As we recently announced, we're making a movie, and we're making it in full view of you, our Patrons. We can only hope this will enliven your dreary days and give you something, at lon...
2021-02-03 21:24:25 +0000 UTC
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In this musical episode, the hosts each select the album in their lives that changed them. So we have two alb...
2021-02-01 14:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Abe walks us through the plethora of editorial, post-production, and camera tricks used by Nobuhiko Obayashi, the director of the Japanese horror comedy, House. From cutting out mattes and placing them d...
2021-01-31 14:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Tales from the Pit returns with a COVID retrospective. Sitting down with Michael is Twitch Streamer, Creator, and Advocate Alebrelle. The two discuss what it’s been like during quarantine as an autisti...
2021-01-27 14:00:05 +0000 UTC
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The horror! The horror! Stephen King himself helms another cars-gone-mad sci-fi/action/horror narrative and the results are disastrous. The boys discuss the lazy filmmaking, slapped together scene work, ...
2021-01-25 14:00:06 +0000 UTC
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As we recently announced, we're making a movie, and we're making it in full view of you, our Patrons. We can only hope this will enliven your dreary days and give you something, at lon...
2021-01-23 21:36:38 +0000 UTC
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Oh, behave. Sarah has joined the boys to discuss the 1997 Michael Myers film and its cultural impact on the United States, baby. Does it hold up after 24 years? Is it as horny as we all remember? Abe rui...
2021-01-19 14:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Adam chooses to examine 1998’s Murder of Crows, a forgotten Cuba Gooding Jr. vehicle. In the episode, we examine the work of Rowdy Herrington, also popular for Road House, and his directorial approach ...
2021-01-15 14:01:05 +0000 UTC
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As we recently announced, we're making a movie, and we're making it in full view of you, our Patrons. We can only hope this will enliven your dreary days and give you something, at lon...
2021-01-14 16:59:53 +0000 UTC
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Written and read by Michael Swaim. Score by Davey Francis.
Table of Contents:
0:00 - Introduction & Acknowledgements
2:00 - The Show Must Go On...
25:30 - ...And It Goes Like This (A Fable)
1:04:10 - Dear Jane
1:39:30 - Cosmosis
2:05:40 - Cost Of Living
2:50:40 - Se...
2021-01-13 00:39:55 +0000 UTC
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Here’s the premise. Maggie chose a movie for Adam and Adam chose a movie for Maggie. The goal was to choose a movie that encapsulates their co-host. Then, the chooser finds out if the other can deciphe...
2021-01-11 14:01:03 +0000 UTC
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Michael, Abe, and the current head of videos at Cracked.com, Jordan Breeding, take a look at 2012’s Seven Psychopaths. They discuss the similarities of Quentin Tarantino’s films and the films of dire...
2021-01-07 14:00:04 +0000 UTC
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As we recently announced, we're making a movie, and we're making it in full view of you, our Patrons. We can only hope this will enliven your dreary days and give you something, at lon...
2021-01-07 02:06:58 +0000 UTC
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Friends...2020 was rough on a lot of us. It also kept Small Beans from producing a whole slate of video content we'd hoped would be achievable without risking life and lung but proved otherwise. And, pin...
2021-01-05 08:45:22 +0000 UTC
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The Rough Stuff gang invites Adam Ganser to share his awkward stories from days past. As a bonus, Adam and Sarah unwittingly foster a therapy session for Bridgett. The gang discusses how effective, or in...
2021-01-04 14:01:03 +0000 UTC
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Yeah! Abe’s gonna talk about lines! Lines of Speed! Strap yourself into a chair and prepare to be lifted into the air at 50 mph! Alright, everyone calm down. It’s not that impressive. It’s just Abe...
2021-01-01 14:01:06 +0000 UTC
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To our magnanimous and virtuous beans: thank you. Thank you for keeping us afloat. Thank you for making your fan art, sending your kind words via email, and all the ways you support us. You make us cheri...
2020-12-31 21:41:52 +0000 UTC
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A very special episode featuring the film that explodes the franchise into spin-off. This episode was recorded live on YouTube on Dec. 20th, edited now for your podcast format listening enjoyment. You ca...
2020-12-27 14:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Our patrons have spoken! This episode takes the family movies that were watched in their youth. Also, listen for a lengthy list of producers, so if you pay more than $10 here, hear your name read o...
2020-12-22 14:01:01 +0000 UTC
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For all those who missed it, here's our Jackbox stream with Vanessa Guerrero, the BriTANicK dudes, Katie Goldin and Tom Reimann!
2020-12-21 02:56:16 +0000 UTC
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Perhaps the most important evil car horror film you’ll ever see, John Carpenter directs the 1983 adaptation of King’s Christine. Michael and Abe talk about how they accomplished the car regeneration ...
2020-12-18 14:01:01 +0000 UTC
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We here at Small Beans have reached out to Professor Scott Bug, Master of Ceremonies of Science at the Dumby Institute of Perfections, who kindly agreed to begin this podcast in the hopes of bringing scientific joy and wonder to all of us. Today, we discuss sound and have the sonic archeologist, ...
2020-12-15 14:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Wow, this weekend is really poppin' off on the Small Beans YouTube channel! At 6pm PST, Bridgett and Sarah will record the newest episode of The Cast & the Curious.
It will release on the channel as a podcast, but we figured you'd want to see the hosts get nervous on camera! See you th...
2020-12-14 14:00:04 +0000 UTC
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You heard the flyer! Look at this magnificent cast we got going!
You know the drill. We play Jackbox Games and you can chat and vote on our answers using the audience code in a browser (and entering it on http://jackbox.tv). ...
2020-12-13 23:58:28 +0000 UTC
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2020-12-12 04:18:31 +0000 UTC
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First things first: should Swaim play a Corpo, Nomad, or Street Kid? Hoping to find a clear winner in replies, so please weigh in!
2020-12-07 22:04:42 +0000 UTC
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Our long time bean and collaborator, Katy Stoll, the producer of Some More News stops by the pod and talks about westerns, Sam Raimi, the 1990s, and how long it’s been since we last saw each other. Sam...
2020-12-07 14:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Katie Goldin, host of the Creature Feature Podcast, joins the beans for an examination of the tropes of animated bug movies. Along with the absolute nonsense that is Bee Movie, the gang also talk about A...
2020-12-04 14:01:07 +0000 UTC
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Adam’s turn! He takes a look at the film Drive (2011) and examines how through the use of staging, editing, and deploying a clear tone, Nicolas Winding Refn took a mediocre script and made it worth wat...
2020-12-02 14:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Your very own beans joined friend of the beans, Alex Schmidt to discuss why "Grapefruits" are ultimately and clandestinely ponder-worthy. Abe's hot take in this episode has lost him some friends, sure, but no one can ever say he doesn't keep it real on Alex's podcasts.
Give it a listen. Cho...
2020-12-01 21:27:52 +0000 UTC
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