Listen to this minisode for all the details, but here's the link to our Shark vs. Shark bracket! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F7qU0kTZWJgYP_2jqN1P7J134FLDcvjFF7Nv0BU7l9g/edit?usp=sharing Fill out your bracket and send it to nielsenandpixley@gmail.com and the person with the most accurate bracket gets to select a *movie and drink pairing* for us to do on the show! Submission deadline is Monday, March 21 at 11:59pm central time. Then be sure to listen to the Shark Madness episodes that week...
Mar 16, 2022•10 min
Dustin and Logan head back to Deutschland for Sky Sharks, the German-produced film about nazi zombies that ride flying sharks. That old story. And while they're digging into this CGI festival of blood, guts, and uncomfortable nudity, they sample Topling Goliath's Digital Dawn IPA. It's a thought-provoking episode that makes one ponder things like: What would you do with a flying shark? What is a digital beer? Why does that woman sound like Tommy Wisseau?
Mar 03, 2022•1 hr 41 min
Tag team superstars, Crash and Champy are back to body slam your ears with some cinematic nonsense! For some reason, Dustin & Logan decided to watch Suburban Commando, the film that FINALLY teams up Hulk Hogan and Christopher Lloyd. They dissect lazy attempt at a fish-out-of-water story while sipping on some sours from Schell's Brewing. They also dive into Hulk Hogan's music career, the story of Zubaz, and the history of the traffic light. It'll all make sense when you listen. COME GET SOME,...
Feb 19, 2022•1 hr 44 min
THIS CHAT IS FULL OF SPOILERS! Logan and Dustin finally saw the latest Spider-Home movie and decided to record a quick chat about it, right after seeing it. Again, it is just chock full of spoilers so don't listen if you don't want to know what the Fancy Neighborhood Spiderboy™️ gets up to in this one. If you've already seen it - or just don't care - then go ahead and press play on this bad boy to hear two grown men talk about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Spiderboy™️ for about a half-hour. Thwip!...
Jan 24, 2022•33 min
Dustin and Logan meant to record a mini episode about the latest Matrix film but you know these guys have a rambling problem. So join Crash and Champy as they dissect what worked and didn't work about Neo's latest VR adventure. To be courteous, they also separate the review into spoiler-free and full-on spoiler segments so if you haven't seen it yet, you can still listen to hear whether you even want to! (Spoilers start around the 31 minute mark). Oh, and they sample the Warsteiner German Pilsne...
Jan 11, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Dustin and Logan are kicking off the new year with what they've decided is a gritty reboot of the show, Sharktoberfest: New Blood. It basically means nothing but they are going to watch more shark movies throughout the year and they're kicking things off with a movie featuring a hand-puppet-ghost-shark, Ouija Shark! They sample Left Hand Brewing's Peanut Butter Milk Stout Nitro while dissecting a Canadian movie that cost $300. Logan also walks you through the surprisingly fascinating history of ...
Jan 05, 2022•1 hr 49 min
*Santa Jaws is available on Amazon Prime. Press play on this commentary when the "Santa Jaws" title has faded away.* Dustin and Logan are here to spread some holiday cheer with another shark movie commentary! They decided to revisit the new holiday classic Santa Jaws and drink Shiner's Holiday Cheer while they do. Watch along with the boys while you take in a Christmas movie about a magic pen that brings a killer shark to life and bestows it with powers of evil Santa. Yeah, it's pretty great....
Dec 24, 2021•1 hr 28 min
This was supposed to be the kickoff episode of the new show but those plans have to be scrapped (listen to the Check-in Minisode for the full scoop). Still, this is a fun episode and is a taste of the blueprint of the show to come, so the boys still wanted to release it. Dustin and Logan watched the first movie they ever watched together when they became friends in high school: Saw! While they revisit this seminal torture porn film, they sip on hot toddies to help to help them recover from their...
Dec 14, 2021•1 hr 15 min
So...Dustin and Logan had made this whole thing at the end of the most recent Sharktoberfest about the show changing names and stuff but it turns out, those plans have to be aborted. In this minisode, the boys talk about why the show can't follow through with that reboot and the future of the show as a whole. They also decide to do a little year-end review of the show because why not. Be sure to check out the other content being dropped this month.
Dec 14, 2021•23 min
Here it is. The final episode of Sharktoberfest 2! It's been a hell of a month and the boys are taking stock of the good, the bad, and the confusing things that they had to endure this month. Aside from sampling Shark Wheat by Urban Brew Labs out of Chicago, Logan and Dustin hold a little awards ceremony to highlight some of the truly memorable moments of this round of shark madness. They select their favorite Oktoberfest beer of the year and decide the best/worst movies, sharks, kills, and sele...
Oct 30, 2021•1 hr 20 min
In this penultimate episode of Sharktoberfest, Dustin and Logan have decided to take a break from low-budget trash and discuss a massive, studio movie that just so happens to feature a shark/human hybrid. They watched 2021's The Suicide Squad, a brash, R-rated superhero movie that dares to ask the question, "What if Guardians of the Galaxy was violent?" Our heroes sample Empirical Brewery's Marzen Attacks as they talk about this latest attempt to make the DC film universe as popular as Marvel's....
Oct 27, 2021•1 hr 15 min
It's the final week of Sharktoberfest! Dustin and Logan start the week by proving you can record a podcast about a movie you do not remember at all. Luckily, returning guest Caleb Woodley is there to help them sort out the nonsense that is Shark Lake, a movie where Dolph Lundgren punches a shark! The three fellas also sample Revolution Brewing's Oktoberfest and discuss some other Chicago beers. This episode is full of surprises!
Oct 25, 2021•1 hr 31 min
Wrapping up week 3, the fellas watch a dreaded Syfy original movie called Toxic Shark! It's a shark movie that has zombies but doesn't really want to use either antagonist. It was suggested by podcast host Steve Wunderlich (Mind Your Quizness, Advanced B.S.), so Logan and Dustin forced him to join them for the episode. The three try to sort out this genre mashup whilst sampling Lager Town by Half Acre Beer Company. So put on a super tight shirt to cover your weird nipples and dive on in!
Oct 22, 2021•1 hr 30 min
It's the second annual Sharktoberfest ROGUE EPISODE!!! This is the point when Dustin and Logan get so sick of shark movies they decide to break all the rules and branch out! Last year, they watched Tremors (since it was originally pitched as "Land Sharks") so they are sticking with that franchise and dissecting Tremors 2: Aftershocks. And joining them is the designer of the Sharktoberfest logo, Logan's girlfriend, and, most notably, the person that made Dustin and Logan eat peaches and beans, Je...
Oct 21, 2021•1 hr 19 min
This show has covered sharks in many locations (the ocean, lakes, theme parks, grocery stores!), but this film has a shark that exists only in you head. That's right...Mind Shark! Logan and Dustin watched the shark psychological thriller, From the Depths! They also get flustered in the beer segment because the beers they chose aren't what they thought they were! What a mindfreak this episode is!
Oct 18, 2021•1 hr 31 min
We're at the halfway point and Dustin and Logan are bro-ing down with Ted from Schitt's Creek as he battles multiple breeds of shark in Shark Night 3D! From the director of Snakes on a Plane comes a movie about a group of college kids that go to a lake and try to survive a night filled with underwater predators and good ol' fashioned rednecks! The Sharktoberfest boys dive DEEP into this one and luckily have a 12-pack of Surly's Oktoberfest to act as their anchor. (That last sentence didn't reall...
Oct 15, 2021•1 hr 34 min
In this edition of Sharktoberfest, Logan and Dustin are perplexed by the Dreamworks animated film, Shark Tale. It's a children's film, but also a mafia movie. It stars beloved superstar Will Smith, but also acclaimed director Martin Scorsese, starring as fish that kind of look like them. These details prompt the Sharktoberfest boys to ask, "who is this for?" They wade through the confusion while drinking the Oktoberfest from Galena Brewing Company. They also share some research about symbiotic r...
Oct 14, 2021•1 hr 19 min
It's week two of Sharktoberfest and it is starting off strange. Dustin and Logan guide you through a thorough exploration of Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre, a film so bafflingly bad it's almost amazing. I mean, just get a look at that title. There's gold in them hills! Luckily, Logan and Dustin have Munsterfest by 3 Floyds to keep them company during this "film" and during the mid-episode food tasting forced upon them by Logan's girlfriend. There's a lot going on in this one. Come join!...
Oct 11, 2021•1 hr 25 min
Logan and Dustin are wrapping up the first week of Sharktoberfest! To conclude the first week of the festivities, they watch the surprise hit Mandy Moore vehicle, 47 Meters Down. It's a movie all about shark diving, breakups and SEA MADNESS!!! The fellas also sip on the Oktoberfest from Pulpit Rock Brewing out of Decorah, IA as they rip apart the movie and learn about pressure sicknesses such as the bends. You should also listen to this episode if you want to know what "Oktoberfest cocaine" is. ...
Oct 08, 2021•1 hr 20 min
It's day two of the fishy festivities and the boys have already fell face first into a finned fiasco! (That was fun to write). Dustin and Logan watched the Australian/Singaporean production, Bait ! Believe it or not, it's about a group of people trying to outlive a great white shark that is hunting them in...a grocery store. It's silly premise is just the tip of this movie's problems and the boys are more than happy to point out the rest. While they do so, they sample the Oktoberfest from Left H...
Oct 06, 2021•1 hr 27 min
Just when you thought it was safe to listen to podcasts...it's Sharktoberfest 2! Logan and Dustin are returning to the namesake theme that started it all and kicking off a month of shark movies and Oktoberfest beers! They decided to start things off right by revisiting Jaws and taking a deeper analytical look at it than they did last year. They also revisit their favorite beer from last year's festivities, Schell's Oktoberfest. Dustin also has some information on beer steins for some new Oktober...
Oct 04, 2021•1 hr 44 min
In preparation for Sharktoberfest, Logan and Dustin decided to record a commentary track for Deep Blue Sea! Listen to this while you watch Deep Blue Sea (currently streaming on Netflix) and hear the boys talk about the movie in real time OR just put it on to hear them sporadically ramble about the movie. *To watch along, Start Deep Blue Sea, then press play on this commentary track when the VILLAGE ROADSHOW logo has faded completely to black.* Sharktoberfest kicks off Monday, October 4th!...
Oct 01, 2021•1 hr 44 min
Welcome to another edition of One & Done, the show where Dustin and Logan talk about a television series that only lasted a single season and they can only talk about it for the amount of time it takes to drink a single beer. Continuing in their mini "Back to School" theme, the boys are discussing Freaks and Geeks, the beloved, cult series about high school outcasts in 1980 that ran for a single season starting in the fall of 1999. Did the show ever connect with Logan with Dustin? Does it wo...
Sep 27, 2021•26 min
Dustin and Logan are going back to school! For a mini-themed month of September, the boys are commemorating the kickoff of a new school year by jawing about some pop-culture set in schools. For the first session, they watched 1998's the Faculty! This Robert Rodriguez-directed teen alien invasion flick is all about saving the day with the power of drugs! Suck on that D.A.R.E.! Logan and Dustin give a thorough breakdown of the film and its flimsy rules while sipping on some of Boulevard's Space Ca...
Sep 13, 2021•1 hr 45 min
It's the final episode of Frogust, and the boys are taking on Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia, a 3 hour drama about regret, trauma, random connections, and frogs are involved...somehow (consider this your spoiler warning). Logan also takes over the role of brewmaster and has a surprise beer for Dustin.
Sep 01, 2021•1 hr 41 min
Next up for Frogust is a movie starring arguably the most famous frog in the world. Kermit the Frog goes on a road trip and assembles his iconic team of puppets in 1979's the Muppet Movie! It's an origin story of sorts full of vaudeville schtick, great songs, and delightful 1970s cameos! Joining Dustin and Logan is special guest Luke Nielsen! He's a podcaster, educator, and health nut that throws down the gauntlet by having the Sharktoberfest boys sample nine (yes, NINE) different kombuchas! It'...
Aug 27, 2021•1 hr 47 min
Continuing through the swamp of amphibian centered cinema, Dustin and Logan watch Hell Comes to Frogtown! It's a post-apocalyptic, sci-fi, action, comedy(?) that stars Roddy Piper and features a plot that focuses pretty heavily on sexual assault (so...you know...content warning, I guess). They pair this gross little movie with two new brews from Surly Brewing Company; the Fuzz Box tart ale and the Sabrotooth Tiger IPA.
Aug 18, 2021•1 hr 25 min
Dustin and Logan are kicking off another month of animal themed movies with Frogust! That's right, they've got frog movies on the docket and to kick it off they're suffering through the 1972 "eco-horror" film, Frogs! (Pretty apt, eh?) They drink Deschutes Brewery's Fresh Squeezed IPA while they discuss a young, shirtless Sam Elliott and the amphibians that stare at him. They also dig into the difference between frogs and toads and get into the mating habits of the American Bullfrog. Hop on in!...
Aug 10, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Welcome to the first edition of a Sharktoberfest sub-series, One & Done. The premise here is that Logan and Dustin will discuss a television series that was only on for a single season and the conversation can only last as long as it takes them to drink one beer. Once the drink is gone, the episode must end! To kick off this new experiment, the boys talk about the inexplicably canceled, multi-Emmy nominated hit series, Lovecraft Country. They talk about what works and doesn't work about the ...
Jul 28, 2021•37 min
Shark Week on the Discovery Channel is happening right now as is National Geographic's SharkFest so you know the Sharktoberfest boys had to get in on it! Logan and Dustin drink some Leinenkugel's Lemon Haze IPA and then decide which shark themed tv event comes out on top. They talk about Chris Hemsworth tagging great white sharks, the Jackass guys delivering a disappointing special, and William Shatner's 90-year-old ass swimming with sharks. This is a boozy, free wheeling conversation full of sh...
Jul 16, 2021•1 hr 28 min
