Rabbit Fighters

The Rabbit Fighters are back to hang ten with Bodhi, Johnny Utah, and The Ex-Presidents. We're powering up with double meatball sandwiches so we can do it all: surfing, skydiving, shirtless football, bank robbing, and some light homicide here and there. Join us as we decide whether Point Break is the best surfing/stealing/sex with the gods movie ever.Spoiler alert: it is. [Published 01/12/26] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

This week finds the Rabbit Fighters debating Steely Dan's 1977 record, Aja - one of the most celebrated and respected albums ever recorded. Steely D put the "studio" in Studio Album on this one, famously employing over 40 musicians across 7 of the "cleanest" and most sampled tracks in rock/jazz/R&B history. Shockingly, it's also one of the most divisive records ever made, and the Fighters take the time to pick it apart in search of common musical ground.Can Brian convince us that this isn't simply a jazz-fusion mayo sandwich? Can Greg and Joshua move past their prejudice against wankery? Can the Fighters sing as high as Michael McDonald? How about now? How about....now? Join us and find out, won't you?Next Episode - Greg's Pick: Point Break (1991)[Published 12/30/2025] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Men shouldn’t have friends.  So says the tagline of Friendship, the A24 2025 Feature Length Directorial and Screenwriting Debut of Andrew DeYoung, starring Tim Robinson as Craig Waterman (basically a connection-starved I Think You Should Leave character dropped into the real world, possessing no sense of social norms, occasionally breaking the law in the name of friendship, and just generally failing at life), Kate Mara as Tami Waterman (Craig’s way out of his league wife who is simultaneously recovering from cancer, struggling to run a floral shop out of their home, possibly having an affair with her hot firefighter ex-boyfriend, and somehow not running for the hills with every interaction with Craig) and Paul Rudd as Austin Carmichael (Craig’s impossibly hip and friendly neighbor, a night weatherman to whom Craig becomes hopelessly and dangerously Platonically infatuated).  Is it a comedy? Is it a drama? Is it too uncomfortable for it’s own good?  Is it actually good?  Join your bestest friends, The Rabbit Fighters and find out, won’t you?Next Episode - Rando: Steely Dan: Aja (1977)[Published 7/29/2025]And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

If you want to make an omelette, you've got to break a few eggs. And if by "omelette" you mean "once-in-a-generation-genius-jazz-drummer" and by "a few eggs" you mean "aspiring music conservatory bros" (aka Miles Teller as Andrew Niemann) then 2014's Whiplash "breaks" them by having Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons as a sadistic and inexplicably respected conductor) force his students to practice the worst form of music known to man:Jazz.Wait...no, it's because he's an abusive a-hole... NOT because of the Jazz (but surely the Jazz doesn't help his case...). Sorry, Joshua wrote this intro and Jazz is NOT HIS TEMPO.Also, Paul Reiser is in this as a father who likes Raisenettes(TM) in his popcorn, so that's cool.Anyway, The Rabbit Fighters invite you to be neither an EFFING RUSHER nor a GD DRAGGER, and listen to this episode ON. OUR. EFFING. TIME. Next Episode - Joshua's Pick: Friendship (2025)[Published 7/25/2025] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

The Rabbit Fighters put their tinfoil hats on and travel to 1993, when phones had cords, assassins had newspaper clippings all over their walls, and Presidents were bland and actually interested in governing. Enter Mitch Leary, played by America's Sweetheart, John Malkovich. Mitch was a government assassin until they turned on him, and now he wants to assassinate the head of our government, the extremely bland President Traveler or something. BUT WAIT! Old-ass Clint Eastwood wants a word or 50,000 about this. He plays Frank Horrigan, the guy who was supposed to protect Kennedy but stood there while Kennedy's head exploded. Frank wants a second chance to save a President, so he starts a series of lovely corded phone chats where he tries to get Mitch to tell him how and where Mitch will kill the President.Frank also finds time to get to know his partner Al for a minute before getting Al killed, pissing off everyone in the entire Presidential staff, and wedging himself into the arms of Renee Russo's agent Lily Raines with a Hoodsie stick.Next Episode - Joshua's Pick: Friendship (2025)[Published 6/24/2025]And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

The Rabbit Fighters put on their bunny slippers and head over to some random California college where nerds are cool, except for Kent. Kent is a dick. Also a dick? Jerry Hathaway, the dean or something of this mysterious science nerd college. He wants to make a personal space laser that vaporizes people on Earth, and has mobilized his army of geeky teens to build it. Chief among the geeky teens is a man who does not resemble a geek at all. In fact, Chris Knight resembles Val Kilmer so much that he actually is him. And then there's Chris's new roommate. Mitch is a 15-year-old boy with a tragic haircut who older ladies somehow can't wait to bang.Together, Chris and Mitch team up to build the laser, reassemble a car in a dorm room, sneak into a top-secret military base, and then direct said laser to destroy the dean's house with the world's largest homemade Jiffy Pop. This one's for Val Kilmer. RIP.Next Episode - Greg's Pick: In the Line of Fire (1993)[Published 6/11/2025]And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

We here at Rabbit Fighters have been unequivocally Anti-Nazi and decidedly Pro-Nazi-Punching since the early 1930s (and it’s also worth noting that we have been Pro-Indiana Jones since 1912.)So don your best fedora, scrounge through your closet to dust off your bullwhip, yell out the window at those damn hippies to turn that blasted "music" down, and join your three pals, The Rabbit Fighters (and their one esteemed guest, Dr. Tim) as we discuss whether it's necessary to have seen Crystal Skull to understand just what the hell is going on with this, the final installment in the Indiana Jones franchise. (We here are Rabbit Fighters have no actual knowledge as to whether this last statement is true, but it feels true, so let's just say it is...)Next Episode - Surprise Random Pick: Real Genius[Published 5/6/2025]And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://tinyurl.com/rabbitfighters)  and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://tinyurl.com/RabbitFighters2) .

Terry Gilliam's ambitious and fanciful box office bomb, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, about an 18th century German Aristocrat who may be A. dead, B. a demi-god, C. insane, D. all three, or E. possibly none of the above, is the topic on this episode of Rabbit Fighters. Can The Baron survive a dance with Venus in the age of #MeToo? Can visual effects win the day in a world of Jar Jars? Will an episode with only 2 out of 3 Rabbit Fighters carry a weight of Gilliamesque magnitude? Join us and find out, won't you?Next Episode - Random Pick: Indiana Jones & The Dial of Destiny[Published 4/22/2025]And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

The Rabbit Fighters go back to when America was at its most golden: the 1960s! Towns like Tulsa, Oklahoma blossomed with quality schooling, nurturing family life, great employment opportunities, and roving gangs of murder kids who engaged in rain-soaked death match brawls.Wait a minute, Ponyboy...this town isn't golden! WHAT THE F*** IS WRONG WITH THIS TOWN?!!!Well, I guess all the murder is OK when the kid gangs are populated by future Hollywood dreamboats like Patrick Swayze, Matt Dillon, Tom Cruise, C. Thomas Howell, Emilio Estevez, Ralph Macchio, Rob Lowe, Leif Garrett, and Diane Lane. Wait, what were we talking about? Who remembers...we got lost in their eyes. Or at least that's what Francis Ford Coppola is hoping will happen with this most un-golden film.Next Episode - Joshua's pick: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen[Published April 11, 2025]And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

The Rabbit Fighters hop in their convertible T-Bird and get the hell outta Dodge (or Arkansas) for a wild ride to NOT MEXICO! Two gals head out of their suffocating small-town lives for a little fun and suddenly find they are outlaws after Louise murders Thelma's would-be rapist in a parking lot. They hit the road and realize that they are better off as free outlaws than they ever were as trapped women. On the way, they see lots of water, Brad Pitt's hairless chest, a weepy desert cop, a surprisingly un-psycho Michael Madsen, sweeping desert vistas of Arkansas that's actually Utah, the Grand Canyon which is actually Utah, and the bottom of the Grand Canyon, which is STILL Utah. And they would've gotten away with it all if it wasn't for those meddling state troopers, led by the only nice-ish guy in the movie, Harvey Keitel. Where are the inept clowns from Super Troopers when these ladies need them? Next Episode - Brian's pick: The Outsiders [Published February 4, 2025] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

The Rabbit Fighters have had a year. We all have, right? And at the end of the year, we all like to look back and reflect on what’s gone well, what’s gone OK, and what we’ve totally effed up.  In our final episode of 2024, we look back at our past movie and album grades and make amends for our snap judgments. What did we rate too high? What did we rate too low?  What’s the dumbest thing we've reviewed this year? What pleasantly surprised us? What do we wish we’d seen/watched sooner? We hope you enjoy this funny and sometimes brutal reevaluation of our evaluations. We promise more laughs and eff-ups in 2025! Next Week - Greg's pick: Thelma and Louise [Published December 31, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

On this Very Special Episode(TM) of Rabbit Fighters, we find our pals cracking wise about the 1983 John Landis Christmas-(adjacent)-classic, Trading Places: THE FIRST FILM TO BE ADDED TO THE RABBIT FIGHTERS RANDOMIZER 3000! Somehow, Joshua failed to see this holly jolly/racially-and-class-warfare charged buddy comedy when he was 5 years old, starring Eddie Murphy, Dan "Too Many Y's In His Name" Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Amtrack. It's a pseudoscientific glimpse into the 80's day trader psyche as we finally put to rest the age old question: "If you committed multiple counts of criminal conspiracy in the states of Pennsylvania and New York FOR SCIENCE, would you still make it onto Santa's Naughty List"? Join us, won't you? Next Episode - End-of-the-Year Re-Grade [Published December 24, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

The Rabbit Fighters get rotoscoped, forget how to act, and ride their glowcycles back to 1982...when Disney was floundering and desperate to get those hip kids to love them. Jeff Bridges stars as Kevin Flynn/Clu, a software guy who has his ideas stolen by a desk with a British accent. As the only person in the movie who can act, he must jump into a supercomputer to save the day! Bruce Boxlightningpantstner stars as Alan Bradley/Tron...a total mopey turd in real life who also plays the titular character of Tron, who, surprisingly, has no real point in the plot. Cindy Morgan also kind of stars as Lora/Yori, a scientist who likes dissolving oranges and rebuilding them with lasers. She also likes it when Jeff Bridges takes his top off, even though she is dating the mope. Together, they battle The MCP, or Master Control Program, a supercomputer who wants to take over the world and force everyone to play Jai Alai at a rave. Next Week - RF Christmas Special: Trading Places [Published December 20, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

The Rabbit Fighters hit the road to examine the frenemy road pic, Midnight Run, which was directed by middle school boy-favorite director Martin Brest. Brest also directed such hits as “Beverly Hills Cop”, “Scent of a Woman”, and “Meet Joe Black,” before the movie “Gigli” made him quit directing forever.  Noted comedian Robert DeNiro stars as Jack, a chain-smoking ex-cop bounty hunter who just wants to open a goddamned coffee shop, OK, you sunuvabich?! But FIRST, he has to capture The Duke, a chatterbox accountant who crossed the mafia, played by dog-lover and professional dad, Charles Grodin. Yaphet Kotto from Alien, John Ashton, aka Taggart from Beverly Hills Cop, Dennis Farina aka that guy who plays a cop or gangster in every film, Joe Pantoliano, aka Joey Pants, and Philip Baker Hall round out the star-studded cast.  WILL Jack get the Duke to LA in time for a big payday? WILL Joey Pants' wig stay on while he screams on the phone? WILL all the actors develop lung cancer from all the damn smoking? And how about those chickens? Those were some good-lookin chickens, amiright? Next Week - Greg's pick: Midnight Run [Published December 10, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT - "The Rabbit Fighters would like to wholeheartedly apologize on behalf of the podcast and decent folk everywhere. This movie is all kinds of awful and watching it made us feel icky (Joshua will never be clean again). That said, the Fighters did enjoy ripping on it because in 1000 years (if humanity survives, which, let's face it, ain't looking too great) we'd like to be on the right side of history (cinematic and otherwise)." - The Fighters Next Week - Greg's Pick: Midnight Run [Published December 3, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠.

This week the Fighters wrestle with the 2002 Sam Jones documentary I Am Trying To Break Your Heart, about the troubled recording of Wilco's seminal album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot but in doing so, find more questions than answers and so also dive into the 2021 Bechard/Uhter documentary Where Are You, Jay Bennett? Was Jay unfairly kicked from the band? Was this the beginning of the end for Wilco's street cred and the beginning of their evolution into Dad-Rock scions? Was Chicago in the late 90s/early 00s rad? Join us and find out! Next Week - Brian's Pick: Boondock Saints [Published November 26, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on ⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠.

This week the Rabbit Fighters revisit a dreamworld of magic: Tempe, Arizona! In the 80's! Why, it's the Coen Brothers' second film, Raising Arizona! Its a madcap story about a convict (Nicholas Cage) who falls in love with a cop (Holly Hunter), cleans up his act and marries her, settles down to experience the "salad days", but things quickly spiral out of control when they discover they can't conceive or adopt. And so they decide to kidnap one of the Arizona Quintuplets (as one does). Is it all a dream? Is Nicholas Cage actually good in this? Are spherical balloons funny? Join us, won't you? Next Week - Joshua's pick: I Am Trying To Break Your Heart [Published November 19, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠.

The Rabbit Fighters travel back in time to NYC's Lower East Side in the 1930s, where a humble Irish delivery boy named Johnny Kelly is about to become New York's most notorious gangster, Johnny Dangerously. Amy Heckerling directs this parody of gangster movies that 2/3rds of the Rabbit Fighters absolutely hate. Michael Keaton is the suave, fast-talking gangster Johnny. Former funnyman turned greaseball gym rat Joe Piscopo is the villainous Danny Vermin. Taxi alum, redhead, and MENSA member Marilu Henner is Johnny's main squeeze, Lil' Sheridan. Maureen Stapleton is Johnny's foulmouthed, hardworking, bisexual mom, Ma Kelly. Peter Boyle is peak-Boyleness Irish mafia boss, Jocko Dundee. Griffin Dunne is Johnny's weasel-faced, clueless, horny younger brother, District Attorney Tommy Kelly. Dom DeLuise plays Dom DeLuise in a Pope costume. Danny DeVito plays Danny DeVito in a smoking jacket. And for absolutely no reason, legendary Chicago Bears linebacker Dick Butkus plays some schmo with 4 lines driving a car. Next Week - Brian's Pick: Raising Arizona [Published November 12, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠.

The Rabbit Fighters hop on their BMX bikes and pedal past the full moon as they examine this beloved Steven Spielberg movie about a blobby, hammerheaded alien with googly eyes and glowing fingers that fix boo-boos and geraniums. E.T.'s ship lands in Los Angeles to gather California kindbud for their condom garden. When men with jingly keys approach, E.T.'s comrades ditch him on Earth, where a lonely boy named Elliott lures him into captivity with free candy. From there. E.T. makes a phone out of a Speak-N-Spell, gets drunk on Coors Banquet beer, brings fame to Reese's Pieces, telepathically forces Elliott to free hundreds of frogs, bumbles around the house in front of Elliott's clueless mom, and finally dies and comes back from the dead...destroying the hearts of Gen-X kids and preventing them from ever crying again as adults. This episode brought to you by special guest, #1 E.T. fan, and professor of Xenobiology and Exobiology: RYAN! Next Week - Greg's pick: Johnny Dangerously [Published November 5, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on ⁠Spotify⁠ and ⁠Youtube⁠.

Whether it's "Dead," "Un-Dead," "the Zed-Word," "White Walkers," or "Zombies," back in the mid to late aughts you couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting some sort of media that featured societal collapse at the hands of these brain eaters. And the 2004 Edgar Wright comedy horror film Shaun of The Dead had a lot to do with that. This Halloween Week we find the Fighters going crate digging across the zombie and horror movie genres and swing by the Winchester to talk about late 90's British Comedy's place in the world when everything comes crashing down and the dead walk the Earth. How's that for a slice of fried gold? Next Week - Special Guest Star Ryan's pick - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial [Published October 29, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on ⁠Spotify⁠ and ⁠Youtube⁠.

Never before has a pick proved so divisive to the Rabbit Fighters as "Weird" Al Yankovic's 1989 absurdist opus "UHF."  Filmed entirely in Tulsa, Oklahoma and filled to the brim with Weird Al's brand of pop culture parody and inanity, the Rabbit Fighters find themselves debating this time capsule of a film. Will Brian try a Twinkie Weiner Sandwich(TM)?  Will Greg figure out how to get turtles unsuction-cupped from the ceiling?   Will Joshua finally admit that some of this movie has aged poorly? Join us this week as we take a drink from the firehose!Next Week - A Very Special Halloween Episode: Shaun of The Dead[Published October 22, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.

In today's episode we hit the eject button on our regularly scheduled programming to bring you a state-sponsored experiment entitled “Desertion and the Psychological Effects of Music.” Liability waivers have been forged, beneficiaries replaced and blindfolds distributed as the gang is whisked away in their respective ornithopters towards the deep desert. Equipped with piss suits, food pills and a crate of 10 albums, our three Fighters must survive the harsh vastness whilst continuing to bring the thumpty thump. Only he who playeth the best 10 shall entice the maker and drink the water of life. All else shall be consumed and forced to live out their days within the belly of the beast ... naked, alone with only the entire Steely Dan discography to comfort them.... "can I volunteer?" "“NO, BRIAN YOU CAN'T F*CKING VOLUNTEER!” Let the games begin. Next Week - Joshua's Pick: UHF Check out the RF extra special companion playlist for this episode on YT and Spotify.

The Rabbit Fighters dive into this Cord Jefferson-directed adaptation of the 2001 novel Erasure, by Percival Everett.  American Fiction follows a frustrated African-American novelist-professor Thelonious "Monk" Ellison. While his novels receive academic praise, they sell poorly, and publishers reject his latest manuscript for not being "Black enough".  In a fit of despair about his writing not being taken seriously, he writes a book full of stereotypes called My Pafology as a joke under the pseudonym Stagg R Leigh…except the book rockets him to fame in the publishing and movie world. He has to decide whether to reveal himself and accept the fame or blow the whole thing up. The film stars Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, Sterling K. Brown, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody and Keith David. Next Week - Brian's Pick: Desert Island Selections And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠.

What happened to The Bad News Bears? Welllll, we decided to throw Old Uncle Charley at ya and watched this slightly less old Ron Shelton pic about adult men playing a kids' game, and the ladies who love them. So snap on your garter belts, breathe through your eyelids, tap that voodoo charm on your bats, and follow the Rabbit Fighters as we discuss whether this 1988 movie about minor league baseball in the city of Durham is the best baseball movie...or best sports movie...ever made. Oh yeah, and..the rose goes in the front, big guy. Next Week - Greg's Pick: American Fiction And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on ⁠Spotify⁠ and ⁠Youtube⁠.

The Thermals were one of those bands that if you got to experience them while they were making music you felt like you were a part of something special. This week the Rabbit Fighters delve into not one, but two of their albums:  Their sophomore release, 2004's "Effin' A" (it's not really called that but we're afraid that if we put the full expletive title in writing the algorithm will punt us into the void...) and 2006's loosely conceptual post-apocalyptic/slice of life in a future Christofascist America album "The Body, The Blood, The Machine." Strap on your ear goggles and join us as Joshua & Greg try and convince Brian that this band ruled. Next Week - Random Pick: The Bad News Bears (just kidding it's actually Bull Durham...we'll explain) [Originally Published September 24, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.

We’re back, baby! The RF gang is locked and loaded for the back half of Season 2. Armed with new episodes, repartee, random rating scales and a low listener count, The Fighters soldier on into the cultural unknown.  Join us this week as we cram into the red egg escape pod and jettison ourselves towards the prison island of Manhattan. Now a dystopian wasteland hellscape occupied by lawless crazies and their leader, The Duke. Why Manhattan? No clue. Did I mention that The Duke is holding the POTUS hostage? We’ll get into it, I promise. But more importantly, there is only one man (literally one guy) that can navigate the prison underworld and rescue the president - newly minted convict, Snake Plissken. A highly decorated war hero turned bad guy who has 24 hrs. to accomplish an impossible mission – save the president … before his head blows up. Hop aboard our chandelier clad Cadillac because this episode is rolling out.Next Episode - Joshua's Pick:  The Thermals 1. Effin' A & 2. The Body, The Blood, The Machine[Published September 22, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.

While Rabbit Fighters is officially on Summer Vacation please enjoy this pod-crossover episode!  Joshua joins his buddy Raman over on comic book centric podcast Quarantined Comics to discuss the Award Winning/Oft-Banned/Frequently Censored Autobiographical Graphic Novel PERSEPOLIS by Marjane Satrapi.   (You may remember Raman from the legendary Weezer episode).So enjoy a not-quite-Rabbit Fighters, not-quite-Quarantined Comics episode on the house, and tell friend of the show Raman we said "hi" when you stop on over on his two podcasts, won't you?QUARANTINED COMICS:  Comics aren't just about superheroes in capes. Each week we'll discuss, debate, and nerd out on some of the medium's greatest, latest, and strangest works. From Alan Moore to Uzumaki, to everything in-between, we aim to smash, and talk for far too long on the books we love. Hosted by reporter/podcaster Ryan Joe and recovering marketer Raman Sehgal. We're setting phasers to...fun? MODERN MINORITIES:  Sharon Lee Thony and Raman Sehgal are two MODERN MINORITIES - Asian-American industry pros making it in NY & LA - even though they never became the doctors their parents wanted them to be. Each week, they are joined by fellow Modern Minorities of all stripes - entrepreneurs, corporates, athletes, reporters, politicians, entertainers, and more - to uncover how our different cultural backgrounds shape how we uniquely experience the world. MODERN MINORITIES is a collection of conversations about work and life through the lens of race and gender. It is a show where we talk about “the thing” that everyone is thinking about, but nobody is actually talking about.  And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.

Rabbit Fighters are taking a much needed break from publishing new episodes, but FEAR NOT, we'll be back week after week with new episodes in September. Until then, feel free to listen into our back catalog. See you soon! And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.

At the time this episode was recorded, Taylor Swift had not yet ascended to the Diamond Throne as Empress of The Known Universe, no, she was still simply a beloved (and occasionally divisive) Global Ultra Star whose wealth, beauty, influence (and wealth) continued to inspire legions, and we review her rise to fame as chronicled  in the 2020 documentary/film Miss Americana. (Did we mention she was wealthy?)SOMEHOW, 2/3rds of The Rabbit Fighters are pretty oblivious to her and on this episode we discover that it's US (us) WE'RE the problem (it's us...).So join the Rabbit Fighters this week as Greg gets his Tay Tay knowledge tested by his Swiftie daughter and the gang gets a curated Taylor Swift playlist worth of pop straight to the dome!  One thing's for sure: we'll never look at Super Bowl halftime shows quite the same way again.Next Episode - Brian's Pick: Escape From New York[Originally Published June 25, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.

The Rabbit Fighters take a trip to Wall Street to sell some penny stocks, smoke some crack, trash a Lamborghini, dance with hookers in the office, and ruin some average peoples' lives with terrible stock tips.Little Jordy Belfort is a fresh-faced stock broker wannabe whose first day on the job happens to coincide with the biggest stock market crash since the Great Depression. Freshly out of a job, he has to resort to selling penny stocks, and slowly builds an empire of lowlife jerks and terrible financial advice.BUT! Lil Jordy's cocaine-fueled romp to riches catches the eye of a federal agent played by Kyle Chandler, who gets so deep under Jordy's skin he gets lobsters thrown at him.Will Jordy head to prison?Or will he continue his life of luxury?The answer to both questions is: YES.Because America.Next Week - Greg's Pick: The Taylor Swift Episode[Originally Published June 18, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.

The Rabbit Fighters visit the fine state of Vermont circa 2001, home to apparently the worst crop of state troopers and police on planet Earth.The state troopers have an idea of what constitutes policing the highways, and it's this:Shooting each other in the dickWrestling pigsBoning speeding German motoristsChugging maple syrupSexually harassing colleagues who then fall for them somehowDriving drunkYelling "WOOOOOO!!!"Getting into dozens of fistfightsBasically anything except doing their actual jobs.These state troopers are shocked (SHOCKED!) that they are about to lose funding. So they marshall their wit (singular) to defeat their nemeses: the lowly Vermont police.But is all of this funny, you might ask?The answer is YES.If you're 12.Next Week - Random Pick - The Wolf Of Wall Street[Originally Published June 12, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.

This week your pals The Rabbit Fighters are joined by friend of the show and Mediocretologist, Tim, here to help us ring in the Summer Blockbuster Season™ by going back to 1996 to uncover the deep, unanswered questions surrounding the OG disaster flick, Twister! Such as:   What are the hallmarks of a good disaster movie?   What makes the path of a tornado such a dependable honeymoon destination?   Can a gang of street tough evil corporate sellouts out-predict a rag-tag group of lovably suicidal interns in a classic game of Pin the MacGuffin on The Tornado?  Would a local municipality that took the permit process and inspections of local storm shelters a bit more seriously have drastically changed the setup for this movie and the trajectories of its characters?   What role does dirt sniffing hold in meteorology and is that why Bill Harding (played by Bill Paxton) doesn't have a doctorate?   How does Dr. Jo  Harding (played by Helen Hunt) find the time to keep her hair looking so fantastic tornado-after-increasingly-intense-tornado? What is Dusty's job? We'll also play the game "Real Twister Facts!"  Audience members who can answer all questions correctly are automatically fully certified Meteorologists in the states of Oklahoma and Kansas!**Void where prohibited.  The Rabbit Fighters are in it FOR THE SCIENCE, NOT THE MONEY.Next Week - Joshua's Pick: Super Troopers[Originally Published May 28, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.

In this episode, we cannonball into the vibrant and tumultuous world of PT Anderson's 1997 sophomore film "Boogie Nights." Set against the neon glow of the 70s and 80s San Fernando Valley, "Boogie Nights" tells the story of Eddie Adams, aka Dirk Diggler, and his meteoric rise and fall as an adult film star. Fleshed out by a standout ensemble cast and a groovy script, our faithful Fighters revisit this flick to answer one burning question. Does Boogie Nights gets the juices flowing down there in the Mr. Torpedo area - in the fun zone? Next Week - Brian's Pick: Twister [Originally published May 21, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.

The Rabbit Fighters strap their sympathy bellies on, don their wigs and aprons and go Full Mrs. Doubtfire as they discuss the truly bizarre and unlikable Ivan Reitman film, Junior. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito are two scientists who invent a blue juice that gets people pregnant without any actual biology or science involved, so it's amazing. It's called Expectra, or Expectorum, or Ex Machina or some crap.The main thing to know is that in addition to getting ladies pregnant, it also works on manly, fluid-producing Austrian scientists! Just blop a Schwartzenegg in your anal sac, crush yer thrice-daily doses of Expecta-bile, and you too could have a Quato baby with Emma Thompson! Just be sure you don't tell Frank Langella about it, because he will steal your idea! He has white hair and dark eyebrows, so obviously can't be trusted. Plus, he played Skeletor in the He-Man movie. The Rabbit Fighters: watching crappy movies so you don't have to since 2023! Next Week - Greg's Pick: Boogie Nights [Originally published May 7, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.

The American Civil War never ended!  It has raged on in one form or another from Fort Sumter to Appomattox Court House all the way through this, the 28th Episode of Rabbit Fighters, where this week we examine the much beloved punk rock anomaly that is The Monitor, the 2010 Civil War “concept” album by New Jersey’s finest, Titus Andronicus.  Joshua is a huge fan (+@ forever!) and Brian and Greg are green(ish) recruits who have just been conscripted and sent down south to fight Johnny Reb, only to find that the Enemy. Is.  EVERYWHERE. The Monitor is 65 minutes of dense, loud and bold rock and roll that drapes the Civil War around the shoulders of hard breakups, hard drinking, hard cities, hard mental states, hard substances and hard anthems. So grab your musket, tune up your bagpipes and let’s rally round the flag (boys and girls!) as we shout the battle cry of freedom this week on Rabbit Fighters. Next Week - Random Pick: Junior [Originally published April 30, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.

The Peanut Butter Solution Recipe The culinary concoction of Michael Rubbo, this delectable French Canadian dish dates as far back as 1985. Most notable for its ability to make children misremember having eaten it at all, The Peanut Butter Solution has a way of sticking to the roof of your brain.  Cooked atop the flame of immolated winos. You'll soon enjoy ghostly fragrances of hair loss, sinister art teachers and wig glue.  Scents which dance upon the nose as if to say, "Why are we making this?" A question so few have asked, and even less have bothered to answer -- until now.  Join us on this episode of Rabbit Fighters as we roast our latest episode, which is guaranteed to raise all the endlessly growing hairs on your junk.  *Ingredients 1 Really ripe banana5 Dead flies1 Rotten egg3 Licorice leaves1 Fistful of kitty litter3 Connie Crisps3 Crosbie Crackers9 Spoons of soil1 Glass of pepper's fizz1 Spoonful of peanut butter *Put all that sh*t on your head. Next Week - Joshua's Pick:  Titus Andronicus - The Monitor [Originally Published April 24, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.

Join The Rabbit Fighters this week as we discuss Grant Lee Buffalo's 1994 album Mighty Joe Moon.  Greg is "Ride Or Die" for GLB, and neither Joshua nor Brian had ever heard of them, which (statistically speaking) means 66.6% of you out there have never been acquainted either. (That's just math facts.) So tune up your Dobro, pop on an episode of Gilmore Girls, and turn an ear or two to the old timey wireless in the corner as The Rabbit Fighters' put on a clinic on our collective 90's Alternative, Americana, and Alt-Country influences, all on this episode!  Who knows, maybe this will be the one that gets Jersey Mike's to finally notice us! Next Week - Brian's Pick: The Peanut Butter Solution [Originally published April 16, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.

The Rabbit Fighters get their briefs on and head to the gym to loudly discuss their illegal counterfeiting operation amid the general public as they review the 1985 William Friedkin thriller, To Live and Die in LA. Rick Masters is Willem Dafoe. Or is Willem Dafoe Rick Masters? We forget.William Petersen is definitely crooked secret service agent Richard Chance. Chance is hell-bent on bringing down Masters, who killed his partner, Jimmy. Masters is hell-bent on printing fake money, rolling around naked with costumed dancers, burning his own paintings, and open-mouth kissing people with his giant lips. You can figure out who has more fun. In between these two sweaty alpha males lies basically the entire city of LA and everyone in it. Federal agents are robbed, cars are chased backward on the LA freeway, toupeed judges are yelled at, and bridges are bungee-jumped off of. And that's the action from the "good guy." So the question is: is this pic groooooovy, or does it have its taste in its ass? Next Week: Greg's Pick: Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon [Originally published April 9, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.

But wait, there's more!  The Rabbit Fighters had way more to say about Dune than even a single episode could contain! So here's a special B-Side to Episode 24 where you'll hear the Fighters1. bring back our beloved Krautrock Fremen from Episode 5,2. make fun of Walken: Emperor of the Known Universe,3. wage a Jihad of Butlerian proportions against 4D Theaters,4. rank the Frank Herbert novels post-Dune,5. listen to Joshua foolishly try to defend the plot of God Emperor of Dune, 6. discuss whether  Timothee "Buck-Fifteen Soaking Wet" Chalamet can grow a beard, and7. and try to contain themselves after doing a "God Emperor of Dune pictures" image search. Join us back here in the sietch once more, won't you? [Originally published April 5, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.

Kull wahad!  Calibrate your thumper for a great grandfather of a worm and join the Rabbit Fighters as they discuss  Denis Villanueve's Epic translation to the big screen of Frank Herbert's sci-fi masterpiece, DUNE. Which film will reign supreme: Part 1 (2021) or Part 2 (2024)?  Or will David Lynch's 1984 version surprise us all? (Much like Shai-Hulud breaking through the Shield Wall carrying an army of Fedaykin on its back sure surprised those pesky Sardaukar!) Or will it continue to disappoint, being overshadowed by it's far sexier and ruthless cousin? (Much like how The Beast Rabban continued to disappoint his uncle, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen in his comparison to the Na-Baron, Feyd Rautha!) Whether you've read the book or not, go see Dune: Parts 1 & 2 immediately, and then top your experience off by listening to this episode, where you'll hear the Fighters: 1. Debate on how to broker a nuclear disarmament treaty with only a cursory understanding of the political landscape that will exist in 20,000 years2.  Explore Frank Herbert's exhaustive process for assigning characters such exotic names, and3.  Mull over some sorely needed changes to the startling lack of labor laws recognized by House Harkonnen All while parsing out what parts of the films were AS WRITTEN and which were merely the spice induced visions of an offworlder with his eyes on the throne  (and whether it even matters so long as we get to experience some more sweet, sweet Geidi Prime shenanigans.)Long Live The (Rabbit) Fighters! Next Week - Random Pick: To Live And Die In L.A. [Originally published April 2, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.

After a raucous Spring Break adventure to Señor Frogs, The Fighters triumphantly return! … OK, nobody invited us to spring break, BUT we did revisit the 2020 sci-fi action thriller, Tenet. Released mid-pandemic, this mind, time and narrative bending journey escaped the radar of at least two of our kin. Today, we right that wrong as we attempt to wrap our heads around a plot square rooted in theoretical physics, divided by action sequences and then multiplied by our level of confusion.  A film that certainly benefits from multiple viewings, but a conversation that requires at least one. Hit pause, grab some Whoppers (gross) and give it a watch. Alright, are you thoroughly disoriented? Good. Now let’s get into it. Next Week - Joshua's Pick:  Dune (Parts 1 & 2) [Originally published March 25, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.

The Rabbit Fighters put on their best striped sweaters and fly high over Manhattan with The Pollen Jocks in this strangely misguided 2007 Dreamworks animated film crafted by Jerry Seinfeld and Steven Spielberg.  Jerry Seinfeld plays Barry B Benson, a recent graduate of bee college. His family wants him to be a humble honey-stirrer, like his father.But Barry yearns for life outside the hive!So he sneaks out and discovers the world of humans. Over the course of 90 minutes, he manages to: Win the love of a human florist played by Renee Zellweger Enrage the florist's boyfriend, played by the David Puddy guy Take humanity to court for stealing honey...and WIN Disparage both Sting AND Ray Liotta on the witness stand Ruin the world's flowering plants RESTORE the world's flowering plants Land an airplane propelled by millions of bees Open a florist shop/law firm with the florist and Chris Rock the mosquito And Jerry Seinfeld and Steven Spielberg manage to steal 90 minutes of your wild and precious life. Next Week - Brian's Pick: Tenet [Originally published March 12, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.

It's the year 2027 (gulp!) and no babies have been born for 18 years. People have collectively lost hope. Society is in ruins. There are riots, shortages, wars, nuclear attacks, migrants detained in cages, and an alarming uptick in the number of white people with dreadlocks! Our central figure, Theo, is a humdrum desk jockey played by Clive Owen when he was popular. When SUDDENLY, his ex-wife, played by Julianne Moore when she was popular, kidnaps him so that he'll help a mysterious refugee lady named Kee, (Clare-Hope Ashitey) who just might be the KEY (get it) to humanity's survival. Along the way, we meet anti-fascist rebels The Fishes, Theo's bougey brother, a weed-loving hippie played by Michael Caine when HE was...ahh, who are we kidding?  Michael Caine has always been popular! Would society really go to hell like this if babies stopped popping? And is humanity worth saving in the first place? The Rabbit Fighters discuss all this and more! Next Week - Greg's Pick: Bee Movie [Originally published March 5, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.

In a first, the Rabbit Fighters welcome a special guest: noted podcaster and Weezer Apologist, Raman! We talk about Weezer's 2021 pandemic album, OK Human, and the sweep of their 30-year history as a band. Will the band be haunted by their first two albums forever?  Has Weezer made anything good in the last 20 years?  Did OK Human pull the band out of a creative tailspin? Can you write a good song using a spreadsheet? What is Unfrozen Caveman Weezer? Would you be caught dead on a Weezer cruise? How do you become an honorary member of Andrew W.K.'s band? Trivia: Weezer song title or blurb from the Chili's website?  Also: WHERE'S MY SEX?! We talk at least a little about every single Weezer album ever made.I think we just blue ourselves. Still...it's better than listening to The Grapes of Wrath. Next Week - Random Pick:  Children Of Men [Originally published February 27, 2024] Check out our buddy Raman's podcasts, Quarantined Comics & Modern Minorities.  And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.

This week we find The Rabbit Fighters talking about everybody's favorite "so bad it's good/but it's also just kinda bad" B-Movie-with-a-huge-budget action flick, Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers. Is it a tongue in cheek send up of Robert Heinlein's love letter to military dictatorships?   Is it a surprisingly deep commentary on how fascist ideology dehumanizes us all?  Or is it just an excuse to showcase sex and violence?It's got bugs, it's got boobs, it's got bullets....(Jesus H. Christ, it's got sooo many bullets.)  So come on and listen to this episode, you apes!  You wanna live forever!? Next Week - Joshua's Pick: Weezer - OK Human [Originally published February 20, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.

As the saying goes, "hell hath no fury like a nerd scorned for ska-punk."  This week, The Fighters take the opportunity to revisit a beloved band from their youth. The Impossibles, a power-pop, pop-punk, ska-punk band from Austin, TX. Armed with baseball jerseys, "chucka-chucka" ska rhythms, catchy lyrics, and a penchant for explosive choruses, The Impossibles rocked our young hearts from 1994-2012.  In this episode we return to the oft-maligned genre of ska to discuss a band that deserved so much better (so much better).  So, here's our fan letter, hoping it finds another, in a sea of nostalgia.  Frances, we miss you ... Next Week - Brian's Pick: Starship Troopers [Originally published February 13, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.

Up from the depths! 30 stories high! Brea-thing fire! His head in the sky!GODZILLA!GODZILLA! and Godzuuuuki The Rabbit Fighters don their rubber monster suits and freon tanks as they plumb the depths of despair experienced by Japanese survivors trying to rebuild their lives after the horrors of World War II. The country is reduced to zero. And then Godzilla comes and brings zero to minus one.  A failed kamikaze pilot, a scientist with great hair, a vengeful plane mechanic, and dozens of ex-navy sailors hatch a plan to save Japan. WILL they kill Godzilla?Of course not. It's a franchise, baby!Is it fun to watch them try?Even more fun than shootin' sea mines! Next Week - Random Pick: The Impossibles - Anthology [Originally published February 5, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.

Join the Rabbit Fighters as they debate the dark truths behind Big Duct, which was brought to light in the revolutionary 1985 smash hit documentary Brazil, by Director and Expat-Midwesterner Terry Gilliam.  Just kidding.  It's a dark, depressing tale of pointless jobs and crushing mediocrity in a soulless hyper bureaucratic vision of the past/present/future.  But there's room for dreamers too, you know?  And anarchist HVAC workers.  And plastic surgeons.  And babyfaced samurai... Fill out some paperwork and join us, won't you? Next Week - Greg's Pick: Godzilla Minus One [Originally published January 23, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.

The Rabbit Fighters kindly ask that you take off your sunglasses. In this episode, join us as we dive into the cult classic film, "They Live," directed by the legendary John Carpenter. We unravel the layers of this sci-fi thriller that goes beyond its seemingly simple plot. From its iconic sunglasses that reveal hidden messages to its social commentary on consumerism and authority, we explore how "They Live" remains eerily relevant today. Get ready for a journey into the world of subliminal messages, resistance, and the timeless impact of Carpenter's unique vision. Tune in to hear our take on this cult favorite and discover why "They Live" continues to resonate with audiences across generations. Now put them back on. THE EPISODE DESCRIPTION WAS WRITTEN ENTIRELY BY AI.OBEY. Next Week - Joshua's Pick - Brazil [Originally published January 16, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.

Barbie is a Barbie girl, living in a Barbie world. Literally.There is a separate universe in which Barbie products live and interact.Barbies have all the power.The Kens just kind of...beach.And everything is perfect. Every day. UNTIL! ONE DAY! Stereotypical Barbie is stricken with thoughts of death. Barbie and Ken travel to the real world for answers.In so doing, they become Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.And unwittingly open a Kendora's Box of troubles.THE PATRIARCHY COMES TO BARBIE WORLD!Horses. Brewski beers. Mojo dojo casa houses. Matchbox 20 anthems.It all goes to hell. Will the Barbies restore balance?Will the Kens get rights?Will Mattel's hapless executives force their creations back in boxes? The Rabbit Fighters get their beach bods on as they unravel this surprisingly controversial 2023 summer blockbuster and decide if it's Kenough. Next Week - Brian's Pick:  They Live [Originally publish January 9, 2024] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.