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The How Dare You Podcast

Michael Shantz & Michelle Chuwww.howdareyouawards.com
The How Dare You Awards celebrate the biggest wastes of valuable production dollars in Hollywood each year. The How Dare You Podcast celebrates those movies in full with hosts Michael Shantz and Michelle Chu. Each episode they will take on a new terrible movie and discuss each movie fully including which awards it was or could have been nominated for from our awards show. In addition, Lady Chu will often upset Shantz due to the lack of movies she has seen and they will have an occasional How Dare You Teachable Moment in which they declare how dare you Chu not seen this great movie. Join us to see what happens when the unstoppable force of a movie fanatic meets the immovable object that is a movie novice as they dissect what Hollywood has to offer.
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Episodes

Hard Rain

Listen as Shantz and Chu discuss the 1998 film Hard Rain. You'll hear how much Lady Chu knows about Ed Asner which is, sadly, not a lot, how unprepared we believe this group of thieves are compared to John Travolta in Broken Arrow, and a tangent about the freeze frame ending to the song "Flood" by Jars of Clay. In addition we will have the final sign off from Lady Chu as she leaves the podcast after this, her last episode.

Jul 07, 20221 hr 22 minEp. 84

Broken Arrow

Listen as Shantz and Chu discuss the 1996 film Broken Arrow. You'll hear whether one of us or both of us are enamored with this crazy film, exactly how crazy we think the acting choices of John Travolta are and how nice it is to talk about endangered dirt.

Jun 23, 20221 hr 20 minEp. 83

Swordfish

Listen as Shantz and Chu discuss the 2001 film Swordfish. You'll hear how heavy your hosts go in terms of grievances against the movie, a discussion on the pros and cons to golfing in your bath towel, and the number one insane thing this movie decides to do to one of their actors.

Jun 09, 20221 hr 15 minEp. 81

Krull

Listen as Shantz and Chu discuss the 1983 film Krull. You'll hear which of us nearly had the same amount of grievances as positive points for this movie, what we think of the heroes pants, and several conversations about the necessity of mountaineering skills in order to be in this film.

Jun 02, 20221 hr 14 minEp. 80

Throwback Thursday!

We couldn't get our act together this week so enjoy one of our most downloaded talks, the Van Helsing episode!

May 26, 20221 hr 5 minEp. 79

The Abyss (A Teachable Moment)

Listen as Shantz and Chu discuss the 1989 teachable moment The Abyss. You'll hear Shantz take credit for another teachable moment gone well, a conversation about how everyone involved in the movie had a bad time, and just a few mentions about the problems with the end of an otherwise fantastic film.

May 19, 20221 hr 20 minEp. 78

Leviathan

Listen as Shantz and Chu discuss the 1989 underwater monster movie Leviathan. You'll hear how much Shantz and Chu think this movie is exactly like DeepStar Six and how different it is than that movie too, if Chu can come up with another nickname for the monster of this film, and which of these first two monster movies we like the most.

May 12, 20221 hr 19 minEp. 77

Deep Star Six

Listen as Shantz and Chu discuss the 1989 film Deep Star Six. You'll hear how much this movie was made for as well as how much your hosts think it was made for, the nickname Chu gives the underwater monster of this movie, and our plan for the other underwater monster movies will watch from 1989.

May 05, 20221 hr 23 minEp. 76

Cats

Listen as Shantz and Chu discuss the 2019 film Cats. You'll hear how frustrating this movie was to watch, many discussions involving how confusing the film is, and a declaration from Chu that Shantz is a cat which he finds infuriating.

Apr 28, 20221 hr 15 minEp. 75

The Ice Pirates

Listen as Shantz and Chu discuss the 1984 film The Ice Pirates. You'll hear which of us loves this movie and which of us has no love for it, whether Chu knows who John Matuszak or Bruce Vilanch are, and whether Chu can remember why we're watching this movie in the first place.

Apr 21, 20221 hr 18 minEp. 74

Malignant

Listen as Shantz and Chu discuss the 2021 film Malignant. You'll hear Chu's messages to Shantz that prompted them to do this episode in the first place, the nickname Chu gives to the malignant Gabriel during plot description, and why everything that's bad in this movie makes it an even better watch.

Apr 14, 20221 hr 12 minEp. 73

The How Dare You Nominations!

Listen as Shantz and Chu discuss the How Dare You nominations for the biggest wastes of valuable production dollars in Hollywood the past year. You'll hear the nominees for each category including a new category this year, Chu's gut reaction to each category and where her vote may lie, and stick around until the end to hear your hosts ponder if a UFO was traveling back and forth from their houses during the recording.

Apr 07, 202235 minEp. 72

Throwback Thursday!

Chu has company this week so listen to this classic episode of Lake Placid. We'll be back with an all new episode soon.

Mar 31, 20221 hr 3 minEp. 71

A Nightmare on Elm Street (A Teachable Moment)

Listen as Shantz and Chu discuss the 1984 film A Nightmare on Elm Street. You'll hear whether or not Chu even realized that this was a teachable moment movie, why it is a teachable moment movie, whether or not Shantz keeps his record in tact, and what exactly was Chu's biggest grievance against this picture.

Mar 24, 20221 hr 21 minEp. 71

Mannequin (2): On the Move (A How Dare You & Everything Sequel Crossover Event!)

Listen as Shantz and Chu discuss the 1991 sequel Mannequin: On the Move with Tom Steward from The Everything Sequel Podcast. You'll hear whether or not this sequel actually has a number in it's title, a discussion as to whether there really is a mannequin in this movie, our dislike of the German beefcake characters, and why despite all of that, this movie is still kinda fun.

Mar 17, 20221 hr 27 minEp. 70

Mannequin (A How Dare You & Everything Sequel Crossover Event!)

Listen as Shantz and Chu from the How Dare You Podcast are joined by Tom from the Everything Sequel Podcast to chat about the 1987 film Mannequin. You'll hear which of us love this movie and which of us aren't sure about this movie, what we think of the actors playing the secondary characters in the film, and how amazing it is that this movie revolves around window displays.

Mar 10, 20221 hr 32 minEp. 69

Cocktail

Listen as Shantz and Chu discuss the 1988 film Cocktail. You'll hear whether or not they like or love or hate this film, pontifications on why a movie would make it's heroes such terrible people, and how Elizabeth Shue's character Jordan Mooney is the only character in the entire movie who gets it. She. Gets. It. Except for choosing Tom Cruise.

Mar 03, 20221 hr 12 minEp. 68

House

Listen as Shantz and Chu discuss the 1986 horror, comedy House. You'll hear how funny and scary your dynamic podcasting duo think this movie is, what Lady Chu thinks of the nosy neighbors constantly butting into this movie, and whether or not Shantz can keep his promise to not get mad at Chu for a lack of movie knowledge.

Feb 24, 20221 hr 7 minEp. 67

Valentine's Day

Listen as Shantz and Chu discuss the 2010 film Valentine's Day. You'll hear what Chu can remember about Gary Marshall, whether or not we think anything in this movie works, and Chu will reveal a secret about her own life.

Feb 17, 20221 hr 21 minEp. 66

Throwback Thursday!

Shantz and Chu are taking a small break for a couple of weeks. In the meantime, enjoy some of our classic episodes like Action Jackson! This is our second most popular episode ever. So listen to it to hear Chu talk about the handsomeness of Carl Weathers, to figure out who the hell the murder magicians are, and to hear what we think of Craig T. Nelson as the baddie.

Feb 10, 20221 hr 5 minEp. 65

The Thing (A Teachable Moment)

Listen as Shantz and Chu discuss the 1982 teachable moment The Thing. You'll hear whether or not Lady Chu can forgive a movie that kills so many dogs, if our movie novice recognizes anyone other than Kurt Russell, and what we think of the blood test scene which is one of the all time great scenes ever.

Feb 03, 20221 hr 15 minEp. 65

Throwback Thursday!

Chu has the in-laws in town which makes recording impossible so here's a throwback to our most downloaded episode ever, The Black Christmas episode! Enjoy!!

Jan 27, 20221 hr 4 minEp. 64

Jack Frost (1997)

Listen as Shantz and Chu discuss the 1997 horror Jack Frost. You'll hear how neither of them are angry about watching this Jack Frost, the lack of pros and all the cons about including a snowman rape scene in your movie, and exactly when it's okay to kill your own child simply because they're too stupid to keep on living.

Jan 20, 20221 hr 11 minEp. 64

Jack Frost (1998)

Listen as Shantz and Chu discuss the 1998 film Jack Frost. You'll hear why Shantz started rooting for the lead character to die at the beginning of this film, a conversation about the frightening nature of the title character, and who can be counted as the best actor in the movie.

Jan 13, 20221 hr 10 minEp. 63

New Year's Eve

Listen as Shantz and Chu discuss the 2011 film New Year's Eve. You'll hear what we think of a million actors in one story type movies, which were are favorite and least favorite stories in the film, and exactly how much Lady Chu knows about the director Gary Marshall.

Jan 06, 20221 hr 7 minEp. 62

Conundrum Episode!

Listen as Shantz asks Chu a series of conundrums designed to put her to the test. You'll hear which movies she'd rather watch all day and the rest of her life, which fictional character she would like most to make out with, which robbery she would participate in, and many more confounding conundrums which drive Lady Chu to a point of madness.

Jan 01, 202237 minEp. 61

Deck the Halls

Listen as Shantz and Chu discuss the 2006 film Deck the Halls. You'll hear whether or not Chu likes this movie or Christmas with the Kranks better, how fed up Chu is with Christmas movies involving terrible neighbors, and how much the both think this movie should have ended with divorce papers.

Dec 30, 20211 hr 13 minEp. 60

Christmas with the Kranks

Listen as Shantz and Chu discuss the 2004 film Christmas with the Kranks. You'll hear Lady Chu's angry first and first mostly thoughts about this movie, whether or not we believe anything in this movie could actually happen in real life, what the hell the burglar tangent was about, and exactly how much of a waste of time this movie may have been for the actors involved.

Dec 23, 20211 hr 14 minEp. 59

Flash Gordon (A Teachable Moment... sort of)

Listen as Shantz and Chu discuss the 1980 film Flash Gordon. You'll hear the extent to which this teachable moment is actually a teachable moment, how insane the first act of this movie is, and why it's the best of the crazy bad comic/ hero movies we've been watching this past month.

Dec 20, 20211 hr 24 minEp. 58
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