We celebrate 17 years of The Flop House by discussing Wish , the movie that was supposed to celebrate 100 years of Disney animation, but was mostly met with a resounding, "Meh." Did that ol' Disney magic work any better on us? Listen to find out! We just announced season 2 of our monthly live streaming video show FlopTV! And because this is FTV 2, this season is all about BAD SEQUELS! You can pop in for individual episodes, or get a price break with a season pass -- more info (including the full...
Aug 17, 2024•2 hr 32 min•Ep 431•Transcript available on Metacast Apologies to the ecologically and morally-responsible vegans and vegetarians in our audience, but today's episode is an exploration of cinematic meats, as Elliott takes us through one of the least-essential top ten lists in movie criticism history! Our live show, Three Men and a Hallie , is still viewable for ticket-holders (or new purchasers) thru August 18! If you missed it, there's still time!
Aug 10, 2024•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Elliott long claimed we would NEVER do the Garbage Pail Kids Movie , due to its extreme unpleasantness, but it only took a live show and the participation of our most GPK-pushing pal, Mr. Griffin Newman, of the excellent Blank Check podcast to break his resolve. What other core principles can we make Elliott discard? Keep listening in the years to come, and we'll see! Also, for all those Hallie fans out there, remember that our next streaming show “Three Men and a Hallie” debuts tomorrow, with t...
Aug 03, 2024•2 hr 35 min•Ep 430•Transcript available on Metacast Sure, Roman and Elliott might have all the heat with their excellent 99% Invisible series on The Power Broker , but that doesn't mean that Dan can't try something incredibly stupid! Check out our live show Three Men and a Hallie , tickets on sale now! Show debuts on August 4, and you can view any time for the following two weeks!...
Jul 27, 2024•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast What's scarier than sharks? How about FRENCH sharks?!? The Flop House goes international to discuss the French-produced, Netflix-released shark attack thriller Under Paris (aka "Sous la Seine"). And hey, while you're listening, why not subscribe to our NEWSLETTER, “Flop Secrets ?!" Also, for all those Hallie fans out there, remember that our next streaming show "Three Men and a Hallie" has tickets on sale now! Wikipedia page for Under Paris Recommended in this episode: Maxxxine (2024) Longlegs (...
Jul 20, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Ep 429•Transcript available on Metacast No, not Spider-Man. He's a menace! A menace, I say! Instead we got the amazing opportunity to talk with the REAL Tom Holland -- the one 80s kids will remember -- the writer, director, or writer-director of horror movies and thrillers including Child's Play, Fright Night, Thinner, Class of 1984, Cloak & Dagger, Scream For Help, and Psycho II. As three nerds who grew up with this stuff, you can imagine how excited we were to talk to Mr. Holland, and he was just a delight! We hope you enjoy it as m...
Jul 13, 2024•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get tickets for our streaming show where the 3 of us and HALLIE HAGLUND discuss Three Men and a Baby! https://www.stagepilot.com/baby Subscribe to our NEWSLETTER! https://www.flophousepodcast.com/2024/06/subscribe-to-our-newsletter/
Jul 12, 2024•2 min•Ep 429•Transcript available on Metacast We had to do it. We had to return to that ol' Rebel Moon to see what happened to all our favorite space pals, like... uh... there was the one guy who trained like, a bird dragon? And, um... Lady Sword-haver? And Charlie Hu-- no, wait, he was killed in the first one because he was a traitor. There's definitely a Scargiver in this one, though. That one we're 100% on. Oh Zack Snyder. We wish we could quit you. But like, for serious. We're very tired. Have you subscribed to our new NEWSLETTER, "Flop...
Jul 06, 2024•2 hr 45 min•Ep 428•Transcript available on Metacast Dan briefly confuses everybody with talk about Garfield , before steering the boys into a discussion of their birthday twins, and related films. (Just listen. It'll make sense. Eventually.) Check out Howell Dawdy (aka Producer Alex)’s new album!
Jun 29, 2024•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast We were super-excited to welcome Meredith Scardino, the brilliant writer of a billion comedy things , but most recently the creator and showrunner of the hilarious Girls5Eva . If you haven't watched, please ask yourself what you've been doing with your life, then run over to Netflix to correct your error. We'll wait. Once you're done, you'll be all the MORE excited to hear her discuss 1994's Disclosure , a film that (in the words of Dan's Letterboxd ) "Begins as a dumb and offensive sexual haras...
Jun 22, 2024•2 hr 1 min•Ep 427•Transcript available on Metacast Stuart brings a surprise guest, and a surprising new business venture for the Flop House. Catch us LIVE in Boston ! Check out Howell Dawdy (aka Producer Alex)'s new album! Right now, Aura has a great deal for Father’s Day. Listeners can save on the perfect gift by visiting AuraFrames.com to get $30-off on their best-selling frame. This deal ends June 18, so don’t wait! Use code FLOP at checkout to save....
Jun 15, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Alonso Duralde , of our sister Max Fun podcast Maximum Film and many other projects joins us to discuss something that is, technically, a film, and not a pile of feces. But it's a tough call! In honor of Pride Month and also Alonso's new book Hollywood Pride , our guest pitched us some bad LGBTQ+ themed movies, and (in lieu of trashing some failed films with their hearts in the right place) we decided to critique one of the most retrograde comedies of the 2000s: motherfucking Boat Trip . Did we ...
Jun 08, 2024•2 hr 58 min•Ep 426•Transcript available on Metacast Elliott quizzes the other Flop House boyz (tm) about movies featuring modern society's biggest achievement and greatest bane -- computers! Catch us LIVE in Boston !
Jun 01, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Novelizers is a podcast that takes a beloved film, gives each scene to a TV comedy writer to novelize, and then gives those scenes to a comedian or actor to narrate. Plus interviews with the people who (may or may not have) made the original film. This episode has a chapter WRITTEN BY DAN MCCOY and READ BY JOHN HODGMAN! It also features an improvised interview with some people who "worked on the Matrix" (actually ELLIOTT KALAN and DAN MCCOY PLAYING SILLY CHARACTERS!) It's a must-listen podca...
May 28, 2024•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast We're going into the matrix this week, in honor of Dan and Elliott's contributions to an upcoming episode of the very funny The Novelizers podcast , where comedy writers "novelize" part of a blockbuster movie from the past -- Dan wrote a "chapter" of the original The Matrix (read by our friend John Hodgman !), and he and Elliott appear on the episode playing characters who worked behind the scenes on the movie. Look for that soon, but in the meantime, enjoy this flashback discussion of The Matri...
May 25, 2024•2 hr 45 min•Ep 425•Transcript available on Metacast We finally got our pal Matt Singer , author of the wonderful book Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever , on the show to talk about the team who defined movie criticism for a generation. Also Dan leads a silly Siskel & Ebert related half-game. Catch us LIVE in Boston ! Get 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code FLOP at Manscaped.com ....
May 18, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast We were so happy when we learned that Linda Holmes was a fan of the show , and even HAPPIER to get her on an episode! Were we equally happy to watch Baby Geniuses ? Well... you know... You can't always be happy all the time. Once you learn that, then YOU will be the true baby genius. This is the FINAL WEEKEND you can watch our SPEED 2 live show , VOD, before it goes away on Sunday, May 19 at 11:59PM ET! But if you prefer your live shows really live, there's still stuff coming up! We’ve got some ...
May 11, 2024•2 hr 58 min•Ep 424•Transcript available on Metacast Inspired by his recent trip with Dan to catch The Ambulance at a local rep screening (part of the Ridiculous/Sublime series programmed by our old pal Cristina ) Stuart runs through a brief installment of Missed That Movie (tm) before leading a discussion of the works of low-middle-budget maestro Larry Cohen , he of the grabby premise and wild performances. There's much discussion of trailers to Cohen's films, so if you wanna watch, check the show notes below! If you missed the premiere of our SP...
May 04, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast What is the secret to Argylle ?!? Is the CAT the spy? Did Taylor Swift write it?!? Is it the obvious twist that Dan guessed after a moment of thought having only seen the trailer?!? Is it that it doesn't work at all as a movie, but at least it's not as relentlessly boring as a lot of Flop House topics?!? It's definitely at least two of those things! Tonight is our SPEED 2 live show , and tickets are still available! All 3 of us will be IN THE CHAT, watching along, tonight! BUT if you can't join ...
Apr 27, 2024•2 hr 13 min•Ep 423•Transcript available on Metacast In honor of Elliott's long-lost blog critiquing the Oscars, and in honor of the Criterion Channel's recent "Razzie" collection , and in dishonor of the Razzies themselves , Dan guides the intrepid flop team through past winners of America's foremost bad movie awards, and why they're always wrong wrong wrong. We partnered with StagePilot to film our SPEED 2 live show as a streaming event ! The debut is Saturday, April 27th at 7PM ET, and the three hosts will be IN THE CHAT at that time, BUT THERE...
Apr 20, 2024•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast FINALLY after suffering through all of those bad movies, we get a treat! Patrick Swayze's Ro... what? What's that we're hearing? It's the remake? Goddamn it. Well maybe Road House 2024 will have some charms of its own. I guess y'all will need to listen to find out. We partnered with StagePilot and their talented crew to film our SPEED 2 live show as a streaming event ! The debut is Saturday, April 27th at 7PM ET, and the three hosts will be IN THE CHAT watching along with viewers at that time, B...
Apr 13, 2024•2 hr 54 min•Ep 422•Transcript available on Metacast Elliott takes a look back at 100 Flop House minis, and that is absolutely the only thing that happens, and no special guest arrives with any particular fixation on sandworm-related science fiction. We partnered with StagePilot and their talented crew to film our SPEED 2 live show as a streaming event ! The debut is Saturday, April 27th at 7PM ET, and the three hosts will be IN THE CHAT watching along with viewers at that time, BUT THERE IS ALSO A VIEWING WINDOW -- folks can rewatch or watch for ...
Apr 06, 2024•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Yet again, we steal a few hours Jamelle could be using to write something smart for The New York Times , to discuss his REAL passion: movies about hedgehogs. Yes, Sonic 2 was a big hit with mixed reviews, but how good is it really ? The answer may not surprise you! Also, this is our final episode in MaxFun drive 2024 - if you were intending to join, but just forgot, there's still time! Do you live in OXFORD, ENGLAND? We’ve got upcoming LIVE SHOWS for you ! And if you DON’T live in the UK, you ca...
Mar 30, 2024•2 hr 31 min•Ep 421•Transcript available on Metacast We welcome our old friend Zhubin Parang back to the main feed after years of only joining us for our FlopTales RPG series (available as bonus content for Max Fun members: join here !) -- and for such an auspicious return we had to pick an extra-special movie: Madame Web , which some have hailed as the "Cats" of superhero movies. Does it reach those heights? Who knows. But it's surely the most enjoyably-silly of Sony's Spider-Man without Spider-Man universe. We hope you enjoy it, and thanks to al...
Mar 23, 2024•2 hr 11 min•Ep 420•Transcript available on Metacast Hear a teaser of this year's bonus episode about SPAWN (1997), as well as a rundown of some of our other bonus content from the past and planned for the future, all available to Maximum Fun members who support the show at the $5 a month or more tier.
Mar 20, 2024•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast This special network wide event is a celebration of The MaxFunDrive! If you’d like to support podcasts you love for just $5 a month and get bonus gifts in the process, go to maximumfun.org/join . We’re kicking off the most exciting time of the year for the MaxFun Network with a trivia game show featuring hosts from tons of great podcasts. J. Keith van Straaten and Helen Hong from “ Go Fact Yourself ” are joined by: Jackie Kashian -“ The Jackie and Laurie Show ” Jeremy Bent -“ Eurovangelists ” Jo...
Mar 18, 2024•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Stuart returns from Australia to spring everyone's favorite podcast about the podcast The Flop House on an unsuspecting Hallie-- and also, somehow, muscle himself into an episode in the past? Do you live in or around BROOKLYN, NEW YORK or OXFORD, ENGLAND? We’ve got upcoming LIVE SHOWS for you ! MaxFunDrive ends on March 29, 2024! Support our show now and get access to bonus content by becoming a member at maximumfun.org/join ....
Mar 16, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Transcript available on Metacast Stuart was antipodes-bound, for his Australian rambles, when we taped this one, but fear not! In his absence we recruited Hallie Haglund , noted STAR OF THE SHOW to discuss Cat Person with us, and thank god we did, because left to our own devices, we doubt that two dudes would be quite as effective at exploring the dissection of gender w/r/t hetero dating relationships that Cat Person brings to the table (straight from the hit New Yorker short story of the same name ). Did we do it justice? Only...
Mar 09, 2024•2 hr 4 min•Ep 419•Transcript available on Metacast We're gearing up for Max Fun Drive pretty soon (3/18-29), so as a reminder of why you love us so SO much, instead of a regularly-scheduled mini we're dropping ANOTHER full live episode from our recent west coast tour! This one was taped at the Aladdin in Portland, in front of one of the hottest crowds we've ever been blessed with, discussing one of the silliest movies we've ever discussed -- the Vanilla Ice starrer Cool As Ice ! Wikipedia page for Cool as Ice Here's a special, ( limited time ) d...
Mar 02, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Ep 418•Transcript available on Metacast It takes a brave creative team to give Exorcist II: The Heretic a run for its money as worst "Exorcist" film, but at least part two was lovably batshit and a work of care and pearsonal vision, even if that vision was really weird. Exorcist: Believer on the other hand? Oof. You'll have to listen to find out. Do you live in or around BROOKLYN, NEW YORK or OXFORD, ENGLAND? We’ve got upcoming LIVE SHOWS for you ! Wikipedia page for Exorcist: Believer Recommended in this episode: Sorcerer (1977) Dick...
Feb 24, 2024•2 hr 35 min•Ep 417•Transcript available on Metacast 
