Let's Talk About Stuff!

Welcome to a new year of more of the same (from us)! We take a look back at our favorite 2018 episodes of the pod and relive some of our better-than-mediocre moments. Then we discuss our pop culture favorites from 2018 before completely disregarding them for even more content we are insatiably excited about in 2019! Feed the beast! Happy New Year, listeners! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @LTASpod Email: LetsTalkAboutStuffPodcast@gmail.com Follow Steven on Twitter & Letterboxd: @stevenfisher22 Follow Brent on Twitter & Instagram: @BrentHibbard Please rate & review us! (5-stars is appreciated!) THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING!

*Excuse the poor audio quality* On today's episode, the guys & their wives record in-person to discuss their thoughts on Christmas & their favorite Christmas movies. They also try a selection of oddly-flavored sodas, Brent receives a gift from a listener, Steven gets likened to Santa Claus & an electronic talking Bob Ross makes a cameo. All this, PLUS they play a F•R•I•E•N•D•S-themed edition of POP(culture) QUIZ that ends up putting everyone in a bad mood. Fun! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @LTASpod Email: LetsTalkAboutStuffPodcast@gmail.com Follow Steven on Twitter & Letterboxd: @stevenfisher22 Follow Brent on Twitter & Instagram: @BrentHibbard Please rate & review us! (5-stars is appreciated!) THIS IS NOT CHRISTMAS.

On this episode, we welcome returning guest-host, Ross Lickteig, back to the show for a lengthy discussion of the 1978 made-for-TV Star Wars Holiday Special (22:33 - SPOILERS!) Are we supposed to understand the plot of this special? Is there a reason for multiple demonstration videos? Does Star Wars work as a variety show? And what exactly is "Life Day"? THESE QUESTIONS MAY OR MAY NOT BE ANSWERED! Also: Steven & Ross bond over their enjoyment of Christmas, Brent gets replaced, Bea Arthur is a treasure, we discover that The Grinch starred in more than just Christmas movies, ideas are pitched for a George Lucas-remastered edition of the Star Wars Holiday Special, the guys reveal their recording technique and, of course...Tim Allen's grunts. Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @LTASpod Email: LetsTalkAboutStuffPodcast@gmail.com Follow Steven on Twitter & Letterboxd: @stevenfisher22 Follow Brent on Twitter & Instagram: @BrentHibbard Please rate & review us! (5-stars is appreciated!) NIPPLES UP!

On today's episode, we again dive head-first into the world of Asian Pop Culture! We discuss Eung Freestyle, Plus-Sized Elf & Yeon Sang-ho's 2018 follow-up to Train to Busan, Psychokinesis (38:06 / SPOILERS - 55:30)! Also discussed: Trailers for Captain Marvel, Avengers 4 & BrightBurn, Steven watched Ant-Man and the Wasp, Edgar Wright's Top 50 Songs of 2018, the canceled Supermax film, characters aboard the Disney cruise ship and, of course...Chicken Store. Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @LTASpod Email: LetsTalkAboutStuffPodcast@gmail.com Follow Steven on Twitter & Letterboxd: @stevenfisher22 Follow Brent on Twitter & Instagram: @BrentHibbard Please rate & review us! (5-stars is appreciated!) SO. MANY. SUBTITLES.

We start off weird and then get weirder! We wish a happy birthday to Kent Blue of the Roll to Play podcast(kazoo-noise!)& then discuss the passing of Stephen Hillenburg, creator of Spongebob Squarepants. Then we review the mega issue of The Avengers (2018), issue #10/700! (12:02). We discuss how the staples make the comic book, get excited about anthropromorphized animals, and lament Daredevil’s recent Netflix cancellation. Then we delve deep into The Airborne Toxic Event’s self-titled debut album from 2008(47:47). What effect do bonus tracks have on an album? Is Mikel Jollett Steven’s favorite rapper? What is “the Limp Bizkit effect”? All these questions & more will be answered! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @LTASpod Email: LetsTalkAboutStuffPodcast@gmail.com Follow Steven on Twitter & Letterboxd: @stevenfisher22 Follow Brent on Twitter & Instagram: @BrentHibbard Please rate & review us! (5-stars is appreciated!) WORLD’S DRUNKEST BEAR.

On today's episode, we do a recap of our Thanksgivings before diving into issue 9 of The Avengers (2018), PLUS: Jeopardy is now on Netflix, the theater experience for Ralph Breaks the Internet, spreading the word about 'Game Night', Supergirl Season 4 mirrors our current political climate, Steven discusses his week from hell, Brent narrowly avoids being poisoned & we revisit the notorious Episode 20! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @LTASpod Email: LetsTalkAboutStuffPodcast@gmail.com Follow Steven on Twitter & Letterboxd: @stevenfisher22 Follow Brent on Twitter & Instagram: @BrentHibbard Please rate & review us! (5-stars is appreciated!) IT BEGINS.

On this episode, we experience joy, sadness, confusion and rage! First, we discuss the passing of the legendary Stan Lee and his influence on pop culture. From there, we dive into The Avengers #8 (2018), the Toy Story 4 teaser and the trailers for Detective Pikachu & Dumbo. Also: The General Mills Monster Cereal Cinematic Universe, Amazon is probably evil, the eggnog work-around, Pepperollies from Mazzio's, French Toast Talk with Steven, Brent is a lightweight & the podcast might be capable of magic! All this, PLUS a special #NoThanks Edition of LET'S BITCH ABOUT STUFF! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @LTASpod Email: LetsTalkAboutStuffPodcast@gmail.com Follow Steven on Twitter & Letterboxd: @stevenfisher22 Follow Brent on Twitter & Instagram: @BrentHibbard Please rate & review us! (5-stars is appreciated!) #NOTHANKS

On today's episode, we discuss what might happen to the Criterion Collection once FilmStruck closes down, how 9/11 affected pop culture, more Star Wars & Marvel shows coming to Disney+, solving the mystery of the Paramount Network & when The West Wing crossed over with Mortal Kombat. Then we talk about recent pop culture we've consumed, including: the TV show 'Younger', What If?: Marvel Comics Went Metal with Ghost Rider #1, both Kick-Ass movies, Making A Murderer Season 2, Dreamcatcher & Power Rangers: Hyperforce. All this PLUS we do another POP CULTURE QUIZ! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @LTASpod Email: LetsTalkAboutStuffPodcast@gmail.com Follow Steven on Twitter & Letterboxd: @stevenfisher22 Follow Brent on Twitter & Instagram: @BrentHibbard Please rate & review us! (5-stars is appreciated!) CROTCHES.

The boys are back with a final Halloween wrap-up before getting back into some of the other, non-horror things they loved recently (or just experienced). We discuss the Smashing Pumpkins, if Millenials will wear costumes and decorate their coffins as Pop Culture homages when they die (we will), and movies to watch on Arbor Day! Then we talk about a bunch of stuff… The Midnight Meat Train, Game Night (minor spoilers), the band Korn, A Cure for Wellness, Better Call Saul season 4, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and its awesome goat head Satan, Slipknot’s new song “All Out Life”, and Flight of the Conchords: Live from London! THEN… we talk about even MORE stuff! I know, it seems so weird for us. We discuss the “musical instrument” recorder having a stupid name, how much scarier Count Orlok from Nosferatu is than Dracula, Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories, the Secret History of Comics, and the manga Dragon Goes House Hunting, Vol. 1! ***PLEASE VOTE ON NOVEMBER 6TH!*** Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @LTASpod E

For the final horror-themed podcast of October, we've put together a MASSIVE episode where we discuss Count Chocula & the General-Mills-Suicide, the movie trailers for 'Glass' & 'Happy Birthday 2U' are spoiling themselves, the Brown Ranger, terrible horror jokes, Steven helped torture customers at Alamo Draft House, Brent is wildly confused about what slasher-movie icon appears in which film franchise & we ask an important question - Tootsie Rolls: Are they good? Then we discuss: Halloween (1978) - 18:56 (SPOILERS) Halloween (2018) - 58:54 / SPOILERS - 1:09:07 And finally, our pod-friends & horror aficionados The Terror Table, Roll To Play & Eerie, International join us to determine the winner of POPKULTURE KOMBAT - Round 7: Freddy VS Jason (1:55:25)! Special thanks to our podcast pals for helping us out on this episode! Subscribe to their shows, give them all 5-star reviews & follow them on social media! The Terror Table: Twitter - @TheTerrorTable Instagram - TheTerrorTable RSS: https://theterrortable.po

Today the guys reminisce about their go-to Halloween costumes as kids leading into a discussion of An American Tail 1 and 2: Fievel Goes West (spoilers, I guess?) and lots of rats dressed as cats and so on. Then Brent reviews FrankenBerry to much delight before we wallow and hypothesize about Netflix cancelling Luke Cage. But we console ourselves with the news that Hulu is reviving Veronica Mars for a new season in 2019! Next Steven gives some reviews starting with the nostalgic treat The Gate (1987), the newly appreciated All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006) after watching it again after a few years, and the new horror-love of Steven’s life, the SyFy series Channel Zero. Then Brent reviews the still-great Daredevil season 3 and we ponder the future of Netflix’s Marvel shows. We cap it all off with three monster-sized reviews: The Endless (2017) - 0:57:10 / SPOILERS 1:07:25 Trick ‘r Treat (2007) - 1:17:36 (basically SPOILERS the whole time) Attack the Block (2011) - 1:50:14 / SPOILERS 2:07:16 ***MAKE SUR

On this MONSTER-SIZED episode, we discuss a TON of stuff, including: Listener emails, the surprise of an expired driver's license, adventures in canvassing, the penalty for NOT voting, re-visiting BooBerry cereal, Honey Sriracha Combos, The Mandalorian coming to Disney Play...eventually, Goat-Head Satan in the trailer for Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Iron Fist gets cancelled after two seasons, James Gunn officially signs on to write Suicide Squad 2, Riverdale Season 3 is bad already, the surprising response to Brent’s 24-hour comic and Steven doesn’t like ______! We also discuss quite a few movies: Venom (2018) - 1:02:47 / Spoilers 1:05:26 Baywatch (2017) SPOILERS - 1:18:54 Predator (1987) SPOILERS - 1:32:55 Grabbers (2012) 1:43:13 Mom and Dad (2017/2018)- 1:46:46 Never Goin’ Back (2018) - 1:54:13 The Ritual (2017) - 1:59:56 / SPOILERS 2:02:46 Resolution (2012) - 2:10:08 / SPOILERS 2:17:32 The Belko Experiment (2016) - 2:26:38 / SPOILERS 2:32:16 ***MAKE SURE THAT YOU VOTE ON NOVEMBER 6TH!*** Follow us

Today on the show we talk about the proper way to say "Mario", gross diaper jokes, and Brent makes puns (so out of character) while discussing his experience making a comic for 24 Hour Comic Day! We also renew soda chat with some more Cherry 7-Up talk, discuss making the bed while listening to metal and finish the first arc of The Avengers (2018) by discussing issue #6 . Then we get sad about Chris Evans leaving the MCU but get excited for his new career in craft services that we definitely didn’t make up, discuss the new Aquaman trailer & costume reveal, Brent geeks out over Spider-Ham in Into the Spider-Verse and Steven talks about some recently watched movies with The Fly, The Fly II, and Summer of 84! MAKE SURE YOU'RE REGISTERED TO VOTE: VoteSaveAmerica.com Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @LTASpod Email: LetsTalkAboutStuffPodcast@gmail.com Follow Steven on Twitter & Letterboxd: @stevenfisher22 Follow Brent on Twitter & Instagram: @BrentHibbard Please rate & review us! (5-stars is appreciated!) WE CA

A difficult choice. A unique way to read. A crumbling marriage. This episode has it all. Also: Issue #5 of The Avengers (2018), the Dark Phoenix trailer, Deadpool 2's upcoming PG-13 release, Stuff We Watched on Prime Video (Jack Ryan, 24 Hour Comic & The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) & Stuff We Watched on Netflix (Insatiable & Sierra Burgess is a Loser), explaining what the "Dab" actually means, re-visiting Cherry 7-Up, Apocalypse Poll results, State Fairs, rectal chewing, #MarioKart, Steven rants about digital movie rental availability, Brent is betrayed yet again & we play a couple rounds of Would You Rather! MAKE SURE YOU'RE REGISTERED TO VOTE: VoteSaveAmerica.com Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @LTASpod Email: LetsTalkAboutStuffPodcast@gmail.com Follow Steven on Twitter & Letterboxd: @stevenfisher22 Follow Brent on Twitter & Instagram: @BrentHibbard Please rate & review us! (5-stars is appreciated!) HELL BITCH YEAH!!!

On this not-so-special, very regular episode we discuss the fun and perils of #DogLife, recap Issue #4 of The Avengers (2018), talk about the weirdness of Jacob’s Ladder, and discuss some recent Batman, er… penis. We also discuss the rad new trailer for Captain Marvel and wonder why sucky people are saying she needs to smile more, we term the Marvel digital de-aging process as “Youthenizing”, and Brent presents SuperPets, Superhero pets! Then Steven tells an awkward high school story before giving reviews of After the Dark and The Endless, we discuss CHVRCHES and their great new song “Miracle”, and we have a super, super serious discussion about the environmental awareness movie The Forbidden Dance. We cap it all off with a discussion about the awesome film A QUIET PLACE! Spoiler-free at 01:10:21 and spoiler-filled at 01:21:15. Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @LTASpod Email: LetsTalkAboutStuffPodcast@gmail.com Follow Steven on Twitter & Letterboxd: @stevenfisher22 Follow Brent on Twitter & Instagram: @

On today's episode, we catch up on some pop culture news, read listener emails & discuss some stuff we've consumed recently, including: Issue #3 of The Avengers (2018), the first official pics from the Captain Marvel movie, Henry Cavill's status as Superman, Ouija: Origin of Evil, A Quiet Place, Iron Fist Season 2 on Netflix & Castle Rock on Hulu. All this, PLUS a comic book edition of a new segment called POP(culture) QUIZ, we pitch Squeegee: The Movie, Brent feels betrayed by time, Steven's nipples get their own website & we get a surprising new sponsor! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @LTASpod Email: LetsTalkAboutStuffPodcast@gmail.com Follow Steven on Twitter & Letterboxd: @stevenfisher22 Follow Brent on Twitter & Instagram: @BrentHibbard Please rate & review us! (5-stars is appreciated!) HIS NAME IS JIZZSAW NOW.

On this episode, the boys discuss their recent terrible life choices as they discuss 2017's JUSTICE LEAGUE while being hungover (21:35). (NOTE: There were some issues with the microphone for the first 2/3 of this recording, likely related to said hangovers.) What are these superheroes powers? Which character surprised no one with his return? Is this even a movie? The answers won't surprise you! We also discuss Issue #2 of the 2018 Avengers comic book series from Marvel Comics, more soda chat, Hulk movies, BatmaNRA, CGI lips, Brent tries to explain Mother Boxes & Steven goes from a 3 to a 4. Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @LTASpod Email: LetsTalkAboutStuffPodcast@gmail.com Follow Steven on Twitter & Letterboxd: @stevenfisher22 Follow Brent on Twitter & Instagram: @BrentHibbard Please rate & review us! (5-stars is appreciated!) SPORTS!

On this very special episode of LTAS, the boys & their wives have gathered together to drink & record a whirlwind conversation about Netflix's Insatiable, Alyssa Milano, the Armchair Expert podcast, Hollywood High School, tattoos we would get and Jamie Foxx's “Blame It On The Alcohol”. Plus we discover that we've all been friends for 10 years! We also do a slower-than-expected Lightning Round version of POPKULTURE KOMBAT! The contenders: Cold Weather vs Warm Weather Dogs vs Cats Backstreet Boys vs *NSYNC Movie Theaters vs Drive-In Cake vs Pie Disney vs NickToons McDonald’s vs Burger King vs Wendy’s Reese’s Pieces vs M&M’s vs Skittles Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @LTASpod Email: LetsTalkAboutStuffPodcast@gmail.com Follow Steven on Twitter & Letterboxd: @stevenfisher22 Follow Brent on Twitter & Instagram: @BrentHibbard Please rate & review us! (5-stars is appreciated!) And don't even try to follow Amanda or Brandy on social media, creeps! I DON'T LIKE THEM, I'M A BOY!

On this episode, we end Comic Book Month as Steven's wife, Amanda, joins us to discuss issue #20 of the Boom Studios Mighty Morphin Power Rangers comic book series (48:22) & 2015's Archie Vol. 1 (1:22:00)! And brace yourself as Brent walks us through the meeting of Archie Andrews and [SPOILER] on this segment of Tales From the Quarter Bin! Also discussed: Netflix’s “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before”, Crooked Media's The Wilderness podcast, the 25th Anniversary of the Power Rangers, RIP Archie, the RC Revolution, Portland/Seattle Confusion, married bickering, "the backstage hand", Steven gets a hatemail account, Brent lurks in the toy aisle & Amanda overdosed on Dr. Pepper. FUN! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @LTASpod Email: LetsTalkAboutStuffPodcast@gmail.com Follow Steven on Twitter & Letterboxd: @stevenfisher22 Follow Brent on Twitter & Instagram: @BrentHibbard Please rate & review us! (5-stars is appreciated!) And don't even try to follow Amanda on social media, creeps! LOOKIN’ FRESH!

Today we give a shout out to Steven’s favorite band The Airborne Toxic Event and their first album’s 10 year anniversary! Then Brent tries to shame Steven about Christmas music but does he succeed? No. Next we reminisce about awesome TV shows with the help of Hulu’s 90’s TV block, including Dinosaurs, Step By Step, and Family Matters! And we go down memory lane in the carpeted aisles of elementary school for a nostalgia blast about book fairs! Then Steven watched The Last Boy Scout and Brent read Akiko on the Planet Smoo for this week’s Tales from the Quarter Bin! Then we review our ongoing series with Marvel Comics for Avengers #1 (2018)! And finally, we discuss the amazing, weird, inventive, beautiful world of the Image Comics series, Saga! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram: @LTASpod Email: LetsTalkAboutStuffPodcast@gmail.com Follow Steven on Twitter & Letterboxd: @stevenfisher22 Follow Brent on Twitter & Instagram: @BrentHibbard Please rate & review us! (5-stars is appreciated!) 2018, THE YEAR OF OUR