The BoardRoom Weekly

More incoherent ramblings. Is 11am too early for pizza? Fat Boy tendencies while ordering a lot of food. Interrupting phone calls and text messages. Rich Strike wins the Kentucky Derby, and the importance of pedigree. When do artists give up their license to express themselves without repercussion? How important are the arts to our culture, REALLY? Long-format television is the best entertainment medium today.

Mike Tyson plane incident. Johnny Depp & Amber Heard. Putin murdering oligarchs. Superhero movies are getting to be too much. Twitter just laid down to Elon Musk, and American oligarchy. Don wants to know about Steve's childhood home. Origins of the Boardroom Weekly intro theme. Remembering the VCR era. Hank Azaria is an extremely underrated actor. FRIENDS gets too much shit for being homophobic. Ensemble shows make some of the best comedies. Favorite late-night hosts. Made-for-HBO movies back in the day were phenomenal. What's the allure of living in remote places?

Remembering the days of rotten.com. Sexiest female cartoon characters. Fake asses vs real asses. Were the 90's and early 2000's the peak of pop-culture? Paramount Plus launches new miniseries about the making of The Godfather. The popularity of rap music today. Rat mobsters who have YouTube channels - their crimes are literally paying.

On this episode... Don finally agrees we need a new name. Estelle Harris (George's mom on Seinfeld) passes away. Jerry Seinfeld is kind of a pedophile. Raising kids is full of uncertainty. Stories of getting our asses kicked as a child. Dealing with our baby boomer parents and technology. Geraldo Rivera and the Willowbrook expose. Reaction to everybody's OVERREACTION to the Will Smith slap. The alluring aspect of open-marriages. Wrestlemania convo. Fallon & Kimmel swap shows for the night. Late night TV then and now. Live Taste Test: McNuggets with Szechuan Sauce.

After a long hiatus the show is back, from a brand new dedicated studio. On this episode: Why Philly sucks. The horrors of mass transit bathroom experiences. The Godfather turns 50 years old. We need a new name.

Christmas 2021 recap. It's not that hard to get a gun in New Jersey. Childhood Christmas memories. Self reflections. The hatred for Nickelback is undue. Don has the worst taste in music. The energy of live concerts is unbelievable. Andrew's holiday-themed Tri-State Trivia. Don finally restrains himself and holds back on a bad joke.

Andrew comes back from his honeymoon.

We're back, with a new person in the 3rd seat! Seinfeld & Curb Your Enthusiasm. The holidays are upon us. Don puts cottage cheese in his mac & cheese.

An update on Alec Baldwin; is he going to be brought up on criminal charges? Mark Zuckerberg and Meta, Inc. Russel Brand virtue signals the right. What’s the real value of Tesla? Don paper-handed every r/wallstreetbets stock. Do we have access to too much information for our own good? Reference article: https://www.discoursemagazine.com/ideas/2021/10/21/welcome-to-the-fifth-wave/ Steve’s Sons of Anarchy update. Curb Your Enthusiasm comes back for 11th season. Comparing wrestling clips from today to years ago. Does the show need to reintroduce a third co-host?

Alec Baldwin shooting incident; shenanigans around Dave Chapelle’s new Netflix special; local town Facebook groups are toxic digital environments; list of proposed (and failed) amendments to the Constitution; more TV watching talk - Son’s of Anarchy, Shield, Sopranos; magazine subscriptions; Joe Rogan is the new conservative propaganda machine; guns & shooting.

Tyson Fury v. Deontay Wilder III & the way boxing used to be. Illegal cable hookups from back in the day. Favorite TV Shows American Crime Story Series ...a whole bunch more.

The topics are all over the place this week; historical accuracy in Hollywood, nostalgia for yesteryear, racism around the world, men who wear Iron Man socks with suits, and more!

The guys review the long-awaited Sopranos prequel movie, The Many Saints of Newark.

The show will be taking on a new direction...

Today we remember Norm Macdonald (October 17, 1959 – September 14, 2021).

We've been slacking lately between personal stuff and traveling, but we're getting back into the swing of things!

We're back after a month long hiatus!

Don is too prissy to ride the subway. California people are snobs about their fast food - and they're wrong! Chasing money vs. following your dreams. Clients are the worst part of any job. Is there a moral dilemma in listening to Michael Jackson's music? Don & Hass would make the worst criminal accomplices. Ayahuasca retreats. 

OZ premiered 24 years ago on HBO - the OG of the hour-long premium cable drama. Apology to our listeners for last episode train-wrecks. People say Don and Steve agree on a lot, but they show here they don’t always agree. Look back on a classic scene from Casino (Cheater’s Justice). The allure of gambling; some get it, some don’t. Steve tells the story of when he blew a student loan check at the craps table in one session. Hass gets uncomfortable at ancestral sex. People are too outraged by mere words in 2021, on both the left AND the right. Religious people and their mental gymnastics. Arson on Catholic churches in Canada. Quarantine in other countries vs. America. What we’re looking for from The Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark. Job Market is white hot - retail and foodservice wages are on the rise! CLIPS & LINKS Casino - Cheater’s Justice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGp3PrC1CKI Extracurricular Activities Podcast: https://anchor.fm/extracurricularactivities Letterboxd App: https://letterboxd.com/ Big Jay Oakerson Tranny Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OwJU91cchk

Songs that are either ruined or made better by movie/tv scenes. Hass avoids getting kidnapped. Longevity of rap vs. classic rock - Hass takes us down a rabbit hole. SOPRANOS SPOILER ALERT from 33:12 - 41:00. Things we hate about our cultures / Baby Boomers are the worst. Smoking used to be the social norm. Outsourcing life tasks. Don is too cheap to spend on the small conveniences, but buys cars to impress his cousins. Video games price-gouging by holding back features and charging for them in-game - Hass takes us down another rabbit hole. Bill Cosby released from prison. Immigrants who claim everything in America is worse than back home.

Our first full episode! We discuss... What exactly is appropriate for adults to order at a high-end steakhouse? French fries (amateur hour)? Mac & Cheese (amateur hour)? Is ketchup age-appropriate for adults? Does ketchup go on chicken cutlets? How about veal cutlets. Leaked Howard Stern video - proof of him selling out in 2013 - see original video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvL46X6qCso Illegal immigration stories (some are hilarious) Don buys a new car, and rolling back the miles on a lease is risky business. Baby Boomers are the most ridiculous generation.

Not all ideas are worth entertaining. Another clip from our early sessions.

Is The WWE as good today as it was in the Attitude Era?

Another one from our early recording sessions. This time we go into the impact The Sopranos had on the way television is made today.

A clip from one of our early recording sessions...