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96 Greers53: Barb (Playing for Keeps)Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind... join Barry and Patrick for an end of 2025 episode and acquaint yourself with Playing for Keeps, a 2012 soccer rom?com?? Gerard Butler vehicle. And then hope that you never have to bring it to mind again. Find out how Judy Greer fares in a movie where thirteen (13) producers had 13 (thirteen) different ideas about what the movie they were making was supposed to be about, savor Barry's and Patrick's most nuanced and accurate celebrity impression yet, and stick around for the Judy Awards, where we honor the most podcast theme-relevant fi...
2025-12-241h 5496 Greers53: Barb (Playing for Keeps)Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind... join Barry and Patrick for an end of 2025 episode and acquaint yourself with Playing for Keeps, a 2012 soccer rom?com?? Gerard Butler vehicle. And then hope that you never have to bring it to mind again. Find out how Judy Greer fares in a movie where thirteen (13) producers had 13 (thirteen) different ideas about what the movie they were making was supposed to be about, savor Barry's and Patrick's most nuanced and accurate celebrity impression yet, and stick around for the Judy Awards, where we honor the most podcast theme-relevant fi...
2025-12-241h 5496 Greers51: Martha Washington (America: the Motion Picture)In the winter of our discontent, let necessity be the mother of invention. As in, we are discontent with America: the Motion Picture and needed to be inventive about recording while Barry was out of town for a week and a half. Join us in an audio festival of contempt for this animated comedy's poorly-written jokes that rely on the premise "anachronisms = funny" over and over and over. This podcast would like to humbly submit the idea that you, the audience, deserve better. Better... for freedom.
Many thanks to Jessica Conger-Henry for being our Narrator.
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2025-11-1225 min96 Greers51: Martha Washington (America: the Motion Picture)In the winter of our discontent, let necessity be the mother of invention. As in, we are discontent with America: the Motion Picture and needed to be inventive about recording while Barry was out of town for a week and a half. Join us in an audio festival of contempt for this animated comedy's poorly-written jokes that rely on the premise "anachronisms = funny" over and over and over. This podcast would like to humbly submit the idea that you, the audience, deserve better. Better... for freedom.
Many thanks to Jessica Conger-Henry for being our Narrator.
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2025-11-1225 min96 Greers50: Purple Lady (Dead of Winter)The stars have finally aligned, two in-theater episodes in a row! Barry and Patrick headed back to the realm of 8 dollar fountain drinks for Dead of Winter, a sparse backcountry thriller where Emma Thompson and Judy Greer have conflicting goals regarding a teenager who is bound and gagged in a basement. (I told you, it's sparse!) Stick around for an Other Segment that keeps Barry unwisely spending $.40/ounce on a beverage that retails at the local grocery store for $.05 cents per ounce to determine if there's a role for Judy Greer at the Chicago International Film Festival.
2025-10-211h 2896 Greers50: Purple Lady (Dead of Winter)The stars have finally aligned, two in-theater episodes in a row! Barry and Patrick headed back to the realm of 8 dollar fountain drinks for Dead of Winter, a sparse backcountry thriller where Emma Thompson and Judy Greer have conflicting goals regarding a teenager who is bound and gagged in a basement. (I told you, it's sparse!) Stick around for an Other Segment that keeps Barry unwisely spending $.40/ounce on a beverage that retails at the local grocery store for $.05 cents per ounce to determine if there's a role for Judy Greer at the Chicago International Film Festival.
2025-10-211h 2896 Greers49: Ginnie Garraty (The Long Walk)Two momentous episodes in a row! For the previous episode, we knew the halfway mark was going to come eventually. But we did not know when we would get to see JG in a movie in theaters that other people would actually go see. Barry and Patrick recorded this episode two weeks ago and, holy crap, The Long Walk is still in theaters! Better and more popular film podcasts are talking about it! But don't listen to them. Or do. Barry does. If the "them" in this case is The Next Picture Show. But listen to us first.
2025-10-012h 0996 Greers49: Ginnie Garraty (The Long Walk)Two momentous episodes in a row! For the previous episode, we knew the halfway mark was going to come eventually. But we did not know when we would get to see JG in a movie in theaters that other people would actually go see. Barry and Patrick recorded this episode two weeks ago and, holy crap, The Long Walk is still in theaters! Better and more popular film podcasts are talking about it! But don't listen to them. Or do. Barry does. If the "them" in this case is The Next Picture Show. But listen to us first.
2025-10-012h 0996 Greers48: Lucy "Tom-Tom" Wyman (13 Going on 30)Honored ear-guests: we've half-done it. With this episode, we reach the halfway mark of the journey to 96 Greers. We mark this special occasion with a special movie in the Judy Greer filmography: 2004's 13 Going on 30. That's right, Barry and Patrick have taken this ode to Gen X's childhood and given themselves permission to be even more nostalgic than usual about the late nineties/early oughts. Pull on your Uggs, update your MySpace profile, and vote for Pedro as we discuss the woes of directors aspiring to bring about the next big thing, the joys of bullying Mark Ruffalo, and the s...
2025-09-102h 2596 Greers48: Lucy "Tom-Tom" Wyman (13 Going on 30)Honored ear-guests: we've half-done it. With this episode, we reach the halfway mark of the journey to 96 Greers. We mark this special occasion with a special movie in the Judy Greer filmography: 2004's 13 Going on 30. That's right, Barry and Patrick have taken this ode to Gen X's childhood and given themselves permission to be even more nostalgic than usual about the late nineties/early oughts. Pull on your Uggs, update your MySpace profile, and vote for Pedro as we discuss the woes of directors aspiring to bring about the next big thing, the joys of bullying Mark Ruffalo, and the s...
2025-09-102h 2596 Greers46: Cornelia (War for the Planet of the Apes)I love the spell of ape film in the morning. Smells like a new episode of 96 Greers! Last summer, Patrick and Barry watched Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, followed by a whimsical Other Segment-- and a harrowing Judilization. This year, they're being called back to the combat zone, for one last entry in an iconic, decades-spanning science fiction franchise: War for the Planet of the Apes. Do the philosophical questions asked by these movies support justice for the oppressed, or present an argument for eco-fascism? Does the real-world context of an actor's career decision have an impact on the...
2025-07-301h 5196 Greers46: Cornelia (War for the Planet of the Apes)I love the spell of ape film in the morning. Smells like a new episode of 96 Greers! Last summer, Patrick and Barry watched Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, followed by a whimsical Other Segment-- and a harrowing Judilization. This year, they're being called back to the combat zone, for one last entry in an iconic, decades-spanning science fiction franchise: War for the Planet of the Apes. Do the philosophical questions asked by these movies support justice for the oppressed, or present an argument for eco-fascism? Does the real-world context of an actor's career decision have an impact on the...
2025-07-301h 5196 Greers44: Kitty (Uncle Frank)After our road trip episode, we bring you: another road trip episode! But this time the road trip is in the movie. Kind of. For a few scenes. But it's mostly a gay drama about a South Carolina family in the early 70s. Think Tennessee Williams on quaaludes. Written and directed by HBO showrunner extraordinaire, Alan "Tennessee Williams on Quaaludes" Ball, Uncle Frank inspires Patrick and Barry to consider queer representation in early-70s pop culture, the narrative insidiousness of compulsory heterosexuality, and just how serious of a threat Stephen Root actually presents.
2025-06-181h 3496 Greers44: Kitty (Uncle Frank)After our road trip episode, we bring you: another road trip episode! But this time the road trip is in the movie. Kind of. For a few scenes. But it's mostly a gay drama about a South Carolina family in the early 70s. Think Tennessee Williams on quaaludes. Written and directed by HBO showrunner extraordinaire, Alan "Tennessee Williams on Quaaludes" Ball, Uncle Frank inspires Patrick and Barry to consider queer representation in early-70s pop culture, the narrative insidiousness of compulsory heterosexuality, and just how serious of a threat Stephen Root actually presents.
2025-06-181h 3496 Greers43: Sharon Andrews (The Grand)Barry and Patrick went on a trip and didn't record an episode in advance, so keep generosity alive in your heart for this road diary-slash-conversation of The Grand. Can the effusive twosive behind your favorite podcast about the filmography of Judy Greer take the show on the road? Also: when's the last time you listened to our conversation about Elizbethtown (episode 15)? Just asking, no reason.
2025-05-281h 3796 Greers43: Sharon Andrews (The Grand)Barry and Patrick went on a trip and didn't record an episode in advance, so keep generosity alive in your heart for this road diary-slash-conversation of The Grand. Can the effusive twosive behind your favorite podcast about the filmography of Judy Greer take the show on the road? Also: when's the last time you listened to our conversation about Elizbethtown (episode 15)? Just asking, no reason.
2025-05-281h 3796 Greers40: Dorsey (Family Squares)Content note: we discuss the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic at length.
If you've listened to any previous episodes of 96 Greers, you may have asked yourself a question. And there was an answer to that question-- up until this episode, where the answer changed. And you may doubt that I actually know the question that you asked yourself, and you may be right or you may be wrong, but I'm not going to tell you here, because your downloads give me the dopamine that gets me through the hour before I take my antidepressants, so you're go...
2025-03-261h 5196 Greers40: Dorsey (Family Squares)Content note: we discuss the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic at length.
If you've listened to any previous episodes of 96 Greers, you may have asked yourself a question. And there was an answer to that question-- up until this episode, where the answer changed. And you may doubt that I actually know the question that you asked yourself, and you may be right or you may be wrong, but I'm not going to tell you here, because your downloads give me the dopamine that gets me through the hour before I take my antidepressants, so you're go...
2025-03-261h 5196 Greers39: Dr. Janelle Kurtz (Where'd You Go, Bernadette?)Richard Linklater is a beloved American auteur with a heart as big as his Texas homeland and a colorful Boomer childhood (that almost assuredly included experimenting with psychedelics) to influence the stories he tells. So it stands to reason that he would be the ideal writer/director for a film adaptation of a novel about a Los Angeles vanguard architect turned Seattle stay-at-home mom played by iconic ice queen Cate Blanchett-- and not a single frame of it Rotoscoped. This film left us with so many questions: why is the title question answered in the first scene? Can you accu...
2025-03-051h 3896 Greers39: Dr. Janelle Kurtz (Where'd You Go, Bernadette?)Richard Linklater is a beloved American auteur with a heart as big as his Texas homeland and a colorful Boomer childhood (that almost assuredly included experimenting with psychedelics) to influence the stories he tells. So it stands to reason that he would be the ideal writer/director for a film adaptation of a novel about a Los Angeles vanguard architect turned Seattle stay-at-home mom played by iconic ice queen Cate Blanchett-- and not a single frame of it Rotoscoped. This film left us with so many questions: why is the title question answered in the first scene? Can you accu...
2025-03-051h 3896 Greers38: Cindy (Love and Other Drugs)Zig-a-zig ha, cinephiles! We're rolling back to 1997-- or at least, we're rolling back to 2010 rolling back to 1997, with Love and Other Drugs! Anne Hathaway, Jake Gyllenhaal, the director of Glory and The Last Samurai? That's the best trio since romcoms where two prickly assholes shack up, social issue dramas that assign blame to nobody, and raunchy sex comedies about boner pills! Patrick presents a unified theory of Judy Greer attractiveness and Barry (fka Reg) finds a way to shoehorn in a discussion of a favorite arthouse director. Yeah baby!
2025-02-121h 4696 Greers38: Cindy (Love and Other Drugs)Zig-a-zig ha, cinephiles! We're rolling back to 1997-- or at least, we're rolling back to 2010 rolling back to 1997, with Love and Other Drugs! Anne Hathaway, Jake Gyllenhaal, the director of Glory and The Last Samurai? That's the best trio since romcoms where two prickly assholes shack up, social issue dramas that assign blame to nobody, and raunchy sex comedies about boner pills! Patrick presents a unified theory of Judy Greer attractiveness and Barry (fka Reg) finds a way to shoehorn in a discussion of a favorite arthouse director. Yeah baby!
2025-02-121h 4696 Greers37: Deborah (American Dreamz)This episode of 96 Greers is notable for documenting a moment in time when TikTok the Gray had died, but had not yet made its dramatic return as TikTok the [tool of] White [supremacy]. It's also notable as fan service for anyone who may fondly remember the episodes of Director's Club where Barry helped out with the song parodies (and by anyone, we mean Jim). It is not notable for the movie that we covered, American Dreamz, a comedy-flavored film legally distinct from satire. But you should still listen to it!
2025-01-231h 4196 Greers37: Deborah (American Dreamz)This episode of 96 Greers is notable for documenting a moment in time when TikTok the Gray had died, but had not yet made its dramatic return as TikTok the [tool of] White [supremacy]. It's also notable as fan service for anyone who may fondly remember the episodes of Director's Club where Barry helped out with the song parodies (and by anyone, we mean Jim). It is not notable for the movie that we covered, American Dreamz, a comedy-flavored film legally distinct from satire. But you should still listen to it!
2025-01-231h 4196 Greers36: Samantha (I Love Your Work)It's 2025, whether we like it or not! And as the old saying goes: new year, new Greer. Patrick and Barry (fka Reg) are stroking their beards and nodding seriously at the Adam Goldberg-directed I Love Your Work. This dark tale of Hollywood delirium may be the closest that we get to being able to discuss a Hitchcock movie on this podcast. Or David Lynch. Or Jacques Demy. It's a whole lot. Other layers of reality in this episode include overly-transparent merchandise strategizing, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and Patrick's least-favorite euphemism for a body part.
(CW emetophobia)
2025-01-011h 5596 Greers36: Samantha (I Love Your Work)It's 2025, whether we like it or not! And as the old saying goes: new year, new Greer. Patrick and Barry (fka Reg) are stroking their beards and nodding seriously at the Adam Goldberg-directed I Love Your Work. This dark tale of Hollywood delirium may be the closest that we get to being able to discuss a Hitchcock movie on this podcast. Or David Lynch. Or Jacques Demy. It's a whole lot. Other layers of reality in this episode include overly-transparent merchandise strategizing, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and Patrick's least-favorite euphemism for a body part.
(CW emetophobia)
2025-01-011h 5596 Greers35: Alice (The TV Set)We got Christmas out of the way early with our last episode, now we're on to the next big holiday that speaks to what really matters in This Country: mid-season pilots! Reg and Patrick focus test The TV Set, a 2006 film by the guy who made Red One. Will they feel comforted by over-the-top performances and stock characters, or intimidated and annoyed by sardonic humor that definitely isn't satire? Stick around for David Duchovny nostalgia boners, blatant stealing from smarter podcasts, and an Other Segment that's literally side-splitting.
2024-12-111h 4496 Greers35: Alice (The TV Set)We got Christmas out of the way early with our last episode, now we're on to the next big holiday that speaks to what really matters in This Country: mid-season pilots! Reg and Patrick focus test The TV Set, a 2006 film by the guy who made Red One. Will they feel comforted by over-the-top performances and stock characters, or intimidated and annoyed by sardonic humor that definitely isn't satire? Stick around for David Duchovny nostalgia boners, blatant stealing from smarter podcasts, and an Other Segment that's literally side-splitting.
2024-12-111h 4496 Greers34: Grace (The Best Christmas Pageant Ever)Yes, it's mid-November 2024 and we are covering a "faith-based" movie. No, we don't talk about the election. Yes, "faith" is a euphemism for Christian. No, we haven't been "saved." Yes, my use of quotation marks around "saved" is meant to be sarcastic. No, I'm not playing an ad hoc improv game with myself in the description field of my podcast, why do you ask. Yes, we talk about Judy Greer a lot.
Here is the whole album of this episode's festive holiday music, if your curiosity hasn't been satisfied.
2024-11-201h 5796 Greers34: Grace (The Best Christmas Pageant Ever)Yes, it's mid-November 2024 and we are covering a "faith-based" movie. No, we don't talk about the election. Yes, "faith" is a euphemism for Christian. No, we haven't been "saved." Yes, my use of quotation marks around "saved" is meant to be sarcastic. No, I'm not playing an ad hoc improv game with myself in the description field of my podcast, why do you ask. Yes, we talk about Judy Greer a lot.
Here is the whole album of this episode's festive holiday music, if your curiosity hasn't been satisfied.
2024-11-201h 5796 Greers33: Karen (Halloween Kills)It's Halloween Kills, and everyone is entitled to one good podcast. Or something. We've waited a whole year to return to Haddonfield for the 2021 legasequel sequel to 2018's Halloween, the legasequel to Halloween. We talk comparisons to another big-name legasequel trilogy and discover that we see a lot of ourselves in some of Michael Myers' victims.
Who did the better Loomis impression? Our contact deets are at the end of every episode!
2024-10-301h 5596 Greers33: Karen (Halloween Kills)It's Halloween Kills, and everyone is entitled to one good podcast. Or something. We've waited a whole year to return to Haddonfield for the 2021 legasequel sequel to 2018's Halloween, the legasequel to Halloween. We talk comparisons to another big-name legasequel trilogy and discover that we see a lot of ourselves in some of Michael Myers' victims.
Who did the better Loomis impression? Our contact deets are at the end of every episode!
2024-10-301h 5596 Greers32: Lady Elizabeth Wadsworth (The Lady of the Manor)Don't turn out the light, listener, because you're about to hear (a plot summary and criticism of) a G-G-G-Ghost Story! From the twisted mind of Justin Long-- yes, the guy who played relatable nerds in 00s comedies and also got turned into a manwalrus in that one movie-- comes a harrowing tale from the land of Tampa, Florida! It’s Lady of the Manor, a stoner-buddy-spooky comedy. Like any good mystery, Reg and Patrick have more questions than answers for this one. Question #1: Would a loving God allow you listen to this episode? Answer: probably!
2024-10-091h 2896 Greers32: Lady Elizabeth Wadsworth (The Lady of the Manor)Don't turn out the light, listener, because you're about to hear (a plot summary and criticism of) a G-G-G-Ghost Story! From the twisted mind of Justin Long-- yes, the guy who played relatable nerds in 00s comedies and also got turned into a manwalrus in that one movie-- comes a harrowing tale from the land of Tampa, Florida! It’s Lady of the Manor, a stoner-buddy-spooky comedy. Like any good mystery, Reg and Patrick have more questions than answers for this one. Question #1: Would a loving God allow you listen to this episode? Answer: probably!
2024-10-091h 2896 Greers31: Ellie (The Amateurs)Reg and Patrick make a podcast, and in this episode, they're getting deep inside The Amateurs. This "indie" comedy about a small town group of slackers who decide to make a porno features some red hot meta-humor and an orgy of acting talent, and you know Judy Greer is right there among them. After this scintillating conversation, don't be surprised if you find yourself searching "babaloos" on RedTube, or at least doing a little reflection on your moral responsibility to public health. Rowr!
2024-09-181h 3696 Greers31: Ellie (The Amateurs)Reg and Patrick make a podcast, and in this episode, they're getting deep inside The Amateurs. This "indie" comedy about a small town group of slackers who decide to make a porno features some red hot meta-humor and an orgy of acting talent, and you know Judy Greer is right there among them. After this scintillating conversation, don't be surprised if you find yourself searching "babaloos" on RedTube, or at least doing a little reflection on your moral responsibility to public health. Rowr!
2024-09-181h 3696 Greers30: Cornelia (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes)The Summer of Greer has one more episode before we move onto the First Day of School of Greer. Is it another installment in a sprawling sci-fi franchise? Yes. Is JG a mom? Yes. Does she, as we hoped, get the best role we're see all summer? What I can tell you is that "A Fish Called Selma" is the nineteenth episode of the decent season of The Simpsons. Summer days, drifting away, but oh! Those rebellious apes!
2024-08-291h 4896 Greers30: Cornelia (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes)The Summer of Greer has one more episode before we move onto the First Day of School of Greer. Is it another installment in a sprawling sci-fi franchise? Yes. Is JG a mom? Yes. Does she, as we hoped, get the best role we're see all summer? What I can tell you is that "A Fish Called Selma" is the nineteenth episode of the decent season of The Simpsons. Summer days, drifting away, but oh! Those rebellious apes!
2024-08-291h 4896 Greers29: Maggie (Ant-Man)The Summer of Greer marches on, hurrah hurrah! Another mid-2010s big budget action movie, another underwritten mom role for Judy Greer. Reg and Patrick have the dubious honor of digging into the MCU with 2015's Ant-Man. Gabe Powers from Genre Grinder makes a special appearance as the wise comic book expert who provides the necessary exposition for our adventure searching for traces of the lost director (Edgar Wright), remembering the ants of our childhoods, and getting horny for entomologists. Excelsior!
2024-08-071h 5596 Greers29: Maggie (Ant-Man)The Summer of Greer marches on, hurrah hurrah! Another mid-2010s big budget action movie, another underwritten mom role for Judy Greer. Reg and Patrick have the dubious honor of digging into the MCU with 2015's Ant-Man. Gabe Powers from Genre Grinder makes a special appearance as the wise comic book expert who provides the necessary exposition for our adventure searching for traces of the lost director (Edgar Wright), remembering the ants of our childhoods, and getting horny for entomologists. Excelsior!
2024-08-071h 5596 Greers28: Karen (Jurassic World)Fun fact: this is the third movie we have covered so far where Judy Greer plays a Karen. Not a Karen-Karen, just a mom named Karen. Well, she might be a Karen-Karen; we don't get enough information about her, for all we know there's a version of the script out there where she's writing a hate-filled screed on Facebook about transgender GMO dinosaurs. And why would Karen be writing a hate-filled screed about transgender GMO dinosaurs if she is, in fact, a Karen-Karen? Because we're jumping on the Nostalgia Express and heading back to Isla Nublar for Jurassic World, baby!
2024-07-182h 0196 Greers28: Karen (Jurassic World)Fun fact: this is the third movie we have covered so far where Judy Greer plays a Karen. Not a Karen-Karen, just a mom named Karen. Well, she might be a Karen-Karen; we don't get enough information about her, for all we know there's a version of the script out there where she's writing a hate-filled screed on Facebook about transgender GMO dinosaurs. And why would Karen be writing a hate-filled screed about transgender GMO dinosaurs if she is, in fact, a Karen-Karen? Because we're jumping on the Nostalgia Express and heading back to Isla Nublar for Jurassic World, baby!
2024-07-182h 0196 Greers27: Jenny (Tomorrowland)The year was 2015, and Judy Greer's film career saw her journeying through the Land of Big-Budget Franchise Movies. Reg and Patrick are setting the air conditioner on high and expectations on low for a mini-series we are calling The Summer of Greer.
Brad Bird's theme-park-turned-two-hour-family-friendly-action film Tomorrowland taught that scientific ingenuity and gumption are the key to solving pretty much any problem. So Reg and Patrick invented a special high-powered microscope to be able to observe Judy Greer's performance. Luckily, there are plot holes to puzzle over, disagreeable politics to sneer at, and prepositions to end sentences wit...
2024-06-271h 4996 Greers27: Jenny (Tomorrowland)The year was 2015, and Judy Greer's film career saw her journeying through the Land of Big-Budget Franchise Movies. Reg and Patrick are setting the air conditioner on high and expectations on low for a mini-series we are calling The Summer of Greer.
Brad Bird's theme-park-turned-two-hour-family-friendly-action film Tomorrowland taught that scientific ingenuity and gumption are the key to solving pretty much any problem. So Reg and Patrick invented a special high-powered microscope to be able to observe Judy Greer's performance. Luckily, there are plot holes to puzzle over, disagreeable politics to sneer at, and prepositions to end sentences wit...
2024-06-271h 4996 GreersBonus Episode: Shorts, Sketches, and CameosWe did it again! But... wait. Did we? What if we didn't? What if we did something else? What if we did something so long ago that, sitting here today, I can't even remember the names of one of the things, but we pretended like it was just done yesterday? And what if Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was set in a dystopian future and the main character was a magic DJ in an underground rave culture/resistance movement? because that's the strongest memory I have of the Entourage movie, and I fucking had to watch the fucking Entourage movie fo...
2024-06-051h 0796 GreersBonus Episode: Shorts, Sketches, and CameosWe did it again! But... wait. Did we? What if we didn't? What if we did something else? What if we did something so long ago that, sitting here today, I can't even remember the names of one of the things, but we pretended like it was just done yesterday? And what if Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was set in a dystopian future and the main character was a magic DJ in an underground rave culture/resistance movement? because that's the strongest memory I have of the Entourage movie, and I fucking had to watch the fucking Entourage movie fo...
2024-06-051h 0796 Greers26: Joyce (The 15:17 to Paris)Choo-choo movie nerds, The 15:17 to Paris is leaving the station! Legit question for listening Americans: how do Reg and Patrick abide the 88-94 year old director who fills their TV with 94 minutes of military propaganda while their small audience awaits their opinions? Can a mostly forgotten Trump-era Clint Eastwood movie share anything in common with Iranian New Wave cinema? How does Judy Greer fare with Eastwood's reportedly breakneck production speed? Does the kid who sat next to you in your sophomore year computer class make for a good action film protagonist? We're doing our own research into mysterious screenwriters, MTV re...
2024-05-152h 0596 Greers26: Joyce (The 15:17 to Paris)Choo-choo movie nerds, The 15:17 to Paris is leaving the station! Legit question for listening Americans: how do Reg and Patrick abide the 88-94 year old director who fills their TV with 94 minutes of military propaganda while their small audience awaits their opinions? Can a mostly forgotten Trump-era Clint Eastwood movie share anything in common with Iranian New Wave cinema? How does Judy Greer fare with Eastwood's reportedly breakneck production speed? Does the kid who sat next to you in your sophomore year computer class make for a good action film protagonist? We're doing our own research into mysterious screenwriters, MTV re...
2024-05-152h 0596 Greers25: Ginger (Barry Munday)Our wife told us not to record this podcast. But Reg and Patrick are back to offend everyone and ask the tough questions about BARRY MUNDAY, a typical Boy-Loses-Testicles-and-Forgets-He-Met-Girl comedy, such as:
Has there ever been an actually funny scene set at a support group?
Will 96 Greers become a Patrick Wilson fancast?
Can one third of the screenwriting team behind Rock of Ages successfully channel the universal unconscious and tap into the ur-myth of the hero's journey?
All of this, plus an unnecessarily long Other Segment, awaits your ears!
...
2024-04-251h 5596 Greers25: Ginger (Barry Munday)Our wife told us not to record this podcast. But Reg and Patrick are back to offend everyone and ask the tough questions about BARRY MUNDAY, a typical Boy-Loses-Testicles-and-Forgets-He-Met-Girl comedy, such as:
Has there ever been an actually funny scene set at a support group?
Will 96 Greers become a Patrick Wilson fancast?
Can one third of the screenwriting team behind Rock of Ages successfully channel the universal unconscious and tap into the ur-myth of the hero's journey?
All of this, plus an unnecessarily long Other Segment, awaits your ears!
...
2024-04-251h 5596 Greers24: Soda the Whale (My Father's Dragon)In February, we asked a deeply inane question: What Do Women Want? In March, we asked an even more inane question: What Do Children Want? Two dozen episodes into Judy Greer's filmography, and we have yet to cover a work aimed specifically at children (unless you count Rusty's Learning to Listen: Part 8). As a pair of childless film snobs who find themselves out to sea, we dip our toes into the family move genre with the latest film from singular Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon (The Secret of Kells, The Breadwinner), delve into diverting interpretations of the story, and go of...
2024-04-031h 4696 Greers24: Soda the Whale (My Father's Dragon)In February, we asked a deeply inane question: What Do Women Want? In March, we asked an even more inane question: What Do Children Want? Two dozen episodes into Judy Greer's filmography, and we have yet to cover a work aimed specifically at children (unless you count Rusty's Learning to Listen: Part 8). As a pair of childless film snobs who find themselves out to sea, we dip our toes into the family move genre with the latest film from singular Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon (The Secret of Kells, The Breadwinner), delve into diverting interpretations of the story, and go of...
2024-04-031h 4696 Greers23: Donna (Men, Women, and Children)STOP! Are you aware that you are currently on the Internet? When's the last time you even looked up from that screen? Are you even aware what's happening to The Children? Or maybe you yourself are so enthralled by this terrible technology that you are already lost in the dark labyrinth of mild BDSM fantasies, horny housewives in baggy sweaters, photos of skinny white girls, photos of skinny white girls in WIGS, and Carl Sagan. Prepare yourself for 2014 metalinear moral panic drama Men, Women, and Children, which uncovers the horrible things that can happen when Jason Reitman gets behind a cam...
2024-03-131h 5996 Greers23: Donna (Men, Women, and Children)STOP! Are you aware that you are currently on the Internet? When's the last time you even looked up from that screen? Are you even aware what's happening to The Children? Or maybe you yourself are so enthralled by this terrible technology that you are already lost in the dark labyrinth of mild BDSM fantasies, horny housewives in baggy sweaters, photos of skinny white girls, photos of skinny white girls in WIGS, and Carl Sagan. Prepare yourself for 2014 metalinear moral panic drama Men, Women, and Children, which uncovers the horrible things that can happen when Jason Reitman gets behind a cam...
2024-03-131h 5996 Greers22: Erin (What Women Want)Join Reg and Patrick as they live, laugh, and love through the Nancy Meyers written and directed rom-com What Women Want. What do women want: a living wage, professional relationships built on mutual respect, and bodily autonomy? Maybe, but have you considered: Mel Gibson? Reg and Patrick have, because he's the protagonist of this movie! They didn't have a choice.
Content note: suicidal ideation
2024-02-211h 4096 Greers22: Erin (What Women Want)Join Reg and Patrick as they live, laugh, and love through the Nancy Meyers written and directed rom-com What Women Want. What do women want: a living wage, professional relationships built on mutual respect, and bodily autonomy? Maybe, but have you considered: Mel Gibson? Reg and Patrick have, because he's the protagonist of this movie! They didn't have a choice.
Content note: suicidal ideation
2024-02-211h 4096 Greers21: Ramona (Lemon)Prepare your earholes, because 96 Greers is coming in hot with a Lemon party. Reg and Patrick bare it all: their feelings on 2017 dark comedy Lemon, director Janicza Bravo's other work (including 2020 Twitter-plotted sensation Zola), and the use of unlikable characters and cringey situations to create comedy. After exploring multiple positions, the Other Segment finds them spitting and swallowing with a lemon-flavored taste test. Don't miss this episode-- after all, we're not getting any younger!
2024-01-311h 4696 Greers21: Ramona (Lemon)Prepare your earholes, because 96 Greers is coming in hot with a Lemon party. Reg and Patrick bare it all: their feelings on 2017 dark comedy Lemon, director Janicza Bravo's other work (including 2020 Twitter-plotted sensation Zola), and the use of unlikable characters and cringey situations to create comedy. After exploring multiple positions, the Other Segment finds them spitting and swallowing with a lemon-flavored taste test. Don't miss this episode-- after all, we're not getting any younger!
2024-01-311h 4696 Greers20: Kitty (The Village)Well met, gentle friends, and harken to another discourse with Reg and Patrick, spirited to you through your enchanted box of wonders! On this fine day, we turn our thoughts to a fanciful tale spun by M. Night Shyamalan, entitled The Village. If you know not wherefore this missive is written in such a manner, perchance you would benefit greatly from watching The Village first, as this discussion teems with bedeviling spoilers. Let us sally forth, my fine companions!
2024-01-111h 5696 Greers20: Kitty (The Village)Well met, gentle friends, and harken to another discourse with Reg and Patrick, spirited to you through your enchanted box of wonders! On this fine day, we turn our thoughts to a fanciful tale spun by M. Night Shyamalan, entitled The Village. If you know not wherefore this missive is written in such a manner, perchance you would benefit greatly from watching The Village first, as this discussion teems with bedeviling spoilers. Let us sally forth, my fine companions!
2024-01-111h 5696 Greers19: Linda (Jeff Who Lives at Home)Holy sibling rivalry Batman, it's another mumblecore episode! Well, it's a Duplass Brothers episode. Perhaps those two descriptors aren't quite as interchangeable as Patrick and Reg had assumed. Jeff Who Lives at Home has us pondering the physics of sinking cars, business communication trends of 2010, and what Ed Helms is like when he goes full Hollywood. Save your ear-fork for the Other Segment, we're serving up a best movies of 2023 recap (kind of)!
(Correction: the talented and hilarious director of The People's Joker is Vera Drew. The Mike Leigh historical drama about a kindly abortion provide...
2023-12-201h 2996 Greers19: Linda (Jeff Who Lives at Home)Holy sibling rivalry Batman, it's another mumblecore episode! Well, it's a Duplass Brothers episode. Perhaps those two descriptors aren't quite as interchangeable as Patrick and Reg had assumed. Jeff Who Lives at Home has us pondering the physics of sinking cars, business communication trends of 2010, and what Ed Helms is like when he goes full Hollywood. Save your ear-fork for the Other Segment, we're serving up a best movies of 2023 recap (kind of)!
(Correction: the talented and hilarious director of The People's Joker is Vera Drew. The Mike Leigh historical drama about a kindly abortion provide...
2023-12-201h 2996 Greers18: Esther (The Hebrew Hammer)This episode is being published a little late, but don't worry, we weren't giving you the Shaft. More recent roles have seen the ever-Super Fly Judy Greer playing a White Mama, but on this episode we go back to 2003's action comedy The Hebrew Hammer, a blaxploitation homage with a Jewish twist. Pour yourself a cup of Coffy and listen to Patrick and Reg get a little Uptight as they navigate the punching-down tendencies of oughts comedy in a film regarding two communities that neither of them are part of.
Content warning: detailed discussion of food and eat...
2023-11-291h 3696 Greers18: Esther (The Hebrew Hammer)This episode is being published a little late, but don't worry, we weren't giving you the Shaft. More recent roles have seen the ever-Super Fly Judy Greer playing a White Mama, but on this episode we go back to 2003's action comedy The Hebrew Hammer, a blaxploitation homage with a Jewish twist. Pour yourself a cup of Coffy and listen to Patrick and Reg get a little Uptight as they navigate the punching-down tendencies of oughts comedy in a film regarding two communities that neither of them are part of.
Content warning: detailed discussion of food and eat...
2023-11-291h 3696 Greers17:Janice (Eric LaRue)Reg and Patrick go on an adventure to the Chicago International Film Festival to see the premiere of Eric LaRue, the directorial debut of Judy Greer's Pottersville co-star Michael Shannon and focuses on the emotional aftermath for parents whose children were involved in a school shooting. We talk about our expectations going in and then time warp to the day after the screening to see if those expectations were met. And then we time warp again at the end of the episode for a very special Other Segment!
2023-11-082h 0596 Greers17:Janice (Eric LaRue)Reg and Patrick go on an adventure to the Chicago International Film Festival to see the premiere of Eric LaRue, the directorial debut of Judy Greer's Pottersville co-star Michael Shannon and focuses on the emotional aftermath for parents whose children were involved in a school shooting. We talk about our expectations going in and then time warp to the day after the screening to see if those expectations were met. And then we time warp again at the end of the episode for a very special Other Segment!
2023-11-082h 0596 Greers16: Karen (Halloween)It's damn near impossible to be a prolific Hollywood actor in the 21st century without being in a franchise or two. Judy Greer plays Laurie Strode's daughter Karen in David Gordon Green's Halloween, a sequel to John Carpenter's Halloween. Reg and Patrick talk about the inevitable teenage drama plot lines in slasher movies, stan Lumpy, and attempt to convince themselves that podcasters make for interesting movie characters.
Content note: our discussion includes detailed descriptions of fictional murder scenes.
2023-10-181h 5196 Greers16: Karen (Halloween)It's damn near impossible to be a prolific Hollywood actor in the 21st century without being in a franchise or two. Judy Greer plays Laurie Strode's daughter Karen in David Gordon Green's Halloween, a sequel to John Carpenter's Halloween. Reg and Patrick talk about the inevitable teenage drama plot lines in slasher movies, stan Lumpy, and attempt to convince themselves that podcasters make for interesting movie characters.
Content note: our discussion includes detailed descriptions of fictional murder scenes.
2023-10-181h 5196 Greers15: Heather (Elizabethtown)Get ready for an unhinged episode of 96 Greers that delves into the bewildering world of Elizabethtown, the film that inspired the phrase "manic pixie dream girl." Reg is hopped up on goofballs! Patrick is calling out other film podcasts by name! Porn keyword search jokes! Experiments on children without institutional review board approval! Rate, review and subscribe-- if you dare....
2023-09-271h 5496 Greers15: Heather (Elizabethtown)Get ready for an unhinged episode of 96 Greers that delves into the bewildering world of Elizabethtown, the film that inspired the phrase "manic pixie dream girl." Reg is hopped up on goofballs! Patrick is calling out other film podcasts by name! Porn keyword search jokes! Experiments on children without institutional review board approval! Rate, review and subscribe-- if you dare....
2023-09-271h 5496 Greers14: Olivia (Grandma)On this PODCAST, we BELIEVE:
- abortions in movies are better without conflict
- gay cowboys are real
- Alan Alda and Alan Arkin should just have the same name, sheesh
- Jane Campion's 2021 Western drama The Power of the Dog and Laurie Anderson's 2015 cinematic meditation on grief Heart of a Dog should just have the same name, sheesh
We also find time to talk about the 2015 indie dramedy Grandma, featuring Judy Greer as Lily Tomlin's ex-girlfriend.
2023-09-061h 5896 Greers14: Olivia (Grandma)On this PODCAST, we BELIEVE:
- abortions in movies are better without conflict
- gay cowboys are real
- Alan Alda and Alan Arkin should just have the same name, sheesh
- Jane Campion's 2021 Western drama The Power of the Dog and Laurie Anderson's 2015 cinematic meditation on grief Heart of a Dog should just have the same name, sheesh
We also find time to talk about the 2015 indie dramedy Grandma, featuring Judy Greer as Lily Tomlin's ex-girlfriend.
2023-09-061h 5896 Greers13: Sophie (Aporia)Spoiler Alert! We got a sneak preview of Aporia and we do discuss the entire plot of the movie. If you don't want spoilers for the third act, stop listening before 44:00.
Temps are high, sfx are low, and sci is fi when Reg and Patrick discuss Aporia, an empathetic and intellectual timeline-bender in which Judy Greer heads up an excellent cast. Other topics include the WGA/SAG AFTRA strike, when it pays to ignore logical inconsistencies, and The Twilight Zone.
2023-08-161h 3696 Greers13: Sophie (Aporia)Spoiler Alert! We got a sneak preview of Aporia and we do discuss the entire plot of the movie. If you don't want spoilers for the third act, stop listening before 44:00.
Temps are high, sfx are low, and sci is fi when Reg and Patrick discuss Aporia, an empathetic and intellectual timeline-bender in which Judy Greer heads up an excellent cast. Other topics include the WGA/SAG AFTRA strike, when it pays to ignore logical inconsistencies, and The Twilight Zone.
2023-08-161h 3696 Greers12: Karen (The Key Man)Dig it: 70's Greer! That's... all that Reg had prepared coming into this episode. 2011 indie crime film The Key Man doesn't have a lot going for it, but it does have Judy Greer. Our intrepid Greer fans discuss queer-coded villains, what makes a bad movie bad, the screenwriter's favorite poem, and more!
2023-07-261h 2996 Greers12: Karen (The Key Man)Dig it: 70's Greer! That's... all that Reg had prepared coming into this episode. 2011 indie crime film The Key Man doesn't have a lot going for it, but it does have Judy Greer. Our intrepid Greer fans discuss queer-coded villains, what makes a bad movie bad, the screenwriter's favorite poem, and more!
2023-07-261h 2996 Greers11: Judy Greer Live!For that all-important eleventh episode, Reg and Patrick do something a little different, a little special. With Judy Greer starring in a world premiere play less than an hour's journey from 96 Greers headquarters, there was no excuse not to throw Reg's carefully planned episode schedule out the window and focus on Kate Arrington's play Another Marriage, in its world premiere run at Chicago's legendary Steppenwolf Theater.
2023-07-0650 min96 Greers11: Judy Greer Live!For that all-important eleventh episode, Reg and Patrick do something a little different, a little special. With Judy Greer starring in a world premiere play less than an hour's journey from 96 Greers headquarters, there was no excuse not to throw Reg's carefully planned episode schedule out the window and focus on Kate Arrington's play Another Marriage, in its world premiere run at Chicago's legendary Steppenwolf Theater.
2023-07-0650 min96 Greers10: Alice (Adaptation.)IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single podcast in possession of a cinematic theme must be in want of a Nicolas Cage episode. And Adaptation gives you two Cages for the price of one! Two elder millennial film snobs return to this early-oughts Charlie Kaufman metafilm for the first time in years and go way over time talking other movies with dual Cage performances, adaptations of nonfiction books, slow film, financial advice gurus, and MORE!
2023-06-142h 1096 Greers10: Alice (Adaptation.)IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single podcast in possession of a cinematic theme must be in want of a Nicolas Cage episode. And Adaptation gives you two Cages for the price of one! Two elder millennial film snobs return to this early-oughts Charlie Kaufman metafilm for the first time in years and go way over time talking other movies with dual Cage performances, adaptations of nonfiction books, slow film, financial advice gurus, and MORE!
2023-06-142h 1096 Greers09: Shannon (Addicted to Fresno)In 1999, beloved actress Natasha Lyonne teamed up with director Jamie Babbitt to make the queer cult classic But I'm a Cheerleader. In 2015, Lyonne and Babbitt teamed up again for the indie caper Addicted to Fresno, bringing along with them Judy Greer. And a rockabilly pet cemetery. And a bin full of jiggly purple dildos. Reg and Patrick discuss the problematic implications of incarceration as a plot point, when mean-spirited comedy works (and when it doesn't), and put their punny title-creating skills to the test!
2023-05-241h 3596 Greers09: Shannon (Addicted to Fresno)In 1999, beloved actress Natasha Lyonne teamed up with director Jamie Babbitt to make the queer cult classic But I'm a Cheerleader. In 2015, Lyonne and Babbitt teamed up again for the indie caper Addicted to Fresno, bringing along with them Judy Greer. And a rockabilly pet cemetery. And a bin full of jiggly purple dildos. Reg and Patrick discuss the problematic implications of incarceration as a plot point, when mean-spirited comedy works (and when it doesn't), and put their punny title-creating skills to the test!
2023-05-241h 3596 Greers08: Judy (LolliLove)Before Guardians of the Galaxy... before the Office... James Gunn and Jenna Fischer teamed up for a no-budget comedy that satirizes celebrity charity endeavors in an #epic edgy comedy style that only the mid-00's could bring you. It may shock you to learn that James Gunn isn't the only JG in the cast!
2023-05-031h 0096 Greers08: Judy (LolliLove)Before Guardians of the Galaxy... before the Office... James Gunn and Jenna Fischer teamed up for a no-budget comedy that satirizes celebrity charity endeavors in an #epic edgy comedy style that only the mid-00's could bring you. It may shock you to learn that James Gunn isn't the only JG in the cast!
2023-05-031h 0096 Greers07: Yuki (The Cat Returns)Judy Greer meets Totoro!
Okay, not exactly, but she was part of the English dub cast of Studio Ghibli's The Cat Returns, a fantasy spin-off of their 90s slice of life film Whisper of the Heart. Reg and Patrick talk about fatphobia on film, get a little Jungian, and create fursonas.
Referenced in this episode: Sarah Kate Istra Winter's Girls Underground project
2023-04-121h 2696 Greers07: Yuki (The Cat Returns)Judy Greer meets Totoro!
Okay, not exactly, but she was part of the English dub cast of Studio Ghibli's The Cat Returns, a fantasy spin-off of their 90s slice of life film Whisper of the Heart. Reg and Patrick talk about fatphobia on film, get a little Jungian, and create fursonas.
Referenced in this episode: Sarah Kate Istra Winter's Girls Underground project
2023-04-121h 2696 Greers06: Judy (In Memory of My Father)Not quite mumblecore, not quite Dogme 95, In Memory of My Father definitely has Judy Greer in the cast. Reg and Patrick bravely soldier forth in their completionist goal with this indie dramedy about a film producer's family reacting-- or not-- to his death.
Follow us on Mastodon: @96greers@laserdisc.party
Send us an email: 96greers (at) proton (dot) me
Check out the other great pop culture podcasts on Now Playing Network! nowplayingnetwork.net
2023-03-221h 1296 Greers06: Judy (In Memory of My Father)Not quite mumblecore, not quite Dogme 95, In Memory of My Father definitely has Judy Greer in the cast. Reg and Patrick bravely soldier forth in their completionist goal with this indie dramedy about a film producer's family reacting-- or not-- to his death.
Follow us on Mastodon: @96greers@laserdisc.party
Send us an email: 96greers (at) proton (dot) me
Check out the other great pop culture podcasts on Now Playing Network! nowplayingnetwork.net
2023-03-221h 1296 Greers05 Penny (The Wedding Planner)The Wedding Planner is the genesis of Judy Greer as America's Best Friend. Who else could help foster a love connection between Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey? Let Reg and Patrick throw their opinion-plates at your ears!
Follow us on Mastodon: @96greers@laserdisc.party
Send us an email: 96greers (at) proton (dot) me
2023-03-011h 2796 Greers05 Penny (The Wedding Planner)The Wedding Planner is the genesis of Judy Greer as America's Best Friend. Who else could help foster a love connection between Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey? Let Reg and Patrick throw their opinion-plates at your ears!
Follow us on Mastodon: @96greers@laserdisc.party
Send us an email: 96greers (at) proton (dot) me
2023-03-011h 2796 Greers04: Julie Speer (The Descendants)In the nadir of winter, Reg and Patrick take a 115 minute trip to a certain archipelago with The Descendants, a 2011 dramedy that got a lot of Oscar buzz and a lot of positive critical reactions for Judy Greer. Find out if our intrepid hosts agree with the people who are paid a lot of money to judge this kind of thing.
Follow the podcast on Mastodon: @96greers@laserdisc.party
2023-02-081h 3196 Greers04: Julie Speer (The Descendants)In the nadir of winter, Reg and Patrick take a 115 minute trip to a certain archipelago with The Descendants, a 2011 dramedy that got a lot of Oscar buzz and a lot of positive critical reactions for Judy Greer. Find out if our intrepid hosts agree with the people who are paid a lot of money to judge this kind of thing.
Follow the podcast on Mastodon: @96greers@laserdisc.party
2023-02-081h 3196 Greers03 Maggie (Good Boy)Patrick and Reg battle head colds to discuss Good Boy, a selection from the Hulu/Blumhouse anthology horror series Into the Dark starring Judy Greer as a malicious dog mommy.
2023-01-201h 1496 Greers03 Maggie (Good Boy)Patrick and Reg battle head colds to discuss Good Boy, a selection from the Hulu/Blumhouse anthology horror series Into the Dark starring Judy Greer as a malicious dog mommy.
2023-01-201h 1496 Greers02 Rebecca (What Planet Are You From?)Patrick and Reg explore the brave new frontiers (kind of) with turn of the century sci-fi comedy What Planet Are You From?, directed by the legendary Mike Nichols, starring Gary Shandling and featuring a JG powerhouse trifecta: John Goodman, Janeane Garofalo and... you know who. We had the professional integrity to record on an alien spacecraft, so the prominent room tone is actually the ship's warp core.
2022-12-281h 1796 Greers02 Rebecca (What Planet Are You From?)Patrick and Reg explore the brave new frontiers (kind of) with turn of the century sci-fi comedy What Planet Are You From?, directed by the legendary Mike Nichols, starring Gary Shandling and featuring a JG powerhouse trifecta: John Goodman, Janeane Garofalo and... you know who. We had the professional integrity to record on an alien spacecraft, so the prominent room tone is actually the ship's warp core.
2022-12-281h 1796 Greers01 Parker (Pottersville)Patrick & Reg kick off the podcast with the 2017 oddity Pottersville. You know, the one where Michael Shannon tries to pull off a Bigfoot hoax, Judy Greer has a crush on him for some reason, and Christina Hendricks is a furry?
Referenced in the Episode: Furries in the Media: Pottersville
2022-12-0751 min96 Greers01 Parker (Pottersville)Patrick & Reg kick off the podcast with the 2017 oddity Pottersville. You know, the one where Michael Shannon tries to pull off a Bigfoot hoax, Judy Greer has a crush on him for some reason, and Christina Hendricks is a furry?
Referenced in the Episode: Furries in the Media: Pottersville
2022-12-0751 min96 GreersEpisode 0Meet Reg Linn and Patrick Ripoll, who will explain what this podcast is and why they're creating a podcast to cover every feature film with an appearance by America's Best Friend, Judy Greer.
2022-11-1607 min96 GreersEpisode 0Meet Reg Linn and Patrick Ripoll, who will explain what this podcast is and why they're creating a podcast to cover every feature film with an appearance by America's Best Friend, Judy Greer.
2022-11-1607 min