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We Have Thoughts on Thunderbolts*

(Originally recorded 5/5/25)

The latest MCU offering, Thunderbolts, is now in theaters.  Your humble hosts both saw the film on opening weekend and convened to record a very special episode to give their thoughts on the movie.

Warning - this episode does contain spoilers.

Whatever! You're the Goggins.

(Originally recorded 05/01/25)

The show starts off with bad Back to the Future jokes (88...get it).  It only goes up from there.

Stephe spends some time recent work related software issues.  Bruce applauds his judicious use of the Road House philosophy in this instance.

What happened after that?  Glad I asked.

• Using Silence of the Lambs as a customer service guide
• Fun at a Quad Cities baseball game
• The secret origin of Moline Dynamite
• Stephe's traffic adventures
• A preview of Thunderbolts*
• The Dune fleshlight popcorn bucket and all of its misbegotten spawn
• Weird shit we like to watch online (no...its not porn)
• Triumph is Canada's answer to Rush (we know!  it's a joke!)
• A quick look at our recent demographics
• Crashing bible colleges
• More Baby Billy
• The Righteous Gemstones
• Goggins talk

And, of course, we finished up with "What's on Your Desk?"

Get Your Kohl's Cash and Go Home

(Originally recorded 04-16-25)

Welcome back to another exciting episode of SlurpToast.

Tonight we don't have a theme so we just riff.

We started out talking about Stephe's overly ambitious work anti-virus software.

Then we did a nice long political chunk.  Not normally one of topics of conversation, but these aren't normal times.

That led to a brief conversation about crypto and it's striking similarity to pyramid schemes.  Bruce discussed Going Infinite by Michael Lewis in connection with crypto chat.

What else?

• Daredevil:  Born Again (no spoilers)
• Bruce's quest to complete the Jason Statham catalog
• The Statham vehicle Chaos
• Walton Goggins
• The Righteous Gemstones
• Baby Billy
• COCKFIGHTER (the book AND the movie)
• SDCC hoteling

And, of course, we finished up with "What's on Your Desk?"

It's a Moral Imperative

(Originally recorded 04/02/2025)

Tonight's episode title is our tribute to the late Val Kilmer.  It's a line from True Genius and has been one of the operating parameters of our friendship for years.

As discussed last time, we performed a little social experiment on tonight's show.  Good to see you, Dave.

Stephe had a lot to say about his week at work.  It has been, well, less than stellar.

Bruce discussed the latest Jason Statham offering, A Working Man.  Did you know the movie is based on a book by comics legend Chuck Dixon?  Neither did Bruce.

What else did we talk about?

• Six Sigma'ing
• Is Jason Statham a Stallone proxy?
• The origin of the action flick "Line Cooks"
• Life on a porn crew
• Reading business books
• Stephe's enjoyment of Pokemon deck breaks
• "Steve is Here"
• The new Quad City Bandits road logo
• The new Oyster Catchers logo (don't look it up)
• MLB Opening Day
• Potential expansion cities for MLB
• We want the New Orleans Voodoo
• Another Papa Shango reference
• Micronauts
• Chicken Art
• Bruce is not buying into Kale (there's a reason)

And, of course, we did "What's on Your Desk?"

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Natural Selection Hasn't Done It's Job

(Originally recorded 3/18/25)

Tonight's show is jam packed with content, just the way you like it.

We started out touching on:

• The potential death of Funko Fundays
• The rebirth of the Evel Knievel stunt cycle
• Bruce's idea to cross promote the above with Ghost Rider
• Bruce's possible kidney stone
• Daredevil Born Again
• The unbelievable hat design snafu made by MLB

Then the podcast was joined by Bruce's sons who wanted to pitch their idea for a podcast to your humble hosts.  It's a decent idea so don't steal it.

Then we got into another round of our favorite follows:

• wildhatsofficial
• celina52truckstop
• baseballbydesign
• cloudchord
• kundokrunch
• jlees_1
• aamir.hydari
• joelsaltzman
• nunchucktylor
• elevatefiguredisplays
• cholo_dance_daily

And we ended the show with "What's on Your Desk?"

Captain America - Brave New World

(Originally recorded 2/27/25)

We convene tonight because we have thoughts and we don't want to wait to share them.

We've both seen the new MCU film, Captain America:  Brave New World, and we thought we should make our feelings know before the movie moves to its ultimate streaming destination.

We also chat about the pending debut of Daredevil:  Born Again, the newly released image of Kyle Chandler as Hal Jordan and how Stephe believes The Marvels is an underrated title in the MCU.

We both still hate The Eternals.

This one goes deep.  We rattle off the names of a LOT of Green Lanterns.  Be forewarned.

We, of course, play "What's on Your Desk?"

Also, enjoy.

Why Did .38 Special Have Two Drummers?

(Originally recorded 02.19.25)

We came into this one with a plan.  We really did.

Our goal was to talk about all of the recent SNL50 programming.  We are both long time SNL fans and revisiting the show's history and its importance to us seemed like a good fit.

We eventually got to it and reminisced in our own unique, meandering way.

We also talked about:

• How damned cold it is
• Flash tattoos for the family
• .38 Special
• Stephe's adventures at the cinema
• A preview of Brave New World
• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
• The Rock - Dwayne or Sean?
• Zardoz
• Excalibur
• Saturday Night
• Slim Goodbody
• The agony of the Ben Cooper Halloween Costume
• Bruce introduced Stephe to author Alan Lee.
• Mental Organism Designed Only for Karaoke

And, of course, we played "What's on Your Desk?"

The (Recent) Art of Frank Miller

(Originally recorded 2/5/25)

Look, we recorded an episode on 2-5-25.  Cool?

After an unexpected layoff due to Bruce's new work commitments, the boys are back with another theme show?

The theme this time?

How about some of Frank Miller's most recent cover art for Marvel?

Yeah, we go deep.  We talk influences, style, layout and color.

We also talk about a bunch of weird side stuff that makes it a lot of fun.

But wait, that's not all:

• The trailer for Fantastic Four:  First Steps
• The trailer Daredevil:  Born Again
• TB in KC
• The Twitter wasteland
• The abomination that is Fantastic Four (2015)
• Stephe's return to Marvel's Micronauts
• Bruce's first time visit to the land of Peter David's run on The Incredible Hulk.

All this and a very simian "What's on Your Desk?"

Another One for Your Pince Nez

(Originally recorded 1/8/25)

 

A new year dawns and SlurpToast is there to greet it.

The boys get down to business with lively discussions about:

• What If?
• Landman
• Wicked
• The Howard the Duck podcast
• Football
• Stephe's youthful Broncos fandom
• Terry Bradshaw's hair
• Another death in the family
• Old folks
• Stephe's most recent trip to the ER
• Moonshiners
• Old Men and their ailments returns
• Skeleton Crew
• Fan casting Metal Men
• Icelandic murder shows
• Mondo
• Joey Breaux
• And, of course, "What's on Your Desk?"

The First Sous Vide

(Originally recorded 11/25/24)

It's Thanksgiving time again, kids.  You know what that means?  It's time for a side of SlurpToast.

The episode starts with Stephe lamenting issues with frames and photos.  It makes sense in context.

We discuss the philosophy of "right or right now."

The boys go full heel on Thanksgiving.  Spoiler - they both hate it.

Bruce talks about his recent trip to Vega$ (official Dan Tanna spelling).

Bruce also breaks the news that he's going to get to move his half of the podcast out of the garage.

Then it was on to the main event.

We've talked about it ad nauseum and tonight we deliver. 

It's time to compare action figures (no that's not a euphemism).

Stephe has collected all of the available action figures in the New Gods collection.  Bruce has most of those same characters in the DC Animated/JLU style.

Which characters get compared?

How about;

• Darkseid
• Big Barda
• Mr. Miracle
• Orion
• Superman
• Lightray
• Kalibak

Stephe also had a Metron and Bruce countered with a few other Fourth World JLU figures (I'm looking at you Mantis.)

The show ended with the always exciting "What's on Your Desk?"