In Defense of Bad Movies
Join hosts Sam Bowen, Loren Bowen, and Bobby Mattern as we watch movies that are generally regarded as bad, but at least one of us actually enjoys and defends the movie to the others.

Unlike Peter Pan, Loren will never grow up if her taste in movies is any indication: she defends 1991's Hook. Join the gang as they discuss bad dads, cruel killings of minorities, and movies that suffer from 90s-itis.

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Discover the next movie a member of the gang will defend and then stick around as Sam and Loren discuss Frasier and the future of TV theme songs in Themes Like Old Times.

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Try not to despair in your tragic childhood and listen in as Bobby defends the mostly forgotten 2009 Spike Jonze adaptation of Maurice Sendak's children's classic Where the Wild Things Are.

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Find out the next movie the gang will discuss, then join the Themes Like Old Times guys as Loren geeks out on Rachel Bloom and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

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You'll have a DOGgone good time as Sam defends the CATastrophe of a movie that is Pet Sematary. Be our GUINEA PIGS as we continue this experiment of watching bad movies. HAMSTERn up your volume and give it a listen. Get it? It's pet puns. The show is better, we promise.

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Find out what movie the gang will discuss next, and join Sam and Loren as they discuss the Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears theme.

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Sam inexplicably thinks the 2016 movie The Great Wall is actually good. Meanwhile, Bobby is mercilessly attacked by a small dog and the gang practically begs Kumail Nanjiani to appear on the show.

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Find out the next bad movie the gang will defend, then stick around as Sam and Loren conclude the Disney Afternoon arc by discussing the Darkwing Duck theme song.

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You can take the pig out of the farm, but you can't . . . wait, why are they taking the pig out of the farm? And sending him to the city?! Join Bobby, Sam, and Loren as they discuss this and other bold decisions in Babe: Pig in the City, the bonkers sequel to the charming film Babe.

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Join Sam and Loren as they discuss the tender theme to Punky Brewster.

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Sam's not monkeying around as he defends Tim Burton's 2001 Planet of the Apes. Mostly because, as he insists on informing everyone over and over, monkeys are not apes..

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After finding out the next movie, stick around as Loren continues her exploration of the Disney Afternoon theme songs with TaleSpin.

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Once upon a time Loren watched the somewhat-based-on-Grimm-fairy-tales The Brothers Grimm. Perhaps she was put under a witch's spell, but she actually liked it. See if the spell is contagious and she gets the rest of the gang to enjoy Terry Gilliam's vision.

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After Sam tells you the movie the gang will discuss next, Sam and Loren talk about the classic theme to Diff'rent Strokes in "Themes Like Old Times."

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Don't Cry for Laura as she argues why You Must Love the 1996 film adaptation of Evita. Sam attempts singing, Bobby grumbles about Trump, and Loren provides much needed background to the show and its productions. Will Laura win the gang over to her side? You'll have to listen to find out.

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Sam reveals the next bad movie we discuss--and it turns out it's not that bad.  And in “Themes Like Old Times,” Sam and Loren continue the Disney Afternoon miniseries with Chip 'n Dale's Rescue Rangers.

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Bobby has a go defending the SNL-skit-turned-feature-length film.

Listen as the gang considers story coherence, celery butt doubles, and a Kilmer-Forte bromance. Also, Laura proposes alternate universes and Bobby desperately tries to secure a Squarespace sponsorship.

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After Sam discloses the identity of the next movie we'll defend, Sam and Loren discuss The Jeffersons in "Themes Like Old Times."

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In this episode, Loren and Sam attempt to convince the others that Wolverine's healing factor isn't needed to save this franchise, as X-Men: Origins: Wolverine is already awesome.

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Sam reveals the next movie the IDoBM gang will discuss.  Plus, Sam and Loren kick off a series of minisodes surrounding Disney Afternoon with Duck Tales in "Themes Like Old Times!"

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We found what has to be the only person in the world who doesn't like the fantastic film, Die Hard. Check out the ramblings of a mad man, as guest prosecutor Ronnie Roberts tries to explain this insanity.

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Minisode 31: Themes Like Old Times 14: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

The whole IDOBM gang has a conversation about the new Netflix series Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.  And then the Themes Like Old Times guys discuss the theme song to, you guessed it, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.  We're really into that show.

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Episode 31: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

The first unfortunate event was this movie getting greenlit, and the most recently was our having to watch it.  Hopefully this will put an end to Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.  Actually, it's a pretty entertaining movie, though Bobby disagrees, as he takes the movie--and Jim Carrey--to task.

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Minisode 30

In this minisode, not much happens.  Sam explains the group's long absence and reports the next movie getting discussed.

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