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The Things That Entertain Us

by Jeff Rochlin / W. Curtis Preston

Jeff Rochlin and W. Curtis Preston get together to talk about the Things That Entertain Us!

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Episodes

  1. Things That Entertain Us - Ep.15 - 70’s Disaster!

    Today we have a special episode, inspired by an internet post claiming that The Towering Inferno is the greatest disaster movie of all times, we test that hypothesis by watching and discussing the three greatest of the genre from the same period, The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno and...

  2. Things That Entertain Us - Ep.14. - Talking about movies we’ve already talked about but with different people!

    While Curtis is away, I continue to play! Join me, Nina Levinson and Jason Rochlin as we talk about movies we’ve already talked about but with different people! Spoilers happen, so you’ve been warned! We discuss: 3000 Years of Longing Everything, Everywhere, All at Once Black Panther-Wakanda...

  3. Things That Entertain Us - Ep.13. - Life, The Universe and Everything plus Expensive Vacations

    It’s Lucky 13 where our heroes Spoil Menus, Whales, Banshees, Women Kings, Glass Onions and 1883. It’s Life, The Universe and Everything plus Expensive Vacations, all the things that entertain us! Spoilers happen…. You have been warned! We discuss: Alec Baldwin gets charged with involuntary...

  4. Things That Entertain Us - Ep.12. - Can Fix This… But I’m gonna have to break your toe!

    Take a couple of months off, and what do you get? Broken Cars, Broken Feet, Tech Jobs Collapse, Ye implodes, Twitter Chaos, Avatar, Babylon and Everything, Everywhere All At Once…. We got Spoilers! In today’s episode, we mention… Avatar Babylon Elvis Everything, Everywhere All At Once The Adam...

  5. Things That Entertain Us - Ep.11 - Catching Up

    In today’s episode…. Jeff Auditions for a movie and Curtis takes apart his car! We talk about Bullet Train, Fall, and The Sandman. Jeff finally watches Ted Lasso and we talk even more StarTrek! We’re so full of spoilers this week that we curdle milk! What we talk about: Thor - Love and Thunder...

  6. Things That Entertain Us - Ep.10 - Our Great American Crisis Is Over!

    In today’s episode, our great American crisis is over as Jeff finally gets around to seeing Top Gun, We catch up on a metric ton of shows, both on the big and little screens as well as talk about fixing the front end of your car using cable ties! Spoilers are an inherent part of our lives here so...

  7. Things That Entertain Us - Ep.9 - How The Sausage Gets Made

    This Episode, Mr. Preston continues his service to our community as a Poll worker in the California State Primary and We talk all things podcasting…. Hear how the sausage gets made ! (Be sure to Stick around to the end for something special!) In this episode, we talk about: Curtis the poll worker...

  8. Things That Entertain Us - Ep.8 - Where ships are wooden and men are steel!

    In this week’s episode…. Jeff got covid… We talk about Military Challenge Coins… The USS Iowa and Mr. Prestons Service to our country. We saw a screening of 1972’s “The French Connection” Complete with a live interview with its director., The state of the streaming wars and the slow crawl back to...

  9. Things That Entertain Us - Ep.7 - Post-Oscars Coverage - The Slap Heard Round The World

    In Tonight’s episode, we discuss the slap heard round the world, turning memorials into dance numbers, and other highlights of the 94th Academy Awards. The Oscars never fail to excite an audience! We’ll discuss Ross Douthat’s article pronouncing movies dead, Curtis tells us about The Lost City…

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  10. Things That Entertain Us - Ep.6 - Rockstars with Chainsaws

    This week on the podcast…. Jeff sounds like he’s in a fishbowl…. And our special guest Jason Rochlin joins the chat! We’re talking Oscar Nominations, The Batman, Citizen Kane, The Foo Fighters make a horror movie and how best to time that Bio Break when you’ve laid down that Jackson for your…

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  11. Things That Entertain Us - Ep.5 - Gettin Dusty!

    In this episode, we see Curtis does something more than sit in front of a screen (unlike his partner in crime) and that ancient Mongolians apparently liked Bar B Que…. We’ll talk even more about Star Trek and how Hollywood folks just can’t stop mucking with Sci Fi Perfection… we’ll glance upon…

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  12. Things That Entertain Us - Ep. 4 - Where no one talks about Bruno

    On today’s episode we go where no one has gone before talking about the great Star Trek re-watch, The tragedy of the Rust on-set shooting, a not so tasty piece of Licorice Pizza, an Enchanted animated family and a trip back to the dark ages with The Last Duel…. Remember, We don’t talk about Bruno...

  13. TTEU - Episode 3 - Awards Season Begins!

    In today’s episode, We ‘re gonna talk about seeing celebrities on your computer, Black Cowboys of the Old West, Roving Puerto Rican Gangs of New York, watching for falling magma balls and giant asteroids in the sky and other experiences with The New Normal… Really…. We’re talking The Harder They...

  14. The Things That Entertain Us - Ep. 2 - A Plethora of Stuff!

    In today’s episode, we are going to talk about everything from the MCU / Defenders universe crossover, How deaf people are portrayed in films, casting choices and the actresses that have to live with them and can we stop for a second and talk about how great is that Tom Hanks guy is anyway…....

  15. The Things That Entertain Us - Ep. 1 - Welcome Aboard!

    In today’s episode, get to know your hosts a little bit and listen to them talk about the lead in to Awards Season. Jeff pulled the lucky card and was chosen as a member of the Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominating Committee and this capacity has been binging his little heart out on Movies and TV...

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Jeff Rochlin and W. Curtis Preston get together to talk about the Things That Entertain Us!

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