The Glengarry Glen Ross Minute

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Minute 15: Talk about Childishness

This one gets off to a bit of a rocky start. Mostly cause Bill's a jerk. A human jerk, but still a jerk and he doesn't need YOUR note paper!! What's Williamson doing in that back office there? The boys try to unpack why the sales force gets two leads tonight and two tomorrow. Bill compliments Matt's mic technique! Matt has a gripe with Bill's persistent obsession with the laptop countdown display. The fellas talk about how most of Moss' lines are Mametian perfection. Don't use a verb as a noun o...

Apr 19, 2017•48 min

Minute 14: A Gyllenhaal Followed by a Shalhoub

Bill's alleged sweetness starts this episode off. Blake is a 2 shave a day guy. Matt is a self proclaimed evolutionary step and Dave Moss is his spirit animal. The TSA lady in The Spanish Prisoner gives Bill the icky feelings. The fellas agree that passive aggressive responses to movie studio notes would not make for good scenes. Where have you gone Great Space Coaster? "Tell her I'll call her from the road" might be the saddest sentence in existence. David Paymer is Hollywood in a nut-shell. Bi...

Apr 12, 2017•47 min

Minute 13: I Don't Think I Make it Hard to Love Me

Bill gets a tutorial on how to "come correct." Bill is Forrest Gump but in a really annoying way. The fellas decide that they should probably put out episodes at a quicker clip. Baldwin brings a lot to an exit. Sense of relief in the room after Blake finally backs the fuck off. "Fight Club" can't hold Glengarry's jock. We learn that Bill doesn't really listen, unless Matt gently bumps the mic stand and then Bill reacts as though it were a car bomb. The fellas have a less than impressive quote co...

Apr 05, 2017•43 min

Minute 12: These ARE My Brass Balls

Bill starts without Matt this week but claims he was just "queuing." Once again, Mr. Pacino's vocal variances throughout his many eras, are discussed at length. We finally reach a kind-of climax in the less-than-tender Blaking. Bill and Matt have fallen ill but that doesn't stop the bad impression train from rolling. The fellas imagine that Aaranow has the saddest off-screen life one can imagine. We get public speaking pro-tips from Blake. Pro-tip: Warm Baldwin breath on a neck goes a long way t...

Mar 29, 2017•59 min

Minute 11: Wait, how do you say it?

Quote Corner gets us going this week (still no jingle). Bill and Matt discuss how school ruins everything. Two world-class quitters explain how to quit with purpose. Bill finds emotional connection in an Argentinian bodega. The fellas exchange tragic Google Translate stories. Praise abounds for Bruce Altman. Is Moss getting beat down or is he just getting mad? Do they do celebratory ass-slaps in that back room? 'Cause no one wants an ass slap from Jude Ciccolella. Despite the fellas' Italian her...

Mar 22, 2017•47 min

Minute 10: Branagh in the Sauna or Not Everything is Meant to be Mounted

Buckle up, cause there's no room for agreement this week. Bill's longing for backstage banter turns into a meditation on Blake's emphasizing "man-stuff." Matt lets us in on his boudoir discourse. Blake gets a little Tony Robbins-y. Matt takes umbrage with AIDA and Bill tells him he's wrong by conducting a class on active and passive lazzi, that no one asked for. The fellas get to talk a little "fuck or walk" then they run down their favorite Mamet cinematic highlights. Bill shares more about his...

Mar 15, 2017•54 min

Minute 9: AHEMG & Other Anachronistic Acronyms

The Blaking continues. Bill's happy place seems to be an unending housekeeping segment. We are not surprised to learn that Bill built his personality upon a foundation of 80's sit-com catch phrases. Listen in horror as Matt and Bill dance around Blake's homophobic slur. Is there more than one Blake? Philadelphia sports fans are kind of like Blake in crowd form. Bill begs for cash while, in the same episode, reminds everyone that he's loaded. The boys take a moment to praise the production design...

Mar 08, 2017•49 min

Minute 8: Being Baldwin'd in the Ocho or In the 70s Misogyny was Kind of Like Having a Tie

The fellas praise the stylized naturalism of Mamet's dialogue... again. Bill doesn't buy that Matt wants to actually see slice of life represented. Bill apparently likes to wash his hands as far from the scene of the crime as he can. The fellas engage in a time honored debate: "Wyatt Earp" vs. "Tombstone," which only serves as a platform for Matt to fawn over Kilmer. Is Glenngarry truly the death of a salesman? The boys conduct an impromptu and imperfect screen writing course. Tarantino stood on...

Mar 01, 2017•51 min

Minute 7: Rebecca Cliffdove or Touch the Berber

What is Mercy in a merciless world? The fellas "argue like adults" about how much effort Mamet did or did not put into the re-writes for the movie. Bill becomes a gender-normative jerk before our ears and attempts to appropriate the podcast. Moss is a total man-spreader in a room full of apes. Matt posits that Williamson is the Salacious B. Crumb of GGGR. Bill must have been having a bad day, because he forgets, yet again, how to be a food friend and apparently, the camera adds 10lbs to Brando's...

Feb 22, 2017•46 min

Minute 6: The Biggest Aaronow or Give Your Pain a Color

It takes a while to get to the minute because Bill introduces the inaugural housekeeping portion of the podcast... to mixed results. Dave moss is practically on fire. Bill wonders why we like pouring thru all this sadness so much? Matt might have traced his interest in writing, back to Doogie Houser!?!? We finally meet George Aaranow! Roma is a taker masquerading as a giver. Any power at all goes right to Matt's head. We learn that Bill is, in fact, the biggest Aaranow. The fellas look forward t...

Feb 15, 2017•44 min

Minute 5: Lori Tan Chin

In our worst episode yet, Bill chastises Matt with his eye balls. Bill and Matt, argue like adults about the staging of the original play. Can one man mansplain to another mansplaining mansplainer? More evidence surfaces supporting Matt's opinion that Ricky and Shel have a mutual respect and as a result Matt breaks a record for saying the phrase "mutual respect." Game recognize game is a concept that, not surprisingly, slipped by our buddy Bill. The fellas explore mentoring, just before they "Bo...

Feb 08, 2017•42 min

Minute 4: Be My MacGuffin

Matt's appreciation of the whole Pacino aesthetic is starting to get uncomfortable. Bill stews in his own ignorance and Matt drinks to that and to the drink casting choices. He then promptly quits the podcast. Bill used to order mint juleps because he's "interesting." The fellas go from 0 to Pacino in 2.3 seconds. Matt has to explain the concept of "game recognize game" and as a result, wants to cast Kyrie Irving this week. Bill simply cannot accept the very obvious concept of mutual respect bet...

Feb 03, 2017•39 min

Minute 3: The Bathroom Habits of Salesmen

This week the fellas wonder which role in Glenngarry, Sly Stallone would play? Bill learns that Carl Weathers never dies. The boys lament not having someone to "GlennGarry" with, in their everyday life. Matt tells us that if you have go number 2 at a ballgame you're not good at planning. The fellas unpack how Kevin Spacey turned his Kevin Spacey-ness into a long career, and the fellas cast James Cromwell this week.

Feb 01, 2017•42 min

Minute 2: Let's Get Outta My Colon

Bill thinks he's Mr. Show-biz and wants a more "polished" show. Dave Moss is an absolutely terrible salesman, but Matt still thinks he's dreamy. Dr. Pete gets a little too familiar with Bill, a little too regularly. Bill worked in a dystopian processing center generating "leads" and was probably the root of several people's misery, not just Matt's. Alec Baldwin's hair is an environmental disaster. And Jude Ciccolella is an Ivy League philosopher!?

Jan 25, 2017•45 min

Minute 1: Ganache on the Sennheiser

Meet the fellas, and find out GENERALLY how the film and its characters affected them... How Mamet's "thing" is all about the exchange of confidence... and how Madonna once appeared as the gateway to Heaven. Sincere apologies to Dave Foley and... well, everyone else.

Jan 17, 2017•40 min

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