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Film FrownWantedCan you bend a bullet like Beckham? Sure you can. Our friend Jen Garcia returns to talk about the misogyny that is Wanted. Grab some peanut butter and rats, forget Tyler Durden, get a robot bullet and listen to Paul’s Morgan Freeman impressions. As Jen described the film, “a back-to-back string of ‘wouldn’t it be cool if’ moments.” Enjoy the show as we audition lots of closing taglines.
Find this frown-y film for your own eyeballs, if you dare.
The trials and tribulations of finding a domain name not taken are discussed. It reminds us o...2022-03-261h 41Film FrownMegaforceWe’re back and protecting the world from bad movies, like Megaforce protects… wait we watched the movie and we’re still not clear on what they do. Paul & Chris invite Arden and Jacob on to discuss spandex, 80s car chase films, and a campaign to make the thumb kiss a thing. We are also introduced to the Grease Cinematic Universe.
Find Megaforce on a streaming service near you. Should you dare.
Megaforce performance via Box Office Mojo. And the rankings for that year.
Arden reminds us that this film has a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
This f...2022-03-191h 47
Montreal SauceVideo GamesA blast from the past. You might call it retro. Paul and Chris discuss their introduction to video games in a ‘grand experiment’ of live streaming on Twitch. This is the audio of that show from May of 2019. Go down the 16-bit memory lane with them for a short episode.
Paul’s first taste of games, brought to you by the number 64, it’s Astro Grover.
Paul gets a Nintendo Entertainment System with the combo cartridge of Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt.
Behold the awesomeness of 1977, Chris’ first console the Atari Stunt Cycle....2020-11-3027 minMontreal SauceIt's Obviously Very Expensive Soap and He Clearly Paid For ItOur first interview of the new season continues with Sean Tilley of We Distribute. We talk curating video via “Frown Tube,” San Francisco’s chilly weather not seen on TV, and the service industry. We also discuss how funding the things we love and keeping them going is a difficult thing when their competing with “free” centralized services.
Sean is using Pleroma, a social network that federates with Mastodon and others using the Activity Pub protocol.
Our guest is experimenting with FunkWhale, a social network with sharing music at its core (Also using Activity Pub).
Peer...2020-03-311h 02Montreal SauceSweet Mana from HeavenWe’re back! To start the new season we’re talking about decentralization, community, trust, the weird mold thing called kombucha, and more with Sean Tilley. The walled gardens of the centralized silos that treat us as a product can make communicating with people outside the service difficult. The trade-off is in how much time and energy you want to spend maintaining your own decentralized services. We discuss some of these services, the communities funding them and the algorithms that abuse us.
Sean’s publication, We Distribute.
His project to collect Creative Commons videos, VidCommons.
Paul doesn’t get the...2020-03-2349 minMontreal SauceSauce Packet: Star Trek Discovery Season 2The last time Paul & Chris got together to do a short show minus any guests, they talked Star Trek Discovery. How fitting that the first Sauce Packet of this year is talking about season 2 of the show. Oh, and we’re sorry that the “short” show went long, but we had a lot to say about Time Crystals. Please Red Angel, go back in time and give that MacGuffin a better name.
The thrilling start of our episode is us trying to pronounce a name in the chat room. You can join us during our live recording via ou...2019-06-2237 minFilm FrownFateful FindingsSo the key to getting a Neil Breen film means going to the source. In keeping with our spy movie season, we followed the instructions on the site that said, “If you want a film other than Fateful Findings add the title to the comments section.” We asked for Double Down and paid the man for the DVD. Here we are reviewing what came in the mail, Fateful Findings. We were joined by Jen and Arden, reuniting the Masters of the Universe crew. “Basically the movie is so bad that when there is some clarity, it sticks out to you,”...2019-06-101h 39Film FrownOperation Kid Brother / OK ConneryOur season of spy films continues with this very strange parody. It’s 1967 and those Bond movies are making money, let’s jump in on that. Well, the first thing we need is a Connery. Hey, Sean Connery has a brother. Let’s call him? Does he act? Does it matter? Our friend Jacob Cook returns for this episode and we’re wondering if he’ll ever return. This is a bad, bad movie. As Paul says, “The main character’s super power is knowing what the hell is going on.”
The film was originally titled, Operation Kid Brother, but in...2019-03-251h 17Film FrownFor Y'ur Height OnlySpy season continues with Weng Weng, international little person of mystery. A parody of the Bond franchise, For Y’ur Height Only brings us quick and dirty filmmaking and a script that just gives up at some point. “Hey, it’s a parody, do we need to explain this or that? Nah.” This week we’re joined by friend and regular Arden to talk about this Filipino martial artist, his film, bad edits, repetitive music, awful stunts, worse dialogue, and nipples.
Show notes usually contain references to characters, people, films, or jokes we make about the movie we’re reviewing...2019-03-141h 29Film FrownOur Man FlintA dancing, swinging, good time on this episode because Chris has quit the synopsis. So guests Jacob & Sean dive right into this film to talk Mormon spies, a harp as a weapon, the distinct varieties of bouillabaisse, and the island of misfit Canadians.
In this film the title character is played by James Coburn who is playing Flint as Spock.
Paul adds that this is Spock in the love planet episode.
Sean says this film is way better than Murderer’s Row, the last film we asked him to watch.
It has happened, we broke Jacob with Our Ma...2018-12-201h 34Montreal SauceSpooky ManorHey Sausages! It’s your friendly neighborhood podcasting delivery folk. On this surprise Halloween episode Daniel J. Hogan and Arturo Vergara join us to take a package to Spooky Manor. By the way, you now know more than we did. Thanks Paul! 😄 (Always examine your bike, kids!) On this adventure: Arturo is on a quest to make a salad, Chris loves wearing outfits, and Dan wants to stab everything. Also in the future, please tweet, email, or call Paul if you want to know where the exits are.
The text adventure we’re playing is from Memento Mori Theatri...2018-10-311h 41Film FrownMasters Of The UniversePaul & Chris fill another request from our friend, and guest Daniel J. Hogan. Joining us on our quest to save Castle Grayskull are Arden and Jen. On this show we decide Superman hates whales. We puzzle over He-Man carrying a rifle. Sweat-filled boots make choreography difficult. This episode is 16 milliparsecs long, or something.
Intros done in a bad commercials from the past style.
Here come the 80s via Dan, “Where’s the beef?”, Reaganomics, and “Just Say No” with Clint Eastwood.
This episode’s film stars Dolph Lundgren “and his nipples.”
What’s Frank Langella doing in this picture?
Oh hey! I...2018-10-261h 32Film FrownMurderers' RowYou’ve heard of Bond, but what about Matt Helms? When your friends start taking the Bond movies in a direction you don’t like, you go out and buy the rights to another spy novel, of course. Dean Martin plays the hero in this drunken series of a spy films. They’re like spy film lite. Sean Tilley joins us to talk 8th grade biology, quitting villainy to make toy models, and Bond’s alcoholism problem. Join us in our hovercraft with projected scenes in the windows as we get saucy with Dean Martin.
Oh look, a misogyni...2018-08-301h 37Montreal SauceSauce Packet: Star Trek DiscoveryAs we consume bad movies for Film Frown, palate cleansers are very useful. Paul and Chris get together to discuss the latest incarnation of Star Trek in a short episode we like to call a Sauce Packet! SPOILERS AHEAD! In other words, don’t engage unless you are out of star dock.
It’s the Michael Burnham Show, a.k.a Star Trek Discovery.
Chris posits that Scott McNulty, the host of Random Trek will enjoy the serial nature of the new show.
The joy of Riker’s Beard.
Who doesn’t love mirror universe Michelle Yeoh?
The Harry Mu...2018-08-0833 minFilm FrownYou Only Live TwiceLike James Bond in this 1967 film, we’re back from the dead. As Chris returns from a mental health break, he challenges his sanity and that of Paul and guest, Arturo. This lack luster Bond film is so bad that even Connery vowed to quit afterwards. Should you be brave enough to watch the 007 film yourself, here’s a list of available sources. Or, Arturo says fly to Mexico and buy a copy of the film from Roger Moore and Sean Connery in a supermarket. Just watch out for the trap doors.
Child author Roald Dahl wrote the scri...2018-07-271h 52Montreal SaucePumpkin TownWhat in the name of Zork? Long story fake, Paul found a genie and got his dream of being turned into a computer. Unfortunately, it was an evil genie so Paul was not turned into a gorgeous Macbook, instead he’s an Apple IIe. Join Daniel J. Hogan, Arturo Vergara, and co-host Chris as they abuse computer Paul by loading up a text adventure game that forces him to say “I do not understand ____,” over and over. Also, stick around for the bodacious surfer, brah.
It’s time for guess-the-verb.
Uh oh, we’re on Elm Street?
Stay out of tha...2017-10-301h 11Montreal SauceAlways Go with Dolph LundgrenThe Quiz surfaces once again in our second half of the conversation with writer, artist, filmmaker, podcaster & cat owner Daniel J. Hogan. We get reading recommendations, a podcast playlist, irritated eyeballs and a brief history on Who’s The Boss?
Daniel J. Hogan is using Amazon Display ads and Amazon affiliate program on his sites.
DJH schools us on HeroQuest.
Has Dan ever had a fan buy him something from his Amazon Wish List? Um, here’s Chris’ Wish List & Paul’s Wish List. 😜
Dan’s older, daily yucks are available in his archive at clattertron.com.
Clattertron is available...2017-06-071h 03Montreal SauceStory SlamAlison Hagan of the MS Society is back to tell us about a personal passion, The Edmonton Story Slam. We learn how it all started, the talented participants, prize money and Paul & Chris have a slam of their own.
The Moth really helped to popularize the idea of story slams.
The Edmonton Story Slam was started by Alison’s sister Susan with the help of Alison and friends.
You’ve got to follow the Rules when you attend a slam.
The Mercury Room hosts the Story Slam.
Gail de Vos.
The Storytelling Festival.
Matthew MacKenzie is a past winn...2017-04-0445 minMontreal SauceTalking Multiple SclerosisAlison Hagan of the MS Society shared her journey on this episode. Conversation about the importance of farm communities, the history of cutting and pasting, the state of journalism, cycling culture and much more. We also ask the question, “what is progress?”
Alison & Paul swap 4-H stories.
Paul tells us about founding the West Michigan Coop.
Alison attended the University of Regina.
Our guest recommends CBC, NPR and Common Dreams for news coverage.
Paul likes the BBC and Aljazeera.
Alison moved up the ranks of the MS Society from Red Deer to Edmonton.
We learn about the support the...2017-03-2754 minMontreal SauceSamsonowThis episode is an interview with the talented Jeff Samsonow, who wears a number of hats. He’s been a journalist, producer, writer, product strategist, content director and more. Thus, we gave him the title, Media Mogul. Jeff shares his stories about his radio days, the importance of Universal design and rock shows in basement scooter shops. We also learn about Jeff’s latest journalistic adventure and comedy productions.
Treat yourself to some Sugru. Get yours from your not so local Amazon site.
Jeff is a graduate of Fanshawe and did not attend Community.
Chris & Paul learn the diff...2017-03-1300 minMontreal SauceSauce Packet: Impressions only a Mother could LoveIn university, Paul had a reputation for fun voices. In his head, Chris also believed he could do imitations. On this episode the truth is exposed as they briefly examine the art of impression.
“Moose and squirrel are not going to like this.”
Dana Carvey and Will Ferrell do the Bushes much better than us.
Kermit on Sesame Street and Wreck It Ralph.
Chris Rock loves Paul Giamatti.
Kevin Spacey impersonates Christopher Walken.
Friend & listener Arturo was in the chat room for the live episode, so we gave him much love. Arturo was also a previous guest.
Chris lear...2017-02-0826 minMontreal SauceTaco Skate Co. vs. Sting's Pan FlutesAnother hour with Adriean Koleric on street art, collage, podcasting from a VW and being a Detroit Pistons fan in Western Canada. You can find the first part here.
An architect and painter that inspires Adriean is Will Alsop.
The OCAD building can be seen in pictures on the web! Such wow! Try Flickr.
Adriean was also inspired by Frank R. Paul. Just look at the images that pop up in a DuckDuckGo search! Gorgeous.
Frank R. Paul illustrated a number of pulp magazines in his time like Science Wonder Stories.
Adriean worked with Chad Kouri, with the...2016-12-2958 minFilm FrownSupergirlNope.
We’re not watching the cheese-filled CBS show, we’re watching Helen Slater fight Faye Dunaway in a very strange film from the 80s. arkOS creator Jacob Cook and the talented artist & developer Jen Montes join the guys to review a piece of super hero history, Supergirl.
Chris watched way too many documentaries like You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman to prepare for this show. Meanwhile, Jen watched Supergirl religiously as a child.
Like Superman III, Supergirl was panned by reviewers. Also, it did not do well at the box offi...2016-12-171h 51Film FrownIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullWe love Spielberg, we love aliens and fedoras. How could this go wrong? On this episode Paul & Chris are joined by their better halves, Tina and Colette. So does the film hold up to the lego game? That’s the big question.
Can you use Square Cash to transfer money between Canada and the US? Hmm. Nope.
Crystal Skull came out in 2008. BoxOfficeMojo lists it as 3rd for the year, below The Dark Knight and Iron Man. This film is actually above Wall-E and Twilight. WHA?
The biggest film shot in Hawaii since an...2016-12-101h 24Montreal SauceA Link to the Past & Novelty BandsThe second half of our conversation with the developer Mad Max, Aaron Clifford is here! On this episode we talk virtual noses, old school game consoles, developing for VR and positional audio. The dreaded quiz is back and we’ve got Pac-man Fever.
Aaron got the idea for DAWT at an event for the Extra Life.
The Extra Life event was for Edmonton’s Stollery Children’s Hospital and it started with a 4 player Tower Fall Ascension challenge.
He decided to enter Codename Goa with DAWT as well. Aaron is featured on a video on that site.
Aaron’s game d...2016-11-2757 minMontreal SauceSiri, Snoopy & The Sex CriminalsComics too expensive to read, blatant podcast promotion, figure skating to the Spider-man theme song and Siri’s inability to open up are all the topics covered in the second half of the conversation with Danica & Brandon of Variant Edition.
We discuss the many different versions of a single comic book character & Brandon tells us a tale of The New 52.
Paul challenges Brandon & Danica with a “pick 3” of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Right Stuff and The 100.
Danica’s pick for Paul is Letter 44. Brandon’s cross section of Paul’s pick is ca...2016-11-1258 minMontreal SaucePerfection is Another Form of ProcrastinationDirector & animator Jamil Lahham joined us in part 1 of this conversation where we discussed winning an Oscar, working on Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs and what is a bad film? In the second part of our live show, Jamil tells us about his attempt at stand-up comedy, his award winning animation and the attitude needed to complete those personal projects.
Jamil tells about his short Dirty Laundry Day which recently won Best Animation at the Filmmaker International Film Festival in Spain.
Chris was inspired by Jamil’s blog about his short especially, “Do ANYTHING a day.”
Jamil says y...2016-07-2857 minMontreal SauceCloudy with a Chance of Vin Diesel“You go to school to learn a craft in some sense, but more than anything else, you’re learning about yourself.” The Michigan-Edmonton duo of Paul & Chris were lucky enough to chat with animator & director Jamil Lahham who shared those words about university. Jamil tells us about the organic nature of traditional animation, animating cycles for iPads and the weight of an Oscar.
Jamil was a part of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, the Academy award winning The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore and his wonderful short Dirty Laundry Day.
If you want to learn even m...2016-07-201h 02Montreal SauceSupport Your Local ArchiveOr: “You’re on Camera Whether You Like It or Not”
This is part deux of our conversation with Carolyn Fung & Paul Juricic who were grad students at The Centre for Digital Media. Their final project at the CDM was Project ACME, a personal archiving tool to collect and sort your digital data. We start off talking about the amazing physical archives they visited. For the sake of your sanity in the following notes, “Paul” is our guest. “Host Paul” is the co-host who says he loves pop music.
Carolyn tells us about the treasures of The Museum of...2016-07-0659 minMontreal SauceArchinodesOn this episode the gents talk about preserving memories, archiving, data and private interests. The guests are graduate students from The Centre for Digital Media, Paul Juricic and Carolyn Fung. For the sake of your sanity in the following notes, “Paul” is our guest. “Host Paul” is your Trill podcast host, not a symbiont.
Previously on Montreal Sauce…Carolyn has been on before so she updates us on the project she was involved in before, True North.
Paul tells us about the previous team he worked with Altru.City.
Carolyn is now working with NGX Interactive.
Paul tells us about A...2016-06-2259 minMontreal SauceSauce Packet: Green Radicals & Brainwashed DookieThis is our first Sauce Packet, a short show on a single topic. The inaugural topic is “that album that always finds its way into your playlist.”
What is a Shadoe Stevens? Sorry Film Frown fans, Traxx is just bad, not so bad it is good.
Who was the announcer in the $10,000 Pyramid?
Paul’s pick, “The album that they handed out in the streets of the suburbs,” Green Day’s Dookie.
Chris married his music to his wife’s in Subsonic. He loves it, she misses her free singles from Starbucks on iTunes.
Chris’ pick, New Radicals - Maybe You’ve B...2016-06-1520 minMontreal SauceBit and Bang 2.0We go deep into programming languages and their history with our guest Tierney Coren. There’s a sprinkling of tech recommendations, some Rooster Teeth and a discussion on the popularity of Let’s Play videos.
Chris asks the tough question, “What is Node.js?”
Learn more about javascript with Douglas Crockford.
Syntax can make things difficult when it comes to languages. Paul says jQuery really helped in the case of popularizing Javascript.
Tierney discusses Gulp.js and Electron, web kits for Node.
Our guest is using a Razer mouse and headset. He found this gear thanks to the company...2016-06-081h 02Montreal SauceBit and BangThis episode features discussions of cities in New York that aren’t New York City, succeeding in university and it turns out there are people who love candy corn. No. Really! Our guest Tierney Coren is part of the Node.js Evangelism Work Group, a web developer, designer, writer and student.
The glorious reputation of Utica.
Tierney teaches us that the origin point of the grid system in Salt Lake is the Mormon Temple.
Chris has been using Here.com to replace Google Maps.
Tierney & Paul have issues using Duck Duck Go for search. However, Paul does love th...2016-06-011h 00Montreal SauceFather CallingToo lazy to write a blog post on the Patreon page, Paul & Chris meet to discuss exciting new updates to the show. Promotional swag, sauce packets and secretive episodes are coming your way. Not to mention our tremendous backlog of live episodes to publish for downloads.
This special episode is brought to you be quantum mechanics.
Remember when we had a t-shirt drive? (You can request Cotton Bureau print more, if you wish.)
Paul goes searching for domains for the insanely long iTunes link on hover. Should we get dot soy?
You want shorter content? Yeah. We can...2016-04-1031 minMontreal Sauce¡Aye, Madre, Aye! (a.k.a. "The Ranting")In part dos of the discussion with Arturo Vergara we discuss the value of a college education, the importance of agriculture, the false idea of a post-scarcity society and rapping, yo!
During the education rant, Paul refers to an earlier show we did at The Centre for Digital Media. Here’s part 1 and part 2.
Do we really have a Post-scarcity economy?
Chris discusses a story from That Sugar Film.
Internet for everyone is not altruistic. It simply means more customers. That’s why Google has balloons & Facebook is making drones.
Arturo loves performing music. (Psst, he once posted some...2016-02-221h 01Film FrownHouse PartyIn the cozy warmth of their homes in December, the boyz team up with Daniel J. Hogan of Clattertron.com to throw a house party. Err, that is to watch House Party. I was just Kid’n Playing with you.
Want to risk watching it?
Amazon Video
iTunes
All else fails? Try canistream.it.
Bullworth is a “rap’ movie?
Paul wants this soundtrack on The Last Dragon.
Dan has recently enjoyed Straight Outta Compton, bought the N.W.A. album with the same title and wants this soundtrack, yo.
Hip Hop Family Tree is a sugg...2016-02-211h 40Film FrownNick FuryThis week a TV movie crushes a group of reviewers that has already been beaten down by so many bad films this season. The cherry on the top of this steaming pile is The Hoff! Armin & Arden join your hosts and discuss a movie Marvel would like to forget.
Also, forget David Hasselhoff, one of the costars is actually named Ron Canada!
Arden is in love with the Swedish villainess, Viper!
The Hoff says he’s a better Nick Fury than Samuel L. Jackson.
What’s your job? “I write only super hero movies. All of them. Good or bad...2016-02-0900 minMontreal SauceDeflecting People with Joe VeixPaul & Chris were joined by writer and artist with a last name that people always pronounce wrong, Joe Veix. He discusses his career, joke writing and of course Matthew McConaughey.
Trade secret from the gas station - OPEC doesn’t set gas prices. In college, Chris’ sister worked at a gas station and was obviously in charge of the price at the pump.
Writing about K-Pop? Youtube examples.
System Shock 2, a horror video game.
Brandacted, a Chrome extension by our guest that blocks brand names.
Similar to Brandacted, Joe also made Name Swap that gives political candidates a gros...2016-01-251h 02Film FrownSon Of The MaskYou see that title up there? That’s right, we watched Son of the Mask to celebrate Halloween. Armin joined the guys to review this legendary bad film. Well, he joined Chris. In a Film Frown first, Paul could not finish the movie. How’s that for a review?
Dare to watch it?
Buy on Amazon.
iTunes
And now the review:
Chris & Paul claim to be part of the Q Continuum. Showing guests bad movies is the way they test humanity.
Production designer on this film did a great job. Makes sense, his other films: Alien, Supe...2016-01-011h 31Montreal SauceDan BenjaminSurprise! Did we kidnap the Larry Bird of podcasting in a bizarre re-enacting of the bad movie, Celtic Pride? Of course not. We’re too lazy. Dan Benjamin joined us to chat about his love of radio, setting the right expectations for your podcast and making better podcasts for listeners.
Dan thinks Paul sounds really great. It must be that DBX pre-amp & the Onyx 1620i Paul purchased from multiple 5by5 network garage sales.
Dan usually shares his experience with gear and production on his show Podcast Method.
Dan loves the surprise of live shows, as in his show wi...2015-12-2750 minFilm FrownHard Ticket To HawaiiChris & Paul were incredibly lucky to be joined by Darren Herczeg & Adam Dachis from Supercharged & The Awkward Human Survival Guide shows on the 5by5 podcast network. The cinema flavor sampled on this episode was Hard Ticket to Hawaii, a titillating adventure featuring useless bullets, inconsistent bazooka blasts and bad actors that make the co-star centerfolds look like Glenn Close or Julianne Moore. As Darren would say, “Aloha!”
Adam will be starring in a West Wing reboot?
Adam is a co-author of The Awkward Human Survival Guide .
Darren’s amazing short, Tennis. You’ll love it. (pun intended)
Chris steals h...2015-12-141h 54Montreal SauceTaryn Down AppleIn a very fun show, Paul & Chris get chat with the hilarious and enthusiastic Taryn Arnold from Patreon. She joins the show to talk the art of mouth foley, the right amount of internet stalking, teen crushes and Patreon page success.
Nobody likes candy corn.
Taryn hosts Patreon’s Calling All Creators.
Taryn went to university at ASU.
Our guest worked in marketing before moving to bop & Tiger beat magazines to report on entertainment.
The gauntlet has been thrown. Taryn says there’s no better place to live than California.
Paul thinks he may become a Snowbird.
Justin Hall...2015-11-181h 00Film FrownGymkataThis week, Chris & Paul are joined by Daniel J. Hogan of Clattertron and Armin of biasedcat to discuss the only martials arts/gymnastics mashup film ever, Gymkata.
Armin actually filled in for Dan on the Waterworld episode. Dan shares a story about going to the movie theatre to see that film. Suck it, boring Apollo 13 movie!
Dan just finished The Martian and we’re all excited to see the film based on the book.
Chris thinks you may be more interested in watching Gymkhana.
This film came out the same year as The Last Dragon.
There was tough bo...2015-11-151h 25Film FrownDoctor StrangeEverybody loves Marvel movies. Even the ones from the 70s? Our previous guest, Christian joins us to discuss the marvelous sets & mustachioed acting in this TV movie that hoped to launch a series.
The abundance of reviews online for this film is startling. Here’s one that has some history about the production.
The new Doctor Strange is due out in 2016.
Jessica Walter plays the villain. You might recognize her from Arrested Development and she’s a voice on Archer. Hey! We talked to someone who works on that show.
Clyde Kusa...2015-10-281h 45Montreal SauceIs it the ShoesThe new season has started and the guys are dropping science! Well, actually they’re catching up with each other and you. Listen to learn how Val Kilmer could have saved the world from evil cable bundles if his Amtrak train hadn’t been delayed.
Home internet in Canada is just like mobile data, they charge per usage! What the hell? Look out US. Telus Internet Plans or Shaw.
Coming soon, Paul will be fortunate enough to get with a surviving local telco for internet, AcenTek.
If you want to support local Internet comp...2015-10-241h 10Montreal SauceHostfully YoursPaul & Chris are back! They’re kicking it old school. Join them as they go to warp speed. Well, just as soon as they can remove all the Google bloatware from the engineering software and find a cool external hard drive.
Here’s a new season of the Sauce but what about Film Frown?
Where is our lost episode featuring Marty Chan? Right here and here, smart ass.
“What browser are you using these days?” Chris answers in a blog post.
How to “Remove Uninvited Google Apps from Launchpad” on Macs.
Chris...2015-10-111h 05Film FrownThe OctagonListener favorite Arden returns with more kung fu! He joins Chris and their fellow movie buff Geraldine on a special episode recorded during the summer break. While Paul slumbered in his hyperbaric chamber, the 3 intrepid friends attempted to sit through a Chuck Norris film, The Octagon.
Arden gives a shoutout to star & martial artist Ernie Reyes Jr. who joined our chat room in a previous episode.
Should we watch The Big Brawl some time?
Chris & Geraldine recently went Turkey Shoot to watch Snakes on a Plane.
A very bad film featuring Farrah Fawcett and disgustingly old Kirk Douglas...2015-09-031h 42Montreal SauceI Bluff All The TimePaul & Chris sit down and chat about central vacuum and avocados! What more could you want from a host-full show? Well, surprise guest Tina pops in to talk delicious cookies & not-so delicious undercooked cheeseburgers.
Chris is excited for the next episode with author Marty Chan.
A last minute shot in the dark, Chris attempted to get Adam Dachis from Supercharched as this episode’s guest. However, he’s hoping to schedule Adam and Darren Herczeg for a future Film Frown.
Paul asks about Chris’ latest writing gig, Lost Highway.
Chris was also lucky enough to have an article posted...2015-08-031h 18Film FrownBerry Gordy's The Last DragonFor the final show of the season Arden and another kung fu film! Though, Paul will argue that it’s not a kung fu movie, but a terribly long 80s music video. Either way, the guys are obviously having a fun time reviewing it. Oh, and there’s a single person in the chat room during the live show. It sounds sad to have only one person, but he’s one of the film’s stars! JOKE’S ON YOU, REST OF THE INTERNET.
Interested in watching this piece of cinema? Choose your flavor below:
Amazon Instant ha...2015-07-261h 40Montreal SauceWhich Tech Giant Do You Trust Less?This week Chris wanted to talk about privacy so he and Paul invited Jacob Cook the father of arkOS to talk about the importance of confidentiality and better ways to protect yourself online.
Subtle Reminder: We have a chat channel on the freenode IRC network you can join during live shows on Thursday nights to interact with us. Or jump in on other days and maybe you run into Chris or Paul. Look for #montrealsauce on freenode or hit the live page on our site.
We discuss the spotted history of online payments where Elon Musk’s...2015-07-161h 04Montreal SauceYou Need Poutine BrosThis is the second half our conversation with artist & developer, Jen Montes. We discuss being multilingual, Puerto Rico, Python, GitHub, and poutine. Jen currently works on the TV show Archer.
Chris tries to show off, saying he learned Spanish from watching, Home Alone in Mexico.
Jen wonders what the difference between European French and Quebec French is? Jacob, who is in the chatroom, chimes in to share his experience in Quebec.
Jen grew up in Puerto Rico which reminds Chris of a recent Last Week Tonight video on voting rights in U.S. Territories.
The Insular Cases are...2015-06-2500 minFilm FrownWaterworldTwo words, Kevin Kostner. Now you know why we’ve watched this film. Armin Mortazavi, one of the awesome people we met during the Montreal Sauce podcast live from CDM graciously joined us to experience Waterworld.
Where can you watch it? (Or, avoid it?)
Buy the Blu-Ray
Or stream it:
iTunes
Amazon
Here’s our notes, although be warned, they got wet and were hard to transcribe:
Water is expensive. In 1995, this was the most expensive movie to date until Titanic was made two years later.
Batman Forever made more money than this...2015-06-081h 59Film FrownUHFLast season we ended the show watching Revenge of the Ninja (http://revengeofthe.ninja/) where guest Arden chose a random page number from Videohound’s Complete Guide to Cult Flicks & Trash Pics. The idea was that we would watch a film from the page he chose. What luck! On that page was Weird Al Yankovic’s UHF
Where can you watch this film? And for once we recommend it.
Buy the Blu-ray 25th Anniversary edition.
Stream it on -
Amazon
iTunes
Coincidentally, there probably aren’t any UHF stations where you can watch UHF. C...2015-05-281h 51Film FrownStarcrashThis episode Dan Hogan & Sally Ann join us to celebrate the perms in space! Starcrash is a 1978 low budget wannabe Star Wars film featuring Christopher Plummer and The Hoff. What more could you ask for? Set your computer wave to monitor our friction trail and prepare yourself for some robot chauvinism.
Watch the film (at your own risk):
The bad news, a classic of such vintage is not really found streaming at the moment.
There is a Blu-ray at Amazon though.
You may also find it on Youtube. For how long? Only Akton knows.
On...2015-04-221h 22Film FrownDeep Blue SeaOn this episode Chris & Paul are joined by Jacob Cook from Citizen Web and the brains behind arkOS. The three shark wranglers are terrified of the future where elderly people are injecting shark brain juice. Jacob treats us all to a fantastic reboot of this film that we would all pay money to see.
Want to watch this film (at your own risk)? It’s available for digital rental from the following services:
iTunes
Google Play
Youtube
Sony
Deep Blue Sea is ranked 19 for the year of 1999 above Galaxy Quest, Three Kings and The Cider Ho...2015-04-151h 35Montreal SauceReturn to Plastic BohemiaChris & Paul are joined by Alan Henry to chat about former lives, science, college radio, and Alan’s journey on the way to writing for Lifehacker.
Writing articles on his own blogs, Gears and Widgets and The Classy Geek, eventually led to someone saying, “Hey Alan, you should write for us and we’ll pay you!”
Alan put together the science guidelines at Lifehacker.
How I Work is a useful series on Lifehacker to learn some excellent tips from people in different fields. You can even learn more about Alan and how he works.
An old blog of Chris’ w...2015-04-071h 02Film FrownExcaliburWho can pull the sword from the stone? Will it be Paul, Chris, or Colette? What’s the creepiest way to say someone is pregnant? Also, what’s with that green light? “AND CUT!”
Want to watch this film (at your own risk)? It’s available for digital rental from the following services:
iTunes
Google Play
Youtube
Hilariously, we had originally a link to Target Ticket in here, but apparently that service is no more.
Let the commentary begin!
Colette was immediately surprised by the adult scenes in this film having seen it on TV so many...2015-04-061h 44Montreal SauceJil with One LA production coordinator from Hollywood, Jil Szewski talks to Paul and Chris about working shows, unions, the long hours, and practical jokes on imdb.
Chris has learned “What do you do?” is a bad question thanks to reading our last guest, Nicole Bélanger.
Jil is currently working on Whose Line Is It, Anyway? (Content not available in Canada, peep this instead.)
GVSU Alumni reunion for those cats interested.
Experimental film featuring bug parts, Mothlight. You can probably find it on Youtube.
Maya Deren’s rad experimental film, Meshes of the Afternoon. Again, you can probably find it on Yout...2015-03-311h 04Montreal SauceActually a DecepticonAs our podcast enters its 3rd year, Saturday Night Live celebrates its 40th year. Paul & Chris discuss Raspberry Pi projects, SNL, and regional film distribution.
Hey look! The Raspberry Pi 2 is out. Corrections: It’s a quad core.
arkOS is a slick way to host your own photos, sites and more.
Raspberry Pi 2 benchmarks.
Chris is hoping to experiment with RetroPie on his RPi(Raspberry Pi).
Raspian is the original OS developed for the RPi.
Chris’ new thumb drive looks like Ravage.
Paul is using XBian on his RPi to stream films & media to his TV.
XBian supports AirP...2015-03-1059 minMontreal SauceDarmok & Heat Vision at the HyperloopChris & Paul are left to their own devices, whatever that means. The two share what they did on the break between seasons and discuss Gene Roddenberry & Dan Harmon shows.
Chris promotes his made-up holiday Someday if February, the 3rd Saturday in February in which you prioritize something from your Someday list instead of your To-do list.
Built on the Tent protocol which places your data in your control rather than a service, Cupcake.io is a twitter-like place for conversation that Chris enjoys using.
Paul talks about his involvement in West Michigan’s Online Cooperative and his exit fr...2015-03-0344 minMontreal SauceInformation DesignOn this show the fellows were joined by Dr. Rick Kopak from iSchool at the University of British of Columbia. There he researches information design and human computer interaction. Paul & Chris get schooled on the interesting concepts behind information design and how much the field is changing thanks to all our handheld digital devices.
An example of structuring information might be Hypertext.
Making information more useful might be as simple as laying it out with CSS, adding interactivity with JavaScript or perhaps ratings, a comment system or a way to monitor social capital.
Schemas are at the core...2015-01-061h 07Film FrownHarum ScarumIt’s time for the better half of the podcast! That’s right, Tina & Colette join their husbands to watch an Elvis picture! Where would bad movies be without bad musical numbers? Elvis is the king, but in Harum Scarum he could have been replaced by a wet blanket and no one would notice. This film lacks energy, not to mention acting, plot and choreography.
Want to watch the film (at your own risk)? You can purchase it on YouTube.
Otherwise it’s so bad that it isn’t currently available on Amazon, Netflix or iTunes...2015-01-011h 31Montreal SauceA Plot CouponPart 2 of our chat with 3D Generalist, Christian. We relax and chat television and movies. Could the budget for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. be $5? Would you lose your British accent after 200 years?
Podcasters & guest all agree Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is more like Agents of Sleep.
Christian & Chris are still trying to like Constantine.
For whatever reason, we all love Forever.
Paul says Lucas from Forever is playing the same part he played in Bones. While Chris compares him to Johnny from Airplane!
Christian digs The Flash, the newest superhero...2014-12-3155 minFilm FrownDoctor Goldfoot And His Bikini MachineThis episode features Vincent Price, Frankie Avalon’s helmet hair and a very bad song from The Supremes. Thanks to guest reviewer Sally Ann for taking time out of her busy season to join us!
Interested in watching the film?
Peep it on Amazon.
Watch on iTunes.
On with the show!
Frowner Sausages may remember Sally from a couple of Montreal Sauce shows, S2E013 and S2E014. (It’s not an insult, Montreal Sauce fans on Twitter chose the name Sausages, for themselves!)
Sally shares movie memories from different genres, Platoon & Annie.
Chris gets...2014-12-251h 26Film FrownRevenge of the NinjaThis show we review some 80s kung fu goodness. Get out your pen & paper, it’s time to count the number of bad stereotypes and the amount of times we say, “boobs!” Synthesizers, bad dialogue, karate kids and more synthesizers. This episode is a blast thanks to our guest, Arden.
Interested in the film?
Watch on Youtube.
Watch on Amazon.
Or cheap out and watch, Revenge of the Ninja in 4 minutes. It has all the great scenes covered, even the great pickup line, “If you want to workout, you forgot your pants.”
“Lake-effect snow, ladies & gen...2014-12-181h 30Film FrownThe Thing with Two HeadsThis week we’re watching the uncomfortable 1972 film, The Thing with Two Heads, Heads? Steve Carlson joins Paul & Chris to review this film labeled incorrectly as comedy, scifi and horror. Spoiler alert: it should just be labeled bad.
This film is produced by Samuel Z. Arkoff who Chris confuses with Dr. Zarkov from Flash Gordon.
Steve shares that 7 time, Oscar winning make up artist, Rick Baker was the man in the 2-headed gorilla costume.
Paul is reminded of Tropic Thunder when he hears the racist doctor in the film say, “you people.”
They need a brain dead patient in the...2014-12-111h 27Montreal SauceMore Kicks and Karate FlipsDan Hogan briefly re-joins us to discuss his process, the workflow of his webcomic and why being weird is winning. Tina, Chris & Paul review TV shows and create a new line of products for bald men called Pauld.
Dan describes his process for creating a webcomic digitally using a Microsoft Surface Pro 3 and Clip Studio Paint Pro.
Ryan Estrada has a few posts on Medium that can help you get your webcomic workflow together. Dan especially recommends Speed Comicking.
Dan shares a self help book that he enjoyed, The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win...2014-12-091h 05Film FrownZardozSean Connery in a red diaper? How could we say no to Zardoz, the 1974 film about guns & penises. We don’t need special effects, we have the power of pantomime! Joining Chris & Paul to review the film is musician Quoc-huy.
Earliest movie memories for all 3 reviewers are Disney films. This of course, dates everyone since Chris & Quoc think back to 101 Dalmatians and Fox & the Hound, while Paul remembers The Little Mermaid.
“The gun is good and the penis is evil.” Quoc says the film would be completely different had those items been reversed in that quote from the film.
...2014-12-031h 18Film FrownTechnicolor A-BombsOn this episode we watch the 1975 post apocalyptic buddy comedy about sexual assault, A Boy and His Dog. Artist, writer and comedian Daniel J. Hogan joins Paul and Chris to review this talking dog picture.
Hogan’s Heroes references have been approved.
Dolemite is a movie that is so bad it is good suggested by Chris.
Dan suggests The Room because it fits in the genre of so bad it is good. He also suggests the Japanese horror film, House.
Don Johnson is the star of A Boy and His Dog. Of course we all think he’s the...2014-11-261h 19Montreal SauceCut To Andy's Bruised ForeheadAndy Luther is back in part two of our interview with the actor. We discuss his movie roles, triple threats, and working for The Onion. Part one can be found here.
Andy tells us stories from his time on the set of Rory’s First Kiss, aka The Dark Knight.
Andy is currently in We Three over at the side project theatre company in Chicago.
Another recent project is a feature film still in production, Thrill Ride. There’s a touching story behind the making of the movie and a gallery of photos of the scenes that Andy talk...2014-11-241h 01Montreal SauceAlways Bring a Live HamsterWe have the awesome pleasure to chat with Andy Luther, an actor in Chicago. Andy studied in New York, he’s appeared in films and television but his passion is theater. When he’s not working, he has a contracting business and hires actors to give them a viable skill to support their art. We chat about acting, attending university as older students,
Is this a family show? Andy likes bleep noises as much as Paul. He cites the bleeped out Count as one of the funniest things he’s seen.
Keyboard background noises brought to you by our ne...2014-11-1855 minMontreal SauceAttracting Good Ideas with a Ravenous MagnetContinuing the show from last week, we’re chatting with our musician friend, Seth. The gang discusses the evolution of business on the web and changing technology over the last 10 years. Should you cultivate your passion as a hobby or as a profession?
When Seth was working in news broadcasting, he totally dug using a Ross Video Switcher.
Recent guest Justin Hall spoke at the xoxo festival recently. See his appearance here.
Paul has a love-hate relationship with javascript.
Paul argues that these days employers aren’t hiring people in technology for what they know and what they can...2014-11-061h 09Montreal SauceOscar the Grouch Lives in the T.A.R.D.I.S.Paul and Chris, left to their own devices nerd out about Doctor Who and review some of this fall’s new TV shows.
This episode brought to you by iRig.
Paul’s internet fails - splat - and we reconnect again.
Supercharged episode featuring router discussion.
An Adventure in Space & Time is a fictional BBC original film about the early history of Doctor Who. The film was written by Mycroft!
Rowan Atkinson plays The Doctor in The Curse of Fatal Death.
Michael Sheen said he would love to be Doctor Who for less than an episode in a rece...2014-10-221h 07Montreal SauceSo Down to HelpThe saucy specimen who joined us this episode via phone is David Sherry. If he was a James Bond character he would be Dr. Gold List. David and his mastermind partner, Allie want to bring Death to the Stock Photo.
David was traveling to the Global Instameet in D.C.
David & Allie’s approach to the business: create unique content, experiences and sharing those stories. So far they have funded road trips and interviewed other makers.
We discuss numbers/analytics vs authentic interaction. How do you measure success?
Speaking of authentic interaction, what would happen if you called yo...2014-10-141h 06Montreal SauceThe D-BoxPart deux of our chat with Tony Sarkees, an attorney in Chicago who loves making things at the local hackerspace as much as he loves gaming. We play This is Your Life, compete in a quiz about C64 games and talk gadgets.
Tony is the ultimate mobile consumer, switching his SIM card between Android & iPhone for many years. It all started with jailbreaking an iPod Touch.
Chris remembers Tony’s many tweets about his Chumby, a cuddly, user-friendly device that our guest believes has no counterpart.
Not too long ago, our guest’s friend Newman passed away and Chri...2014-10-0758 minMontreal SauceWhovian In-LawWhovian In-law? This Is An Example of Why I Don’t Listen To The Podcast?
Paul & Chris continue to talk to the Wonder Woman of education and technology, Colette Mondor. They switch gears from teaching & technology to movies, books and of course Doctor Who.
Chris & guest Colette review The Giver. Hooray for stock video?
Paul reviews Guardians of the Galaxy.
Colette shares that she’s not as big of a fan of The Last Starfighter as Chris is.
Chris wants a Cray Super Computer for his entryway. Colette says, “No.”
Colette decided to do a “40 at 40” list this su...2014-09-231h 10Film FrownIntro to FilmFrownWelcome to greatest adventure ever attempted by handsome, bearded men with audio equipment! Paul & Chris will torture, err invite guests to review B-movies, bad films and cult classics. This is an intro to get to know the guys, (if you’ve never heard them jabbering on Montreal Sauce) and the films that they will be sacrificing in the near future.
Hey, what podcasts are we listening to? Paul digs on some TWiT and Chris just found Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast.
How do you listen to podcasts? Chris uses Podcast Addict on Android and Paul...2014-09-2044 minMontreal SauceWorking on my Baked PacinoChris & Paul are holding hands & recording a show in the same studio? They talk asian cinema, the new global Hollywood and taking orders from dolphin commanders.
In Chris’ day people had pocket protectors. In Paul’s day they have Pocket projectors.
We rewrite The Hulk as a diabetic.
Chris reviews Lucy using Star Trek references.
If Lucy doesn’t give you enough Morgan Freeman you can always watch Transcendence.
Those super smart movies remind Paul of Limitless and Chris of Johnny Mnemonic.
While we’re talking films, Chris re...2014-09-0958 minMontreal SauceSynchronize Your SmellfiesPaul and Chris talk user agents, curry super powers, bizarre sports stats and they name your promising garage band. Wait? Chris and Paul are in the same room?
Origins? We explore the fact that our show is a spinoff. The Fraiser to Cheers, if you will. Originally, Paul had a dinner time show called I Like Juice, which you can find on iTunes, or the Blog of the Lion.
Paul loves the band name of Garfunkel & Oats, who recently got their own show.
Rikki Lindhome (Garfunkel), hosts a podcast on the Nerdist network...2014-09-011h 13Montreal SauceSeeing Old Ladies in Their UnderwearThis week we are lucky to speak to Sally Ann, a clothing and accessories designer who crafts everything from recycled materials. You can find her blog, designs and tutorials or check out her shop at shopsallyann.com. She has a rad mobile boutique named Shelby that she takes out to markets around Florida — and hopefully across the country in the future.
Every Saturday Sally & Shelby take a trip to the Riverside Arts Market in Jacksonville Florida.
Sally joined us to chat despite being on vacation in Pensacola!
Chris & Sally discuss the confusion of ti...2014-08-171h 07Montreal SauceStroker Ace: The Perplexing Mustache of Burt ReynoldsLast week’s guest, Jacob Cook sticks around for another show. You know what that means, quiz time! Jacob is the Mad Max of the Information Highway, who supports open source and decentralization with his amazing projects. Keep reading or listen for more on our guest from Montreal!
Chris is inspired by Jacob’s passion for his projects, arkOS and CitizenWeb Project so he asks the tough questions, what’s in Jacob’s future? And, the old man question, what about retirement?
Fearing the loss of Net Neutrality and crying in his toque, Chris wonders if Jacob...2014-08-1057 minMontreal SauceMy Deathstar is Real PlayerThis episode we chat with Jacob Cook who puts the Montreal in Montreal Sauce as he was actually in the city at the time of the recording. Jacob is the handsome brain behind arkOS and CitizenWeb Project. We talk the importance of open source, crowd funding and Big Brother’s sneaky mistress, Big Data.
Jacob occasionally uses Tor so obviously he’s under surveillance by the NSA.
Jacob suggests an open source real-time communications alternative Talky.io, which is based on the open WebRTC.
Google says Hangouts will only support Chrome. Chris grumbles whil...2014-08-021h 03Montreal SauceLuigi is not HitlerMontreal Sauce is not recommended by any number out of any other number of doctors.
Paul and Chris discuss the previous episode with Justin Hall.
Chris suggests the podcast, Supercharged by Adam Dachis and Len Peralta’s Geek a Week.
Chris is using Podcast Addict on Android to catch podcasts, which he likes because it has Chromecast support.
Paul has used Downcast and Castro on the iPhone for podcasts. Not released as of this recording, though, is his new favorite Overcast.
Paul wants to be at podcast zero, like in...2014-07-251h 21Montreal SauceJustin HallJustin Hall joins the show to talk about sharing our lives on the web. Others may know Justin from his legendary site links.net, various publications he has worked for or The Nethernet. Justin currently produces thought provoking videos as “The Justin Hall Show” that you can find on Youtube.
Better yet, you can stay up to date & contribute to his work via the awesome service Patreon. In true Montreal Sauce fashion, we jump into conversation and don’t get around to introducing Justin until 49 minutes into the show. Being an amazing guest, Justin interviews us just as muc...2014-07-181h 13Montreal SauceDaredevil? Ugh. Pfft.Tina (Twitter, Website) joins us again to talk Orphan Black.
We all love Helena.
Though, Orphan Black isn’t a BBC show, Chris still included it in his blog, Why You Should Be Watching Brit TV Shows.
Tina does foley of the Montreal Sauce splat when we talk Ben Affleck in Daredevil. The only clip that shows the Affleck scene Chris shares is from Cinema Sins. What a lovely coincidence.
Chris says he was unimpressed with Marvel’s wanna be anime style animated films. Marvel’s Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher and Ir...2014-07-111h 11Montreal SauceSandals In The MasturbatoriumThis week we’re joined by Paul’s wife Tina (Twitter, Website) & we talk body functions, children and Weight Watchers.
While Tina & Chris discuss medication side effects, Chris admits his sugar substitutes don’t rise to the occasion of baking.
Paul asks Chris about his new avatar which was created by Len Peralta. You can get your own from FlipFace.me and check out Len’s podcast, Geek a Week.
Oops, the conversation boiled down to arkOS, Raspberry Pi and SeaFile yet again.
Troubles with installing beta software leads to lots of learn...2014-07-0156 minMontreal SauceI DivulgedResuming our half-and-half episode format, it’s Season 2, Episode 6.
Chris talks about a previous show with Jonah, where he learned about Tom Cruise’s middle tooth!
Paul thinks Tom Cruise’s middle tooth could be the Silence.
Chris recommends Teeth if you’re into… you know what, don’t watch this.
Paul says his children are really enjoying the Hopscotch and Paper apps on the iPad.
Spellbounders is a iPad game recommended by a listener in the chat room.
Chris is using Privacy Badger, a plugin for browsers fro...2014-06-171h 12Montreal SauceI Need More Cake Baking AppliancesIt’s time to get back on the Sauce. This week, we’re back to Paul and Chris, Canadiéno-e-Americáno.
Chris vents about using PixPlant, an app to make seamless textures and maps.
These Futurama references to the reptilian space Pope & zombie Jesus are so quick it will take the links longer to load than to play. play.
SeaFile is a self-hosted drobox-like service that Paul is trying out because OwnCloud is a bit slow on the Raspberry Pi.
Turn your Raspberry Pi into a router? Why not, Chris is alread...2014-06-091h 05Montreal SauceThe Nick Fury of My Childhood is a Big Fat LieOnce again, Jonah Bailey pops in as our guest. He is a designer, comic book fan, and Trekkie. You can find him @jonahbailey on twitter or at his own site jonahbailey.com. He also blogs at Mutually Human.
Jonah says we have to Google “Tom Cruise middle tooth.”
Clerks The Animated Series hilarious Korean animation bit.
The Canada Quiz!
Montreal Sauce Pro Tip: Don’t Go to Kansas and Say That
Chris randomly quizes Jonah & Paul because that’s what classy radio shows do. Who will win the coveted prize of...2014-05-311h 23Montreal SauceNot In My Captain AmericaThis is the first live episode. Well, it was live. We’re now recording every other Thursday and posting the recorded episodes every Friday night. Follow @montrealsauce, @pauld, or @sikkdays, to find out when we’re broadcasting or click the live button on the montrealsauce.com.
Jonah Bailey is a designer, comic book fan and our guest this episode. You can find him on twitter, @jonahbailey or at his own site jonahbailey.com. (Which, he admits, is sorely in need of an update. Don’t go there. WHY AM I EVEN LINKING THIS?)
We discuss Captai...2014-05-231h 05Montreal SauceI EmotedIn episode 2 we talk security. Forget password services and secure websites, you need Liam Neeson. Paul hacks apart Star Wars with a machete on air.
Chris is looking at Chromebooks for his wife.
Paul’s iMac has a recall because of… graphics card. It all sounds too familiar to Chris.
Chris has realized that his phone contains a lot of delicate information and maybe it is time to put a password on it. Check how secure your password is here. Paul’s phone confirms he’s been doing this for a while as we hear...2014-05-161h 07Montreal SauceIf it Takes a Yeti to BatheWelcome back to the Sauce. Glad you fell off the wagon. Paul & Chris were on hiatus globetrotting on the hunt for crystal skulls.
Chris learned all about the crystal skulls thanks to the Stuff You Should Know Podcast via this episode.
Paul learned about the crystal skulls from the 4th Indiana Jones movie which he’s trying to forget. Or at least imagine it ended differently
Chris & Paul discuss the problem with TV seasons in the age of Netflix. Our rant is partially spurred on by this blog post.
In the di...2014-05-091h 03Montreal SauceAn Awesome ImpalaHow is The Walking Dead like Dukes of Hazard? How many impressions can Chris do? Are we podcasting in diapers? Find out in Episode 11 of Montreal Sauce!
Podcast tech Chris wants for x-mas. Please reptillian Space Pope, please!
Of course, Chris doesn’t need it because Paul has nabbed a Mackie Onyx 820i to mix the show and produce all the fart noise we need.
Why are the boys talking about Dogecoin again? The hip new thing is Solarcoin!
Oops, Mt. Gox has had some issues with Bitcoin.
Jonathan has given Chris a foolproof way to purchase things an...2014-03-181h 52Montreal SauceMontreal Sauce Regrets The ErrorThe fabled 10th episode, as handsome as the 10th doctor. And this is the 2nd Episode of March Montreal Madness!
Is this Paul’s dream mixer?
Squarespace is not a sponsor.
Looking for a podcast to rival our own? Check out Huffduffer. Subscribe to Paul’s Huffduffer stream.
SNL’s clownpenis.fart sketch Chris found on a questionable site.
Redshirts is going to be a TV series on FX.
The trailer for We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks.
Much coin! Such wow!
More adventures in Linux with Chris, so you don’t have to! Or if you’re feeling...2014-03-111h 43Montreal SauceShatner InfomercialLivin’ it up, on the Montreal Sauce show. Talkin’ bout politics. Talkin’ ‘bout, crazy cool medalions. Talkin’ it up. On the Montreal Sauce show.
And by “politics”, I actually mean trucks, science fiction, and diabetes diets. You know, stuff!
Zoidberg from Futurarma doing woop woop woop for 11 minutes. Just because.
The very entertaining William Shatner’s audio book Shatner Rules.
Paul’s cough mute switch.
The massive GMC Arcadia and the Chevy Equinox.
Grumpy old man, we liked him. We love him!
Chris has been reading The Laundry Files series buy Charles Stross.
2013 Doctor Who Christmas special trailer.
...2014-02-042h 15Montreal SauceDo a Barrel RollChris and Paul are back, mano-a-mano to talk more about Canadian health care, Godzilla, code, Doctor Who, and KFC. It’s Montreal Sauce! Yum!
The Flophouse podcast reviews bad, bad movies.
Idiocracy trailer.
Get the Gringo trailer.
Pepe the King Prawn on The Late Late Show.
The trailer for the latest reboot of Godzilla.
The Godzilla cupholder Chris received free from Taco Bell back in the day.
Green Day’s unfortunate movie tie in with the 1998 Godzilla movie uses the simple theory that anything can be improved with Godzilla’s roar.
Chris imagines Godzilla playing Walter opposite of the Du...2014-01-152h 14Montreal SauceHere's a New JokeOur guest this episode is writer & cartoonist Daniel J. Hogan. Listen to the podcast to learn a bit about self-publishing, comedy & ad revenue.
Introductions
Daniel’s book, Magic of Eyri.
Daniel’s cartooning on Clattertron.
On Content Making
Blues Brothers train scene.
As mentioned by Daniel, Rory’s Story Cubes.
The comedy of Mitch Hedberg.
SlushPile Hell “One grumpy literary agent, a sea of query fails, and other publishing nonsense.”
Game Dev Tycoon, an unwinnable game if you pirated it from the web instead of paying for it. Hilarious but sad story.
Lulu.com A company...2013-12-181h 48Montreal SauceBing Can Do It Too, I ThinkSo Paul’s been sick, and that’s why we haven’t been recording. But it’s OK - we managed to put together a great
show about whales, colds, and Cory Doctorow.
We also cover lots of great movies and stuff. Oh, and we talk about arkOS some more, because it looks awesome.
The Venture Bros. T-shirt club.
Chris’s current T-Shirt this episode, Commodore.
Car Talk.
Redshirts Our first Montreal Sauce book club book? Why not? Find it and read it. Then, you can nod your head or shout at your listening device while we review...2013-11-201h 51Montreal SauceDudes... or SomethingEpisode 3 is here at last so that you can listen to Paul and Chris slaughter the younglings. Wait! No, we didn’t do that. Anakin, you’re hurting me!
What we did proceed to talk about, actually, was a mini-review of Agents of Shield, and its similarity to the TV / Movie Star Trek crossover stories: Michael Dorn probably has more money from Star Trek than the Roddenberry estate.
We also touch on lots of other fun stuff:
The Chirp app. Download now, open it up on your phone/tablet and listen to the show...2013-10-051h 49Montreal SauceYou Killed Chekov!In this, the inaugural episode of Montreal Sauce, Chris and Paul discuss a variety of movies and TV shows, followed by a small fanboy-v-fanboy discussion of iOS and Android.
Frankly, this is probably the description of every episode. But with practice, we’ll come up with great new ways of putting those words together.
Also, there’s already a Montreal Sauce drinking game: take a shot every time Paul says “Right, Exactly.” But you don’t have to play by taking shots of actual Montreal Sauce - you can use any liquor you have handy.
A fe...2013-06-221h 06