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A podcast where we examine pop culture of the VHS era and improv new stories to imagine how we might improve our favorite movies, TV, & games.
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Mar 7, 2025
Mar 7, 2025
1hr 13 min
Sometimes we're just (literally) sick and tired and need to vent, so we figured it was high time to hate on prequels, superheroes, and lazy storytelling. For this Rental Rant episode, we channel our inner angsty know-it-all teenage selves and revisit the days when we were YOUNG, DUMB, AND FULL OF OPINIONS!
Feb 21, 2025
Feb 21, 2025
1hr 46 min
Richard and Larry thought they found a shortcut to the good life when their rich and successful boss invited them out to his beach house to party, but their yuppie dreams were dashed when Bernie suddenly died…or did he? Join us on a trip to the Hamptons to see how Richard and Larry handle an encounter with the undead during their WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S.
Feb 7, 2025
Feb 7, 2025
2hr 22 min
Did Rian Johnson make one of the worst Star Wars movies or a worthy installment in the Skywalker Saga? For our most anticipated Rental Rant ever, it's finally time for us to trade fightin' words 'bout THE LAST JEDI!
Jan 31, 2025
Jan 31, 2025
2hr 30 min
First he had to escape from New York, then he had to get the hell out of L.A. For the debut episode of season 4, we'll tag along to see how Snake Plissken survives when he must ESCAPE FROM EARTH!
Dec 31, 2024
Dec 31, 2024
2hr 16 min
We celebrated our 3rd birthday this month so for the finale of Season 3 we're shining a spotlight on our most favorite topic ever: ourselves!
That's right, it's time to finally tell the mysterious origin story of RAISED BY RENTALS!
BONUS: You get to pick an episode topic! We cleaned out our stash of dead and abandoned episode ideas but now we want YOU to vote on which one we'll resurrect for an improv in Season 4 next year. Listen then vote on social media!
Dec 24, 2024
Dec 24, 2024
1hr 57 min
Horror was all the rage in the 80s so it's no shock that decade spawned one of the greatest TV shows of all time, a spine-chilling anthology series so popular that Hollywood stars would kill to take part. Now it's our turn to take a stab, so we asked the madman himself Professor Pickman of Pickman's Vinyls to lend us a hand for a special Xmas episode of TALES FROM THE CRYPT!
Dec 14, 2024
Dec 14, 2024
2hr 5 min
A tiny rural town tried to drum up some tourism by making a SEINFELD joke their official annual holiday celebration and everything was going great…until the mayor's infidelity kicked off a series of events that cast a curse on their festivities forever. Join us on a trip to see what happens when a group of plucky teenagers decide to bring secular holiday fun back to THE TOWN THAT DREADED FESTIVUS.
Nov 28, 2024
Nov 28, 2024
2hr 14 min
The last time Del Griffith tried to get home for Thanksgiving, he ended up on a road trip from hell but found friendship on the way. This year, the stakes are higher as Del and his new travel partner flee for their lives by hopping a ride on PLANES, TRAINS…and BATMOBILES?
Oct 31, 2024
Oct 31, 2024
1hr 51 min
It's that most holy time of year again when the night belongs to children big and small, tricks becomes treats, and the streets flow with fun size candy bars. For our spoopy season SUPER GUSHERS special, we share true crime anecdotes, cherished memories of getting the bejesus scared out of us, and all the reasons WE LOVE HALLOWEEN!
Oct 26, 2024
Oct 26, 2024
1hr 46 min
When two men move into the house next door together, Charley Brewster assumes the only logical explanation: they must be vampires! For the 2nd part of our SPOOKY SEASON SWITCHEROO we flip the script to see what happens when a normal day in suburbia becomes a FRIGHT NIGHT.
