The Marvel Cinematic Universe is kicking off Phase Six with some familiar faces: Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Ben Grimm, and Johnny Storm (a.k.a. Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, The Thing, and the Human Torch). There have been a few Fantastic Four films that came before this one, but were they able to get the formula right this time? Joel and Kent are prepared to share their spoiler-free thoughts on The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Zack hasn’t seen the movie yet, but he’s going to brave this ent...
Jul 25, 2025•33 min
Discussions faster than a speeding bullet. Opinions more powerful than a locomotive. Able to jump to wild conclusions in a single bound. Listen! Up in your earbuds! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Baconsale! Yes, on this episode we’re talking about Superman—that strange visitor from another planet who has been portrayed in live-action movies with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Your mild-mannered hosts, Joel, Kent, and Zack, will have to decide which actor portraying the Man...
Jul 21, 2025•1 hr 31 min
Yes, Baconsale has ranked basic condiments before, but these brand-name sauces add a whole new flavor to the discussion. Joel, Kent, and Zack are taking a dip into the fast-food realm to discuss dressings such as Arby’s Horsey Sauce, Del Taco Del Scorcho, Chick-fil-A Sauce, In-N-Out Burger Spread, McDonald’s Sweet 'N Sour Sauce, Popeyes Mardi Gras Mustard, Papa John’s Special Garlic Sauce, Wingstop Ranch, Raising Cane’s Cane Sauce, and more. As we debate on which condiments are Fire, which ones ...
Jul 14, 2025•1 hr 6 min
So, here’s the deal: the Baconsale boys are going on a road trip to see “Weird Al” Yankovic in Idaho, and their music playlist ran a little short. Therefore, they’re going to pass the final hour of their journey by playing a series of games based on information found on IMDb (the Internet Movie Database), and you can play along with us! Joel, Kent, and Zack will be guessing film titles during such games as Actor Stacker, Tagline You’re It, Movie Password, Status Quote, Body of Work, and 20 Quest...
Jul 07, 2025•1 hr 9 min
Strike a pose. Baconsale is ready to discuss the best-selling female recording artist of all time. Who’s That Girl? Well, it’s the Queen of Pop herself: Madonna. Everybody may not Cherish all the Music this Material Girl has produced, but it’s no Secret that she’s a Popular figure in pop culture. Joel, Kent, and Zack won’t get Hung Up on Madonna’s controversial past as we try to keep this episode on the family-friendly side of the Borderline. The (True Blue) truth is that it was no Holiday to li...
Jun 30, 2025•1 hr 34 min
Start your engines, because on this BaconBit, Kent and Zack are going to be reviewing F1 The Movie. It’s a story about a Formula One driver who comes out of retirement and has to… wait, you know what? It’s a summer movie with fast cars starring Brad Pitt. That’s enough to get some people to see it. And after a brief spoiler-free review, Joel will leave (since he hasn’t seen the movie yet), and Kent and Zack will give a spoiler-full review for this story about high-performance, single-seater, ope...
Jun 27, 2025•25 min
Houston, we have a problem, because, believe it or not, the movies we’re discussing on this episode of Baconsale are now 30 years old. As if! Joel, Kent, and Zack have each looked back to infinity and beyond (a.k.a. 1995) to choose films for their own personal Mount Rushmores, before going just around the riverbend to pick answers for categories such as Childhood Favorite, Hipster Pick, The Stuff of Nightmares, and Favorite Soundtrack Song. And while we may ruffle some feathers with our hot take...
Jun 23, 2025•1 hr 21 min
Every band has to start somewhere, but not every debutant is going to be the belle of the ball. On this episode of Baconsale, we’re taking a look at the first commercial releases of some very popular musical artists. Joel and Kent have each picked five debut albums that put certain bands on the map, as well as five others that make us wonder how they got a second chance. Zack, meanwhile, will be opining on their choices, failing to resist the urge to roll his eyes, and giving a few honorable men...
Jun 16, 2025•1 hr 19 min
Good morning, listener. The Baconsale episode you’re about to hear is all about the Mission: Impossible film series. The hosts, Joel, Kent, and Zack, have watched all eight of the movies and will begin this operation by giving a brief history of this Tom Cruise-led franchise. Following that, they will present their findings for such categories as Best Stunt, Favorite Gadget, Worst Villain, Most Threatening MacGuffin, Best Run, and Silliest Action Scene. And finally, they will take on the impossi...
Jun 09, 2025•1 hr 41 min
It’s been a hot minute since we’ve discussed hot guys on Baconsale, but it seems that time has arrived once again. Joel, Kent, and Babs are going to be choosing the most attractive male celebrities for such categories as Could Pull Off Any Hairstyle, King of Charisma, Looks Great in a Suit, It’s All About the Voice, and Smoothest Dance Moves. Joel will have to look up many of Babs’ picks, and Kent is kind of obsessed with everyone’s height (SPOILER ALERT! Everyone is 5’10”), but we hope you enjo...
Jun 02, 2025•1 hr 13 min
Well we have done 500 shows, and we would do 500 more, but first we want to celebrate the fact that we’ve made it this far! Therefore, this is a special episode of Baconsale because Joel, Kent, and Zack recorded it live in front of patrons and listener at The Studio at Parker Theatre. We’ll give a bit of a Baconsale sampler platter to the audience as we complete a menu quest bracket, tier some bands we’ve discussed before, and do a streaming services category show. We’ll also play some rounds of...
May 26, 2025•1 hr 57 min
It’s time to go bold or go home, because Baconsale is celebrating the hardest working hands in fast food: Del Taco. Joel, Kent, and Zack have conquered another fast-food menu and they’re ready to share their epic eating experiences with you. We’ll Feed the Beast by giving a brief history of this Tex-Mex restaurant chain and then get Guac'd Up as we talk about some terrible tacos, mediocre burritos, and surprising hamburgers. Don’t worry, we won’t be too harsh, because we’re grading on a Del curv...
May 19, 2025•1 hr 39 min
Get this, listener! Zack has finally gotten his dream job of managing The Wonders (Oneders?) and he’s trying to find their next big gig. Luckily, both Joel and Kent are planning big music festivals featuring famous fictional bands from film and TV such as Powerline, Wyld Stallyns, Josie and the Pussycats, School of Rock, The Blues Brothers, The Partridge Family, Mouse Rat, Hannah Montana, and Zack Attack. However, the festivals are on the same day, so Zack will have to decide at which event his ...
May 12, 2025•1 hr 30 min
Spielberg, Nolan, Bigelow, Kubrick, Cameron, Hitchcock—each of these directors are known for their well-crafted films and contributions to cinema. However, every car lot has a lemon and, on this episode of Baconsale, we’re taking a look at the lowest point of some of the highest-revered filmmakers. Joel, Kent, and Zack will be joined by our guest Jonathan to examine each director’s filmography and call out the weakest movie. Does Netflix ruin directors? Has Kent lost his edge? How do you spell S...
May 05, 2025•1 hr 37 min
I Know What You Did Last Summer, you listened to our movie preview, right? Well, we’re not waiting until 28 Years Later to do that type of show again because, on this episode of Baconsale, we’re going to Bring Her Back and discuss the films that are coming out in the summer of 2025. Our (Fantastic Four) First Steps will be presenting the films we want to flop. And we don’t want to be The Bad Guys 2, so we’ll dance around some sensitive topics like a graceful Ballerina. Then, like a Clown in a Co...
Apr 28, 2025•1 hr 14 min
It's an episode of laughter, an episode of tears, because Baconsale is talking about the music of Disneyland. Some of these soundtracks may even be more famous than the rides they come from. We’ll surprise each other (and repeat some answers) as we pick songs for such categories as Annoying Earworm, Bring it Back, Captures Disney Magic, Overrated, Pairs Perfectly with a Churro, Oddly Relaxing, and I’d Play this at My Wedding. Joel, Kent, and Zack will also share some fun facts about each attract...
Apr 21, 2025•1 hr 24 min
The battle to see who will be The Listener of Baconsale is over, but the pop culture war is just beginning. On this BaconBit, Scott, Taylor, and Kris will be put to the test as they represent Team Listener and take on the semi-undefeated Joel and Kent (a.k.a. Team JK). Zack has done away with the buzzers this time, so it’s not about who has the fastest reaction time, but rather who knows the most about Power Rangers, rappers, The Matrix, Full House, Ireland, rated-R movies, Taylor Swift, and mor...
Apr 18, 2025•19 min
Happy anniversary, Baconsale! We’re celebrating 10 years of our podcast by bringing on some contestants and having them compete against each other to see who will be The Listener for the next year. Scott, Taylor, and Kris have proven their pop-culture prowess and picked their walk-up music, but only one will come out victorious. Zack will be quizzing them on such topics as Disneyland rides, mall food court menus, Lost trivia, trilogy truths, brand mascots, and background Baconsale knowledge. We’...
Apr 14, 2025•1 hr 36 min
It’s time for Joel, Kent, and Zack to speak about the solicitors we seek out each selling season: Girl Scout Cookies! On this episode of Baconsale, we’ll be talking about Thin Mints, sounding off on Samoas (a.k.a. Caramel deLites), and debating about Do-si-dos (a.k.a. Peanut Butter Sandwiches). As we rate each of the 12 types of cookies we acquired, we will do our best to be honest and fair, friendly and helpful, considerate and caring, courageous and strong, and responsible for what we say and ...
Apr 07, 2025•1 hr 7 min
Welcome to the Jungle, listener, because Baconsale has begun The Final Countdown to finish our 1980s rock bracket. The previous episode was the Glory Days, when we could Jump to conclusions relatively easily. But now Joel, Kent, and Zack are experiencing a New Sensation of stress as each matchup tastes like Bad Medicine and each decision could give them a Bad Reputation. But We Won’t Back Down from this journey we started, and in The Spirit of Radio we’ll swallow our Pride and continue on until ...
Mar 31, 2025•1 hr 36 min
For those about to listen to this 80s rock tournament, we salute you! This episode of Baconsale Hurts so Good, because Joel, Kent, and Zack have gathered some of the greatest Juke Box Heroes from the 1980s on a bracket to determine who is the best. It’s going to be a Heartbreaker whenever we put two amazing bands up against each other and have to decide who’s visited by the Angel of Death in the Heat of the Moment. And it may seem like a Madhouse as we share our reasoning, but don’t let our pick...
Mar 24, 2025•1 hr 32 min
Magic mirror, on the wall, who’s the most controversial live-action Disney remake of all? On this BaconBit, Joel, Kent, and Zack will be giving their thoughts and opinions about Snow White (2025), Disney’s latest reimagining/money grab. We’ll (yellow) skirt around the multiple controversies before debating if this movie is a bad apple or not, all while keeping it spoiler-free for the first 20 minutes or so. After that, we’ll wander deep into the forest of spoilers and whistle while we work to re...
Mar 21, 2025•36 min
Hello, listener! What's the craic? We’re grand, but seein' as how we've done a few of these country-centric episodes before, we figured it was high time we talked about Ireland. And while neither Joel nor Kent nor Zack have been to The Emerald Isle before, two of them really want to go there one day. And yes, there will be some attempts at Irish (or Oirish) accents as the boys are gabbin' about the pop culture influences of Ireland and givin' answers for such categories as A Fine Irish Film, A L...
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 18 min
It's a topsy-turvy world, and maybe the podcast of three people don't amount to a hill of beans. But this is our hill. And these are our beans! Therefore, on this episode of Baconsale, we’re ranking parody movies. What are those? They’re films that spoof previous works, but that’s not important right now. What’s really groovy, baby, is that we have 24 comedies that Joel, Kent, and Zack are going to be tiering, including funny flicks like Hot Shots!, Spaceballs, MacGruber, Tropic Thunder, Scary M...
Mar 10, 2025•1 hr 26 min
Having issues logging in? If so — we’re on it! Our team is actively investigating, and we hope to have things back up and running soon. Wait, we’re Baconsale, not Hulu, so this BaconBit about the 97th Academy Awards should work just fine. Kent was the only one to watch the ceremony live this year, and Zack has regrets because he thought the clips he watched afterwards were funny. But was having Conan O'Brien as the host enough to boost viewership for the Oscars? What was in the big nominee gift ...
Mar 06, 2025•32 min
Neighborhoods are important to Zack, and he’s looking for a new place to move his family. Luckily, Kent and Joel are both creating special subdivisions of hand-selected citizens. However, the residents are all annoying families from various TV series that were suggested by you, the listener. Therefore, on this episode of Baconsale, we’ll be doing a schoolyard pick of characters from sitcoms such as Arrested Development, The Simpsons, Family Matters, The Beverly Hillbillies, Married with Children...
Mar 03, 2025•1 hr 18 min
Well, the 97th Academy Awards kind of snuck up on us this year. And while Kent has seen many of the nominees, most others haven’t. That’s why Baconsale is here. We’re fulfilling our duty of giving you the skinny on a bunch of lackluster movies so you don’t have to watch them, but you can still sound like an informed film geek around the water cooler. Joel, Kent, and Zack will explain why they’re predicting each category winner, and they’ll throw in a lot of architecture puns, too. And with Dylan...
Feb 24, 2025•1 hr 26 min
The Baconsale interns may have been fired from their last job at an automated dating service, but some companies just don’t learn. This time, Joel, Kent, and Zack are running the applications of lonely movie villains through the high-tech D.A.T.E. machine, then determining how correct the algorithm is. We’ll decide if Norman Bates is too much of a momma's boy, if Nurse Ratched will go cuckoo for a man, if Hannibal Lecter would enjoy a taste of romance, and if a cute guy will make the Wicked Witc...
Feb 17, 2025•1 hr 10 min
Last season, Baconsale explored the music of specific years in the past. This time, we’ve decided to put a cinematic spin on that idea and discuss the films we love, the movies we hate, and the flicks we’ve completely forgotten about from 1985. Joel, Kent, and Zack will start off sharing their Mount Rushmore of movies made 40 years ago, and then we’ll give answers for such categories as Better Left in the Past, Guilty Pleasure, Overrated, The Lesser Sequel, and Most Watched. There will be some o...
Feb 10, 2025•1 hr 20 min
Nothing can stop us now. We’ll tell you how we’re gonna be ranking Disneyland rides again. Ka-chow! This time, Joel, Kent, Zack, and our guest Josh will be talking about Disney California Adventure and ranking the newer attractions in both parks. We have 26 rides to tier, so we’ll start things rocking with Astro Orbitor in 1998 and we’ll finish up with Tiana's Bayou Adventure in 2024. And during this adventure/voyage/jamboree, we’ll share our personal experiences with waiting in lines, riding wi...
Feb 03, 2025•1 hr 59 min
