Favorite Things with Mark: Recent Episodes
Mark Burdett
Mark really needed an outlet to talk about everything from Star Trek to Musicals, so he started a podcast! Listen as he talks to his wife and others about their hobbies and joys while sharing his own. At least it's not the News...
A tad late for Thanksgiving (my bad), part 3 of our films we're thankful for is the 2001 feel-good flick, A Knight's Tale. Hope you enjoy.
We talk about the 1998 Drew Barrymore retelling of the classic fairytale on this week's episode.
This week, Mark is thankful for the 1988 film Willow. Come for the nostalgia, and stay anyway.
Here me grab nostalgia and find disappointment as we revisit 1995's live action ghost movie, Casper.
We discuss a film that's our favorite for history more than execution. We hope you enjoy.
We trade Ghosts and Ghouls for Corporate Greed in this episode about the 2007 Thriller, Michael Clayton.
Happy Halloween! We're back with a Halloween film for everyone. We talk about Hocus Pocus this week.
We give an update after a couple months and talk about the newest from Marvel. We liked it.
Now that the bullets have stopped flying, we decided to put out our glowing Turning Red review. We also wrap up Loki. (Sorry we're late.)
We talk about My Big Fat Greek Wedding and When Harry Met Sally...and then we talk about the first half of Loki season 1.
We talk about the Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan Rom-Com before talking about the WandaVision finale. We may have recorded more than once. It was a whole thing.
Betsy takes the lead talking about the 2008 film 27 Dresses before we talk about the 2nd Act of WandaVision.
It's a new format, and a spoiler filled discussion of our two picks for Valentine's Day.
Covid Strikes! We lost a good couple of weeks to the latest round of Covid, and its effects are felt. We talk about a really good X-Men movie, and a kinda okay X-Men movie. I'll let you figure out which one Betsy slept through.
We jump start the new year with the 2011 X-Men Reboot. Did we enjoy it? Stick around and find out.
We wind down our 007 series (for now) with the new release No Time to Die. What did we think? Listen, and find out. Full Spoilers!!!!
We talk dutifully talk about the dutifully made SPECTRE on this week's Favoriter Things, winding down our 007 series leading into No Time to Die.
It's the number one movie in the world, so of course we're talking about it. Come for our lack of organization, stay for our bad takes.
Because I'm bad at scheduling, we cram the 2 MCU Spider-Man films into the back half of this episode. We talk West Side Story, Spider-Man Homecoming, and Spider-Man Far From Home this episode.
How does a Spider-Man film juggle more than one villain, multiple protagonists, and maintain its narrative weight and consistency? Like this.
Hey guys, maybe it's time to re-evaluate the Amazing Spider-Man films. I think they are...Amazing.
We're doubling up on Ghostbusters again after a visit to the hospital. We might talk about that, but I don't remember because Ghostbusters: Afterlife was so good!
If you thought our podcast format was too rigid or on point, have we got a show for you. We talk about Eats and Eternals before talking about Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II. We hope you enjoy.
We talk about the first major motion picture starring everyone's favorite wall-crawler. We also talk about how weird this movie is. We're talking about Spider-Man 2002.
It's the biggest Bond movie so far. It is definitely in my top 5. Betsy and I come back to talk about the 23rd James Bond film in the leadup to No Time to Die.
We talk about Hard Times, Good Food, Sitcoms, Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and Mark's bad taste!
We're back! Mark doesn't hate Batman V Superman anymore. Betsy continues to lose weight in spite of cheat days. We both love Wandavision!
We talk through Daniel Craig's Freshman and Sophmore outings as Bond with Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace.
I've got a sore throat after talking for almost 2 hours. We cover the story in 2 movies of Harry Potter on this week's Favorite Things!
Guess who forgot to hit "save episode" on Saturday. This might be the best movie in the franchise. We talk about this and more on this week's episode.
Hey Guys, Listen. It's been a long week. This isn't my favorite movie. Let's just have a good time.
We talk about the best Harry Potter movie (and other things) on this week's Favorite Things.
Mark gushes about how much he loves this movie. Betsy enjoyed what she saw of it-ugh, why do I even try.
We talk about how wonderful the world of Hogwarts is and how horrifying Dobby and spiders are on this episode of Favorite Things.
We're not quite ready to record this week, so this is a throwback to 6 years ago. All the way back in 2014, I tried my hand at podcasting for the very first time. Somehow we all survived. Listen if you dare. Warning-any and all social media, websites, or endorsements are now likely defunct.
We talk about the first film in the fantasy series and how child endangerment is apparently cool with everyone in this world.
It's the end of an era as we bid farewell to Pierce Brosnan and Classic Bond. Also, an update on what's next for Favorite Things in light of the delay for No Time To Die.
The World Enough is the Bond family motto. This film's motto should be "Caveat Emptor". It's not good.
This movie has everything...except romantic chemistry. We talk about that and more on this week's Favorite Things.
How did they do it? This movie is so good. We're talking Goldeneye on this week's Favorite Things.
Timothy Dalton ends his tenure as Bond with a whiff. We're talking about License to Kill on this week's Favorite Things.
Can we have too much of a good thing? A View to a Kill answers like any good improviser, "Yes, and..." We review Roger Moore's final film as Bond.
We talk about one of the most ridiculously titled Bond films this week. It was a fun ride.
We had a Saturday afternoon Bondathon. We also like to take a week off from time to time. Here are two very different Bond features.
Roger Moore stars in this Greatest Hits Album of a Bond Movie. It's good on those grounds, but somebody did it better...see what I did there?
Is it tonally inconsistent? You betcha! That's why I love it. We talk about Roger Moore's sophomore outing on this episode.
We recorded this at the end of a long week....and you can tell. This was a fantastic movie. We were just out of it. Suit up for Roger Moore's first Bond film.
We talk for a surprising amount of time about Sean Connery's First Last Time as Bond. I hope you enjoy.
We talk about Thunderball even though we didn't watch it this week. Believe it or not, we had a good time. We also talk about some other things we enjoyed this week.
This was a short one...Goldfinger's not one of my favorite Bond films. I just saved you 30 minutes of me not liking James Bond being an A-Hole. The explicit tag is due to a character's name. You'll know the one.
From Russia with Notes: Sean Connery has an adventure in Istanbul...wait...what?! Seriously, though, it might be Connery's best work as Bond. Check it out.
Mark uses his Dr. No(tes) to talk about the slowest movie of the best British Secret Agent. Episode 1 of 27 in the lead up to No Time to Die at a theater near you (hopefully) on November 25, 2020.
I talk about one of my favorite inexpensive games. I say some, but hey, I only have a minute.
Mark's minute is a podcast I will record Monday through Friday from my phone, from wherever to talk about my favorite things. The catch...I only have 60 seconds.
Betsy runs this episode and shares her Favorite things from June 2019 including Gumbo and NCIS!
What did we do with our month off of podcasting? Well, we mostly just recovered from work. But, while we did that, we watched New Girl. Here's what we thought.
An Episode So Epic, We Procrastinated a Whole Month to Record! An Episode So Well Planned, You'll Know We Were Pulling It Out of Our Butts. This June, Join us for a Podcast So Mediocre, It Had to Be About Summer Movies...
Hey guys, this week we talk Star Wars in only 30 minutes. Seriously, last week took way too long. Hope you enjoy.
In our longest episode ever, we talk Avengers Endgame with Full Spoilers!!!! Spoilers start around the 43 minute mark (an estimation, not exact). Spoiler: We loved it.
I Scream! You Scream! We All Scream...wait why are we all screaming? You're inside. Stop screaming. We're just talking about ice cream. Calm down. SERIOUSLY! Stop screaming. Please...Thank you. We go nuts and whipped cream for ice cream in this episode. I hope you enjoy, but not too much.
Mark continues to gush about his favorite nerdy things. Also: Stay Tuned at the end for an important announcement about the future of Favorite Things. We hope you enjoy.
Apologies up front for this one. Technical difficulties kept us from giving the episode we were hoping for. About half of Mandy's interview got dropped by the computer. However, we did get some good time with two of the most wonderful human beings to walk the planet, Bobby Brown and Mandy Moltz. I hope you enjoy.
Betsy and I are raising funds to adopt a child. If you are able to give towards this, we would love your financial and prayer support. Thanks.
In an effort to alienate our listeners, Mark picks two of his most fringe interests to talk about...which leads him to a rant/sermon about enjoying the things you like. It was fun for us. I hope you enjoy.
Originally the first part of a two-part episode, we decided to break this one out as its own episode to keep the running time down. I hope you enjoy our talk.
Our first episode. Help! We don't know what we're doing! Mark interviews Betsy about Baking. Betsy then returns the favor, by asking Mark about his gaming. Hope you enjoy.
Join us every week as Mark, his wife, and their occasional guest talk about their hobbies, interests, and loves.