTAN and JASON GOES TO HELL!

When kids from their school go missing but the adults can't seem to do anything about it, Paul and his friends decide to take matters into their own hands. In the second episode of our FRIGHT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY DOUBLE PACK original series, we explore what happens when small-town America will no longer SUFFER THE CHILDREN.

Highschoolers have a lot to worry about, from homework to acne to lovers' lane. The last thing they need is an insatiable hunger for brains! For the first part of our FRIGHT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY DOUBLE PACK original improv special, we imagine what it would take for the walking dead to LOOK ALIVE.

What happens when you put 5 high school troublemakers together for all-day detention...but they're not alone? In our second back to school special, we kick off spooky season with a murder mystery reimagining of THE BREAKFAST CLUB!

Summer's almost over and another academic year begins...but what's school really for? To get an education? Or is it all fun and games? It might not be the 80s anymore, but we've got some opinions on why Rodney Dangerfield gets no respect when he goes BACK TO SCHOOL!

We've all had a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day...but do you ever feel like you just want to throw your life away and watch it burn? For the 2nd part of our LATE NIGHT DOUBLE FEATURE PICTURE SHOW special, join us for a literal DUMPSTER FIRE THEATER.

What happens when a 90s good-time party jam turns deadly? For the first episode of our LATE NIGHT DOUBLE FEATURE PICTURE SHOW special, everybody's running from the VENGABUS!

Harry Tasker thought spying on some teacher from Oregon was a standard Omega Sector operation...until he noticed he and John Kimble have the save face! For this new installment in the "Arnieverse," everyone's favorite KINDERGARTEN COP gets roped into a conspiracy of TRUE LIES.

If you can't beat 'em, SLASH 'em! Summer is the season for camps in the woods and the slashers they attract so it's the perfect time to revisit Freddy and Jason's Slasher Camp. For our 50th episode, we return to Crystal Lake to find out who will survive when ERNEST GOES TO CAMP!

Every hero has an origin story and every pop culture nerd has something that hooked them forever—a formative moment, an older fan who shared the sauce, or a rad item that blew their mind. In our latest SUPER GUSHERS installment, Samm Grandquist of WNY Horror Krue and Jerry’s Closet (@injerryscloset) joins us to share the stories that sparked our fandom obsessions.

He escaped his original directive as a military war machine, had adventures in New York, and found a family...but whatever happened to Johnny 5? Podcaster General Dawn D'Orazio joins Mike and Josh to chronicle the fate of pop culture's forgotten A.I. hero in a what-if threequel to SHORT CIRCUIT!

Brain-slurping teenagers from beyond the grave! Special guest Samm from WNY Horror Krue and Jerry's Closet joins us to improv a totally rad sequel to Mike's all-time favorite flick, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD!

Despite being one of Marvel's most popular characters, it took Peter Parker decades to get a proper big-budget movie...but what if it happened sooner? For Episode 46, Mike and Josh revisit the 90s to daydream a cast and script treatment for what would have been the first silver screen feature of your friendly neighborhood SPIDER-MAN!

Happy Alien Day! In this second part of our first two-part special, we break down two of the best-ever sci-fi franchises film-by-film and lay out a retroactive blueprint of what Hollywood should have done with ALIEN and PREDATOR!