Men of a Certain 5

Phil Rizzo & Brian Parks
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Join your hosts Brian and Phil as they break down their top 5 EVERYTHING for your approval, wonder, disappointment, and shame.

Episodes

  1. 12/14/2025

    Bands

    Who is the greatest band of all time? The Beatles? Louie Armstrong? Bananarama? Join Brian and Phil as they rock out their top 5 and all that jazz. Chapters (00:00:00) - MEN OF A CELESS FIVE REVIEW(00:01:24) - The Top 10 Lists Podcast(00:03:18) - MEN OF ENTERTAINMENT(00:04:07) - Honorary Star Wars Nominations(00:06:07) - Top 5 Bands You Will Love To Listen To(00:07:19) - Steve Harris on His Love of Jazz(00:09:52) - Top 5 bands You Will Never Forget(00:12:09) - Jimmy Kimmel on Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks(00:13:35) - Top 5 Metal Bands(00:16:57) - Disturbed(00:18:37) - Jazz Legend Fletcher Henderson on His Music(00:21:44) - "I Never Watched Music Videos"(00:23:17) - Alice in Chains(00:26:38) - 7 regrets I have about Alison Chains(00:28:12) - Five Essential Albums By Jazz Artists(00:31:00) - Top 3 Louis Armstrong Songs(00:35:18) - Louis Armstrong singing on the street(00:38:05) - Ken Burns' Fireball(00:38:29) - Favorite Kiss Albums(00:42:03) - Adam Levine on Kiss's 'No Shift'(00:45:11) - Adam Levine on How Kiss Came To Be...(00:47:58) - Benny Goodman(00:52:37) - Jazz Legend on Benny Goodman(00:56:03) - 311(01:00:04) - Drew Carey on 311's(01:03:19) - 311(01:04:48) - Honorary Mentioned(01:08:08) - Chris Berman and Tom Jackson(01:09:27) - Honorary Snippets(01:13:10) - Die Hard 2 vs Under Siege(01:14:02) - Sydney Bechet(01:17:29) - Sidney Bechet's 'To Me' Song(01:19:31) - Phil Collins on Louis Armstrong(01:22:30) - Led Zeppelin Drum Lesson(01:26:09) - Led Zeppelin(01:30:11) - Tom Morello on Led Zeppelin and 311(01:33:22) - Led Zeppelin on The Clowns(01:36:09) - The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Episode 1(01:38:48) - Modern Men Of A Certain Five(01:39:17) - Top 5 Laugh Track Sitcoms

    1h 41m

  2. 11/21/2025

    Movie Theater Experiences

    Coming soon to a theater near you: Two grown men discuss crying near little girls and being forcibly removed by Dark Lords like a regular couple of jerks. It's Brian and Phil's top 5 movie theater experiences. Chapters (00:00:00) - Men of a Certain Five Podcast(00:00:54) - High Five(00:02:44) - Top 5 Movie Theater Experiences(00:06:33) - Have You Seen The Horror Movie?(00:07:29) - Top 5 Movies of All Time(00:10:46) - Honorary Nominations for 2013(00:12:23) - Honorable Mention(00:15:43) - Going To The Movie By Yourself(00:17:31) - Top 5 Movie Theater Events Ever Had(00:20:35) - Ted Went To See The Dark Knight(00:24:52) - Martin Scorch on The Blair Witch Project(00:26:29) - Terminator 2 vs. Judgment Day(00:29:49) - Star Wars 2 vs Avatar(00:32:49) - George Lucas on Star Wars: The Movie(00:35:37) - Teddy Has A Try at Star Wars(00:36:03) - Avengers: Endgame vs Infinity War(00:39:05) - The MCU Movie Theater Experience(00:40:29) - Captain America: The Avengers Movie(00:42:14) - He Said It... The Kid From Iron Man 3(00:45:22) - "That Was Awesome!"(00:45:44) - Charlie Chaplin With The Orchestra In City Lights(00:48:08) - Star Wars: The Movie Review(00:51:54) - George Lucas On The Star Wars Experience(00:55:09) - Mark Hamill on Star Wars(00:56:20) - Return of The Jedi(00:59:45) - Bubba On Seeing Star Wars 2(01:01:55) - The Secret To Seeing A Big Movie(01:03:25) - Have You Seen A Fight In A Movie Theater?

    1h 5m

  3. 10/22/2025

    Historical Figures

    Want to feel smart and superior? Then listen to Brian and Phil mangle history in a way that will surely make you feel better about yourself. At the very least, you can hear how NOT to pronounce Scipio Africanus! And Lincoln. We may have screwed that one up, too. Chapters (00:00:00) - Men of a Certain Five Podcast(00:00:53) - High Five(00:01:54) - Poker Player Drinking Wine At A Czech Bar(00:03:21) - Top 5 Historical Figures(00:05:31) - Top 5 Historical Figures Lists(00:07:37) - Top 5 Things You Didn't Know About Herodotus(00:11:40) - Top 5 paintings of all time(00:14:55) - Top 10 Looney Tunes Characters(00:17:17) - The 4 Reasons Diocletian Is On My List(00:21:29) - Diocletian On The Hot List(00:22:17) - Benjamin Franklin In My Mind(00:25:01) - John Adams on the Declaration of Independence(00:28:20) - Franklin Was A President: The Demon of Unrest(00:29:48) - Charles the Great(00:34:59) - Charlemagne's Name in Indiana Jones(00:36:26) - George Washington: A Mythical American Hero(00:39:28) - Alexander Hamilton on George Washington(00:42:24) - Top 2 Alexander The Greats(00:45:09) - Alexander the Great: To Conquer the Known World(00:48:38) - The Top 3 Famous Women(00:50:04) - The Making of The Inventor(00:52:37) - Bill Maher on Cleopatra On The 20-Coin(00:55:09) - My FAVORITE General of All Time(00:59:42) - I Want To See Hannibal The Movie(01:02:27) - Hannibal Is #1 on My List of Favorite People(01:04:10) - Top 5 Movies Of All Time(01:06:25) - Punishment for Jersey bashing in The Lincoln Movie(01:09:30) - Top 5 Historical Figures You Can List(01:12:46) - Tom Clancy on The Assassination Vacation(01:15:34) - Phil on Learning About History

    1h 19m

  4. 10/07/2025

    Best Picture Winners

    West Side Story: It happened one night and in the heat of the night. The artist Tom Jones, the departed Annie Hall, the English patient Marty, American Beauty Anora. Ordinary people out of Africa to Chicago. Gone with the wind from here to eternity... Oppenheimer! [PLEASE NOTE! This episode was recorded wayyyy back in the heady days of February 2024. Don't expect any talk of the most recent (2025) Oscars!] Chapters (00:00:00) - Men of a Certain Five(00:00:56) - Phil and Brian Talk The Oscars(00:02:41) - Phil Collins On His Top 5 Lists Of The 80s(00:05:02) - Shakespeare in Love Should Have Won Best Picture(00:07:33) - Top 5 Best Picture Winners Ever Made(00:08:13) - Jimmy Kimmel on His Number 6(00:08:48) - 50 Films That I Had Never Seen(00:10:15) - Mel Gibson on Braveheart(00:11:35) - Honorary mentions for Goodfellas(00:12:55) - Dances With Wolves: Best Picture(00:16:08) - Top 5 Films You've Seen(00:18:09) - Rocky 5 and 6(00:21:09) - Honorary Awards(00:21:31) - Rocky Stallone's Face At The Oscars(00:24:26) - Peter Jackson On The Lord Of The Rings(00:26:53) - The Lord of The Rings: The Trilogy(00:30:14) - Top 5 Greatest Oscar Films of All Time(00:33:10) - Robert De Niro on Best Picture(00:34:00) - The Cuckoo's Nest(00:36:48) - Classic Movies You Won't Forget(00:38:59) - Top 3 Sex Songs(00:39:12) - Top 3 Movies That Affected Me Most(00:41:34) - Steven Spielberg on The Dark Side(00:44:03) - Stanley Kubrick On The Haters(00:45:57) - Anthony Burgess on Clockwork Orange(00:48:11) - Kubrick on The Ninth Gate(00:48:58) - Bradley Cooper on Kubrick's Best Films(00:50:54) - The Sound Of Music (1961)(00:54:12) - Sound of Music And The Godfather(00:55:59) - The Godfather: Top 10 Films of All Time(00:59:33) - The Godfather: Number 2(01:01:23) - Adam Levine on The Godfather(01:04:41) - "Never Seen My Dad in a Gangster Movie"(01:05:36) - Al Pacino Should've Won His Oscar(01:08:27) - Top 10 Movies You Will Never Forget(01:11:46) - The Godfather: The Horse Head(01:12:53) - The Godfather: Part 2(01:15:32) - Anthony Hopkins on The Godfather 2(01:18:55) - The Godfather(01:21:11) - The Godfather 3(01:21:36) - Robert De Niro Wins His First Oscar(01:23:44) - Tom Cruise On His Top 10 Films Of All Time(01:26:36) - Fast Times... The Sting(01:29:38) - Robert Redford On The Best Movie Ever Made(01:31:51) - Top 5 Movies of the Decade(01:34:37) - Robert De Niro Wins for Goodfellas(01:37:04) - Movie Talk(01:37:24) - Top 5 Historical Figures

    1h 39m

  5. 09/13/2025

    Indiana Jones Movies

    Get out your whip, fedora, and crystal skull (and don't forget your street orphans and questionably-aged ex-girlfriends!) because the boys are ranking all 5 Indiana Jones Movies! So buckle up, ya bureaucratic fools. Anything goes! Chapters (00:00:00) - Men of a Certain Five Podcast(00:00:55) - Hot The High Five: Indiana Jones(00:02:48) - The Young Indiana Jones: Indiana Jones The Chronicles(00:04:41) - Indiana Jones and The Dark Knight(00:05:36) - Top 5 Indiana Jones movies(00:06:03) - Diving Into The Water(00:06:14) - The Top 5 Indiana Jones Films(00:07:10) - Indiana Jones: The Crystal Skull(00:10:37) - Sha Shia LaBe(00:11:07) - Indiana Jones vs The Saucer Men(00:12:16) - Ants in The World's End(00:13:11) - I almost wish Shia LaBeouf had played Indiana Jones in The(00:16:07) - Pharrell on The Dark Ages(00:17:52) - Dial of Destiny: Ending Explained(00:19:09) - Indiana Jones: The Movie Review(00:21:26) - Phoebe Waller Bridge in Indiana Jones(00:24:25) - The Dark Planet Ending(00:26:13) - Indy Jones in The Dark(00:28:30) - Mohamed Salah on the Egypt debate(00:28:57) - Indiana Jones 3: The Last Crusade(00:30:10) - Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade(00:34:07) - Oh, The Dark Knight(00:34:39) - Boskoe Bomber: Raiders Of The Lost Ark Is My(00:36:19) - Die Hard vs Temple of Doom(00:38:52) - The Indiana Jones 3(00:42:18) - Indiana Jones In The Dark(00:42:59) - Talking About James Bond(00:43:56) - Willie Scott On Raiders The Movie(00:47:19) - Indiana Jones And The Raiders Of The Lost Ark(00:49:43) - Raiders: The Lost Ark vs. Temple of Doom(00:52:32) - Star Wars vs Raiders: Best Picture

    56 min

  6. 08/07/2025

    Live Sporting Events

    Bomber and Phil are back with a new list. Grab your peanuts and crackerjacks because the boys are ranking live sporting events. Do you believe in miracles? Maybe? Chapters (00:00:00) - Men of a Certain Five(00:01:01) - Bugs Bunny The Top 5 Live Events Ever Seen(00:04:12) - Top 5 sports experiences you've had in your life(00:07:08) - What's Your Superstadium Experience?(00:10:24) - Playing hockey in the States(00:11:42) - Dunking In The Greyhound Race(00:13:16) - Top 5 Sports You Don't Want To Watch(00:15:54) - Ted Danson on His Top 5 Thrills(00:18:41) - Unexpected Unassisted Triple Play(00:22:11) - My Top 5 Mets Games Ever Seen(00:24:44) - The First Devils Playoff Game(00:27:13) - Patrick Sundstrom Broke Wayne Gretzky's Record in a(00:30:19) - Devils vs Kings(00:33:14) - Stanley Cup Final, Game 3(00:36:07) - Top 2 Sports Games You Can Remember(00:39:58) - David McLean at his First Hockey Game(00:42:13) - The Kentucky Derby vs The Belmont(00:44:11) - How to Win The Kentucky Derby(00:47:14) - Crazy Preakness crowd(00:48:13) - Carlos Delgado vs Albert Pujolz(00:51:26) - Mets vs Cardinals in the World Series(00:55:03) - John Adams Got Tickets to the Lightning vs Devils in 2000

    59 min

  7. 07/21/2025

    Bugs Bunny Cartoons

    Did you miss that left turn at Albuquerque? Pass the time with our first Men of a Certain 5 episode: Top 5 Bugs Bunny Cartoons. Prediction: Yosemite Sam will lose. Chapters (00:00:01) - Men of A Certain Five(00:01:32) - Phil and I(00:02:21) - Top 5 Looney Tunes Cartoon Lists(00:05:32) - Looney Tunes: A 48 Year Classic(00:08:23) - Top 5 Looney Tunes Characters Ever Made(00:11:05) - The Top 5 Bugs Bunny Episodes(00:13:19) - Top 5 The Sheriff of Nottingham Gags(00:16:08) - "I Love When I Know What's Coming"(00:16:52) - Robin Hood: The Animated Movie(00:18:13) - Top 5 Bugs Bunny Gags(00:20:53) - The Looney Tunes: Broken Leg Gags(00:23:59) - Bugs Bunny On The Road Runner And Coyote(00:25:51) - Bunny Hug(00:26:07) - Best Visual Gags in Cartoon History(00:29:06) - Top 5 Bugs Bunny Cartoons(00:31:48) - Bugs And Daffy In The Dark(00:35:10) - The Making of A Lion(00:35:28) - Yosemite Sam on Your List(00:36:08) - The Roman Empire Times(00:37:02) - The Best Gags In Yosemite Sam's Adventure(00:39:16) - Bob Marley on Looney Tunes(00:42:21) - The Wild E. Coyote and Bugs Bunny(00:44:10) - Bugs Bunny Fall In Love With A Female Robot (Looney(00:47:53) - Bugs Bunny On The Train Gags(00:50:48) - Top 3(00:51:40) - Top 5 Funny Moments in Looney Tunes History(00:53:14) - 7 Imagination Genius Moments In The Lion Pit(00:56:28) - The Great Gags(00:57:04) - Bully For Bugs Bunny The End(00:59:56) - Bugs The Cartoonist Names His Top 10(01:02:44) - Bugs Bunny Riding Again Gag(01:04:31) - Dick Measurement Gag(01:07:18) - Bugsy the Movie: The Music and Action(01:09:00) - The Number 1 Bugs Bunny Cartoon(01:11:55) - The Peppa Boy Short(01:13:55) - Chuck Jones on The Lion King(01:15:57) - Bugs Bunny: A Classic

    1h 18m

  8. SEASON 1 TRAILER

    Introducing: Men of a Certain 5

    Hello fellow listers and rankers! Join Brian and Phil as they launch the all-new Men of a Certain 5 podcast. The boys will be breaking down their top 5 EVERYTHING for your approval, wonder, disappointment, and shame. Check out this intro pod and then hop over to our first ep, Top 5 Bugs Bunny Cartoons! Chapters (00:00:00) - Men of a Certain Age

    4 min

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Join your hosts Brian and Phil as they break down their top 5 EVERYTHING for your approval, wonder, disappointment, and shame.

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  • Creator
    Phil Rizzo & Brian Parks
  • Years Active
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  • Episodes
    8
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    Copyright © 2025 Phil Rizzo, Brian Parks
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