Two Broke Nerds

Brian and Alec discuss Robert Zemeckis' new adaptation of Roald Dahl's "The Witches" as well as Dahl's other works, including both film versions of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "Danny the Champion of the World, "The BFG" and "Fantastic Mr. Fox." There's also a brief detour to discuss the film versions of Stephen King's "The Shining" and "Doctor Sleep" because why not? It isn't "Two Broke Nerds" without at least one random tangent. Happy Halloween!

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Alec and Brian are joined by their third guest: horror filmmaker Corey Norman who is in pre-production on the new 1980s-style slasher "Time's Up." Norman discusses being an indie filmmaker during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as some of his other films, including his Stephen King adaptation "Suffer the Little Children." For information on or two support "Time's Up" go to indiegogo.com/projects/time-s-up-a-feature-horror-film#.

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We are back with our second guest: New York-based actor Doug Shapiro. Doug discusses how working as a business role-player and standardized patient has kept him a float while acting gigs have largely dried up during the pandemic as well as other ways he's adapted as an actor to the new normal. In addition, we talk about some of the more interesting items on his resume including touring as the emcee of 1940s big band tribute show, appearing in a Troma film at age 11 and appearing in Spike Lee's "She's Got Have It" Netflix series. For more information about Doug Shapiro, go to dougshapiro.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

For the first episode of season two, the nerds are joined by their first  guest, Joel Barber, to discuss his comedy zine Million Dollar Underwear. To check it out go to milliondollarunderwearzine.com.

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For the season one finale, discover the secret origins of Brian and Alec as they share their influences, discuss why they became entertainment journalists and revisit their early days together at Keene State College’s student newspaper, The Equinox. In the process, they go off on several tangents because, of course they do, and return to past subjects from over the season. 

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This week we pay tribute to Chadwick Boseman who passed away at the age of 43 on Aug. 28, 2020, from colon cancer. He was an actor best-known for playing Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as well as such historical figures as James Brown, Thurgood Marshall and Jackie Robinson.

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This week, Alec and Brian have a difficult discussion about "The Ren and Stimpy Show," a show that was a huge part of both their childhoods, but the legacy of which has been tainted by its creator John K.'s reprehensible behavior. 

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This week, Alec and Brian have a difficult discussion about "The Ren and Stimpy Show," a show that was a huge part of both their childhoods, but the legacy of which has been tainted by its creator John K.'s reprehensible behavior. 

This week we discuss the Marvel Cinematic Universe and delve into the self-contained films vs. the serialized storytelling.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, Alec and Brian discuss some of their favorite bands from film and TV. While it is structure as a top 10 list, there are several tangents of honorable mentions that helps make this a pretty comprehensive look at the subject matter. To listen the bands discussed as well as some others not mention check out this accompanying playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6Uf9RGKjOtvERnuieV3noX 

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