The Gorram Nerd Hour: Episode 7

It can be difficult sometimes when dealing with the lives of others to do something we may enjoy doing but don't get paid to do. Sometimes that mean we can't all record our podcast at the same time with all three of us in the room. We toyed with the idea of using Skype to have one of them join us that way. But we ultimately decided to try something different instead. There was something Kevin Bacon said in 1990's Tremors that I felt could help - "We plan ahead, that way we don't do anything right now." Well, maybe the part about not doing anything doesn't apply in this situation. But the rest does. We try to stay a week or two ahead of schedule when recording the show. We talk and talk until we're sick of each other's voices. In the last two weeks we recorded enough to make four episodes out of. We tried creating a few more little sketches and randomness. At times we even forgot we were supposed to be talking about nerd stuff and I started going on about Tom Cruise staring at me at a urinal...not the real Tom Cruise, just a photo. But it was equally as creepy.

No matter what you think of the show we're having fun. We hope you like as our aim is to entertain. Here's this week's episode -

Due to scheduling Jacob had a hard time getting both Jeremy and Casey to arrive to record all together. So the following is an experiment of sorts. Jacob recorded with each of them individually and then took pieces from each session to make sure everyone appeared in the show.

This week the boys hit on everything from the recent back and forth of whether Channing Tatum would be Gambit, the upcoming Tremors 5 movie, the passing of the legendary Rowdy Roddy Piper, to whether the last Evil Dead film was a remake.

Along the way they get sidetracked and argue about Batman fighting the Predator and growing up during the cold war. Jacob and Casey share some work stories. And Casey has a special guest - Ramblin' Sam, a blues musician with a lisp and a stutter.

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Thank You

I knew that taking more than a year away from doing the podcast, changing co-hosts and keeping the name was going to be a difficult thing. Any time a person stops doing something they're fighting to regain their foothold. To top it off I decided that if and when I came back that I would be doing so without the support of my family at Abnormal Entertainment. 

Since restarting the show, now six episodes in, I feel the love and support for what it is we're doing. Even though The Gorram Nerd Hour retained it's name it's not the same show. That we've been welcomed back so warmly is a great kindness by all of you. 

One of the things I wanted to be sure of when deciding to come back was the choice in co-hosts. Jeremy Taylor has been great at giving me exactly what I knew he would - angry rants and a collaborative spirit. Casey Otero has given me a certain glee that offers the perfect balance between my dry delivery and Jeremy's anger. I feel the three of us together (when we're all available) create a very good team. As much as I want to thank you, the listeners, I feel I owe a great debt to the both of them. 

This has been a trying time for me in my life. I'm at an age where a man begins to think about things in a different way. You begin to weigh what is important to you personally. Couple that with job woes and personal strife and life hasn't always been sunshine and roses. Doing this show gives me a chance to forget those things and focus on something creative and fun. Even if you have tuned in and didn't like what we were offering up I don't feel in the least bit swayed to stop. The reason is simple - I need this. And maybe other people do too. 

We want to grow our network. We want people to want to be a part of a growing family of podcasters that offer unique perspectives on life, the universe and everything. Unless you believe in reincarnation then you believe that we only get one shot at life. Grab it by the balls. Shake it. Don't let the world dictate your worth. Tell the world to go suck the big one because you're contributing by giving something back. Show them that life is more than a series of crappy moments with an orgasm occasionally thrown in. This is your life and you're gonna live it. That's what I'm striving for and I hope you all do the same. 

That's funny, I didn't even know I owned a soapbox let alone could stand on one without it breaking under my weight. Back to my point - Thank you all so much for listening and all the kind words we've heard from you since relaunching The Gorram Nerd Hour.

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My Friend Max

Hey folks,

Jacob here. Last night Jeremy and I had the pleasure of sitting down and talking with writer/director Mikeal Burgin and his daughter Kaylynn about a new movie they're making called My Friend Max. The interview is posted HERE.

My Friend Max, simply put, is about a young girl and her imaginary friend named Max, played by Doug Jones. For those of you in the know the name Doug Jones may be all you need to hear to go and support this film by giving money to their IndieGoGo campaign. For that don't know who Doug Jones is just look at the picture below.

Hellboy, Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer, Legion, Pan's Labyrinth, John Dies At The End, even guest starring on The Flash and yet you probably don't know his face. With an extraordinary talent like this in front of the camera and Mikeal Burgin steering the ship this is something you should want to see happen. Go to www.supportmyfriendmax.com to learn more. Here's a link to one of the film's Burgin made that also stars his talented daughter Kaylynn -

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Is The Bubble Bursting?

As Stephen King once stated - Everything's Eventual. For as long as movies have existed there have been remakes, sequels, even superheroes. But they are merely trends, with varying degrees of popularity at any given time. Just as the physical comedy of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton was taken over by the verbal humor of The Marx Brothers and the Western eventually morphed into something more Science Fiction related like John Carpenter's Escape From New York. Samurai movies were overtaken by the Western before it. Everything's Eventual. The more things change the more they stay the same.

I often feel as though I have lived several lifetimes given how fast things have changed only to come full circle. In 1978 Richard Donner promised us we'd believe a man could fly. And we did believe. Superman ushered in a brand new era of superhero movies. And yet it didn't. Sure, we had Howard The Duck, Sheena and a few other comic book related films but superhero movies. We were gonna have to wait a little while longer. Of course we still had The Hulk and Wonder Woman on the small screen.

It wasn't until 1989 that we saw a new hero emerge from the shadows, one familiar to even the casual fan, one known for always having the right tool in his utility belt, one able to make bad puns and call his platonic ward "Chum". That's right. Batman had arrived. But gone were the days of bad jokes and silly costumes. Now it was time for a serious take on the character starring a failed stand up comic best known as Beetlejuice. And the kicker - it's directed by the same guy. It was gothic and serious and crazy. Audiences loved it. Because audiences loved it we got a fantastic animated series, a very dark and crazy sequel with Michael Keaton, an animated theatrical film and a live action series based on The Flash. And there was a thread that tied them all together - Danny Elfman.

When Batman arrived in theaters in 1989 it was the rebirth of the superhero movie.It had suddenly become something that we could relate to more than a flying man with ultimate power. It was a regular guy with no powers doing what must be done to save his city. Without Batman we may never have had such films as Blade or X-Men. Even with their more fantastic elements they still felt more gritty and real. They were grounded, something we could relate to on some level. But, just as soon as ts it began we saw it starting to wain. Batman Forever and Batman & Robin nearly killed the superhero movie. Blade Trinity didn't work out the way the studio planned. Even, a few years later, we thought the X-Men films were done with the third installment. And somewhere in the middle of all this was Fantastic Four. First Roger Corman attempted making a movie in 1994. It was so bad it was never released. Then we got the Fox movie that miscast the leads and made a lot of fans angry. But they still made a sequel...and made fans even angrier with treatment of Galactus in that film.

During that time we also saw the first big screen outing of the Hulk, directed by Ang Lee. Surely this would be enough to ruin the chances of future superhero movies. Nope. In fact, it just made them stronger. It was shortly after that a plan was hatched - Marvel elected to have as many heroes as they could get the movie rights for under one banner (no pun intended). This started with Iron Man, then moved into The Incredible Hulk reboot. After that we began to see a shared universe forming. And now DC wants to follow suit.

Here's the problem - We have reached a point where there are comic book movies coming out left and right. We have TV shows based on comics all over the tube and Netflix. There's iZombie, The Flash, Arrow, Agents Of S.H,E.I.L.D,, The Walking Dead, Legends Of Tomorrow, Daredevil, Supergirl, Preacher is coming, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Agent Carter, the failed Constantine series and more. With movies Marvel and DC have their films mapped for the next ten years. But will we stick around that long? Everything's eventual, and eventually we will tire of the comic book fad and move on to whatever the next big thing happens to be. I'd love it if the next trend was marionette puppets.

Wolverine Can't Fight

The latest episode of The Gorram Nerd Hour is now available. We start off the latest episode by talking about the new X-Men movie and how it looks very much inspired by Prince's Purple Rain. This leads to a discussion about how Wolverine cannot seem to utilize any type of defense. Given the fact that he has been around longer than most mutants and had to hide for so many years you'd think he'd learn how not to run straight into bullets.

There was also some talk about insanity, Nicolas Cage level insanity. Jeremy theorized that his power was in his hair. Since he lost it he lost it...if you get my meaning.

Beyond that we did a little more Bad Impression Theater - Indiana Jones and the City of Gods. Listen to Jacob, Jeremy and Casey doing crazy voices in the unmade Indy sequel.

Go give it a listen.

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Indiana Jones And The Blood Diamond

No this is not the latest Indiana Jones movie. It's just the title of the latest episode of The Gorram Nerd Hour. This week Jacob and Jeremy are once again joined by Casey. In fact Casey fills in at the top of the show as they interview a man named Richard Blood. He is a kind hearted Brit with a rather oblivious nature. But we suppose you'd have to be if your name was Dick Blood. He tells the boys about his family and the new business he has just opened in the hopes of drumming up business.

After that Jacob arrived as the three of them embarked on a journey, a journey to the land of Russians, nuclear weapons, flying refrigerators and Karen Allen. Yes, it's Bad Impression Theater. This time they read from Indiana Jones and the City of Gods, a magical place where Batman and Bullwinkle meet. Join us, won't you, for a truly breathtaking experience.

And don't forget about our new sponsor. Here the commercial midway through the show for a brand new breakfast cereal - Homey O's, the first homeopathic cereal marketed to urban youth.

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Episode 3 Has Landed!

Ladies and gentlemen,

We had an epic day in the studio and recorded a lot of stuff you will find in future episodes. It took a lot for us to edit the show down to only one hour. We were joined in the studio by friend Casey Otero. He is just as big a nerd as us and has a very contagious laugh. Casey will be appearing in a few episodes over the next few weeks as he graciously devoted his time and voice to playing random characters in future installments of Bad Impression Theater. You will find the first part of that as part of next week's episode.

As for this week we did a new segment where we channeled the spirit of a dead celebrity for an exclusive interview. That celebrity was none other than Jim Henson! We also discussed Goosebumps, who we'd go gay for and Planet Of The Apes. No, none of us would go gay for one of the apes, in case you wondering.

So what are you waiting for? Go listen for yourself right here. Or you can go here. Enjoy.

The Archive Of Gorram Fun

Hey everyone,

Jacob Here. I have been tirelessly going through old and new episodes looking for clips of some of our best moments to cut down into clips for you all to enjoy in little bite sized morsels. I first went through the first two episodes with myself and my new co-host, Jeremy Taylor, and found some great moments filled with inappropriateness and glee (not the TV show, but there is some singing in one clip).

One thing I am very grateful for is that Kevin Moyers, one of the main men behind Abnormal Entertainment, always told us that even though our shows were on his network they belonged to us. So I've been raiding the Abnormal archive looking for fun moments. The first one pulled for you all was from the final episode featuring myself and Brian Smith. We were in the middle of shooting our second short film, Terrestrial starring Bill Oberst Jr., and decided to have him come by and record with us. During the show we did a piece called Bad Impression Theater where we read an unproduced screenplay in really ridiculous voices. We had a lot of fun with Bill that day. I remember that time fondly. He was game for anything we threw at him. We read from the unproduced Rob Zombie movie The Crow 2037. Have a listen right here.


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The Rule Of Ten

There are certain rules that movie makers abide by. Sometimes it's consciously. Sometimes it's just by sheer accident. In slasher movies there is "Sin" rule that was pointed out so well in the movie Scream. Drinking, drugs, sex - they are the things that make you a murder target. In action movies there is the 10 page rule - every ten pages of the script needs some sort of action or explosion, something to keep the audience awake and alert.

But there is a lesser known rule, one that is not observed as much anymore thanks to PG-13. It's another rule of ten. During the 70's and 80's it happened quite often. The last movie released in theaters that observed this rule was Rise: The Blood Hunter with Lucy Liu. The rule is simple - nudity, lots of it, every ten minutes or less to ensure that even if your movie isn't good men will keep watching. Growing up in the 80's I saw plenty of that rule on HBO, Cinemax and Showtime. Today we see this rule more on cable and internet series, not film. Watch Orange Is The New Black some time, season 2 especially. Use a stop watch if you want. Game Of Thrones is pretty close to following that rule most of the time. Season 2 of Dexter did it. One of the greatest examples of two of the rules of ten is the Transporter TV series - explosions and/or nudity every ten minutes or your money back. True Blood held pretty true to the rule as well.

Now, don't get wrong. I'm not complaining about the rule. I'm a heterosexual man. I like breasts and the beautiful soft form of a woman's naked body. She could even have three breasts. Who didn't think about that after seeing Total Recall.

But why dies it have to be that the rule of ten only seems to apply to movies trying desperately to keep our attention with flesh? Couldn't they invest a little more time in creating characters we care about and don't want to see die? Then, if the actress still wants to show a little skin so be it. The filmmaker earned that by keeping us entertained with a good story and characters first. 

In episode 3 of The Gorram Nerd Hour Jeremy and will be addressing this issue. Hopefully we'll have a friend stop by to discuss it with us. One week to go!

We're Now On Stitcher

Things are progressing. We just got word that Stitcher has accepted our little show. This is great news. You have many different options on how to listen. You can go to Podcast Garden, Soundcloud, Stitcher or just click on the links we provide right here on this blog.

Since we accidentally posted episode 2: I Don't Mean To Sound Racist... early there won't be another episode until July 11th. But it's gonna be great. We're getting back into doing movie reviews, starting with a movie called Creeper from Unearthed Films. We're gonna do a new edition of Bad Impression Theater. And I'm gonna be going on a bit of a rant. It's gonna be good one.

Updates, Updates, Updates!

We have loved the start of the new Gorram Nerd Hour. Jeremy and I have had a blast doing it so far. And we appreciate those of you have listened so far. Tell your friends. And if you didn't like the show then tell your enemies. And if you'd rather just tell random strangers you can do that too. You don't even have to like the show to do that. If you don't feel like telling anyone you don't have to. It's fine. We don't need you. We don't need anything...except this lamp.

Sorry, I got off track there for a moment. Okay, I'm back and clear headed now. First update - Jeremy and I will not be recording this week in celebration of Independence Day. We're gonna spend the day punching aliens and shouting, "Welcome to Erf!" This is why I tried and failed to have the second episode scheduled to arrive on the 4th. But I'm not sure how I feel about Podcast Garden as a hosting site yet. They put the right date on there but still made it available right away. Maybe it was user error. I am getting old, after all, and computers are a young man's game. Sure, I could work in IT and tell people to turn their computers off and turn them back on. Sure, I can actually open my email. I can even properly take a photo on my phone and not have my thumb anywhere in the picture. But, as far as you know, I thought a gig was either when a band plays at a club or short for 1.21 gigawatts.

Update number 2 - At work I have this guy I talk to quite a bit. He's a big nerd and he lives relatively close. When we talk at work he has this way of getting me ranting about all sorts of random topics I didn't even know I was passionate about. And his laugh sounds like a turkey gobble.

We're gonna have him come in from time to time. How could we not share a laugh like that with the world? If all goes well we'll have him in for Episode 3. Maybe we'll even do an episode of Bad Impression Theater while he's there.

Speaking of Bad Impression Theater. Before Brian and took our very long hiatus we did a really fun installment of BIT with our guest Bill Oberst Jr. and read from Rob Zombie's never produced movie - The Crow 2037. Jeremy and I have been talking about what unproduced movie to read from. There was talk of continuing with the Rob Zombie anti-masterpiece. But there are also so many others out there that would be great. One that comes to mind is the David Twohy version of Alien 3. Either way I'm sure you'll love what we'll bring to the table.

Once again we want to thank you for listening and just know we'll be continuing to make this show unique and fun. Find our new episodes here.


- Jacob

Better Early Than Late

So I thought that I had set this to publish on Saturday the 4th. But It's already up.

Here's Episode 2: I Don't Mean To Sound Racist...


The boys are back for episode 2. This week they discuss the myriad of sequels in some form of development in Hollywood...all 140 of them. They talk about sullying the memory of Brandon Lee. There's also a moment when Jacob decides to go on what could have easily been construed as racist by Jeremy. And Jacob's dad calls twice during the show sounding thoroughly confused. Jacob sings Spinal Tap. There are some strong opinions shared about Melissa McCarthy. They close out the show talking about putting Gwyneth Paltrow's head in a box and say goodbye to James Horner by playing a piece of music from Star Trek II.

It's Official

We have arrived, ladies and gentlemen...or any reasonable facsimile thereof. We don't discriminate. Here it is, the new and different Gorram Nerd Hour. I'm Jacob O'Neal, one of the original hosts of the show, along with Brian Smith. We loved doing the show...and then life got in the way. He went off and joined a cult. I decided to focus on work, my film festival duties and learning the art of tantric love making. I just didn't have a partner for it so that didn't last long.

All my podcasts ended roughly around the same time. But I missed it. So Brian and I talked. He agreed to let me have the name in a very kind and selfless moment. He said, "Fuck dude, it was always your fuckin' name to use. Why the fuck would I care? But it fuckin' means a fuckin' lot that you'd ask first, you fucker." For anyone who knows Brian that's pretty close to an accurate quote, kind and vulgar all at once. The search was on at this point. I needed a new co-host. I have this habit of auditioning them without them knowing it. Over the last two years I've had the honor of being the film festival coordinator for Phoenix Comicon's Film Festival. One of my volunteers is a man named Jeremy Taylor (pictured below).

Jeremy was someone I seemed to have an easy and playful way of talking to, something I thought could translate well to the show. And I think I made a good choice. He's a nerd, he's opinionated, he's sometimes funny and, most importantly, he's not as good looking as me.

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