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Episode 293: Tournament of 70s Rock Bands

The Boys are Back in Town! It’s time for Baconsale to Listen to the Music of the 1970s. We Will Rock You as we take a Walk on the Wild side and discuss some of the greatest classic rock bands of all time. Much like many songs from the 70s, we go on a little long in this episode. Don’t feel Paranoid, though, we’re not going to Rock and Roll All Nite. Kent, Joel, and Zack are taking a Slow Ride on this tournament and only completing the first round. It’s Live and Let Die as some artists are going to have to Surrender, and there will be some Sweet Emotion as some of your favorite bands take the Stairway to Heaven. But hey, Love Hurts sometimes.

Press play, but Don’t Fear the Reaper.

Find our Spotify playlist sampler platter and print out your own 70s bracket at Baconsale.com and play along with us!

BaconBit: Raya and the Last Dragon Review

Raya and the Last Dragon, Disney’s latest animated feature, is available on Disney+ with Premier Access, but is it worth the extra cost to see early? That’s the question we’re answering today on this BaconBit. Kent has seen this film twice, Joel has seen it once, and Zack has seen it 0.5 times. We’re each going to give our spoiler-free review first, and then we’ll let you know when we’re going to start talking spoilers for this movie so you can listen even if you haven’t seen it yet. We may not know how to pronounce the protagonist's name correctly, but we certainly have our opinions about this movie.

Press play to unleash the power of Heart, Fang, Spine, Tail and Talon!

Episode 292: Baconsale-Approved Spoiler Etiquette

***SPOILER ALERT!*** In this episode, Baconsale is discussing spoiler etiquette for movies and TV shows. And as the spoiler prophets that we are, we’re going to teach you how to carefully navigate an increasingly online community and avoid ruining big twists or major plot points. Our guidelines are intended for both the spoiler and the spoilee as we give suggested timelines, educate you in Spoiler L.A.W., and propose punishments for breaking the official rules.

Press play, but be warned: we give away the entire plot of The Little Mermaid (1989) during this process.

Episode 291: The Dresden-philes

Ventas servitas! On this episode of Baconsale, we’re discussing a character from a popular book series whose name is Harry—a dark-haired orphan who’s also a wizard…but it’s probably not the magical Harry you’re thinking of. We’re talking about Harry Dresden. Steven Ross is a big fan of The Dresden Files and he’s joining us today to raise awareness about the novels. Steven has read (or listened) to all of the books, Joel has read a handful, Kent read the first one just for this episode, and we’ve intentionally left Zack in the dark so he can be the everyman and make sure we don’t get too far into the Nevernever.

Toot-Toot! Press play!

Episode 290: Movin’ Right Along with the Muppets

Hi-ho, listener! It’s time to play the music and light the lights, because on this episode of Baconsale, we’re talking about the Muppet films. We’ve watched ten Muppetational movies and we’re going to rank them from worst to best. Joel is still a kid at heart and loves almost everything the Muppets have done, whereas Kent has grown a little more cynical as he’s gotten older, and Zack thinks that all the films (and this episode) are about 20 minutes too long.

Someday we’ll find it, the rainbow connection—the lovers, the dreamers, press play.

Episode 289: You Had Me at Rom Com

Last time Baconsale talked about romantic comedies, it went off without a Hitch, so we (Love) Actually decided to do it again! We’ve come up with just under 13 (Going on 30) categories to showcase some of the most popular rom coms of all time. Plus, Zack, our personal Wedding Singer, is also going to quiz Kent and Joel on their knowledge of these movies. And with romantic steak street tacos on the line, the stakes have never been higher. We’ll discuss Julia Roberts (to see if She’s All That), which films left us Sleepless (in Seattle), and which actors look Pretty (in Pink).

CORAL! Press play to help us determine what is “peak Streep.”

BaconBit: Kent’s Virtual Sundance Adventure

A lot has changed since our last Sundance film festival recap, including the festival itself. This year, film geeks around the world streamed (strom?) indie movies from the comfort of their own home, making snide remarks to an empty room. Kent watched 26 of these films in six days! His brain is fried, but he’s ready to give us some highlights (and lowlights) of what he saw, including reviews of Prisoners of the Ghostland, CODA, Eight for Silver, On the Count of Three, Mass, In the Earth, The Sparks Brothers, Cryptozoo, and John and the Hole.

Press play to hear about the college draft for film buffs.

Episode 288: Tabletop of the World

Baconsale is ready to pop a lot of trouble because, once again, we’re going to rank popular tabletop games. From ancient Mesopotamia to the 2000s, we’re including such favorites as Uno, Chutes & Ladders, Boggle, Taboo, Chess, Checkers, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Ticket to Ride, Cranium, and Blokus. As we move along the board, we’ll talk about the history of these games, discuss unusual versions (Body Boggle, anyone?), and we’re surprised by a musical number that makes the tough guys tumble. Kent and Joel agree way too much, Zack isn’t sorry about going his own way, and we just hope you roll the dice and tier each party game along with us.

Press play to turn the crank, and snap the plank, and boot the marble right down the chute!

Episode 287: 2021 Prediction Pageant

Wow. Who could have predicted everything that happened last year? Baconsale tried and, believe it or not, we actually got a few things right! So, once again, we are going to attempt to read the tea leaves for the coming year. We’ll forecast celebrity breakups, predict “sexy” Halloween costumes, discuss new fast food meat alternatives, guess sporting event winners, warn of reptilian takeovers and, of course, predict box office flops & talk about movies we’re looking forward to this year (if they actually come out). Plus, with so many lunch bets on the line, the stakes have never been higher.

Press play start a wi-fight!

Episode 286: Best & Worst Movies of 2020-ish

Baconsale is kicking off our seventh season by talking about our top five & bottom five films from last year. Joel is a little drunk with power because his method of picking movies is quite suitable for this situation, whereas Kent was actually able to scrap together a list of favorites from the dearth of movies released in 2020—even if he had to grade on a curve. Along the way, Zack attempts a FOUL pun, Hans Zimmer gets called out as a hack, and we try our darndest not to give anything away about our top picks (but we don’t mind spoiling the worst ones).

Press play to initiate the temporal pincer.