SlurpToast

Jesus Wasn’t a Doobie Brother

Originally recorded 4/11/23
Well, we went into this one without a plan, and, frankly, it shows.
We started out with Stephe finishing a gourmet dinner courtesy of the Quick Trip.  While he slammed that down Bruce kept the ship moving in some sort of direction.
Looking for inspiration, we then went into a double round of "What's on Your Desk?" that yielded some fun results.
As it does, that led into some (at this point) obligatory Funko talk including the demise of Mondo.
All of this happened with laggy internet that had Stephe looking like an extra in a Godzilla movie.
We talked briefly about Stephe's Opening Day 2023.  The Royals lost.
From there we talked about all sorts of things.  What sort?  Glad you asked.
SDCC
The pending SDCC Hotel-pocalypse
We landed on a sound effect for unboxing
The highs and lows of dealing with Vintage Goods
Stephe's visit to K-State
The rediscovered joys of Ramen
Hip Hassidic Rabbis
Tackling deadbeat dads
Other fun follows (more next episode)
Lots of SNL chatter
We run down the list of SNL presidential players by memory (as best we could)
How we would mess with Kevin Sorbo in an interview situation
And we ended with Fanny Burps.
Well, not actual ones.  Just talking about them.

Unreality - a novel (with Chris Smith)

Originally recorded 3/22/23
It's a big day on SlurpToast.  This episode we had our first streaming guest, the Mandalorian of Metal himself, Chris Smith.  Chris is the author of the new book, Unreality - a novel.
Chris joins the boys to talk about his new book (releasing on 3/23/23), the publishing process, his previous book, the ups and downs of self-publishing, University of Houston basketball and his guiding light, music. 
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In addition to the time spent with Chris, the boys got into some other stuff as well:
An early round of What's on Your Desk?
Stephe's trip to Planet ComicCon
Bruce's trip to New Orleans
Artwork by Den of Apathy
Getting a speeding ticket in Morgan City
The new Copa de la Diversion logos from MiLB
Bruce throws down the gauntlet for Stephe's next "12 Days of..." viewing challenge, this on featuring Gerard Butler.  The list for "The Butler Did It" is:
Dracula 2000
Reign of Fire
Phantom of the Opera
PS I Love You
RocknRolla
The Ugly Truth
Law Abiding Citizen
The Bounty Hunter
Chasing Mavericks
Playing for Keeps
Greenland (with the option to sub in Geostorm)
Plane
May Manny have mercy on his soul.
 
And we finished up with an update on the "Give Me Tacos or Give Me Death" logo.  Trust me when I say you want to keep an eye on this one!
 
 

Papa Shango Sh!t with a Slouch and a Twist

Originally recorded 3/9/23
The boys are back after a month long hiatus that saw Stephe bored with leadership training and Bruce disfigured by a rogue tree branch.
They started things off with a conversation about Funko and their plan to dispose of 30 million dollars worth of dead stock inventory.  As our resident Funko Fanatic, Stephe had thoughts.
After that we discussed Wakanda Forever and a new MCU fan theory making the rounds on the internet.  This one actually has some legs.
What else:
How about:
Stephe's kitchen remodel
Samaritan
Cobra
Stallone movies in general
Fine art by Lego
Bruce's upcoming trip to New Orleans
Bruce unboxes the new Marvel Legends Howard the Duck figure
The Authority
The differences between the writing styles of Warren Ellis and Mark Millar
The differences between the art styles of Bryan Hitch and Frank Quitely
There was some random SDCC chatter in there as well
And then the show ended with Stephe invoking the name of Papa Shango.
Nothing good can come from that.
Enjoy.

Squatting in Azatlan - the Music Episode

Originally Recorded 2/6/23
It started out as an aside by Stephe in Episode 54.
"We should do something about Sammy Hagar for our 55th episode."
Bruce, of course, ran with it.
That's how you get the music episode.
Of course we ran into a bout of COVID and a Texas ice storm before we got to do something about Sammy Hagar.
We start off with a tale from the SlurpToast vaults.  The boys reminisce about the day they found out David Lee Roth left Van Halen and how they spent the day picking new lead singers from the available crop in 1985.
Then we talked a lot about concerts, Billy Joel and our general problems with gravity.
We touched on Bruce's half-bake theory of personal pop music relevance.
We went into WAY too much detail about Stephe's recent float therapy experiences.  I'll just say "splish, splish, splish" and leave it at that.
We played a round of "What's on Your Desk?"
Then we talked about the MCU's pending dive into Quantumania and Jonathan Majors' pending superstardom.
Stephe talked about a recent leadership seminar he attended and its connection to Columbo.
We ended things up with a quick chat about Poker Face on Peacock.
That's a lot to get through, but we know if we can, so can you.
Enjoy!

Stephe’s Twelve Days of Liam

Originally recorded 1/4/23
Happy New Year everyone!
I told you'd we back.
The boys open things up by playing with Bruce's new White Elephant podcast light.  Boys and their toys...right?
Up next is holiday chatter.
Discussion of Bruce's son's disastrous shredder work is followed up with praise for him getting a job.
Then we segue into tonight's main event.
In response to the glut of Hallmark movies around the holidays, Stephe took it upon himself to take on the Twelve Days of Liam.  Yes, he watched twelve Liam Neeson movies so, thankfully, we don't have to.
Here's the list:
Honest Thief
Blacklight
Memory
Unknown
A Walk Among the Tombstones
The A-Team (with lots of gunfire sound effects)
Cold Pursuit
Under Suspicion
The Commuter
Non-Stop
Darkman
Taken2
We all owe the man a debt of gratitude.
Bruce shared his somewhat less arduous holiday viewing:
Glass Onion
Bullet Train
Only Murders in the Building
Then we spent an inordinate amount of time discussing Zardoz thanks to a meme Bruce posted.
We ended with a rousing round of "What's on Your Desk?" - featuring the Dream of the Magi.  What does that mean?  Listen!
We also mentioned Hunter Roberts' Dodge Neon bit.  HERE IS THE PROMISED LINK.

The First Annual Arthur Carlson Memorial Episode

Originally recorded 11/16/22
Okay, so this episode nearly became our lost episode.
We recorded it before Thanksgiving, then Bruce started a new job, there were holidays and the death of a pet.
Lots of stuff happened.
But we are getting back on track for the new year, so enjoy this episode and there will be another one later in the week.
What did we talk about?
Stolen work trucks
WKRP
Ranking the MCU
High school grievances
Conan the Barbarian
Roman Reigns as Lobo
The Rock and Jason Statham
The death of Gallagher
Fun with facial hair
Buyer's remorse
Nolan Ryan beef
Happy New Year kids!
See you soon.

We’re a Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Family

Originally recorded on November 9, 2022
We're back and, as promised, we've got some stuff we want to share.  Yes, we update the Cannonball Run franchise for the new millennium.
We also hit on:
Stephe's phone migration project
College football
Reboot on Hulu
CPAP chat
Elon Musk and the implosion of Twitter
Wakanda Forever
The current state of the MCU
Dropping the E from the DCEU
Doctor Who
The World Series
The World Series of Poker
Gabe Kaplan
Stephe's theory of the Yidfather
As for those follows, here they are:
TriplePlayDesign
Ralphthebaker
Brian Pirrip
BeardOhWeirdOh
Hanging with Doctor Z
Hunter Roberts

The Veracity of Marla Gibbs Programming aka I’ve Never Felt More Peckerwood

Originally recorded on 10/19/22
If you ever wanted to really get to know your hosts, this is the episode to do it.  
We somehow got off into a rousing round of our patented circle game, this one revolving around 70s television.  It's quality.
From there we talk about:
She-Hulk
Werewolf by Night
Baseball
 More exciting CPAP talk
Why the Chiefs still get to be the Chiefs
The joys of Catholic guilt
Enos
Grandma's Eulogy
Tales from the Territories on Vice
What's on Your Desk
Death Stories
Enjoy!