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The Villain Edit
by Monty Ashley and Rhias Hall
The Villain Edit: what people traditionally blame when they discover that their time on a reality show was spent being a huge jerk on camera. Also a podcast in which Monty Ashley and Rhias Hall talk about the reality shows they’ve been watching lately.
Episodes
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60: Deadly Class Villainy
Monty and Rhias talk about Deadly Class, the latest edgy-yet-glossy Syfy show based on a comic book. This naturally turns into a discussion about Reality Bites and Rent. Then it’s time for Villains of the Week, where Vern Schillinger (JK Simmons from Oz) and Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates from Misery)...
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59: The Fyre Festival
Hey, we’re doing a mini-relaunch! Instead of talking about “Whatever reality shows Monty and Rhias have stuck in their head,” we’re going to focus on one villain a week in our new segment “The Villain Audit.” This week: Billy McFarland of the Fyre Festival, as featured in different documentaries...
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58: Elevating the Art of Gingerbread
The most impressive thing Monty and Rhias saw this week was the Holiday Gingerbread Showdown. And that’s in a week that also featured a WHOLE lot of nonsense on the Curse of Oak Island and the return of RuPaul’s Drag Race (All-Stars, but still). Hosts Monty Ashley and Rhias Hall.
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57: Gingerbread and Drag Queens
Monty and Rhias review their notes and get ready for RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars Season 4, and also talk about their feelings on Holiday Gingerbread Showdown. They like the RuPaul show more, because it has less gum paste and isomalt. Hosts Monty Ashley and Rhias Hall.
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56: Drag Queens With Knives
Monty and Rhias recap the meta-war between Halloween Wars and Halloween Baking Championship (the winner was not the audience), the state of Forged in Fire, do some casual previews of RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars Season 4, and check in on the Curse of Oak Island. It’s still cursed. Hosts Monty...
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55: Filling the Great Food Truck Void
Monty and Rhias discuss the finales of Making It and The Great Food Truck Race and decide which show was actually worth watching (it’s Making It). Then they tackle the challenge of finding new competitive reality shows in Fall, when all the channels think they’re better than that. Hosts Monty...
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54: Hot and Smoky
Rhias and Monty take a break from complaining about the air quality in Seattle to talk about the delightfully questionable television they’ve been watching, including Making It, Nailed It, The Great Food Truck Race, and the webseries Camp Wannakiki, which is the latest entry in the surprisingly...
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53: Making It Is Fun
There’s this new competitive crafting show called Making It, hosted by Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman. It’s gotten a lot of media coverage because it’s on a real network and it’s hosted by legit TV stars, but it also falls firmly within the purview of The Villain Edit. Monty and Rhias also talk...
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52: Going Off-Topic
Monty and Rhias have been watching Face Off and Forged in Fire. And there’s big news about the Great Food Truck Race coming back! But that doesn’t take a lot of time, so instead they talk about Pose and GLOW and Dietland and whatever else comes to mind. Hosts Monty Ashley and Rhias Hall.
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51: What Does TCBY Really Stand For?
Monty and Rhias chat about the finale of Season 10 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, minutes after it ends. And they have some opinions! So many opinions, in fact, that some spill over into their discussion of Face Off and Forged in Fire. And they also reminisce about that one show where people had to dress...
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50: Garbage Truck Wars
Monty and Rhias are very excited that Face Off is back! It’s a great show that’s fun to watch! They also talk about Forged in Fire before weighing in on the current state of RuPaul’ss Drag Race, and make fun of something called “Truck Night in America” based on Monty having half-watched a...
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49: A Hyena Will Eat You
Monty and Rhias are back, with thoughts on RuPaul’s Drag Race (movie star Cher is definitely the most boring Cher), Forged in Fire (we hope you heal up soon, Doug Marcaida), Ink Master Angels (which gets pretty heavy, so watch out), Naked and Afraid XL (watch out for lions), and Dancing With the...
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48: You Never See a Snake's Belly in Nature
Monty and Rhias bid goodbye to Glam Masters and Ink Master, because their seasons are over. And also because those are bad shows that they don’t want to watch anymore. And they say hello to two new shows: Forged in Fire: Knife or Death and the Great Interior Design Challenge, which have different...
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47: Your Career Is Not Over
Glam Masters and Ink Master are both edging closer to season finales that will probably also be their “Monty and Rhias watching them” finales. Ink Master Angels goes to Memphis for an episode that’s kind of a downer and kind of uplifting. And RuPaul’s Drag Race serves 33 separate runway looks,...
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46: Closed Mouths Don't Get Fed
It was a busy week for reality shows, which provided a nice range of things for Monty and Rhias to talk about. For thoughtful discussion of topics, you want to watch RuPaul’s Drag Race. For jerks shouting at each other, you want Ink Master. For people having fun and being happy for each other…
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45: Flaming Swords Are Realistic
Monty and Rhias are in favor of Ink Master Angels over Ink Master, and Forged in Fire over Project Runway, and also RuPaul’s Drag Race over just about everything. This is even though Monty’s Fantasy Drag Race Team is already in shambles, forcing an immediate reconsideration of everything. Hosts...
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44: Drag Race Season 10 Wild-Eyed Predictions
RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 10 starts tomorrow! Monty and Rhias have combed through hours of iffy iPhone video of all the contestants, and they are prepared to render verdicts, predictions, and digressions about how bad the video is at some of these clubs. Step up your game, Showgirls! Hosts Monty...
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43: That Gorgeous Oozy Lip
The phrase “That Gorgeous Oozy Lip” does not appear in this episode of The Villain Edit, but it does appear in Glam Masters, which is one of the shows that Monty and Rhias talk about. Monty was going to mention it, but forgot. So he’s using it here, because it’s such a weird phrase. There’s also...
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42: Dimension and Glitter Drips
It’s not easy to pretend that the Emerald City Comic Con counts as a reality shows, but Monty and Rhias make it work, thanks to the Western Cosplay Championship. They also talk about this week’s BIG DRAMA in RuPaul’s Drag Race, the debut of Glam Masters (a makeup application show), Project…
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41: Crunchy Frog
Two weeks of Drag Race means a lot of stuff happened. Two weeks of The Amazing Race means even more happened, because those were two-hour episodes. Two weeks of Project Runway All-Stars means only the regular amount happened because they were off for a week. And two weeks of The Curse of Oak…
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40: Why is King Features Syndicate in my Biz?
Project Runway has a Betty Boop challenge, and they keep insisting that this 90-year-old cartoon represents “Young Hollywood.” It’s perplexing. The Amazing Race goes to Zimbabwe and gets some wild animals to come pretty close to its contestants. Ink Master has no idea what “pixelated” means. And...
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39: Introducing Dragula
Two weeks of Ink Master, Amazing Race, Project Runway: All Stars, RuPaul’s All Star Drag Race, The Curse of Oak Island, and a bit of My Big Fat Fabulous Life all get covered. But the real news is that Rhias has discovered Dragula, and she has introduced Monty to it, and it’s disgusting and great....
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38: I've Seen That Shape Before
On Oak Island, the new game is apparently to bring up the trip to the Templar prison at the drop of a hat. Which is totally fair, because that trip probably cost some money and you want to squeeze all the juice out of it you can. Speaking of juice, Ink Master used fruit juice to make mosaics that...
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37: Totes Dyslex
All the reality shows are back! Well, probably not absolutely all of them. But The Amazing Race, Ink Master, and Project Runway have all made their 2017 debuts, and the Curse of Oak Island continues to do…whatever it is that show does. Monty and Rhias are here to catch you (and each other) up....
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36: Going Off-Topic
Monty and Rhias momentarily ran out of interesting shows to talk about, because apparently television is too busy showing good shows instead. The nerve! So after wrapping up Ink Master: Angels and talking briefly about RuPaul’s Drag Race (coming back on January 25) and The Curse of Oak Island…
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35: Drag Race All-Star Rundown
Project Runway reached its finale, which kind of took forever. And the winner was a nice surprise, which is always…nice? That makes sense. And as the cycle of life is always turning, The Curse of Oak Island is back to its old tricks. Seriously, exactly the same tricks, where they dig holes and...
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34: Another Win For Poopy Pants
Two episodes of Ink Master: Angels, which is proving to be a pretty fun show! Two episodes of Project Runway, which continues to be very professional! And one episode of American Beauty Star, and we were lucky to make it all the way through it. That is a terrible show. Also, we shared some...
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33: Dumpster Fire at the Fabric Store
Two episodes of Project Runway contain a total of three eliminations. And another elimination that gets rescinded. Ink Master Angels goes to the biggest cowboy bar in the world, I think. And Halloween Wars…just isn’t very good. Hosts Monty Ashley and Rhias Hall.
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32: The Tragic Wigs
Face Off: Game Face ends with a weird episode that was intended as the pilot before they made some changes. Monty and Rhias liked it more than the regular episodes. Halloween Wars is a weird show about a hyper-specific kind of pumpkin carving that somehow has a spinoff series with exactly the…
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31: Season Finale Week
The return of real television means that some of these garbage shows have to wrap things up. So Monty and Rhias get to talk about the live season finale of Ink Master and the (not-live) season finale of the Great Food Truck Race. Face Off: Game Face isn’t a season finale, but it’s got four Face…
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30: Acetone on a Bald Cap
We are late, but we exist! That means we cover TWO episodes of Project Runway, in which someone gets home that we wanted to go home, and someone goes home that we didn’t. But both were pretty much justified.Ink Master and the Great Food Truck Race both limped toward the ends of their seasons, so…
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29: A Greener Thor
Project Runway goes to the top of the Empire State Building, but it still can’t escape the Twins’ shouting. Ink Master does what it always does, but at least it involves sending home someone we’re sick of. The Great Food Truck Race has a bad business day in Nashville. And Face Off: Game Face has...
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28: Something With Pecans
Project Runway takes inspiration from a new dance movie, but also from pretty much every “fancy dancer meets a hip hop dancer” movie ever. Ink Master packs so many different rounds of challenges into one episode that there’s almost no room left over for people to be jerks to each other. Face Off...
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27: Game Face Truck Race
Project Runway has an unconventional materials team challenge with the entirely conventional result of making one of the designers melt down. The Great Food Truck Race somehow walks the line of having the most flamboyant, theatrical contestants also be the ones who are most businesslike and...
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26: Klaus Nomi in a Space Bag
So many shows! Face Off reaches its season finale just as Game Face arrives to be the short-form version we both deserved and needed. And the Great Food Truck Race is back! It’s possible that you didn’t know it ever existed in the first place, but it did, and it’s a lot of fun for how shameless…
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25: Welcome Project Runway
Face Off had the first part of its two-part finale, and we got to see what Glenn Hetrick thinks a haunted house should be like. Ink Master continued to do the same stuff it always does by bringing in a jerk no one enjoyed watching the first time. And Project Runway lurched out of the darkness…
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24: The Final (no, seriously) Rose
The Bachelorette is finally over, with a finale that somehow found a way to be extremely boring while also containing some actual emotion. But it was mostly the depressing kind of emotion,so that’s fine. Congratulations to Rachel for choosing between two nearly identical dudes. Monty and Rhias…
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23: The Men Bore All
On The Bachelorette, the men told all, but Monty and Rhias weren’t really listening. It was more fun to talk about bad tattoos on Ink Master, bad makeup on Face Off, and even bad knives on Forged in Fire. Hosts Monty Ashley and Rhias Hall.
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22: Epaulettes?
It’s real hot in here, and Monty may have forgotten how to talk. But that’s not going to stop him from talking about the Bachelorette’s decisions. Which is good, because Rhias is already on the topic. They also cover Face Off, Forged in Fire, Ink Master, and the news about…a Face Off spinoff? A...
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21: The Monkey-Haired Christmas Tree Yeti
Every week means we’re a week closer to not having to watch the Bachelorette ever again. So that’s good news! There’s also Ink Masters to talk about, which had pretty good tattoos to go with its terrible people. That’s kind of the opposite of Face Off, which continues to have nice people even in...
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20: Jelly Roll Technique
Monty and Rhias tackle the classic question: could the contestants on Ink Master ever actually be better than the ones on Face Off? The answer is no. Everyone on Ink Master is a jerk. There’s also Bachelorette, which has mostly trimmed its jerks but also doesn’t have much personality left. And...
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19: Contains Fargo Spoilers, For Some Reason
Kind of a downer week of reality shows, huh? RuPaul’s Drag Race had a reunion that was just about drama, then Bachelorette did a worse job than usual of not being gross. Ink Master was what it always is, and even Face Off wasn’t as much fun as usual. So Monty and Rhias got distracted and talked...
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18: Werewolf Opinions
There’s a new season of Face Off! Already! It’s here just in time to balance off the constant negativity of Ink Master, and to soothe us for the impending end of the RuPaul’s Drag Race season. Also featured: Forged in Fire! Hosts Monty Ashley and Rhias Hall.
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17: Anatomically Incorrect Snake
Two episodes of the Bachelorette sent home a bunch of people whose names we never learned, as well as most of the people who were here just for pre-planned drama. RuPaul’s Drag Race continued to delight. Forged in Fire chopped up some ballistics-gel dummies, which you’d think would get old but...
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16: (Don't Tell Me) What Not To Wear
Some cool swords were made on Forged in Fire. Well, the swords looked kind of clumsy, but they were made by cool people. And sometimes that’s enough. RuPaul’s Drag Race had the most shocking lip-sync ever! For real this time! And The Bachelorette unleashed a new crowd of dopes, tickle monsters…
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15: Beware the Black Palm
We’re back from Disneyland, and we’re excited to talk about reality shows. And also Disneyland. We cover the last two weeks of Forged in Fire (swords!) and RuPaul’s Drag Race (gowns!) and check in with Naked and Afraid XL (many, many injuries!). Hosts Monty Ashley and Rhias Hall.
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14: Irish New Year
There’s so much to talk about! Two RuPaul’s Drag Races, two Forged in Fires, a Cosplay Melee, and the Face Off finale! Exclamation points! Hosts Monty Ashley and Rhias Hall.
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13: Drag Queens and Gargoyle Monsters
RuPaul’s Drag Race took morning shows and made them even more crass and unprofessional. Except now it’s on purpose, so it’s okay. Face Off reached the semi-finals with four great competitors and made them make gargoyles. Cosplay Melee did superheroes and revealed the secret feud between fabric…
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12: You Know, an Antler Chop
Forged in Fire is back, with two new episodes of people either making cool weapons or accidentally ruining them. Cosplay Melee enters the world of video games, some of which Monty’s played. Face Off takes a trip to the islands for a Dole Whip. RuPaul’s Drag Race has pretty, pretty princesses. And...
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11: Dressing Up Like Tom Hanks
Cosplay Melee had a challenge themed to Angels and Demons, and the ideas were interpreted in a variety of interesting ways. Face Off did an alien senate, although we don’t remember a lot of subcommittees being discussed. RuPaul’s Drag Race brought back an old favorite and said a goodbye that was...
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The Villain Edit: what people traditionally blame when they discover that their time on a reality show was spent being a huge jerk on camera. Also a podcast in which Monty Ashley and Rhias Hall talk about the reality shows they’ve been watching lately.
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