Pop My Culture
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PMC 114: Jodie Sweetin
Jodie Sweetin (“Full House”) goofs off with Cole and Vanessa on Kim and Kanye’s trademarked baby name, American Idol, Game of Thrones, Hollywood Squares, San Francisco, catch phrases, being Greek, The Goonies, double denim, Supermarket Sweep, Comet the Dog, Bob Saget, Urkel, Fozzie Bear, and the sad world of Kimmie Gibbler. Leave your answer to [...]
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PMC 113: Ian Brennan
Ian Brennan (co-creator of “Glee”) chats with Cole and Vanessa about Iron Man 3, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles role-playing game, gullible babies, show choirs, Ryan Murphy, surf jazz, Barcelona, Gwyneth Paltrow, Stephen Baldwin, additional Olsens, Brittany vs. Jessica and what it would be like if Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs had a [...]
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PMC 112: Brent Weinbach
Brent Weinbach (The Legacy Music Hour) chats with Cole and Vanessa about Reese Witherspoon, blood-alcohol levels, Tara Reid, Justin Bieber vs. Anne Frank, Shrimpheads, bee genocide, Final Fantasy, the voice of an angel, Slippy Toad, Full House, Quoting Miss Daisy, Teen Mom’s sex tape and Brent’s terrible Garbage Pail Kid trade. Leave your answer to [...]
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PMC 111: Ari Shaffir
Ari Shaffir (Ari Shaffir’s Skeptic Tank Podcast) chats with Cole and Vanessa about G.I. Joe Retaliation, Accidental Racist, LucasArts, Skittles Riddles, stealing material, Tommy Chong’s police run in, poisonous cheese, tiny Nicole Richie, Batman’s taxing prison escape, Mitch Hedberg, recasting Seinfeld, and Ari’s twenty bucks from George Carlin. Leave your answer to the first question [...]
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PMC 110: Lamorne Morris
Lamorne Morris (“New Girl”) talks with Cole and Vanessa about Tilda Swinton’s modern art box, Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show, Jon Hamm’s member, NBA nicknames, rollercoaster game shows, Schmidt’s fatsuit, The Heat’s historic win streak, a Nike and Adidas feud, Chicago, a fortuitous pilot season, Popeye’s Chicken commercials, conjoined twin backpacks, valet Jay Leno and Vanessa’s [...]
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PMC 109: Carla Gallo
Carla Gallo (“Bones,” “Undeclared”) goofs off with Cole and Vanessa about Pawn Stars, The View, dental work, Carnivale, Capuchian monkeys, fairy tale reboots, Brad Pitt’s kiddos, Oz the Great and Powerful, discarded starfish, The Bachelor, Californiacation, Judd Apatow, waffle blasting, Scott Bakula, Period Blood Girl, Katherine Heigl, and the most talk about vaginal meshes on [...]
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PMC 108: David Wain
David Wain (“The State,” “Stella”) chows down with Cole and Vanessa and talks about Dancing With the Stars, Justin Bieber’s worst birthday ever, Audrey Hepburn’s posthumous work, pseudo Wings songs, Wanderlust, Wainy Days, Smash, LARPing, SEX aka Wieners and Boobs, The Pink Panther, Newsreaders, My Strange Addiction, the four thumbs rating system, movie title changes, [...]
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PMC 107: Erinn Hayes
Erinn Hayes (“Childrens Hospital,” “Worst Week”) joins Cole and Vanessa to chat about the Oscars, Anne Hathaway hatred, Seth MacFarlane, musical numbers, The Killing, Downton Abbey’s shrinking cast, O’Brien’s poo face, Girls, Instagram, Bradley Cooper’s eyes, boobs boobs boobs, otters, squirrel tails, Smash, Parenthood, “I’m 34,” and Erin’s fan moment with George R. R. Martin. [...]
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PMC 106: Rachel Dratch (Live from SF Sketchfest)
Rachel Dratch (Saturday Night Live) joins Cole and Vanessa live from the 12th Annual SF Sketchfest to chat about NKOTB, Go Daddy, Beyonce’s Super Bowl hijinks, Elijah Wood, Astral Massagers, horse meat, Del Close, Debbie Downer, Pokemon vs. Nickelodeon, Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler’s modern engagement, unwarranted elevator parenting advice, a Girls reality show and [...]
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PMC 105: Stephen Tobolowsky
Stephen Tobolowsky (“Groundhog Day,” “Sneakers,” “Memento” and a billion other things) joins Cole and Vanessa to spin yarns about home invasion urban myths, Bionic Dog movies, Margo Martindale, The Universal Studios tour, Phil Alden Robinson, The Terminator Principal, Island Hunters, “bullshit” on Deadwood, The Country Bears, Frank Langella’s denial of Spaceballs, Around the Fire, Glee, [...]
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PMC 104: Pop My Cork (Part 2) – The Worst of 2012
Part two finds returning guests Dave Holmes (longtime MTV VJ), Laraine Newman (“Saturday Night Live”), Timothy Omundson (“Psych”), Fred Stoller (“Seinfeld”) and Rider Strong (“Boy Meets World”) still at the table with Cole and Vanessa- but this time, conversation centers on the horrible things 2012 threw at us – with each of them sharing their [...]
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PMC 103: Pop My Cork (Part 1) – The Best of 2012
Returning guests Dave Holmes (longtime MTV VJ), Laraine Newman (“Saturday Night Live”), Timothy Omundson (“Psych”), Fred Stoller (“Seinfeld”) and Rider Strong (“Boy Meets World”) join Cole and Vanessa for part one of this special look back at the year that was 2012. Wine and conversation flow freely as each guest and the hosts navigate through [...]
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PMC 102: Jane Espenson and Brad Bell
Jane Espenson (Buffy The Vampire Slayer) and Brad Bell (Husbands) goof off with Cole and Vanessa about Donnie and Marrie, The Hobbit, Twitter proposals, Up-Skirt Filmmaking, kitten slot machines, Streamie Nominations, Spock’s stained uniform, YouTube, weird phobias, John Mayer covers, Burning Man, torso ticklers, and that OTHER Brad Bell from The Bold and the Beautiful. [...]
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PMC 101: Dan Harmon and Erin McGathy
Dan Harmon (creator of “Community”) and Erin McGathy (host of the “This Feels Terrible” podcast) stop by to chat with Cole and Vanessa about Pocket Planes, newscaster gaffs, Snagglepuss, kinds of rice, Chris Brown vs. Jenny Johnson Hi5, Halloween relevance call in shows, the most Yahoo searched people of 2012, Liz and Dick, Heat Vision [...]
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PMC 100: “Weird Al” Yankovic
“Weird Al” Yankovic (king of pop culture parody and star of “UHF”) joins Cole and Vanessa for their super-special shiny 100th Episode! They talk Dr. Demento, Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez, Bedazzlers, Guy Fieri’s Ass Blast Nachos, the final Twilight, GAZOOOOOO!, People’s Sexiest Man of the Year Channing Tatum, accordions, The Madonna Inn, utilizing Leslie [...]
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PMC 98: Retta and Meredith Salenger
Retta (“Parks and Recreation”) and Meredith Salenger (“The Journey of Natty Gann”) talk with Cole and Vanessa about movie theater mix-ups, Anne Hathaway vs. Oprah, Beyonce’s Superbowl Extravaganza, Burger King Japan’s Pumpkin Burger, the indignant mute, Hollywood Heights, frumpy characters, Moesha, being taft-hartley’d, Duke and Harvard, TV show live tweeting, Girls, dirty sounding ballplayers, Magic [...]
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PMC 97: Matt Walsh
Matt Walsh (“Veep,” “Upright Citizens Brigade”) chats with Cole and Vanessa about Old Baseball uniforms, Chicago, Argo, Frankenweenie, diet Robots, Golden Globes hosts, the Unabomber, The High Road, Wii Fit, Armando Ianucci, The Bear Down Podcast, Snoop Dogg vs. Snoop Lion, Sweding, mean monkeys, Gloc Poppers, college dreams, and Cole and Matt’s Looper moment. Leave [...]
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PMC 96: Layla Kayleigh
Layla Kayleigh (“America’s Best Dance Crew,” “World Poker Tour”) pops her podcast cherry with Cole and Vanessa and chats about The Walking Dead, Honey Boo Boo vs. Christopher Walken, surly goats, face plates, Breakin’ or Fakin’, haunted hotel rooms, professional gamblers, tutting, Mario Lopez, Disney hookups, Whoopi and the Astronauts, making eye contact with Jennifer [...]
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PMC 95: Jim O’Heir
Jim O’Heir (“Parks and Recreation”) joins Cole and Vanessa to chat about Justin Bieber’s on-stage barfstravaganza, TLC, the Danny DeVito/Rhea Perlman split, Cabbage Patch Kid hoarding, the bear community, giant cheeseburgers, “murinals,” Honey Boo Boo, James Spader, The Hunting Trip episode, Amy Poehler, Stumpy’s Gang, Wet People fetishes, Jonathan Banks, and Kathy Griffin without her [...]
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PMC 94: Brooklyn Brothers (Ryan O’Nan and Michael Weston)
Brooklyn Brothers (actor/musicians Ryan O’Nan and Michael Weston, stars of the indie rock n’ roll road trip comedy “Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best”) stop by to chat with Cole and Vanessa about Choccywoccydoodah, Seth MacFarlane, saggy old vampires, John Hughes films, Green Day vs. the IHeartRadio festival, Portland’s potent brews, RPatz and KStew’s reconciliation, Steve [...]
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PMC 93: Legends of Voice Acting w/ Rob Paulsen, Maurice...
Legendary Voice Actors Rob Paulsen (Animaniacs), Maurice LaMarche (Futurama), Tara Strong (Powerpuff Girls), Cree Summer (Tiny Toon Adventures) and Phil LaMarr (Samurai Jack) join Cole and Vanessa for a LIVE show at the RIOT LA Comedy Festival! They chat about Oh Sit!, The Emmys, first voice acting gigs, finding character voices, and more, with vocal [...]
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PMC 92: Arden Myrin, April Richardson and Guy Branum
Arden Myrin, April Richardson and Guy Branum of Chelsea Lately’s roundtable join Cole and Vanessa for a spirited discussion about Amanda Bynes, Keith Urban, moose hands, seeing movies alone, Little Compton, Saved by the Bell Fan Fic, gypsies, pool parties, Steve Winwood, Nikki Minaj’s bootie, Magic Mike, Morrissey vs. Eeyore, conjoined twins, and Guy’s incredible [...]
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PMC 91: Iain Morris
Iain Morris (co-creator and writer of the UK smash “The InBetweeners”) chats with Cole and Vanessa about The Oogieloves Movie, Clint Eastwood’s chair rant, Tom Cruise’s wife vetting, theater manners, The InBetweeners Movie, petard-hoisting, the magical lands of Oz, unlimited worms, mean magicians, translating MI3, Jerry Seinfeld’s awkward adolescence, Twin Peaks, and Iain’s surreal weekend [...]
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PMC 90: Jesse Thorn
Jesse Thorn (host of Bullseye/The Sound of Young America and Jordan Jesse Go!) joins Cole and Vanessa to chat about Prince Harry’s Vegas madness, The Expendables 2, LL Cool J’s home invader, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, celebrity sightings, the Avril Lavigne/Chad Kroeger engagement, Kristen Stewart hate T-shirts, A Thousand Clowns, movie tag lines, Dick [...]
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PMC 89: Lake Bell
Lake Bell (“Childrens Hospital,” “It’s Complicated”) chats with Cole and Vanessa about the Spice Girls Reunion, the Elton John/Madonna feud, Ghost Pennies, stripper pole attacks, In a World, No Strings Attached, Meryl Streep, cars, Summer’s Eve, directing TV and film, Nathan Fillion’s hair, Civil War Hospitals, Elizabeth Meriwether, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, American Flag onesies, [...]
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PMC 88: Ian Edwards
Ian Edwards (“Punk’d,” “Conan”) joins Cole and Vanessa to chat about The Olympics, The Amazing Spider-Man, Showtime at the Apollo, Ryan Lochte, Burger King, Olympic village hook-ups, conjoined twins, movie titles lost in translation, Danny Boyle, the West Indies, The Dark Knight Rises, invisible panthers, pranking T.O., booger eyes, and the Busta Rhymes Punk’d you’ll [...]
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PMC 87: Barry Bostwick and Diani & Devine
Barry Bostwick (“The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” “Spin City) and comedy duo Diani & Devine (Gabriel Diani and Etta Devine) join Cole and Vanessa to talk about Kristin Stewart’s recent infidelity, The Selling, Megaforce, Nick and Nora, originating Danny Zuko on Broadway, hooves vs. one long finger, tough guy quotes, Danny Glover vs. Dragons, dangerous [...]
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PMC 86: Doug Jones
Doug Jones (“Hellboy,” “The Watch”) returns to the show to chat with Cole and Vanessa about Comic Con, the Silver Surfer, contortionists, Spike Jonze, character olympics, The Expendables 2, Springsteen and McCartney’s power-cutting, mailbox fighting, creating Abe Sapien’s movements, Jackie Chan, Celine Dion, Mime Own Book, and Doug’s embarrassing Fantastic Four moment.Leave your answer to [...]
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PMC 85: Kathleen Rose Perkins
Kathleen Rose Perkins (“Episodes”) joins Cole and Vanessa to talk about Adele’s pregnancy, Katie Holmes’ Scientology stalkers, Game of Thrones, John Pankow, musicals, Bristol Palin’s Life is a Tripp, Matt LeBlanc, Alf, 33, dirty It’s A Wonderful Life, One Man Two Guvnors, Diablo Cody’s new movie, Ted Danson, and the longest conversation ever about The [...]
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PMC 84: Jake Fogelnest
Jake Fogelnest (MTV’s Squirt TV, VH1′s I Love the 80s) chats will Cole and Vanessa about The Newsroom, Nora Ephron, The Choice, Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, Ann Curry’s firing, the Tom Cruise/Katie Holmes split, fictitious bands, Wilford Brimley, fake Studio 60 Twitter accounts, haunting Ryan Seacrest, alien encounters, True Blood and Jake’s fantasy role on [...]
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PMC 83: Elizabeth Laime
Elizabeth Laime (host of the Totally Laime Podcast) joins Cole and Vanessa to chat about Oprah, Prometheus, 200-lb. tumors, The Guinness Books of World Records, Lindsay Lohan’s fender bender, the Golden Girls, My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, TLC, the Earwolf podcasting competition, the man with the longest nails, “what really frosts my cookie,” Moonrise Kingdom, [...]
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PMC 82: Joe Dante
Joe Dante (director of “Gremlins,” “Innerspace,” “The Burbs” and many more beloved films of the 80s and 90s) chats with Cole and Vanessa about Snow White and the Huntsman, Chuck Jones, editing trailers for Roger Corman, Mogwai merchandising, Piranha, Dick Miller, the movie-going experience, Trailers From Hell, Matinee, practical effects vs. CGI, monsters, Widescreen, and [...]
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PMC 81: Mary Lynn Rajskub
Mary Lynn Rajskub (“24,” “Mr. Show”) joins Cole and Vanessa to talk Dirty Work, Battleship, Breaking Bad, The Miami Cannibal, Mark Zuckerberg’s sudden marriage, computer jargon, Zac Efron, Michigan, Dicki, life as Chloe, hack attack, Selling LA, the GI Joe 2 delay, and harmonizing over Green Day. Leave your answer to the firsts question (the [...]
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PMC 80: Ken Marino
Ken Marino (“The State,” “Childrens Hospital”) chats with Cole and Vanessa about his upcoming web series Burning Love, The Adventurers 2, demon makeup, Party Down, working with David Caruso, Sweet Genius, Wet Hot American Summer, frankenladies, Veronica Mars, music licensing issues, LARPing, R2D2 Operation, The Rememberer, and Ken’s magnificent time at the Renaissance Faire. Leave [...]
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PMC 79: Jenny Mollen
Jenny Mollen (“Angel,” “Crazy, Stupid Love”), beloved twitterer as @jennyandteets, joins Cole and Vanessa to goof off about The Avengers, The Playboy Mansion, poodles, sex shop exploits, Viva Laughlin, The Smoking Jacket, her husband Jason Biggs, “boatox,” movie tag lines, losing MCA, the Huffington Post, Fifty Shades of Grey, Girls, Game of Thrones, slutty Annie [...]
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PMC 78: Damien Fahey
Damien Fahey (MTV VJ & host of “Total Request Live”) chats with Cole and Vanessa about the Octomom’s upcoming porn, hero Patrick Dempsey, I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, the Dr. Seuss ban, John Salley’s feng-shui, drinking champagne with Madonna, crazy Heidi & Spencer, building a home radio station, some ecards, the Grind, [...]
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PMC 77: Daniel O’Brien and Soren Bowie
Daniel O’Brien and Soren Bowie (stars of Cracked.com’s “After Hours“) join Cole and Vanessa to chat about Paisley the Prosti-Tot, six degrees of Kevin Bacon, Battleship and board game movies, the proper pronunciation of “Mario,” Teddy Ruxpin, breast milk, the Mayan Calendar, Yo Momma, family lineage, hip-hoperas, Pop Culture Battle Royales, and Cole’s dead-on impression [...]
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PMC 76: Jane Espenson
Jane Espenson (writer/producer from “Buffy The Vampire Slayer,” “Battlestar Galactica” and “Torchwood”) chats with Cole and Vanessa about her web series Husbands, Jerry Lee Lewis, the return of Game of Thrones, in-home dance clubs, Star Trek:TNG, Dinosaurs, dangerous Hugo Awards, Gilmore Girls fan fic, Twitter writing sprints, Very Mary Kate, Firefly, Captain Jack Harkness, Once [...]
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PMC 75: Felicia Day
Felicia Day (“The Guild,” “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog”) chats with Cole and Vanessa about Geek & Sundry, Joss Whedon, Leisure Suit Larry, L.A. Noire, Tabletop, Snooki’s fake baby doll, Yoda, The Sims, programming for the internet, “Goosters,” disgusting cereal milk, bedazzled tentacles, a live game of MASH, and Felicia’s audition for…yup…The Olsen Twins! Leave your [...]
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PMC 74: Amber Tamblyn
Amber Tamblyn (“Joan of Arcadia,” “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants”) joins Cole and Vanessa to chat about Project X gone awry, Michael Bay vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Marilyn Manson, poetry, her pop Russ Tamblyn, scary movies, Twin Peaks, found-footage films, Pippi Longstocking, “Paranormal Activia,” soap operas, Knot’s Berry Farm, lower-back breast implants, Human [...]
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PMC 73: John Hodgman, Aimee Mann and John Roderick
John Hodgman (author of “That is All” and the resident expert on “The Daily Show”) and surprise drop-in guests Aimee Mann (Oscar-nominated singer/songwriter and front woman of ‘Til Tuesday) and John Roderick (singer/songwriter of Seattle indie rock outfit The Long Winters) join Cole and Vanessa at the Chateau Marmont to discuss The Hunger Games, young [...]
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PMC 72: Judy Greer
Judy Greer (“Arrested Development,” “13 Going on 30″) charms Cole and Vanessa and chats about Jeff Who Lives At Home, The Descendants, the extended Taco Bell menu, Bayou Billionaire, American Judy, New Orleans vs. Hawaii, the Duplass Brothers, pickled bologna, Madonna parties, re-enacting, Alexander Payne, double dutch, and the incredibly insane zombie Whitney Houston video. [...]
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PMC 71: Fred Stoller
Fred Stoller (“Everybody Loves Raymond,” “Seinfeld”) goofs around with Cole and Vanessa and chats about The Oscar telecast, thrill seekers, Cirque du Soleil, Billy Crystal, Dog Day Afternoon, Dr. Demento, arm belly buttons, Hunchbacks going to college, Murphy Brown, pitching to Larry David, The Shawshank Redemption, Norm McDonald, The Wizards of Waverly Place, desert-island comics, [...]
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PMC 70: Timothy Omundson
Timothy Omundson (“Psych,” “Judging Amy”) hangs with Cole and Vanessa to talk about Zac Efron’s condom drop, swingin’ Stephen Hawking, Xena: Warrior Princess, iPhone thief Chris Brown, JK Rowling, the beautiful expletives of Deadwood, Psychos, Kenny Powers vs. Lucy Lawless, dramatic overbites, The Luck of the Irish, three-hole punches and pineapples, the Berenstain Bears, clown [...]
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PMC 69: Pop My Oscars! Myq Kaplan and Samm Levine
Myq Kaplan (“Last Comic Standing”) and Samm Levine (“Freaks & Geeks”) join Cole and Vanessa for an hour of straight-up Academy Awards talk! The four get Extremely Loud & Incredibly close as they make their predictions of who will and should win those gold statuettes, try to make sense of Tree of Life, argue about [...]
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PMC 68: Dave Holmes
Dave Holmes (MTV VJ, host of “Say What? Karaoke” and “A Drink With Dave” Video Podcast) joins Cole and Vanessa to talk The Super Bowl, Clint Eastwood, Madonna’s half-time spectacular, the guy from Lone Star, David Lee Roth, MTV Survivor, cell phones with pens, Go Daddy, Rachel Crow, world peace, Downton Abbey, being LMFAO’d out, [...]
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PMC 67: Drew Carey (Live at SF Sketchfest)
Drew Carey (“The Price Is Right” and “The Drew Carey Show”) joins Cole and Vanessa for this special live episode at SF Sketchfest, the San Francisco Comedy Festival. They chat about Blue Ivy’s godmother, crappy showcase prizes, funny contestants, turkey trots, Presidential Fitness competitions, getting booed by WWE fans, bringing in a ringer, Regis vs. [...]
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PMC 66: John Lehr
John Lehr (“10 Items or Less” and an original Geico Caveman) chats with Cole and Vanessa about Blue Ivy Carter, Evel Knievel, fake choking, Beezow Doo-Doo Zoppitybop-Bop-Bop, baseball vs. football films, Heidi Klum, kid wars, bloody noses, falling in grocery stores viral videos, Noah Baumbach, Angelina Jolie’s wondrous lips, The Andy Griffith Show, junkyard dramas, [...]
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PMC 65: Pop My Cork (Part 2) – The Worst of 2011
Part two finds returning guests Tony Hale (“Arrested Development”), Rob Paulsen (“Animaniacs”), Meredith Salenger (“The Journey of Natty Gann”), Paul F. Tompkins (The Pod F. Tompkast) and James Urbaniak (“The Venture Brothers”) locked with Cole and Vanessa in conversation about all the horrible things 2011 threw at us–with each of them sharing their personal Worst [...]
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PMC 64: Pop My Cork (Part 1) – The Best of 2011
Returning guests Tony Hale (“Arrested Development”), Rob Paulsen (“Animaniacs”), Meredith Salenger (“The Journey of Natty Gann”), Paul F. Tompkins (The Pod F. Tompkast) and James Urbaniak (“The Venture Brothers”) join Cole and Vanessa for part one of this special look back at the year that was 2011. Wine and conversation flow freely as each guest [...]
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PMC 63: Jim Rash
Jim Rash (Dean Pelton from “Community” and co-writer of “The Descendants”) joins Cole and Vanessa for their first podcast of 2012! They chat about The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, shortstop playing chimpanzees, controlling the world’s bees, Sky High, The Golden Globes, Nicholas Sparks flicks, The Enabler, practical jokester George Clooney, Cybill, terrible auditions, saving [...]
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PMC 62: Phil LaMarr
Phil LaMarr (“Pulp Fiction,” “Madtv”) goofs off with Cole and Vanessa and chats about working with Tarantino, People’s Sexiest Man Alive, The Descendants, the sorting hat, going to Broadway, The Groundlings, the Mr. T. cartoon, the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, Morgan Freeman, Detective Comics, a steady stream of turkey, the lost Matrix scenes, Marvin’s [...]
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PMC 61: Ethan Suplee
Ethan Suplee (“My Name is Earl,” “Mallrats”) chats with Cole and Vanessa on their first podcast with the Nerdist network about Boy Meets World, neverending Risk games, Settlers of Catan, D&D, sad Bowie stories, Greg Garcia, looking for aliens, Remember the Titans, playing a skinhead, Without a Paddle fights, making videos with Jack White, the [...]
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PMC 60: Dave Anthony and Greg Behrendt
Dave Anthony and Greg Behrendt from the Walking The Room Podcast stop by to chat with Cole and Vanessa about the art of retweeting, Jack and Jill, The Hunger Games, ranking overrated bands, the Duggars, the coining of the term Zombie, celebrity peeing, snot skin, Cameron Diaz, Mr. Catpoop, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, [...]
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PMC 59: Meredith Salenger
Meredith Salenger (“The Journey of Natty Gann,” “Dream a Little Dream”) joins Cole and Vanessa to talk about twitter stalking, Brett Ratner, suing Kim Kardashian, The Muppets, kissing John Cusack, hanging with Harry Dean Stanton, virgin daiquiris, fan sites, Melancholia, Corey Feldman’s MJ moves, working with a wolf, Seth Myers’ unheralded extra work, River Phoenix, [...]
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PMC 58: Fred Dekker
Fred Dekker (writer/director of “The Monster Squad” and “Night of the Creeps”) stops by for this Halloween episode with Cole and Vanessa to chat about Lindsay Lohan, Estate of Panic, the true nature of game shows, Shane Black, the “Pad o’ Guys,” George A. Romero, UFO spottin’ Billy Ray Cyrus, James Bond, Monty Python, scary [...]
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PMC 57: Tom Lenk & Adam Busch
Tom Lenk and Adam Busch (Andrew and Warren from “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) stop by to chat with Cole and Vanessa about Project Runway, Paula Deen’s butter-flavored lip balm, the Sonic Youth split, sleeping Belafonte, Frydaddies, Drones, Milli Vanilli, cassingles, Tim Gunn’s new catchphrases, faked radio kidnappings, The Dali Lama vs. Steven Seagal, Common Rotation, [...]
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PMC 56: Jonathan Silverman
Jonathan Silverman (“Weekend at Bernie’s,” “Brighton Beach Memoirs”) joins Cole and Vanessa to talk Steve Jobs, Neil Simon, The Addams Family Musical, Mark Rylance, The X Factor, The Playboy Club, Long Island Medium, Top Shot, working with Jack Lemmon, Gene Saks, Beverly Hills High, favorite film nametags, Little Big League, NBC cross-over night, spooky Halloween [...]
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PMC 55: Matt Berry & Rich Fulcher
Matt Berry and Rich Fulcher (“The Mighty Boosh,” “Snuff Box”) join Cole and Vanessa to talk sketch shows, Drive, sex vs. violence, Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place, Snow White & The Huntsman, the end of All My Children, unusual racehorses, skin suits, hard-to-obtain DVDs, cash-filled briefcases, booger collections, an unusual new Bill Cosby show, David Bowie, [...]
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PMC 54: Julia Duffy
Cole, Vanessa and comedic actress extraordinaire Julia Duffy (“Newhart,” “Designing Women”) talk Toddlers and Tiaras, comedy phone calls, the Mohos, working with George Clooney, Baby Talk, Wizards and Warriors, the final Entourage, Local Hero, The Love Boat, the Coen Brothers, movies vs. theater, applesauce, Love of Life, technology, embarrassing commercials, and where the Newhart gang [...]
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PMC 53: Nigel Dick
Cole and Vanessa are joined by iconic music video auteur Nigel Dick (director of over 300 music videos–by Britney Spears, Oasis, Guns N’ Roses, Paul McCartney, Backstreet Boys, Celine Dion, Cher, Cheap Trick, Def Leppard, The Pussycat Dolls, Nickelback, R.E.M., Leann Rimes, Barry Manilow, Jessica Simpson, Elton John, Sheryl Crow, Mandy Moore, Kenny Loggins, David [...]
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PMC 52: Superego
Cole, Vanessa and the fellas from the hit comedy podcast Superego (Matt Gourley, Jeremy Carter and Mark McConville) talk the VMAs, Dancing With the Stars, Dance Moms, Beyonce’s crazy pregnancy reveal, the future, Channel 101, Chazz Bono, Nancy Grace, Bond Girls, Megaforce, single dads, GaGa’s stupid new character, dog lovers, skin goatees, skinny Jonah Hill, [...]
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PMC 51: Rider Strong
Cole, Vanessa and the charming Rider Strong (“Boy Meets World,” “Cabin Fever”) talk Disneyland secrets, Breaking Bad, the Glee 3D fiasco, the late Kate Plus 8, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Les Miserables, role-playing, Pepper Dennis, Attack the Block, There Will Be Blood Reboots, Fraggle Bits, Steven Segal, The Dungeon Master, gore vs. [...]
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Cole & Vanessa destroy Comic-Con 2011!
Your PMC hosts took on the 2011 San Diego Comic Con! What follows is Cole’s recap of the two days they spent there, with Vanessa’s comments inserted throughout! Enjoy! I was hesitant to return to the annual San Diego Comic Con this year, as my experience last year was tragic—hours and hours and hours and [...]
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So You Think You Can Recap: SYTYCD Finale Results 8/11/11
Cole here! This is it! The moment we’ve all been waiting for! (And really me, cuz this is the final recap I have to write and can reclaim some free time! Hooray!) The Top 20 take to the stage for a big group number set to “Wanna Get Hype” by District 78—bathed in red light [...]
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T-SHIRT CONTEST WINNER! Hurrah!
After many, many months (sorry!) of deliberation, waiting for designs, and deciding which direction we wanted to go with our merchandise, we are THRILLED to announce the winner of the t-shirt Contest! drums rolling…. LEN PERALTA!! Len gave us an AMAZING design that encapsulates our show and three of our favorite things. Vanessa, Cole, and [...]
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VOKLE chat with Cole & Vanessa is now available for you...
Check it! The folks are Vokle were kind enough to record the live Q&A session we did with listeners on August 11th. So feel free to see what you missed! Join us for our next one, to be announced soon! See it HERE
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So You Think You Can Recap: SYTYCD 8/11/11 FINALE
It’s Cole, and Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s the So You Think You Can Dance finale(ish!) Yep, it’s the last time the Fantastic Four are going to take the stage – there’s Mr. Fantastic Marko, who’s rubbery physique allows bullets to bounce right off of him; the Invisible Woman Melanie, with a complexion so fair she’d [...]
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PMC 50: Emma Caulfield
Cole, Vanessa and the stunning Emma Caulfield (“Buffy The Vampire Slayer,” “Bandwagon”) talk bunnies, the Teen Choice Awards, TiMER, a new Lifetime Movie, comic books, Sci-Fi, the JLo/Marc Anthony split, Cash Cab, True Blood, Ripped, The Land of the Lost, Truckbeef, mysterious lotteries, Tubie, hubs and clouds, and Emma’s crazy cool Kickstarter reward. Leave your [...]
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So You Think You Can Recap: SYTYCD 8/3/11
Cole here! We’re getting down to the wire! It’s the Top 6, pairing up with the all-stars and each other (with solos to boot!), with the top 4 making the finale next week. Cat Deeley, wearing half dress/half pearled fisherman’s net, introduces each of the dancers and then turns to our judges (for those of [...]
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Cole & Vanessa LIVE on Vokle to answer your questions!
That’s right–it’s your chance to ask the hosts of the Pop My Culture Podcast WHATEVER you want! Cole and Vanessa will be live on Vokle.com on Thursday, August 11th, at 5:30pm Pacific time (that’s 8:30pm to you East Coasters–and mountain timers, somewhere in the middle). Please join us on this cool interactive site! So MARK [...]
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So You Think You Can Recap: SYTYCD 7/27/11
Cole here! It’s the Top 8! It’s new(ish) All-Stars! It’s a recap! Here we go… After the usual quick dancer intros, Cat Deely appears in a tight fitting white placemat dress and quickly introduces our JUHs (this time she took on the first syllable and let the audience fill in the rest, like that thing [...]
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PMC 49: Dave Coulier
Cole, Vanessa and our favorite wise-cracking uncle Dave Coulier (“Full House,” “America’s Funniest People”) talk the origin of Cut It Out, Skating with Celebrities and Nancy Kerrigan, The Olsen Twins, rooming with Bob Saget, Jim Henson, a new booger sitcom, Brecht, Out of Control, Bernie Brillstein, the Bure Brothers, clean stand-up, The Jackalope, Santana Claus, [...]
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So You Think You Can Recap: SYTYCD Results 7.21.11
Vanessa here! Well, I haven’t watched the show since the last time I recapped, which feels like ages ago. And from the look on Cat Deeley’s face, it was ages ago. We are all ready for this to be over. Cole seems to be “unavailable” to do these recaps more and more frequently, and quite [...]
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So You Think You Can Recap: SYTYCD 7/20/11
Cole here! On my command—release the All-Stars! It’s time for the top ten dancers to be matched up with some of the best and most dynamic dancers the show ever saw! After their brief individual dance intros, Cat Deely appears in a tight shiny black dress with gold details (with echoes of those Egyptian dancers [...]
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PMC 48: William Zabka
Cole, Vanessa and quintessential ’80s teen bully William Zabka (“The Karate Kid,” “Back to School”) talk the Roast of Charlie Sheen, the Academy Award nominated short Most, Rodney Dangerfield’s diving double, tongue razorblades, No More Kings’ Sweep The Leg video, HFF (Hold For Francis), high school drama teachers, European Vacation, reading for Johnny, Tank Girl, [...]
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So You Think You Can Recap: Results 7/14/11
Cole has a doctor’s note excusing him from this week’s Results Show recap (something about extreme sexual exhaustion), so this is Heather checking in and hitting the barre in his absence. A freshly Emmy nominated Cat opens the show in a reincarnated toga. She’s gorgeous, even though she looks like a stunt double from Troy. [...]
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So You Think You Can Recap: SYTYCD 7/13/11
Ok, ok, Cole here. I know I missed the results show recap last week, and I’ll endeavor to do it tonight, but for the business at hand—it’s the last performance show for the top six couples! After this week, they’ll be split up and paired with SYTYCD All-Stars. Cat Deely, in a silvery dress with [...]
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PMC 47: Rob Paulsen
Cole, Vanessa and voice-acting king Rob Paulsen (“Animaniacs,” “Pinky and the Brain”) talk the Efron/Tisdale kiss, Transformers 3, Shy Beef, Joey Chestnut and competitive eaters, Parisian things, playing at Joe Louis with Mr. Hockey, the Chuck Norris Trophy, Frank Welker, Man vs. Food, Dick Beals’ book upsell, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, voicing Carl Wheezer, Michael [...]
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So You Think You Can Recap: SYTYCD 7/6/11
Ok! Cole’s back in dance recap action—I apologize for my absence the last couple weeks (I was traveling for business, seriously!) Many thanks to Vanessa and Heather for filling in and I’m sure we’ll be seeing more from them as I flake out in the future. It’s time for our Top 14 couples to take [...]
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Culture Pops Gets Drunk at La Descarga (Episode 2)
Behold! PMC’s second edition of “Culture Pops” for ChinaShop Mag! Join Cole, Vanesa, Janet Varney, and Samm Levine as they pop the heck out of your culture at LA’s amazing rum bar La Descarga. Also featured are: alcohol (yut-yoh, Vanessa) and the bartender Arrrmannndo (double yut-yoh.) Enjoy! Comment! Like! Raise our pitiful self-esteems. If [...]
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So You Think You Can Recap: SYTYCD 6/30/11
(This week’s Results Show recap is brought to you again by Heather (@HeatherRecently) due to Cole “scheduling conflicts.” Has anyone ever seen him and Justin Timberlake in the same place at the same time? Didn’t think so.) When it comes to televised talent shows, I like to play it fast and loose. Office pools for [...]
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So You Think You Can Recap: SYTYCD 6/29/11
First of all, let’s be clear. Vanessa is writing this. Cole is somewhere setting a jet or something. Because I am a woman I will issue a DISCLAIMER: I am not a regular viewer of the program and I AM drinking. I am also hanging out with my friend Mandy (hey girl!) and she is [...]
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So You Think You Can Recap: SYTYCD 6/23/11
Since Cole is too busy being chauffeured around Vegas in a gold limousine to trouble himself with watching this week’s results show, this recap is being guest written by TV/pop culture/dancing Asians fan Heather (@HeatherRecently on Twitter). Cole will be back next week, assuming he didn’t lose a tooth (or find a baby) during his [...]
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So You Think You Can Recap: SYTYCD 6/22/11
The Top 20 took the stage for the first time since…last week…and we’re quickly reminded via fuzzy flashback (though it’s nice to see Nigel lit like Norma Desmond) that two couples will be going home on tomorrow night’s results show. After the opening credits, Cat Deeley appears, wearing a doily-covered bright yellow dress—with her height, [...]
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PMC 46: Kevin Pollak
Cole, Vanessa, and our favorite Usual Suspect Kevin Pollak (“Casino,” “A Few Good Men,” and “Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show”) talk Game of Thrones, Ryan Dunn vs. Roger Ebert, Doug Hutchison’s craddle robbing, poker, meeting William Shatner, an Oscar party with Lemmon & Matthau, Hugh Hefner, keys to doing impressions, chunky Prefontaine, the Million Dollar Mystery [...]
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CULTURE POPS — A new video series starring Vanessa and...
We’re very excited to announce the premiere of Culture Pops, a brand-new video series for ChinaShopMag starring Vanessa and Cole! It’s a fun, goofy look into–what else–pop culture with your two hosts as they show you cool L.A. venues and interview folks from entertainment and people on the street. There’s even appearances by Pop My [...]
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So You Think You Can Recap: SYTYCD 6/16/11 Results
Before I launch into the results show, let me just say this: This episode has an M. Night Shymalanian twist that YOU WON’T SEE COMING. Except that I just warned you about it. It’s Thursday, so it’s time to trim the dance fat, so to speak. Cat appears in a cute pink number and kicks [...]
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So You Think You Can Recap: SYTYCD 6/15/11
Hello! It’s Cole!This is the first of my weekly, hopefully humorous, recaps of the fantastic FOX reality competition, So You Think You Can Dance. It begins….now… Ah, yes, it must be summer, ‘cuz So You Think You Can Dance is back, and in a big way! We quickly breezed through the audition rounds (Lots of [...]
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PMC 45: Mindy Sterling
Cole, Vanessa and our favorite film frau Mindy Sterling (“Austin Powers,” “Drop Dead Gorgeous”) talk Toddlers and Tiaras, Super 8, Weinergate, The Groundlings, So You Think You Can Dance, iCarly, DeNiro vs. Streep, improv films, jungle cartoons, America’s Next Top Model, our celebrity doppelgangers, Midnight in Paris, Tracy Morgan’s rant, the real Ringo Starr, butchering [...]
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PMC 44: J. Elvis Weinstein
Cole, Vanessa and original Satellite of Love-er J. Elvis Weinstein (“Mystery Science Theater 3000,” “Freaks and Geeks”) talk summer movies, Thor, the Hangover II letdown, Home Ec., the final Oprah show, SNL vs. SCTV, a new Lifetime show, America’s Funniest Home Videos, Cowboys and Aliens, Prince, the riffing writing process, horrendous shop class accidents, Beers [...]
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Cole’s Indie Music Corner: Sleeping At Last
Sleeping At Last is built around Wheaton, Illionois’ Ryan O’Neal (vocals, guitar and piano) who has a knack for gorgeous, fragile melodies and quiet, hypnotic instrumention. Along with bassist and keyboardist Dan Perdue (who, it was just announced, is leaving the band), he’s in the middle of releasing an ambitious and charming project known as [...]
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PMC 43: Paul F. Tompkins
Cole, Vanessa and our favorite returning gentleman humorist Paul F. Tompkins (“The Paul F. Tompkast,” “Best Week Ever”) talk lots of American Idol, some college, Lars Von Trier, the Arnold Schwarzenegger fiasco, The Rapture, Scotty’s weird mic holding technique, The Brothers Grimm, Bridesmaids, So You Think You Can Dance, participation trophies, Fargo vs. The Big [...]
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Cole’s Indie Music Corner: Wild Beasts
Smother, the third full-length album from Kendal, England’s Wild Beasts is their strongest to date and one of the best records of the year thus far. Super dramatic and lushly melodic, it’s an addictive journey that grows more and more interesting with repeat listens. Singer Hayden Thorpe has a unique (some may say affected), light, [...]
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PMC 42: Garfunkel & Oates
Cole, Vanessa and the dynamic musical comedy duo Garfunkel & Oates (Riki Lindhome & Kate Micucci) talk vanity plates, Odyssey of the Mind, blue snowsuits, the White House Correspondents Dinner, Famous Food, Bristol Palin’s face work, The Olive Garden, the premiere of PMC Thunderdome, Glee duets, ABC’s old school TGIF, the Just the Ten of [...]
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Mindy Sterling for LLS Woman of the Year! Help!
The beautiful and talented Mindy Sterling (a future PMC guest!) is up for the Lymphoma Leukemia Society Woman of the Year! Help her meet her funding goal she’s an amazing woman and pushing for an amazing cause. She also wants to prove her son wrong, and who can’t get behind that? Read her story and [...]
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Cole’s Indie Music Corner: Craft Spells
Hailing from Stockton, California, and recording under the name Craft Spells, Justin Vallesteros has crafted an album reminiscent of 80s synth-pop bands like Joy Division. Both dreamy and occasionally dancey, it finds a great groove and sticks with it, mining the territory that current bands like Wild Nothing and The Radio Dept. adeptly explore. There’s [...]
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Vanessa’s Jam Box: Because Ludacris really needs my...
So there’s this guy… he’s sort up-and-coming on the underground hip-hop scene… goes by the handle “Ludacris.” Heard of him? Ok. I realize it’s ridiculous but I LOVE THIS TRACK. (I even talk about it on our year in review episode.) Why do I like Ludacris? He’s funny. He’s in on the joke. Even when [...]
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Tharrrrr be cheese here, matey! Cole’s unapologetic love...
Anyone who has listened to more than, say, 20 minutes of one of our podcasts will know that I am a huge nerd for 80s flicks–as a child of HBO, there’s buckets of movies that I watched over and over again, memorizing the dialogue and, often, the songs. I had no knowledge of Gilbert and [...]
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PMC 41: Thomas Lennon
Cole, Vanessa and the hilarious Thomas Lennon (“The State,” “Reno 911!”) talk The Royal Wedding, Beefaroni, The X-Files, the firefly from The Princess and the Frog, texts from Zac Efron, the Black Eyed Peas, Morrissey vs. Kerouac, Medium Head Group, Ren Faire, Rollerhounds, call-in guests, accidental fingerings, Prince Charles’ infamous quote, Franzia, and memories of [...]
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Where are they now- Baby Sinclair Edition
Gotta love him. Does anyone else see this? Because I REALLY do– to the point of distraction. Especially when he’s perched on that huge chair on The Voice; tiny legs dangling, arms gleefully clapping or making the international symbol for “drats!” when someone gets his pick. I’m just about ready for him to bonk Xtina [...]
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Cole’s Indie Music Corner: Cherry Ghost
I’ve been gushing over the UK’s Cherry Ghost for a couple of years now–I discovered Simon Aldred and co. whilst on my honeymoon in London, picking up their debut record Thirst For Romance on a whim with a pile of King Creosote (a Scottish artist hard to fine stateside) and the first Reverend and the [...]
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Vanessa’s Jam Box: Sonny Trouble
Oh boy, oh boy. This is the BEST trouble you’ll get into all day. “Around the World” is the first release by new artist Sonny Trouble. Sonny Trouble’s sound is a delicious mix of funky pop and soul with just enough electroliciousness to shake every kind of butt. (I’m beginning to think I’m REALLY good [...]
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PMC 40: Brice Beckham
Cole, Vanessa and the wryly funny Brice Beckham (Wesley from “Mr. Belvedere”) talk the San Diego Chicken, Lady GaGa vs. Weird Al, Game of Thrones, Robert Goulet, debunking Belvedere myths, Brocktune, Drama 3/4 Productions, Dune characters, humorless Prince, being too dark for Spike & Mike, unusual musicals, pranking the Pres, Leon Redbone, molestisodes, and the [...]
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Real Housewives: OR NOT!!!
7 cities. (OC, NY, ATL, NJ, DC, Bev Hills, Miami) 40 women. (I’m not going to write down all their names.) Countless hours of my life spent watching their (mostly) vapid lives and delighting in their antics. “Antics” is really a far too Lucy & Ethel word for the RHW universe, but “escapades” is too [...]
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Cole’s Indie Music Corner: FOUND
FOUND / Factorycraft FOUND is an comprised of three art college buddies from Scotland (lead vocalist and guitarist Ziggy Campbell, synth and bassist Tommy Perman and electronics and drummer Kev Sim) with a really cool, unique hybrid sound—there’s some garage band rawk, some raw emotive vocals (love that Scottish brogue, reminiscent of Frightened Rabbit, The [...]
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Sidney Lumet: 12 Cinematic Gems
Sidney Lumet is one of the greatest filmmakers who ever lived. Period. I was seriously bummed to hear of his passing a couple of days ago–when I was in film school at San Francisco State University, his book Making Movies was like The Bible to me. His insights into the creative and collaborative filmmaking process [...]
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Portland! Cole’s on his way to do crazy make-em-ups!
Watch out, Pacific Northwest! Cole will be performing two improv shows with Theme Park Improv at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival next weekend in Portland, Oregon. The groups consists of past PMC podcast guests Simon Helberg, Michael Hitchcock, Oscar Nunez, Janet Varney and Cole Stratton himself. So if you’re able, join them for an hour of [...]
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It wasn’t a dream.
The year: 1985. The place: Canada The event: The Peanut Butter Solution. The outcome: Thousands of children were exposed to this lost treasure, and then went on to live their lives. Lives haunted by flashes of images, fear of alopecia, and a feeling that maybe their art teachers were great, great, great, great grandsons of [...]
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PMC 39: Casey Wilson
Cole, Vanessa and the lovely and hilarious Casey Wilson (“Saturday Night Live,” “Happy Endings”) talk Real Housewives, Stella Adler, Jacob Lusk’s man-in-the-mirror statement, karaoke, meeting Lorne Michaels, The Governator cartoon, baby filmmakers, cowboys vs. ballplayers, the musical Cats, accents, stage moms, extreme Idol contestants, Russell Brand overload, and Vanessa and Casey’s bonding moment over one [...]
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Vanessa’s Jam Box: Kid Sister
Cole and I get along like gangbusters (or gang-bangers that are really good friends and deciding to beat the odds and get out of the gang-banging lifestyle) but I’ll tell you something…. SPOILER*… we are not the same person. While Cole is off somewhere wearing an ironic t-shirt, listening to something artsy and vaguely European [...]
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Cole’s Indie Music Corner: Yuck
YUCK (Self-Titled) Yuck is the worst way to describe a band this tasty–think 90s guitar outfits like Dinosaur Jr. and Built to Spill, with a little Buffalo Tom thrown in as well. Hailing from New York, Hiroshima and London (rehearsals must be a bitch), the bands’ self-titled debut is an immersive treat. Daniel Blumberg and [...]
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Next up: Sex and Drugs?
In the words of my mother, “Wowwee-oh-boy.” Cole and I were surprised and amazed to find ourselves on the Rolling Stone’s list of the top 10 comedy podcasts! It’s Rolling Stone! And we’re in it! And we’re number 2! And we’re up there with some of our favorite people and podcasters, including two past guests, [...]
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PMC 38: Freaks and Geeks
Cole, Vanessa and four terrific cast members from the beloved series “Freaks & Geeks”—Samm Levine (Neil Schweiber), Sarah Hagan (Millie Kentner), Natasha Melnick (Cindy Sanders), and Steve Bannos (Mr. Kowchevski) talk American Idol, fireplace wasps, tailoring emergencies, Jennifer Hudson’s Oscar, the Black Swanstroversy, The Missing Bus episode, James Franco’s insane behavior, sideshow freaks vs. math [...]
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Cole’s Indie Music Corner: Young Galaxy
Cole’s Indie Music Corner: Young Galaxy Vanessa and I have pretty different music tastes, as do our podcast guests, so we don’t usually get to talk music as much as I’d like to. I worked as a manager at Second Spin for several years (until it got bought by a giant “music” conglomerate who is [...]
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PMC 37: The Thrilling Adventure Hour
Cole, Vanessa and some of the outstanding cast of The Thrilling Adventure Hour–writers Ben Acker and Ben Blacker, and actors Marc Evan Jackson (“Funny or Die Presents…”), Colin Hanks (“The Good Guys”) and James Urbaniak (“The Venture Bros.”)–talk insensitive Twittering, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, The Real Housewives, Drones, KWOD 106.5, The Bachelor, Racehorses vs [...]
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Pop My Culture on The Long Shot Podcast!
The second piece of the great podcast-crossover: Cole and Vanessa on The Long Shot Podcast! In Episode #307 of The Long Shot Podcast we discuss 1988 BMW’s, flat tires, dressers in triplicate, and Phil Hartman’s final days. Check it out!
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PMC 36: The Long Shot Podcast
Cole, Vanessa and the hosts of The Longshot Podcast (Sean Conroy, Eddie Pepitone, Jamie Flam and Amber Kenny) talk the Robocop statue, Rebecca Gayheart “trivia,” Celebrity Apprentice, Death Metal, LA moments, Jon Cryer, Jose Canseco impressions, monkey sex, Celine Dion, putting Gary Busey in charge of anything, personal-space-invading Leonardo DiCaprio, new Broadway musicals and Eddie’s [...]
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PMC 35: Eddie Deezen
Cole, Vanessa and cinema’s quintessential nerd Eddie Deezen (“Grease,” “Midnight Madness”) talk Robert Zemeckis, motion-capture technology, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Diablo Cody, Spielberg’s 1941, Wendy Jo Sperber, Critters 2, playing a bully in Laserblast, the Marx Brothers, Star Trek or cuisine, time-traveling with The Beatles, Warner Brothers vs. Disney cartoons, Stephen Furst, Cameron Diaz [...]
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PMC Podcast LIVE March 30th – Freaks and Geeks!
Pop My Culture Podcast LIVE – with Freaks and Geeks! Cole and Vanessa are proud to make their live Los Angeles PMC debut with special guests from the much-loved “Freaks and Geeks!” Please come out and join us for this fun, live recording with Samm Levine (Neil Schweiber), John Francis Daley (Sam Weir), Sarah Hagan [...]
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Calling all artists! Help us design our first PMC...
As we settle into our second year of the Pop My Culture Podcast, we’d like to join the world of merch and make some sweet PMC T-shirts! We’re not the most artistically-inclined, but we’re sure some of you are. So we introduce the first ever Pop My Culture T-Shirt Contest! Let your imaginations run wild! [...]
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PMC 34: Steve Agee
Cole, Vanessa and funny, friendly giant Steve Agee (“The Sarah Silverman Program”) talk the Oscars, Justin Beiber in 3D, retro iPhone apps, Manpile vs. Goober, progressive rock and fantasy novels, Lindsay Lohan’s impending jail sentence, Degrassi, bubble skin, a fantasy new Tony Danza sitcom, Rascal Flatts, Banksy’s takeover of Los Angeles, Arcade Fire, Lady GaGa’s [...]
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PMC 33: Bobcat Goldthwait
Cole, Vanessa and writer/director/stand-up extraordinaire Bobcat Goldthwait (“World’s Greatest Dad,” “Police Academy 2-4″) talk Snapped, phoning it in, Tarzan vs. Cheetah, Black Eyed Peas, The Kinks, montages, Bozo the clown, the difference between hobos and bums, Perez Hilton, Grover and Elmo, Clooney for a day, re-enacting, being tongue-tied around Elvis Costello, peaceful gun ranges, and [...]
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PMC 32: Bob Odenkirk (LIVE from SF Sketchfest)
Cole, Vanessa and the incredible Bob Odenkirk (“Mr. Show,” “Breaking Bad”) take the stage live at SF Sketchfest, the San Francisco Comedy Festival and talk TLC shows, Middle Earth, mudmen, the writing process, Judy Tenuta, Spider Man: Turn Off the Dark, Ashton Kutcher movies, hockey players, Bryan Cranston, The Critic’s Choice Awards, Cupcake Wars, the [...]
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Pop My Culture Podcast Live at SF Sketchfest!
Pop My Culture Podcast Live at SF Sketchfest Sunday, January 16th, 1pm @ The Eureka Theater Tickets: $15 BUY TICKETS HERE We’re excited to be taking the podcast on the road and doing a LIVE recording in front of a LIVE audience at SF Sketchfest, the San Francisco Comedy Festival. They’ll be laughing, applauding, or [...]
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PMC 31 (Part 2): Pop My Cork – The Year in Review
Simon Helberg, Samm Levine, Danny Pudi, Deanna Russo and Janet Varney Cole, Vanessa, and five fantastic returning guests–Simon Helberg (The Big Bang Theory), Samm Levine (Freaks and Geeks), Danny Pudi (Community), Deanna Russo (Knight Rider), and Janet Varney (Dinner and a Movie)–talk about their favorite and least-favorite things of 2010 in this high-spirited and, uh, [...]
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PMC 31 (Part 1): Pop My Cork – The Year in Review
Simon Helberg, Samm Levine, Danny Pudi, Deanna Russo and Janet Varney Cole, Vanessa, and five fantastic returning guests–Simon Helberg (The Big Bang Theory), Samm Levine (Freaks and Geeks), Danny Pudi (Community), Deanna Russo (Knight Rider), and Janet Varney (Dinner and a Movie)–talk about their favorite and least-favorite things of 2010 in this high-spirited and, uh, [...]
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PMC 30: Jimmy Pardo
Cole, Vanessa and quick-witted podcasting king Jimmy Pardo (“Never Not Funny”) talk the Game Show Congress, the Golden Globe nominations, Zac Effron’s split, a passionate defense for Billy Ray Cyrus, the love of Campbell Scott, the latest Fockers installment, elevator movie reviews, early drafts of speeches, the Shakespearian Brad Pitt, the Pardcastathon, Helen Mirren’s bod, [...]
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PMC 29: Paul Scheer
Cole, Vanessa and sublime sketcheteer Paul Scheer (“Human Giant,” “The League”) talk Conan’s return, Yo Gabba Gabba, Sexy Beast scenery-chewing, working with Jack McBrayer, getting fired from Meet Dave, Hot Air Balloon Cops, Cameron Diaz spoiling The Box at Comic-Con, catch phrases, Children’s Hospital, the new Tron, Respecto Montalbon, Weird Al’s In 3D, Titus Welliver’s [...]
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PMC 28: Joshua Malina
Cole, Vanessa and amazing actor and Aaron Sorkin-regular Joshua Malina (“Sports Night,” “The West Wing”) talk the new Crackle series Backwash, Bulworth, Sorkin walk n’ talks, pranking Bradley Whitford, Knights of Badassdom, poker, Sarah Silverman, the Broadway Bowling League, Modern Family, Mondogate, remaking Three Amigos, pebble skin, “going a different way with it,” Jon Hamm, [...]
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PMC 27: Alan Ruck
Cole, Vanessa, and charming character actor Alan Ruck (“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “Spin City”) talk Twister, Trekkers, learning to ride a horse, Gene Saks, My Favorite Year, Willow Smith, Jan De Bont, Barry Bostwick’s sandwich, tiny Katharine Hepburn, Alan’s iconic Red Wings jersey, The Grey Fox, Justified, The Expendables vs. Sex and the City, and [...]
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PMC 26: Andy Kindler
Cole, Vanessa and the comic’s comic Andy Kindler (“Last Comic Standing,” “Everybody Loves Raymond”) talk Modern Family, Top Hat Cleaners, Johnny Carson, drunken Charlie Sheen, Bob’s Burgers, reinventing Last Comic Standing, chubby things, funny words, bedazzled sunglasses, radio DJs, Back to the Future, wise 32-year-olds, Doug Benson fan voices, vowels done the Entourage way, and [...]
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PMC 25: Savage Steve Holland and Curtis Armstrong
Cole, Vanessa and writer/director/animator Savage Steve Holland and brilliant actor Curtis Armstrong (“Better Off Dead,” “One Crazy Summer”) talk cult movies, Clan of the Cave Bear, Banksy, Bobcat Goldthwait, the brilliance of Joe Flaherty, improvisation, EEK! The Cat, Bruce and Demi’s wedding, Revenge of the Nerds, the Porky’s remake, Whammys, the Flintstones, the importance of [...]
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PMC 24: The Sklar Brothers
Cole, Vanessa and super-funny siblings Randy and Jason Sklar, aka The Sklar Brothers (“Cheap Seats Without Ron Parker,” and The Sklarbro Country Podcast) talk the Crackle web series Held Up, schmancy milk cud, Tony! Toni! Ton, Halloween costumes, Running Wilde, Jon Dore, the other Mark Wahlberg, the British Office, busy Tivos, Bowling Camp, Stevie Ray [...]
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PMC 23: Graham Elwood
Cole, Vanessa and stand-up comedian extraordinaire Graham Elwood (“The High Road with Doug Benson,” “The Comedian’s Got a Boo Boo”) talk Cram, The Town, making Podcasts, Justin Bieber’s drum solo, Whammy, dumb executives, wearing four watches, comedyfilmnerds.com, game shows after dark, Frogguy36, landmarks in movies, Devil, seeing Star Wars twenty times in the theater, puppet [...]
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PMC 22: Doug Jones
Cole, Vanessa, and the masterful, oft-masked actor Doug Jones (“Pan’s Labyrinth,” “Hellboy”) talk the Webbernet, working with Guillermo del Toro, Lady GaGa, fan art, the longevity of Hocus Pocus, Buffy’s “Hush” episode, learning Spanish, Gay Robot, getting drunk as Abe Sapien, passing the time during prosthetics, Hoarders, wearing meat dresses, eating fairies, Boris Karloff, Silver [...]
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PMC 21: Tony Hale
Cole, Vanessa and lovable comedic actor Tony Hale (“Arrested Development,” “Chuck”) talk The Situation, Tim Conway, awkward scientist conversations, the Arrested Development movie, ranking the Real Housewives, the Lost finale, working with Mitchell Hurwitz, salmon allergies, Just Desserts, Andy Barker P.I., angering sorceresses, puppy-producing lawns, The Walking Dead, the new Dancing With the Stars cast, [...]
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PMC 20: Joe Lo Truglio
Cole, Vanessa, and hilarious scene-stealer Joe Lo Truglio (“The State,” “Role Models”) talk the upcoming Simon Pegg/Nick Frost flick Paul, landlord Tim Gunn, the new Piranha movie, My Dinner With Andre 3D, Spaghetti with Fried Bumblebees, Lifetime Television, Marley and Me, Queens of Country, Hankiefest, interest alleys, The State sketch CD, Sssssss, the 3-cent coin, [...]
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PMC 19: Frank Conniff
Cole, Vanessa and our favorite mad scientist Frank Conniff (TV’s Frank from “Mystery Science Theater 3000″) talk Glamour’s 50 Sexiest Men, cat people, The Expendables, the Minneapolis stand-up scene, Albert Brooks, The Rockford Files reboot, the early days of MST3K, Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Kim Cattrall, spaceship rides, the writing process, Robert Pattinson’s hairy wrists, [...]
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PMC 18: Laraine Newman
Cole, Vanessa and original “Not Ready For Primetime Player” Laraine Newman (“Saturday Night Live,” “Metalocalypse”) talk Lilo’s jail sentence, the real Bob Vila, the world of voiceover, Katherine Hepburn impressions, french horn-playing handymen, rebellious teenagers, the early days of SNL, Fozzie Bear, sexual attraction to juniper trees, The Groundlings, eternal coolots, and Vanessa’s perceived poor [...]
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PMC 17: Rob Delaney
Cole, Vanessa and stand-up comedian and Twitter king Rob Delaney talk Graham Linehan, alopecia, Elton John, Boston accents, Twitter mood maps, Favstar, Inception, singing the National Anthem, Rock Band, Katy Perry, the infamous Comic Con stabbing, Witstream, Devil in the White City, white guys with dreadlocks, remote-controlled Voltron, Joan Rivers, and Rob’s obsession with Slayer. [...]
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PMC 16: Michael Hitchcock
Cole, Vanessa and master improviser Michael Hitchcock (“Waiting for Guffman,” “Best in Show”) talk Celebrity Rehab, working with Christopher Guest, having a “jacuzze,” The Room, McRibs, Troll 2, The Groundlings, watching extras, Glee, sailor uniforms, Party of Five, the Turtle Man, Judge Judy, childhood marionettes, Flash Mountain, House Arrest, and Michael’s startling discovery on Google. [...]
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PMC 15: Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett
Cole, Vanessa and movie riffing royalty Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett (“Mystery Science Theater 3000,” RiffTrax.com) talk The Dark Knight, slave Leias, casting The Hulk, helicopter flicks, Tom Waits and Shania Twain mashups, the demise of Blockbuster, favorite Road House lines, unusual Halloween costumes, Fat Mama, spirit gum, Tron guy, sad vuvuzelas, [...]
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PMC 14: Simon Helberg
Cole, Vanessa and their favorite television physics nerd Simon Helberg (“The Big Bang Theory,” “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog”) talk Emmy snubs, a 3D Captain Ron remake, Tony Shalhoub, the Dr. Horrible sequel, wet underwear, Comic-Con, the Real Housewives, weird heart attack commercials, Hong Kong Phooey, owning physical CDs, the end of the internet, The TV [...]
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PMC 13: Matthew Lillard
Cole, Vanessa and the incredibly tall and equally hilarious Matthew Lillard (“Scream,” “Scooby-Doo”) talk the state of the film industry, merkins, Joan Rivers, Phantom vs. Les Mis, Hackers, Kenny Rogers, writing soup letters, Joan Embry internships, the upcoming Scream sequel, scary movies, the Human Centipede, Madisonsfoundation.org, writing a surf musical, and Cole and Matthew’s Shaggy-off. [...]
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PMC 12: Cristine Rose
Cole, Vanessa and television staple Cristine Rose (“Heroes,” “How I Met Your Mother”) talk sweaty glows, Angela Petrelli, So You Think You Can Dance, the writers strike, Pushing Daisies, Maggie Smith, playing Jackie Kennedy, Picket Fences, Toy Story 3, the Ferris Bueller TV show, ghost cops, disco, Ishtar, Todd Oldham, The Biggest Loser, Hoot hooting, [...]
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PMC 11: Oscar Nunez and Danny Pudi (Live at the RoofTop...
Cole, Vanessa and TWO amazing guests–Oscar Nunez (“The Office”) and Danny Pudi (“Community”) chat in front of a live audience in Aspen, Colorado about Stephen Seagal, Willow, paintball specialists, groping, Galarraga’s perfect game, Donald Glover for Spiderman, velvet improvisers, Jaden Smith, proud prominent noses, missing q-tips, gypsy Burt Reynolds, and things that are shit hot. [...]
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PMC 10: Mo Collins
Cole, Vanessa and sketch pro Mo Collins (“MadTv,” “Arrested Development”) talk podcasting crickets, Sandy Bullock, skit vs. sketch, Parenthood, unusual awards, Carol Burnett, the Strawberry Shortcake doll smell, teenage bands, sparkly vampires and zombies, odd fetishes, Lorrainisms, Betty White, popsicle stick jokes, Bazooka Joe comics, and boxes full of poop.
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PMC 09: Linda Cardellini
Cole, Vanessa and adorable Linda Cardellini (“Freaks and Geeks,” “E.R.”) talk jeggings, Bieber Fever, Ewe Tube, sex tapes, the American Idol finale, Nancy Grace, Brett Michaels, Top Chef Masters, satellite radio, Snapitude, unicorns, Precious, Scooby Doo, the Burger King from Back to the Future, and the importance of Dead Man On Campus’ Guy #2.
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PMC 08: Paul F. Tompkins
Cole, Vanessa and hilarious gentleman comic Paul F. Tompkins (“Best Week Ever,” “Mr. Show with Bob and David”) talk tattoos, twitter wars, Kid Nation, Law & Order, riverboat gamblers, Lindsay Lohan, There Will Be Blood, flippers, The Pacific, invisible sound guys, Morgan Spurlock Food Detective, Treme, The Philly Fanatic, broadcasting in a leafblower, and what [...]
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PMC 07: Keith Coogan
Cole, Vanessa and 80s/90s teen flick icon Keith Coogan (“Adventures in Babysitting,” “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead”) talk weepy Disney films, Iron Man 2, meta filmmaking, Hiding Out’s pedophilia, Canadian child doubles, The Waltons, Just the Ten of Us, the Monologue a Day Project, John Cusack’s fascination with Cassiopeia, stripping babysitters, 6th grade rock [...]
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PMC 06: Mather Zickel
Cole, Vanessa and the handsome, hilarious Mather Zickel (“Rachel Getting Married,” “Reno 911!”) talk Dungeons & Dragons, Bubo, the Smurfs Movie, anal media, heavenly bunk-beds, Critters 2, 3D, Joe Estevez, Roger Corman, the Janekasaurus, and Mather’s set-lifted wardrobe.
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PMC 05: Chris Hardwick
Cole, Vanessa and our favorite Nerdist Chris Hardwick (“Web Soup,” “Singled Out”) talk Tron, the iPad, remaking Fletch, the Disney Vault, getting naked for Steven Seagal, Lode Runner, Hufflepuff, foul-mouthed kids, Dave Coulier, the Hollywood Squares, demeaning commercial auditions and a super-extreme version of Apple Care.
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PMC 04: Bobby Campo
Cole, Vanessa, and the dream captain of Vanessa’s heart Bobby Campo (“Final Destination,” “Legally Blondes,” Vanessa’s Fantasies…) talk comics, horror movies, Teen Witch, more Teen Witch, Sookie’s Sexuality, Snow Caps, cougars, Lollapalooza, humiliating blue cat mascot outfits, Risk, and much more…and they did it all while trying to talk through the incredibly thick sexual tension [...]
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PMC 03: Deanna Russo
Cole, Vanessa and lovely, lovely, lovely guest Deanna Russo (“Knight Rider,” “Gossip Girl”) talk terrariums, Jesse James, Brotherhoodies, Cloris Leachman, fan K.I.T.T. creations, Carlton Cuse, the night of 140 Tweets, Breaking Bad, @ signs, making eye contact with Richard Simmons, horse appendages, verbal nodding, sounding smart, and Cole’s ridiculously literal t-shirt.
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PMC 02: Janet Varney
Cole, Vanessa and special guest Janet Varney (“Dinner and a Movie,” “Entourage”) talk Corey Haim, celebrity crushes, the biosphere, shirtless saxophone solos, Dan Fielding’s wardrobe, Little Man Tate, and Andie MacDowell’s “acting.”
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PMC 01: Samm Levine
Cole, Vanessa and special guest Samm Levine (“Freaks and Geeks,” “Inglourious Basterds”) talk Oscars, unobtainium, dancing Buzz Aldrin, measurement beans, Paris rooftops and Vanessa’s unhealthy obsession with Zac Efron. Let us know what you think in the comments (that’s like a modern day “suggestion box” for you old timers. But hey, listening to a “podcast” [...]
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