All the glitz and glamour of the Oscars, but with real Oscars!  Who will take home their very own Oscar in the kind of categories you would expect from Jovial Jay and Shua, on Enjoy Stuff!

 

Best cereal when soggy! Best wit in a parody movie! Everyone can get into Enjoy Stuff categories. Join Jay and Shua on the goofiest tribute to the Oscars you have ever heard!

 

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What we’re Enjoying

Jay was sporting a 10-20 gallon hat as he broke out some very classic westerns, such as John Ford’s ‘Stagecoach’ and Jimmy Stewart in ‘Winchester ‘73’. Get along l’il doggie! Shua went with a different Stewart this week as he has been enjoying Sir Patrick Stewart in ‘Picard’ season 2. Let’s make it so!

 

Sci-Fi Saturdays/MCU Location Scout

Be sure to check out Jay’s articles on Retrozap.com. Sci-Fi Saturdays has a great article on an 80’s version of giant robots in “Robot Jox”. Plus an odd sci-fi movie that even featured a post-Star Wars Mark Hamill in ‘The Guyver’. This week brings the latest Marvel series on Disney+, so you can look for some great filming location for Moon Knight on MCU Location Scout. 

 

Enjoy the Oscars!

Sunday, March 27 was the 94th Academy Awards. So this week we celebrate our very own version of the Oscars by looking at some TechnoRetro categories and giving the winner their very own Oscar. (But a real life, famous Oscar). Tune in for the winners! Here are the categories:

 

Food Nominees - Best Cereal even when soggy 

Cap’n Crunch

Cinnamon Toast Crunch

Lucky Charms

Froot Loops

Frosted Flakes

Winner gets Oscar Mayer

 

Comedy Nominees - Best Wit in a parody movie 

Leslie Nielsen

Mel Brooks

John Cleese

Gene Wilder

Simon Pegg

Winner gets Oscar Wilde

 

Fashion - Most ridiculous costumes in a film

Phantom Menace

Fifth Element

Tank Girl

Batman and Robin

Running Man

Winner gets Oscar de la Renta

 

Best Non-Standard Sports Film

Over the Top 1987

Baseketball 1998

Rollerball 1975

Cool Runnings 1993

Harry Potter 2001 

Winner gets Oscar de la Hoya

 

Music - Best Retro song that’s aged well

Power of Love

Don’t stop Believin’

Let’s Dance - David Bowie

Everybody wants to rule the world 

Winner gets Oscar Hammerstein

 

Cartoon - Best grumpy character on Saturday Mornings

Garfield

Grumpy Smurf

Squidward**

Skeletor

Fred Flintstone

Winner gets Oscar the Grouch

 

Movies - Best actor/actress that has played a superhero and sci-fi character

Mark Hamill - Star Wars/Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Chris Hemsworth - Star Trek/Thor….

Patrick Stewart - Star Trek/X-Men

Zoe Saldana - Star Trek/Guardians of the Galaxy

Natalie Portman - Star Wars/Thor: Love and Thunder

Scarlet Johansson - Lucy, Ghost in the Shell, The Island/Black Widow

Winner gets Oscar Isaac

 

 

 

Did your favorites win? What categories would you like to see next time? Let us know. Come talk to us in the Discord channel or send us an email to podcast@enjoystuff.com

Revisit 50 years of The Godfather as Enjoy Stuff looks back at one of the most iconic pieces of storytelling in cinematic history. Learn about the history and why it is considered such a masterpiece.

 

There are many ways to celebrate Pi Day on March 14. Whether you make a nice round birthday cake for Albert Einstein or share all kinds of round food with your friends, we think you’ll have fun watching 80’s TV shows about Private Investigators. Join us for a circular show of Magnum proportions on Enjoy Stuff!

 

News

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What we’re Enjoying

Shua spent almost a week enjoying musicals, including the broadway smash, ‘Hamilton’. But what really made an impact is watching his daughter in her High School musical ‘Newsies’. Her school presented a performance that was every bit as good as broadway.  Jay checked out the newest Ryan Reynolds movie ‘The Adam Project’. A fun romp with lots of nods to cool pop culture stuff for the whole family. 

 

Sci-Fi Saturdays/MCU Location Scout

Be sure to check out Jay’s articles on Retrozap.com. Sci-Fi Saturdays looks at a Dolph Lundgren classic called “I Come in Peace” and an 80’s giant robot popcorn flick called “Robot Jox”. And now that “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is streaming, check out some new locations from that film on MCU Location Scout. 

 

Enjoy Movies!

In the 60s, movies looked and felt quite a bit different due to Hollywood’s Hays Code. But as the 70’s neared and a rating system was established, filmmakers gained some freedom to explore the art of cinema. In 1972 Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo jumped at the opportunity to bring the vision of The Godfather to the world. 

 

Debuting on March 24, this mobster movie set the groundwork for this genre that few films have been able to capture to this day. The pacing, thematic elements, and complex character development flowed together in a new way.

 

This year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the classic by looking at the whole trilogy and discussing how it came about, why it’s so respected, and new ways you can experience the world of the Corleones. 

Are you a fan of the Godfather movies? What do you think? Let us know. Come talk to us in the Discord channel or send us an email to podcast@enjoystuff.com

 

Enjoy Pi Day with Jovial Jay and Shua as they take the idea completely out of context and talk about Private Investigators of 80s TV. It's a great episode to listen to 3.14 times! 

 

There are many ways to celebrate Pi Day on March 14. Whether you make a nice round birthday cake for Albert Einstein or share all kinds of round food with your friends, we think you’ll have fun watching 80’s TV shows about Private Investigators. Join us for a circular show of Magnum proportions on Enjoy Stuff!

 

News

Get ready for Easter candy and breakfast fusion with the new Rice Krispies and Apple Jacks treats

And if that’s not enough sweet morning candy for you, try the Dunkin’ Iced Coffee Jelly Beans

The Muppets’ Electric Mayhem is getting their very own series on Disney+

There is an ‘I Am Legend’ sequel being worked on with Will Smith and Michael B. Jordan

The Quantum Leap reboot keeps getting new cast members. Raymond Lee will be the lead

What we’re Enjoying

Jay is getting ready for Easter by exploring a variety of rabbit holes. One is Michael J Fox movies. Early movies like Midnight Madness and Teen Wolf make for a fun revisit of the actor’s origins. Shua was surprised to enjoy The Batman as much as he did. It was an interesting take on the Dark Knight with a detective story and a surprising message of hope by the end.  

 

Enjoy TV!

What is Pi? A delicious dessert? A mathematical constant? Well, yeah. But to recognize this year’s March 14, with different kinds of P.I.s; private investigators of the 80’s. 

 

Magnum PI pushed Tom Selleck to the top of fame when he starred as Thomas Magnum, private investigator staying in the mansion of Robin Masters and tormenting the butler, Higgins. All this while solving crimes while driving around in a fancy car. 

 

1984’s Riptide starred Perry King as Cody Allen and solved mysteries with his friends Nick and Boz, while driving around in a fancy car. 

 

Simon and Simon were two brothers who, while opposite in a lot of ways, were great at solving mysteries and driving around in a variety of fancy cars. 

 

Hardcastle and McCormick premiered in 1983 and starred the legendary Brian Keith as Judge Hardcastle who is trying to catch a bunch of criminals who escaped conviction with the help of a car thief named McCormick, who drives around in a stolen fancy car. 

 

Hunter set the stage for overly-macho guys who carry big guns, but sometimes have a female partner. Rick Hunter and his partner DeeDee McCall help to save Los Angeles, but don’t always have the luxury of a fancy car. 

 

Spenser for Hire showed us that the great Robert Urich as Spenser, saving the day in Boston with his reliable and not yet Star Trekified Avery Brooks, while driving around in a fancy Mustang car. 

 

And this just scratches the surface. In our head cannon, they were all connected and worked for Angela Lansbury’s Jessica Fletcher. 

 

What else can you do on Pi Day? How about some Pi-kus? Or maybe have a Pi-arty? Serve some Pi-themed food like Pi-napple or Pi-stachios. Whatever you do, have 3.14 times the fun on this fun Monday!

Are you celebrating Pi Day? Do you have a crime that needs investigating? Let us know. Come talk to us in the Discord channel or send us an email to podcast@enjoystuff.com

When we last left our heroes, Rocky and Bullwinkle, they were desperately trying to foil the plans of those dastardly fiends Boris and Natasha. This week Jay and Shua look back at the classic Jay Ward creation The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle. 

 

In 1959, Jay Ward productions created the first animated series for TV. Using a modern style of animation and very clever humor, they set up a crazy world that would inspire a kind of cartoon not found in the creations of giants like Disney or Warner Bros. This is Rocky and Bullwinkle!

 

News

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Indy 5 has wrapped filming! And Harrison Ford didn’t even have to go the hospital!

Beetlejuice 2 may actually happen!

What we’re Enjoying

Shua has been filling the silence of work time by listening to the offerings of classic Disneyland audio from a site called DisneyChris.com. It has just about any Disney audio you can think of from the parks, Disney storybook records, and even TV shows. Jay is getting ready for a season 6 return of Better Call Saul by rewatching the series. But which order should we watch this show? Listen to find out. 

 

Enjoy Cartoons!

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle debuted in 1959. It was the first time we had ever seen an animated series on TV, and it established a style that would become popular with cartoons, advertising, and design. A show about a moose and a squirrel constantly foiling the plans of Pottsylvanian spies Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale sounds pretty far out there. And it was!

 

And to add to the wackiness of the show, other cartoons filled the space between cliffhangers our heroes had to endure. One was Fractured Fairy Tales when we got a very unconventional style of classics. 

 

Peabody’s Improbable History introduced us to Mr. Peabody and his pet boy Sherman and all their time traveling adventures. 

 

Dudley Do Right taught us all about how brave (and sometimes dimwitted) those Canadian Mounties could be. But they always managed to save Nell from the mustache twirling Snidely Whiplash. 

 

Aesop and Son helped us learn valuable lessons from fables and then turned them into ridiculous puns.

 

Plus, these classic toons inspired live action movie versions. The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle from 2000 starred the likes of Jason Alexander, Rene Russo, and even Robert DeNiro!

Did you grow up experiencing Rocky and Bullwinkle? What lessons did you learn from this crazy pair? Let us know. Come talk to us in the Discord channel or send us an email to podcast@enjoystuff.com