Pop Culture Purgatory

Episode 337: Home Alone (1990) Commentary

Welcome back to purgatory!!!! We hope everyone had a wonderful time with family and friends for the holidays!!! This episode we wanted to do during December but it was a little harder to line up everyone but...better late than never. This week the boys are joined by Bryce, Jeremy's kiddo first the first time in a very, very long time and his very first movie commentary!!! The boys jump into one of the greatest holiday movies of all time Home Alone from 1990 directed by the great Chris Columbus and John Hughes!!!
The film stars Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Catherine O'Hara, Robert Blossom, Angela Goethals, Devin Ratray, Gerry Bamman, Hilary Wolf, Kieran Culkin, Bill Erwin, Billie Bard, Terrie Snell, Senta Moses, Michael C. Maronna, Kristin Miner, Larry Hankin and John Candy!!!
Thanks for checkin us out!!! You can find our most recent and past episodes on Podbean.com and where all other podcasts are found!!!
Intro & Outro tracks composed & conducted by John Williams from the Home Alone soundtrack/score
1. Home Alone (main theme)
https://youtu.be/5empDj4EjPY?si=Ui5noPxC9DzIZO56
2. Follow That Kid!
https://youtu.be/RUjFbypzDEk?si=zUv5JQFyOWKUQe1o
 

Episode 336: Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)

Welcome back to purgatory & Happy Holidays!!! This week the boys wrap up the holiday season with a Thanksgiving/ Christmas ish classic Planes, Train and Automobiles from 1987 Written and directed by the great John Hughes!!! The film stars Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Roberts, Michael McKean, Kevin Bacon, Dylan Baker, Carol Bruce, Olivia Burnette, Diana Douglas, Martin Ferrero, Larry Hankin, Matthew Lawrence and Edie McClurg!!!! Thanks for checkin us out!!! You can find our most recent and past episodes on Podbean.com and where other podcasts are found!!! Intro & Outro tracks from the Planes, Trains and Automobiles soundtrack 1. E.T.A - I can take anything https://youtu.be/hqdZDpWX3mI?si=Lyio99bBYA65aYqh 2. Modigliani- Book of Love https://youtu.be/bw99HXpnlR0?si=Xy2ebq0S6fS_jZE8  

Episode 335: Reindeer Games (2000)

Welcome back to purgatory and happy fookin holidays to all!!! 
This week we jump into some holly jolly action mixed with some sleeze and lots of stupidity with Reindeer Games from 2000 directed by the late great John Frankenheimer and written by Ehren Kruger!!!
The movie stars Isaac Hayes, James Frain, Clarence Williams III, Donal Logue, Danny Trejo, Dennis Farina, Ashton Kutcher, Charlize Theron, Gary Sinise and Ben Shaftleck!!!
Thanks for checkin us out!!!! You can find our most recent and past episodes on Podebean.com and you can find us where all other podcasts are found.
Intro & outro tracks from the Reindeer Games soundtrack composed and conducted by Alan Silvestri 
1. Casino Heist
https://youtu.be/dwLaR2Pc-q4?si=bj-Uf7WF0oTUD2iu
2. Sleigh Bells
https://youtu.be/yGuLU7cCKTw?si=-TLZsvfR-fbg3Ojz
 

Episode 334: Son in Law (1993)

Welcome back to purgatory bbbbbbbuuuuuuudddddy & happy holidays!!!
This week the boys get together to talk about the comedy classic Son in Law from 1993 directed by Steve Rash and written by Patrick . Clifton, Susan McMartin and Peter M. Lenkov.
The film stars Pauly Shore, Carla Gugino, Lane Smith, Cindy Pickett, Mason Adams, Patrick Renna, Dennis Burkley, Tiffany Thiessen, Dan Gauthier, Ria Pavia, Lisa Lawrence, Graham Jarvis and Ernie Kinney!!!
Thanks for checkin us out!!! You can find our past and most recent episodes on Podbean. com and where most other podcasts are found.
Outro & Intro track from the Son in Law soundtrack
1. Richard Gibbs-Son in Law Main Theme
https://youtu.be/krUjBRA-wv4?si=rJBuL7sJa-6mPozU
2. John Denver- Thank god I'm a country boy
https://youtu.be/zApQB6erkd8?si=6GIKG6PgfAnx5a2Q
 
 

Episode 333: Grumpy Old Men (1993)

Happy Holidays and welcome back to purgatory!!! This week the boys gather around to talk about 1993's Grumpy Old Men directed by Donald Petrie and written by Mark Steven Johnson!!! The film stars Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollack, Ossie Davis, Buck Henry, Christopher MacDonald, John Carroll Lynch and Steve Cochran!!! Thanks for checkin us out!!! You can find our past and most recent episodes on Podbean.com and you can find us where most other podcasts are found. Intro "Grumpy Old Men theme" by Alan Silvestri https://youtu.be/Q8bEIPBzYZE?si=UPPG0q23vO668DRx Outro "Cafe Polka" by Frank Yankovic https://youtu.be/HC8g5Y9q0y4?si=51jdXdvCmkyay-_p

Episode 332: The Sound of Animals Fighting- The Maiden (2025)

The boys are all back together again and so are The Sound of Animals Fighting, after a sixteen year break they have released their fourth studio album The Maiden!!!
Thanks for checkin us out! You can find our most recent and past episodes on Podbean.com and where most other podcasts are found!
Please go and listen to The Sounds of Animals Fighting's new album along with their previous three!!!
You can listen to their full album here and please go out and buy their album and support musicians & artists!
https://youtu.be/SgaRbLnaxiE?si=PNjDHfS-yMKgVduU
Outro track-The Fall of Western Civilization
https://youtu.be/6SwOgOEGLF0?si=lJxpM65ni4NkvKdQ
 
 

Episode 331: Tales from the Crypt S5 Ep1 Death of some Salesmen & The X Files S4 Ep2 Home

WELCOME BACK TO PURGATORY!!!!
This week Tron is out so Mike and Jeremy sit down for one more Halloween episode for all of yous out there, first up is Tales from the Crypt Season five, episode one Death of some salesmen starring Tim Curry, Ed Begley Jr. and Yvonne De Carlo!!! Next up we have The X Files season four, episode two Home starring Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, Tucker Smallwood, Judith Maxie, Karin Konoval, Chris Nelson Norris, Adrian G. Griffiths, John Trottier and Sebastian Spence!!!
Thanks for checkin us out!!! You can find our most recent and past episodes on Podbean.com and where all other podcasts are found.
Outro track "The Crypt Jam" by The Crypt Keeper
https://youtu.be/kA4DNa9j4rw?si=iG-kjDJjR02iGEEn
 
 

Episode 330: Some of our favorite horror videogames Part I

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!
On this last episode of the spooky season the boys gather around the campfire and shoot the shit about some of their favorite horror videogames!!!
So strap in and hold onto your cohonjes because its gonna be one spooky fucking ride!!!
Thanks for checkin us out! You can find our most recent and past episodes on Podbean.com and you can find us where most other podcasts are found!!!
Intro Track "Dead Space Theme" by Jason Graves
https://youtu.be/ILTs9lYxxHg?si=AAJUkRcwx-LeOwRw
Outro Track "The Ocean on his shoulders"
https://youtu.be/dnMqecUmtfo?si=-8xi3RJWroQCQHCX