Shut Up I Love It

Actor/writer Irene White (SUPERSTORE, LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE) join us to defend... the Valley! The Valley vs. Hollywood, amiright??? If you don't live in Los Angeles, this will be very educational. Irene will even give you the one advice that you must follow when choosing your first place in Los Angeles. If you don't live in LA, don't worry, you'll get to hear from both sides and also learn what...

Comedian/writer Andrew Shannon Sr. and Joss Whedon share a favorite superhero, CYCLOPS. Unlike Andrew, Joss Whedon couldn't make it to record this podcast. Luckily, Sasha was over at Joss's house for a caroling party so she conducted an impromptu interview right there. Listen how Andrew's take on Cyclops compares to Joss's... you heard it here first. Also, we recommend the TV show for kids STEVEN...

It's 2020 and we're starting the year off by: 1) no longer talking about ourselves in third person and 2) discussing TOUPEES. As in hairpieces. Straight from the horse's mouth, our guest is comedian/screenwriter Will Saunders, who's been wearing not one, but a whole series of toupees for the past 6 months. Will bares it all and tells us the whole thing including: how he decided to get a toupee, ho...

Happy New Year! It is the biggest holiday in Siberia, so we've got Sasha Feiler as our guest today. Luckily, Gabe Mountain (THE HILLS: NEW BEGINNINGS) jumped in as the cohost. Also in the recording studio is comedian/actor Juzo Yoshida (JETZO, FXX's CAKE, PLEASE UNDERSTAND ME), the very subject of the episode. How many characters does Juzo go through in the course of the interview? What were his m...

In the spirit of Christmas, we're shaking things up and inviting Rigby Stunkleman on as a guest. Thank Christ (the Bday boy!), Lorraine DeGraffenreidt jumped in the copilot's seat just so we all could discuss the finale of the epic TV show LOST. Did just the mere mention of this grandiose Television event send shivers down your spine? Email us at shutuppod@gmail.com Twitter/Instagram: @shutupilove...

Will Hines is an improv prophet and the middle brother of the Hines Brothers, so it's exciting that he sits down with Sasha and Steven to defend BRAIN DONORS, basically, a Marx Brothers movie made in 1992. Also, Sasha and Steven recommend the Russian book "The Twelve Chairs" (Mel Brooks adapted it for screen in 1970!) and the 1997 film THE WRONG GUY starring Dave Foley. Email us at  shutuppod@gmai...

Remember that famous episode of Shut Up I Love It where two dope dudes defended Jerry Lewis's controversial cinema masterpiece "The Day The Clown Cried"? You loved that episode. Now you want to know more about the dudes, so here we go. Jeff Abraham is a Hollywood publicist and comedy historian. Burt Kearns is a documentary producer and author of the controversial memoir, Tabloid Baby . Both, accor...

Comedian/dear-ish friend Scott Tammel sits down with Sasha and Steven to defend THE OFFSPRING, a punk rock-ish band that's somehow NOT on "Rolling Stone's Readers' Poll: The Ten Worst Bands of The Nineties." Speaking of polls, did Scott actually hold a double-blind study on whether THE OFFSPRING sucks? Does Sasha question the lead man Dexter Holland's PhD? How good is Scott's Pauly Shore impressio...

Writer/actor/poster model for THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE Chase McCowan joins Sasha and Steven in expressing his passion for MOMMIE DEAREST (1981), the legendary hagsploitation starring Faye Dunaway - and therefore only barely featuring Diana Scarwid, Mara Hobel, Rutanya Alda and Steve Forrest. Is there anything more to the character of Christopher than inexplicably wearing a harness? Does Chase own MOMMI...

In this Thanksgiving episode, writer Shawn Tina Willis sits down with Sasha and Steven to defend BECAUSE I SAID SO (2007), a sweet Caucasian fantasy starring Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, Lauren Graham and Tom Everett Scott. Is Gabriel Macht, who portrays the sensitive-tender-musician-artist-magician, a goddamn foreigner? Does he have a boner for Diane Keaton (and who doesn't)? And does Shawn agree w...

Writer/Renaissance man Aaron Fentress drops by the studio to record his song of love (just a metaphor, he never actually sings) dedicated to the British stand-up STEWART LEE, a master of high-art comedy and a frequent collaborator with Armando Iannucci. How many bios did Aaron bring with him? Which comedy giants can be found in Stewart Lee's "Plagiarists' Corner"? And, on a semi-related note, shou...

In this most graphic episode thus far, actress/comedian/pop culture curator Chris Farah sits down with Sasha and Steven to caress her memories of STEALING BEAUTY, a 1996 coming-of-age-sexual-awakening-slash-mystery movie starring Liv Tyler, Joseph Fiennes, Jeremy Irons and Rachel Weisz. What disease does the character of Alex have? Can you find out who's your biological dad by reading a vague poem...

Actor/improv legend Will McLaughlin (SUPERSTORE, WRECKED, UCB) drops by the studio to express his love for another legend, Aaron Sorkin (as a body of work). How often does Will watch THE (entire) WEST WING? Does Steven have the acting chops to read a whole Sorkin "monulogue"? And what's Will's most impressive credit to date that's not listed above (we’ll just say it now: he’s the former coach of t...

In this Halloween episode, Zeb Wells (SUPERMANSION, ROBOT CHICKEN, MARVEL COMICS) scares the living hell out of Sasha and Steven as he aggressively defends ICP's infamous song "Miracles." How do you become a juggalo? Does Zeb also have tender feelings for Larry The Cable Guy? And what would philosopher Martin Buber think of ICP? Listen to find out. Also, Sasha and Steven recommend HOW THE UNIVERSE...

Fadl Saadi, PhD is a comedian/luminary/admirer of all things Vin Diesel, and he joins Sasha and Steven to celebrate xXx: RETURN OF XANDER CAGE (2017), also starring Donnie Yen, Kris Wu and Deepika Padukone. Why do Fadl, Steven and Sasha keep on profusely apologizing to Michael Bisping? Can motorcycles turn into waterskis? And what's this "Hollywood dirt" that Sasha supposedly has on Vin? Listen to...

In this special family episode , Steven's sister Lauren Cohen and her husband Rudi Greenberg sit down with Steven and Sasha to defend THE BOLD TYPE, a TV show on Freeform that is definitely trying to be SEX IN THE CITY for Millennials. Why would a grown cis male like Rudi watch this show? Does Steven know what a "slice of life" means? And what the hell is "diet woke"? Listen to find out. Email us...

Musician/filmmaker Andrew Haworth (theme music for SHUT UP I LOVE IT) practically forces Steven and Sasha to put on their film critic hats as they dive deep to discuss the strange/creepy/funny Taiwanese film THE HOLE (1998), directed by the auteur Tsai Ming-liang. Should the title of the film have been Big Trouble In Little China? How many times has Andrew seen it (hint: it's more than once and le...

TV writer Howie Kremer (LET'S GET PHYSICAL, FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY) and actress/comedian Tracy Meyer (THE REAL O’NEALS, COMMUNITY) sit down with Sasha and Steven to discuss STRIKE BACK, a British/American TV show airing on Cinemax and its archetypal hero, "a p***y hound with the heart of gold." Do Tracy and Howie have a special dance for the show's theme song? Does Sasha approve of STRIKE BACK's...

Emmy-winning comedy writer Nick Cron-Devico (ROBOT CHICKEN, CLARENCE) drops by the studio to try and convince Sasha and Steven that LOVE ISLAND (UK) - not to be mixed with LOVE ISLAND USA! - is one of the most fascinating TV phenomena of all time. How closely does this reality programme resemble the Stanford Prison Experiment? What's Sasha's deeply personal connection with the show, by way of its...

Jerry Lewis's unreleased Holocaust film THE DAY THE CLOWN CRIED (1972) has often been described as a masterpiece of bad taste and a failed attempt at Oscar bait by Lewis. This week's guests, authors Jeff Abraham and Burt Kearns (THE SHOW WON'T GO ON: THE MOST SHOCKING, BIZARRE, AND HISTORIC DEATHS OF PERFORMERS ONSTAGE) sit down with Sasha and Steven to passionately defend the Man himself and what...

Actress/comedian Kat Hughes (QUEEN AMERICA, Upright Citizens Brigade theater) sits down with Sasha and Steven to praise BIO-DOME, a 1996 movie starring Pauly Shore and Stephen Baldwin. What classic German film director is referenced in the film? Did someone tape Stephen Baldwin's butt cheeks?  How many cast members have had their careers ruined by this work of cinema, proudly scoring 4% on Rotten...

TV producer Gabe Mountain (THE HILLS: NEW BEGINNINGS) drops by the studio to express his deep affection for DAYS OF THUNDER, a 1990 Tom Cruise vehicle (he also talks about being almost-friends with Meghan Markle, the princess!). What's the Babinski reflex and why is it important? Can you explain car racing with two packets of Sweet'N Low on a woman's bare leg? Does Tom Cruise have a penis double (...

Photographer Megan Baker (UCB, The Comedy Store) blows away Steven and Sasha with her love for TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT, a 2011 film starring Topher Grace, Dan Fogler and Anna Faris. Does Megan really have a tatoo in honor of the film? Which character does she strongly identify with? And wait, did Bob Odenkirk repeatedly fire the P-word in one of the deleted scenes? Listen to find out. Email us at  sh...

Comedian/game designer Sean Kearney sits down with Sasha and Steven to praise a fave from his youth, the band COUNTING CROWS and its frontman Adam Duritz. Was this podcast episode recorded before Adam shaved his iconic dreadlocks? Did we really compare the band to the film Pulp Fiction? Who’s a better singer, Adam or Sean? Listen to find out. Email us at  shutuppod@gmail.com Twitter/Instagram: @sh...

Writer/comedian Joe Cabello (FIVE @ 305, Beat It) throws some loving punches at Sasha and Steven as he defends STREET FIGHTER (1994), Raul Julia's last film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. How far did the movie stray from the video game it was based on? Is JC even the main charcater in it? Did his American accent inspire Tommy Wiseau? Listen to find out. Email us at  shutuppod@gmail.com Twitter/In...