Dystopian Dance Party

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Pop culture conversations with a flagrant disregard for audience. Home of Jheri Curl June, Headbangers Book Club, and Year of the Weasel.

Episodes

  1. 02/14/2025

    Year of the Weasel, Year Two Episode 10: The Curse of Inferno (1998)

    Much like the year 2024 itself, we’re taking the Year of the Weasel into 2025 with the mandate “more of the same, but worse”! So in that spirit, here’s Pauly Shore doing some decidedly shaky accent work in a limp Coen Brothers imitation so obscure, we didn’t even know it existed until last November. But wait, don’t leave yet, the score is by legendary session musician Jeff “Skunk” Baxter! Video version below: 00:00:00 Trailer for The Curse of Inferno (John Warren, 1998) 00:05:04 Not gonna lie, we’d rather be watching this 00:12:09 Trailer for Raising Arizona (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1987) 00:15:44 I Got the Hook Up starring Master P (Michael Martin, 1998) 00:15:47 Repos (Sal Martino and Master P, 2006) 00:17:04 2Eleven (Derek Scott, 2015) 00:17:15 Sloppy Seconds (Lisa Brown and Anthony Williams, 2023) 00:23:17 Major League: Back to the Minors (John Warren, 1998) 00:25:31 “Freak-a-holic” Official Music Video by the Egyptian Lover 00:35:01 Tuneland, another random media project where Skunk Baxter showed up in the late ’90s 00:35:53 More on Shelley Duvall here 00:37:35 Ah, what might have been 00:52:10 Follow us on Instagram! 00:52:20 Follow us on YouTube! 00:52:41 Email us (heybuuuddy@dystopiandanceparty.com) 00:53:00 “Reelin’ in the Years” by Steely Dan featuring Skunk Baxter (Live on The Midnight Special, 1973)

    55 min

  2. 11/28/2024 · BONUS

    Year of the Weasel Episode 9.5: A Totally Pauly Weazgiving Feast

    Looking for a last-minute excuse to get away from your extended family this Thanksgiving? Here’s half an hour of us talking about seasonal Totally Pauly episodes (plus bonus Son in Law!) that is guaranteed to clear the room if you put it on during the festivities. You can thank us later. We’ll be back in two weeks to close out Year (1) of the Weasel with 1997’s The Curse of Inferno! YouTube version here: 00:01:35 Totally Pauly Fan‘s Thanksgiving playlist 00:03:02 Spoiler alert, we’re doing the same thing for Christmas next month 00:03:21 Our last minisode 00:05:01 The Bogus Witch Project, another piece of latter-day Pauly Shore media we’re just now finding out about 00:08:22 Our previous episode on Pauly (1997) 00:08:57 Totally Pauly Episode 85: “Thanksgiving Turkey Bowling” (he’s at a sporting goods store, by the way, we missed him saying it) 00:11:06 Totally Pauly Episode 86: “Abandoned on Thanksgiving” 00:16:24 Totally Pauly Episode 91: “L.A. Mission Homeless Shelter” 00:19:06 More important context: This speech takes place moments after Pauly announces a “Smash or Pass” of a Robert Palmer song 00:20:05 Totally (Different) Pauly Episode 418: “Pauly’s Totally Stuffed Thanksgiving” 00:26:14 For more Weazgiving, revisit our episode on Son in Law 00:31:24 Follow us on Instagram! 00:31:26 Follow us on YouTube! 00:31:40 Email us! (heybuuuddy@dystopiandanceparty.com) 00:32:01 “Get a Leg Up” by John Mellencamp (from Whenever We Wanted, 1991)

    33 min

  3. 11/22/2024

    Year of the Weasel Episode 9: Pauly (1997)

    We can’t exactly say we’re surprised, but after finding the positives in both Jury Duty and Bio-Dome, we’d held out hope for Pauly, the exceptionally short-lived 1997 Fox sitcom that officially sank Pauly Shore’s career, to have at least some redeeming qualities. Spoiler alert: It doesn’t, but we still watched four of the five existing episodes so you don’t have to! We’ll be back next week to wash the taste of our mouths with some Thanksgiving-themed Totally Pauly. YouTube version: 00:00:00 Original TV ad for Pauly 00:01:41 Our Halloween minisode 00:03:08 We liked Bio-Dome, so if we say Pauly is bad, we mean it 00:03:21 It’s also worse than Jury Duty 00:03:27 The episode where we talked about Future of America 00:03:41 Possibly also worse than In the Army Now? 00:06:18 “Behind the Weasic” by Greg Beato, SPIN, October 1999 00:07:59 Would Pauly in Bram Stoker’s Dracula (Francis Ford Coppola, 1992) really be that much weirder than Keanu? 00:08:13 Pink Diggily Diggily (1994), the title of which… doesn’t inspire confidence 00:11:06 Pauly Episode 1: “Pilot” (Robert Berlinger, 1997) 00:16:52 (It was Oakland, actually) 00:27:38 Pauly Episode 5: “Through the Ringers” (Amanda Bearse, 1997) 00:30:16 Pauly Episode 2: “Spies Like Us” (Amanda Bearse, 1997) 00:33:26 Pauly Episode 4: “Foreplay” (Terri McCoy, 1997) https://youtu.be/AspesZmRj8s?si=6eZTxvbEzavNEBz1 00:35:55 Fox’s nonsensical print ad for Pauly 00:36:55 Amy Hill’s previous appearance in the Dystopian Dance Party Cinematic Universe 00:37:10 “Amy Hill on being Hollywood’s ‘go-to Asian’ and why working with Mike Myers was hell” by Marah Eakin, The A.V. Club, October 25, 2016 00:40:04 We talked about Chillin’ with the Wiez in our May minisode 00:42:49 Whoops, we should have come up with the idea of a voice acting minisode before we recorded a whole episode on the Goofy Movie franchise 00:43:35 Follow us on YouTube! 00:43:38 Follow us on Instagram! 00:43:44 Zach forgot to say this, but you can still email us! (heybuuuddy@dystopiandanceparty.com)

    45 min

  4. 10/31/2024 · BONUS

    Year of the Weasel Episode 8.5: Totally Pauly Halloweaaaa-sel Spooktaaaa-cular

    Awoooooo! Happy Halloween, buuuu-ddies! We took a slightly longer break than anticipated, but we’re just squeaking this one minisode into the month of October to talk about some of our favorite seasonal episodes of Totally Pauly. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next month with an episode on Pauly’s 1997 return to the small screen, the ill-fated Fox sitcom Pauly! YouTube version: 00:03:28 Our last episode on Bio-Dome 00:10:40 We need someone to make a “Bud and Doyle: Thriving on Chaos” shirt that’s better than this one 00:11:50 Our last minisode 00:12:48 Would you believe we’ve been hearing good things about Adopted? 00:13:33 Our Son in Law episode 00:15:14 Spaceship Earth (Matt Wolf, 2020) 00:18:33 We discussed Pauly’s Mötley Crüe joke (and Lenny Kravitz) in our May minisode 00:27:02 Zach still needs to get Pauly’s Record Store Day release 00:28:17 This upload of the Totally Pauly segment from MTV’s 1990 Shocktober Weekend also includes some interesting non-Pauly content 00:28:43 If you’re wondering why we consider Jimmy Page an enemy of the podcast, here’s the Led Zeppelin episode of Headbangers Book Club 00:32:25 We talked about Stoney’s Encino High Journal way back in our April minisode 00:34:39 Zach actually means Faerie Tale Theatre; Mother Goose Rock ‘n’ Rhyme was something else 00:34:48 The last time we mentioned Mother Goose Rock ‘n’ Rhyme 00:35:23 The weird Mother Goose Rock ‘n’ Rhyme clip that’s been making the rounds on Instagram and brought childhood memories flooding back View this post on Instagram A post shared by VHS Oddities (@vhs_oddities) 00:36:21 So, um, why didn’t anyone tell us about Mick Jagger in Season 2, Episode 2 of Faerie Tale Theatre? 00:37:34 Who wore it better: Pauly, Mick, or Hammer? 00:37:50 Totally Pauly Episode 285/286: “Knott’s Scary Farm” 00:38:40 More about Pauly’s many Prince references 00:39:43 We were very disappointed that Elizabeth Berkley’s character in Showgirls didn’t have one leg like the poster promised 00:41:38 Totally Pauly Episode 44: “Costumes Magic World” 00:43:20 Totally Pauly Episode 45: “Trick or Treat” 00:46:28 Follow us on Instagram! 00:46:31 Follow us on YouTube! 00:46:38 Email us (heybuuuddy@dystopiandanceparty.com) 00:48:18 Shelly Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theatre Season 2, Episode 2: “The Nightingale“

    50 min

  5. 09/27/2024

    Year of the Weasel Episode 8: Bio-Dome (1996)

    Is this just acquired immunity after eight months of controlled exposure to Pauly Shore, or did we… kind of like Bio-Dome? Don’t get us wrong, the movie is exactly as dumb as it looks, but it’s also weirder than it needs to be, and its surprisingly positive environmental message may be just what we need in this time of climate crisis. We’re taking a slightly longer than usual break after this while Zach goes to the U.K., but we’ll be back in late October with a special Halloween-themed minisode; then, it’s onward to the twilight of the Weasel, a.k.a. the late ’90s and early 2000s! YouTube version for the visually inclined: 00:00:00 Trailer for Bio-Dome (Jason Bloom, 1996) 00:05:01 Dude, Where’s My Car? (Danny Leiner, 2000) 00:05:50 Our previous episode on Jury Duty 00:07:00 Bio-Dome‘s record low Metacritic score 00:07:13 Rotten Tomatoes isn’t much better 00:09:48 Tom Arnold‘s 1996 Razzies hat trick: Big Bully (Steve Miner), Carpool (Arthur Hiller), and The Stupids (John Landis) 00:10:03 Another Tom Arnold classic, Soul Plane (Jessy Terrero, 2004) 00:10:11 Of course we’ve talked about Tom Arnold being scammed by a Peter Criss imposter before 00:12:40 The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (Rod Amateau, 1987), another member of the rarefied 1/100 Metascore cohort 00:12:51 (The podcast Zach is talking about is Unfilmable) 00:14:51 Our very first podcast on Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare (John Fasano, 1987)–Warning: very rough around the edges 00:15:50 Can’t find much info about Jason Bloom’s first film Irving (1995), but there are at least two gay vampires in it and one of them is played by Jim Belushi 00:16:16 Jason Bloom’s third movie, Overnight Delivery (1998)–we’re going to guess there are no gay vampires in this one 00:16:43 The TV series Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (Jason Bloom directed a couple episodes) 00:16:59 Double Team (Hark Tsui, 1997) 00:17:36 The far superior Double Impact (Sheldon Lettich, 1991) 00:18:11 Twin Dragons (Ringo Lam and Hark Tsui, 1992) 00:19:14 Two Much (Fernando Trueba, 1995) 00:19:28 Multiplicity (Harold Ramis, 1996) 00:35:17 (Her name is Dara Tomanovich, Zach was looking at the wrong character name) 00:36:53 Spaceship Earth (Matt Wolf, 2020) 00:43:00 We talked about Kevin West’s first appearance in the Paulyverse in our May minisode 00:48:10 Stephen Baldwin Ass Shot Count: 1 00:48:30 We previously shared our disappointment in Andy Dick’s performance in In the Army Now 00:51:33 Your reminder that Stephen Baldwin is Hailey Bieber’s father Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage 00:54:31 William Atherton in Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, 1984) 01:11:09 Our last minisode 01:14:08 Follow us on Instagram! 01:14:11 Follow us on YouTube! 01:14:17 Email us (heybuuuddy@dystopiandanceparty.com) 01:14:46 “He’s a Whore” by Wax (from Bio-Dome, 1996)

    1h 16m

  6. 09/13/2024 · BONUS

    Year of the Weasel Episode 7.5: Weasel-Pilled

    It’s been almost eight months since we started on this bogus journey, and we might be slowly losing it, but at least we’re taking some of you down with us! In this extra-minisode, we share some stories about the friends online and IRL who we’ve started to slowly Weasel-pill. And there’s still at least four months of this shitshow left for you to be next! Jump on board just for Bio-Dome in two weeks! YouTube version: 00:02:28 The Goofy Movie episode Disney (maybe) doesn’t want you to see! 00:02:58 You can be the 17th person to watch our Jury Duty episode on YouTube! 00:04:18 What Did Prince Do This Week? 00:07:24 The Other Shore: The Diana Nyad Story (not that Shore, turns out) 00:07:27 Whoops, didn’t mean to call Diana Nyad a “guy” — it was a very small picture! 00:08:12 What Zach saw when he saw the poster for The Other Shore 00:09:03 What Callie saw when she saw the Neil Patrick Harris Golden Nugget billboard 00:09:38 California Man for our chums across the pond 00:10:43 We talked about the surprisingly frequent intersections between Pauly Shore and Prince back in March 00:12:04 Totally Pauly Episode 41: “Day 3 Music Awards Week” 00:15:39 Follow us on Instagram! 00:15:42 Follow us on YouTube! 00:15:51 Email us! (heybuuuddy@dystopiandanceparty.com) 00:16:32 “Jerk Out” by Prince and the Revolution (Soundcheck at the Cow Palace, San Francisco, March 5, 1985)

    18 min

  7. 08/23/2024

    Year of the Weasel Episode 7: Jury Duty (1995)

    We’ve finally reached the movie that gave us the idea for this series (we’ll let you decide if that’s a good thing or a bad thing)! Jury Duty may not be great cinema–it’s basically 12 Angry Men with a closed head injury–but we’ve both seen much worse (cough, In the Army Now). And besides, if you’re looking for great cinema, you’re in the wrong place, because next month we’re finally watching Bio-Dome! Video version: 00:00:00 Trailer for Jury Duty (John Fortenberry, 1995) https://youtu.be/EEARDSdiQ74?si=AEn7Maf_feaD26oO 00:04:37 Our episode on In the Army Now 00:04:46 Our last minisode 00:06:02 The long-awaited return of “Behind the Weasic” by Greg Beato, SPIN, October 1999 00:06:57 Jury Duty on Rotten Tomatoes 00:07:37 For comparison, here’s Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo on Rotten Tomatoes 00:13:23 Medusa: Dare to be Truthful (John Fortenberry, 1991) 00:13:34 A Night at the Roxbury (John Fortenberry, 1998) 00:15:32 Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred (John Fortenberry, 2011) 00:20:54 Jury Duty (John Fortenberry, 1995) 00:22:13  Pauly Ass Shot Count: 4 00:23:37 Twin Sitters (John Paragon, 1994) 00:24:18 Zach made the mistake of editing out some of the Barbarian Brothers references in this episode, as if we were going to stop talking about them 00:25:03 Double Trouble (John Paragon, 1992) 00:34:02 Big Night (Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci, 1996) 00:49:50 Pauly Ass Shot Count: 5 01:05:22 Follow us on Instagram! 01:05:25 Follow us on YouTube! 01:05:33 Email us (heybuuuddy@dystopiandanceparty.com) 01:06:11 “Sweet Soul Revue” by Pizzicato Five (from Bossa Nova 2001, 1993)

    1h 8m

  8. 08/09/2024 · BONUS

    Year of the Weasel Episode 6.5: Death is No Escape

    It’s a true minisode this week, as we check in on a few listener comments and give an update on the unfolding Richard Simmons biopic drama, which I guess is something we have to care about now? Anyway, Jury Duty in two weeks! Video version: 00:03:05 Our last minisode 00:04:45 Our Goofy Movie episode 00:10:13 “Richard Simmons’ staff and family shut down Pauly Shore over claims about late star’s social media posts” by Tom Murray, The Independent, July 31, 2024 00:13:59 George Takei finally breaks his silence 00:18:02 Callie might be meeting Pauly this November! 00:18:30 Callie also met our previous podcast subject, Sebastian Bach (we edited Zach in, he wasn’t actually there) 00:18:38 She also met our very first podcast subject, Jon Mikl Thor, but we can’t find the picture 00:19:32 Follow us on Instagram! 00:19:35 Follow us on YouTube! 00:21:00 Theme from Silent Hill by Akira Yamaoka (Konami, 1998)

    22 min

  9. 07/26/2024

    Year of the Weasel Episode 6: A Goofy Movie (1995) and An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000)

    If you couldn’t already tell we’d passed the glory days of Pauly Shore‘s career, well, here’s your wakeup call: Not one, but two glorified cameos in movie tie-ins to a cartoon, one of them direct to video. Luckily for our hero, A Goofy Movie (1995) happens to be a generational touchstone, and An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000) is… surprisingly watchable? Anyway, we go to some dark places in this episode, so to avoid incongruity with the kid-friendly movies’ themes, we bleeped out all the cuss words with fun Goofy sounds in the tradition of our Cat in the Hat episode. Unless we accidentally left some in, in which case, sorry, kids! Here’s the video version: 00:00:00 Trailer for A Goofy Movie (Kevin Lima, 1995) 00:03:22 Our first of four (!!) podcast episodes on the Shrek series (you’re on your own for the other three) 00:08:05 Fairy Tails 00:08:18 This is the monstrosity Callie is talking about 00:09:32 Goof Troop SNES gameplay footage by Tsunao & Genbu (http://www.longplays.org) 00:09:40 Our very old, unpolished Super Nintendo episode 00:15:12 Our episode on In the Army Now 00:17:50 The Goofs’ disturbingly human feet © Buena Vista Pictures 00:25:59 Bobby Zimuruski, for some reason not a weasel 00:29:06 Someone has 100% beaten off to this © Buena Vista Pictures 00:29:12 …Also, this © Warner Bros. 00:29:30 Our main introduction to Roxanne 00:49:09 (It was Animal Crossing) @allicattt Replying to @Jaxon WHICH ANIMAL CROSSING CHARACTER CAN SAY THE WORD? PART 2 #greenscreen #animalcrossing #animalcrossingnewhorizons #cozygames #theword #allicattt ♬ funny scene song(1294833) – K.Shiraki 00:49:52 More Black-Coded Goofy They confirmed Goofy was black in the sequel. There's no debate. pic.twitter.com/KOzoBm9v5u — Trevor Fraley (@illustrevor) January 26, 2023 01:03:36 Follow us on Instagram! 01:03:39 Follow us on YouTube! 01:03:45 Email us (heybuuuddy@dystopiandanceparty.com) 01:04:09 “Father and Son” by David Liebe Hart (from Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!)

    1h 5m

  10. 07/05/2024 · BONUS

    Year of the Weasel Episode 5.5: Video Weaz

    In a complete stroke of serendipity while editing our last episode, Zach discovered that Pauly appeared in an In the Army Now-branded music video for “World of Swirl” by none other than ZZ Top. So, we figured it’s as good a time as any to dedicate a minisode to the Weasel’s most memorable music video appearances, from his own “Lisa, Lisa (The One I Adore)” to Young Buck’s “Shorty Wanna Ride.” Also, a tight five on the PS1 classic (at least in our house) WWF Attitude! We’ll be back in two weeks to talk about two goddamn Goofy movies for some reason. See you then! YouTube version below: https://youtu.be/osYh9R6YvE4 00:00:00 “Faith/Fame Remix” Official Music Video by Limp Bizkit (Upload by J.S LIVE on YouTube) 00:02:39 Our last episode on In the Army Now 00:05:53 Hangyodon, Pauly Shore’s alter ego in the Sanrioverse? 00:06:23 We discussed the Arsenio Hall routine in our last minisode 00:07:05 This is the Pauly shore pic we’re getting tattooed at the end of the year Photo via Newscom 00:08:21 Pauly with father Sammy Shore Photo by Michael S. Schwartz/WireImage 00:12:36 “Lisa, Lisa (The One I Adore)” Official Music Video by Pauly Shore 00:13:02 We talked about “Lisa, Lisa” in Episode 2 00:14:46 “You’re Invited (But Your Friend Can’t Come)” Official Music Video by Vince Neil (Upload by Rocka_rolla on YouTube) 00:17:50 “World of Swirl” Official Music Video by ZZ Top (Upload by 111Boudie111 on YouTube) 00:22:03 You can also hear us discuss this Totally Pauly moment in our second episode 00:24:38 Callie’s possibly-defunct other podcast 00:29:12 The McElroy family might have made Monster Factory famous, but we did it first 00:30:26 Mr. Ass’s iconic theme music 00:30:58 Stone Cold Steve Austin’s second act as a cat dad on Instagram View this post on Instagram A post shared by Steve Austin (@steveaustinbsr) 00:32:09 “N 2 Gether Now” Official Music Video by Limp Bizkit featuring Method Man 00:34:06 “Break Stuff” Official Music Video by Limp Bizkit 00:37:25 “Shorty Wanna Ride” Official Music Video by Young Buck 00:44:35 Follow us on Instagram! 00:44:38 Follow us on YouTube! 00:44:53 Email us (especially if you’re an eccentric billionaire who wants to bankroll our podcast network)! (heybuuuddy@dystopiandanceparty.com)

    46 min
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Pop culture conversations with a flagrant disregard for audience. Home of Jheri Curl June, Headbangers Book Club, and Year of the Weasel.

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    Dystopian Dance Party
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    2020 - 2025
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