Even on the heels of the Golden Globes celebrating TV and film, we are heading back to Broadway in this episode. We kick off the opening of 2018 with an episode on...opening numbers! We rank our top five favorites and you might actually be surprised by both of our number ones!
Can you believe it's December already? We can't either. Yeah yeah, so it's a been a while since we posted an episode. Still, what better time than now? It's like an early Christmas/Chanukah/Kwanzaa gift for you all. So here's Episode 26: our top five favorite New York movies. You know those flicks where New York is so part of them that it's like a character in the film? That's what this list is about.
It's another "very special episode" of Rankophiles. This week Michael says "I'm out!" and takes a break while Bryan invites an expert friend to join the fun. We welcome a special guest - the amazing and awesome Richard Seroter - to discuss a favorite TV show of his (and Bryan's). Yada yada yada. We're talking about Seinfeld of course! Bryan and Richard rank their top five favorite catchphrases and characters from the legendary television series. Nine seasons of gloriously brilliant comedy to choose from.
It's that time of year! School is back in session, and we're back with Episode 24 ranking our top five favorite movies that take place in or around any school - elementary, middle, high school, even college. Maybe it was an influential teacher, a troublemaker kid, or the stern principal that made the movie. We talk about all of them here.
Is this the greatest season of Game of Thrones yet? The correct answer is "yes" - so we just had to do another GoT-themed list. We return to Westeros to rank our top five favorite GoT character pairings. Like wine with cheese or peanut butter with jelly, we mix the incredible Game of Thrones ingredients together and list the best teamups the HBO saga has seen so far. BEWARE: THERE WILL BE SPOILERS! The possibilities are practically endless.
Okay, okay - so we're a little late to the Tonys party. We recorded this one before the awards ceremony, but we knew that the tear-inducing "Dear Evan Hansen" would be the big winner of the night - and it was. So to celebrate, we invited one of our wives back on to help us rank the saddest songs ever to grace the Broadway stage. We're sorry it took us a while to finally post it, but it's our podcast and we can cry if we want to. Break out your box of tissues and let us know which Broadway tunes left you crying!
After a brief hiatus, we're back with Episode 21, and it's a doozy. We think it's our toughest list yet - maybe that's why it took so long for us to record it. We rank our top five favorite Beatles songs from their list of over 200 original compositions. It's a tremendous task comparing the different song types and eras from the Fab Four's fantastic library. No two lists will ever be the same with this topic!
For Episode 20, the Rankophiles dive back into the world of musical theatre...but this time, they have company! Bryan and Michael are joined by their wives, Alison and Alison, as they all rank their top five favorite musical theatre duets featuring both a male and female performer. Expect some singing, some harmonies, and maybe some light marital conflict? With twice the usual rankings, and plenty of directions to go with this one, there's a lot of stage to be covered.
Bryan and Michael honor their top five Disney sidekicks in this very impromptu episode inspired by the recent release of Disney's live action Beauty and the Beast. Some are classics, some are the lovable comic relief, but they pretty much all get to sing the most memorable tunes. With a nod to some great voice talent, this episode tries to turn second bananas into heroes.
With a slightly belated Happy Birthday to Michael, the Rankophiles change it up a bit this week and celebrate in style with a guest appearance by their friends Justin and Krissy from the "So I Married a Movie Geek" podcast. The longest but most jam packed episode yet, Bryan, Michael, Justin, and Krissy all rank their top five favorite movies from the years they were born. That's four times the rankings and four times the fun as they revisit some classic (and not so classic?) early 80s cinema.
With the 89th Academy Awards ceremony only days away, Bryan and Michael complete their series this month of making Oscar-themed lists. In this fourth edition and second this week, they continue the combination of music and movies as they rank their top five Oscar-winning...original songs. The category that's responsible for most of the live performances at the Oscars definitely makes for some good debate. With Disney dominating this category in some decades, do they dominate the rankings? More singing and humming, more awards trivia, and some surprising selections. Enjoy the Academy Awards this weekend!
With the 89th Academy Awards ceremony now less than a week away, Bryan and Michael continue devoting the month to making Oscar-themed lists. The third edition has them combining their love for music and movies as they rank their top five Oscar-winning...scores. It may be a complicated awards category, with numerous changes to the Academy's rules over the years, but it's still ripe for ranking. It shouldn't be much of a spoiler that John Williams is discussed with regularity, but he's not the only one appearing on the list. With many favorite movie themes being sung and hummed, this list is sure to score.
With the 89th Academy Awards ceremony now less than two weeks away, Bryan and Michael continue devoting the month to making Oscar-themed lists. The second edition has them ranking their top five characters with Best Performance Oscars. With mobsters, caricatures, title roles, and oft-parodied parts all showing up on the list, there's a lot of ground to cover.
With the 89th Academy Awards ceremony less than three weeks away, Bryan and Michael devote this month to making Oscar-themed lists. The first edition has them ranking their top five movies of years past that LOST the Best Picture Oscar. That's right, it's the film version of the second ever episode where they ranked best musical Tony losers - only this one is much trickier. And the number one loser award goes to...
As promised, Bryan and Michael rank their top five *instrumental* TV themes in the second part of the two-part series on TV themes. Some truly iconic melodies, a legendary composer (or two), game shows, cartoons - they all get discussed. And of course, many a "ba ba bum" and "da da dum" and "na na na" as they sing these lyric-less choices.
Happy New Year! Bryan and Michael kick off 2017 with the first half of a two-part series where they rank TV themes. Part One: theme songs with lyrics. Expect plenty of classics to appear and a lot of discussion to cover in the Ranks for Nothing segment. And don't miss the next episode where those instrumental-only themes are covered.
It's the Christmas episode! Bryan and Michael get into the holiday spirit by ranking their top five favorite Christmas songs. Funny or somber, upbeat or slow, pop or traditional - everything shows up on the list. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours!
Bryan and Michael bring Broadway to Hollywood and back in Episode 10 as they rank their wish lists of musicals that should become movies and movies that should become musicals. All genres are fair game as they pitch their ideas to both the film and theatre industries alike.
Halloween is upon us! In Episode 9, Bryan and Michael rank their top five scariest characters (from non-horror movies). They face their fears from childhood as they address some of the creepiest characters from their youth, but not all the picks hail from that era as their top picks are both recent performances. Great performances reign on this week's nightmare inducing list.
October is the debut month of both Johnny Carson's Tonight Show and his birthday. In honor of the man who decidedly invited only his top picks over to the couch, Episode 8 has Bryan and Michael taking on their toughest list yet - ranking their top five (or six) favorite stand-up comedians of all time! It's an impossible task, but this is Rankophiles, so the list must be made.