The boys must must address the elephANT in the room: Antz. Listen as they try to fight speaking about this horrid picture that tried to destroy Bug's Life with distractions such as the Mandolorian and Grogu trailer, Dr. Doom, and of course game boy advance tie in games. They say you're closer with friends who hate the same things as you, so the boys have never been more united than when they are dunking on this dung heap of a film.
The boys are broken, but first time and phenomenal guest Elise Ewing raises their spirits by highlighting her and her family's love for our thespian caterpillar and giving our hosts an opportunity to spread the gospel of the Screenslaver. Is the audio on her a little low? Yes, but doing levels is for cowards. Surf the volume like you Julia Butters in Freakier Friday catching a gnarly wave. God, I really want a Snickers
Michael Kim (voice actor and host nugget outta here podcast) returns to the show despite technical difficulties and time delays to sing the praises of Heimlich, the horrific AI video turning the cast of Bug's Life into humans, and growing up on the film's Korean dub. Despite Grant being sleepier than ever, Mike and Dimitri make this episode sing like its Saturday Night even though its Tuesday.
Dimitri and Grant managed to trick another respectable person onto the show, this time writer and podcast extraordinaire Julia Prescott. She tells Dimitri the horrors of teaching an unruly Grant, the boys about the theme park land they never got to visit, and together they celebrate the all mighty Glorden (and maybe Dan Scanlon, even though he broke 11 year old Grant's heart)
The boys (Grant and Dimitri, not that rowdy bunch led by Billy Butcher) weep for Elio getting kicked in the teeth, speak about Sanjay's Super Team with everyone's favorite friend Fleaby, and discuss the last remaining material of A Bug's Life in Disneyland on this strangely on topic episode (until they spend a third of it on Superman). Enjoy! Or don't, I'm not your mom.
The boys turn a parasocial relationship social as they meet Chi Tran (director of Visa, and bloker2002 on letterboxd) and discuss what anyone would when getting acquainted: Sydney Sweeney's bath water, A Bug's Life, and the Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards. Chi tells of his observations on the film when he was four, Grant breaks some volley rules, and Dimitri nearly goes full purple on this barn burner of an ep!
Dimitri and Grant cover their eyes an open their eyes this episode as the discuss the weirdly sensual audio description version of A Bug's Life, the terror of knowing about improv through osmosis, finally decide on how episodes should end.
In an episode that was gonna cover Grant watching all the behind the scenes material, the boys decide to talk about soap with Sydney Sweeney's bath water and Shark Tale (famously not A Shark's Tale). Do they need more structure? Absolutely
The boys are back and for the first time ever the movie is good! Will that status survive after watching it upwards of 20 times over the course of the next year? You'll just have to tune in to find out, but this week they love it, Heimlich, and John Lasseter (kidding, parody, they don't like him. They only like his cars equivalent John Lassetire)
The Elio and Glordon of podcasting are back with an all new season on your favorite thespian caterpillar from A Bug's Life, but that's not what this episode is about. Instead, the boys discuss the news of Elemental mastermind Pete Sohn directing Incredibles 3, the announcement of Pixar's first 2D animated feature Gatto, and the studio's latest release Elio. Do Domee and Madeline clean up Adrien's mess? Is Grigon a good dad? And how many times will the Flink funko pop from Netflix's Spellbound be dropped? Find out on this premiere episode of the Heimlich Maneuver! Ok, bye, I love you.
The boys have successfully escaped a second prison of their own design, but they were only able to do it once again thanks to the help of Jimmy Burns. Grant's done, Dimitri's nostalgic, and Jimmy spared himself of a rewatch however the most important thing from this episode is BLOCKBUSTER ANGUS NEWS! Farewell Clod, we'll miss you and not Elemental!
Dimitri and Grant are at the end of their rope. They have no new thoughts, yet they manage to spin some webs about the clothing rules in Element City, the water people's food, and the indecisive nature of Pete Sohn. Listen to this one as you sweep up a movie theater.
We all agree Clod, the little scamp he is, is much like famed cowboy Jesse James, so Emma Patterson returns to the pod to put him down like a dog. She also joins the boys in deconstructing the elemental world, dragging wade through the mud, and reminiscing on the failed Mendler Cast. It's a great one folks, enjoy!
The boys couldn't be bothered to sit through the movie and then talk about this week, so instead they are sitting through the movie AND talking about it concurrently. This one is filled with a lot of what we'd call murder in the wind people part of town (dead air) so enjoy that, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods career discussion, and how Felicity Jones was made in a lab to get Oscar noms!
June Keller (of Grant's mom fame) joins the boys, deciding they needed some parental supervision, to give the parental point of view on Elemental, pity Clod, and try the box of candies Kelsey Mann is trying to bribe awards voters with this Oscars season. Was this a mistake? Listen and find out!
This ain't no dream productions episode, the boys are on and they are here to break down the new Elio trailer, actually talk in depth on the quite good Win or Lose, and couldn't help themselves but thoroughly breakdown their thoughts on how Disney has run all their money makers into the ground. Is this quietly their best episode? Maybe, but certainly not because of the audio quality.
Adam Borozan (Talk Dodgers To Me podcast) joins the boys on their descent into madness as they compare the film to The Brutalist, reminisce on Lightyear licensee lore, and talk about Grant's bad taste in film. Would an Elemental sequel be in anyway similar to Meet The Robinsons? Tune in and find out!
Anastasia Keogh of being Dimitri's sister fame is back to regale us with her odyssey of how she fought to finally watch Elemental before diving into discussion of Clod's employment and if he is a player or not. How many books does Anastasia have? How many more funky pops does Grant have in comparison? Tune in to find out!
The Boys (not the Amazon prime show, but rather Clod Cast hosts Dimitri and Grant) break out the white board and break down how Elemental would translate to TT games world of Lego video games. But before they do that, Grant reads the Elemental script to give us the biggest religious and Clod revelations to date before Dimitri can try to dismiss them like the heretic he is.
Jacob Hersh (The Alaskan Landmine) hops behind the open mic, giving the boys a good laugh with his tight 5 on Elemental before they dive into his girlfriend's Clod fandom, Mr. Keogh's firish lesson, and Grant being annoying. It's a barn burner!