The Good, The Pod and The Ugly
Long-running film podcast featuring hosts Ken, Ryan and Thomas and numerous guests talking filmographies, oddities, classics and side hustles. Through thirteen season they have talked about nearly every movie ever made (verified by PodStats Inc).
SEASON 15: SQUIB SEASON! Trace the history of the squib in film through 20 carefully chosen films. What is a squib? We explain that at the start of every episode so get listening.
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191 episodes
SQUIB SZN: E3: JOHN WICK CHAPTER 2
JOHN WICK CHAPTER 2 (2017)SPECIAL NOTE: SEASON 15 OF THE GOOD, THE POD AND THE UGLY WILL CELEBRATE THE USE OF THE PRACTICAL AND DIGITAL EFFECT KNOWN AS THE SQUIB. REAL WORLD VIOLENCE IS NOT TOLERATED AND IS RENO...
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Season 15
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Episode 2
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51:23
SQUIB SZN: E2: HELL TO ETERNITY
Content Warning: Filmic violence is and will often be celebrated throughout Season 15 – Squib Season. Second in the series and keeping to their unpatented temporal pincer movement, the enlisted four of TGTPTU storm the...
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Season 15
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Episode 2
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1:02:08
SQUIB SZN: E1: REVENGE SEASON PREMIERE!
REVENGE Major Content Warning: Plot-related sexual assault is mentioned throughout this episode. Minor Content Warning: Filmic violence is and will often celebrated throughout Season 15. <...
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Season 15
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Episode 1
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1:07:59
1X1: NUMBER FOUR: MYSTERY ROAD
MYSTERY ROAD It’s the end of the road for Season 14 as TGTPTU’s four White fellas travel across the world to the land down under for host Ken’s 1x1 flick pick and this season’s final film: MYSTERY ROAD (2013), sponsored this ...
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Season 14
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Episode 12
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1:18:42
1x1; NUMBER THREE: RISKY BUSINESS
RISKYSometimes you gotta say, “What the Fuck” to research, make your move. This week Season 14’s penultimate 1x1 is co-host Ryan’s pick: RISKY BUSINESS (1983). His reason: TGTPTU normally pairs filmographies of a single d...
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Season 14
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Episode 11
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1:15:40
1X1: NUMBER 2: THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE
Friends of EddieThe second 1x1 feature rounding out Season 14 and, chosen by Jack, the film is THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE (1973). Directed by Peter Yates, whose career TGTPTU is unlikely to cover in a future 4x4 despite having Kr...
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Season 14
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Episode 10
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1:10:24
1X1: NUMBER 1: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
HEDWIGBefore we say auf wiedersehen to Season 14 with its eight revamps of the previously covered during the show’s first five years, the boys of TGTPTU reveal their unexpected special little packages: 1x1’s, wherein each host sha...
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Season 14
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Episode 9
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1:03:29
REDUX FINALE: WHITE SNIPER. BLACK HEART PT. 2
AMERICAN SNIPERThe once distant end of Season 14’s curated rewatched flicks is now in our sights as the TGTPTU crew pulls the trigger on their final movie of the eight enlisted pairs mustering their Redux Season, taking aim at Cli...
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Season 14
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Episode 8
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1:20:46
REDUX: WHITE SNIPER, BLACK HEART PT.1
WHITE HUNTER, BLACK HEART Episode 7, and you can feel the excitement of the hunt this episode, the first of TGTPTU’s final paired rewatches of the Redux Season (Season 14) and another double Eastwood starting with a bang with...
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Season 14
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Episode 7
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1:01:39
REDUX: BAD TRIPS PT. 2: 15:17 TO PARIS
The 15:17 to ParisEpisode 6, all aboard! TGTPTU rides the Season 14 train to the end of the line of this third pairing of the season. Another rewatch of an Eastwood-directed film, this car was originally hitched to Season 1, Episo...
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Season 14
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Episode 6
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1:10:34
REDUX: BAD TRIPS PT. 1: HONKYTONK MAN
HONKYTONK MAN TGTPTU continues to play its old hits with Episode 5 of Season 14, its redux series season celebrating five years and <cough, cough> don’t you worry about us, hoss, we’ll get through this pairing of Eastwo...
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Season 14
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Episode 5
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1:02:15
REDUX: ANIMAL FARM PT. 2: THE WHALE
THE WHALEIt’s the fourth episode of Season 14, and our hungry boys are still going for seconds with their rewatch of the recently covered THE WHALE (2022), original episode from TGTPTU’s initial pairing that started the epic scarf...
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Season 14
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Episode 4
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53:44
REDUX: ANIMAL FARM PT. 1 PIG
PIGSeason 14 continues serving up second helpings of movies previously covered on TGTPTU with PIG (2021). Jack’s flick picked this week pulls from his, Ken’s, and then recently added host Thomas’s post-Eastwood season CAGE UNCAGED...
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Season 14
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Episode 3
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50:37
REDUX SZN: DEATH BECOMES HIM PT. 2: HOLY ZEMECKIS
DEATH BECOMES HER (1992)For the second episode in TGTPTU’s Season 14 redux series, the film choice was Thomas’s. As he explains at the top of the ep, he wanted to do a Streep rewatch with recent co-host Ryan, specifically and espe...
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Season 14
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Episode 2
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59:53
“REDUX” SEASON PREMIERE! DEATH BECOMES HIM WITH “HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER”
High Plains Drifter (1973)TRIGGER WARNING: HPD features sexual assault as a plot point. Season 14, a new season with a hefty helping of old, comes to town as the TGTPTU hosts return to movies they undervalued an...
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Season 14
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Episode 1
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59:54
LARS VON TRIER #4: THE GANG SELLS THE COMPANY, "THE BOSS OF IT ALL"
BOSS OF IT ALL (2006)Well, as the famous playwright Antonio Gambini once wrote: All good things (and Season 13 of TGTPTU) must come to a close. And what better stage for which our four hosts to give their final thoughts and review...
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Season 13
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Episode 18
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57:49
LARS VON TRIER #3: NATURE SPURTS WITH "ANTICHRIST"
4X4: Lars von Trier #3Breaking our own arbitrary rules just like Lars von Trier, the enfant terrible final director of Season 13’s 4x4, the TGTPTU crew for our final pairing breaks with release date order <gasp!> t...
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Season 13
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Episode 17
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1:04:43
LARS VON TRIER #2: GETTING FUZZY WITH DANCER IN THE DARK
DANCER IN THE DARK (2000)Broadcasting live from 1964, and entirely in song, this week’s very special episode of TGTPTU covers Lars von Trier’s sixth film (but only our second of his covered this 4x4): DANCER IN THE DARK (2000). &n...
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Season 13
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Episode 16
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1:03:02
4X4: LARS VON TRIER #1: GET WET
ELEMENTWelcome to a new year and a new director as TGTPTU’s latest 4x4 reaches its fourth of four directors: Lars Von Trier. We start with his first wide-release feature THE ELEMENT OF CRIME (1984). And so begins our...
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Season 13
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Episode 15
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1:07:15
MERRY CLINTMAS! JUROR #2 AND 2024 WRAP-UP
JUROR #2 It’s late-December and, foregoing our usual Christmas-adjacent movie watch, this year TGTPTU has a very special treat for the holidays. That’s right, listener, we bring to you our hot takes on what may prove to be Clint ...
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Season 13
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Episode 14
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1:37:12
BIG WILLIE #4: THE COLLECTOR (OR HOW ELON AND GRIMES MET)
4X4X3: WILLIAM WYLER CONCLUSION: THE COLLECTORTGTPTU wraps its third director of Season 13’s 4x4 with a discussion of a fourth and final William Wyler film THE COLLECTOR (1965). Like The Big Country, its paired film from ...
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Season 13
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Episode 13
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1:04:41
BIG WILLIE #3: THE BIG COUNTRY
4X4: WILLIAM WYLER. #3: THE BIG COUNTRY(Note: Don't skip the theme song this week)TGTPTU Host Ryan’s Willie gets a glow-up with THE BIG COUNTRY (1958), the third in our cultivated William Wyler collection....
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Season 13
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Episode 12
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1:08:47
WILLIAM WYLER #2: LIKE SAND THROUGH AN HOUR GLASS... SO ARE OUR DESPERATE HOURS
WILLIAM WYLER: PART 2 OF 4: THE DESPERATE HOURSPaired with last week’s Detective Story, TGTPTU’s Big Willie Winter continues with THE DESPERATE HOURS (1955), another black-and-white film adaptation by William Wyler and a ra...
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Season 13
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Episode 11
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1:08:38
WILLIAM WYLER #1: DON'T SAY THE A WORD, DETECTIVE STORY
DETECTIVE STORYSeason 13’s 4x4 has reached its 1/2way point with our 9th of 16 movies and a new director, provisional co-host Ryan’s pick of the 15-time Academy Award-nominated, 3-time Oscar-winning director William Wyler. This w...
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Season 13
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Episode 10
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1:08:52
TSAI MING-LIANG: MAMA SAID THERE'D BE DAYS LIKE THIS
4X4 III: TSAI MING-LIANG 4: DAYSTGTPTU’s back to finish (cough) the job handily (cough) with a happy ending (oh boy) for our coverage of director Tsai Ming-liang, coming together (really, dude?) to get every ounce our four ...
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Season 13
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Episode 9
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1:00:37
