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Is it a bicycle?

303 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings

Best ever TV and Movie podcast from Ireland

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IIAB Season 16 Episode 10 - John Wick 3, What We Do in the Shadows, Chernobyl, Game of Thrones 31/05/2019

May 31, 2019 12:44

The problem with Game of Thrones is that nobody wants to talk about anything else! Mike and Steve have a spoiler free discussion of the Series Finale while Mark labours to catch up. The TV of the Movie What We Do in the Shadows gets a look and we decide whether radiation mutated monsters or a factual account makes the best TV in Chernobyl

IIAB Season 16 Episode 9 - Avengers: Endgame, The Wandering Earth, Afterlife, Love, Death and Robots 10/05/2019

May 10, 2019 12:44

Man its been a lonnnnnnng time, but we are back! The culmination of over a decade of movies brings the Bicycrew from hiding; has there finally been a marvel movie that Mike likes? Find out as we do a no-spoiler review of Avengers: Endgame. Zombies, this time on Netflix, are back on the menu or rather its everyone else as we get a tv show featuring some speeders; Black Summer. Lastly Mike and Steve debate the merits of dubbed vs subtitles and review The Wandering Earth.

IIAB Season 16 Episode 8 - Captain Marvel, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Formula 1: Drive to Survive 29/03/2019

March 29, 2019 12:44

The best part of us missing the occasional week in the studio is that we have so much more to talk about when we get back to it! Steve and Mark forge a Faustian bargain: one watching a program about things he never normally would, cars, the other entering the Spider-Verse! See if you can work out which is which as we finally get around to reviewing Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse. On Netflix this week we take a look at lots of really fast expensive cars in new doc Formula 1: Drive to Surviv...

IIAB Season 16 Episode 7 - Destroyer , Alita: Battle Angel, The Breaker Upperers, Weird City 15/03/2019

March 15, 2019 12:44

What happens when Nicole Kidman is required to be ugly in a Movie? We look at Monster and answer that exact question. Steve scratches the Manga itch, sort of, with Alita: Battle Angel and Mark tries to redeem his Eagle vs Shark misgivings by putting the Breakeruperers on the list. All these movies with some new TV in the shape of Weird City to round out another packed episode!

IIAB Season 16 Episode 6 - Green Book, Behind The Curve, Doom Patrol, The Umbrella Academy 22/02/2019

February 22, 2019 10:23

Its a TV Super Hero bonanza this week as we contrast and compare DC's Doom Patrol against Dark Horse's The Umbrella Academy. Mike tries to turn us all into Flat Earthers after watching Behind the Curve, Mark plots the journey of Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali through the deep South of North America in Green Book and Steve explains movie finances in Chine with The Wandering Earth

IIAB Season 16 Episode 5 - Glass, Hanna 15/02/2019

February 15, 2019 15:49

If the romance of Valentine's day has exhausted you then there is no better pick me up than the Bicycrew's emotion free zone! We talk at great length on how two men can disagree about a tv show in Hanna. We boycott Leaving Neverland after some very effective ranting from Steve and round out the show with our review of Unbreakable 3, aka Glass; what have Bruce Willis, Samuel L and James McEvoy learned since 2000? Join us and find out!

IIAB Season 16 Episode 4 - Polar, Deadly Class, Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes 08/02/2019

February 08, 2019 15:49

A show where friends regale each other with interesting tales conjuring equal parts sweet nostalgia and adventurous curiosity, where each new moment brings forth more joy; if you know of a show like that tell us, we sure could use some cheering up after hanging out with the Bicycrew. Mike's spiritual desolation knows no bounds this week as the level's his tightly folded arms at Mads Mikkelsen in Netflix's Polar. The Ted Bundy Tapes cause great dissension in the ranks and Steve sneaks in a sch...

IIAB Season 16 Episode 3 - IO, Bumblebee, Project Blue Book, Fyre, Black Monday 25/01/2019

January 25, 2019 12:35

Mike is back! *pause for sighs of relief, applause and reverent flagellation to stop* Of course he is back people, as Mike puts it "Mark and Steve can't even hold their own, so how could they try and hold their own on the show?" We launch into the party that Mike should have been at in Fyre. Black Monday with Don Cheadle reminds us of the Marty Kaan of House of Lies past, but is it good? Was it good back then? The Transformers prequel Bumblebee has an uphill battle to convince Steve its worth...

IIAB Season 16 Episode 02 - Split, Life Itself, Fam, Titans, Titan Games, The Sinner, Sex Education 18/01/2019

January 18, 2019 11:51

TThe team are bereft of a target as Mike takes a well earned break from ageism and mockery this week, leaving Steve and Mark to hold the fort. There is an unusual number of instances of the word Titan in the episode title due to Mark watching the Rock's take on Stone Cold Steve Austen's Broken Skull Challenge called The Titan Games and around the same time Netflix drops DC's take on the gritty Daredevil approach to super heroism in Titans; Familiar character causing M-Rated damage very unfami...

IIAB Season 16 Episode 01 - Aquaman, Birdbox, Night School, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, You, Girl From Nowhere 11/01/2019

January 11, 2019 09:35

The Christmas/Holidays are over and the gang have seen a lot of things, dark things, things you can't easily forget.....wait what was I saying? Ah yes, Movies, we saw some of them too. The latest DC Superhero flick takes us underwater with Khal Drogo, someone who seems like he is up for a bit of crack with the boys. That's not a drugs reference. I think. We spend a bit of time discussing Birdbox and the worrying trends it has inspired in the real world. That's not an MTV reference. I think. O...

IIAB Season 15 Episode 9 - Robin Hood, Narcos - Mexico, The Bisexual 10/12/2018

December 10, 2018 11:46

Surprise! I know you had probably accepted that we weren't posting an episode this week when it didn't hit your ear-brains on Friday, but here we are brightening the start of your week for you! We dig into the differences between joysticks and mice in The Bisexual, Steve heads down a Robin Hood filled rabbit hole and Mark tries subtitles again for Narcos - Mexixo. Get your listening on!

IIAB Season 15 Episode 8 - Overlord, They Shall Not Grow Old, The First, Origin 23/11/2018

November 23, 2018 12:26

Not quite two weeks in a row, but you are getting two episodes in November, all about the bright side! This week we lament Internet rumors with Bad Robot's Overlord. How much gore turns a thriller into a horror? Find out as we discuss youtube tv show Origin. Ironically Mike gets drawn into discussion on They Shall Not Grow Old (get it?) and rounding out the list a show I deliberately left until last; The First.

IIAB Season 15 Episode 7 - Hunter Killer, A Star is Born, Halloween, Venom 09/11/2018

November 09, 2018 10:37

Okay, so its been a while. No I was totally going to call sooner, but you know I have been busy. Yes, of course we are still friends, I love you guys! To prove how much we do love you bicyclers and bicyclettes we have a jam packed episode this week featuring every big movie to come out while we have been away" On top of that Mike learns the danger of trusting the internet with Haunting of Hill House, Steve heads down a youtube rabbit hole in GTA Roleplay and we discover whether watching Super...

IIAB Season 15 Episode 6 - Predator, Black '47, Manifest 28/09/2018

September 28, 2018 10:37

Interestingly the demographic of the podcast corresponds to the generation that first enjoyed the original Predator in 1987, imagine our excitement in reviewing the Predator reboot! If there is a kind of subtitle Mark can handle, its when the Irish language gets the treatment; Black '47. We debate the merit of a new genre of TV for shows where people who disappear and come back, prompted by our review of new show Manifest.

IIAB Season 15 Episode 5 - The Spy Who Dumped Me, Bodyguard, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan 07/09/2018

September 07, 2018 09:53

Espionage seems to be the theme of the week! We try and unravel why a certain J. Ryan hasn't been made into a TV show before now as we review Amazon's high budget imagining of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan. Is Mila Kunis funny? Mike has an opinion, a strong one, as we review The Spy Who Dumped me. Last on the list Mark regales us with a tale of bad step-parenting as he discusses suicide bombings with an 8 year old, while watching Bodyguard.

IIAB Season 15 Episode 4 - Equalizer 2, Upgrade, The Innocents 14/08/2018

August 31, 2018 09:19

There is a shrinking number of people that remember the original Equalizer tv show starring Edward Woodward, but all three of the Bicycrew are among them. How will Denzel fair when contrasted with the weekly balancing of the scales of justice in the second installment? The Equalizer 2 might be up against it, but watching a tv show aimed at young adults is always a chafing experience; can The Innocents dissuade us from an automatic hatred of the YA Supernatural Drama genre? Last on the list is...

IIAB Season 15 Episode 3 - Mile 22, What Still Remains, Stay Here 24/08/2018

August 24, 2018 11:31

If it takes 10 minutes to set up a character to walk to Mile 22, what's the right listing for a house boat on Seattle's water front? Just some of the ponderings from our episode this week as Netflix delves into its own take on property renovation reality tv in Stay Here. We also consider how far post the post-apocalypse its safe to go in What Still Remains. Also if you don't know who is going to win between Connor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov, we have got you covered.

IIAB Season 15 Episode 2 - The Meg, Love, Simon, Extinction, Mission Impossible: Fallout, Dark Tourist 17/08/2018

August 17, 2018 11:31

Quite the range up for review this week from teen coming out movie Love, Simon to the fight to save the world in Mission Impossible: Fallout through to the battle to protect holiday swimmers from Giant Sharks in the Meg, all linked together seamlessly with insults and often unfriendly banter! Mark and Steve discuss their preferred holiday destination with Netflix's Dark Tourist and then we wind up not spoiling the new alipocalypse movie Extinction. That's not all as a whole slew of other show...

IIAB Season 15 Episode 1 - I Feel Pretty, Oceans 8, Who is America? 27/07/2018

July 27, 2018 11:31

That was quite the break the Bicycrew took for the Summer, but rest assured we are back in your ears for another season. A slew of TV and Film coming your way in this episode as we have had weeks and weeks of list free watching to catch you all up on. Love Island and Ex on the Beach US go head to head in the Reality TV stakes, we have a throwback to Gangs of New York as Steve decides to get the dust off this alleges classic. Why did Mark go to see "I Feel Pretty" and does he? Another question...

IIAB Season 14 Episode 16 - Deadpool 2, Cargo, Deception 25/05/2018

May 25, 2018 11:31

Steve is on a roll watching super hero films, but can his not quite hatred-very nearly enjoyment of Avengers:Infinity War become a streak with Deadpool 2? Mark and Mike discuss how useless most hobbits are in the apocalypse in our review of Netflix's Cargo. Lastly Steve reviews one of the tv shows called Deception, though Mike couldn't make out quite which one.

IIAB Season 14 Episode 15 - Safe, Patrick Melrose, Evil Genius 18/05/2018

May 18, 2018 11:31

What if someone who played Sherlock Holmes played a character a bit like that, but different; or in other words what do our in-house cumberbitches think of Patrick Melrose? Dexter finds an english accent and some distinctly Madeline McCann parental behaviors in Netflix show Safe. Lastly we look at documentary Evil Genius and debate the merits of explosive decapitation

IIAB Season 14 Episode 14 - Avengers: Infinity War, You Were Never Really Here, The Crossing 11/05/2018

May 11, 2018 11:31

How many superheroes is enough? Marvel plainly couldn't figure this out so they decided to go with; All Of Them, in Avengers: Infinity War. We have a look at whether 'all' is too much. Joaquin Phoenix returns to our screens for You Were Never Really Here, explaining how applying a hammer to the heads of child abducters is a metaphor for life. Lastly we have a look at The Crossing, both Mike and Mark found reasons to exult as the plot was revealed, but does that make it good? "Usually, no" Ste...

IIAB Season 14 Episode 13 - A Quiet Place, Lost In Space, Killing Eve 20/04/2018

April 20, 2018 09:53

While Mike was the only one alive to see the original as it came out, the gang launch into Lost In Space with gusto, wondering if the show can recapture the spirit of the original and if that was a good thing . Remember how much we talked about Ryan Gosling silent pauses? What if that was the idea of the whole film? A Quiet Place forces us to look at our appreciation of silence once more. What if Christina Yang left Seattle Grace for another hospital, only it wasn't a hospital it was a securi...

IIAB Season 14 Episode 12 - Deep State, The Terror, Ready Player One, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC) 13/04/2018

April 13, 2018 09:53

The gang are not afraid to show their versatility this week as we range from NBC's revival of Jesus Christ Superstar to the cartoon infested Ready Player One; there are no lengths we won't go to in reviewing content for our fans. Mike explains the Jason Statham scale in reviewing Deep State and we finish up with what defines TV coldness in Arctic exploration as we shiver through The Terror

IIAB Season 14 Episode 11 - Krypton, Pacific Rim: Uprising, Blockers 06/04/2018

April 06, 2018 09:53

After a week's break we dive headfirst into the oceanic slobberknocker between giant monsters and giant robots, the kind of fight where nobody loses, except possibly the fans, and definitely Tokyo; Pacific Rim: Uprising! It turns out that Derry Girls and Krypton have an actor in common as we review this YA offering focused on Superman's Grandad. Lastly we see what happens when John Cena decides no daughter of his gets to have sex in comedy Blockers. Also, Mike and Steve watch things in foreig...

IIAB Season 14 Episode 10 - Hitlers Circle of Evil, Collateral, TombRaider 23/03/2018

March 23, 2018 09:53

Okay rest assured people, Mike is back so the hotly contested Madeline McCann debate can resume! Other topics up for debate this week is whether the rise of feminism helped or hurt the latest Tomb Raider movie. No objectification here people, as Mark is all over it. Steve seems to want to smash the patriarchy also, though there is a general confusion on how that affects men's abs. Mark wrestles with the eternal question - Brad Pitt or Will Smith, settling this time with World War Z, though th...

IIAB Season 14 Episode 9 - Money Heist, The Outsider, Annihilation 16/03/2018

March 16, 2018 11:54

Mike is AWOL this week leaving Steve and Mark to battle on gamely reviewing a slew of movies and tv. Netflix offering Annihilation has us reminiscing on the days of straight to tv, while Money Heist brings up the cultural divide; Steve desperately trying to raise Mark's brow sufficiently to where he can read subtitles. Steve reviews the Outsider, leaving Mark to tackle 50 Shades Freed and Pitch Perfect 3 in a recliner for some reason?

IIAB Season 14 Episode 8 - The Looming Tower, Red Sparrow, Ladybird 09/03/2018

March 09, 2018 09:25

We have ladybirds, sparrows, towers, FBI, CIA, handmaids, arguments, debates and banter. In short we cover everything from the List to the Oscars with time for a few stories of our own misadventures thrown in for good measure. Spoiled, spoiled you are!

IIAB Season 14 Episode 7 - This Close, Troy Fall Of A City, Seven Seconds 02/03/2018

March 02, 2018 11:28

Wall to wall TV this week starting with a far ranging debate on whether remaking Seven Seconds in a foreign language would make it a better show and if we really forgive show runner Veena Sud for The Killing. Troy: Fall of a City sounds like a histocumentary so picture our glee when it opens with a romp in a hayfield, but is it rompy-good or chafey-bad. Last up is This Close, a show in english with full subtitles required; confusing? Let the Bicycrew explain in our first March episode!

IIAB Season 14 Episode 6 - Stargate Origins, Everything Sucks!, Black Panther 23/02/2018

February 23, 2018 11:53

As usual the MCU divides the camp as we review the film everyone in the world seems to be watching, Black Panther. Stargate is back to tell us where it all started in Stargate Origins. Everything Sucks! if you were in high school back in 1996, this Netflix comedy attempts to explain why, as we argue about what they are explaining and the validity of Mike being interested in a show featuring teens because it looks like they are going to have sex, shame Mike, shame.

IIAB Season 14 Episode 5 - Absentia , Corporate, Young Offenders 16/02/2018

February 16, 2018 11:53

Love is in the air this week as the team reflect on what Valentine's Day means to all of them. We tackle dissent head on with new tv show Absentia and Mike laments that everyone doesn't work in an office while reviewing Corporate. Steve and Mark practice Cork accents again in discussing Young Offenders, not brought to the small screen by TV 3.

IIAB Season 14 Episode 4 - Altered Carbon, The Cloverfield Paradox, The Post 02/02/2018

February 09, 2018 11:53

Damn! The Cloverfield Paradox sure has some knickers in a twist, but who is wearing them and who is doing the twisting? Does Mike's Meryl Streep ban continue when we attempt to review the Post? What is high concept Sci Fi and does it mean that Altered Carbon is good. All fine questions, but better yet; all answered in this week's episode!

IIAB Season 14 Episode 3 - The Alienist, The Darkest Hour 02/02/2018

February 02, 2018 11:53

Uncomfortable seems to be the word of the week as Mark and Mike catch up on the Handmaid's Tale, though Mike takes the time to explain the cultural differences in what we saw and what we thought we saw (a puddytat?). As part of more regularly scheduled programming the team review Oscar hopeful Darkest Hour and try to figure out if talking is actually an action. On the small screen, Steve explains why the Alienist has no actual aliens in it.

IIAB Season 14 Episode 02 - Brittannia, Black Lightning, Mollys game 26/01/2018

January 26, 2018 11:53

This week the gang try to work out if a super here created in 1970 by DC comics to introduce some diversity still works in the backdrop of a much more diverse 2018 Universe with Black Lightening. Mark thinks Brittania is like too much lemongrass, but what does that even mean? In Mollly's Game the duo of Mike and Steve battle it out to see whose polarized opinion has the most weight. All of this and Mike finally shares his view on Star Wars: The Last Jedi, it might not be what you expect!

IIAB Season 14 Episode 01 aka What we watched over Christmas! 19/01/2018

January 19, 2018 11:53

Its been tought to get us all in the one room over the break, but we are back together for a Post-Christmas round up of not a single Christmas movie! We do watch lots of non-jinglebell-infested tv and film so strap on and enjoy the first of what might be a 20 Great-teen!

IIAB Season 13 Episode 10 - Knightfall , The pirates of Somalia, Star Wars: The Last Jedi 22/12/2017

December 22, 2017 15:29

The wait is finally over and The Bicycrew get their dark side loaded teeth into Star Wars: The Last Jedi, will Luke Skywalker live up to Mark's expectations? Steve dives into more real events with DocuDrama Pirates of Somalia, while real events get mixed with soap opera and mildly hurty-blood in Knightfall. Sometimes there's no point getting out of bed, but with mobile phone technology, you can hear all this without needing to!

IIAB Season 13 Episode 9 - Marvel's Runaways, Godless, 6 Days 08/12/2017

December 08, 2017 15:29

The best thing about being a bicycler or bicyclette is that its Christmas every Friday! In this episode Mark spins a tale of Winter woe as we delve into all of Mike's TV and Film debasement. If Pretty Little Liars had superpowers you'd get Marvel's Runaways, we decide if that is a good thing. Steve breaks the golden rule by adding miniseries Godless to the list and Mark continues to shock everyone in his willingness to learn about world events with 6 Days, a recounting of the Iranian Embassy...

IIAB Season 13 Episode 8 - The School, Punisher, The Farthest 01/12/2017

December 01, 2017 15:29

In this episode we spend a very long time not talking about tv and film but get there in the end as we relive our geek childhood memories in Voyager Probe documentary The Farthest. How hurty-hurty is hurty-hurty-blood series Punisher? We delve deep in describing just how gratuitous violence affects our viewing pleasure and finish up by reviewing RTE's net mockumentary The School

IIAB Season 13 Episode 07 - Justice League, Geostorm, A Bad Mom's Christmas 10/11/2017

November 24, 2017 14:32

So the weeks stretched long with no sign of a new podcast, but after many missed appointments, excuses and finger pointing we managed to get together long enough to record a new episode! Having had a fortnight to gather TV and Film from far and wide, this is definitely bumper episode! But is that a bumper episode as in bloated with dead weight or a beefy one with lots of exciting and interesting review-musculature? Listen and decide Bicyfan!

IIAB Season 13 Episode 5 - Valor, Mindhunters, American Made 20/10/2017

October 27, 2017 09:57

Fight-Copter meets catwalk in Valor. Jack Crawford's ancestors in the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit try to figure out what makes face-eaters tick in Mindhunters. The Cruiser makes all kaaahnds of gainz in American Made. Mark shows an appalling lack of respect for Blade Runner.

IIAB Season 13 Episode 4 - IT, Suburra, The Gifted 20/10/2017

October 20, 2017 09:57

Roman bad guys play Mafia in Suburra. Politics tastes gangsta style in The Mayor. Bill Compton drops the fangs and picks up his X-Men birthday badge in The Gifted. Mike offers a feminist perspective on horror smash IT.

IIAB Season 13 Episode 03 - SEAL Team, The Good Doctor, Una 06/10/2017

October 06, 2017 09:57

Mark and Steve fly solo this week proving once and for all who the talent on the show is, or isn't! Gaining additional perspective on SEAL Team through the use of Mark's eyes, Steve describes how he would have liked it if he wasn't himself. The crew argues about Una, for completely different reasons than men typically argue over women. Last off the list The Good Doctor again shows why Mark did and Steve didn't watch Grey's Anatomy!

IIAB Season 13 Episode 02 - Hitman's Bodyguard, Star Trek: Discovery, The Deuce 29/09/2017

September 29, 2017 09:57

After a month's break the gang finally drag themselves to the Is It A Bicycle Complex to record a bumper episode of TV and Film reviews. We talk about dicks, again, this time for American Vandal. Confession Tapes from Netflix has nothign to do with Mike's weekend. THe length of the Deuce has Mark lamenting and fractions, strangely, are hotly debated as we discuss Strike: Cuckoo's Calling One Third. Hitman's Bodyguard and The Dark Tower is the closet we get to Blockbuster, but Netflix puts up ...

IIAB Best of Season 8 22/09/2017

September 22, 2017 09:57

In case you missed all the jokes when they landed, or just want to hear them again, here is the Best of Season 8! Regular episodes back next week as we try and sort out our eternal scheduling battle to meet up and podcast!

IIAB Season 13 Episode 01 - Atomic Blonde , Get Shorty, Astronauts: Do you have what it takes 01/09/2017

September 01, 2017 09:57

This week, Steve shows up Mike and Shona who haven't done their homework. Instead, the gang chat about everything they're watching this week. Opinions are thrown in for good measure on credible tv pursuits like Mayweather v Mcgregor and a spoiler-free Game of Thrones discussion, to the less credible - hate-watching Fifty Shades of Grey and Celebs Go Dating. Steve, ever the professional, gives us his reviews of new tv remake Get Shorty starring Ireland's favourite dufus, Chris O'Dowd. In Astro...

IIAB Season 12 Episode 23 - Mr Mercedes , Atypical, Wakefield 11/08/2017

August 25, 2017 09:57

After an unexpected sabbatical last week, the crew are back together. Mark laments the professionalism and lack of sexism on the show while we review the Bryan Cranston move Wakefield. Family life is front and center on the show as we move from an exploration of Marriage that might have been a better play, to the effects of autism on dating with Netflix's Atypical. Women's Rugby gets another look in as Shona laments the Irish games and we round out the show talking about Stephen King tv adapt...

IIAB Season 12 Episode 22 - Swedish Dicks, Comrade Detective, Icarus 11/08/2017

August 11, 2017 09:57

This week Steve tries to battle bad broadband and loses, leaving Mark and Shona to steer the ship and try not to break anything. Mark tells us about Swedish Dicks (it's not what you think); these dicks are private investigators who aren't even a mixed gender duo. And Comrade Detective makes us wonder about how you can make a tv show about bad overdubbing. For our film we look at Icarus, the Netflix documentary on doping, with a twist of testosterone injections and a side of international co...

IIAB Season 12 Episode 21 - Room 104, Somewhere Between, The Founder 04/08/2017

August 04, 2017 09:57

Apologies for the sound gremlins this week folks. No apologies from ABC however for Somewhere Between, a murder-thriller cross between Groundhog Day and a hernia. Having blown their budget on Game of Thrones, HBO hits the low rent district in Room 104, an anthology of shorts set in a motel room. Michael Keaton tells us the sometimes brutal history of the Big Mac in The Founder.

IIAB San Diego Comic Con Special 01/08/2017

August 01, 2017 09:57

Shaun is back with tales from San Diego Comic-Con 2017! And he's bringing hot takes on Atomic Blonde and never before seen shows like Marvel's The Defenders, Ghosted, The Gifted, and Deception. He and his wife Rachel, a first time bicycaster, delve deep into the best and worst bits of the biggest pop culture circus in South California.