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Cook St. Productions
Beloved comedy troupe. LA by way of Denver. Sketches, podcasts, short films, as long as it's not profitable, we'll do it!
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It's the world's first sketch comedy podcast! Your journey begins with a team meeting, then it's off to a desert island (05:26) before hearing a bedtime story about Christmas (11:54). Plus, an exclusive interview with the cast and crew of 'Dishes 2' (17:14).
Muchos gracias to everyone who helped on this series, most notably Mitchell London, who performs our outros. That's right, we have our own Outro Guy now!
We flirt with robots, talk movies (06:44), drag millennials on 'Project Discovery' (08:53), flirt with robots again (17:41), and Check In with an emergency room (23:17).
It's so hard to keep up with slang these days. Join Travis and Nate as they fail a pop quiz about language.
You'll 100% enjoy the sketch about Voltaire (03:05), an exclusive safari on Planet Actress (08:45), that time Gus called Domino's (13:34), and 'Morons,' which profiles an iconoclastic pornographer (16:18).
Sit back, relax, and cringe as we discuss and perform an episode of "Seinfeld," thanks to a script Justin wrote 25 years ago.
We're discussing cars in Boston, Movie Talk Part Three (08:23), grabbing some quick Taco Bell (13:50), and settling in for a lecture about the science of ugly (19:03).
We get back to basics and count down our favorite 25 romantic comedies of all-time over wine, cheese, and pajamas.
Our thrilling, inebriated argument about romantic comedies reaches a surprising and underwhelming conclusion. Thanks for listening!
Women can be President, but not a Ghostbuster? The boys guess the RT score of the most controversial comedy of the year, and re-cast 'Bridesmaids' with dudes as payback. Also, they talk about Sarah Palin and baseball because masochism.
You Tarzan, me not interested, amirite? The boys discuss the history of pop culture's least compelling hero, plus we give valuable, non-jealous, constructive criticism about 'Popstar'
Music: "Uptown Tricks" by Fort Knox Five
Never stop never stopping when it comes to the Rotten Tomatoes score of a Lonely Island movie. Plus, we saw 'The Lobster,' and how can you resist talking about 'The Lobster.' All that and the perfect NBA starting 5 of actors, just in time for the solstice.
Music: "Inspector Norse" by Todd Terje
Even though VALENTINE'S DAY and NEW YEAR'S EVE are cinematic garbage, we ain't afraid to put ourselves out there and guess the Rotten Tomato score of MOTHER'S DAY. Please observe a moment of silence for the loser this week.
Also - let's talk best movie moms and dads! It's Mother's Day, y'all!
The Jungle Book is AMAZEBALLS if you believe its Rotten Tomato score - Justin thinks that's probably because people are dumb and love talking animals. Also, Evan hated 'God's Not Dead 2' and gives the full review!
We love bad movies, but we REALLY love bad movies that have a Christian agenda. The 2014 original made 60 million dollars in a country where 70% of people are 'absolutely certain' God exists. Enter Cook St., who has to guess the Rotten Tomatoes score, and talk about what movies make them cry (11:00 in).
Intro/Outro Music: "It's Strange" by Louis the Child
The exciting conclusion to our countdown, you'll never guess what number is #1 ... it's 1!
Cook St. loves loves loves comedy movies, and likes ranking things. So we figured out our collective Top 20, and talked about the list. This episode covers #20 thru #11.
Intro/Outro Music: "Tropicana" by Freedom Fry
What do you do after you write and direct 'Birdman?' The boys talk 'Making a Murderer' and 'Amy,' then Travis reviews 'Hateful' Eight' and Tarantino's obsession with the n-word (9:15), choose cartoons to be made as live-action (20:50), and guess the score for Innaritu's winter survival epic (33:27).
Did you see Star Wars? So did we! We discuss our reactions (and unfortunately, Basement Dave's as well) to the modern epic. After suggesting new soundtracks for some of their beloved movies, the boys talk about the breadth of Quentin Tarantino's career and wonder if we should expect more of the same from his new movie, The Hateful Eight.
Intro/Outro Music: "Don't Let Go" by Mesa Luna
Star Wars is about to take a dump on the box office so the boys get together to pretend they know what's going in the Lucas universe. Also, we talk why 'Lolita' can't be made into a film, and we make a side bet on Evan's pun game.
The boys are happy to join the Sexpot Comedy Network in Denver, CO, and much much less happy to be talking about Ron Howard's new epic sea adventure. VERY SPECIAL fan male segment where Cook St. raps!
Beats by Profetesa, Hook by Borgeous (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzCqwKL_zZQ)
The boys review 'Steve Jobs,' preview 'The Night Before,' and release an exclusive Fan Male trailer for the holiday classic 'Shanksgiving.'
Intro/Outro: "Peace of Mind" by Baker Brothers
Why does this movie exist? Ahh who cares, the boys have a lot to say about Steve Jobs, and the people involved, specifically Michael Fassbender, Danny Boyle, and Aaron Sorkin. They also gab about texting, emojis, and statutory rape!
Intro/Outro music: "Petrol Station" by Sorcha Richardson
October much? We're excited because The Martian means 2 hours of Matt Damon, even if Ridley Scott has a sketchy past. Plus, we get to talk about space law, Colbert's new show, and pick companions for a deserted island stay.
Intro/Outro Music: "Aftergold" by Big Wild
The title is We Are Your Friends but honestly who cares? It's about EDM and stars Zac Efron. The boys also recap their impressions of Trainwreck and Straight Outta Compton.
Intro/Outro Music: "Deer Stared At Me (Clayjay Remix)" by Tulpa
The boys and Basement Dave talk about David Foster Wallace and the movie "The End of the Tour," but only after saying what Hollywood superstars they could probably replace.
Intro/Outro: "Let me be the 1" by Miracle Fortress
The boys are excited about potentially the summer's biggest comedy, Trainwreck, but feel the need to assail the reputation of both Amy Schumer and Judd Apatow, anyway. They also talk Inside Out, new music, and unlikely sexy female characters.
Outro music: "Feel Things Inside" by Galapagos
Ohhh yeahhh! Ohhh yeahhh! Vince, E, Drama, & Turtle get together to guess the Rotten Tomato score of a very unnecessary Entourage movie. Plus, we talk Aloha, but let us never speak of it again.
Cameron Crowe has a romantic comedy in theaters, so we have to talk about it. We also talk Kill Bill, and go over Avengers 2 trivia.
Intro/Outro Music: "Left Me" by John Hancock
In preparation for another Avengers, the boys create their own superheroes and talk about Furious 7.
Intro/Outro Music: "I Heard the Marchin' of the Drum" by C.W. Stoneking
Nate gives his thoughts on 50 Shades of Grey before the boys do their civic American duty and guess the score of Furious 7. In a special Fan Male, they pitch ideas for movies based on random Wikipedia articles.
Intro/Outro Music: "Wurlitzer" by Chris Staples
Evan recaps the atrocity that is Mortdecai, but the undeniable highlight is all four Cook St. members attempting to wrap their conservative minds around the erotic appeal of 50 Shades of Grey.
Intro/Outro Music: "Carinitos" by Los Hijos del sol
OH MAN has Johnny Depp fallen from grace. Mortdecai promises to be the lowest point of his career, so we talk about that and Jennifer Lawrence's dating history. Also - the premiere of a new segment called 'Basement RecommenDAVEtions with Basement Dave,' where our downstairs neighbor tells us Sucker Punch is good.
Intro/Outro Music: "Girls" by Slow Magic
Justin wrote a piece for The Computer Newspaper that systematically ranks the 20 best people in comedy working today. Travis and Evan address their issues with the list so we blow it out on a very special, blockbuster pod.
The boys are here to talk Inherent Vice, the new Paul Thomas Anderson movie, but mostly discuss Evan's experience seeing Foxcatcher, plus Andrew Keegan and Hitler, not to mention an epic fan male where they build their ideal video store.
Intro/Outro music: "The Past Was Present" by John Talabot
Oh boy Oh boy is Steve Carell good in Foxcatcher. Or at least that's what we hear, which means the movie may be just okay.
Also, Travis reviews Interstellar, and we talk about what actors and comedians we have changed our opinion on, for better or worse.
Intro/Outro music: "Sad Machine" by Porter Robinson
The guys love Christopher Nolan and love outer space, but hate 3-hour movies. They talk Interstellar and discuss who would be a part of the perfect man weekend.
Music Intro: Plan B "She Said"
Music Outro: Alex Winston "Waiting Around to Die"
Fresh off a wonderful viewing of Gone Girl, host Justin takes us through such hot-button issues as book adaptations and child porn prison sentencing. Most of the episode is spent anticipating and imagining future movies, as well as the requisite "Doesn't Birdman look really interesting?" talk.
Intro/Outro music: "Busy Earnin'" by Jungle
The gaggle talks Gone Girl and David Fincher films after spending way too long on a visualization exercise.
Intro/Outro Music: "Quiet Dog Bite Hard" by Mos Def
Even though there are absolutely no movies worth seeing in theaters, the crew discusses Life of Crime. We empty out the Fan Male, talk about horror movies and high schoolers having sex, the usual.
Intro/Outro music: "Easy to Love" - The Colurs
What if a bunch of turtles became mutants, then learned how to become ninjas, and thennn also were TEENS?!?!? Cook St. examines this ridiculous premise, as well as mine their own personal connections to TMNT. Things get dicey, however, when forced to choose their favorite Turtle.
Also, Evan gives a review of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and we choose what movie characters we want to be friends with.
Intro/Outro Music: Andrew Gilbert Ensemble "Preakness"
After a few weeks of bland fare, the boys re-convene to discuss the summer movie season at its halfway point, and whether or not Dawn of the Planet of the Apes has a chance to be a hit or if just no one cares.
They also discuss the logistics of the movie Boyhood and the experience of shooting a movie over 12 years as a writer, director, actor, studio, etc.
Intro/Outro Music: "Lucid Dreams" - Big Gigantic
All four gentleman re-convene (for real, this time) to guess the score of 22 Jump Street, and we also get Evan's review of Million Ways To Die in the West and talk about Orphan Black, Breaking Bad, and Sia's new song "Chandelier."
Intro/Outro music: "Proto" by Ryan Hemsworth
The trio of Evan, Justin, and Travis re-convene to talk Seth Macfarlane and his sordid history of low-brow smarm, as well as confess the different multimedia they are embarrassed (but mostly proud) to have missed out on.
Intro/Outro music: "Jubel" by Klingande
Justin dares to ask the question, "Why does godzilla always have to be a lizard?" Plus, Evan gives a solid review of the trailers before Neighbors while Travis drinks a Four Loko.
Music Intro/Outro: S O H N "Artifice"
With summer movie season once again upon us, Hollywood serves it up easy with a Seth Rogen/Zac Efron frat-house comedy called Neighbors. Are we willing to trust the people involved?
Also, Travis gives us a breakdown of what sucked in Draft Day and Justin dismantles the logic behind a Fan Male question about the best side-characters in movie history.
Intro/Outro: Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - "Kiss the Sky”
The boys talk about scenes they wish they had written, as well as discuss the peculiar existence of the movie Draft Day -- a film that seems to be just an advertisement for the NFL and Kevin Costner.
Justin gives a review of Noah and has trouble reconciling his understanding of The Bible with rock giants.
Just because Darren Aronofsky's Noah is a lightning rod for criticism, that doesn't mean Cook St. won't put their heads together and figure out what Rotten Tomato score it will get and also what Noah's ark is.
They also discuss their favorite child actor performances of all-time and all weigh in on The Grand Budapest Hotel with mitigated excitement.
The boys are all excited as any new Wes Anderson movie requires they all convene and wax romantic about their favorite filmmaker. There are no arguments in this episode, just stream-of-consciousness flattery.
We also talk about the most uncomfortable scenes we've sat through and Nate talks Monuments Men review.
A February release for Monuments Men is considered inauspicious, not to mention the tone problems when you put Ocean's 11 in World War II.
The boys also talk Philip Seymour Hoffman and performers who have no sex appeal, plus a surprisingly sterling review of That Awkward Moment.
The first potentially-crappy movie of 2014 is here --- That Awkward Moment --- hashtag and all. The boys rail against the use of the term 'awkward' in today's society as well as the term 'Zac Efron.'
The final 20 minutes is a spoiler-heavy discussion of the movie Her, which all four guys have seen and now require coping strategies.
The boys reference their excitement for the Spike Jonze robot love story "Her" about 400 times, even though they have their concerns about artificial intelligence taking their jobs and overruning the porn industry.
Also, Evan gives his review of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and everyone lists their favorite movie character crushes of all-time.
With the phenomenon of Hunger Games behind us, the boys look ahead to the Oscar-bait movie season ahead. This means we are talking about Inside Llewyn Davis -- the new film from the Coen Brothers.
We also run through our favorite TV comedies in an excellent Fan Male segment, and get extremely sidetracked arguing about Justin Timberlake's status in pop culture and if Justin should try out the Fast & Furious franchise now that Paul Walker has passed away.
The glass ceiling has been broken! Cook St. welcomes their first female guest, Ava, who is a big fan of the podcast as well as an authority on Young Adult fiction. She and the boys try to preview the sequel to Hunger Games without gushing too heavily about Jennifer Lawrence.
They also discuss what 'movie party' they'd like to go to most, as well as listen to Justin complain about About Time.
Without any shame, the boys of Cook St. eagerly preview About Time, a British time-traveling romantic comedy by the creator of Love Actually. Besides waxing poetic about the merits of Love Actually, they also discuss the inherent problems with time travel in movies, namely how a man's sexual performance could improve with said ability.
Also, Nate tells us what it was like to be the youngest person at Last Vegas and the boys discuss the varying degrees to which comedy actors turn to drama, and vice versa.
Listen to four guys that are in denial of their own aging make fun of a movie about four aging guys in Las Vegas. We debate Morgan Freeman's career the past 15 years and other possilbe premises for the elderly.
Other topics include Gravity's underwhelming cultural impact, our favorite movie soundtracks, and how knowing that Orson Scott Card is a homophobe colors the enjoyment of Ender's Game.
The biggest movie of 2013 is seemingly upon us with Alfonso Cuaron's 3-D space epic "Gravity." We discuss the director's long takes and impressive resume, as well as how much we like George Clooney on-and-off screen.
Before we get to dissecting Gravity, the Cook St. boys talk about Justin's review of Don Jon as well as talk about movies that disappointed them, you know, for a change of pace.
The beginning of Fall movie season gives us a chance to talk about the directorial debut, "Don Jon," of one of Hollywood's most acclaimed young actors --- Joseph Gordon-Levitt. We also trade pornography anecdotes, discuss addiction, and call shenanigans on casting yourself as a lady-slaying Guido.
We also discuss our top movie moments and Nate hosts the podcast naked.
After taking the month of August off, the boys re-convene with summer in their rearview. In a special episode, they do a quick run-down of everything that was, and possibly will be, important about popular culture in the summer of 2013.
For instance, a lot of young celebrities and professional football players demonstrate bad behavior. Music seems to be dominated by just one song, "Blurred Lines," all because of a good YouTube video. The summer box office is full of big-budget action movies that were okay in quality, but the public is nostalgic for the good 'ol days. And in television, the things that take themselves the least seriously ("The Bachelorette," "Sharknado") are the most popular events.
What a unique, unbelievable summer!
Also, the boys bet on 'Boy Meets World' episodes to see who hosts next episode...naked.
The boys return from seeing Grown-Ups 2 and spend about 20 minutes dissecting every bad joke they can remember on the 7% film.
This week's movie is The To-Do List, a raunchy female take on the teen sex genre. We talk about the great teen sex comedies of the last 30 years, rage against 80s nostalgia, and have a stirring, uneducated debate about the U.S. postal service.
The new film After Earth by Will Smith (the MOVIE STAR!) and M. Night Shyamalan (Rotten Tomato poison) somehow leads to a divisive discussion about penises, movie candy, Scientology, and Tom Cruise versus Tom Hanks.
The boys offer a comprehensive review of the year (2013) in movies, handing out a bevy of awards voted on by Cook St. and their fans.
Categories include: Most Egregious Rotten Tomato score, Worst Romantic Chemistry, Best Trailer, Best Performance, Best Indie Darling, and Best Movie.