Category Archives: comedy

358: Kriegslist and Superb Owl Preview, With Matt Ufford

comedy, movies

The big news this week is that our Frotcast co-host Matt Lieb finally got put on a list of objectionable Jews, by Wisconsin congressional candidate Paul Nehlen. Also, thanks to a video he made about the simultaneous rise of Anti-Semitism and Israel-filia in the alt-right, got called out by an atheist Canadian kangaroo on YouTube. Leading to the definining question of 2018, “why is the atheist Canadian kangaroo mad at me?” SB Nation’s Matt Ufford joins this week for that, plus we discuss a few Oscar movies we’ve finally caught up with, and preview the Super Bowl this week. Will it suck a lot, or only a little? Do the bad guys always win? We also read your emails and answer your relationship questions. Donate at Patreon dot com thank you and Frot on. 

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357: The Deep State And The Way Of The Boss Baby, With Matt Christman

comedy, movies

This week on the Frotcast, comedians Matt Lieb and Joey Avery join Vince in the studio as we bring on Matt Christman (Cushbomb) from Chapo. We discuss Boss Baby, including Christman’s theory of the Boss Baby Universe, and then we do selected readings from Steven Seagal’s book, The Way Of The Shadow Wolves: The Deep State and the Hijacking of America (with foreward by Joe Arpaio). What exactly does the “deep state” want, according to Steven Seagal? Come for his code name for George Soros, stay for his evocative descriptions of Mexican thugs. Finally we finish things off with everyone’s favorite, a new story about 56-year-old milennial comedian Dan Nainan. Enjoy and frot on, donate at Patreon dot com slash Frotcast! 

00:00 – Getting to know Matt Christman. What was it like growing up next to Steven Avery from Making a Murderer? 
7:30 – Boss Baby
21:50 – We get Matthew Broderick confused with Marlon Brando’s son, on account of they’ve both killed people. We spiral into a rabbit hole of Brando-related tragedies.
23:50 – A tangent into Tobey Maguire’s past as a poker sociopath.
26:25 – A tangent into Jim Carrey in Jim & Andy
plus a subtangent about Rick Solomon.
35:00 – Matt Lieb has a problem with Screech
36:55 – Matt Lieb wants to know about circle jerks
41:10 – Selected readings from Steven Seagal’s ‘The Way of the Shadow Wolves: The Deep State and the Hijacking of America.” 
41:10 – onwards: more talking. 

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356: Fluoridated Water Is The New Blood Libel

comedy, movies

We ring in the first Frot of 2018 with Allison Mick, Matt Lieb, Vince Mancini, and Brendan, discussing the Golden Globes and Alex Jones’s take on the “Oprah for president” meme. We talk the “raw water” movement and discover that fluoridated water is the new blood libel. We discuss some of the week’s best sex scandal callouts, starting with James Franco. Would the feminists deny us “Dicknose In Paris?” We go deep on Hotep conspiracies, and finish things off with Allison Mick’s Unified Theory of Jay-Z. Enjoy, Frot on, smash that like button fam and give us hella reviews. Donate at Patreon dot com slash Frotcast, goodnight and eat the beans thoughts and prayers keep it super real. 

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Best Of 2017 Frotcast

comedy, music

It’s here! After another year of the Frotcast in the books, listener Schnitzel Bob edited up a compilation of this year’s best bits from the Frotcast (or Schnitzel Bob’s favorites, anyway). It’s hard to say whether this is more of a greatest hits or a blooper reel. Or whether those things are different on the Frotcast. This has everything, from Royalty Freestyle songs to terrible accents to strange characters to celebrity stories and more terrible accents. Matt’s Alex Jones impression, Vince’s new butthole, it’s all here. As always, you can donate at Patreon dot come slash Frotcast. Frot on and Happy New Year from your Frot fam. Check out the full track listing on Filmdrunk.

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355: Star Wars, The Last Failson, with Jacob Sirof and Ed Zitron

comedy, movies

TO AVOID STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI SPOILERS, SKIP MINUTE 14 TO MINUTE 55. That’s right, this week we’re talking Star Wars: The Last Jedi, with guests Matt Lieb from The Star Wars Show, PR man and author Ed Zitron, and comedian Jacob Sirof (joining me, Vince Mancini from FilmDrunk). But first, we discuss Wyatt Koch, heir to the Koch Brothers’ fortune, and his fascinating line of horrendously ugly shirts (failsons being relevant to the Star Wars universe). After that we’ve got a HEATED Star Wars: The Last Jedi discussion, and we finish things off with the worst take of the week, regarding the famous short story “Cat Person.” Enjoy and Frot on, donate at Patreon dot com slash Frotcast. 

3:35 – Wyatt Koch’s ugly ass shirts

14:00 – Star Wars The Last Jedi

55:44 – End of Star Wars Discussion

56:40 – I’m forced to describe Three Billboards so I can complain about it.

1:01:40 – The Worst Take Of The Week

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354: Hanukkah! With Lacrosse Names, Justin Halpern, and Alison Stevenson

comedy, movies, politics

In a special Hannukkah episode, we’ve invited three of our favorite Jewishes (read this with a soft J to denote respect) on the Frotcast, comedians Matt Lieb and Alison Stevenson, and showrunner Justin Halpern to join Vince and Brendan. We discuss whether Roy Moore losing was a Ben miracle (RIP), talk Inside Lacrosse’s All-Name Team, and comb through the recently discovered Daily Stormer Nazi style guide. Alison Stevenson comes on to discuss her recent trip Tindering her way through Seoul, and Justin Halpern joins to talk about his Harley Quinn show, I Tonya and Ladybird. We finish things off with your emails.

3 minutes – Roy Moore’s campaign manager malfunctions on live TV

7 minutes – A rundown of this year’s All Name Team from Inside Lacrosse

17 minutes – Matt remembers/reenact Blood Diamond

19 minutes – Coming through the recently discovered Daily Stormer style guide

26 minutes – Alison Stevenson joins

36 minutes – Alison Tinders through South Korea.

50 minutes – Justin Halpern on his new Harley Quinn show.

54 minutes – I, Tonya

56 minutes – Armond White, Cole Smithey, and Ladybird/RottenTomato-gate

1 hour 10 minutes – The Disaster Artist

1 hour 26 minutes – Omarosa trapped in the walls

1 hour 31 – Emails

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BookDrunk Radio: The Disaster Artist, With Greg Sestero And Michael Rousselet

books, comedy, movies

Greg Sestero is perhaps best known for playing Mark in The Room (“Oh, hi, Mark.”). He’s also the co-author of The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, The Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made. Michael Rousselet is co-director of Dude Bro Party Massacre III, which also stars Greg Sestero. Rousselet also happens to be one of the first people to discover The Room, helping to make it a cult hit, who’s credited for starting many of The Room’s now familiar audience participation trends, like throwing spoons at the screen. I got them together 12 years almost to the day after the first The Room screening, to ask Greg what it was like being Tommy Wiseau’s producing partner and roommate, his teenage modeling days in Europe, and what it’s like having had his life inexorably tied to Tommy Wiseau’s for close to 20 years now. And to ask Mike about the first time he saw The Room, and what possessed him to force everyone he knew to watch it. How old is Tommy Wiseau? Where is Tommy Wiseau actually from? How did Tommy Wiseau get so rich, and how could afford to blow $6 million on The Room? What does it all mean? We answer all or none of these questions on this week’s BookDrunk Radio. 

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353: Jim Carrey Doc, With Matt And Jane

comedy, movies

This week on the Frotcast, Matt Lieb and Jane Harrison join Vince and Brendan to discuss Donald Trump’s McDonald’s order, deliver our holiday movie guide, and talk about the Netflix documentary Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond. Method actors, right? With only a tiny bit of sexual harassment news this week! Thanks, Bryan Singer. Enjoy and Frot on, donate at Patreon dot com slash Frotcast. 

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352: Matt Lauer: Infinity Wars, feat. Laremy

comedy, movies

This week, former Film.com head critic Laremy Legel joins us to talk about the curious phenomenon of trailer reaction videos — specifically as it relates to Avengers: Infinity Wars — and, because it’s inescapable, the latest round of sexual harassment firings. We go deep on Matt Lauer interviews to see if there were red flags we should’ve seen all along. We have a Tales From NPR, answer your emails, and even digress into football. Enjoy, and Frot on! Donate at Patreon dot com slash Frotcast. 

2:15 – Kevin Smith cries about the new Avengers trailer

21:00 – This week in sexual harasser scandals!

25:00 – Keith Olbermann and the curious phenomenon of “smug elevator pictures”

31:50 – Matt Lauer’s super gross Anne Hathaway interview

41:00 Garrison Keillor

51:00 – Tales from NPR

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Jon Ronson and ‘The Butterfly Effect’ of Free Porn

comedy, movies

This week on the Frotcast, the Frot-crew is all traveling, but I do have this phone interview I did with author/journalist/screenwriter Jon Ronson. Ronson is the author of So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, a book about internet shaming, Men Who Stare At Goats, and the co-writer of the movie Okja, and more recently he produced a multi-part podcast called The Butterfly Effect. The Butterfly Effect traces the rise of free porn and its effect on porn and wider society. The way tech has affected porn seems like a useful (and possibly scary) analogy for the “disruption” of other industries. Enjoy and Frot on!

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