Posted By Dave on June 17, 2019
This is the CARS episode of the Aggressive Couch!
This month, we talk about cars – cars we’ve owned, cars we’ve ridden in, cars we’ve stolen – it’s a whole cornucopia of CARS!
Basically, we recorded this a month ago and I forgot what we talked about. We got cut off and we never bothered to finish!
It’s that kind of lackadaisical attitude that makes us what we are!
Posted By Dave on March 31, 2019
The Couch is back! This week we tackle:
Arizona – we’ve both spent some time working in Arizona. We reminisce!
Conspiracy theories – who believes that crap? And what are some believable conspiracies?
Oak Island – who cares
Cars with touch screens
I think I deleted the section about the vinyl couch so I can’t make that ‘hipsters love vinyl’ gag
Also, Glenn Beck is the guy whose name I couldn’t remember
Posted By admin on February 27, 2019
We recorded an episode early this month but Dave had the “suck” knob turned all the way up on Norr’s mic. So we recorded a replacement! We covered many of the same topics and went way off the rails as usual.
This month, we introduce our new sponsor, Uncle Savage’s House of Broken Videotapes! Get your copies of Jaws 4 on Beta! No house is complete without one.
In this episode: Movie rentals, project cars – fix ’em or sell ’em!, Satellite TV in the 80’s, mergers and acquisitions, Star Wars, party movies, renting movies for little kids, Metal is kinda lame, the Google Image Search cyber-stalking game, Air BnB, and video games.
Posted By Dave on January 25, 2019
Welcome back to the Couch! After a 5 year absence, the Couch returns with more bad audio and obvious Skype problems.
Clue on the Big Screen – the Couch visits the movie theater to see Clue
Where have we been? We’ve been gone for 5 years, with good behaviour. What has changed? What’s going on? Who has cats now?
Rolling Stones tickets – priced sky high yet still likely to sell out every stadium
Standup Comedy compared to Punk Rock – Ron does standup and Dave sings in a punk band. We compare the differences!
Posted By Dave on January 11, 2019
Is there something happening?
Posted By Dave on September 30, 2018
By Source (WP:NFCC#4), Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58310161
Hell Fest is a documentary about the annual Misfits fan convention in Colby, Kansas. Colby is not all that big, so there’s only about 5 fans of the band. Well, actually, about half of the teenagers in Colby walk around with Misfits shirts on – it’s just that only 5 people in the town realize that the Misfits are a band rather than an obscure European fashion design house.
Anyways, Dirk Brooks is the organizer. Dirk was originally from the country but moved to Duluth to chase his dream of being a singer in a bowling alley. His dreams crumpled and he had to get a job as a door greeter at a funeral parlor.
The Misfits are his life. They helped him get through many hard times, like when his dog ran over a car. He compares them to the Beatles, whom he always confuses with the Beach Boys.
SPOILER WARNINGS: I haven’t watched this movie
The plot, as it were, revolves around Dirk’s scramble to keep the show together when the guest of honor, G. Felton Skrosky (Dr. Chud’s childhood friend from elementary school), decides to cancel at the last minute due to a scheduling conflict (there was a M*A*S*H marathon on TV that weekend).
With ticket sales stalled and the corporate backers getting nervous, Dirk makes several fateful decisions. This is where the movie loses steam. I know that the deposit at Chuck E. Cheese was non-refundable, but Dirk should have had the dignity to end the show right there.
The actual human sacrifice sub-plot goes nowhere. I guess the documentarians had filmed hours of footage for it, so it ended up in the film anyway. Trying to find a willing victim, trying to find a loop-hole in Colby’s unnecessarily strict ‘murder’ laws, trying to create a realistic looking cadaver from a stolen mannequin, a bottle of ketchup, and seven pounds of potato salad – the film-makers wasted their time filming it, so they punish us by making us watch it.
The film really takes a downhill turn when Dirk decides to invite the local Juggalos. I don’t know how they managed to make them seem like decent people who are actually really cool once you get to know them and not all that different from you or me. Obviously they crossed the line from documentary to outright fabrication. They even pointed out the truth that Insane Clown Posse isn’t all that different from the Misfits. Sure, both band’s lyrics are corny horror-inspired trash, both wear embarrassing costumes, it all sounds like dogs being strangled – but the Misfits have ‘punk’ sounding guitars! The beat is more ‘rock’! And they’re poppier!
Anyway, two Satan horns down from me on this one. I recommend Heck Fest, about the Misfits convention in Salt Lake City, instead.
Best Line: This Ouija board must be defective. Call Milton Bradley.
How I’d improve the movie: Mute the audio and play the Misfits during the Juggalo scenes. In fact, mute the audio and play the Misfits for the duration of whole movie. Finally, remember to remove the lens cap before the police chase them out of the water park.
Posted By Dave on August 10, 2018
In the Darkest Minds, an ethnically diverse cast of teenagers go to the woods. This would ordinarily be the setup for a slasher flick, but since the kids are too young to fuck, it turns into more of a teenage ‘Seinfeld’ thing, with angst replacing the comedy.
The movie starts out in the underlit variety store where they all work. It’s kind of in a shambles because there was a big sale over the weekend. Tables were overturned, lights were broken out – typical shopping frenzy. Gotta get those bargains! Anyway, seeing as how they all have the day off , and they’re all officially too young to fuck, they decide to go into the woods to fool around.
While fooling around in the woods (‘fooling around’ meaning holding hands and playing Uno – like I said these are just kids and besides it’s rated PG13) they find some railroad tracks. The black girl, being an obvious rail fan, suggests they wait so she can do some ‘train spotting’. “This fork in the tracks is the best place to spot BR622 from Boston!” The under-educated philistines that make up her friends don’t know what that means, but it sounds better than going home, so they join in.
The big finale comes when the Asian girl decides to show her friends how to polish an old vehicle to perfection using flowers and the power of yellow gloves. Gripping stuff!
Best line: “How was I supposed to know it wasn’t a real duck!”
How I’d improve the movie: Dial down the angst. Set the movie in 1920’s Boise. Replace the character of Liam with Thomas the Tank Engine
Posted By Dave on July 21, 2018
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again is the latest in the recent trend of big budget all-star fishing movies. Wow! Let’s say it delivers big-time. It’s the best fishing movie since ‘Dad Takes a Fishing Trip’.
Posted By Dave on July 4, 2018
This is one fantastic movie. It tells the heart warming story of dinosaurs fighting to save the lives of a wily band of humans from a vengeful volcano. A definite must see!
