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.

We will be posting new shows every Saturday. Come check us out, enjoy and share.