Week 2 which means the second Lethal Weapon. The Boys mention how this was kind of being a soft reboot, Joe Pesci’s amazing ability to go from a scary psycho to a weak little worm, how weird it is to see Mel Gibson making fun of white supremacist’s, and the logic of covering up a drug operation by blowing up a bunch of cops. Also discussed: fat people on planes asking for extra food since they had to buy 2 seats for their fat…behinds, Riggs with a pool cleaner as a Mortal Kombat character, plant...
Mar 13, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Ep 64•Transcript available on Metacast Tims reckoning is here as the boys begin their Lethal Weapon month! The bad boys break down the entire plot and discuss things like: Jenny from Forest Gump stealing the opening jumper scene, 3 straight intros of characters who are naked, all the buddy cop tropes that were created in this movie, crazy amounts of eggnog at a funeral, Gary Busey going absolutely nuts half way through this and shooting people out helicopters and moving cars, LA traffic and the amount of people who should have died d...
Mar 06, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Ep 63•Transcript available on Metacast For the final movie of “Ladies Pick Em’ Month” Johns wife selected the indie soundtrack featuring a Zack Braff movie: Garden State….and the boys surprising enjoyed it! That said, there’s still plenty to laugh about as they discuss how important the music was to the vibes of the movie, Andrew possibly being a serial killer in LA, Natalie Portman saying the R word like 20 times and possibly being bipolar, Mike Bloomberg NDA’s, a very special jeopardy sponsor tie in, and this movie being real low s...
Feb 27, 2020•50 min•Ep 62•Transcript available on Metacast Behold! The most explosive, action packed, bloated, and adjective filled movie review podcast in the game, HOLD MY POPCORN!! ::!BLLAAMM KAABBOOMM PHEW PHEW PHEWW:: Hold My Popcorn is a movie review podcast that doesn’t take itself too seriously while still discussing a new film each week at length. Still not sure if HMP is for you? Well then….I don’t know why you’re still reading the description to a podcast trailer at this point if you’re not at least a little interested! Just give it the ole c...
Feb 25, 2020•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast The epic conclusion to the Sound of Music starts off with a bang as the boys dive right back into the steamy Von Trap house party. Btw…who wants to party at a house where 7 kids are singing good night to you? Why didn’t they show the most intense scene of the movie where the family escaped from the festival? Also, The boys speculate about the things Captain Von Trap does in the bedroom, and what happened during that 1 month honeymoon. Aggressive Nazi mailmen, and Tims Sound of Music fan fiction ...
Feb 21, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep 61•Transcript available on Metacast In week 2 of ladies month, Tim’s bride-to-be selected the 1965 classic The Sound of Music and immediately regretted her decision as the boys went off the rails immediately. Tim rants about the departure of Mookie Betts and the movie Mandy before the boys get into some fun, drunken, and horny facts about Christopher Plummer - aka Captain Von Trapp - and the actual plot of the movie (5:23 mark) Topics include: Maria getting the nunnery and a sorority mixed up, the real reason for having a hall ful...
Feb 14, 2020•52 min•Ep 60•Transcript available on Metacast This month, the boys are letting the ladies pick their movies, and first up is the fairy tale love story - produced by Disney - where a wholesome, charismatic street sex worker and a cut throat corporate raider fall in love: Pretty Woman! The boys breakdown Vivian’s rate structure and how she got upgraded from a hooker to high class escort, the 80’s and early 90’s being one long SVU episode, how the polo scene with Jason Alexander would be completely different with a Seinfeld laugh track, knuckl...
Feb 07, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep 59•Transcript available on Metacast The boys wrap up their January mini series “It’s new to me!” Where each cohost selected a movie they had never seen but always wanted to watch, with the 1991 surfing bank robbery action cult classic Point Break! This episode has lots ,and lots, and LOTS of Gary Busey jokes, as well as the late 80’s early 90’s action troupes that you no longer see in movies, the sexual tension between Swayze and Keanu, women with short haircuts, Anthony Kiedis’s weird ear cornrows, the madness of having Tom Sizem...
Jan 30, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep 58•Transcript available on Metacast The boys are back and they are talking about a movie that isn’t as good as they remembered…or hoped with the 1995 video game action adaptation Mortal Kombat. Why is the Japanese God of lightning played by Christopher Lambert? And is Lambert actually Thomas Jane, an android, or just a bad actor? What was going on during this scorpion Johnny Cage fight? Why does the entire movie set look like a party city display? Did they forgot to film 20% of this movie? Besides the plot points topics include ca...
Jan 24, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Ep 57•Transcript available on Metacast On a very special mini episode the boys try out a new pilot spinoff titled Mouth Breathers! First up, people who take selfies at inappropriate places. Places include: concentration camps, religious sites, Hitlers bunker/ gravel parking lot, construction sites, slugs, and even falling off cliffs! Tim also makes a special announcement. For more on artwork like ours, please visit: https://www.frowles.com As always, if you want to be part of the show, check us out on our Instagram , Facebook and Twi...
Jan 17, 2020•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast It’s 2020 and the boys are starting a new mini series titled “It’s new to me!” Where each week one of the guys selects a movie they have never seen but always wanted to watch, and for round one Max selected the 1988 nonsense kicking classic Bloodsport, staring Jean Claude Van Damme! Topics include the fact that this is a secret underground fighting tournament that isn’t a secret at all and everyone is really friendly. The numerous plot points that go nowhere, the fact that the movie already assu...
Jan 10, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Ep 56•Transcript available on Metacast For the last episode of the decade the boys each select the top movie they are looking forward to seeing in 2020. Spoiler alert: The movies mentioned are Dune, Wonder Woman 1984, and Bad Boys For Life. Relatable topics include Olivia Munn’s leaked texts, holding popcorn tubs with holes in the bottom of it, a peeing in Boston public alley contest, and getting fat! For more on artwork like ours, please visit: https://www.frowles.com As always, if you want to be part of the show, check us out on ou...
Dec 30, 2019•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast On our final Christmas episode the boys discuss Adam Sandler winning an Oscar, the unrealistic take on New York City where not a single hooker muged Kevin, Max and John attack Tim for picking the last Jack Frost episode, the queer guy eye team fixing up the Grinch, as well as Ric Flair, and Michael Bay films being written around exposition set. For more on artwork like ours, please visit: https://www.frowles.com As always, if you want to be part of the show, check us out on our Instagram , Faceb...
Dec 23, 2019•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast We have quite the stinker for you all as the boys watched one of the worse Christmas specials ever made: the 1979 claymation Jack Frost! Tim uses this film as an analogy for the Trump administration’s dominance over liberal America in order to protect himself from movie picking jail. The boys talk about Father Winter being a total hypocrite, groundhogs being very accurate meteorologists, and allegories also being metaphors? If that doesn’t get you in the Christmas spirit then just give it 30 min...
Dec 19, 2019•1 hr•Ep 55•Transcript available on Metacast For their first Christmas film of the season the boys watched the heart filled family comedy where a divorced dad reconnects with his son and finds the true meaning of Christmas after killing Santa..in the Santa Clause! Warning to the listeners at home, this episode goes off the rails real quick as the boys joke about Tim Allen coke deals, parenting lessons from Bill Cosby, Charlie’s punchable face, Ice Tea and Law and Order SUV..yes I meant SUV, Tim not being slim enough, the elf-leprechaun war...
Dec 12, 2019•1 hr 23 min•Ep 54•Transcript available on Metacast To conclude our movies to be thankful for, John selected the slasher horror film where the stalker killers are sharks in Deep Blue Sea! Besides the plot the boys discuss rusted out fences in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, Remmy Martin finding Jesus, having emergency shotgun weapons inside a science lab, LL Cool J slowly falling down, Chinese wedding shark soup, baby sharks, and Jeff Bezos money. Also the original ending and reshoots are addressed (spoiler its because everyone hated the lead ac...
Dec 03, 2019•1 hr 27 min•Ep 53•Transcript available on Metacast With this being November we are picking movies that we are thankful for, and for some reason the movie that Tim picked was the John Wayne classic? Is it a classic? Anyways…Tim picked Rio Grande! Besides the plot the boys discuss standard Native American racism, flunking out of West Point for failing “math”, shooting horses in the head, manifest destiny, Irish cold remedies(booze), scalping John Wayne’s toupee, and Tim’s audio doesn’t work for the first half of this episode…again. For more on art...
Nov 22, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Ep 52•Transcript available on Metacast This is a remastered version of when Max appeared on the Average Joe Comic Show originally aired on October 30th. Batman: The Long Halloween set in the early days of Bruce Wayne’s crime fighting career tells the story of a serial killer named Holiday who murders on…you guessed it..holidays! This noir crime mystery is considered one of the greatest Batman stories ever told as Bj, Ben, and Max discuss some of the major plot points, the amazing ending, the similarities to The Dark Knight, and also ...
Nov 19, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast BJ and Ben from the Average Joe Comic Show join Max, John, and Bill to discuss their top 3 favorite comic book movies of all time. Fun times and lots of inappropriate jokes are had in the only way Hold My Popcorn can do a mini episode…by being longer than a typical episode. Movies on the list include: The Dark Knight, Batman Returns, Blade, Guardians of the Galaxy, Logan, Deadpool, Avengers Infinity War, Batman 89, Thor Ragnarok, Spider-Man 2 and more! Check out the Average Joe Comic Show For mo...
Nov 15, 2019•2 hr 42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jake Young, from the massively popular nerd and pop culture podcast Wizard and the Bruiser, joins Max, John, and Tim (kinda) to discuss the cocaine fueled/five-star rampage mode/social-political satire 80's sci-fi classic: RoboCop! In an episode almost as long as the movie, Tim watches the film in real time while the rest of the boys discuss: Jesus parallels that director Paul Verhoeven initially put into the movie, Red from that 70’s show being a drug snorting cop killing psycho, ED-209 McDonal...
Nov 08, 2019•1 hr 29 min•Ep 51•Transcript available on Metacast To conclude our Halloween month the gang watched the father of modern horror comedies, An American Werewolf London! Besides the plot line topic discussed include: what moors are, British doctors putting people into comas when the hospital is overcrowded, shower sex, English soups, British porn theatre yelp reviews, and Ice Tea asks some ice cold questions. For more on artwork like ours, please visit https://www.frowles.com/ As always, if you want to be part of the show, check us out on our Insta...
Oct 30, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Ep 50•Transcript available on Metacast Its bonus episode time and the boys watched Michael Jackson’s innovative music video Thriller! Tim viewed this entire music video as a foreshadowing analogy of the horrible things to come from Michael Jackson, Mike returns from the dead one more time, and the boys talk about the Walking Dead being boring because no one dances. If you’ve listened to this show before you know where the boys are going to take this…lots of low brow jokes at MJ’s expense to come For more on artwork like ours, please ...
Oct 27, 2019•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Halloween month is rolling along and the boys took a first classic ticket to Nostalglaland as they discuss one of the best Simpsons Halloween specials ever. Act 1 The Shinning Best Shining parody..ever. Also discussed: proper sidewalk etiquette and talking show tunes. Act 2 Time and Punishment Hands in toasters, punching plants, and what’s the line where you would accept living in another dimension? Act 3 Nightmare Cafeteria What type of food would you make out of Derek? For more on artwork like...
Oct 24, 2019•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ohh NELLY the boys watched the Jeffrey Epstein/ Harvey Weinstein horror cult classic Sleepy Away Camp! Where all the adults are pedophiles, the kids are horrible to each other, and almost everyone in the movie dies! “What says ‘I want sex’ more than being in 6th grade, not speaking, and being locked in a walk in freezer”- that’s the kind of content you will be getting in this episode so strap in because its about to get BANANAS! Wiki synopsis of Sleep Away Camp For more on artwork like ours, ple...
Oct 18, 2019•2 hr 33 min•Ep 49•Transcript available on Metacast Max saw the new movie Joker and he has a few spoil free things to say about it. Then he ranks the best joker film performance, and gives Joker a movie rating. New full episode will be out soon. For more on artwork like ours, please visit https://www.frowles.com/ If you want to be part of the show, or tell Max to never do a mini review again check us out on our Instagram and Twitter pages....
Oct 15, 2019•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast For the first movie of Halloween month the boys watched Cabin in the Woods- the slasher movie with a TWIST! Max covers every monster and prop, John covers his new metal meter based off kills, and Bill covers under his blankets. Also included is trivia, post production issues, mermen, and of course that elevator scene. For more on artwork like ours, please visit https://www.frowles.com/ As always, if you want to be part of the show, check us out on our Instagram and Twitter pages...
Oct 07, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Ep 48•Transcript available on Metacast It’s Halloween time and in our first crossover event Max and John sit down with the Cinemondo Podcast to discuss the scariest movies they have ever seen. First you get some pit bull talk followed by the real event which is everyone’s top 3 scary list….or 25 depending on whose turn it is. This is a great episode for any horror movie nerd, and light spoilers for several films..spoiler alert- people in the movie die! You can check cinemondo podcast on all pod platforms here: https://gopod.me/Cinemo...
Oct 01, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Transcript available on Metacast The boys tear apart the 1st world/ white privilege story of Rudy, where none of the facts are real and everyone is angry. Tim freaks out at Rudy leaving a full time job and the Irish guilt of rooting for Notre Dame. Other topics include low hanging priest jokes, accepting your mediocrity, and barrels. For more on artwork like ours, please visit https://www.frowles.com/ As always, if you want to be part of the show, check us out on our Instagram and Twitter pages...
Sep 26, 2019•1 hr 21 min•Ep 47•Transcript available on Metacast Hold My Popcorn is a podcast and is BANANAS! EXPLOSIONS! BBBRRAAMMMAAHHHMMM!
Sep 16, 2019•1 min•Transcript available on Metacast The boys mercifully wrap up the conclusion of Any Given Sunday which goes off the rails pretty quickly as they discuss this NFL Blitz like game accompanieded by Grand Theft Auto like fans in the crowd. Besides the plot the boys discuss the risk of having Lawrence Taylor around drugs, Cameron Diaz being super scary in the Counselor, Gucci Mane, jocks jams, barking dogs, and crushing dreams. Then the show wraps up with casting what ifs, questions, and tv recommendations. For more on artwork like o...
Sep 15, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Ep 46•Transcript available on Metacast 
