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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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.

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.