Waxing the Porpoise

This week G-Baby, the Usual Suspect Steve, special guest and friend of the show "Staring Jon" summon the spirits to discuss 1982's Poltergeist directed by Tobe Hooper. Join us as we talk about the practical effects that still hold up, strange circumstances involved in the making of the film, and clown phobia. It's like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife Toot it and boot it, let's wax this...

This week G-Baby, the Usual Suspect Steve, and special guest Chris from the Channel 83 Podcast take the 444th portal to the Forest of Resurrection to discuss Ryuhei Kitamura's Versus from the year 2000. Side quests include Street Fighter the movie and it's Dee Jay problem, getting braced in Bulgaria, and a very special colloquial corner that will have you questioning Dr. Pepper and it's relation t...

This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve get sucked into 2015's The Final Girls, a camp counselor horror-spoof film within a film with a heart of gold.  Join us as G-Baby actually talks himself out of liking the film and Steve struggles with the concept of "demon time". Side quests include Steve's revulsion of vocal fry and cry face, an anti-devotional from Kanye West, and our campaign against...

This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve give you a piece of our mind and rap about this underrated zombie romp from 2015. Help us get our organ donor badges and we'll do the boogaloo at the zombie hall, discuss G-Baby's fresh discovery of Takis and dunk on DJ Khaled. Leave it to cleaver, we're trimming the head-ges. Let's wax this living dead porpoise. #scoutsguide #meritbadge #horror #zombie...

Can G-Baby dial up another winner for the Usual Suspect Steve with this week's topic The Mothman Prophecies from 2002?  Tangents include missing time/blacking out, waxing nostalgic about Steve Irwin, Isaac Hayes bangers and the often overshadowed mythical creature, The Mothman. There'll be no Indrid Cold-calls this episode, cryptids go straight to voicemail. Let's wax this prognosticating porpoise...

This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve scratch 2nd kicking off spooky season with John Carpenter's 1983 piss missile, Christine. Join us as we wax nostalgic about our first cars, shifting into fall with horror, and tune in to Denzel Washington spit fire in a new segment dubbed "Denzel Devotionals". There'll be no granny shifting this episode, we're double clutching like you should. Let's wax...

This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve both take in a first time watch of Clint Eastwood's 1976 revenge tale, The Outlaw Josey Wales. Join us as we discuss one of Eastwood's most acclaimed films and also touch on what the "Craic" means in Ireland, jalapenos, redemption for Corey Feldman, and a possible needlepoint commission. Had a lot of fun on this one - wait for the end where Steve gets h...

This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve veer into borderline parody territory with Joe Dante's 1989 urban sprawl spectacle, The Burbs. Will Steve's streak of positive film reviews continue on is G-Baby due to get cul-de-sacked?  Tell us what you think about The Burbs - great film or the greatest film? Let's wax this suburban porpoise. #theburbs #theklopeks #tomhanks #joedante #1989 #waxit htt...

This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve take a more austere turn to talk about the disappearance of Asha Degree. A frustrating case that quickly ran cold, Asha's case offers more questions than answers and serves as a sobering reminder of just how quickly your whole world can change. Let's wax this somber porpoise. #ashadegree #bringherhome #unexplained #missing #waxit https://linktr.ee/waxth...

Get your zoodles and caulifloodles here! This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve rap about the strangely similar disappearances of Danny Filippidis and Steven Kubacki. We cut loose and talk about a myriad of ideas that could explain these strange vanishing acts including amnesia, multiple personalities, missing time and more. Let's wax this lost and found porpoise. #missing411 #unsolved #disa...

Daddy chill! This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve check out an older flick that put the spaghetti western and Clint Eastwood on the map, A Fistful of Dollars (1964). Join us as we dig into Italian sub-genres while G-Baby has an existential crisis about the future of slang as we ponder the question, what even is that? Let's wax this no-name porpoise. #spaghettiwestern #clinteastwood #sergio...

This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve take the grapevine to 1930's Los Angeles as we discuss one of the all time greats, Chinatown (1974). Water rights, corruption, murder, incest - strap in friends, this ain't no trip to Disneyland. "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." Let's wax this parched porpoise. #chinatown #nicholson #orangegroves #cityofangels #noir #waxit https://linktr.ee/waxtheporp...

This week we review the underseen indie-horror, deep cut, piss missile with a heart of gold, 2012's The Battery. This DIY film stands as G-Baby's favorite zombie flick of all time and we'll see if Scuba Steve concurs. If you like zombie/horror films and early to mid 90's Atlanta Braves players then call Guinness and we'll play some pepper. Let's wax this split-finger porpoise. #thebattery #newengl...

This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve dial up Missing 411 to discuss the disappearance and untimely death of Cullen Finnerty. Along the way we'll discuss shitty tree service, dissolving swim trunks and tolerance of heavy narcotics. Join us as we attempt to peel back the onion on this mysterious case. Let's wax this enigmatic porpoise. #cullenfinnerty #baldwinriver #missing411 #shittytreeser...

This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve are back talking card counting, part deux. We discuss more of the philosophical aspects of life as an advantage player - the lifestyle, pros and cons, and longevity. Join us as we delve into the game within the game and don't give us any trouble at the cage. Let's wax this degenerate porpoise.

This week G-Baby was all thumbs and forgot to hit the record button for our review of 1986's Highlander. So instead this week he and the Usual Suspect Steve scrambled to review the Stephen King short story, The Jaunt. Talk about a nightmare void, this one will stick with you longer than you think! Let's wax this apparated porpoise. #thejaunt #teleportation #stephenking #skeletoncrew #cosmichorror

This week G-Baby and his "China plate" the Usual Suspect Steve rapaciously ruminate about a romanticized reflection on revenge, 1999's The Limey, directed by Steven Soderbergh.  Alliteration aside, we had a lot of fun on this one - join us as we have a "butcher's" at this slept-on late 90's gem. Let's wax this cockney porpoise. Special shout out to Chris at Channel 83 for writing us, it was a trea...

This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve take a left turn at Albuquerque to rap about Steve's current stock in trade, card counting aka advantage play.  We discuss the twin dragons of calculation and theatrics that are involved as well as the high level of variability that is part and parcel of this dance of the mind. Hit, stand, or bust - let's wax this high stakes porpoise.

This week we go reverse dreidel and catch a deep cut that G-Baby has never seen, 2001's The Believer. Is this treatise on self loathing worthwhile or are you better off just watching The Hebrew Hammer? Other points of interest include oversized hats - yay or nay - and is it ever too late to change your laugh or other personality defining features? Let's wax this verklempt porpoise.

This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve planned to focus on 1987's Near Dark but ended up going off on a Bill Paxton retrospective. We should have watched Twister. Let's wax this toothsome porpoise.

This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve pay a visit to The Land of the Rising Sun to discuss another Ridley Scott banger, 1989's Black Rain. Great movie or the greatest movie? Join us as we find out and postulate about the validity of greed over honor, Ken Takakura's star turn as "MATS" and Michael Douglas' overall badassery. Let's wax this rain soaked porpoise.

This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve take a trip to Hollyweird and discuss Johnny Depp's ownership of the Viper Room, its sordid history and the disappearance of his former business partner, Anthony Fox. Did Depp have something to do with it or did Anthony outfox the sparrow? Join us as we dig a little deeper while avoiding grumpys and snarks along the way. Let's wax this unsolved porpoise...

This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve go off the reservation to discuss a slept on early 90's mystery banger - Thunderheart.  Join us as we attempt to overcome the sting of Blade Runner and try to figure out whatever the hell 'Goblin Mode' means while we go for a ride with Val Kilmer on a vision quest to embrace his forgotten heritage.  "You gotta listen to the trees, hoss. Gotta stop and l...

This week G-Baby and the Usual Suspect Steve go "Off-World" to discuss a dystopian cyberpunk banger that was ahead of it's time - Blade Runner.  Hot off the heels of Steve's enjoyment of The Prestige, we'll perform our own Voight-Kampff test to see whether or not he dreams of electric porpoise after his first time watch of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner.  Can he get over the inexplicable monsoon RAIN...

In this week's episode we discuss the alleged involvement of OJ Simpson's son, Jason Simpson, in the murders of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman.  Should he have been considered a suspect and examined much more closely?  We think so.  Overshadowed by his father's larger than life stature and his behavior before, during and after the trial, we look at compelling evidence that has been gathered over the...