Welcome to Throw in the Pal, a podcast where three mildly talented, majorly struggling actors attempt the impossible in looking for fresh material to mine for online discourse. And wouldn’t you know it, turns out movie’s are a thing, so that’s what we’re going with! Every fortnight, Frank, Marcus, and Tom bat about their opinions on a new film, trying to persuade each other that they have the hottest take in the room. It rarely gets violent, but it’s always a little silly. Enjoy Pals!
I hate the way they talk so much, I hate the way they laugh. I hate that they’re so out of touch, I hate the constant gaffes. I hate the way that their do bits, I hate it when they sing, I hate these opinionated sh!ts, And I really f$&@in' hate it when they sing. I hate the fact that they are always around, Even though the pod’s hit a wall, But mostly I hate that they can’t rhyme, Not any one of them, not a single Pal.
Christmas: from the Latin "Christ", meaning "friendly guy" and the German "mäss", meaning "gathering". Movie: from the bovine "moo", meaning "good" and the French "viè", meaning "Who?!" Pals: from the Sesame Street letter of the day "P", for "Pugsley" and the suffix "-als", meaning "etc." That's a quick etymology lesson to explain why this week's episode is called Short n Sweet - Christmas Movies with the Pals! Merry Christmas everyone!
Christmas isn't what you think it is. It isn't contained within the waking, sometimes sleepless days of the yuletide season; it doesn't simply begin and end at those polar midnights of late December. It's not quantifiable by tallying cards and presents, not merely a protracted spree of buying and giving, wrapping and tearing, hugging and crying. Christmas, really, is more akin to music or memory than the temporal here and now; even when it's not loudly ringing out, even when it happened so long ...
Dancing is a lot like making love: it takes heaps of practice, can be very cinematic and is virtually impossible to do when you're a podcaster. Also, something do with feet, I guess... This week, the Pals are cutting a rug and never shutting the fug up about their favourite times the silver screen was almost torn to pieces by the sharp sashays of some of the world's nimblest nae nae-yers. Hoo-ray!
Now, this is a story all about how Galinda's actually Glinda now And we're talking bout Wicked Massive hit of the year So take a break from all your worries and lend us an ear On the stages of Broadway, born and raised Where this musical originated back in the days Of George Bush, Usher and low-rise jeans It sure was a hit of grandiloquent means Elphaba's green, and people are mean "What's up with that?" I suppose you might scream Well it's a metaphor, stupid, for prejudiced people And how rejec...
F is for the way the snow falls fast R is recording a film podcast O is "Oh my gracious, this is so outrageous!" Z is the zillion times we've all heard Elsa's sing-song rhymes So E's enough of the poem mode N so now we can listen to the episode [Sung to the tune of L-O-V-E but then it just sorta falls apart, I guess] Enjoy the latest Throw in the Pal!
When you watch a movie, the agreement you enter into through participation with the medium itself is that you shan't be required to read. Yet eagle-eyed cinema-goers will notice that some filmmakers still insist on putting a bunch of wordiplex junkery at the start of their colourful picture shows, apparently to commend those who did all the work and that to make the movie run. They're called "opening credits", doncha know, and these are the best ones!
Remember when you were sick from school and your grandpa who you didn’t like that much and looked an awful lot like TV’s Colombo came by to read you a story about a fantasy world where no one has the same accent and eels can shriek and extra fingers are somehow a disadvantage and originally he kinda took it easy on all the horny stuff in the story but leaned reeeal into it by the end because at that point you were both super into it, so much so that you asked if he could come back the next day t...
So how do you truly define an "ick"? Is it simply something that makes one sick? Behaving quite twattish or acting a dick? Something involuntary a tic? The Pals aren't sure either, so they've made a quick Installment that deals with actors that prick Their hairs up on end, or make their sight thick With visions of red due to anger, so stick Around for this ep (especially if you're name's Rick!)
A harrowing war film about a U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team in Iraq led by a loose cannon! A WWE wrestler whose whole shtick is a little too confusing and niche to get picked up by the mainstream! A band that plays math-rock mixed with noise punk whose members don't grasp the nuances of mixing or songcraft! A location that a kid who gets bullied too much at a stereotypical American High School in the '80s spends a lot of his time! Question: what do these things all have in common? Ev...
What is it we go to the movies for? Do we seek some recognition of ourselves, reflected through the dark, prismatic mirror of cinema? Is it in the hope of seeing our deepest desires performed by dramaturgical manifestations of our collective id, watching behaviour we long to embody but couldn't possibly imagine enacting in the waking world? Or is it to watch as things go ka-blammo and ka-boosh, to see big fireballs and f$&%-off explosions and stupid-sized guns going kuhn-kuhn-kuhn-kuhn and t...
Where are you most likely to find the world's most-famous form of Diesel? Better yet, what's an accurate description for a speeding motorist? Or, if you're feeling cheeky, what's the best way of describing the means by which each of the Pals lost his virginity? If you answer is, "In a car", you're correct. But "Fast & Furious" also works.
Tom was right, Tom was right! Na na ni na na! 😛
This week, what is it that the (dead)Pals have (wolver)seen that they’re dying to deliberate? Still not sure? We’ll give you a clue: it’s this year’s most anticipated new entry in a flagship cinematic series! Now would you care to take a gue-? No, it’s not Inside Out 2, try again… Nope, not Dune 2 either, although we get how you might have- Ok, no, not Furiosa, and upon reflection maybe the set-up for this was a little too open-ended. No, goddammit, it’s not Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Think big, l...
For the first ever Favourite Starring Role edition of Short n’ Sweet, the Pals deliberated long and hard about which actor to pick, which famed thespian they would trawl the filmography of in search for their best, most iconic part. What acclaimed performer has the consistency, the nuance, the restraint, nay, the well-established and totally unshakeable sanity to be worthy of such a choice? These questions were hard and boring, so we chose Nicolas Cage.
Are the Pals off their face, or are they ON their face? You be the judge!
Welcome to the Overrated Animated Short n’ Sweet, Do we love or do we hate it? Guess you’re gonna sorta see! Or actually, you’ll listen up, ‘cos podcasting’s an audio Endeavour and it’s better if you focus, as you oughta know Are they takin’ shots at Disney, rippin’ into anime? Maybe they’re too busy just to let each other have a say Regardless – and remember that they’re known to riff and rowel – Get ready for this Short n’ Sweet of Throw in the Pal!...
In this edition of Short n' Sweet, Marcus has a Chris-py take: Hemsworth and Pine are basically the same guy. All I know is my girlfriend Pines after one, and is Thor after seeing another. Join us for this bite sized battle of the Chrises
Hey, what happens when the internal gets all external? Would it be just like that feeling when things are all a-jumble? Maybe even the same as when something typically housebound find its way unleashed upon the big wide world? Or, perhaps most common of all, it’s just like when you have a friend named Otto – who prefers the moniker ‘Out’ – who is the second person to sigh in explaining to you that the direction you’re looking for is one located within an inner sanctum, producing this very normal...
Welcome to the first ever episode of Throw in the Pal - Short n Sweet! It's a comfy, bite-sized chunk stuffed with all the gooey goodness a regular ep might have, just at a fraction of the length. This week: Steven Spielberg's on the hook, as the Pals select their favourite Spiel-works and try to catch each other's, if they can. Jaw not gonna want to miss this E.T. (even tinier) episode!
This is Iron Man Has Frank lost his mind? Pulling high scores out of his behind! Marcus will give his all Cos this film didn't really make him go, "Whoa!" Is Tom alive or dead? Will he shut the f#%k up for once so we can listen to a single thing that someone else has said?! We'll just leave it there But listen if to the ep if you think you'd care [Instrumental Break]
Everyone’s always asking, “What’s eating Gilbert’s grapes?” It’s never, “*How* are Gilbert’s grapes?” Well, the pals are gonna find out!
What do you get if you make someone madder than hell? What is the Italian translation of Fast and the Furious? What would be a surprisingly tasteful name for a furry convention? The answer to all three, of course, is Furiosa! Come get gassed up with some high-octane diesel as the Pals steer this V8 ep into a hydraulically-hectic ignition of epic Pal-portions. CARS!
You've surely heard of Spectacular Steve, caught wind of Wondrous Warwick, made note of Not-Bad Norbit, felt the rumblings of Rah-Rah Reginald... which is great, cos those guys are all swell! Anyway, listen to this week's episode of Throw in the Pal, which is about a movie called Magic Mike.
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE Q: I'm here today for Primetime Pals, interviewing our latest guest: an honest-to-God vampire! V: The world is a murky tomb and I am its deathless curator. Q: Uh-huh, sounds great! So, what's it like being a prince of darkness, a scourge upon the lifeblood of us mortals, an exsanguinator par excellence? V: Oh, y'know, it's pretty drab. Q: I'm sure that's not true! Why, sitting before me right now is one resplendent fellow, dressed to the nines, your mane of hair set pe...
The Godfather, which art so splendid, Brando be thy name; thy meatballs yum; thy hothead Sonny in dirt cause he was too reckless. Give us this day a masculine child. And forgive us our Clemenzas, as we forgive those who use horse heads against us. And leave the gun but not the cannoli, and deliver us some pizza. For thine is the business, the Italian and American story, bada bing, bada boom. Pal-men.
Allo guvnah, what's all this then? 'Ave I caught you geezers 'aving a right ole sticky beak at Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)? Well, I hope yer right chuffed with yourselves, you pim pom tiddlies! That's only Bridget's most cherished belonging, that is! So what 'ave you savvied from the bloody right gander you gave it? You wot?! You can't make heads nor tails of this 'ere tuppence? Well, don't get your knickers in a twist: these three blokes (which is Ye Olde for "Pals") will 'ave you right sorted...
Billy was a little lad who was told not to prance, So he took all that naysaying and turned it into dance Boxing was the manly sport, but Billy's toes were twinklin', Which caught the eye of Mrs Weasley and gave her quite an inlkin' That this wee bairn might make it far, achieve more than the plan he Had for himself, if only he'd get a gander at a fanny* *This has been a poem brought to you by Throw in the Pal's department of good and normal content, and by reading it to the very end you forfeit...
There are many strange places you might encounter in your humble travels. An alleyway abode, a bitumen bistro, a cul-de-sac caddyshack. What's that? You need more examples? Well, it could be a ditch-side dwelling, an expressway easement, a f%$&ing flophouse... or even, quite possibly, a Road House (2024). Goodness, this is the sort of movie that will leave you with some major imponderables: Where does the road end and the house begin? Does Amazon Prime think Post MALone is the next Timberlak...
Alternative titles for this film: Maiming Jamie Death to Beth Slaughter Daughter Murder Jurder And all the rest, but we don’t want to keep you here P-all day, so we’ll leave it there. For this episode of Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)…Will the pals kill BIll or kill each other?
