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Guys, we just are running out of non-virus things to talk about. And we had this great malarkey episode we recorded, and Anchor ate it and spit it out a garbled mess. So this was our best second attempt. Our economic stimulus of topics includes the following: Anchor ate my homework * Parks and Rec has a timeline problem * Covid-19 and Boeing Sucks * Tiger King Memes * Frosthaven (Kickstarter Game) *Pricey Novels * China is lying * Casablanca is a good movie * kids are totes adorbs Season 1, Episode 16 Recorded April 2, 2020  Published April 6, 2020 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ready for the random? Because we brought it in spades this week. Josh reads fine literature. Matt reads graphic novels. The boys talk about talking about Rian Johnson. It’s the episode where we definitely don’t make Coronavirus jokes that won’t age well. Our psychic warfare of topics includes the following: Bad cold opens * War and Peace (Book and Movie) * Intellectuals * Bad Transitions * MIND MGMT (graphic novel and board game) * Prospective topics (Taylor Tomlinson, Rian Johnson and Knives Out, and Wes Anderson Season 1, Episode 15 Recorded March 11, 2020  Published March 23, 2020 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Matt apologizes for this episode going up late. Descriptions are hard to write and I'm feeling sickly. It's The Good Place Season 2 Deep Dive, which is our first review after knowing how the story ends. Matt can't help but be a little bummed out. Josh somehow shuffles the episode order. It's an episode of a podcast. Yep, that's what you get in the descriptions when Coronavirus strikes. Our fabricated boyfriend of topics includes the following: Everything is a Spoiler * Control Alt Delete * Control Alt Delete part 2 * Creative Reset is Creative * Mid Eternity Crisis * There's an Easy Answer to the Trolley Problem, It's the Branching Hypos that Are Difficult * Not a Grill, not a Drill Bit * Dennis Feinstein * Mid-Season Shift * More Ethics BullShirt * Not wanting to Lie seems so juvenile now * I would have eaten the burrito * Where everybody knows your name * The Best Season By Far  Season 1, Episode 14  Recorded February 26. 2020.  Published March 9, 2020.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

After a few technical difficulties and mishaps, were back with an episode about nothing. Josh watches more bad movies. Matt isn’t sold on the Lion King (2019). We talk about some Office fan theories. It’s the one where our lack of prep doesn’t really come back bite us. Our Dunder-Mifflin Scranton Branch of topics includes the following: Recording in the snow * Wild Wild West (movie) and Will Smith’s bad movie choices * Bright (movie) * Paul Blart Mall Cop 2 (movie) * The Lion King (2019) *  The Office Fan Theories * Prospective Topic, otherwise known as Matt Finished The Good Place Season 1, Episode 13 Recorded February 12, 2020  Published February 24, 2020 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The Cold Open is here. Long live the Cold Open. Down with introductions, forever! Maybe. Matt proposes some fan-fiction. Josh recommends some Good Girls. The boys talk a lot of politics. Probably too much politics. But it's part of the West Wing, so maybe it's all Aaron Sorkin's fault. It's the one where Matt forgets what year it is.  Our Walk and Talk of topics includes the following: Introductions are dead now * Matt's Chuck Versus the Movie Fan-Fiction * MCU Fan-Fiction * The Morality of Captain America's Time Shenanigans *  Good Girls (TV Show) * The West Wing (TV Show) and the problem with Sorkin's political strawmen * Oh, no, they're talking politics * Taxing my Sodas * I wish this was the Greatest Generation * The flophouse makes fun of Movies! * God's not dead, but the movie was on life support * Should Political discrimination be illegal and why are we still talking politics? * Believe Me (Movie) Season 1, Episode 12  Recorded January 29, 2020  Published February 3, 2020 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

It’s official. This is a new year, and we’re a new podcast. A High School Musical: The Musical: The Series Recap podcast, that is. Josh and Matt struggle to evaluate the finale. Matt is tempted by Kickstarter. We talk about board games, much to Josh’s chagrin. It’s the episode we put out late because Anchor keeps eating our audio. Our Crowdfunding goal of topics includes the following: New Year, New Cold Open * Anchor ate my homework * High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, The Finale (WITH SPOILERS)  * Kickstarter, board games, and you * Know your audience * A bumpy landing Season 1, Episode 11 Recorded January 22, 2020 Published January 27, 2020 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

‘It’s the season for a top ten list, and it turns out Josh is not capable of making one. Matt laments the quality drop of HSM:TM:TS. Josh watches Disney+ in class. We countdown our top 10 Christmas movies, minus all the ones Josh forgot. It’s the episode where we have a serious disagreement on the number one spot! Our Christmas Tree of topics includes the following: Christmas Time Is Here * High School Musical, The Musical, The Series, needs a good abbreviation * Josh’s professor just doesn’t care anymore * Matt is about as distracting as the sudden editing * Christmas movie top ten list * Our contentious number one disagreement Season 1, Episode 10 Recorded November 19, 2019 Published December 23, 2019 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We take a break this week and publish one of our banked episodes, a deep dive into the Good Place Season One. It’s a great show, so please do yourself a favor and watch it. Don’t let our dumb podcast be the reason this show is spoiled for you. But you should watch the Good Place and then come back and watch us. Again, because we crave the affirmation. Our giant flying shrimp of topics includes the following: Let's Talk about Spoilers! * What a concept * Ethics Hard * Tahani is pretty horrible * Jason Mendoza is my spirit animal * Convenient sinkhole is convenient * Private Eyes, they’re watching you * Early Retirement * The truth will not set you free in this case * Oh look! It’s Ben from Parks N Rec! * But Like, why are they getting married? * Things Fall Apart * Cocaine and warm beer? * Revelations Season 1, Episode 9 Recorded November 27, 2019 Published December 16, 2019 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Well, for the first time ever we made some mistakes, and knowing how rare of an occasion this is, we're going to correct them this time. Josh makes a tough admission. We dive into Matt's board game obsession. It's the episode that has far less rabbit trails than you'd expect.  Our Giant Mech of topics includes the following: Who is listening to this * Die Hard as a Christmas Movie Revisited * High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, revisited (WITH SPOILERS)  * Unexpected good shows * Scythe: The Board Game * Prospective Topics  Season 1, Episode 8  Recorded December 4, 2019  Published December 9, 2019 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Things are getting busy as we get closer to Christmas, and despite Matt's raspy voice we're pushing ahead with another regular episode. We analyze some Disney+ shows and discuss some Star Wars Fatigue, as well as the uncanny valley and CGI monsters. Then we finish up with an impromptu, unplanned discussion of Die Hard and what makes a Christmas movie. It's the episode that makes us question whether we should actually do some prep before episodes. Our Nakatomi Plaza of topics includes the following: Trombone Shenanigans * Disney + Is Here and the Disney Vault is Unleashed! * Begun, the Star Wars Fatigue Has * High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, is actually really good.  * Live Action Disney Lady and the Tramp: Creepy Dogs and Whitewashing History * The Uncanny Valley * Is Die Hard A Christmas Movie, or more appropriately, What Makes A Movie A Christmas Movie * Matt is Dying * Prospective Topics (Good Place Season 1 Deep Dive - It's Coming!) Season 1, Episode 7 Recorded November 26, 2019 Published December 2, 2019 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Well, we tried something different this week, and it turned into 50% more podcast. Is that better? You tell us! No, really, tell us. We need affirmation. Sorry I got distracted. This is an examination of what happens when you try to review the entirety of the television show Psych and end up realizing you only have enough time to talk about season 1. But it was fun, and we'll probably do it again. Our "SuperSniffer" of topics includes the following: Let's Review All Of Psych! * A Decent Start * I Was Never Good At Spelling * Hotel Shenanigans * Worst Ex Ever * Little Boy Cat * They Must Have Had Some Civil War Uniforms In The Wardrobe Department * This Didn't Age Well * Gotta Love Comic Con * I Ironically Forgot This Episode * Have You Heard About Pluto? That's Messed Up... * Alien Speed Dating * Weatherman Killed, Trial Not Going Well, More at 8PM * I Think This One Is About Tennis? * The House Always Wins * Doreen Harthan Didn't Kill Herself... Just Like Jeffrey Epstein.  Season 1, Episode 6 Recorded November 13, 2019 Published November 18, 2019 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Boy, there's some weird energy coming from Matt this episode, and Josh identifies it straight away. Does it make the podcast any better or worse? We're honestly not sure. After all of Matt's rabbit trails, we cast judgment on 80's action movie Highlander, which is really way too easy to make fun of more than 30 years later even though the premise of the movie is awesome. It's the episode that ends super super abruptly.   Our "Quickening" of topics includes the following:   The Adventure Zone Podcast * I’m not a Stand Up Comedian, but my Brother Might Be * Saturday Night Live’s Grouch * Kanye West (briefly) * Michae Che and Late Night Comedy “controversies” * Highlander (1986 movie) * Were all 80s Movies this bad, yet successful? * Prospective Topics (Games, Thanksgiving, revisited; Josh plays Trombone Very Well, Jack Ryan Season 2)  Season 1, Episode 5  Recorded November 6, 2019  Published November 11, 2019 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Matt shares a story about a hypocritical "lunk" at the gym, and Josh starts talking about the movie Tombstone but never really gets around to talking about the movie. Josh doesn't like reboots, but also, he clearly likes reboots. We discuss re-watching popular movies and TV shows, revisit Andrew Schultz and his stand-up, and finish up with some prospective movies and TV we want to see. Spoiler, one of Josh's is a reboot. We're still working out the issues with audio, so there's a few odd transitions during the episode. Also, Josh tapes his headphone microphone to his face because he thought that would help the audio for some reason. Rest assured, this will almost certainly continue as our audio incompetence shines through. Our O.K. Corral of topics includes the following: * Be Confident and Pretend Your Voice Didn't Crack * Employees Who Flex: A Planet Fitness Story * Tombstone (1993 Movie) * Shane (1953 Movie) is Referenced Everywhere! * What Makes it a Western? * Why Josh Hates Reboots * Why Matt's Okay with Reboots/Re-imaginings * I Guess Josh is Okay With Reboots * Streaming the Same Shows Constantly * Yvonne Strahovski, For Some Reason * Andrew Schultz, Revisited * Jimmy Fallon, and "Being Genuine" in Comedy *  Prospective Topics (Disenchantment, Rambo Last Blood, Grouch (SNL), Games, Thanksgiving) * Nissan Still Isn't A Sponsor Season 1, Episode 4  Recorded October 22, 2019  Published November 4, 2019 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Matt's back from his first board game convention, and when Josh asks how it went, he isn't at all sarcastic or insincere. Josh watched some dirty cartoons with his girlfriend but really downplays it. The boys start trying to make money off our dozen listeners, but it doesn't really require listeners to do anything but keep listening so I guess it's okay? Our game library of topics includes the following: We Sold Out, Or At Least We Will In The Future * I'll Take "What is a Board Game Convention" for $200, Alex * Flatcon * AEG's Edge of Darkness (Board Game) * Big Mouth (TV Show)* To High School Reunion Or Not * Social Media and Gen Z * Reddit; the Internet's Hive of Scum and Villainy * Old Man Miller * Prospective Topics (Joker, The Good Place, Chuck) Season 1, Episode 3 Recorded October 16, 2019 Published October 30, 2019 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Well, we had a good run folks. But this is it, the episode that ends it all. I mean, not for a few years or so, but you'll see.  We apologize for the audio quality on this one. Josh had to record from his car too, which made for a rough echo on his end, and our editing software cuts off Matt's voice at the end of many sentences. We thought long and hard about not releasing this one on an audio-quality basis, but because the discussion informs parts of our next episode we decided to upload it. If it's really hard to listen to, we won't be offended if you skip to the next one.  Our cornucopia of topics includes the following: Convoy v. Eastbound and Down * RIP Reynolds * I'm Sorry (TV Show) * Disenchantment Season 2 (TV Show) * "Adult" Cartoons Josh Didn't Enjoy *  South Park And China * The Price Of Comedy * Comedian Andrew Schultz * Cis In The Midwest * Future Small Con(vention) * Gee, I Wonder Why People Don't Like Board Games * Small Town College WITH NO TARGET? * Work Phones Suck, Usually * Ellen Controversy Over Nothing * Prospective Topics (Psych, The Good Place Season 3/4, Flatcon) Season 1, Episode 2 Recorded October 10, 2019 Published October 20, 2019 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On the inaugural episode of The McCue Review, Matt and Josh try to find their groove and sort of figure it out five minutes from the end.  Our Russian Nesting Doll of topics includes the following: The TV show Monk (1:33-9:54; includes Psych, Tony Shalhoub, and Marvelous Mrs Maisel) Disney-Pixar (9:55-16:30; missing kids movies, cartoon Nazi hyenas, the Sony-Disney Spider-Man drama) Board Games (16:31-26:01; Marvel fantasy flight games, Betrayal, virtual commerce, the value $$$, Keyforge, trading card games) Wrap up (26:02-End; Disenchantment S2, Poldark, Love Death and Robots). Season 1, Episode 1 Recorded October 1, 2019 Published October 14, 2019 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app