The Mandcave with Mandy Kaplan & Mandy Fabian

Ok, we've been quiet around here. But we have our reasons. And this week, we're telling you all about them the sexiest way we know how. And we're sorry about that.  (00:00) - Welcome to The Mandcave (00:35) - A VERY Sexy Episode (19:10) - A ridiculously messy pitch segment (20:30) - Games! (25:17) - Coming Attractions: Romantic Comedy

The Mandys hit the theaters for the remake of "The Little Mermaid," and it gives them feelings. Not always good ones. Along the way, Mandy thinks through The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck , Mandy gets a solid chuckle from Wanda Sykes, and everyone feels things about letting go of kids. (00:00) - Welcome to The Mandcave (00:27) - The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fuck (02:58) - Wanda Sykes (08:20) -...

The Mandys are on the trail of a scammer as they listen to the experts track down a fake cancer patient in the new podcast, "Scamanda." Along the way, they talk kids, reunions, Pride, and share a bonus listener bad date story that was perilously close to ending with an invitation into the bushes. (00:00) - Welcome to The Mandcave (01:17) - Oh... Kids (09:11) - Scamanda (45:26) - Support The Mandca...

The Mandys are hanging with the guys from Smartless by way of their new Max docuseries " Smartless: On The Road. " It's a parade of privilege and broken families, with a few podcast interviews peppered throughout, but that doesn't make it a bad thing, does it? Along the way they stop by "Yellowjackets," dance on the grave of "Ted Lasso," and figure out how to FMK with entire cities. (00:00) - Welc...

The Mandys take on the Scandoval in their run through the latest "Vanderpump Rules" Reunion. Along the way, they stop by "Jury Duty" and the great "Succession" Regression with a dip into prom dress fashion history. (00:00) - Welcome to The Mandcave (00:57) - Jury Duty (03:51) - Succession Regression (05:51) - Vanderpump Rules (42:33) - Games! (48:29) - Coming Attractions: Smartless: The Series!

The Mandys are hanging with the footballers this week as they watch Max's "Angel City." Along the way, Mandy discovers that Chip and Joanna Gaines are a legit thing, they talk “Killers of a Certain Age,” and have a brief encounter with an escape room. (00:00) - Welcome to The Mandcave (00:52) - This is when Mandy "discovers" Chip and Joanna Gaines (03:05) - Killers of a Certain Age (05:35) - Escap...

The Mandy’s are back to stand-up with John Mulaney’s latest Netflix special, Baby J .  Along the way, they talk Mother’s Day, musicals, and another John Mulaney thing, The Sack Lunch Bunch . (00:00) - Welcome to the Mandcave (00:28) - A Mander's Day Report (09:07) - John Mulaney's Baby J (41:28) - Support the Show: Become a Fandy! (43:53) - Games! (50:15) - Coming Attractions: Angel City

The Mandys relive their youth with Judy Bloom as they dive into the film adaptation of the classic "Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret.” Along the way, they dig into the latest Miscast performance, diagnose Mandy’s nearly irrational sexual obsession with Succession, and find a way to, together, be completely wrong about the musical Beetlejuice. (00:00) - Welcome to The Mandcave (01:15) - This i...

The Mandys are on a podcast tour of soured romance as they explore some Bad Dates with Jameela Jamil . But don’t worry, they also have an update on the drama surrounding the eggroll in a bowl, Mandy’s explorations in politics, adopting Scottish people, and confirmation that stuff that happens in Vegas, actually goes on to New Orleans, back to Las Angeles, and upward from there. (00:00) - Welcome t...

The Mandys take a trip to Mandyland with a Smile, take a horror break, and ultimately end up hanging with Kathryn Hahn admiring her Tiny Beautiful Things.  (00:00) - Welcome to the Mandcave! (01:49) - Smile (06:38) - Mandyland (11:36) - Tiny Beautiful Things (39:22) - Support the Show: Become a Fandy! (41:58) - Games! (53:47) - Coming Attractions: Bad Dates

The Mandys head back to "Broadway," but this time they're not taking the primrose path, oh no... this time, they're in the seedy underworld of Schmicago . Along the way, they’re taking on early porn with the current season of “ You Must Remember This ”, and if you want to check out all of Mandy’s Audible narrator credits, you should totally do that by clicking right here right now . (00:00) - Welc...

The Mandys are talking home-swapping and ghost obits this week as they take on the new ABC-Hulu show, “Not Dead Yet.”  (00:00) - Welcome to the Mandcave (08:31) - Not Dead Yet (36:57) - Become a Fandy! Get the Discord! Merch! (42:20) - Games! (46:49) - Coming Attractions: Schmicago

The Mandys exercise their musical muscles with Mae Whitman and crew in Hulu’s “Up Here.” Get ready to sing. Along the way, Mandy has a report from the red carpet on the heels of her feature film premiere, Jess Plus None . She has positive reports on the state of Marmite and assorted stinky cheeses. Mandy saw Shazaam: Fury of the Gods and, against all odds, had a ball. Randy Rainbow has a book that...

Mandy is joined by actress, writer, producer Kelly Vrooman who brings Sophia Coppola's Marie Antoinette for the cakeing. “Cakeing.” Did you see what I did there? It’s a Marie Antoinette joke.  I don’t know what it means. Who cares? No, YOU can eat cake.  Kelly Vrooman is all over the place. Find her on Instagram here. And you can check out her website here . I know, I know… who goes to websites an...

The Mandys take a tour through the ages courtesy of Mel Brooks, Nick Kroll, and the whole History of the World Part II crew. Along the way they talk about the Dead Eyes Podcast which everyone should listen to in spite of Mandy’s lackluster response to it because Mandy is, in fact, right: it’s amazing. (00:00) - Welcome to The mandcave (00:41) - Dead Eyes (05:59) - History of the World Part II (29:...

The Mandys review the Oscars and revisit Chris Rock and the Oscar slap with a review of his live stand-up special, "Selective Outrage."  (00:00) - Welcome to The Mandcave (01:13) - Chris Rock: Outrage (03:55) - The Mandy's Oscar Review (22:39) - Selective Outrage (42:03) - Support the show! Review, Rate, Become a Fandy! (43:57) - Games! Real or Fake Oscar Scandals! (52:18) - Coming Attractions: Hi...

The Mandys recover from their strenuous time apart reviewing last week’s podcast performance before they get to the business of Joel McHale in Animal Control. (00:00) - Welcome to the Mandcave (00:30) - Being Afraid of Mandy and Catching Up on Comedy (08:44) - Animal Control (32:12) - Getting to the business... (33:28) - Classic Sitcoms (36:09) - Games! (44:38) - Coming Attractions: History of the...

Mandy is gone, so Mandy has invited her friend Rory O’Malley to sit in and dish on The Rehearsal .  The show is bonkers, possibly offensive, and pokes at all the social anxieties — big and small — many of us carry around on our backs. It’s right in line with writer-director Nathan Fielder’s brand of comedy, and Mandy and Rory dive in deep this week. Oh, who is Rory, you ask? The biggest thing you...

The Mandys head to the Super Bowl and watch an old Patriots game. Four legendary comic actors are also present in “80 for Brady.” (00:00) - Welcome to The Mandcave (00:29) - Mandy did What's That Smell? (05:42) - 80 For Brady (35:12) - Become a Fandy! (36:41) - Games! (47:50) - Coming Attractions: Rory O'Mally

The Mandys call for more stripping from America's Sweatheart as they join Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis, and kids for a drug-mule vacation in "We're The Millers." (00:00) - Welcome to The Mandcave (00:35) - The Super Bowl (04:19) - M3GAN (06:05) - Big Days with Big Boys (10:31) - We're The Millers (38:01) - Become a Fandy! https://mandcave.com (40:43) - Games! (50:50) - Coming Attractions: 80 f...

Katie Henoch and Leah Henoch join the Mandys to talk about thier podcast, Mystic Mother, which chronicles the rise and fall of the Phoenix Goddess Temple. The podcast is available from Campfire Media anywhere you find your podcasts .  (00:00) - Welcome to The Mandcave (01:49) - Introducing Leah and Katie Henoch and the Mystic Mother (47:39) - Coming Attractions: We Are the Millers

The Mandys go completely meta for Paul T. Goldman, a show about Paul T. Goldman, starring Paul T. Goldman, slowly devolving into the mind and revenge fantasy of Paul T. Goldman. Along the way, they talk to Melinda McGraw, who plays Audrey Munson in all six eps, about her experience making the show.  (00:00) - Welcome to The Mandcave (27:08) - The Mandys think they're Smartless (46:32) - Suppor the...

The Mandys explore the sex appeal of middle-aged men as they navigate the world of the Hulu adaptation, "Fleishman is in Trouble." But first, they celebrate the latest run of Miscast LA, The Randy Rainbow Podcast, a revisit of old Smartless, and another classically weird relationship game! (00:00) - Welcome to The Mandcave (00:34) - The Mandys Live Musical Experience (02:35) - The Randy Rainbow Po...

The Mandy's dive into a universe they don't love, from a writer they don't like, to explore the musical shennanigans of a precocious little troublemaker, Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical . Along the way, they talk about Mandy's deep-dive into horror movies, The White Lotus , and a new opportunity for Fandy's to get advice — this time, advice they are actually asking for. (00:00) - Welcome to The M...

The Mandys are hanging with Jonah Hill and his therapist in “ Stutz ” and taking on the challenges of giving advice when you should just shut up. Along the way, they take on competitive board gaming and traumatic brain injury.  (00:00) - Welcome to the Mandcave (01:42) - Cards Against HuMandity (04:17) - Stutz (32:11) - Support the show: Become a Fandy! (33:35) - Games! (33:48) - The Pen Saga (34:...