This episode is a loving tribute to television, aka the mana which sustains my existence. From listing the reasons why The Big Bang Theory and The Newsroom are letdowns to why Breaking Bad and Man v. Food are reasons to wake up in the morning, if you’ve ever watched a […]
I’m going to make this short and sweet. One–I think Elysium is going to be good. Not great, but good. Its director, Neill Blomkamp, was the force behind District 9, a very engaging sci-fi film with sociopolitical (smart person word!) overtones. Elysium sounds exactly like D9 except, instead of becoming […]
There’s more to the episode than just midget stripper talk. We get into why the Orioles will always be DC’s team, why I hate gambling and I wrap up my AC stories. But dammit, midget strippers is a catchy title. And so I used it. Click here to listen to […]
I took my mom to Atlantic City for her birthday. From stalking exes to gambling to gorging on Italian food to the best people watching I’ve enjoyed in years, hear all about my AC adventures on the latest episode of Papa’s Basement. Click here to listen to this episode or […]
I started my week in style with a tree falling upon and crushing my car. Seeing as I’m not prone to histrionics and am a calm, rational being, though, I don’t mention it once during the show or piss and moan for 60 minutes straight. Okay, the opposite of that […]
The logic behind comic book movies is rather insidious. People are drawn to the familiar, especially things that excited them as a kid. It’s why Joe Camel was so effective at sucking in smokers once they turned 18 and the reason your childhood affinity for playing in a ball pit […]
Last week, to the shock of amusement park fans everywhere, a woman plummeted to her death off of a roller coaster at Six Flags, Texas. My reaction to the news? THE DEVICE THAT HURTLES PEOPLE AT HIGH SPEEDS HUNDREDS OF FEET IN THE AIR HOLDING THEM IN PLACE WITH A […]
Netflix has begun to produce its own shows the past few years, and Orange is the New Black, its latest effort, might be its best. Hear all about my new favorite show and its wall-to-wall lesbian inmate drama, why having photos of my cats on a dating profile might not […]
I don’t know what it is, but I cannot fight with a woman I’m dating properly. And no, that doesn’t mean I give them the old Ike Turner any time they burn dinner. Quite the opposite, in fact. Hear the horrible ways I fail to convey my (justified–at least in […]