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Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 364 – Renfield (2023)Welcome to “Cooking with Max, Mike; Movies,” and another in our culinary series “I Vant to Vatch Your Feelm!” You know, when preparing your favorite invertebrate dish, many people overlook the humble termite. Now, most of your haute cuisine recipes tend to focus on the more exotic insects, like the sago grub or the bamboo worm but we at this podcast think that the termite is a taste treat whose time has come. High in oil, they’re great for frying, with a delicately nutty taste. This batch we have here have been fed exclusively on Indian Snakewood, which gives them...
2026-01-051h 02Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 356 – Sanshiro Sugata (1943)Hear Max, Mike; MoviesWith “Directors in Short Pants.”Kurosawa’s first.
Our thoughts on moviesFlow like a winding river.Bumpy drowns in it.
Two haikus, attributed to Yotta Bakamono
Poll question: What is your favorite martial arts movie? Boxing counts! Comment below or call our Butt-Kicking Hotline and leave a voicemail! 617-398-7266
2025-10-201h 06Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 355 – She’s Gotta Have It (1986)[dramatic music] Good evening! Welcome to a special edition of Max, Mike; News in another in our continuing expose: “Directors in Short Pants.” Tonight, our subject is: “it.” Just what is “it”? How is “it” effecting our children? Is “it” currently illegal? Should “it” be legalized? How does “it” effect our economy? Is “it” in your very neighborhood? Could “it” be lurking in your home? Is “it” making promises it can’t keep? Should we be concerned about foreign versions of “it” entering out country? Our guest this evening is Mr. Spike Jones, who, in his first feature film, boldly asserts that “She” has to have “it.” Is...
2025-10-131h 03Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 353 – Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1986)Were you born in a cross-fire hurricane? Did you or any member of your family howl at your ma in the driving rain? Have you been crowned with a spike right through your head? If so, you may be entitled to compensation. Here at the law firm of Max, Mike, & Bumpy, we can help you get the payment you deserve for your difficulties. Others may tell you that it’s all right now, some attorneys may try to convince you that it’s a gas but at Max, Mike, & Bumpy, we know better. In fact, we will school such peop...
2025-09-291h 01Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 346 – Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)Sweet Aunt Petunia’s plaid knickers! It’s another in our series “Summer Blockbusters and Summer Not”! And guess what, True Believers (and False Deniers, for that matter), we’re checking out the fourth (or fifth, depending on how you count them) iteration of Marvel’s First Family, The Fantastic Four! Roger Corman set the bar pretty high, I know, but we only hope! So enjoy as Fantasti-Max and Fantasti-Mike regale you on our Fantasti-podcast as to what is Fantasti-great in the movie and what, if anything, Fantasti-sucks! Crack open a cold Fantasti-drink, sit back in your Fantasti-chair and . . . Mike, this is...
2025-08-041h 03Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 342 – Monsters (2010)Hello. This week on the Max, Mike; Movies series “Oh No! A Giant Monster!” we’re going to be discussing “Monsters.” What truly is a monster? It can be a mania, a mash, or even a truck. And yes, it can also be a giant, extra-natural being that can, simply due to its basic nature, cause a certain amount of distress to property and people. Yes, a “monster” can be alarming, yes they can seem different, alien, non-human . . . but ask yourself this: isn’t there a monster inside each of us? Don’t we all have our inner monster? Who among us hasn’...
2025-07-071h 03Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 335 – Super 8 (2011)Welcome to a brand new, city-crushing series! We here at Max, Mike; Movies like to be larger-than-life so we’re trying to come up with some larger-than-life ideas for AHHHHH! A GIANT MONSTER IS ATTACKING THE CITY!! Ohhhhhh! Is it the judgment of the gods? Is it a metaphor for nuclear destruction? Perhaps it is the friend of all children! Hmmm, one would think the friend of all children would step on fewer orphanages, but perhaps the monster is just lonely or misunderstood. Giant monsters: so like us, and yet so not. But boy, do they generate a great nu...
2025-05-121h 00Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 328 – Diner (1982)Hiya, folks! Good to see you here at the Max, Mike; Movies Diner! Sit wherever you like, fire up your podcast app and listen to our tasty selections!
Today’s Special: “I Can’t Believe You Haven’t Seen That Part 3!” – 10 Bumpybux
With “The ReBelievening” Sauce – 13 Bumpybux
The Barry Levinson (A Reuben sandwich but with more Oscar potential) – 8 Bumpybux
The Mickey Rourke (Meatloaf sandwich; order it fast, while it still looks good. That won’t last.) – 7 Bumpybux
The Kevin Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato (solid, reliable, heated to six degrees) – 9 Bumpybux
The Daniel Stern (a hotdog wrapped in a pancake and garnished with...
2025-03-171h 01Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 319 – Streets of Fire (1984)WOOO! ROCK AND ROLL! ‘ALLO, DUBUQUE! WE! ARE! MAX! MIKE! MOVIES! AND WE ARE HERE TO ROCK YOUR STREETS UNTIL THEY FIRE! YEEEEAHHHH! If I can bring it down for a moment, Mike and I are thrilled to be here, this latest stop on our “Remember! YOU Asked For It!” tour. And we are gonna RAAWWWWKKK! YEEEEEAHHH! Our show has it all! An evil Willem Dafoe! Rick Moranis as a music industry sleaze! Amy Madigan as a badass! And a THOROUGHLY UNLIKEABLE 80’s HERO WITH TOTALLY 80’S STUBBLE! YEAAHHHH! What’s more rock and roll than that? How about a totally bi...
2025-01-131h 05Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 315 – State and Main (2000)Welcome, welcome to another entry in our series “Ready When You Are, C.B.”, where we address . . . what the hell? Who are all these people? Where did these cameras come from? What the Hec Ramsey is going . . . hah? What release? I never agreed to allow a film crew to use the Max, Mike; Movies studios for a film location! Hey! Put that down! That’s one-of-a-kind! Do you know how hard it is to find a life-sized Kaboom Cereal Clown Mascot Statue?! MIKE! Where are you? Did you authorize . . . AAAAAHH! Great Demille’s Ghost, what have they done to you? How...
2024-11-251h 04Max, Mike; MoviesSpecial Episode – Megalopolis (2024)Great Cesear’s film reference! I know you’re all shocked, waiting as you have been for the start of our next series with a worm on your tongue (baited breath. Thank you! Try the veal!) but we’re delaying our next series a week because here at Max, Mike; Movies we are nothing if not topical! Yes, truly we are the skin disease of movie podcasts. After an absence of many moons (and several asteroids), Francis Ford Coppola has returned to the world of cinema with a new movie produced, written, and directed by someone names Nancis Cord Froppo...
2024-10-071h 03Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 307 – Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning: Part One (2023)Welcome to the next-to-last episode in our “Give Me One More Chance” series. Before we get into this latest installment of the “Mission: Impossible” series (which should be called “Mission: Impossible: Too Many Colons”), we have some unpleasant business to take care of. I’m afraid our top-secret Max, Mike; Movie headquarters has been infiltrated by an enemy agent. Isn’t that right, Bumpy? Or should I say . . . Ethan Hunt?! *RIP* Oh . . . oh geez . . . he wasn’t wearing a mask . . . oh, gross . . . Wow, that’s a LOT of blood. Sorry, my mistake, Mike . . . or should I say . . . Ethan Hunt?! *RIP* Whoopsy-doodle...
2024-09-231h 09Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 301 – Minority Report (2002)Welcome to another new, minty-fresh, sanitized-for-your-convenience series here at “Max, Mike; Movies”! After 300 episodes, we’re in a forgiving mood. Our hearts are filled with love and whipped hydrogenated oil. We’ve all been hurt in the past, some of us as recently as this morning (sorry Mike! You just looked so flammable!), by friends, by lov-ahs, and, of course, by movies. So, so many movies have hurt us, disappointed us, mistreated us, drained our bank accounts and shaved our eyebrows . . . so many . . . Sorry, what? But like I say, we’re hoping to forgive (and maybe forget), so we’ve decided to...
2024-08-121h 05Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 299 – The Fantastic Four (1994 . . . sort of)Welcome to the final Roger Corman episode (no, really, we mean it this time) in our mini-series “Be Adjacent to the Cor-Man.” Super-hero movies: can you believe there was a time when they weren’t being released on a daily basis? This dim and distant era was called “The 1990’s” and we didn’t have any of this fancy CGI crap or compelling stories or talented actors! No! We had to stuff hamsters into tiny spandex body suits and tie little capes around their necks and try to get them to fight while we played the ”Carmina Burana” in the background! Yo...
2024-07-291h 02Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 289 – The Great Dictator (1940)Halloyouall! Hier is de ende auf “Hat Nicht Gewonen. Hat Nicht Gewonen. Hat Nicht Gewonen” und der Max und der Mike ist vatchen das moviefilmen von Herr Charles Chaplin “Der Zehr Biggen Leadermensch”. Das ist ein moviefilmen vot nicht winnen das Oskar fur “Müst Gooden Movenpicturspassemachen” und das ist zehr unhappimachen. Or ist das? Maybeezo ist güt? Ist notzogüt? Komm, giben sie ein listenearenhearing zu der sauerbraten und so weit. Der Max und der Mike getalken lotsundlots und maybeezo yü dinken es ist lotsafunnyinterestdinkenmachen. Gesundheit!
Poll question: do you watch any of the major movie award show...
2024-05-201h 03Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 287 – 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)Ok, this week’s entry in the “Didn’t Win. Didn’t Win. Didn’t Win” series is a bit troubling. I mean, it’s “2001: A Space Odyssey,” right? Well, I don’t know about you but I remember 2001; I remember getting over the Y2K panic; I remember George W. Bush being president. You know what I DON’T remember? Finding a mysterious black monolith on the moon! Know what else I DON’T remember? A manned flight to Jupiter! What the hell is the movie trying to pull?! You know what I think? Now, hear me out, don’t just call me a con...
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Ignite & Scale - The Cambria Private Capital Podcast with Mike AllenIgnite & Scale with Max Pog, Founder Venture Studio FamilyIn this week episode Mike talks to Max Pog Max is fully immersed in the world of venture studios having research the model extensively with a 7-month report called Big Startup Studios research and created a huge online community. Those that aren't familiar with the Venture studios model, also known as startup studios or company builders, are organizations that build companies using their own ideas and resources. Unlike traditional venture capital firms that invest in existing companies, venture studios are hands-on, actively participating in or leading the development of the business from the ground up. Max has...
2024-04-1026 minMax, Mike; MoviesEpisode 278 – Detour (1945)Welcome to a brand-spanking-new series (a spanking! A spanking!), inspired by someone Mike and I both admire and enjoy: Patton! That’s right, when you put your hand in a pile of goo that five minutes ago was a movie’s guts . . . wait, hang on, wrong Patton . . . No, indeed, this series is inspired and shaped not by the legendary general and tank-commander but by legendary standup-comedian, actor, author, and inventor of those little plastic things that hold bread bags closed (well, he COULD have invented those! He’s just that good!), Patton Oswalt! Please, please hold your applause until the en...
2024-02-191h 00Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 275 – Dolemite Is My Name (2019)Well now, homefellows. I must suggest that you “step off”, lest you find yourself labeled a “jive turkey.” I am not funning with you, my siblings. I would deeply appreciate it if you would each and every one of you pick up what we are “laying down,” as it were; Max and Mike are our names and discussing movies is indeed what you might in fact refer to as “our game.” As you can no doubt deduce, Mike and I are most assuredly “down” with “the street”. (What do you mean, “Sesame Street, maybe”?! Shut up, Bumpy! Nobody asked you! Don’t make me stick out...
2024-01-291h 03Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 274 – Seven Psychopaths (2012)YEE HAW! Howdy, pardners! I’m Big Max and that there is Big Mike and we’re “Big Max and Big Mike’s Big House O’ Psychopaths”! And we’ve got so much inventory this month that we’ve gone PLUM CRAZY! Come on down and see what we’ve got! We’ve got masked vigilantes tossing playing cards! We’ve got bald Vietnamese guys dressed as Catholic priests! We’ve got dog nappers! We’ve got gangsters! Heck, we’ve even got us Colin Farrell! Now who don’t want a Colin Farrell on their front lawn? And our prices can’t be beat! How...
2024-01-221h 02Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 269 – Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)Heeeyyy! Wakka wakka wakka! We’re DONE being hard-boiled and detective-y, so now we’re going to lighten up with a new series we’re calling “What’s So Funny?” Howaya, howaya, howaya? Saying things three times is funny! Hey, Mike! Bring that tray of priceless crystal goblets over here but watch out for that banana peel . . . OH GOD, MIKE! No! Are you . . . no, no, don’t try to move! Oh god, there’s so much blood . . . let me try to get you on your feet . . . AAAHHH! The glass punched right through my shoe!! I’ve never known such pain! AHHHH! I fel...
2023-12-1159 minMax, Mike; MoviesEpisode 267 – The Thin Man (1934)Great googly-moogly, we’re at the penultimate “Walk the Dark Street” episode and what do we have? A muurrrrrrrderrrr. Murder most foul! Missing persons! Terrible deaths! Conniving relatives! What can possibly solve this confounding conundrum? The one thing that always helps: booze! Yes, booze, and lots of it! Booze makes you charming and enhances your deductive faculties! Booze makes everyone in New York, from cops to crooks, like you and find you delightful! Booze makes your terrier obedient and lets you ignore bullet wounds! Booze! [Disclaimer: all prior effects of booze are only applicable if you are William Powell or Myr...
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Gender FluidShit Hits the Fan; Holocausics; Por-Tussy GaloreAd Reads: IPads for Developmental Delays; Drunk Uncles Consulting. Max shits the Bus. Max shits on a job. Mike shits all over his landlords stairs. Other tales of glorious shit. The legend of Big Slam (and his run-ins with the Law). Max's extra dimensional Glory Hole idea: "Por-Tussy": Mussies, Bussy's, and more. One Business name: two very different businesses. Holo-caustic’s
2023-11-0450 minMax, Mike; MoviesEpisode 265 – Tokyo Drifter (1966)Kon’nichiwa, minasan, Makkusu, Maiku, eiga, soshite watashitachi no sirīzu `u~ōku za dāku sutorīto’ e yōkoso. Ok, that was supposed to say “Hello, folks, welcome to Max, Mike, Movies and our series, Walk the Dark Street.” However, apparently what it actually says is: “Hello, everyone. Welcome to Max, Mike, the film, and this series, Walking on Dark Paths.” At least, that’s how I hope it translates. If it’s something worse, I deeply apologize and it’s Mike’s fault. I kind of like the name Makkusu, though . . . And why are we butchering the language of the Land...
2023-10-301h 04Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 264 – Dark City (1998)Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to today’s tour of Dark City, brought to you by Max, Mike; Movies, the podcast for your busy Dark City life, and their latest flavor . . . sorry, series, “Walk the Dark Street.” And how appropriate is that, folks, because all our streets are dark! Here. Because it’s Dark City . . . tough crowd. So, on your left, there’s a fine example of our city’s neo-classical architecture in the famous Sutherland Building, but you can’t see it . . . because it’s dark. Right now we’re going over the picturesque Connelly bridge which spans Sewell river but you can’...
2023-10-231h 02Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 260 – Diva (1981)“Hey, man, you know what they call Max, Mike; Movies in France?”
“No. What do they call it?”
“They call it Le Max, Mike; Cinéma.”
“That’s cool. What do they call ‘Walk the Dark Street’ in France’?”
“That’d be “Marcher Dans La Rue Sombre. “
“Cool. Cool. Is that because they use the metric system?”
“What? No! How does that make any sense? Well, you’ve ruined it now.”
As you may have surmised, this week’s potential example of film noir comes from the land of 400 cheeses, Peugeots, and d...
2023-09-251h 02Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 249 – Fifth Anniversary Show! Deadpool 2 (2018)This week’s episode is indeed very special: it marks the fifth anniversary of my waking up with a throbbing head and a copy of a binding “We Are Doing A Podcast” stapled to my shirt that I had apparently signed as “Maxxx Overdrive.” Mike has assured me many times over the last five years that this is legally binding and sadly I don’t know of any kind of professional whose job it is to interpret contracts or the law. Someone should come up with something like that . . .
But of course, I have no regrets (well, not about th...
2023-07-101h 02Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 244 – American Graffiti (1973)Ah, George Lucas. He’s certainly given us a lot. Memories. Iconic images. Deep, bleeding psychic wounds. He’s directed and written some of the most influential movies of our time. He gave us the original “Star Wars.” He introduced us to Indiana Jones. He showed us the dystopia of “THX-1138.” And he scarred us indelibly by bringing us “Howard the Duck” (yes, he was only the executive producer there, but that’s enough for me to blame him). And through it all, our own Mike has been there with him, seeing every movie the man has directed . . . or HAS he? No! Becaus...
2023-06-051h 04Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 243 – The Neverending Story (1984)Hear, o noble-formerly-known-as-Prince, of the tale of Flingdor and his travels through the dark lands of Genectigazoink with his noble companion Skinamarinkadinkydink and his magic plorfdamper as they seek the mystic Dingus-Thingy that only the Choosened One can find to defeat the evil Blorfhamper and his dread army of tap-dancing Death Clams!
Ok, yes, the 80’s brought us more than a few . . . questionable fantasy movies (I’m looking at you, “Deathstalker” series) but it also brought some surprisingly enduring ones, including one that Mike has chosen for this “You Haven’t Seen THAT?! Part 2” series. Yes, I confess, my yo...
2023-05-291h 06Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 239 – National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978)All right, Whiteman von Richington, let’s see the report on the most troublesome fraternity here at Max, Mike; University. Oh my . . . filling the school’s swimming pools with Bumpy Pucks . . . starting a ludicrous podcast series called . . . am I reading this right? “Quotes, Unquotes, and Quotes” . . . sounds communist to me, and I should know: I’m a crusty old Dean! . . . doing in-depth analyses of mindless 1970’s comedy films . . . I’ve seen enough! That’s it! Bumpy House is now on quadruple MK-Ultra mega-codeword probation! I won’t rest until I’ve revoked their charter and had all their members rendered down into g...
2023-05-011h 05Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 236 – The Princess Bride (1987)Hello, children. Hello. Welcome to Max, Mike; Storytime. Are you sitting comfortably? Then we’ll begin. Today we’re reading a fairy-tale that’s a little different. I haven’t read this “Princess Bride” myself, but I’m sure it’ll be every so much fun. Let’s see, just skim over this, make sure it’s ok for the tiny tots . . . there’s the Most Beautiful Woman in the World. Oh, isn’t that nice? And she meets a Handsome Prince who seems . . oh. Huh. Well, that’s not very nice. Oh, but she’s in love with a nice boy from her farm! Th...
2023-04-101h 03Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 233 – Mean Girls (2004)“To be or not to be . . .”
“Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven!”
“Help! That dingo’s got my baby!”
Ah, classic quotes! We do love them, don’t we? That’s why we here at Max, Mike; Movies have started a brand-new series entitled “Quotes, Unquotes, and Quotes” dedicated to the most quotable movies that we happen to think of at the time. You know, those movies that give us memorable lines that even people who’ve never seen the movie toss around. And we’re starting off with a movie that neither Max nor...
2023-03-201h 02Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 230 – The Day After Tomorrow (2004) . . . and that was “Pony Love” by Bumpy and the Bumptones here on WMMM radio! Now over to Meteorological Max for the weather!
Thanks, Mike, I’m here in Ol’ Choppy, the WMMM weather-eye copter and I gotta tell you folks down on the ground, you are in for one funky commute! What with the desalinization of the North Atlantic Current, we are seeing all kinds of kooky, zany superstorms today. Tornadoes are touching down in midtown, so maybe a good time to bring in those window box plants. Big ‘ol hailstones are falling and concussing random Japanese businessmen...
2023-02-271h 03Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 229 – The Poseidon Adventure (1972)Just sit right back and you’ll hear a taleA tale of mighty shipThat got hit by a massive wave and over it did flipGene Hackman was the preacher manAnd Bognine was a copJust how could they escape that shipWhen the bottom was the top?The bottom was the top.The stars, they started dying offWhich ones, we shall reveal,So, Shelly Winters swam real farAnd Linda climbed in heels.Yes, how’d she climb in heels?So, join...
2023-02-201h 05Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 228 – The Core (2003)It’s a rare occurrence where an event occurs that a piece of “Disaster Porn” predicted and described but just within the past week, scientists as the University of Peking released findings saying that the core of the planet Earth (you know the one) was slowing down and could possibly reverse direction. Well, here at Max, Mike; Movies, we are nothing if not relevant so we are discussing the eerily prescient 2003 cinematic prognostication “The Core,” director, nay, prophet Jon Amiel’s almost Nostradamus-like speculation on what would happen if such a thing actually happened. And now just look at us: surely...
2023-02-061h 01Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 217 – The Third Man (1949)Hello there, young ‘uns! Us folk here at Max, Mike; Movies got us a brand spanking new series, by cracky! And this time we’re doing PROPER movies, GOOD movies, made the RIGHT way, the way they USED TO MAKE ‘EM before all this new-fangled nonsense showed up. Yup, just like everyone secretly wants but no one will admit, we’re doing a whole series on black-and-white movies! Technicolor, Eastmancolor, Ansco Color . . . phooey! In our day, we only had black, white, and grey and we LIKED it like that! And you’re gonna see why, as we start off with that...
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Gain TractionBuilding a Great Culture with Max Gardner, Founder of Tire MaxMax Gardner is the Founder of Tire Max, which has six retail locations in North Carolina. He has been in the tire business for almost 40 years and opened his first Tire Max location about 20 years ago. Max believes in building a culture that employees feel comfortable in, which in turn translates to customers feeling comfortable in-store. In this episode… If you own or manage a tire and auto repair shop with multiple locations, how do you keep everyone on the same page? How do you build a welcoming and positive culture that customers sense the minute they wa...
2022-11-0915 minMax, Mike; MoviesEpisode 216 – The Manchurian Candidate (1962)[threatening music, sinister, menacing voice] Mike wants to be your Manchurian candidate. But what do we really know about this so-called “Mike”? Is that even his real name? And is he really his own man, or is he just a puppet for the sinister “Bumpy” cabal? On election day, don’t put your fate in the hooves of this shill for Big Pony! Mike: bad for Manchuria, bad for you. I’m Max and I approve this message. [paid for by the Committee to Hit Mike Over the Head with a Pillowcase Full of Butterscotch Pudding and Skittles]
So yes, we...
2022-11-071h 07Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 215 – Three Days of the Condor (1975)Welcome to Big Max and Big Mike’s House O’ Condors! Due to an ordering mishap that is entirely Mike’s fault (which is why he is currently the one wearing the Kooky Kondor suit), we’ve got WAY to much inventory in our condor warehouse! But our loss is your gain as we’re instituting Condor Days! That’s right, for three days only we’re slashing our prices so low you’ll think they’re going extinct (ooo, too soon?)! We got California Condors! We got Andean Condors! C’mon down for three fun-filled Condor Days at Big Max and Big Mike...
2022-10-311h 02Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 207 – Widows (2018)Widows. A tragic word. There are so many kinds of widows. Black widows. Grass widows. Golf widows. But this week we’re interested only in movies called “Widows” starring Viola Davis. Yes, we are nothing if not highly specific here at Max, Mike; Movies as we continue with our highly specific series “Focus On – Viola Davis.” And this week, highly specifically, we’ve got Ms. Davis in an actual lead role (‘bout bloody time)! With no wig, no body suit, just all Davis, all the time and that’s what we crave. Be warned: this is a heist movie (in part) but it’s...
2022-09-0559 minMax, Mike; MoviesEpisode 206 – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020)We’ve got the blues here at Max, Mike; Movies. Not because of our series “Focus On: Viola Davis,” because Ms. Davis could never give us the blues. No, we’ve got that movie-podcasting blues, the kind where you’ve got the blues so bad, you just want to find the most annoying pony you can find and shave your initials in his hair a foot high, that’s the kind of blues we’ve got. Those Bumpy Shavin’ Blues . . . but this week we’re checking out a movie about a REAL blues singer, as seen through a film adapted from an Au...
2022-08-291h 04Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 202 – Lost in Translation (2003)Another in our series “Focus on: Scarlett Johansson”! Ok, “Ghost World” may have been her breakout film but this week’s entry . . . is also seen as her breakout film. Because who says you only get one breakout film? Well, if you do, you should be ashamed of yourself! Here at Max, Mike; Movies we support everyone’s right to have as many breakout films as they want! And we will fight you about this! That is, Bumpy will fight you! Get ‘em, Bumpy! This one was nominated for multiple Oscars and confirmed the notion that Sofia Coppola belongs behind the camera, an...
2022-08-011h 08Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 200 – Batman And His Wonderful Toys (Chapter 2)Holy multi-part-episode! It’s part two of our 200th episode here at Max, Mike; Movies! It’s still episode 200 and we’re still talking about the Man of Bats; in this segment we’re talking about the Batman’s first animated appearances in such classics as “SuperFriends” (in all it’s many, many . . . MANY incarnations) as well as his team-up with perhaps his greatest ally . . . Scooby-Doo! We’re also covering the return of the Gotham Guy (someone must have called him that at some point) to live-action cinema with the Tim Burton movies of the late 80’s and early 90’s. Grab some bat-popco...
2022-07-0458 minMax, Mike; MoviesEpisode 195: Head (1968)Hey, hey, we’re Max, Mike; Movies!/ and people say we Max, Mike; Movies around/But we’re too busy talking about movies/to put anybody down! Hmm . . . ok, maybe that would work better for some other endeavor . . . I dunno, maybe something in the music industry? I should check with Don Kirchner…
Yes, we’ve come to the end of our series “Ladies and Gentlemen…the Beatles!” and what better way to close this out than with an attempt to answer the question “What Hath the Beatles Wrought?” For while their contributions to the music world were legion, the Fab Fo...
2022-05-231h 02Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 185: The Deep House (2021)Hey, welcome! Glad you’ve chosen Max, Mike; Movies as your real estate agency! We’ve got a great little property to show you this week: it’s one of our “Now Streaming in a Room Near You” models and it’s a real steal. Location? Just the best: right in the South of France! I know, right? How is this beauty still on the market? Well, we’ve got a real motivated seller, because this house is underwater. Excuse me? Oh, uh, no, I’m not talking about the mortgage. I mean the house is actually underwater, or as we call it, lak...
2022-03-1458 minMax, Mike; MoviesEpisode 181: Don’t Look Up (2021)Episode 181: Don’t Look Up (2021)
Max, Mike; Movies: a name you can trust. A name that shares your values. A name that means honesty. Freedom. Decency. Family. [insert additional focus-group approved positive emotional trigger words end-subroutine]. And in our series “Now Streaming to a Room Near You”, in these trying times, we know you want to feel safe. Secure. Not worried about being consumed by flesh-eating hyper-zombies. So, we’re making this pledge to you: while you listen to our discussion of the Oscar-nominated film “Don’t Look Up,” at no point will you or your family be attacked by fle...
2022-02-1458 minMax, Mike; MoviesEpisode 178: Scanners (1981)How many times has this happened to you? You’re walking down the street, enjoying the day when blammo! Your head explodes! Don’t you just hate that? Some darn Scanner just decided to ruin your day by using their superhuman psionic abilities to make your head burst open! Oh rats! But now there’s Scan-Be-Gone, the miracle product from your pals at ConSec! Prevent unwanted Croenenbergian body horror with Scan-Be-Gone! Doesn’t matter if the Scanner in question is a bland protagonist whose name you can’t remember or a menacing Michael Ironside, Scan-Be-Gone will keep away all of that en...
2022-01-241h 02Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 172: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)Ahhh, Dr. Jones! So nice that you could join me at my evil table! Pull up an evil chair and have a tall cold glass of evil, brought to you by our most evil waiter. As we enjoy this evil breeze, let me welcome you to the latest series at Max, Mike; Evil . . . I mean, Movies: “That Sure Was 1981.” In this series, our evil hosts have decided to focus on one single year, chosen at random from a list offered up by our most diabolical listeners, and focus just on the major movies of that year. Which year, you ask...
2021-12-131h 04Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 170: The Fugitive (1993)Max and Mike, accused of a crime they didn’t commit: the murder of an innocent podcast. Seen fleeing the scene was a mysterious one-legged pony (seen not so much fleeing as hopping away in a very suspicious manner). Now Max and Mike must travel the country, seeking out this pony to clear their names, pursued relentlessly by no one at all as no one has really noticed. Yes, this week we’re blathering on about the 1993 adaptation of the classic 60’s tv thriller starring David Janssen, the show everyone remembers but nobody has watched for years. Taking over for Mr. Ja...
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Kick Back & Chat ****Max & Mike Derby | Man United vs Liverpool PredictionManchester United vs Liverpool. Mancs vs Scousers. The battle of two cities. A battle of allegiances and the newly crowned Max & Mike Derby. All boils down to Sunday, and we break it all down on Kick Back and Chat ****.Needless to say, we’re too damn excited!
2021-10-2238 minMax, Mike; MoviesEpisode 163: The Addams Family (1991)Holy cathode ray tubes! It’s a brand-new series here on “Max, Mike; Movies”! This time we’re checking out creations for the big screen that had their origins on the small screen. No, not on your phone, I’m talking about television . . . although recent technological and social changes really have redefined what the term “small screen” might refer to. Heck, it might even make people think I’m talking about their smartwatches! The cultural and linguistic ramifications are seriously . . . hey, but, movies! Movies that were spawned by tv shows! That’s what we’re talking about in this new series “I Made-Fr...
2021-10-111h 04Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 155: Tenet (2020)Welcome to a brand new series here at Max, Mike; Movies. We’re starting “I’d Forgotten How Much I Hate Time Travel” this week . . . or maybe we started it years into the future and it’s only arriving at this point in the timestream, or timecreek, or timepuddle, right now. But when is now? What is time? Is it a river? Is it made up of “wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff”? Is it a wreath of pretty flowers that smell bad? No, wait, that’s logic. And how does one travel in time? We all do it forward, at one second per s...
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Consumer VC: Venture Capital I B2C Startups I Commerce | Early-Stage Investing I Brands | TechnologyMax Niederhofer (Heartcore) - Investing in happiness and the differences scaling in Europe vs. U.S.Thank you Marc Nathan for the intro to our guest today Max Niederhofer. Max is a Partner at Heartcore Capital. Heartcore Capital is europe's consumer tech VC focusing on investing in happiness investing in seed and Series A. Some of his investments include Italic, LastFM, and One Fine Stay. Previously Max was an investor at Accel and founded MyBlog. In this episode, we focus on investing in communities, the meaning of consumer, and some of the differences when investing in Europe vs. U.S. Without further ado, here's Max.Sponsor: This episode is brought to you by...
2021-07-2046 minMax, Mike; MoviesEpisode 152: Walk Proud (1979)Wilkomen, meine Freundinnen und Freunde, to another edition of “Hollywood, What Were You Thinking?” also known as “Whitewashing,” where we watch white actors embarrass themselves, and us, as they try to play non-white characters. This week, we move to an example of the “gang movie” oeuvre of the 70’s, with Robby “Sure, I Can Play That” Benson playing a Chicano gang member from 1970’s East L.A. Because sure, if he can play a Native American, a Hassic Jew, and a Disney animated Beast, why can’t he play a Mexican-American? Just slap some skin-darkening makeup on him, shove some brown contact lense...
2021-07-191h 00Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 150: The Lone Ranger (2013)Welcome to our sesquicentennial episode! We know big words! And for our 150th, we have a very special episode. That’s right, this time it’s Mike who’s not wearing any pants! Wait, no, please come back! Kidding! Kidding! No, we really do have something special for our latest episode of “Whitewashing,” we have a super-special-awesome seriously-very-cool guest, Dr. Rebecca Pelky of Clarkson University, professor of film studies, author, poet, and member of the Brothertown Indian Nation of Wisconsin. Professor Pelky brings her insights and sharp observations to this movie, particularly to the portrayal of the already-problematic character of Tonto by...
2021-07-051h 01Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 149: The Conqueror (1956)Tighten your shorts, Pilgrim, and get ready for another episode of “Whitewashing” here at Max, Mike; Movies. Genghis Khan: when you think of him, what do you see? Close your eyes and think of the first Great Khan of the Mongols, a man who created an empire over half the world, a man who is widely acclaimed as one of the most brilliant and brutal masters of war in human history. When you see that mighty Mongol warlord, born to the saddle, master of strategy, whose face do you see? What man could possibly portray such a controversial and influe...
2021-06-281h 01Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 142: Miles Ahead (2015)Hey there, all you hep cats and kitties! We are movin’ and groovin’ here at Max, Mike; Movies with our wild and outta-sight episode of “Semi-Real People.” This week, unwind your minds and rethread your heads as we stretch the concept of the bio-pic to new dimensions. How many times has this happened to you: you’re sitting around, flinging plates of mashed parsnips at passing marmosets (like you do) and you find yourself asking yourself that most profound musical question: what if jazz legend Miles Davis was in a caper movie? Boy, if I had a nickel for every time...
2021-05-1057 minMax, Mike; MoviesEpisode 141: On the Basis of Sex (2018)Get your minds out of the gutter, you stunningly good-looking and flawlessly dressed listeners! This isn’t the week we talk about porn; this is another entry in our series “Semi-Real People” and while our other biopics have focused on legendary musicians, this week our subject is a different kind of rock star. Yes, this is the story of the early days of the N.O.T.O.R.I.O.U.S. R.B.G., Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. She may not have been a musical legend but she’s a rock star in the world of jurisprudence! Yeah! To...
2021-05-0356 minMax, Mike; MoviesEpisode 137: Chaplin (1992)Welcome, welcome, and welcome again to a new series here at Max, Mike; Movies: “Semi-Real People”! In this series, Mike and I will be viewing, conferring, conversing, and otherwise hobnobbing about so-called “bio-pics,” movies that are (allegedly) true stores about (more or less) real people. And we’re kicking it off with silence!
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Ok, that’s boring and doesn’t make for a good podcast, but our subject does involve silence, inasmuch as we’re talking about “Chaplin,” the bio-pic about Charlie Chaplin, one of the greatest stars of Hollywood’s Silent Era. See what I did there? In this 1992 film...
2021-04-051h 04Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 134: The Mummy Returns (2001)Welcome to another in our continuing stooooory of two quacks who’ve gone to the dogs. That is to say, Max, Mike; Movies and our series “Leave ‘Em Wanting More”. This week, we want our mummy! No, not the nice, filial piety, wear a sweater ‘cause it’s cold out version but rather the pull-out-the-brains-through-the-nose-and-get-the-body-ready-for-Anubis, beware the curse version. We’re dealing with the sequel to the surprise 1999 hit with Brendan Fraser and Rachel “How Do I Get Talked Into These Movies” Weiss, a movie we discussed in our “Then and Now” series. So Rick, Evie, Jonathan, Imhotep and the guy with the cool tatt...
2021-03-151h 08Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 133: The Dark Knight (2008)The city. It cries out for justice. It cries out for salvation. It cries out for discussions of movie sequels in a series called “Leave ‘Em Wanting More.” They call. We come. That’s the deal. We are Max, Mike; Movies and we’re the podcast the city deserves, but not the one it needs. No. Wait. Hang on. Maybe it’s the other way around. Or maybe we’re the podcast the city thinks it wants but isn’t the one it could really use to remove stubborn stains? Anyway, it’s complicated. You know what’s not complicated? Justice. And wha...
2021-03-081h 09Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 132: Blade Runner 2049 (2017)Here at Max, Mike; Movies, we’ve seen things you people can’t imagine. Attack ships on fire some place or other. Something or other glittering off the Tannhauser gate, whatever that is. And lots of other stuff. You can’t imagine it. Don’t even try. You’ll just hurt yourself. This week’s “Leave ‘Em Wanting More” deals with the sequel that we had no idea we wanted, a movie that came right on the heels of the original . . . give or take 35 years: “Blade Runner 2049.” Sadly, I missed Blade Runners 2 through 2,048 (man, that who knew they could churn them out so fast?), so m...
2021-03-011h 03Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 131: Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)Welcome to a sequel that I bet a bunch of people didn’t know was a sequel! Yes, Mel Gibson’s first outing as Max Rockatansky (yes, the character has a last name) in 1979 wasn’t exactly widely distributed (or known) over here in the States; the initial release even had Gibson’s voice dubbed, for fear that his thick Australian accent? would baffle U.S. audiences. Okaaay, sure. Here’s a sequel that at the very least is more memorable than the original. Is it as good? Better? Does it have more mohawks, leather outfits, and butt-less leather pants? Yes, I...
2021-02-221h 02Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 129: The Godfather Part II (1974)From the people who brought you “Max, Mike; Movies” comes “Max, Mike; Movies II: The Returning Revenge of the Origins to the Future of the Next Generation on Fury Road.” In other words, we’re starting a new series called “Leave ‘Em Wanting More” and it’s all about sequels! Sequels, sequels and more sequels. Those things that Hollywood used to carefully consider creating but now it’s “Your movie made five dollars over it’s budget? Sequels! Lots of sequels! Must have forty sequels!” [actual transcript of meeting with Famous Hollywood Producer Who Shall Remain Imaginary]. But let’s face it: there are sequels a...
2021-02-081h 07Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 123: Pat and Mike (1952)Welcome to another episode of “Isn’t It Romantic”. Well? Isn’t it? ISN’T IT?! I’m waiting. I can wait all day if necessary. Thank you. That wasn’t so hard was it? Wait, was that you or was it one of the Voices? Um, anyway, this week we’re traveling back to the era of black-and-white cinema with “Pat and Mike,” a movie that puts the focus squarely where it should be: on the rising star that was Chuck Connors. Yes, the Rifleman himself has a prominent role in this picture, dominating the silver screen with his brilliant . . . umm...
2020-12-211h 03Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 119: The Incredibles (2004)Holy campy tv catchphrase! It’s another episode of “Pixar Pix”! When last we left our Dyspeptic Duo, they were dangling above a vat of radioactive mayonnaise while Lord Doctor Baron von Naughtyguy was launching into hour three of his detailed description of his plan for world domination . . . or maybe they were just watching movies, I dunno, I wasn’t paying attention; I was just waiting for the post-credits sequence. So, we’ve seen Pixar tackle monsters, self-aware toys, and sentient hell-mobiles but this week we discuss their take on a very tricky genre: superhero movies. Keep in mind, mainstream s...
2020-11-231h 07Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 111: Ed Wood (1994)Transvestites! We need transvestites! Wait, no, that’s not it . . . listeners! We need listeners! And here you are, we hope, at Max, Mike; Movies in our penultimate episode of our extended run of “In Ancient Times: the 90’s.” This week we’re taking a look at one of Tim Burton’s more . . . eccentric film choices. And that’s saying something. The guy has done movies about a twisted afterlife (more than once, if you think about it), science-fiction based trading cards (remember “Mars Attacks!”? No? Good), and Steven Sondheim musicals. But in 1994 he decided the world needed to hear the tale of Edward D...
2020-09-281h 05Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 110: Groundhog Day (1993)Hello, campers, and welcome to another Max, Mike; Movies entry in our series “In Ancient Times: the 90’s.” This week we’re discussing one of the shamefully few movies that celebrate our country’s most beloved and ancient holiday: Groundhog Day. Ah, the happy childhood memories . . . singing Groundhog carols, sipping traditional Nyquil-and-maraschino-cherry-juice punch, carving the stuffed groundhog at dinner, choosing which one of us would be sacrificed to appease the merciless Spirit of Winter . . . good times, good times. I’m sure you all have similar memories that wake you screaming in the night. Strangely, these beloved traditions aren’t even touched u...
2020-09-2159 minMax, Mike; MoviesEpisode 109: Pulp Fiction (1994)[Interior shot, an old model Dodge Dart. Max, Mike sitting side by side, wearing black suits. Mike is driving. The radio is playing Ray Stevens’ “The Streak”]Max: Hey, there’s a Jack-in-the-Box. You wanna get some drive-through?Mike: You know what they call a Jack-in-the-Box in France?Max: They don’t call it Jack-in-the-Box?Mike: No, man, they call it Jacques-in-Le-Box.Max: Huh. Interesting. Let’s talk about that for twenty minutes and then get involved in a seriously violent action sequence.Mike: Ok, but take your shoes and socks off first.
Yes, f...
2020-09-141h 06Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 108: Rushmore (1998)Welcome once again to Max, Mike; Movies as we delve into the antediluvian mysteries of “In Ancient Times: the 90’s”, a time so ancient that it’s really, really old. Today’s installment concerns “Rushmore,” the award-winning documentary about the creation of one of America’s most famous monuments honoring some of our greatest presidents. Located in South Dakota . . . hm? What’s that? Oh . . . really? The movie is an early Wes Anderson film? I don’t get it; what does quirky, distinctive director Wes Anderson have to do with Mount . . . oh. Huh. So, what did I watch then? Ok, hang on . . .[93 m...
2020-09-071h 06Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 105: Silence of the Lambs (1991)Hello, children! Hello! Welcome to Uncle Max, Uncle Mike; Uncle Movies! Yaaay! We’ve got a super delightful, fun story for you this week about a funny man who lives in a cave with his wacky friends when one day a little girl comes to ask him some oh-so-important questions about her friend Billy and why he murders women and cuts off their skin. What’s that, Producer Jimmy? We’re fired? Our show’s been cancelled? There are some mean looking men from the FCC here to talk to us about our show? Oh fiddlesticks.Yeah, so for this...
2020-08-171h 01Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 104: Being John Malkovich (1999)Welcome back to another episode of Max, Mike; Movies in our series “In Ancient Times: the 90’s.” Say, do you want to be John Malkovich? Sure, we all do! But how many movies have addressed this very question? As far as we know, only 1999’s “Being John Malkovich” has dared to do this! Directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie “Normal? What Does That Mean?” Kaufman (a first effort for both), this movie is . . . different. One of the reasons we’ve been talking so much about movies of the 90’s is that while this decade brought us some major trend-setters a...
2020-08-1058 minMax, Mike; MoviesEpisode 103: Wayne’s World (1992)It’s Max, Mike; Movies! Max, Mike; Movies! Party time! Excellent! Random excited noises! It’s Monday, it’s “In Ancient Times: the 90’s” and it’s time to party! I’m your excellent host, Max Levine. With me as always is Mike. Party on Mike! . . . Party on, Mike! . . . Mike? Mike? . . . Dammit, you’re ruining this for me! Just say “Party on”! Why are you leaving me hanging? Did Bumpy put you up to this? Well, fine. I hope you two are very happy on the Mike an’ Bumpy Super Happy Smile Hour . . . for Jerks! Anyway, yes this week we’re partying down with...
2020-08-031h 00Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 102: Dazed and Confused (1993)Booyah! Welcome back to another totally tubular episode of “In Ancient Times: the 90’s” here at Max, Mike; Movies. Wait . . . tubular is from the 80’s, right? Oh, who knows. It’s not like anyone from that era is alive today. Whatever. Totally. This week we’re tackling Mike’s choice of an early Richard Linklater ode to the 1970’s (because that’s what we were into in the 90’s: Richard Linklater and the 70’s. Don’t dispute me) “Dazed and Confused,” the movie that single-handedly took a handful of river clay and crafted it into the chiseled creature that is Matthew McConaughey. Yes, he...
2020-07-271h 03Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 101: Titanic (1997)Whew! We conquered episode 100, now we go forward . . . to the past! Welcome to a new series on “Max, Mike; Movies” where we check out films of a surprisingly innovative and influential decade, back in the dim and distant misty times: the 1990’s, in a series we’re calling “In Ancient Times: the 90’s” (we were going to do the 1890s but there’s only so much you can say about a film showing Thomas Edison’s assistant sneezing). The 90’s were, in our opinion, one of the last decades of truly experimental, daring films, before studios began focus-grouping the hell out of everythi...
2020-07-201h 04Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 100: Star Wars… All of it!Great jumping midi-chlorians! We’ve made it all the way to episode 100 of Max, Mike; Movies! Who’d have believed it? Seems like only yesterday we were at episode 34. They said we’d never make it; they said that we were mad! Mad, I tell you! They said we had to wear pants to the grocery store! Well, who’s wearing pants now, huh? Huh?
As this is an extra special, super-deluxe, chocolate-fudgy episode, we had to do something epic, something massive, something spanning decades, yet so simple and enjoyable that no one could ever, ever disagree about it...
2020-07-132h 45Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 99: Blade Runner (1982)Sushi. Cold fish. That’s what my ex-partner used to call me before he ran off with Bumpy the Wonder Pony. Now it’s just me, alone, hunting podcasts and wondering . . . am I a podcast as well? Welcome to this week’s episode of “Max, Mike; Movies” and the last in our brief series “A Few of Our Favorite Things,” leading up to next week’s super-spectacular 100th episode! This week we’re hooking up the old Voight-Kampff testing equipment and chatting about one of Mike’s most-watched, most-beloved movies, Ridley Scott’s “Blade Runner,” a cheerful, upbeat romp about a wacky razor delivery bo...
2020-07-061h 00Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 98: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)Hello, good evening and welcome to another edition of “Max, Mike; Wombats,” the show where it’s not what you know that counts but rather how many navy beans you can fit inside this week’s special marsupial guest. Today’s episode, another in our VERY POPULAR “A Few of Our Favorite Things” series, is brought to you by Whizzo Butter. Four out of five housewives can’t tell Whizzo Butter from a dead crab, and neither will you, good evening. As you may have gathered from this pithy banter (and the actual title of the podcast episode), we are ‘avin’ a little...
2020-06-291h 05Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 95: Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)It was raining hard in the City by the Bay, as I stared at the words “Max, Mike; Movies” scrawled in peeling paint on the office door. My partner, as usual, was passed out on the ratty old couch after one too many Strawberry Quiks. Then suddenly the door swung open and he shuffled in. A rabbit. Never trust a rabbit; I could tell right away that this one was going to be trouble. I was right . . .
Welcome back to the final episode of our series “Drawn Apart”, where down-and-out human characters directly interact with no-good animated palookas...
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Basement Sports Takes4/1/20: Max, Mike, and MidgetsMax and Mike introduce their first guest, Mr. Ryan Silvious. We get some football talk, read some fan mail, analyze a midget fight, and learn of Mike’s thoughts on the Louisiana Purchase
2020-04-0252 minMax, Mike; MoviesEpisode 85: The Time Machine (1960)Welcome, time travelers, to the year 2525 (assuming man is still alive). No, I’m just messing with you, it’s still 2020 and this is still Max, Mike; Movies with our series “When We Wuz Kids.” At these current spatio-temporal coordinates, we bring you one of Mike’s childhood cinematic influences: the 1960 film adaptation of H.G. Wells’ “The Time Machine.” This movie has it all: time travel! Explosions! Eloi! Morlocks! . . . and that’s about it, really. So let’s . . . huh. That’s odd. Some guy who looks just like me just appeared in my office; he claims to be me from the future and he...
2020-03-161h 01Max, Mike; MoviesEpisode 84: The Great Race (1965)Greetings, sports fans, and welcome back to “Max, Mike; Movies!” series “When We Wuz Kids.” This week we delve into a cinematic semi-precious gem that is solidly wedged into the psyche of one Max. This Max, to be more specific. Yes, by golly we’re taking on “The Great Race,” a zany comedy from the mind of Blake “The Pink Panther” Edwards, involving a turn-of-the-twentieth-century automobile race (those dang horseless carriages will never catch on) from New York to Paris. Yes, I know. Try not to think about the geography too much. But never mind geography! We’ve got Tony Curtis as the alw...
2020-03-091h 00Max, Mike; MoviesThe Oscars, 2020We interrupt our childhood reminisces for something more timely: our take on this year’s Academy Awards. Yes, we’re right on top of things here at Max, Mike; Movies. It’s been a mere two weeks since the 92nd Night the Stars Salute Themselves and we figure things have calmed down enough to offer our own opinions on the Academy’s choices for Best Picture Nominees, as well as what we think of the winner, because goodness knows that what people really want is OUR take on these movies. Because what do those industry professionals know? No, we know what...
2020-02-241h 06Max, Mike; MoviesWe Interrupt This Series To Bring You . . . Cats!No, this podcast has not been hijacked, you read that title correctly. And sadly no, this episode is not just an hour of Mike and I talking about how much we like the animal felis catus (although we do). Strap yourselves in tightly because we went and saw the new “Cats” movie. Yup, that one. “But Max,” you may cry “Why did you and Mike subject yourself to what some people are calling the worst movie of all time?” Well, I invite you to think about what you just said (or rather, what I imagine you just said). This is us, dig? If...
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Max & Mike PodcastM&M ep 6: Max and Mike Get Ready for the InaugurationIn this episode of the Max and Mike podcast hosts Max Miller and Mike Scheussler sit back and enjoy a few drinks and get ready for the inauguration of President Trump. What will come of the event? Will Donald Trump actually stick with his promises from his campaign? What will the outcome of the first 90 days of Office be? Will the naysayers be put down in their opinions or will their predictions of a failed administration come to light? These questions and more in this episode of the Max and Mike Podcast.
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Max & Mike PodcastM&M ep 6: Max and Mike Get Ready for the InaugurationIn this episode of the Max and Mike podcast hosts Max Miller and Mike Scheussler sit back and enjoy a few drinks and get ready for the inauguration of President Trump. What will come of the event? Will Donald Trump actually stick with his promises from his campaign? What will the outcome of the first 90 days of Office be? Will the naysayers be put down in their opinions or will their predictions of a failed administration come to light? These questions and more in this episode of the Max and Mike Podcast.
2017-01-2028 minMax & Mike PodcastM&M ep 5 Is Trump Now Listening to Intelligence ReportsIn this episode of the Max and Mike Podcast hosts Max Miller and Mike Scheussler begin by talking about the best part of buying gift cards during the holidays as well as the gift of a family DNA kit being given to Mike by his mother for Christmas so he can find his real roots. Afterward the discussion turns to the recent statements by President Obama that he would have won the election had he been able to run…is that narcissistic? The discussion then turns to recent backpedal of President-elect Donald Trump as he begins to listen to intelligence re...
2017-01-0235 minMax & Mike PodcastM&M ep 5 Is Trump Now Listening to Intelligence ReportsIn this episode of the Max and Mike Podcast hosts Max Miller and Mike Scheussler begin by talking about the best part of buying gift cards during the holidays as well as the gift of a family DNA kit being given to Mike by his mother for Christmas so he can find his real roots. Afterward the discussion turns to the recent statements by President Obama that he would have won the election had he been able to run…is that narcissistic? The discussion then turns to recent backpedal of President-elect Donald Trump as he begins to listen to intelligence re...
2017-01-0235 minMax & Mike PodcastM&M ep 4 Max and Mike Get Trump a Christmas PresentIn this episode of the Max and Mike Podcast hosts Max Miller and Mike Scheussler begin with discussing the joy of gift giving during the holiday season and Mike’s hard fought quest to find just the right gifts. The guys then turn the conversation towards topics in the news including the persistence of “fake news” on the internet and in broadcast media with the recent firing of Brian Williams as well as Hillary Clinton’s ionic speech on the topic. In addition the topic of Russia, hacking and the election come up and Max and Mike have some advice for Pres...
2016-12-1331 minMax & Mike PodcastM&M ep 4 Max and Mike Get Trump a Christmas PresentIn this episode of the Max and Mike Podcast hosts Max Miller and Mike Scheussler begin with discussing the joy of gift giving during the holiday season and Mike’s hard fought quest to find just the right gifts. The guys then turn the conversation towards topics in the news including the persistence of “fake news” on the internet and in broadcast media with the recent firing of Brian Williams as well as Hillary Clinton’s ionic speech on the topic. In addition the topic of Russia, hacking and the election come up and Max and Mike have some advice for Pres...
2016-12-1331 minMax & Mike PodcastM&M ep 3 What to Do Now That the GOP Owns EverythingIn this epic episode of the Max & Mike Podcast hosts Max Miller and Mike Scheussler enjoy a few drinks while discussing the fallout from the recent 2016 Presidential election and the views of populism. What is it that lead to the upset victory of Donald Trump and what will the future hold now that the GOP owns everything? These questions and more in this episode of the Max and Mike Podcast.
2016-12-0333 minMax & Mike PodcastM&M ep 3 What to Do Now That the GOP Owns EverythingIn this epic episode of the Max & Mike Podcast hosts Max Miller and Mike Scheussler enjoy a few drinks while discussing the fallout from the recent 2016 Presidential election and the views of populism. What is it that lead to the upset victory of Donald Trump and what will the future hold now that the GOP owns everything? These questions and more in this episode of the Max and Mike Podcast.
2016-12-0333 minMax & Mike PodcastM&M ep 2 Max & Mike Talk Election 2016 and Sex on a Golf CourseIn this epic episode of the Max & Mike Podcast hosts Max Miller and Mike Scheussler kick a few back while discussing the recent result of the 2016 US Presidential election, the shock, the awe and the reaction from the public. How did we end up with this result? How did Donald Trump surprise us all and what does it mean for America and the World? This and more in this episode of the Max and Mike Podcast.
2016-11-1118 minMax & Mike PodcastM&M ep 2 Max & Mike Talk Election 2016 and Sex on a Golf CourseIn this epic episode of the Max & Mike Podcast hosts Max Miller and Mike Scheussler kick a few back while discussing the recent result of the 2016 US Presidential election, the shock, the awe and the reaction from the public. How did we end up with this result? How did Donald Trump surprise us all and what does it mean for America and the World? This and more in this episode of the Max and Mike Podcast.
2016-11-1118 minMax & Mike Podcastep 1: Americas First Reality TV ElectionIn this episode of the Max and Mike Podcast hosts Max Miller & Mike Scheussler sit back with a few drinks to discuss the recent preparations for the first reality TV election that is the 2016 US Presidential race. How did we end up with these two candidates? Why is America going to extremes on both sides of the aisle with allegations, hatred of candidates and general dislike of each other? What could the outcomes be…will it be Hillary or Will it be Donald Trump? These questions and more in this episode of the Max and Mike Podcast
2016-11-1131 minMax & Mike Podcastep 1: Americas First Reality TV ElectionIn this episode of the Max and Mike Podcast hosts Max Miller & Mike Scheussler sit back with a few drinks to discuss the recent preparations for the first reality TV election that is the 2016 US Presidential race. How did we end up with these two candidates? Why is America going to extremes on both sides of the aisle with allegations, hatred of candidates and general dislike of each other? What could the outcomes be…will it be Hillary or Will it be Donald Trump? These questions and more in this episode of the Max and Mike Podcast
2016-11-1131 minMax & Mike Podcastep 0: Drowning Election Stress in AlcoholIn this episode of The Dangerous Mind of Max Miller, host Max Miller again welcomes long-time friend Mike Scheussler to the show to talk about the election, the Clinton email FBI investigation, past travel screw-ups, and of course their favourite adult beverages. Which quite naturally they have started drinking more of in order to numb the pain of the Presidential election. This and more in this incredible episode of the Dangerous Mind of Max Miller.
2016-11-1127 minMax & Mike Podcastep 0: Drowning Election Stress in AlcoholIn this episode of The Dangerous Mind of Max Miller, host Max Miller again welcomes long-time friend Mike Scheussler to the show to talk about the election, the Clinton email FBI investigation, past travel screw-ups, and of course their favourite adult beverages. Which quite naturally they have started drinking more of in order to numb the pain of the Presidential election. This and more in this incredible episode of the Dangerous Mind of Max Miller.
2016-11-1127 minMax & Mike Podcastep -1: Do Golf and Beer and Trump MixIn this episode of the Dangerous Mind of Max Miller host Max Miller is once again joined by long-time friend and expert drink ticket ninja Max Scheussler to discuss the current face of American politics as the Presidential race kicks into high gear. How do politicians handle selling out their principles for their positions? Where will it stop with Donald Trump? Does he actually realize the words that come out of his mouth or does he just say things without care for the aftermath? Do the pundits backing the candidates actually believe what they say or are they secretly embarrassed...
2016-11-1126 minMax & Mike Podcastep -1: Do Golf and Beer and Trump MixIn this episode of the Dangerous Mind of Max Miller host Max Miller is once again joined by long-time friend and expert drink ticket ninja Max Scheussler to discuss the current face of American politics as the Presidential race kicks into high gear. How do politicians handle selling out their principles for their positions? Where will it stop with Donald Trump? Does he actually realize the words that come out of his mouth or does he just say things without care for the aftermath? Do the pundits backing the candidates actually believe what they say or are they secretly embarrassed...
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