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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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.

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