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Why it is a new Joss Whedon, steampunk, 1800s quasi X-Men tv show on HBO!? Well, let’s get it then! Join Jim and Jakob as we discuss the new HBO show “The Nevers” What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and review on iTunes and remember to spread the word to your TV-loving friends

This is it! It is all coming to a head! Ali, Johnny and Daniel are reminiscing, Eagle Fang, Miyagi Do and Cobra Kai are all on a collision course and we are witnessing the birth of the current day Kreese. Season 3 finishes up in style and now all we can do is wait for season 4. What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and review on iTunes and remember to spread the word to your Cobra Kai-loving friends

Welcome to episode 2 of season 2 of Reel History! This week we dust off our mics, clear our throats and try not to choke as we digest the 2006 smash hit ‘Apocalypto’. Mel Gibson delivers a heart thumping tropical jungle chase that is one part Rambo, one part Predator with a double serving of his trademark dollop of historical inaccuracy. Set in early 1500s pre-Spanish Yucatán Mexico, we follow our hero Jaguar Paw (Rudy Youngblood) as he seeks to reunite with his stricken family, crossing a Mayan world in the midst of violent end-of-days chaos. Hot on his heels are a bunch of vicious assassins led by Middle Eye (Gerardo Taracena) and the wily Zero Wolf (Raoul Trujillo) who are determined to hunt Jaguar Paw mercilessly across a beautifully shot lush but perilous landscape. Sounds great right? Well, not exactly. Whilst the film delivers on many fronts, Mel’s crimes against historical accuracy have never been so grave! Tune in to find out how bad did he mess it up. Given this hiccup we decided to explore what was really going on in the valley of Mexico when in 1519 the Spanish pitched their tent on the turf of the powerful Aztec / Mexica Emperor Montezuma. Join us as we cast an eye on a moment often heralded as the ´birth of modern history’. We find out how the infamous Hernan Cortez and his ragtag army used shock and awe tactics and good old fashioned treachery to bring this complex, sophisticated civilization to its knees. On this whirlwind adventure we discuss everything from the Maya, the Aztecs, the truth behind human sacrifice, astronomical prophecies and how Cortez and his companions famously ´suffered from a disease of the heart that could only be cured by gold’. All this with the bonus of listening to Michael struggle to pronounce words like Huitzilopochtli and Quatzalcoatl in a Irish midlands flat accent. Sources“Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs ” by Buddy Levy

She’s finally back! Ali with an “i” has returned to our boys! This couldn’t possibly cause drama with Johnny and Daniel right? Also finally some quality time for Daniel and Miguel, this episode has it all! What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and review on iTunes and remember to spread the word to your Cobra Kai-loving friends

Season 2 of Reel History starts today! We’re aiming to release episodes every other week so please subscribe, leave us a review and tweet your history puns at us @reel_history. A Knight’s Tale from 2001 is a sport films about jousting and while it has a tenuous connection to any real history it serves as an excellent jumping off point for a discussion about knights, jousting, courtly romance and intrigue. Did you know that Heath Ledger’s Sir Ulrich von Liechtenstein was actually a real person? And while Paul Bettany’s depiction of Geoffrey Chaucer is a riot of WWE proportions, what connection is there really between this film and Chaucer’s “The Knight’s Tale” from The Canterbury Tales? Answers to all this and more about feudal Europe can be found in our SEASON PREMIERE of SEASON 2 off Reel History! Sources “The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power Behind Five English” by Thomas Asbridge

Everything is coming to a head as we are finishing up the back half of season 3! Informed that the All Valley Karate Tournament is being cancelled, the three competing sensei attend a city council meeting to save it. What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and review on iTunes and remember to spread the word to your Cobra Kai-loving friends

We are back with some more discussion of Cobra Kai season 3! Daniel is spending some quality time with Sam (finally), Miguel is back in school and Johnny is starting a new dojo! What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and review on iTunes and remember to spread the word to your Cobra Kai-loving friends

We are once again joined by Mike Steele to discuss episode 6 of season 3! Miguel helps Johnny craft the perfect social media message; Kreese looks for new recruits, while Daniel and Amanda try to shut down Cobra Kai. What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and review on iTunes and remember to spread the word to your Cobra Kai-loving friends

We are joined this episode by Mike Steele, to discuss episode 5 of season 3. Daniel-san has not only returned to Okinawa but he is now face to face with his old rival, CHOZEN, and he is about to find out that he might not know all there is know about Miyagi-Do. Johnny continues to try to help Miguel in his very Johnny type of way and we are halfway through the season! What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and review on iTunes and remember to spread the word to your Cobra Kai-loving friends

Daniel has returned to Okinawa! Kumiko is back! Things are happening! Meanwhile Johnny tried to make things right with Robby, Kreese is teaching Cobra Kai to fight smarter and the rivalries are continuing to heat up. What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and review on iTunes and remember to spread the word to your Cobra Kai-loving friends

Johnny is back at his lowest point as he doesn’t feel like he has the answers for Miguel and he doesn’t know how to make things right with Robby. Daniel and Amanda are trying to save the business and the kids are all still dealing with the fallout from the school fight. What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and review on iTunes and remember to spread the word to your Cobra Kai-loving friends

We continue our breakdown of each episode of Cobra Kai Season 3, this episode delivers on the kick ass Daniel and Johnny team up action we have been begging for since season 1! Miguel is awake and Robbie is still no where to be found, we learn a little bit about Kreese as he tightens his grip on karate in the valley. LET’S GO! What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and review on iTunes and remember to spread the word to your Sopranos-loving friends

Ok, so you’ve binged it, you rewatched it, you’ve had some time to let it all sink in so let’s go back and breakdown season 3 of Cobra Kai! Hang with Jim and Jakob as we discuss each episode one by one! What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and review on iTunes and remember to spread the word to your Sopranos-loving friends

Jim’s quick take of Cobra Kai season 3 was delivered earlier in the week – now it’s time for slowpoke Jakob to join in the fun and share his #StrikeFirst reactions to the return of Johnny, Daniel-san, Miguel and all the rest! This is just a quick taste and we’ll be releasing episode breakdowns shortly so stay on this feed and sling us a review if you haven’t! If you want to join the discussion, send us your thoughts at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com. Just put that address into your browser and then SEND IT TO THE INTERNET.

It’s here! It’s finally here! Season 3 of Cobra Kai is now unleashed on the world for our mass consumption. Jakob is currently on holiday in “rural Ireland” as we were originally preparing ourselves for the January 8th premiere, we still wanted to get our initial thoughts out there so here is Jim checking in with his first reaction after binging all 10 episodes! Expect to hear from Jakob soon as well and then we will check back in with a DEEP dive on each episode individually. Happy Cobra Kai Season 3 Day everyone! What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and review on iTunes and remember to spread the word to your Sopranos-loving friends

Tis the season for more James Gandolfini! We delve back into the career of James Gandolfini, this time co-starring with Ben Affleck, Catherine O’Hara and Christina Applegate! Talk about a recipe for success! Or absolute failure, either one. So grab a hot chocolate, your comfy Christmas pajamas and snug up with Jim and Jakob for the holiday season! Please email us your thoughts at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and review on iTunes and remember to spread the word to your Sopranos-loving friends – or maybe Sopranos newcomers like Jakob? For more from Jim Scampoli check out Jim and Them and for more from Jakob Burrows check out Awesomepedia.

We are doing a dive into the career of one James Gandolfini, that’s right, Tony Soprano himself! But he isn’t always Tony Soprano or even Kevin Finnerty, this time he is Colonel Winter the warden of the military prison at the heart of “The Last Castle”. Also starring Robert Redford, Mark Ruffalo and Clifton Collins Jr. Please email us your thoughts at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and review on iTunes and remember to spread the word to your Sopranos-loving friends – or maybe Sopranos newcomers like Jakob? For more from Jim Scampoli check out Jim and Them and for more from Jakob Burrows check out Awesomepedia.

We are back to discuss one of the most celebrated sequels of all time! The Godfather II! Obviously a great movie, but does it’s reputation hold up? Is it better than the original? Join Jim and Jakob to discuss this thing of ours. Please email us your thoughts at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and review on iTunes and remember to spread the word to your Sopranos-loving friends – or maybe Sopranos newcomers like Jakob? For more from Jim Scampoli check out Jim and Them and for more from Jakob Burrows check out Awesomepedia.

It’s us, Jim and Jakob! We are back to discuss The Sopranos! This time through the lens of the first Godfather film and I’m not sure if you have heard but The Godfather is a great movie! Get your macaroni and gravy and leave the gun but take the canoli as it is a new episode of CUT TO BLACK! Please email us your thoughts at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and review on iTunes and remember to spread the word to your Sopranos-loving friends – or maybe Sopranos newcomers like Jakob? For more from Jim Scampoli check out Jim and Them and for more from Jakob Burrows check out Awesomepedia.

It all comes to a head in the action packed, stunning season 2 finale! Join Jim and Jakob as we break down the episode and look forward to season 3! Just recently announced to premiere on January 8th 2021 on NETFLIX! What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and review on iTunes and remember to spread the word to your Sopranos-loving friends