About this podcast
A second look at our favorite movies, without the fog of nostalgia
Episodes
The newest 20 of 192 episodes
- 621. Planes, Trains, & Automobiles (1987): The Odyssey, Just Set in Illinois · 1 h 10 minSend us Fan Mail The time has come to chuck the pumpkins into the neighbor's yard and get ready for Thanksgiving. A time for family, reflection, and awkward conversations. That's…
- Grumpy Nostalgia: ReMembers Only - #6: Hallowed Weens · 35 minSend us Fan Mail We mercifully put Halloween back in the grave with this special episode where we leave the theater and pretend to be social historians. More accurately, we hash…
- Ghostbusters (1980): We Are Very Afraid of Ghosts · 1 h 2 minSend us Fan Mail The Halloween overkill continues as the gang revisit this film from over 40 (wait, what?) years ago. Groovy ghouls, slime, and a very sultry Sigourney are just a…
- Beetlejuice (1988): An Eighties Squeeze Worth the Juice · 54 minSend us Fan Mail Our sprint to the Halloween finish line will be fast and furious. Three episodes and a guest spot on @lisaslounge1 this week will guarantee even our biggest fans…
- 620. Army of Darkness (1993): The Three Stooges Made the Greatest Horror Film · 52 min · Season 6 Episode 20Send us Fan Mail One of the greatest movies ever filmed, but only of you get it. Easily the worst if you don't. But we don't want to hang out with those people anyway. In this…
- The Lost Boys (1987): Two Coreys, Too Pretentious · 50 minSend us Fan Mail The cool thing about 80s horror was...well, everything. However some of these films made their mark in other ways. This one included super cool pre-goth teen…
- 619. Plan 9 From Outer Space: When Excrement Becomes Exceptional · 1 h 6 min · Season 6 Episode 19Send us Fan Mail After a summer full of poopy movies, we decided to do the natural thing and explore the origins of cinematic feces and what better place to start than with…
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971): Childhood Horror Wrapped in Chocolate · 1 h 4 minSend us Fan Mail With the depressing release of Netflix's Wonka-themed reality show member berry this week, we decided to perform a public service by releasing one of our…
- 618. End of Days (1999): The Devil is in the Plot Holes · 1 h 4 min · Season 6 Episode 18Send us Fan Mail We're finally taking our audience's advice and going to Hell. Turns out it's not as nice as advertised. This movie is one we're betting most of you forgot about…
- Young Frankenstein (1974): Abby Normal's Brain, Socks & Poo Poo Undies. A Retrospective · 55 minSend us Fan Mail This movie is why your parents were laughing so hard in the other room. Easily one of your hosts favorite comedies of all time. This special revisit was a…
- 617. The Usual Suspects (1995): The Greatest Trick This Podcast Ever Pulled Was To Convince The World It Didn't Exist · 1 h 8 minSend us Fan Mail After a brutal summer full of bombs, the gang gleefully review a great 90s thriller that exemplifies why our generation's movies were so much better. This neo…
- Fight Club (1999): We Want You To Hit Us As Hard As You Can · 52 minSend us Fan Mail GenX boys were strange little creatures (still are by all accounts). Back when you couldn't use the internet to fight your battles, some of us actually had to…
- 616. KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978): Rock N Roll All Night, Poopy Every Day · 57 min · Season 6 Episode 16Send us Fan Mail Headbangers Hamlet! Things go crazy this week as Mike's absence throws the Grumpy Nostalgia studios into disarray. But every crisis is also an opportunity…
- Roadhouse (1989): Most Craziest, Haziest, and Swayziest · 55 minSend us Fan Mail Drop by the Double Deuce to see an amazing tale that somehow manages to be wonderful and vile all at the same time. We could not get enough of this one the first…
- 615. Jaws 3D (1983): Stinky Enough to Require an Extra Dimension · 1 h 1 min · Season 6 Episode 15Send us Fan Mail We wrap up our brutal "Bombs Away" summer series with some real teeth. We travel back to 1983 to revisit the gimmicky, yet somehow still boring, Jaws 3D. Besides…
- Battlefield Earth (2000): Travolta Revolta. A Retrospective · 1 h 6 minSend us Fan Mail We swear we will cover a good movie eventually, but this week do not. But that doesn't mean for even a second that we didn't completely love revisiting this…
- 614. Cutthroat Island (1995): Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Crap · 59 minSend us Fan Mail Pirate songs and horrible puns litter this podcast as the boys get their peg legs stuck knee high into this infamous pile of poo. When a movie loses $187 million…
- Tombstone (1993): Skin Your Smoke Wagon, Where Applicable. · 55 minSend us Fan Mail Before Yellowstone made the gangster western cool, our cowboys from the 90s were shootin', drinkin' and acting all over the place. We go back a few years to…
- 613. Howard the Duck (1986): Feather Fungus and Casual Bestiality. · 57 minSend us Fan Mail If you love duck puns, bad special effects, and crimping irons we have the film for you. It's been 40 years since this turkey (not duck) graced our movie screens…
- Flash Gordon Part 2: Our Comic Book Movies Are Still Better · 49 minSend us Fan Mail One episode couldn't do this one justice, so the boys present a special two-parter in order to squeeze in all the pew pew pews, the red sateen, the tiny tiny…
