Toasting the Classics

Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the most acclaimed comedy album of Bill Cosby's massive and ultimately troubled career.

Dave McArthur and Bill Hodges discuss whether the 1973 blockbuster heist film The Sting deserves to be called a classic under the Toasting the Classics name.

Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the blockbuster album Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Dave McArthur welcomes guest host Bill Hodges to discuss the 2022 novel Project Hail Mary and decide whether it merits the status of a Toasting the Classics classic. Don't worry, there will be some discussion of the 2026 film starring Ryan Gosling.

Dave McArthur welcomes guest host Nate Wolf to drink Madeira and discuss the historical fiction novel Burr by Gore Vidal

Finally, the world gets the opinion of two middle-aged white guys on race relations and the 1989 powerhouse Spike Lee joint Do the Right Thing.

Dave McArthur welcomes guest host Jay Schweig to discuss the Philip K. Dick novella and source of the film Bladerunner, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, while drinking imitation beer and real Chablis.

Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Chris Gragg, Joe Iglesias, and Andrew Park to discuss the 1966 film The Battle of Algiers while drinking martinis.

Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the 1962 children's science fiction novel A Wrinkle in Time.

Dave McArthur and Bill Hodges sip California IPA's while discussing the 1955 James Dean and Natalie Wood film Rebel Without a Cause.

Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 2001 David Lynch mindbender Mulholland Drive while drinking coffee cocktails that would make a mobster spit in a napkin.

Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the H.G. Wells novel The Time Machine

Dave McArthur discusses the modern Bill and Ted adaptation of the 1952 play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett.

Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier drink Flaming Dr. Pepper while discussing the 1953 dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451.

Dave McArthur and Bill Hodges drink J and B scotch and conclude their discussion of both the 1962 novel and 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Dave McArthur and Bill Hodges discuss the Ken Kesey novel (and the 1975 film) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest while drinking J and B scotch.

Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Chris Gragg, Bill Hodges, and Andrew Park to discuss the Indian epic movie RRR while drinking Kingfisher beer.

Dave McArthur welcomes guest host Chris Gragg to discuss the Discworld novel Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett. There may have been some beer involved as well.

Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the 1974 philosophical novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance while drinking Split Personality cocktails.

Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur were just fledgling podcasters when they sat down to discuss the 1974 Mel Brooks picture Blazing Saddles. 

Dave McArthur and Bill Hodges drink Fireball (whiskey or non) and discuss the 1974 disaster epic The Towering Inferno.

Dave McArthur welcomes Joe Iglesias and Chris Gragg to drink vodka and Coke and discuss the 1988 black comedy Christmas movie Scrooged.

Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the Steve Martin and John Candy holiday film Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.

Dave McArthur and Andrew Park skip the bottle of red or white and discuss the 1977 Billy Joel album The Stranger.

Dave McArthur welcomes Chris Gragg, Joe Iglesias, and Andrew Park to drink rum and coke and discuss the 1994 Tim Burton film Ed Wood.

Dave McArthur and Bill Hodges pass judgment on the 1985 comedy thriller Fletch.

Dave McArthur welcomes a recording breaking number of guest hosts and discusses the 2025 vampire movie Sinners with Joe Iglesias, Chris Gragg, Bill Hodges, and Andrew Park while drinking Irish beer.

Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1979 science fiction comedy The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy while drinking Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters.

Bill Hodges and Dave McArthur discuss the 1976 film Network, because they're mad as heck and they're not gonna take it anymore.

Dave McArthur and amazingly enough, Bill Hodges, sit down to discuss the Bill Hodges trilogy by Stephen King while drinking Green Spot Irish whiskey.

Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1979 action film The Warriors while drinking clinky bottles of Coors Banquet beer.

Dave McArthur stays sober to discuss the 2003 Nonfiction book Moneyball.

Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the 1974 spy thriller Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy while drinking sherry.

Dave McArthur welcomes guest host Bill Hodges to do a not quite entirely sober short on Henry David Thoreau's 1854 work Walden.

Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drinks Blackberry Black Dog cocktails while discussing the 1971 rock album Led Zeppelin IV.

Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the 1943 novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the NES adventure game The Legend of Zelda.

Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the cult classic anime film Akira.

Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the original Jurassic Park film. Listen to this one before you go see the Seventh installment this summer!

Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur travel back in time to the 1990s and revisit the gangster rap breakthrough the Chronic while drinking forties.

Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the coming of age novel Catcher in the Rye back in 2021 when the world was fresh and new.

In a blast from the past, Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink Miller High Life and discuss two of George Carlin's most popular comedy albums.

Dave McArthur and Bill Hodges stay sober and discuss whether the 1956 Alfred Hitchcock remake of The Man Who Knew Too Much will enter the Toasting the Classics Hall of Fame.

Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the Clint Eastwood shoot 'em up, The Good the Bad and The Ugly. Are there oxford commas in that title? Should the "O" in oxford comma be capitalized? Help! And enjoy the summer!

Clint Lanier and David McArthur discuss the phenomenal album Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys, re-released in honor of the passing of Brian Wilson.

Dave McArthur and Bill Hodges pass judgment on the Jack London novella The Call of the Wild.

Dave McArthur discusses the 1984 Wim Wenders film Paris, Texas

Dave McArthur and guest host Bill Hodges discuss the 2015 biography of Alexander von Humboldt The Invention of Nature, and they stay sober while doing it.

Bill Hodges and Dave McArthur discuss the 1998 A Walk in the Woods while drinking moonshine and taking slight digressions into their own wilderness experiences