Daniel moves to Southern California with his mother, Lucille, but quickly finds himself the target of a group of bullies who study karate at the Cobra Kai dojo. Fortunately, Daniel befriends Mr. Miyagi, an unassuming repairman who just happens to be a martial arts master himself. Miyagi takes Daniel under his wing, training him in a more compassionate form of karate and preparing him to compete against the brutal Cobra Kai. The Couch Brotatoes are joined by the Couch Brotato Tot, Jack, as we tal...
Jan 16, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 1
It's late in the season; the playoffs are fast approaching; and the Washington Sentinels have just gone on strike. Scrambling for a solution, the Sentinels' owner Edward O'Neil hatches a plan to bring in legendary coach Jimmy McGinty to recruit a team of replacement players in exactly one week. For fans and owners alike, the strike is a disaster. But for Shane Falco and a mismatched crew of outsiders, it is the second chance they've waited their whole lives for. The Couch Brotatoes discuss the 2...
Jan 08, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 1
New York City policeman John McClane is visiting his estranged wife and two daughters on Christmas Eve. He joins her at a holiday party in the headquarters of the Japanese-owned business she works for. But the festivities are interrupted by a group of terrorists who take over the exclusive high-rise, and everyone in it. Very soon McClane realizes that there's no one to save the hostages -- but him. The Couch Brotatoes talk action, guns, and yule tide in one of the greatest Christmas movies of al...
Jan 02, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 1
A gadget salesman is looking for a special gift for his son and finds one at a store in Chinatown. The shopkeeper is reluctant to sell him the "mogwai" but sells it to him with the warning to never expose him to bright light, water, or to feed him after midnight. All of this happens and the result is a gang of gremlins that decide to tear up the town on Christmas Eve. The Couch Brotatoes ignore the three rules of the mogwai and celebrate the holiday season by watching Gremlins for a super sized ...
Dec 18, 2020•1 hr 52 min•Season 1Ep. 1
When a massive, unmanned locomotive roars out of control, the threat is more ominous than just a derailment. The train is laden with toxic chemicals, and an accident would decimate human life and cause an environmental disaster. The only hope of bringing the train to a safe stop is in the hands of a veteran engineer and a young conductor, who must risk their lives to save those in the runaway's path. Inspired by true events. For a super sized watch along episode, Russ and Lucas watch Denzel Wash...
Dec 04, 2020•1 hr 38 min•Season 1Ep. 1
As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors. On this super sized watch along episode of the Couch Brotato Podcast, we sit down to watch and discuss the 2010 cult classic, Scott Pilgrim vs The World. New Epi...
Nov 20, 2020•1 hr 57 min•Season 1Ep. 1
In this 1980s sci-fi classic, small-town California teen Marty McFly is thrown back into the '50s when an experiment by his eccentric scientist friend Doc Brown goes awry. Traveling through time in a modified DeLorean car, Marty encounters young versions of his parents, and must make sure that they fall in love or he'll cease to exist. Even more dauntingly, Marty has to return to his own time and save the life of Doc Brown. On this episode of the Couch Brotato Podcast, Russ and Lucas are joined ...
Nov 06, 2020•1 hr 58 min•Season 1Ep. 1
On the run from a bank robbery that left several police officers dead, Seth Gecko and his paranoid, loose-cannon brother, Richard, hightail it to the Mexican border. Kidnapping preacher Jacob Fuller and his kids, the criminals sneak across the border in the family's RV and hole up in a topless bar. Unfortunately, the bar also happens to be home base for a gang of vampires, and the brothers and their hostages have to fight their way out. The Couch Brotato Halloween Special episode has The Couch B...
Oct 31, 2020•1 hr 52 min•Season 1Ep. 1
The new owner of the Cleveland Indians, former showgirl Rachel Phelps, has a sweetheart deal to move the team to Miami. But to break the lease with the city of Cleveland, ticket sales have to plummet. So Phelps hires the most incompetent players available, including near-blind pitcher Rick Vaughn and injury-prone catcher Jake Taylor. But her villainous tactics accidentally foster a can-do team spirit, turning the Indians into potential winners. In honor of the start of the 2020 World Series, The...
Oct 23, 2020•1 hr 51 min•Season 1Ep. 1
In this sequel set eleven years after "The Terminator," young John Connor, the key to civilization's victory over a future robot uprising, is the target of the shape-shifting T-1000, a Terminator sent from the future to kill him. Another Terminator, the revamped T-800, has been sent back to protect the boy. As John and his mother go on the run with the T-800, the boy forms an unexpected bond with the robot. It’s another super sized watch along episode for episode 2 of The Couch Brotato Podcast a...
Oct 10, 2020•2 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 1
FBI chemical warfare expert Stanley Goodspeed is sent on an urgent mission with a former British spy, John Patrick Mason, to stop Gen. Francis X. Hummel from launching chemical weapons on Alcatraz Island into San Francisco. Gen. Hummel demands $100 million in war reparations to be paid to the families of slain servicemen who died on covert operations. After their SEAL team is wiped out, Stanley and John deal with the soldiers on their own. The debut of The Couch Brotato Podcast has our 2 heroes ...
Oct 10, 2020•2 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 1
