Letting Them Talk with WIll Harris - Ep. 13 - Mat Bradley-Tschirgi (The Films of Eddie Murphy / Uwe Boll / Star Trek video games)

This time, I'm letting Mat Bradley-Tschirgi talk.

Mat's a fellow pop culture writer - because, you know, we’re all in this thing together, you guys - and he and I follow each other on social media. We have a number of similar pop culture likes, but I was still surprised and honored when he asked me if I’d give a read to his latest book and do a blurb for it. I happily agreed, because, c’mon, when someone says, “I’ve just written a book called ‘The Films of Eddie Murphy’ and I’d like you to read it,” who’s gonna say “no” to that?

As it happens, it turned out to be a very worthwhile “yes,” since Mat did the full deep dive into Murphy’s career, either revisiting – or, in some cases, watching for the first time – every film in his filmography. I’m not going to pretend that I’ve seen them all, but this is one of those cases where he could say, “I did this so you don’t have to.” He didn’t say that, mind you, but it stands true nonetheless.

Of course, we talked about this book during our conversation, and we also talked about some of his other work, including his book about the video-game adaptations by Uwe Boll and his deep dive into every Star Trek video game ever made…and if you’re like me, you’ll do a double-take when he tells you how many there actually are. I’m a Trekkie, and it *still* surprised me. I also asked him to offer up some of his favorite pop culture obscurities, which he happily did.

And with that, I’ll let Mat talk…