HoopleCast: An IntroCast For HBO's Deadwood
99 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★ - 39 ratingsHoopleCast is an IntroCast-style podcast for HBO's Deadwood. The host has seen Deadwood previously. His cohosts have not. Each installment we discuss characters, plots, themes, and the true history of the infamous 19th century mining camp. Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. [Warning: Explicit Language.]
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Episodes
BONUS: The Last of Us 1x09. "Look for the Light"
April 02, 2023 21:30 - 1 hour - 32.1 MBThe hoopleheads and Steve discuss the season one finale of The Last of Us. | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded March 26, 2023. Released April 2, 2023. [Warning: Explicit Language.]
BONUS: The Last of Us 1x01. "When You're Lost in the Darkness"
January 22, 2023 22:30 - 1 hour - 32.1 MBMatt A, Steve, Matt H, and Mel discuss the premiere of The Last of Us. | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded January 18, 2023. Released January 22, 2023. [Warning: Explicit Language.]
HBO PROJECT: Westworld (2016) | Big Little Lies (2017)
February 20, 2022 22:30 - 3 hours - 80.3 MBThe distant future. The year 2052. Western-themed LARPing has inexplicably become a recreational pursuit for the world's wealthy elite. Willing to spend thousands, and risk almost certain personal injury and/or death, the degenerates of the upper crust indulge in their most depraved and violent delights at Westworld, an amusement park where nothing can possib-lie go wrong. Based on Michael Crichton's 1973 film of the same name, Westworld (2016) is an incoherent mess, but boasts a phenomenal...
HBO PROJECT: The Night Of (2016) | The Young Pope (2016)
August 14, 2021 21:45 - 3 hours - 77.6 MBIn The Night Of (2016) horny college student Nasir (Riz Ahmed) becomes ensnared by the criminal justice system after he gives a cipher a ride in his dad's timeshared taxicab and--flash forward past the steamy drug-induced knife play--she ends up murdered in the upstairs bedroom of her Bohemian hoarder house. His fingerprints and blood at the crime scene, the murder weapon in his pocket... could Naz BE any more guilty looking? Tattoo this message onto your brains, listeners: COPS ARE NOT YOU...
HBO PROJECT: Vinyl (2016)
June 07, 2021 03:45 - 2 hours - 55 MBIt's the 1970's and New York City is a grungy, graffiti-tagged, drug-fueled, teetering-on-the-brink of economic collapse urban hellscape. But, holy fuck, what a time to be a music exec. Bobby Cannavale is Richie Finestra, the founder and president of American Century Records, successful enough to have a rotary phone in his car, but unhappy and unfulfilled in that male protagonist of a prestige drama kind of way. With the impending sale of his company, Richie is at a crossroads. Although he'...
HBO PROJECT: The Leftovers (2014) | Show Me a Hero (2015)
March 27, 2021 03:45 - 3 hours - 83.4 MBAfter two percent of the world's population inexplicably vanishes, the residents of Mapleton, New York are left to grapple with the "whys" and "hows" and "but Gary Buseys" of it all. Adapted from the novel by Tom Perrotta, The Leftovers (2014) is a series about loss and grief and cults and Justin Theroux being the messiah, maybe. Although the premiere (and first season) is a bit of a downer, the series as a whole is an absolutely riveting puzzle box of a mystery. (18:32 - 1:45:37) ... In th...
BONUS: Lovecraft Country 1x10. "Full Circle"
October 31, 2020 20:30 - 1 hour - 26.6 MBMatt, Steve, and Will discuss the season (series?) of Lovecraft Country. | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded October 21, 2020. Released October 31, 2020. [Warning: Explicit Language.]
BONUS: Lovecraft Country 1x08. "Jig-a-Bobo" and 1x09. "Rewind 1921"
October 18, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 30.3 MBEpisodes eight and nine of Lovecraft Country. | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded October 14, 2020. Released October 18, 2020. [Warning: Explicit Language.]
BONUS: Lovecraft Country 1x06. "Meet Me in Daegu" and 1x07. "I Am."
October 18, 2020 07:30 - 1 hour - 29.8 MBEpisodes six and seven of Lovecraft Country. | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded October 1, 2020. Released October 18, 2020. [Warning: Explicit Language.]
BONUS: Lovecraft Country 1x04. "A History of Violence" and 1x05. "Strange Case"
September 27, 2020 21:00 - 54 minutes - 22.4 MBEpisodes four and five of Lovecraft Country. | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded September 16, 2020. Released September 27, 2020. [Warning: Explicit Language.]
BONUS: Lovecraft Country 1x02. "Whitey's on the Moon" and 1x03. "Holy Ghost"
September 08, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 26.2 MBEpisodes two and three of Lovecraft Country. | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded September 1, 2020. Released September 7, 2020. [Warning: Explicit Language.]
BONUS: Lovecraft Country 1x01. "Sundown"
August 25, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 32.1 MBMatt, Steve, and Will discuss the premiere of Lovecraft Country. | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded August 19, 2020. Released August 24, 2020. [Warning: Explicit Language.]
HBO PROJECT: Parade's End (2013) | True Detective (2014)
December 31, 2019 23:00 - 2 hours - 88.8 MBNuchtchas, host of the Nutty Bites podcast joins us for our last recording of 2019. The Great War looms large for the characters of Parade's End (2013), a five-part mini-series based on the novels by Ford Madox Ford. Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Christopher Tietjens, a real "mug" of the landed gentry, who wrestles with his obligations toward his rotter of a wife, Sylvia, and his affections for the far sweeter but nonetheless impassioned suffragette Valentine. It's a comedy, we were told. (...
BONUS: Watchmen 1x09. "See How They Fly"
December 27, 2019 02:00 - 43 minutes - 27.2 MBMatt and Steven are back to chat about the season (series?) finale of Watchmen. | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded December 18, 2019. Released December 26, 2019. [Warning: Explicit Language.]
HBO PROJECT: Luck (2012) | The Newsroom (2012)
December 07, 2019 23:15 - 2 hours - 60.6 MBDavid Milch's intention to transform his interests/vices vis-à-vis horse racing into a narrative fit for television leads to mixed results in Luck (2012). Dustin Hoffman is out of prison and looking for revenge against those who done him wrong, and his machinations appear to manifest in the form of a constipated race horse. (Don't ask how; we're not sure.) Meanwhile, the greasy degenerates at the track win big in their Pick Six, which will no doubt lead to much drama in subsequent episodes....
BONUS: Watchmen 1x01. "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" and 1x02. "Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship"
November 03, 2019 00:30 - 50 minutes - 22.5 MBMatt (Watchmen newbie) and Steve (Watchmen expert) discuss the first two episodes of Damon Lindelof's new (limited run?) HBO series. | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded October 29, 2019. Released November 2, 2019. [Warning: Explicit Language.]
COMMENTARY: Scream 2 (1997)
October 31, 2019 13:00 - 2 hours - 57.8 MBHappy Halloween from HoopleCast! Claire and Brad, on loan from the podcast Sassy Sewer-Lion Boutique, join Matt for our final commentary of the year. Our friend Timmy O. stars in the horror sequel Scream 2: Secret of the Ooze (1997) as a pretentious film student (redundant) who is out to terrorize Canadian Neve Campbell and her circle of forty-year old college friends. And if you're upset that I just spoiled who the killer was, admit that you were never going to watch this anyway because if...
COMMENTARY: Hitman (2007)
September 02, 2019 22:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBWe're scraping the bottom of the Olyphant barrel with Hitman (2007) for our seventh (!) unnecessary commentary. This is the movie that our friend Tim routinely cites as an embarrassing low in his career, and aside from some impressive fight choreography, we're inclined to agree. More like, Shitman, amiright? | Tags: Have You Painted Me Thanos Stone Yet, Guvner?, The Man Who Would Be Wolverine, No Woman Looks at a Bald Man Like That, What a Terrible Line Delivery, What a Terrible Line, What ...
Deadwood: The Movie, Part 2
July 31, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 48.2 MBThis is it, folks. The fucking end. There is no more Deadwood. (Unless those cocksuckers at HBO release those deleted scenes, hmmm?) We conclude our coverage of the film with listener feedback, favorite quotes, characters of the episode, and our all-important ratings. We discussed the plot in depth in part one, but did we actually like the fucking thing? Listen and be enlightened. ... Also, Jonathon, Nutty, Mark, Anthony, Chris, Steve, and Robin debate the merits of prohibition in South Dak...
Deadwood: The Movie, Part 1
June 30, 2019 04:00 - 2 hours - 82.7 MB1889. That bald-pated cunt George Hearst has returned to Deadwood to celebrate South Dakota's transition from territory to state. Upon being mother-fucked from a balcony by a pregnant Trixie, Hearst leverages his newly found awareness of Al Swearengen's deception (vis-à-vis the prostitute Jen) against our heroes in a campaign to secure Charlie Utter's land. Trains, telephones, and electric lights may suggest steps toward civilization, but Deadwood remains a hell of a place to make your fort...
COMMENTARY: Deadwood: The Movie (2019)
June 03, 2019 00:30 - 2 hours - 50.7 MBThe hoopleheads watch the long-awaited, highly-anticipated film. | VIDEO VERSION (Links within the Facebook group): http://bit.ly/2WjzRxo | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded: June 1, 2019. Released: June 2, 2019. [Warning: Explicit Language.]
BONUS: Game of Thrones 8x06 "The Iron Throne"
May 26, 2019 00:30 - 1 hour - 26.8 MBWell, that was certainly a finale. | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded May 21, 2019. Released May 25, 2019. [Warning: Explicit Language.]
BONUS: Deadwood RPG, Part 2
May 19, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour - 46.2 MBFifteen months later, we conclude the Deadwood RPG campaign "Nature Abhors" in a spectacularly violent fashion. (Cy Tolliver's corpse as an I.E.D.? Yes, of course, naturally, why not.) Starring: Matt A as Al Swearengen, Carol as Seth Bullock, Matt H as Dan Dority, Mel as Trixie, Nutty as Calamity Jane, and Steve as our GM.| Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded May 17, 2019. Released May 18, 2...
BONUS: Game of Thrones 8x03 "The Long Night"
May 05, 2019 04:00 - 41 minutes - 17.2 MBMatt, Steven, and Will discuss the epic battle that is Winterfell vs. Night King. | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded April 30, 2019. Released May 4, 2019. [Warning: Explicit Language.]
COMMENTARY: High Life (2009)
April 20, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 40.7 MBIs it a stoner comedy? Is it a crime drama? It's neither. It's the sixth in our series of unnecessary commentaries for Timothy Olyphant movies. Claire and Matt watch the very Canadian based-on-a-play movie High Life (2009), which may be a shared universe prequel to The Crazies and may be secretly sponsored by everyone's favorite antacid Pepto-Bismol. Verdict: Not as fun as the Carousel of Progress but more fun than Peter Pan's Flight. | Tags: Oh, Olyphant, Your Hair, Douchebag Hat, Why is T...
HBO PROJECT: Mildred Pierce (2011) | Game of Thrones (2011)
March 25, 2019 04:00 - 3 hours - 91.9 MBKate Winslet stars in Mildred Pierce (2011), a five part adaptation of the James M. Cain novel. Mildred finds herself a grass widow after tossing her dirty bastard of a husband from their hovel due to his affair with a distinctly middle class frump. Now, staring down the barrel of a Depression-era breadline, she's forced to endure the indignities of (shock) waitressing and (double shock) wearing a uniform. Special attention must be paid to Mildred's daughter, Veda, another contender for our...
BONUS: Deadwood 1876
February 06, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBSteve, Will and I play the dice game Deadwood 1876. I will not claim this recording is entertaining, or even mildly interesting, but I am including it in the feed for the sake of completeness. Video version: https://goo.gl/4GLW2z | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded January 25, 2019. Released February 5, 2018. [Warning: Explicit Language.]
HBO PROJECT: Treme (2010) | Boardwalk Empire (2010)
February 05, 2019 04:00 - 2 hours - 75.1 MBThree months after, and the citizens of Treme (2010) are still rebuilding their lives. Antoine Baptiste is a musician adverse to paying cab fares. LaDonna, Baptiste's ex-wife, throws shade on the neighborhood brass band section whilst searching for her lost brother. Toni Bernette is a lawyer/crusader who loves bread pudding. Her husband, Creighton (really?), bickers with a British reporter. Albert Lambreaux wears all the feathers as he's got fire can't put it out make lew-lew dewey-dewey bo...
HBO PROJECT: True Blood (2008) | The Pacific (2010)
October 15, 2018 05:30 - 3 hours - 94 MBWe're down in the hot, sticky swamplands of Bon Temps, Louisiana with Nuchtchas of The Nutty Bites Podcast to discuss True Blood (2008), the sexy vampire soap that HBO apparently forgot about when they announced they were eliminating late night adult programming from its services. Although it's generously considered a drama, True Blood is actually softcore porn, but with vampires, werewolves, shapeshifters, fairies, demons, demigods, leprechauns (are there leprechauns? there's probably lepr...
HBO PROJECT: Grey Gardens (2009)
August 13, 2018 02:00 - 1 hour - 49.6 MBJackie Kennedy's oddball relatives, Edith Ewing Bouvier ("Big Edie") and her staunch daughter Edith Bouvier Beale ("Little Edie"), live a true hoarder lifestyle in Grey Gardens (2009), HBO's dramatized version of the famous documentary from 1975. Little Edie never launched after being spurned by a Baldwin, and now finds herself trapped in a codependent relationship with her mother, plus, like, a bazillion cats. At least, the woman knows how to rock a cape. Summer with us in East Hampton* wo...
HBO PROJECT: Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
June 27, 2018 02:00 - 1 hour - 51.9 MBWe're taking a short break from series premieres to review a few HBO original films. Iron Jawed Angels (2004) stars Hilary Swank and Frances O'Connor as suffragettes Alice Paul and Lucy Burns. (Molly Parker, Anjelica Huston, Vera Farmiga, Julia Ormond, and the warden from Shawshank are also in the mix.) It's 1912 and women are rocking all the boats, upsetting all the apple carts, and wearing all the hats in their endeavor to enfranchise women with the right to vote--well, white women, at le...
COMMENTARY: Catch and Release (2006)
May 28, 2018 16:00 - 2 hours - 85.5 MBMemorial Day marks the start of summer, and if the impending hot weather, hurricanes, and escalating gas prices have you depressed, perhaps stay indoors and cool off with Matt, Claire, and Brad as they record an unnecessary commentary track for the Timothy Olyphant and Jennifer Garner comedy Catch and Release (2006). After her fiance dies under mysterious fish-related circumstances, the unfortunately named Gray finds herself in the nest of three hapless bros, and awash in pro-Boulder, Color...
HBO PROJECT: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2008) | Generation Kill (2008)
April 29, 2018 21:00 - 2 hours - 82.7 MBThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2008) is an adaptation of Alexander McCall Smith's beloved novels. Jill Scott plays Mma Ramotswe, our lead heroine who starts a detective agency for the purpose of solving mysteries and aiding the people of her beloved Botswana. Aside from its warmth and humor, the series is also notable for its promotions of female empowerment and positive body images. I joked before that this entire HBO Project was a long con to get others to watch this delightful serie...
BONUS: Westworld 2x01 "Journey Into Night"
April 29, 2018 20:15 - 44 minutes - 17.2 MBMatt, Laurel, and Steven share their disappointments with the second season premiere of Westworld. | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded April 26, 2018. Released April 29, 2018. [Warning: Explicit Language.]
HBO PROJECT: In Treatment (2008) | John Adams (2008)
April 01, 2018 21:40 - 2 hours - 70.9 MBHBO's obsession with psychiatry and sex continues with In Treatment (2008). Dr. Paul Weston's first patient of the week, Laura, confesses her erotic fixations, which is not a good for a man in the throes of a crumbling marriage and mid-life crisis. Paul's other patients include Sophie (a suicidal gymnast) and Alex (a fighter pilot who oopsy-daisy murdered sixteen Iraqi children); he'll kvetch about them all when he climbs onto an emotional seesaw with his own therapist, Gina. (24:05 - 1:18...
BONUS: Deadwood RPG, Part 1
February 26, 2018 04:00 - 3 hours - 82 MBIn this bonus episode, we assume the identities of our favorite Deadwood characters for a unique role-playing experience. Steve is our GM (Game Master) for this mod of the RPG Apocalypse World, and he does a fantastic job establishing a post-season three narrative for us to act out: "Who killed Cy Tolliver?" Unfortunately, we do not resolve the mystery this go 'round, but we'll regroup at some point during the next few months to conclude this hilarious/nonsensical adventure. (Hopefully, I wil...
COMMENTARY: The Broken Hearts Club (2000)
February 14, 2018 13:30 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBIt's Valentine's Day, and whether you're single, married, coupled, or a member of Andrew Keegan's sex cult, HoopleCast wants you to know you are loved. That is why Matt, Claire, Will, Mel, and Matt H have recorded this unnecessary commentary track for the Timothy Olyphant-led ensemble flick The Broken Hearts Club colon A Romantic Comedy (2000). Although, calling this a "comedy," is a bit generous since everyone in this movie is a real candle-lighting, necklace-wearing, Carpenters-listening-...
HBO PROJECT: John From Cincinnati (2007) | Tell Me You Love Me (2007)
February 06, 2018 03:00 - 2 hours - 62.7 MBDavid Milch's follow-up to Deadwood, John From Cincinnati (2007), is the metaphysical surfer drama Chris Carter wishes he created. A weirdo calling himself "John" (is he autistic? an angel? Dougie Jones from Twin Peaks: The Return?) disrupts the lives of the deeply unlikable Yost family, led by matriarch Cissy (Rebecca De Mornay, yelling) and patriarch Mitch (Bruce Greenwood, floating). The series aspires to find grace through both the sport of surfing and encounters with the divine, but th...
HBO PROJECT: Big Love (2006) | Five Days (2007)
November 27, 2017 05:35 - 2 hours - 55.5 MBThis episode we're deep in the heart of Utah for Big Love (2006), a well-written/produced/acted drama about plural marriage that some of the hoopleheads find deeply troubling due to the current state of the world. After we discuss "Sopranos in Mormon-town" we dig into America's fucked up laws regarding marriage and consent, and--gosh darn it all to heck--we have questions for you, New Hampshire. (6:25-1:14:33) ... In the premiere of Five Days (2007), a missing woman and her missing kids spa...
HBO PROJECT: Deadwood (2004) | Rome (2005)
November 06, 2017 06:15 - 2 hours - 67.9 MBThe hoopleheads return to the camp for what is likely a final reconnoiter as they revisit the premiere of the series what done brought em to this here place to begin it: Deadwood (2004). It's a thrill being back in The Black Hills with our dear friends, many of whom are looking younger and less deceased than last we met: Tim Driscoll, Ned Mason, the family of the fivehead, that horse thief who gave us our signature sign-off... For a far more exhaustive discussion of this brilliant hour of t...
COMMENTARY: The Crazies (2010)
October 31, 2017 13:30 - 1 hour - 46.4 MBWhat is more spine-chilling, blood-curdling, and alliterative than spooky skeletons, ghastly ghouls, and zoophagous (look it up) zombies? Answer: HoopleCast's third entry in its series of unnecessary commentary tracks for Timothy Olyphant movies! In celebration of All Hallows Eve, Claire and Tammy of Calavicci FashionCast are here to blabberwocky their way through The Crazies, a remake of the George A. Romero film and prequel to Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. (Or, Galaxy of the Guardians...
HBO PROJECT: K Street (2003) | Angels In America (2003)
October 06, 2017 02:45 - 2 hours - 77.5 MB*LOOK UP!* HoopleCast makes its triumphant return, discussing an odd pair of HBO programs. First, the Soderbergh and Clooney produced K Street (2003), which trails real life political operatives James Carville and Mary Matalin as they interact with actual statesmen (Howard Dean) and fictional characters (Christoper Walken wannabe Francisco Dupré). We don't know why this is a thing, but we are completionists/masochists, so.... (7:58-44:38) *LOOK UP!* Then, the always angelic Claire of Calavi...
BONUS: Game of Thrones 7x01 "Dragonstone"
July 24, 2017 04:00 - 43 minutes - 21.7 MBBrian (Sparkstalker) and Casey (Furgus) of Geezer Gamers join Matt to discuss the long awaited seventh season premiere of Game of Thrones, "Dragonstone." | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded July 20, 2017. Released July 23, 2017. [Warning: Explicit Language.]
HBO PROJECT: The Wire (2002) | Carnivàle (2003)
July 17, 2017 00:25 - 3 hours - 84.9 MBRe-up your podcast stash with another supply of HoopleCast, featuring Will of SpartaCast fame ALIVE! ALIVE! ALIVE!. Will is here to defend The Wire (2002), the series about Baltimore's drug war, which is often cited by critics as the greatest fucking thing mere mortals have ever had the privilege of viewing. Based on the pilot, do the hoopleheads agree? Let's put it this way, if we're not intimidated by the rabid, frothing fans of David Lynch, do you think we care about you hoppers? Take yo...
COMMENTARY: A Perfect Getaway (2009)
July 04, 2017 17:00 - 2 hours - 49.8 MBHappy Independence Day from HoopleCast! 7th in literacy! 42nd in life expectancy! 1st in gun deaths! U-S-A! U-S-A! It's the second in our series of unnecessary commentary tracks for films featuring "Hawaiian" Timothy Olyphant. Matt, Claire and Will are on a wild ride to Kauai, following the adventures of Cliff and Cydney [sic], newlyweds who run afoul of backpacking creeps, one or more of whom may be a dot dot dot murderer. Also, Will's mortal enemy, Steve Zahn. | Tags: Jeremy Sisto Effect,...
BONUS: The Leftovers 3x08 "The Book of Nora"
June 12, 2017 03:30 - 36 minutes - 15.4 MBMatt and Robin lament the series finale of The Leftovers. (Cue devastating Max Richter score.) | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded June 8, 2017. Released June 11, 2017. [Warning: Explicit Language.]
HBO PROJECT: Six Feet Under (2001) | Band of Brothers (2001)
June 01, 2017 02:00 - 3 hours - 79.7 MBDane of The Proud Jacuzzi Crew is our guest for this Powers Boothe Memorial Podcast. Six Feet Under (2001 - 2005) is Alan Ball's dramedy about the insufferable Fisher clan. Nate, the scruffy eldest son, has flown home to Los Angeles for Christmas, but holiday plans are thwarted when the family patriarch runs afoul of a city bus. (It's ironic, because they own a funeral home, but now they're the client, get it?) (16:17-1:34:35) In the opening installment of Band of Brothers (2001), "Curahee,...
HBO PROJECT: The Sopranos (1999) | The Corner (2000)
May 01, 2017 03:00 - 2 hours - 61.4 MBThe Sopranos (1999) is considered by many to be the pinnacle of HBO programming, but do the hoopleheads share that opinion, or are they wistful for the salad days of Maximum Security and Hotel Room? Are you kookalamanza? Vaffanculo, you pazzo stunad! New Jersey native Carol is the M.V.P. of this episode, bringing all the geography facts and riveting personal history. (10:39-1:29:13) Then, things become altogether depressing on The Corner (2000), a precursor to The Wire, which takes place at...
BONUS: The Leftovers 3x01 "The Book of Kevin"
April 20, 2017 14:00 - 28 minutes - 13.1 MBFrequent HoopleCast contributors Will and Haso join Matt to discuss their thoughts on the third season premiere of The Leftovers. | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded April 19, 2017. Released April 20, 2017. [Warning: Explicit Language.]
HBO PROJECT: Oz (1997) | From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
March 01, 2017 02:30 - 2 hours - 54.4 MBIt's a new era for HBO as the premium cable network launches its first successful dramatic series, the relentlessly grim Oz (1997), which ran for an impressive fifty-six episodes. Our guest Steven brings a fan's enthusiasm to the discussion of "The Routine," which introduces us to the prisoners and administrators of Emerald City--before Jon Seda and his penis (yes, Mel, rewind the tape, because you missed it) suffocate the episode. (8:33-1:10:30) The first installment of From the Earth to t...