Thinking Outside The Long Box

It's pop culture classic time, and we are talking something that is very near and dear to Juan's heart! From when I was a child, I was obsessed with Sam & Al, leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong, and saddened by the fact that Sam never made it home. Of course, we are talking about the scifi show, Quantum Leap! Quantum Leap is the reason that this show exists at al...

We are inching closer and closer to episode 300!! What a crazy milestone that we never thought we were going to get to, six years ago! BUT, here we are, and we are talking about some awesome subjects, as we get closer and closer!! First up, we are officially past the "blip" as it's called in the MCU. WandaVision was technically the first series, to move on from that, but it took place mostly in it...

What is going on everyone!! You know what time it is!! It's time for another awesome LIVE edition of the podcast!! Every time that we get together to record, our last episode, is always live, with hopes of interacting with some of our listeners! They'll throw in their topics, or give live feedback on some of the topics that we are discussing as well. SOMETIMES we'll even have a listener on the sho...

This sequel was thirty years in the making, and actually was not even really supposed to be made. The only reason that Eddie Murphy decided to make this sequel is because of the demand for it! So, we're here talking about a movie that took a very long path to get made, and finished the way he liked it. Of course we are talking about the long awaited sequel, Coming 2 America. Coming 2 America tells...

It's pop culture classic time everyone!! We're not going back TOO far for this one, just to 1993! A time, where in the movie, for the most part, it's 2032! Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes are teaming up, or trying to kill each other, in this action movie, Demolition Man! Come on, when was the last time that you watched Demolition Man? It might not be the most up to date movie in the world, an...

We are back to speak about one of the latest Disney series that has just concluded it's run. We are of course talking about WandaVision. When we originally spoke about the show, it only had three episodes that had been released. This was the wrap up episode for us, in which we speak about the whole first season. Before you take a listen to this episode, you should definitely give our first episode...

It's LIVE episode time everyone!! We discuss all of the random things that we have done in the last two weeks. What were we watching, other than our main topics? Did anybody read anything? Did you listen to something that might be interesting? THIS is the time to discuss those things.  PLUS, this is the chance for our listeners to jump in on the conversation with us, and tell us what YOU have been...

We don't generally do a -ton- of "family friendly" series, especially on the Disney side of things. BUT, Tim suggested this next topic, as it was something that looked fun, and new, coming from Disney. So, we are of course talking about Raya and the Last Dragon!! Raya and the Last Dragon tells the story of a fractured community of people. This community used to be very involved with each other, un...

Are you a fan of the courtroom drama? Shows like Law & Order? Do you hear that familiar DUN DUN in your dreams? If you do, then our latest pop culture classic episode, is definitely for you. This is actually, probably, the movie that may have started it all, as far as the courtroom dramas go. We are of course talking about the film, 12 Angry Men.  12 Angry Men tells the story of twelve jurors, who...

I KNOW, that you all think that Alan Tudyk is an acting stud! If you don't think that, then we don't believe that we can be your friend.......Alright, I guess if you're not a Tudyk fan, we'll forgive you! BUT, our next topic is pretty much ALL about the Tudyk!! Lately Alan has been strecthing his acting chops, in the voice acting realm, but this is a little bit of a departure from that. We are, of...

You know what time it is everyone!! It's time for another one of our fun, listener interaction episodes!! Every time we record, our last episode of the recording session is saved, and recorded LIVE!! We do our best to interact with those people that are in on the recording, and get their feedback on what we should talk about!! Hopefully you all will join us in the future for one of these episodes,...

To finish off our two weeks of our anime content, we are here to bring you the latest anime topic!! We're talking about a Netflix series, titled, The Great Pretender!  Gabe's son Ashton was telling Gabe over and over again, that this was something that we needed to ensure that we spoke about it. The Great Pretender is all about a group of scam artists, that range from everywhere around the world....

It's pop culture classic time everyone!! For this pop culture classic, we are going back pretty far, but not only in time, but also in concept. As far as the time goes, Akira came out in Japan, in 1988, and in the United States, in 1989. As far as the concept goes, it was one of the very first times, that the United States was exposed to this kind of anime. It was one of the first time's, that som...

Oh man, what do we say about our next topic. We came into this movie, hoping for a cool story, with magic, and music! I guess I'm not sure what it is that we actually got, but that is for you all to decide on as well. For this episode, we are talking about the Ghibli movie, Earwig and the Witch!  Earwig and the Witch tells the story of a young orphan. She was left at an orphanage, by a witch, who...

I KNOW that none of you are tired of watching Mr. Cage put out these awesome, and crazy movies! There are many amazing actors who work inside of this very different movies! We are here, speaking with one of those awesome actors, David Sheftell!  David plays Evan Olson in the movie, Willy's Wonderland! Evan plays a deputy sheriff who ends up getting caught in the middle of an animatronic murder plo...

It's special episode time everyone!! For this special interview episode, we are speaking with Cybil Lake!! Cybil is director and actor! For this very special episode, we were able to speak with Cybil about her movie, Central Park Dark! This movie stars Cybil herself, as well as Tom Sizemore. "Central Park Dark is a feature length horror/thriller film starring Tom Sizemore and Cybil Lake. It’s abou...

What is going on everyone out there on the internet!! This LIVE episode, comes off the heels of The Walking Dead heated episode!! Do we carry over the Doyle and Gabe argument that brought the last episode to a stand still?  What we do talk about, as always, are the things that we have done, outside of our topics, in the last two weeks, since the last time that we saw each other! From the movies, o...

Half of the team is completely ready for more and more, and even more zombies, but the other half of the team is ready to give up The Walking Dead, for more, ugh, zombies............. Listen to the episode and see if you can understand the argument haha! BUT, for this episode, we are speaking about the first season, of the limited series TV show, The Walking Dead: World Beyond.  The Walking Dead:...

It's pop culture classic time everyone!! For those of you who don't know, right now we have two Patreon supporters, who support us at the "Director" tier. What that means, is that they get to choose a pop culture subject every other choice. For this subject, our supporter Jason, chose the president film, Dave. Dave is a film from the 90's, that stars Kevin Kline, and Sigourney Weaver. Kevin Kline'...

Our topic for the day, happens to be packed with some star power. How could a movie with Denzel Washington, Jared Leto, and Rami Malek miss on this movie, or did they? Give the episode a listen, to hear what we thought about this star packed movie, The Little Things. The Little Things debuted in 2021, so it is a pretty recent release! The Little Things is about two police officers, from different...

We are freaking LIVE!! LIVE and finally coming back together in order to record some episodes!! Taking all of the precautions that we can, before and after, we are back to old form!! This is our listener interaction episode!! During a listener interaction episode, we jump onto Facebook LIVE, in order to record! During this recording, we do our best to ask all of you that are listening, to contribu...

Gabriel Iglesias is a pioneer, as far as the comedy industry goes! So, you know that whatever he was going to do, as far as a series goes, was going to be just as fun as he is, during his comedy! I think that he hit it out of the park, with his Netflix series, Mr. Iglesias! Mr. Iglesias, of course, stars Gabe, playing an exaggerated version of himself, who is a history teacher at Woodrow Wilson Hi...

For today's episode, we are taking a look at one movie, but that was done twice. The original, came out in 2003, and is a Korean action thriller!  The original OldBoy tells the story of Oh Dae-Su! He is a businessman who gets kidnapped, seemingly out of nowhere, to be pulled into a web, that encompasses a years long plan of revenge! After spending fifteen years of time as a captor, he's magically...

What in the holy hell has been going on since Avengers: Endgame? With the Tony Stark Avengers behind us, what have some of our favorite Avengers been up to?  Well, if you're asking this question, the first three episodes of WandaVision might not give you ANY answer that you seek! We know that Vision has been dead since Avengers: Infinity War, but somehow he is in this series, with Scarlet Witch he...

We're back with another, special, interview episode!! In one of our upcoming episodes, we will be speaking about the Netflix series, Mr. Iglesias. It's a family friendly sitcom, dealing with different types of troubled youth, as students in Woodrow Wilson High School. Today's interviewee, is one of those students, named Mikey Gutierrez. Mikey is portrayed by the super talented actor, Fabrizio Guid...