Johnny and Christopher discuss the new Danny Boyle film Yesterday and, as always, they have their Top Five lists. And in a surprise twist, Johnny plays audio evidence of Juggs, former guest, threatening Christopher, which shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone because Juggs is an Aussie. He’s basically a violent Crocodile Dundee minus the charm. He was butt-bent when Christopher called him out for flaking on recording a segment for the podcast last month. And speaking of flaking, Coach Jeff just...
Jul 12, 2019•52 min
Johnny and Christopher weren’t prepared for this episode! Professor Juggs was in town from Australia and suggested they record. The Best Frenemies agreed! But when the day came, Juggs opted to go drinking instead (such an Aussie thing to do). Johnny and Christopher powered on anyway with Top 5 things to do/buy if they win the lottery, recommendations, and the discussion of Cobra Kai Season Two. *If you listen to this episode and feel like Johnny and Christopher phoned it in, please contact Profe...
Jun 08, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Johnny and Christopher bring you episode #25! Wow! These losers haven’t been this committed to anything since the time they tried to stay up for ten consecutive days back in the 90s. This episode has Chef Gene Villiatora talking about his time on the television show Top Chef, coming up in the Las Vegas kitchen circuit, and being a chef to the stars. Top 5 documentaries. And they recommend some stuff.
May 03, 2019•1 hr 40 min
Johnny and Christopher come out at the bell swinging. They slap fight the hell outta each other with Top Five things that bug the shit about each other. (Spoiler: Johnny’s list reads more like a love letter. He finally admits how smitten he is with Christopher. It’s rather disgusting.) They discuss their adventures at WonderCon. (Spoiler: Christopher and Nick the Tooth explored he convention together. Johnny doesn’t play well with others, so he was by himself.) They recommend some stuff. (Spoile...
Apr 07, 2019•1 hr 13 min
In this very special installment, we learn that Johnny overheard his wife, Nikki, admit to a friend that she likes Christopher. Mind blown! She is the first wife of a friend that doesn’t loath him. Oh, yeah, they do Top Five sidekicks, discuss inter-dimensional travel, a stolen Beatles album, and they recommend some stuff … but the real meat and potatoes of the episode is that Nikki likes Christopher.
Mar 09, 2019•1 hr 10 min
Johnny and Christopher razzle & dazzle with episode 22! Top 5 80s TV Shows! Recommendations! And Coach Jeff and Kenji stop by to discuss how the Best Frenemies both got a hall pass from their wives to go on a bros trip to New York—how did that happen?
Feb 09, 2019•1 hr 35 min
Episode 21! The Best Frenemies podcast is legally old enough to drink booze. Johnny and Christopher are back to razzle dazzle you. In this very special episode, Christopher doesn’t curse once, Johnny gets tased, Professor Ian Delizo is back with part two of his interview. We have the Top Five worst sequels, recommend some stuff, and it bears repeating that Johnny gets tased.
Dec 31, 2018•1 hr 5 min
Johnny and Christopher are back! In a two-part interview, Professor Ian Delizo sits down with his star Jiu Jitsu students and discusses how he is abandoning them when he moves back to Hawaii (spoiler alert: Christopher will never forgive him). In this episode, the Best Frenemies have the most heated Top Five segment (spoiler alert: Johnny turns in his worst Top Five list yet. His picks from 5 to 3 are simply horrible). And they recommend some stuff.
Dec 21, 2018•1 hr
Johnny and Christopher discuss their performances at the Long Beach International Jiu-Jitsu Championship (Spoiler alert: Johnny got a bronze participation medal while Christopher earned a silver participation medal … we all know who the winner is, right?) Top Five bucket lists (Another spoiler alert: Johnny’s list is more homoerotic than a Joel Schumacher superhero film.) They discuss the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, recommendations, and of course they go off topic and ramble about stuff only...
Nov 14, 2018•50 min
Johnny and Christopher are bonding in a brotherhood of blood as they prepare for the Long Beach International Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship! They discuss their less-than rigorous training, nonexistent dietary restrictions, and how they’re guaranteed silver medals because they only have one fight. Also, Christopher is the undisputed champ of Top Five Sports Films. They recommend some stuff and kind of mention Halloween in this episode, but not really.
Oct 29, 2018•45 min
Johnny and Christopher are back with a slew of goodness. Johnny finally admits that Christopher’s Top 5 list is better than his. Gus Contreas, aka El Mysterioso, drops by and performs an acoustic ditty. They discuss the documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor about Mr. Fred Rogers.
Oct 03, 2018•1 hr 38 min
Johnny and Christopher make it to their 16th episode. It took them nearly two months to get this episode out, but they did it! They share their Top 5 favorite movie lines. They describe going on a fieldtrip to a marijuana dispensary. They recommend some stuff. And they yammer on about this and that. Like a Marvel movie, our listeners need to stick around until after the song at the end for our outtakes.
Sep 13, 2018•57 min
The wives of the Best Frenemies dish dirt on the Johnny and Christopher bromance. Why are Nikki and Jamie trying to keep them apart? Find out in this episode! Top 5 mixtape songs! Deadly waterparks! Recommendations! All in the longest episode to date (go figure with the wives monopolizing the conversation).
Jul 20, 2018•1 hr 52 min
Johnny and Christopher give you the longest episode yet! Two freaking hours of Best Frenemies’ magic. Professor Juggs, founder of Full Metal Jiu Jitsu, joins them in the studio. Juggs comes from the land down under, so that explains his Mad Max accent. Johnny and Christopher agree with their Top 5 picks this month, so there’s that.
Jun 17, 2018•2 hr 6 min
Johnny and Christopher are back with episode 13. Who would’ve thunk it? They discuss Johnny’s continued nicotine relapse. Top 5 heroes. The new YouTube Red series “Cobra Kai.” Christopher is confident that he will be hailed as his generation’s beatbox master!
May 24, 2018•51 min
Johnny and Christopher tackle their most pressing issue: Who will replace them as co-host in the event one of them dies or is forced to quit because of their wife? They bring in Lou and Coach Jeff to compete in an epic showdown! Only one will be crowned runner-up co-host. Of course, there is Top 5, and Johnny and Christopher give their recommendations.
May 03, 2018•1 hr 15 min
Johnny and Christopher barely got this episode released in March. This month has been crazy for Christopher. He’s been living life. Taking risks. Going for the win. Johnny … not so much. But they do a lot of yapping in this episode, mostly about all the cool shit Christopher has been doing. They discuss the book Tapped Out by Matthew Polly. Top Five Villains. And so on.
Mar 30, 2018•58 min
Johnny and Christopher are back, taking their relationship to a whole new level by playing a Christian dating game. They give their Top 5 favorite war movies and come to a consensus that you should use the term “little people,” not “dwarves” or the “m-word.”
Feb 12, 2018•56 min
Johnny and Christopher start the new year with Coach Jeff Hairston joining them for Top Five (spoiler alert: Johnny’s list once again disappoints, while Christopher brings his A-game. Coach Jeff, being a rookie, gets a pass from the ridicule.) Taxi TV’s Ricky Menace comes into the studio. And Johnny and Christopher discuss the new film I, Tonya.
Jan 14, 2018•1 hr 36 min
In this holiday episode, Johnny’s Top 5 Christmas gifts are like an inedible fruitcake, while Christopher delivers his picks like gifts of the magi. Coach Jeff Hairston drops by to ridicule them in real-time. And the Best Frenemies discuss the documentary Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine.
Dec 16, 2017•1 hr 25 min
Johnny and Christopher interview their Jiu-Jitsu guru, Professor Danny Stolfi. Once again, Johnny disappoints with his Top Five martial art films, while Christopher does a spinning heel kick to the face with his picks. And they top off the episode with discussing possibly the worst movie ever made, The Room.
Nov 30, 2017•1 hr 33 min
In a very special spooktacular Halloween episode, Johnny and Christopher give their top 5 horror films, review the movie It with a young child, and other scary crap.
Oct 28, 2017•59 min
Johnny and Christopher talk to Todd “Zman” Zalkins about his soon-to-be-released documentary THE LONG WAY BACK, the return of Top Five, and thier geek recommendations.
Sep 29, 2017•4 min
Johnny and Christopher discuss their favorite robots, the comic book Powers, their vote for man of the year and Sebastian brings in his girlfriend (yeah, a girl).
Aug 22, 2017•1 hr 7 min
Johnny and Christopher discuss when they drank, drugged, and ... actually, that was about it. Just drinking and taking drugs.
Aug 05, 2017•42 min
Johnny and Christopher are back with episode two. They discuss Ernest Cline’s novel Ready Player One.
Jun 24, 2017•49 min
The. Best. Martial. Art. Film. Ever.
Jun 07, 2017•2 min
