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/media/podcasts/sfs-131-FastFurious1.mp3 Download MP3 It's time to fasten your seatbelts (get it? GET IT?!?!) as Search for Schlock returns for its reluctant / triumphant sixth season! We took a year off, so now we're refreshed and ready to take on the day. To keep us that way, witness now a full-on format change: we're going to watch every single installment of the Fast and the Furious franchise to date (all 8 of 'em). And then we'll strongly consider doing something like that again, before deciding against it and going right back to our old format. Hey, the point is we tried. In the meantime, Andrew will force Chris and James to watch in mute horror as Vin Diesel and friends nos their way through eight increasingly ridiculous installments, starting with...the first one. It's basically Point Break, but did that movie have Race Wars? No, only this movie has Race Wars. (It's not what you think!) Anyway, welcome back, and we're glad to be back, and we're glad that you exist, and we love you.Original post lo

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