Episodes
April 1, 2016
286: The Mormon Name Spelling Game, Batman V Hair, SFSU Dreadlock Fight
So much #Content this week! We talk about Batman V Superman and the movie trend of "climactic hair cutting." Using actual Mormon names from 2015, we play the Mormon Name Spelling Game. We break down the SFSU fight over white guy dreads and cultural appropriation. But mostly we let Matt Lieb digress into weird sex stuff. 6:50 - The "climactic hair cutting" movie cliche, and Jesse Eisenberg actually getting asked what it's like to have to cut his hair. 14:15 - What a "previously on the Frotcast" ...
March 24, 2016
285: Batman V Superman, Name Of The Year Draft, Worst 90s Songs
This episode is a feast of #CONTENT! Sh*t My Dad Says author Justin Halpern joins us to discuss Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, and the worst songs of the '90s, and then Brendan returns for our fourth annual Name of the Year draft. Enjoy! 1:35 - Batman V Superman talk (no spoilers). As Bret says, "that is a long dawn, my friend." 3:00 - Justin Halpern explains what Batman V Superman-mania looks like on the Warner lot. 13:00 - Our picks for the worst songs of the 1990s. But first, Justin has...
March 17, 2016
284: How to Deal with A-Holes, with Jane Harrison and Laremy
Vince is back from SXSW, and joined by Bret and Jane Harrison (of Viceland's Flophouse) to talk about how to deal with A-holes in a public situation, be they texting in movies or heckling at comedy shows. Seattle film critic Laremy Legel Skypes in to talk about Deadpool and other movie topics. Enjoy our #content 2:10 - Made it a whole two minutes without talking about Jane's pussy worms from last week. Impressive! 4:00 - Janes makes fun of me for my shirt with a bear on it - we try to define wh...
March 10, 2016
283: The Comedians Of Viceland’s ‘Flophouse,’ the Anti-Circumcision Lobby, and ‘The Witch’
We go INSIDE THE COMEDIAN'S STUDIO this week, or inside the comedian's flophouse, anyway, in honor of Matt Lieb and Jane Harrison's television debuts on Viceland's Flophouse (airs March 17th). Did you know they named the first episode after a Matt Lieb bit? He's big time now. After that, we talk about Jane's Bad Date with Rad Tad the Dog-Faced Bartender (and modern dating in general), discuss Chris Rock's Oscars monologue, we try to get to the bottom of vocal anti-circumcisioners (with whom Matt...
Feb. 24, 2016
282: Oscars Talk, Tyrese Gibson Is The Real-Life Zoolander, and Joanie Pepperoni
This week, on the Frotcast, we've got lots of hot #OSCARSTALK #CONTENT. We discuss this year's nominees, and choose our all-time favorite and least favorite Best Picture Oscar winners. After that, we talk Tyrese Gibson and Amber Rose talking slut-shaming, and run through a brief history of Tyrese being an idiot. Finally, we discuss police foiling a murder plot using a fake hitman named "Joanie Pepperoni," an early front runner for news story of the year. Guests include Seattle film critic Laremy...
Feb. 18, 2016
Frotcast 281: Crybaby Startup Guy, Grammies, and Vinyl, with Jane Harrison
Comedian Jane Harrison joins Matt, Vince, and Bret this week, to talk Donald Trump, a whiny startup founder's crybaby letter to San Francisco mayor Ed Lee, the Grammies and Johnny Depp's "Hollywood Vampires," Vinyl, and Chelsea Peretti at the Crunchies. Also, the sound should be better this week, I think I finally got my compression settings worked out. Hooray for #Content! 00:00 - Donald Trump's incredible stump speeches, which are like a comedian who doesn't try to be funny and only does crow...
Feb. 11, 2016
280: Chi-Raq, with Kaseem Bentley
Spike Lee's Chi-Raq, about a women's movement to withhold sex to stop gang violence, is now free on Amazon Prime. And now, comedian Kaseem Bentley talking about it is free on the FilmDrunk Frotcast. Matt Lieb and Bret are also in the studio with me, Vince Mancini, for possibly the most #content-filled Frotcast ever recorded. 3:40 - Matt Lieb tells us about what hot new jokes the comedians in LA are telling. 15:00 - Kaseem Bentley arrives, and immediately roasts Matt for not acknowledging him i...
Feb. 5, 2016
279: Guest Matt Ufford – Hail Caesar, The Coen Bros, and the Super Bowl
Award-winning sports personality Matt Ufford (SB Nation, The Inactives podcast) joins IN STUDIO this week, to talk Hail, Caesar! (almost no spoilers) our favorite Coen Bros movies in general, and of course all the media hoopla surrounding this week's Super Bowl, live from Super Bowl city.
Jan. 29, 2016
278: Lieb Returns From AVNs
Matt Lieb, Bret, and Brendan are all back together for a Frotcast about Matt Lieb returning from the AVNs, R. Kelly's amazing sex metaphors, Josef Stalin's secret poop lab, Kevin Smith's Yoga Hosers, and Vin Diesel at the toy fair. #Content! Enjoy our #Brand! 1:00 - Matt Lieb gets back from the AVNs. 3:45 - The story of the porn star who could only express appreciation sexually, which made him have sex with a horse. 15:30 - Matt Lieb tells us about his sad break up. 18:08 - Brendan discovers R....
Jan. 21, 2016
277: Justin Halpern, Laremy Talk The Revenant, Amy Schumer, and the OscarsSoWhite Oscar Boycott
The regular crew is out this week, but in their place I have Justin Halpern from Surviving Jack/Sh*t My Dad Says, and Whoop Dreams star and Seattle's finest film critic, Laremy Legel, not to mention a boat load of #Content. We talk The Revenant, Amy Schumer, Lights Camera Jackson, the #OscarsSoWhite and Oscars boycott, the Deadpool trailer, and make fun of the Oregon militia dudes' list of supplies. Enjoy! 2:14 - The new paradigm of Distracted TV Watching. What shows do you watch we're you're a...
Jan. 14, 2016
276: Sean Penn/El Chapo, What We Do In the Shadows, with Jane Harrison
Fresh off being named one of Podbean's TOP 10 COMEDY PODCASTS OF 2015 (second year in a row), the Frotcast is back, to discuss Sean Penn's El Chapo interview, The Revenant/Leonardo DiCaprio's Oscar hunt, and What We Do In the Shadows. Guests include comedians Matt Lieb and Jane Harrison, joining Bret and Vince in the studio. 0:55 - Matt Lieb tries out a new catch phrase, with debatable success. 4:00 - Matt loved The Revenant and hated The Hateful Eight. No spoilers here. 6:50 - Does Leonardo Di...
Jan. 7, 2016
275: Making A Murderer, With Ashley Burns And Pauly Casillas
We discuss Making A Murderer, Netflix's white hot new true crime series, with two blasts from Frotcast past: Uproxx Editor Ashley Burns (Burnsy) and Tuscon, Arizona's freshest comedy voice, Pauly Casillas (Pauly Dangerously). Vince Mancini from FilmDrunk and Bret hold down the Frotquarters. Did Steven Avery do it? Should Brendan Dassey get a new trial? Will the pardon Steven Avery petitions make a difference? Which of these questions will we ponder before making fun of the accents and lack of un...
Dec. 31, 2015
FilmDrunk Frotcast Best Of 2015 Episode
The best moments of the FilmDrunk Frotcast from 2015! Edited by Token, donate a few bucks for his time at https://www.paypal.me/TokenAudio. Guests featured: Laremy Legel, OJ Patterson, Jane Harrison, Steve Post, Kaseem Bentley, Torio Van Grol, Jason Dove, and Matt Ufford. 00:10 - All the times we told Laremy to shut up. 02:25 - Bret's Face-Turn, in which he decides to become a shill. 03:14 - Mama's Little Piss Boy (Ep 269) 10:39 - Brandon Fromfreemont (Ep 244) 15:11 - Corporate Birthday (Ep 270...
Dec. 23, 2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, with Justin Halpern, Pat Schumacker, Laremy, and Matt Lieb
It's a special edition FilmDrunk Frotcast! Where we actually discuss and review a movie! Justin Halpern and Pat Schumacker from Shit My Dad Says, Laremy Legel from Film.com, and comedian Matt Lieb join (Vince Mancini from FilmDrunk) to talk about Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Obviously, there will be Star Wars spoilers. Topics include: Hey, whats up with the Force? Who is Rey's father? Does Luke Skywalker ever use the force to jerk off? Why is Kylo Ren so bad at being a bad guy? And finally, Ada...
Dec. 10, 2015
273: Creed, Hoodslam, Donald Trump, The Big Short
Is Creed the first boxing movie about a black boxer? The fact that none of us can think of another one says enough. This week we talk Creed, and about Hoodslam, the pro wrestling event we went to in Oakland, play the royalty-free music freestyle challenge, discuss The Big Short, and get an update from Ben, now that he's back in the country. This week's Frotcrew: Vince Mancini, Matt Lieb, and SF comedian by way of Somerville, Massachusetts, Stevie Post. 6:32 - Talking Creed. Is Sylvester Stallon...
Dec. 4, 2015
272: Batman V. Superman, The Leftovers, Jaden Smith Bingo
This week's show: Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer. Superhero movie fatigue. The Night Before. Brooklyn. The Leftovers (plus Damon Lindelof, Lost, Prometheus). Fargo. Jaden Smith. Old-timey renditions of classic rock songs. Enjoy! 3:30 - Breaking down the Batman v Superman trailer. 12:00 - We talk superhero movie fatigue, and why all the superheroes have to fight each other now. Can't they just be friends?! 16:30 - Personal stories with Matt Lieb: Making out with his RA to the sound ...
Nov. 18, 2015
271: Ronda Rousey’s Loss, Sibling Abuse, and Our Personal Spambots, with Kaseem Bentley
Did you do terrible things to a sibling or have one do terrible things done to you? Comedian Matt Lieb recounts the saga of his Machiavellian brother, who ridiculed his genitals, made him steal, and ruined his sketch comedy show. As an only child, I drink the pathos and schadenfreude of him and the many listeners who submitted their stories. Other topics include The Night Before (quickly diverted into a diatribe about Anthony Mackie), the Ronda Rousey fight, and our personal spam bots, which Bre...
Nov. 11, 2015
270: Spectre, The Spy Who Loved Me, with Jane Harrison
It's the James Bond episode! After seeing Spectre, I asked around to find out which were the "can't miss" James Bond movies, and more than one person suggested The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), starring Roger Moore. We invited back fan favorite Jane Harrison, to try to see classic '70s sexism through the eyes of an actual millennial female. That was the idea, anyway. The undisputed highlight of this week's episode was the return of "Matt Lieb Adds Lyrics To Royalty-Free Music." 1:45 - Matt and Jane ...
Nov. 6, 2015
269: Project Greenlight, Ben Carson Campaign Songs, Joe Sinclitico’s Indie Movie
We're back! This week, we listen to Ben Carson's campaign songs (country AND rap), go down the Todd Starnes rabbit hole, discuss Project Greenlight and The Leisure Class, and comedian Joe Sinclitico joins to discuss his own experience making independent film. Vince Mancini, comedian Matt Lieb, and co-host Bret are all in studio. 00:00 - We decide Bret looks like either a '20s stockbroker who's been in an opium den for weeks or Howard Hughes, which leads us to a discussion of our favorite Scorse...
Oct. 14, 2015
Frotcast 268: Playboy, Justin Bieber’s Nudes, Steve Jobs, ‘Sad Bastard’ Author Lee Keeler
Bret and Brendan join FilmDrunk's Vince Mancini in the Frotquarters as we talk to 'Sad Bastard' author Lee Keeler, Justin Bieber's nudes, Playboy, the Steve Jobs movie, Greg Hardy and domestic violence, and how to get "dad woke." 2:30 - Justin Bieber's penis pics, and the phenomenon of celebrity parents' saying super creepy things about their kids. 7:25 - The Tod Maffin Update! We still don't know for certain that #Content #Marketing expert Tod Maffin is a real person and not a robot, but we lo...
Oct. 8, 2015
267: Leftovers Premiere, Commando’s 30th, and Online Marketing’s Attempt to Ruin English
Comedian Matt Lieb joins FilmDrunk's Vince Mancini and Bret to talk The Leftovers premiere, Commando's 30th anniversary, kayak lady, the worst Matt Damon editorial ever written, and how online marketing is trying to ruin English. 2:00 - Matt tries to defend John From Cincinnati 4:00 - Matt quits Talk 9, gets a farewell from Gary From Fremont. "Is all of life, just repeating the mantra 'This is what I wanted?'" 5:20 - Commando talk 10:49 - Bret and Matt try to guess how many people get killed...
Oct. 1, 2015
266: Matt Damon Thinks Gays Should Stay In The Closet-Gate, Nonsensical Tech Speak, Tyrese
Matt Damon thinks gays should stay in the closet!? Tyrese thinks Vin Diesel should direct Furious 8?! The Blackberry CEO had an aneurysm? All this and more in this week's #Frotcast #Content. Film.com's Laremy Legel joins FilmDrunk's Vince Mancini, with veteran Frotcasters Bret and Brendan this week. Opening - Brendan rants about Draft Kings, and also NFL. 7:19 - Song of the week, the slow cover of Smash Mouth's "All Star." 8:33 - The CEO of Blackberry wins the all-time prize for terrible tech sp...
Sept. 23, 2015
265: Martin Shkreli, Nicole Arbour, Bostonian Fishermen, and Mr. Robot
Bret and Laremy (from Film.com) join FilmDrunk's Vince Mancini for another #Content-filled Frotcast, from Mr. Robot and Show Me A Hero, to pharma bro villain Martin Shkreli and internet anti-hero Nicole Arbour. We also talk the 2015 Oscar race and Johnny Depp burying his baubles. Enjoy. 1:00 - Laremy explains why Brad & Laremy on Movies no longer exists and why his dog is always biting people. 3:45 - Mr. Robot Talk 7:30 - Mr. Robot vs. Fight Club 8:20 - Spoilery dicussion of Show Me A Hero. "Os...
Sept. 17, 2015
264: Terrence Howard Math, Steve Rannazzisi on 9/11, Draft Kings, and Bad Festival Q&As
Did you miss the core Frot crew? Close to a full house this week with Vince, Bret, Brendan, and Matt Lieb all back in the Frotquarters to talk Steve Rannazzisi on 9/11, bad festival Q&A questions, Terrence Howard, and Draft Kings.com, the official sponsor of everything repetitive and terrible. 1:12 - We introduce our new fake sponsor, Draft Kings.com 5:00 - Brendan and Bret review the Lightning Elemental Pilsner I got for BeerDrunk last week. 8:20 - Brendan is still angry how often he has had...