Regular Joes Podcast Dave Pisani, Barry Kay and Tod Pleasant

The last few weeks have been rough on Barry. Few people have as deep and abiding love for Star Wars as he does. But, sometimes love hurts. While other, so-called Star Wars fans, wanted nothing more than to tear down The Acolyte, Barry did his best to remain optimistic. And with the courage and valor of a Jedi (at least what we used to expect from a Jedi) he maintained hope til the very end. This week the Regular Joes, plus Jedi Master Brian Mix, perform a postmortem on The Acolyte. What were its strengths, and where did it come up short? The question remains, how do you have all the tools for greatness and put together something that looks like this? Hopefully lessons were learned. And now we turn our hopes to Skeleton Crew and Andor season 2. Thanks for listening!

Do you have an empty wall or perhaps shelf in your home or office that needs just the right object to help tie the room together? Might we suggest the original art from the Key Largo movie poster? Or perhaps a screen used Star Wars Y-Wing model? You are in luck as the Regular Joes will be happy to serve as your interior design consultants. You do have extra cash, right? Because this shopping trip is not gonna be cheap. This week, the Regular Joe’s preview Heritage Auctions upcoming (July 25 - 26) Hollywood Signature Auction, featuring items from old Hollywood to the Marvel Studios Era. There really is something for everyone … to at least covet. Additionally, though they try to avoid it, a bit of talk of Star Wars: The Acolyte slips in. And of course there’s also the usual Random Topics. Thanks for listening!

This week the Regular Joes , plus the Irregular Joes got together to hang out for Tod’s birthday.  They had a vague idea of a few topics they were going to talk about, but in true RJ style never actually got there. Instead they got to catch up on Derryl and Brian’s recent adventures and cover an even wider than usual scope of Random Topics and an organic (some might say meandering) round of What’s in the Box. Thanks for listening!

This week the Regular Joes wrap up Dark Matter on Apple TV+. Covering the, at times perplexing, conclusion. Come on people, this is Quantum Physics. How much do you really want us to dumb it down for you? They also catch up on The Acolyte, The Disney+ Star Wars series which has garnered mostly good critic reviews, while fan reviews remain in the basement … or possibly sub-basement. The Joes weigh in on episode 5, considered by many to be the high point of the series so far … unless of course you are a Jedi red shirt, then not so much. To date two of the Joes are softening on the show a bit, while the third remains unmoved. And, of course, there’s also the usual Random Topics. Thanks for listening!

If recent episodes have left you thinking the Regular Joe’s are now just grumpy old men who don’t like anything, this week they mix things up a bit. It has taken six months, but now everyone has watched Godzilla Minus One. The story of a giant monster that attacks Japan. Sorry, if that was a SPOILER. Here’s another one, it’s freaking awesome! Just when you thought the multiverse had become a tired, clichéd, trope, the Apple TV+ adaptation of the Blake Crouch novel Dark Matter will make you rethink that position, as well as what you thought was going on in the show. There’s also the usual Random Topics and a round of What’s on my Workbench. Thanks for listening!

After some well needed vacation, and some business travel, the Regular Joe’s are all back. This week they talk about the new Disney+ Star Wars series The Acolyte. Unless you’ve been really tuned out (if you have, good for you) It’s likely you’ve heard this show has set all time records with Star Wars fans … but not in the good way. The Joe’s talk about what they’ve seen so far, how they feel about it, and try to get a handle on why there’s so much dislike for this particular show. Is it too woke, or is it just bad? Is it possible it manages to do both well enough to alienate a huge swath of Star Wars fans? Can thousands of dudes living in their mom’s basement really be wrong? If you’re not particularly into The Acolyte, the Joe’s also talk about a few other things they’re watching now. They also cover the usual Random Topics and squeeze in a  round of What’s in the Box. Thanks for listening!