The Things That Entertain Us

Jeff Rochlin / W. Curtis Preston
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Jeff Rochlin and W. Curtis Preston get together to talk about the Things That Entertain Us!

  1. 03/15/2023

    Things That Entertain Us - Ep.15 - 70’s Disaster!

    Today we have a special episode, inspired by an internet post claiming that The Towering Inferno is the greatest disaster movie of all times, we test that hypothesis by watching and discussing the three greatest of the genre from the same period, The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno and Earthquake.   Join us as we spoil our way through action, adventure, romance, fire, foods, crumbling buildings, tidal waves and every A list actor of the era!     The movies: The Poseidon Adventure (1972) The Towering Inferno (1974) Earthquake (1974)   And the Incidentals… Escape from the Planet of The Apes Cutting Class Taking of Pelham 123 The Odd Couple Die Hard There Italian Job Glass Onion Knives Out Momento Volcano Fall   Other Stuff… Airplane Censorship and Love Actually How the SVB Crisis reflects Human Nature in a crisis Wokeness, Blazing Saddles, All in the Family, The Jeffersons and the work of Norman Lear Cocaine Bear And Movies we didn’t like: Licorice Pizza Dead Ringers Popeye   The following music was used for this media project: Music: JSearching by Faith Yasar Free download: https://snapmuse.com/track/searching-1909772 License By Snapmuse.com

    1h 9m

  2. 03/07/2023

    Things That Entertain Us - Ep.14. - Talking about movies we’ve already talked about but with different people!

    While Curtis is away, I continue to play!  Join me, Nina Levinson and Jason Rochlin as we talk about movies we’ve already talked about but with different people! Spoilers happen, so you’ve been warned!   We discuss: 3000 Years of Longing Everything, Everywhere, All at Once Black Panther-Wakanda Forever The Banshees of Inisherin Star Trek Picard Taylor Sheridan’s Universe 1883 1923 Yellowstone   The following music was used for this media project: Music: Jazzi 3 by Frank Schroeter Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8069-jazzi-3 License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frank.schroeter.52

    53 min

  3. 02/19/2023

    Things That Entertain Us - Ep.13. - Life, The Universe and Everything plus Expensive Vacations

    It’s Lucky 13 where our heroes Spoil Menus, Whales, Banshees, Women Kings, Glass Onions and 1883.  It’s Life, The Universe and Everything plus Expensive Vacations, all the things that entertain us!   Spoilers happen…. You have been warned!   We discuss: Alec Baldwin gets charged with involuntary manslaughter for the Rust shooting https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/25/opinion/alec-baldwin-rust-5th-amendment.html Oscar Nomination Scandal https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/30/business/media/andrea-riseborough-oscars-campaign.html And the movies/shows: Amsterdam Glass Onion RRR The Banshees of Inisherin The Menu The Woman King / Black Panther: Wakanda Forever The Whale Ghosts Jack Ryan  The Last of Us  and 1883   The following music was used for this media project: Music: Jazzi 3 by Frank Schroeter Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8069-jazzi-3 License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frank.schroeter.52

    58 min

  4. 01/16/2023

    Things That Entertain Us - Ep.12. - Can Fix This… But I’m gonna have to break your toe!

    Take a couple of months off, and what do you get?  Broken Cars, Broken Feet, Tech Jobs Collapse, Ye implodes, Twitter Chaos,  Avatar, Babylon and Everything, Everywhere All At Once….  We got Spoilers!   In today’s episode, we mention… Avatar Babylon Elvis Everything, Everywhere All At Once The Adam Project Top Gun and https://www.sothatshowyoudothat.com   Enjoy the show!  Tell Your Friends!!!     The following music was used for this media project: Music: Jazzi 3 by Frank Schroeter Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8069-jazzi-3 License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frank.schroeter.52

    1h 24m

  5. 08/28/2022

    Things That Entertain Us - Ep.11 - Catching Up

    In today’s episode…. Jeff Auditions for a movie and Curtis takes apart his car!  We talk about Bullet Train, Fall, and The Sandman.  Jeff finally watches Ted Lasso and we talk even more StarTrek!    We’re so full of spoilers this week that we curdle milk!   What we talk about: Thor - Love and Thunder Bullet Train Fall Nope M. Knight Shamlan’s films The Princess Bride Ted Lasso The 2000 Year Old Man Never Have I Ever Startup Grim Reaper Parasite The Sandman American Gods Below Decks Rue Paul’s Drag Race Pose Better Call Saul Breaking Bad Star Trek TOS Nichelle Nichols Star Trek (JJ Abrams Version) How it should have ended (Web Series) Fringe Star Trek - The Motion Picture (Directors Cut) Star Trek The Voyage Home Star Trek II - The Wrath of Kahn Star Trek First Contact Star Trek Picard West World

    1h 10m

  6. 08/01/2022

    Things That Entertain Us - Ep.10 - Our Great American Crisis Is Over!

    In today’s episode, our great American crisis is over as Jeff finally gets around to seeing Top Gun,  We catch up on a metric ton of shows, both on the big and little screens as well as talk about fixing the front end of your car using cable ties! Spoilers are an inherent part of our lives here so be forewarned!     Covered in this episode: Thor: Love and Thunder The Boys Dr. Strange Wandavision What If ? The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent Face Off Top Gun Maverick Minions Elvis The Peacemaker Night Sky Whiplash Ms. Marvel Gandhi Obi Wan Kenobi Solo Stranger Things 4 Black Phone The Umbrella Academy Star Trek: Strange New Worlds The Terminal List Taps If Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut Find out more about all my projects in the garage at https://jrocksgarage.com/projects

    1h 2m

  7. 06/16/2022

    Things That Entertain Us - Ep.9 - How The Sausage Gets Made

    This Episode, Mr. Preston continues his service to our community as a Poll worker in the California State Primary and We talk all things podcasting…. Hear how the sausage gets made ! (Be sure to Stick around to the end for something special!) In this episode, we talk about: Curtis the poll worker How we produce our podcasts: Backup Central’s Restore it All  (BackupCentral.com) Relief Valve  (https://reliefvalve.podbean.com) Druva’s No Hardware Required  (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/druvas-no-hardware-required/id1514019825) and of course... Things That Entertain Us  (https://tteu.podbean.com) And the Tools we talk about:  Hardware: Audio Technica ATR-100 (https://www.audio-technica.com/en-us/microphones/wired) Yetti Blue (https://www.bluemic.com/en-us/products/yeti/) Center Cam (https://thecentercam.com) Recording and Editing Tools: Zencastr (https://zencastr.com/) Audacity (https://www.audacityteam.org) descript (https://www.descript.com) Wondershare Fillmora (https://filmora.wondershare.com) Hosting Services: PodBean (https://www.podbean.com) Captivate (https://captivate.fm) Vimeo (https://vimeo.com) Soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com) Automation Tools: Bitly (https://bitly.com) Meet Edgar (https://meetedgar.com) Zapier (https://zapier.com) And find about all my projects in the garage…. https://www.jrocksgarage.com/projects

    59 min

  8. 06/06/2022

    Things That Entertain Us - Ep.8 - Where ships are wooden and men are steel!

    In this week’s episode…. Jeff got covid… We talk about Military Challenge Coins… The USS Iowa and Mr. Prestons Service to our country.  We saw a screening of 1972’s “The French Connection” Complete with a live interview with its director., The state of the streaming wars and the slow crawl back to Cable TV… Curtis talks about his experiences with  Everything, Everywhere, All at Once, The Ambulance, The Northman, and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent! If you like Spoilers, this is definitely the place to be….  Tonight… We talk about: Challenge coins, The USS Iowa, and Curtis’ Service Academy screening of The French Connection Netflix subscriber base takes a dump, Streamers and the slow crawl back to the Cable TV Model again Plus, the movies: Everything, everywhere all at once Ambulance The Northman The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent Enjoy the show?  Tell your Friends! Find more of our projects at: https://www.jrocksgarage.com/projects

    40 min
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Jeff Rochlin and W. Curtis Preston get together to talk about the Things That Entertain Us!

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  • Creator
    Jeff Rochlin / W. Curtis Preston
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    15
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    Explicit
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