October 20th, 2014 . by Tim Babb (TANcast's #1 Host/Editor Fan)
This week, it’s the TANboys’ 5 favorite ghost movies. But before that, Noah helps out at the Nike Women’s Marathon, Tim goes to the San Jose Buddy Walk, and Andy experiences Techforce.
00:00 – 01:23 Preshow Jibber Jabber
01:23 – 02:49 Intro
02:49 – 12:13 TANlaughs
12:13 – 39:41 How the F*** Was Everyone’s Week?
39:41 – 68:17 High 5: (Favorite Ghost Movies)
68:17 – 70:34 TANcast listener E-mail
70:34 – 72:30 Wrap Up
72:30 – 73:43 ?????
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October 18th, 2014 . by Tim Babb (TANcast's #1 Host/Editor Fan)
I had a friend post the following in her Facebook feed:
At first I got all those warm feelings a parent is supposed to get when he sees a list like this. But then I thought, this list could use a critique and I need a blog post…win/win!
Be there.
If you need this advice, you will not heed this advice.
Say yes as often as you can.
What the **** does that mean? The only way to love a child is to give them whatever they want? That’s a great recipe to have a crappy child and an even crappier adult.
Or perhaps they just want us to say the word “yes” as often as you can pausing only to eat, sleep, and breathe? How does that love a child?
Let them bang on pots and pans.
That’s a valid point, kids need to have fun…but lets put a time limit on that. Kids will bang on the pots until they fall over from exhaustion. Meanwhile everyone else in the house is going nuts. “I…Can’t…hear…my own…thoughts!!!” Read the rest of this entry »
October 17th, 2014 . by Tim Babb (TANcast's #1 Host/Editor Fan)
It occurred to me that Blogtober 3DD has been going on for over two weeks and I don’t think I’ve talked much about Halloween at all. Well that ends today. I went out to try and buy some Halloween supplies last night. As you’ll recall from an earlier blog, my plan was to make my yard look like a big pirate scene for Halloween. Well, it turns out pirate decorations are few and far between. Zombies are no problem. If I wanted to be Zombies I’d be set. But I guess America has fallen out of love with pirates (I blame Johnny Depp)
So I didn’t find any pirate gear but I did find this which made my little heart fill with delicious schadenfreude…
Oh look at that. They had to cut the price of the Man of Steel Superman costume. I guess kids don’t want to dress up as a mopey murderer. What a surprise. Unfortunately, I was told to stop taking pictures before I could document that the Dark Knight Batman is still full price…as is the classic (Not “New 52”) Superman costume. All the Marvel heroes were full price as well. Take the hint, Snyder!
Then I moved on from the store that wouldn’t let me take any photos to a store that couldn’t be bothered to give a crap WHAT I was doing…Kmart! I gotta say, their Halloween stuff was not easy to find, it was tucked all the way in the back of the store. But before you get there you have to pass this…
That is a lot of Christmas for October 16th. Where are your Halloween inflatables, man? I love Christmas as much as the next guy, but come on. Give me an inflatable pirate ship that I can wow the neighborhood with. THEN I’ll come back for the gigantic snowman.
October 16th, 2014 . by Tim Babb (TANcast's #1 Host/Editor Fan)
I saw the trailer for a movie called “Dear White People” today. I haven’t made up my mind if I want to see it or not yet. But that’s not the point of this blog. Here’s the trailer for you to see…
The beauty of watching it here on TANcast.com is that you can’t scroll down and see the comments. Oh my lord, the comments.
I mistakenly scrolled down, saw a few dumb arguments and thought, “I will rip these arguments apart for my blog today.”
But you know what? No. No I won’t. I don’t want to give all the crazy, half-baked, ignorant vitriol in that comment section even the 5 more views they would get by being on this blog. So no, stupid commenters. Not today!
October 15th, 2014 . by Tim Babb (TANcast's #1 Host/Editor Fan)
I was recently watching a Watchmojo video where they ranked the top 10 DC Comic Book movies. I decided their list was kinda crap so I decided to make my own list. But I’m not limiting myself to DC, and I’m stopping at 5 movies. Other than that, their exactly the same. (If you read yesterday’s blog, you know you shouldn’t expect to see Man of Steel on this list)
Honorable Mentions:
Apologies to Guardians of the Galaxy, X2: X-Men United, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Iron Man 3, and the Incredibles…we ran out of time.
Batman (1989)
If you weren’t around in the summer of 1989, it is impossible to comprehend what an event this movie was. It was the biggest thing ever. The hype for this flick was out of control. But man, did it deliver. Keaton and Nicholson are amazing. They truly embraced the absurdity of this movie. There’s actually not a ton of “action” in this movie, but it’s a visually fascinating piece of work that set the stage for much of what has come in the last few years. Read the rest of this entry »
October 14th, 2014 . by Tim Babb (TANcast's #1 Host/Editor Fan)
I’ve made no secret of the fact that I’m not a fan of the film Man of Steel. The primary avenues I’ve used to vent these feelings are my entries into Cracked.com’s many photo manipulation contests. As we discussed on the last episode of the podcast, I’ve had a pretty good run of bashing Man of Steel. Some have made the final articles, some haven’t. But here is a glorious collection of ALL my anti-Man of Steel entries. Enjoy!
October 14th, 2014 . by Tim Babb (TANcast's #1 Host/Editor Fan)
This week, Andy travels to California and the boys record in his hotel room (on his bed…aw yeah). Noah reviews Gone Girl, Tim reviews Muppets Most Wanted, and Andy sees Frozen on Ice. Then the boys do a poorly researched salute to Saturday morning cartoons.
00:00 – 00:32 PreSHow
00:32 – 03:20 Intro
03:20 – 04:47 Kicking Feet (“Cute” Stories About Our Kids)
04:47 – 08:42 How the F*** Was Everyone’s Week
08:42 – 21:40 TANflix (Movie Reviews: Gone Girl & Muppets Most Wanted)
21:40 – 26:54 Steamin’ Pile of Streamin’ (Streaming Content Reviews)
26:54 – 37:40 Remembering Saturday Morning Cartoons
37:40 – 46:26 Wrap Up (Including an Atlanta vs San Francisco TANgent)
46:26 – 50:14 Noah’s Crazy Dream
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October 13th, 2014 . by Tim Babb (TANcast's #1 Host/Editor Fan)
Sometimes I understand why people hate nerds. That socially awkward thing is cute on the New Girl (I assume, I’ve never seen it), but in real life, it makes conversations suck.
I wasted way too much time finding this photo
I was stuck in a waiting room with this socially awkward lady. Which is fine, she can be awkward and I can leave her alone to have her space. What’s the point of having this smart phone if I can’t use it to ignore people?
But she kept insisting on starting conversations that she was clearly uninterested in finishing. She would ask a question and then stop paying attention in the middle of my answer.
Look, lady, I didn’t want to talk in the first place. Leave me be!
October 12th, 2014 . by Tim Babb (TANcast's #1 Host/Editor Fan)
Heaven help me, I did it again. I did a show last night and during my set, I mention this video:
I talk about how funny the slip up is, but then I go into a bit about the mountain climber himself. The main part is…
My point was always that the blind guy wouldn’t be able to see the view from the top, so why go through all that work? It’s been one of my go to jokes for a while (you can hear it on my CD) and I’ve never really worried about it…and then came last night.
After the show I was waiting to say goodbye to the audience and pose for pictures with some of the folks. (What? Some people want to take a picture with me. Yes they do. Stop laughing. You know what, I’m just gonna go back to my blog) At one point, I noticed a lovely young lady standing to the side looking like she was waiting for someone. Then I noticed that she was carrying a cane. Not a “pimp walk” cane either. This was a cane you use when you have a visual impairment. …uh oh
She walks over to me and says, “You’re the comic who had the joke about the blind guy, right?”
