The Firepit Podcast

Connection from Previous Film: Kirsten Dunst. The team makes a hard stop (literally) on the WHISTLE-STOP CAMPAIGN TRAIL to shake some hands and Wag the Dog with Spider-man's girlfriend, in what should be called "Politics: The How-To Guide!" The team goes on the attack; everyone starts out laughing; everything ends in despair! Firepit Twitter: @FirepitCCE Firepit Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/...

Connection from Previous Film: Jaden Martel. The team sets on the WHISTLE-STOP CAMPAIGN TRAIL -- hopping on the Midnight Special with the leader of the Losers Club and General Zod while trying to get some sweet campaign endorsements from Kylo Ren! Josh is on his own; Tom is out of the loop; Dan lets everyone knows who he's doing it for. Episode Sponsor: Rob's Custom PCs https://www.facebook.com/Ro...

Selection Section number four! The team is refreshed from their field trip, and are ready to throw their hats into the ring and elect their next six weeks of films! Josh gets to strut; Tom plays dirty; Dan hopes to play ball! Recorded on 17 September 2020

Connection from Previous Film: Javier Botet. The team floats through sepsis and 80s nostalgia to their final destination on the FIELD TRIP TO KING TOWN! Here they find horrible, inhuman monsters that thrive on fear and suffering...and also It! (Seriously, Stephen King hates small towns!) Josh wants to float; Dan wants to make a deal; Tom wants to run from the scene of the crime! Episode Sponsor: R...

Connection from Previous Film: Gil Bellows. The team makes a quick stop on the FIELD TRIP TO KING TOWN to tell a scary story about a movie that nobody remembers being made, if it was ever made at all! Josh writes a horror; Dan hopes for a good time; the team swoons over Tom's new bundle of joy! Episode Sponsor: Rob's Custom PCs https://www.facebook.com/RobsCustomPCs/ Recorded on 19 September 2020

Connection from Previous Film: Jeffrey DeMunn. We've gone from death row to Hard Time for our fourth stop on the FIELD TRIP TO KING TOWN! Luckily we have literal God to help get us what we need to get through! Dan stays silent; Tom breaks out; Josh enjoys a treat (much to everyone's disgust.) Episode Sponsor: Rob's Custom PCs https://www.facebook.com/RobsCustomPCs/ Recorded on 9 September 2020

Connection from Previous Film: James Cromwell. The third, middle-est stop on the FIELD TRIP TO KING TOWN finds our team on death row with Kingpin, Justin Hammer, and that one guy from Elmo's World; but thankfully Zefram Cochrane is the warden, so they should get through it pretty fast! Tom rides the lightning; Josh doesn't get herpes; Dan wants to tell you about the King Initiative! Episode Sponso...

Connection from Previous Film: River Phoenix. The team takes off onto their next section of their FIELD TRIP TO KING TOWN, following Young Indiana Jones in exploring space, pop music, and parental neglect! Dan looks for an adult; Tom and Josh do English good; the team gets a sponsor AND a Discord! Episode Sponsor: Rob's Custom PCs https://www.facebook.com/RobsCustomPCs/ Discord Link: https://disco...

Connection from Previous Film: Richard Dreyfus. On their FIELD TRIP TO KING TOWN, the team falls down a rabbit hole of a rabbit hole and get stuck in an ouroboros of nostalgia about a nostalgia film; with Richard Dreyfus pining away for simpler times of kids casually smoking and corpse scavenger hunts and not having to deal with It! Josh gets caught; Tom contests his epilogue; Dan wonders if they...

The third in the Selection Section series! The three greatest minds of our time gruel and duel for hours over what movies they'll be watching for six weeks. World peace will not be solved, but by gum, they'll figure a way to their movie destination today! Dan calls in a backup; Tom coasts on his last list's success; the algorithm bites Josh back! Recorded on 16 August 2020

Connection from Previous Film: Robert Shaw. The team finally sails to the end of their SINK OR SWIM SUMMER TOUR and dock at their destination of Amity Island, and the known hunting waters of Jaws! Here, Robert Shaw finds better-fitting clothes and better lines of dialogue, as he pirates his way with Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfus in search of shark booty! Josh gets naked; Tom meets his replaceme...

Connection from Previous Film: James Earl Jones. James Earl Jones carries fifteen minutes of plot through what feels life fifteen hours of film, as Robert Shaw fails to pick an accent and Anjelica Huston earns a paycheck (oh, and Peter Boyle splashes around too) in this part of the SINK-OR-SWIM SUMMER TOUR. Tom feels the hype; Dan and Josh "persuade" a celebrity guest to join the call; everybody b...

Connection from Previous Film: Sam Neil. Following the dead stop that was the last film, the team hunts for a better movie on their SINK-OR-SWIM-SUMMER TOUR -- following Sam Neill as he sails away from the calm of his old life and down below with the convincingly-Russian Sean Connery; dreaming of a life of paleontology as Alec Baldwin shadows their every turn! Dan feeds the mind; Tom feeds the sou...

Connection from Previous Film: Nicole Kidman. The team lists (literally) into the third film on their SINK-OR-SWIM-SUMMER TOUR, as they spend almost two hours watching Sam Neill pump bilge while Nicole Kidman pumps Billy Zane (full of harpoons), and absolutely no babies or dogs are harmed in the making of this film. Dan and Josh find out how long it takes for Tom to hate a film; Dan gets soused; e...

Connection from Previous Film: Willem Dafoe. The team reaches the second port on their SINK-OR-SWIM SUMMER TOUR -- where, under the sea, Jason Momoa just can't wait to be king, but he needs a friend in Willem Dafoe before Patrick Wilson makes him feel the color of his fists! Dan alienates another fanbase; Josh's nephews disappoint him; everyone realizes that Tom was right all along. Recorded on 15...

Connection from Previous Film: Jeff Goldblum. It's lucky number thirteen as the team starts on their SINK-OR-SWIM SUMMER TOUR -- the journey of three men into the ever-waiting Jaws! And what better way to start a trip to a movie about hunting a shark for revenge, than with a movie about hunting a shark for revenge -- where Bill Murray channels his inner Bill Murray, and Jeff Goldblum reminds us wh...

The second in the Selection Section, where the team steps away from the screens to talk about what movies to watch next. They've decided on the GOAL, but what will be the path? Dan bites at the bit; Tom splashes around; Josh breaks IMDB! Recorded on 08 July 2020

Connection from Previous Film: Adam Baldwin We finally made it! The final stop on THE ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE DAY: Independence Day! The Fresh Prince and Everyone's Favorite Internet Meme hack and blast their way through one of the only Roland Emmerich films that was a disaster in a GOOD way! Tom overcomes some technical difficulties; Josh brings the tough questions; everyone talks about where they w...

Connection from Previous Film: Bill Paxton. Our second to last stop as we reach the end of THE ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE DAY, as the prolific Danny "I'm Too Old for This" Glover, the "Rush-Hour Rambo" Bill Paxton, and Gary "How Many Movies Was this Guy In!?" Busey try to survive 90s L.A., and also deal with an evil alien in fishnets. Tom and Josh make their musical debut; Dan has an announcement; Josh...

Connection from Previous Film: Ed Harris The next stop on our ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE DAY! In this week's episode we watch Apollo 13 starring the always amazing Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton and Kevin Bacon! Join us as we make it our first Kevin Bacon movie,  discuss various aspects of the Apollo era space program, make terrible jokes, and (obviously) talk about the movie! Recorded on 19 June 2020

Connection from Previous Film: Dennis Quaid We continue on THE ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE DAY, as American rocket scientists Mister Magoo their way through the early days of the Space Race, and a team of Mavericks tries to find out who among them is the best Maverick (spoiler alert: it's the guy that won't shut up about it!) Josh sings about the Boldie Oldies; Dan drops some history; Tom plays Real Spac...

Connection from Previous Film: Meg Ryan The next stop on THE ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE DAY! Meg Ryan sees herself upgraded from the love interest of an aviator to the love interest of an Astronaut, as Dennis Quaid goes deep to find out just what makes Martin Short so charming, and Robert Picardo is a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude! Tom wonders much cancer Martin Short's character has by...

Connection from Previous Film: Michael Ironside Val Kilmer plays a highly-trained, highly-skilled, and highly-professional Navy aviator; who has to contend with the loose-cannon show-boating ego of one "Maverick" Tom Cruise, as they both vie to see whose gun is top! A loving feeling is lost, the team stumbles upon evidence of dark magic, and everyone realizes that Top Gun might actually be pretty...

Connection from Previous Film: Clancy Brown A well-needed pallet-cleanser after the bile sandwich that was Pathfinder! Future-marines journey into space to fight bugs and find the anti-fascist satire that keeps going over everyone's heads. Dan and Josh realize that there are as many stars in heaven as there are films with Michael Ironside; Tom's mic still sounds like wet garbage; and everyone agre...

Connection from Previous Film: Karl Urban "Native Americans versus Vikings? There's no way that this can fail!" Spoilers: It does! There is nothing good about this film! There are two wolves inside a man, and the team wonders which of them ate the script! Do not see this film!  Recorded on 15 May 2020