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Matt, Bob and returning guest of the show, John Walker of MOVIE SCHMOVIE fame, sit down to watch another PM ENTERTAINMENT classic: MIDNIGHT WARRIOR! Have you seen the praise-worthy character study masterpiece NIGHTCRAWLER? Did you wish it was shot, directed, edited, acted and executed with close to zero craftsmanship? Did you wish it was filled with cynicism, sexism, hate for the audience and three egregiously boring music video interludes? Did you wish it was written by a demented, sadistic child mind? Your wishes are granted! Setup your home office in a diner, become instantly world famous and watch humans being suffer with no emotional reaction because you're a MIDNIGHT WARRIOR! TRAILER!STREAMING ON AMAZON PRIME! JOHN'S FIRST EPISODE: HAWKEYE!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"What would THE KARATE KID be like with added murder, suicide, grand larceny and Dick Van Patten?" This week Bob, Matt and returning guest, Baltimore Author Dave K., find the answer to that very question: A DANGEROUS PLACE (1994)! Listen in as these three very sleepy men recall the plot to PM ENTERTAINMENT's Corey Feldman as an evil highschool-ninja starring vehicle. Transport yourself to a world where cops ask the victims if they have any clues, construction sites are over run by roving gangs of OshKosh B'gosh clad teenagers, and the bad guy is a Machiavellian obsessed history teacher/karate sensei who moonlights as a crime boss forcing his minions to rob flea markets!TRAILER!THE MOVIE ON AMAZON PRIME!THE MOVIE ON YOUTUBE!DAVE'S FIRST EPISODE: MAXIMUM CONVICTION!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a Halloween miracle because today BONUS DISC is releasing a "BONUS" feature! The full-length, synced commentary to CAMP KILLER! Matt and Bob sit down with friend of the show writer/director Shawn Jones and give a different type of live commentary, one that features a friend who barely worked on the movie, and another friend who didn't work on it at all! What is this movie you ask? Well CAMP KILLER, a Baltimore made low-budget genre love letter, can best be described as Friday the 13th VI meets My Dinner With Andre. It's currently streaming on AMAZON PRIME! Don't worry, The guys tell you when to press play! Enjoy this Halloween treat, the regularly scheduled episode is coming tomorrow! CAMP KILLER ON AMAZON PRIME STREAMING!TRAILER!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From T.J. Scott, director of such television staples of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, GOTHAM, LONGMIRE, BATES MOTEL, XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS and HERCULES: THE LEGENDARY JOURNEYS, comes the close to incomprehensible Billy Blanks sci-fi actioner TC 2000! Bob and Matt sit down with returning guest of the show, supreme Baltimore creative mind, Tyler Merchant, to watch one of the defining rungs on the ladder that climbed to the top of the TAE BO empire! With such action legends as Jalal Merhi, Matthias Hues and Bolo Yeung this movie promises to be 80% kicks and punches, and by god it lives up to that very promise! TRAILER!AVAILABLE FREE ON YOUTUBE!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The time has finally come for Matt and Bob, along with former guests of the show Rob Zeman and Sean Hillary, to watch, breakdown and analyze Ethan Embry's 1995 triumphant commentary on the dangers of artificial intelligence: EVOLVER! The director of Hillary Duff's A CINDERELLA STORY and a cast that includes the legendary Paul Dooley, Q from STAR TREK, and Ferris BUELLER's mom/the mom from SON-IN-LAW come together to take down the underground world of mid-90s VR gaming tournaments! Featuring a homicidal robot with the voice of WILLIAM H. MACY! THE MOVIE FOR FREE ON YOUTUBE!YOU CAN ALSO BUY THE MOVIE ON AMAZON OR DVD!Rob and Sean's firs BONUS DISC: 50 SHADES OF GREY! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt and Bob welcome back returning guest, artist, cool dude, Pizza Party Printing's Jimmy Giegrich! They waffle through the latest, 100% legitimate feature film PASS THRU! What does the fourth Neil Breen movie have in store for them? Does it finally prove he is in fact Techno-Space-Robot-Alien-Jesus? Does Breen actually get hit in the head with a real rock? Will Neil Breen's purchase and nigh-psychotic use of a drone camera essentially ruin his entire future film career??? All the answers can be found in this episode 90% composed of trying to piece together the hardest narrative structure BONUS DISC has ever seen!TRAILER!WHERE TO PURCHASE THE MOVIE!PROFESSIONAL ANALYSIS OF BREEN'S WORK!MORE BONUS DISC AND BREEN: DOUBLE DOWN w/ John Bennett, FATEFUL FINDINGS w/ Curt Schmelz, I AM HERE....NOW w/ Huey Hesson & John Bennett  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kidnapping, murder, gentrification, abortion, infanticide, sociopathic orphans, domestic violence, funerals and extended captivity. What do all these themes have in common? They can all be found in a fighting-video-game movie aimed at families but made for no one! This week Matt and Bob ask local socialite, scientist, dog-owner, Meg Mercieca, to choose a movie and she thankfully pointed to the UNLEASHED AND URATED DVD of STREET FIGHTER: THE LEGEND OF CHUN-LI! Is Neal Mcdonough's Bison one of the most disgusting villains to ever grace the straight-to-video screen? How hard did Kristen Kreuk's extensive fight training go before her dreams were crushed by the final product? Did you know Liu Kang was in this? All answers one wire-kick away!RENT ON YOUTUBE!TRAILER!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Returning guest of the show, Baltimore music boy Curt Schmelz, joins the FOUR TIMERS CLUB as Bob and Matt plug him into the world of the 1990 techno-road-trip-horror-dystopian-action-sci-fi-thriller CIRCUITRY MAN! Did this movie inspire SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD? Who exactly is the "circuitry man"? Is it the guy on the box cover with all the plugs in his head or is it the unassuming possibly, maybe, almost, we think, robotic guy who looks like Bob Saget and Kenny G's lovechild? Does anyone on Earth have better eye-sex with an audience than Vernon Wells? Click to find out!Trailer and rental on youtube!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

70 episodes in, Bob and Matt celebrate a BONUS DISC milestone the same way they celebrate all milestones in life, they intake an artistic masterwork by a genius! Former guests of the show Huey Hesson and John Bennett descend from the heavens to have completely motionless sex with Bob and Matt as they watch Neil Breen's second directorial achievement I AM HERE....NOW! Does Breen once again solve the world's energy/polution/goverment corruption/economic/drug/hooker problems through art? Does he cast himself as horny zombie space jesus? Is making full length movies the only way Breen can meet women??? All the answers and more one listen away!TRAILER ON YOUTUBE!SUPER FAN CUT OF THE MOVIE ON YOUTUBE! MORE BONUS DISC AND BREEN: DOUBLE DOWN w/ John Bennett, FATEFUL FINDINGS w/ Curt Schmelz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt and Bob take their last step out of the AIR BUD coffin and feel the brilliant, blinding sludge of incredibly nihilistic 1980's VHS fascism poured across their naked bodies by the gods from CANNON FILMS! Welcome to the milestone, as Bonus Disc reaches the funniest of all numerical achievements, episode 69! Returning guest John Bennett finally gets his wish after 7 months as they finish out the ACTION PACKED 4 MOVIE MARATHON DVD set from SHOUT FACTORY with EXTERMINATOR 2! Do street criminals deserve to be burned slowly alive? Does Mario Van Peebles look like conceptual pre-production sketches for GOZER from GHOSTBUSTERS? Has anyone on this podcast seen EXTERMINATOR 1? Listen and find out all these answers and to hear John ask off-the-cuff AIR BUD retrospective questions! TRAILER!Buy the ACTION PACKED 4 MOVIE MARATHON on DVD from SHOUT FACTORYBuy EXTERMINATOR 2 on BLU-RAY from SHOUT FACTORYWatch EXTERMINATOR 2 in HORRIBLE QUALITY free on YOUTUBELISTEN TO THE FIRST 3 MOVIES FROM THE ACTION PACKED MARATHON: C

Lao Tzu said "A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving." THEY'VE ARRIVED. That's right, Matt and Bob, two lost men in their 30s, have reached the end. 7 months and 14 movies later they have consumed, reviewed and dissected an empire built on a basketball dog! What does it feel like to create over 16 hours of review material on the life's work of filmmaker, producer, visionary, dog-murderer Robert Vince? Well...LONG. Matt and Bob sit down with Baltimore comedian and co-host of Saudi Arabia's favorite podcast LAUGHFINDER, Tommy Sinbazo, to watch the final word, the farewell of the AIR BUD CINEMATIC UNIVERSE if you will: SUPER BUDDIES! aka AIR BUD 14. Is John Ratzenberger playing a clinically insane elderly farmer? If Disney owns this franchise does that mean we could see the SUPER BUDDIES in a MARVEL movie? Do pigs have souls? All the answers and more just one click away. Time to say goodbye to AIR BUD, the one true SKYFATHER.TRAILER AND RENTAL ON YOUTUBE!NETFLIX STREAMING! FIRST 13 EPI

FOR THE LOVE OF BUD WE ARE ALMOST DONE. Bob and Matt can finally see an opening in the abyss, the bright light of heaven that is knowing they are 1 episode away from finishing this confusing sports dog nightmare! They sit down with Baltimore Comedian Mark Joyner to watch the sequel to a prequel to the 8th sequel to AIR BUD, so SANTA BUDDIES 3...er...AIR BUD 13...uh...well...SANTA PAWS 2: THE SANTA PUPS! Is Santa running a communist conspiracy, holding a small town hostage with the facade of merriment undercut with fear? Does Robert Vince adhere to his own rules of belief-based interspecies communication too ardently? IS THIS A MUSICAL or are these townsfolk being forced to sing in observance and praise of their false idol?!? Answers to all this and more, one click away!TRAILER AND RENTAL ON YOUTUBE!STREAMING ON NETFLIX!FIRST 12 EPISODES: AIR BUD | AIR BUD: GOLDEN RECIEVER | AIR BUD: WORLD PUP | AIR BUD: SEVENTH INNING FETCH | AIR BUD: SPIKES BACK| AIR BUDDIES | SNOW BUDDIES | SPACE BUDDIES | SANTA BUDDIES | T

"There but for the grace of Bud, go I." Matt and Bob have come far, and finally upon reaching AIR BUD 12, aka TREASURE BUDDIES, they finally know definitive truth. Bud, the worlds most perfect living organism, and his family bloodline are responsible for the very course of human history! Local baltimore comedian Jesse Cumor goes on an adventure with the boys to discover all of the false idols along the way. Does this movie blow the doors off the Air Bud Cinematic Universe Timeline? Do two 70 year old men get into a sword fight? Is a puppy eating and swallowing C4 played for laughs?! (the answer is Yes.)TRAILER AND RENTAL ON YOUTUBE!THE MOVIE IS ON NETFLIX!FIRST 11 EPISODES: AIR BUD | AIR BUD: GOLDEN RECIEVER | AIR BUD: WORLD PUP | AIR BUD: SEVENTH INNING FETCH | AIR BUD: SPIKES BACK| AIR BUDDIES | SNOW BUDDIES | SPACE BUDDIES | SANTA BUDDIES | THE SEARCH FOR SANTA PAWS | SPOOKY BUDDIES Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is there to say when the high watermark of a film franchise is the one where the antagonist is killed by a puppy fart? Matt, Bob and Baltimore filmmaker, comedian and talking-animal movie enthusiast Max Levine have gathered enough puppy blood to endure SPOOKY BUDDIES!That's right AIR BUD 11! Once again starring Diedrich Bader as the voice of The Halloween Hound, his former Drew Carey co-star Ryan Stiles as the voice of an owl and Harland Williams in his second greatest lead performance of all time, behind ROCKETMAN of course. Does this movie finally address the remaining existential quandaries of Air Bud's cinematic universe? Is it ok for a police officer to freely distribute evidence from unsolved crimes directly into the hands of children? Why did director Robert Vince kill 5 puppies for SNOW BUDDIES then go on to later make a movie where the plot hinges on murdering exactly 5 puppies? All the answers and more just a click away!TRAILER AND YOUTUBE RENTALNETFLIX STREAMINGFIRST 10 EPISODES: AIR BUD | AIR

There are no words. There's no patience left. This week Bob and Matt force hilarious Baltimore comedian and member of the LaughFinder Podcast, Jim Meyer to endure the 10th film in the AIR BUD legacy, A FUCKING PREQUEL to SANTA BUDDIES...THE SEARCH FOR SANTA PAWS! Join these three men as they sled through this shit pole trying to figure out why santa is now that guy from Office Space? Can the all powerful christmas ice sickle create fully formed sentient life from ostensibly nothing? Does this children's movie feature scenes where Santa and Dog Santa both die onscreen? Do all New York orphanages have crematory-sized dual furance/incerators in the basement? Will we ever find out who exactly Mr. Hucklebuckle is??? WHAT YEAR DOES THIS MOVIE TAKE PLACE IN??? Grab your ice sickle necklace and listen up, because we finally watched an AIR BUD movie without a single "AIR BLOOD RELATIVE" in it. Fuck. TRAILER AND RENTAL ON YOUTUBE!STREAMING ON NETFLIX!FIRST 9 EPISODES: AIR BUD | AIR BUD: GOLDEN RECIEVER | AIR BUD: WORLD

Friedrich Nietzsche said "To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering." Matt and Bob welcome returning guest, Baltimore comedian and co-host of MOVIE SCHMOVIE, Ronald James to their world of pain, this time with the iron maiden that is SANTA BUDDIES! That's AIR BUD 9 for anyone that's still counting. Listen in as the guys discuss SEVERAL different individual scenes where people actively talk toward a dormant crystal. Is George Wendt falling asleep? Does director Robert Vince understand poverty? Does Christopher Lloyd need money this bad? Can anyone explain who exactly SANTA PAWS is? Answers are one jolly click away!TRAILER AND RENTAL ON YOUTUBE!NETFLIX STREAMING!FIRST 8 EPISODES: AIR BUD | AIR BUD: GOLDEN RECIEVER | AIR BUD: WORLD PUP | AIR BUD: SEVENTH INNING FETCH | AIR BUD: SPIKES BACK | AIR BUDDIES | SNOW BUDDIES | SPACE BUDDIES Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nothing Lao Tzu says matters anymore. Bob and Matt welcome Baltimore comedian Ian Salyers to experience the inevitable, the moment Air Bud's spawn breach the atmosphere and make their way into the heavens closer to God's love than ever before! SPACE BUDDIES once again brings about director Robert Vince's fetishistic obsession with constant introducing of Buddah, Rosebud, MudBud, Budderball and B-Dawg to new heights. Does Dauber from COACH own a Ferret that can talk to dogs? Do we as a people really appreciate Diedrich Bader enough? How gross can a child's drooling problem get before Matt passes out from screaming? Listen to find out all these answers and more! Also enjoy an actual dog related emergency happen during the episode!TRAILER AND RENTAL ON YOUTUBENETFLIX STREAMINGFIRST 7 EPISODES: AIR BUD | AIR BUD: GOLDEN RECIEVER | AIR BUD: WORLD PUP | AIR BUD: SEVENTH INNING FETCH | AIR BUD: SPIKES BACK | AIR BUDDIES | SNOW BUDDIES Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lao Tzu said "DON'T WATCH AIR BUD MOVIES." Well Bob and Matt are halfway there, up is down, left is down, right is down...it's all down. Who Cares. Listen to returning guest, comedian Bryan Preston, ride the sled as Bob and Matt pull him through SNOW BUDDES! That's right, AIR BUD 7, THE MOVIE THAT KILLED 5 PUPPIES. Was it worth it? Does the plot involve carpet bombing Alaska with ice cream? Does an entire town watch a bunch of dogs slowly drown for entertainment? The answers are NO, YES, YES...but please still listen for all the rest of the frosty excitement featuring the voice talents of Jim Belushi, Whoopi Goldberg, Kris Kristofferson, Molly Shannon and the return of Tom Everett Scott as Air God himself. Sorry, Bud.Subscribe to THUNDER GRUNT on podbean and iTunes for more #therewillbebud. 7 more to go!SNOW BUDDIES TRAILER AND RENTAL ON YOUTUBE!SNOW BUDDIES STREAMING ON NETFLIX!FIRST 6 EPISODES: AIR BUD | AIR BUD: GOLDEN RECIEVER | AIR BUD: WORLD PUP | AIR BUD: SEVENTH INNING FETCH | AIR BUD: SPIKES BACK | A

Lao Tzu said "Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment." Matt, Bob and this week's returning guest, comedian Kathy Carson, do their best to respond to AIR BUD 6 aka AIR BUDDIES! Join these three as they watch the last film role of the legendary Don Knotts and the first of many adventures with B-Dawg, Rosebud, Budderball, Buddah and Mudbud. Hear the muted joy of experiencing TALKING animals for the first time in the AIR BUD CINEMATIC UNIVERSE! Learn about a voice cast assembled, most likely through blackmail, consisting of Molly Shannon, Abigail Breslin, Tom Everett Scott, Wallace Shawn and Michael Clarke Duncan! Can an evil rare-animal collector/whine vineyard proprietor from Latka's home country dognap Air Bud's children? Will Bud verbally explain why he hasn't spoken english for 5 entire movies up until now? Will Fernfield's systemic racism explain why the Framm's black neighbors have no say in the puppy adoption process despite being the legal owners of Molly, their mother? All the answers, an

Lao Tzu said: "The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness." Matt, Bob and returning guest, Baltimore comedian Bryan Preston, are most certainly being introduced to higher dimensions of consciousness when they watch AIR BUD: SPIKES BACK, a movie that involves the JEWEL OF ETERNITY. What is that? Who cares, nothing matters. All the answers can be found on the WIKIPEDIA page for the movie, which contains the following plot synopsis: In Disney's fifth installment to the franchise, Air Bud finds that he also has the uncanny ability to play volleyball. Throughout this experience he and a talking parrot stop some crooks and make some new friends who pledge allegiance to the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq and promptly leave for Syria. Air Bud is radicalized, but when he starts starving in the Syrian desert, he is forced to eat his parrot friend. Air Bud, after wandering around for hours, is killed in a drone strike taken out by the US Army.Listen to the episode to