Our hearts go out to Italy, so we're releasing an episode we recorded just a few weeks ago, when we all were young and innocent. Actor/clown Tadamori “Tad” Yagi drops by to praise Roberto Benigni's 2002 film PINOCCIO -- and present his fascinating analysis of this cultural masterpiece. Does Pinoccio have "wood" for the Blue Fairy? Which character(s) in the film look like child molesters? And most importantly, how can anyone ignore the fact that a 50-year-old man is playing a prepubescent boy? Li...
Mar 30, 2020
Welcome to our least evergreen episode so far! The world is not what it was just a few weeks ago, but COVID-19 ain't stopping us from bringing you earfuls of goodies! This week, Steven and Sasha check in with Megan Baker to see how she's surviving this Pandemic/Quarantine/National Emergency business. Megan works at a doctor's office, so she's most likely to get coronavirus out of the three of us... or is she? Listen to find out. Also, we recommend a whole bunch of random stuff: the anime One Pie...
Mar 24, 2020
Actor/performer Melissa Heiman works on "Team Al," as in Al Pacino -- she recently rehearsed with him for Amazon's hit TV show HUNTERS. We sit down to discuss obsessive-compulsive disorder, which is by no means a laughing matter and can be a debilitating illness. However, Melissa finds *some* aspects of *her* OCD beneficial -- especially during the current COVID-19 outbreak. Melissa shares her experience with hypnotherapy, and we talk about our inexplicable obsessions, including looking for an i...
Mar 17, 2020
Jeff Thompson is an actor, writer, and magician and not only does he take us "behind the scenes" of MAGIC, but also demonstrates us a sick card trick... ya know, just to blow our minds. And, being a graduate of the Academy of Magical Arts and all, he sure does! He also tells us about his audition at The Magic Castle... very intense! Later, we recommend three films: the 2018 Glenn Close/Jonathan Pryce vehicle The Wife, Color Out Of Space (2019) with your man Nicolas Cage and J. D. Dillard's The S...
Mar 09, 2020
Amanda Sitko is a TV Writer (BROCKMIRE) and a veteran performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade theater. She credits STRANGERS WITH CANDY as her major comedy influence and prefers those people who've seen it/loved it to those who haven't. The discussion opens up to all things High School... including growing up in Siberia, where comedy was almost as rare as women behind the wheel. CW: we also discuss the use of derogatory terms in Film and TV, as well as the phenomenon aptly coined by another gr...
Mar 03, 2020
You can see comedian Peter Murphy on MTV, Hulu and Comedy Central but it's only on this podcast where you get to hear him talk about... CRICKET, as in the second most popular sport in the world. In fact, cricket has got between 2 and 3 billion fans, that's waaaaay more than baseball and its mere 500 million fans! After Peter tells us about playing cricket in his apartment, we look up sexy cricketeers and analyze a list of the players who had died on the field. Most importantly, Peter enlightens ...
Feb 24, 2020
Hope you have a killer Valentine's Day! Our guests Justin Michael Terry and Ryan Marsico of the legendary improv team Red Door see two things as greatly undervalued: DEATH, as in "the state of being dead," and IMPROV. We share our near-death experiences, we talk improv (CW: we also discuss creating characters who use derogatory terms), we cry, we die laughing, and finally, we answer the ultimate question, To Be Or Not To Be (spoiler alert: it's To Be -- but only if you do it right). At the end o...
Feb 11, 2020
Sean Kearney is Game Developer, Designer and Writer, as well as a former guest of the podcast. He's worked on a variety of games for companies such as Disney, EA, and Nexon. His credits include: WHERE'S MY WATER?, CORNY CRUSH (starring Shane Dawson) and dozens of games based on Disney Channel shows that you’ve probably never heard of, but your younger nieces and nephews likely enjoyed. We interviewed Sean about his job, his humble beginnings in writing "funny poems," and his passion project, ZER...
Feb 09, 2020
As Terry Crews continues making the headlines in his online battle with Gabrielle Union, we've got TV writer Ashley Soto (VIDA, FAST AND FURIOUS: SPY RACERS) lead us in an intellectual dissection of Terry's 2003 vehicle WHITE CHICKS. This "comedy standard" (to quote Ashley) was directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans and stars Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans as a pair of FBI agents donning whiteface to pass as two white women. Also, we recommend Alfred Hitchcock's lesser known - but not lesser - film REB...
Feb 03, 2020
Writer/producer Carlton Gillespie and Sasha go head-to-head as tensions rise in our most argumentative/political/historical/scientific/slam poetry episode so far. We're discussing N.E.R.D., the hip-hop/rock band fronted by the babyfaced Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo and Shay Haley. Inevitably, that leads to a larger discussion of Biggie vs. Tupac. Carlton schools Sasha on the correct interpretation of the lyrics of N.E.R.D.'s song "Brain" (he's wrong), Steven schools Sasha on what ASMR videos are...
Jan 27, 2020
Actor/writer Irene White (SUPERSTORE, LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE) join us to defend... the Valley! The Valley vs. Hollywood, amiright??? If you don't live in Los Angeles, this will be very educational. Irene will even give you the one advice that you must follow when choosing your first place in Los Angeles. If you don't live in LA, don't worry, you'll get to hear from both sides and also learn what Irene loves more, cats or France. Also, we recommend Matt Berry's new TV comedy YEAR OF THE RABBIT, ...
Jan 20, 2020
Comedian/writer Andrew Shannon Sr. and Joss Whedon share a favorite superhero, CYCLOPS. Unlike Andrew, Joss Whedon couldn't make it to record this podcast. Luckily, Sasha was over at Joss's house for a caroling party so she conducted an impromptu interview right there. Listen how Andrew's take on Cyclops compares to Joss's... you heard it here first. Also, we recommend the TV show for kids STEVEN UNIVERSE and the podcast My Marvelous Year. Email us at shutuppod@gmail.com Twitter/Instagram: @shut...
Jan 14, 2020
It's 2020 and we're starting the year off by: 1) no longer talking about ourselves in third person and 2) discussing TOUPEES. As in hairpieces. Straight from the horse's mouth, our guest is comedian/screenwriter Will Saunders, who's been wearing not one, but a whole series of toupees for the past 6 months. Will bares it all and tells us the whole thing including: how he decided to get a toupee, how he takes care of the toupee and whether he notes the toupee on his online dating profile. He also ...
Jan 07, 2020
Happy New Year! It is the biggest holiday in Siberia, so we've got Sasha Feiler as our guest today. Luckily, Gabe Mountain (THE HILLS: NEW BEGINNINGS) jumped in as the cohost. Also in the recording studio is comedian/actor Juzo Yoshida (JETZO, FXX's CAKE, PLEASE UNDERSTAND ME), the very subject of the episode. How many characters does Juzo go through in the course of the interview? What were his mom's last words of wisdom before she passed away? Listen to find out. Also, Steven and Gabe recommen...
Dec 31, 2019
In the spirit of Christmas, we're shaking things up and inviting Rigby Stunkleman on as a guest. Thank Christ (the Bday boy!), Lorraine DeGraffenreidt jumped in the copilot's seat just so we all could discuss the finale of the epic TV show LOST. Did just the mere mention of this grandiose Television event send shivers down your spine? Email us at shutuppod@gmail.com Twitter/Instagram: @shutupiloveit1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shutupiloveit1/
Dec 24, 2019
Will Hines is an improv prophet and the middle brother of the Hines Brothers, so it's exciting that he sits down with Sasha and Steven to defend BRAIN DONORS, basically, a Marx Brothers movie made in 1992. Also, Sasha and Steven recommend the Russian book "The Twelve Chairs" (Mel Brooks adapted it for screen in 1970!) and the 1997 film THE WRONG GUY starring Dave Foley. Email us at shutuppod@gmail.com Twitter/Instagram: @shutupiloveit1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shutupiloveit1/...
Dec 17, 2019
Remember that famous episode of Shut Up I Love It where two dope dudes defended Jerry Lewis's controversial cinema masterpiece "The Day The Clown Cried"? You loved that episode. Now you want to know more about the dudes, so here we go. Jeff Abraham is a Hollywood publicist and comedy historian. Burt Kearns is a documentary producer and author of the controversial memoir, Tabloid Baby . Both, according to Vanity Fair , are “show business and pop culture savants.” The dudes came together and co-wr...
Dec 13, 2019
Comedian/dear-ish friend Scott Tammel sits down with Sasha and Steven to defend THE OFFSPRING, a punk rock-ish band that's somehow NOT on "Rolling Stone's Readers' Poll: The Ten Worst Bands of The Nineties." Speaking of polls, did Scott actually hold a double-blind study on whether THE OFFSPRING sucks? Does Sasha question the lead man Dexter Holland's PhD? How good is Scott's Pauly Shore impression? Listen to find out. Also, Sasha and Steven recommend the film BOOKSMART (2019) and the Finnish st...
Dec 10, 2019
Writer/actor/poster model for THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE Chase McCowan joins Sasha and Steven in expressing his passion for MOMMIE DEAREST (1981), the legendary hagsploitation starring Faye Dunaway - and therefore only barely featuring Diana Scarwid, Mara Hobel, Rutanya Alda and Steve Forrest. Is there anything more to the character of Christopher than inexplicably wearing a harness? Does Chase own MOMMIE DEAREST on every video format known to mankind? Is he a walking encyclopedia of all things Joan Cr...
Dec 02, 2019
In this Thanksgiving episode, writer Shawn Tina Willis sits down with Sasha and Steven to defend BECAUSE I SAID SO (2007), a sweet Caucasian fantasy starring Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, Lauren Graham and Tom Everett Scott. Is Gabriel Macht, who portrays the sensitive-tender-musician-artist-magician, a goddamn foreigner? Does he have a boner for Diane Keaton (and who doesn't)? And does Shawn agree with Sasha's hypothetical choice of "Johnny in the streets, Jason in the sheets"? Listen to find out....
Nov 26, 2019
Writer/Renaissance man Aaron Fentress drops by the studio to record his song of love (just a metaphor, he never actually sings) dedicated to the British stand-up STEWART LEE, a master of high-art comedy and a frequent collaborator with Armando Iannucci. How many bios did Aaron bring with him? Which comedy giants can be found in Stewart Lee's "Plagiarists' Corner"? And, on a semi-related note, should we (as a society) cancel Larry King? Listen to find out. Also, Sasha and Steven recommend a Briti...
Nov 18, 2019
In this most graphic episode thus far, actress/comedian/pop culture curator Chris Farah sits down with Sasha and Steven to caress her memories of STEALING BEAUTY, a 1996 coming-of-age-sexual-awakening-slash-mystery movie starring Liv Tyler, Joseph Fiennes, Jeremy Irons and Rachel Weisz. What disease does the character of Alex have? Can you find out who's your biological dad by reading a vague poem about him? Most importantly, is that Liv Tyler's vadge? Listen to find out. Plus, everyone tells st...
Nov 11, 2019
Actor/improv legend Will McLaughlin (SUPERSTORE, WRECKED, UCB) drops by the studio to express his love for another legend, Aaron Sorkin (as a body of work). How often does Will watch THE (entire) WEST WING? Does Steven have the acting chops to read a whole Sorkin "monulogue"? And what's Will's most impressive credit to date that's not listed above (we’ll just say it now: he’s the former coach of the hosts’ improv team Direct To Video)? Listen to find out. Also, Sasha and Steven recommend TRIAL A...
Nov 05, 2019
In this Halloween episode, Zeb Wells (SUPERMANSION, ROBOT CHICKEN, MARVEL COMICS) scares the living hell out of Sasha and Steven as he aggressively defends ICP's infamous song "Miracles." How do you become a juggalo? Does Zeb also have tender feelings for Larry The Cable Guy? And what would philosopher Martin Buber think of ICP? Listen to find out. Also, Sasha and Steven recommend HOW THE UNIVERSE WORKS on Discovery Channel and a very energizing beverage (and no, it's not Faygo). Email us at shu...
Oct 29, 2019
Fadl Saadi, PhD is a comedian/luminary/admirer of all things Vin Diesel, and he joins Sasha and Steven to celebrate xXx: RETURN OF XANDER CAGE (2017), also starring Donnie Yen, Kris Wu and Deepika Padukone. Why do Fadl, Steven and Sasha keep on profusely apologizing to Michael Bisping? Can motorcycles turn into waterskis? And what's this "Hollywood dirt" that Sasha supposedly has on Vin? Listen to find out. Also, Sasha and Steven recommend CASTLE ROCK and HIGH FLYING BIRD, a TV show and a film b...
Oct 22, 2019
In this special family episode , Steven's sister Lauren Cohen and her husband Rudi Greenberg sit down with Steven and Sasha to defend THE BOLD TYPE, a TV show on Freeform that is definitely trying to be SEX IN THE CITY for Millennials. Why would a grown cis male like Rudi watch this show? Does Steven know what a "slice of life" means? And what the hell is "diet woke"? Listen to find out. Email us at shutuppod@gmail.com Twitter/Instagram: @shutupiloveit1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shutupi...
Oct 15, 2019
Musician/filmmaker Andrew Haworth (theme music for SHUT UP I LOVE IT) practically forces Steven and Sasha to put on their film critic hats as they dive deep to discuss the strange/creepy/funny Taiwanese film THE HOLE (1998), directed by the auteur Tsai Ming-liang. Should the title of the film have been Big Trouble In Little China? How many times has Andrew seen it (hint: it's more than once and less than three times)? How often does Steven bring that up during the recording? Listen to find out. ...
Oct 08, 2019
TV writer Howie Kremer (LET'S GET PHYSICAL, FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY) and actress/comedian Tracy Meyer (THE REAL O’NEALS, COMMUNITY) sit down with Sasha and Steven to discuss STRIKE BACK, a British/American TV show airing on Cinemax and its archetypal hero, "a p***y hound with the heart of gold." Do Tracy and Howie have a special dance for the show's theme song? Does Sasha approve of STRIKE BACK's Russian accents? And how do they shoot all those graphic sex scenes (think tapes and pillows)? Also,...
Oct 01, 2019
Emmy-winning comedy writer Nick Cron-Devico (ROBOT CHICKEN, CLARENCE) drops by the studio to try and convince Sasha and Steven that LOVE ISLAND (UK) - not to be mixed with LOVE ISLAND USA! - is one of the most fascinating TV phenomena of all time. How closely does this reality programme resemble the Stanford Prison Experiment? What's Sasha's deeply personal connection with the show, by way of its presenter Caroline Flack? How many hours of television does Nick watch every night? Listen to find o...
Sep 24, 2019
Jerry Lewis's unreleased Holocaust film THE DAY THE CLOWN CRIED (1972) has often been described as a masterpiece of bad taste and a failed attempt at Oscar bait by Lewis. This week's guests, authors Jeff Abraham and Burt Kearns (THE SHOW WON'T GO ON: THE MOST SHOCKING, BIZARRE, AND HISTORIC DEATHS OF PERFORMERS ONSTAGE) sit down with Sasha and Steven to passionately defend the Man himself and what remains perhaps the most notorious unreleased movie in Hollywood history. How much of the film did ...
Sep 17, 2019
