Baconsale

Baconsale

A comedian, a movie critic, and a barber walk into a family-friendly pop culture podcast to humorously discuss movies, music, TV, food, video games & more!

Episodes

Episode 528: Schoolyard Pick – Worst Christmas Gifts

December 8, 2025 • 61 mins
‘Twas late on Christmas Eve, and Santa Claus has finished a long night of delivering gifts to all the good boys and girls around the world. He’s hung up his coat, kicked off his boots, and is just settling into his favorite chair with a hot cup of cocoa when he suddenly realizes something: he’s forgotten about poor little Zackery. Therefore, he calls his recently hired interns, Joel and Kent, to create a magical morning for Zack. ...
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Episode 527: Cable, IMAX, Erase – Christmas Edition

December 1, 2025 • 84 mins
Baconsale is kicking off the Christmas season with one of their oldest and most contentious games: Cable, IMAX, Erase. However, since this episode is holiday-themed, we’re also mixing in jolly music (Concert, iPod, Erase) and festive food (Tradition, One Bite, Erase) as we build to a compounding Christmas finale. Listen as Joel looks for loopholes, Kent attempts to be a puppet master, and Zack grinds some axes. And try not to get ...
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Episode 526: Soup! (There It Is)

November 24, 2025 • 81 mins
Grab your favorite spoon because, on this episode of Baconsale, we’re talking soup, pho real! We’ve squashed 30 popular broths, bisques, consommés, and potages into one list and Joel, Kent, and Zack are going to have to rank them. We may stir the pot a bit as we stew over which ones are best, but we’ll try not to mulligatawny over our answers too long so we can keep the excitement simmering. Listen as we ladle out details on which...
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Episode 525: The Best 2010s One-Hit Wonder (Tournament Finals)

November 17, 2025 • 81 mins
Ho! Hey! Now that we narrowed the list of 2010s one-hit wonders to 32 on the last episode (and we Feel It Still), we’re ready to Shut Up and Dance so we can finish the tournament before Friday. No song is Safe and Sound as some of the match-ups are just Too Close to call. Joel, Kent, and Zack don’t meant to be Rude, but we can’t take things Despacito, and sometimes that makes us get a little Tongue Tied. Please be our Cheerleader ...
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BaconBit: The Running Man (2025) Review

November 14, 2025 • 33 mins
We’re still here! And we’re ready to review the new film adaptation of The Running Man. Richard Bachman’s/Stephen King’s dystopian thriller novel has been adapted before as a classic 80s action flick starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, but will it be even cooler with Edgar Wright directing and Glen Powell starring in it? That’s what Kent and Zack are ready to let you know. Joel hasn’t seen the movie yet, so he’ll be leaving before the...
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Episode 524: Tournament of 2010s One-Hit Wonders

November 10, 2025 • 94 mins
Oppa Gangnam Style! On this episode of Baconsale, we’re putting one-hit wonders that were Classic around 7 Years ago on a bracket. We’ll have many Little Talks to decide which tracks are Bulletproof and which ones don’t deserve a Replay. We may leave some millennials Brokenhearted as we Say Something negative about a song they love, but Don’t You Worry Child, we don’t mean to make Waves. You just need to Let It Go. Joel, Kent, and...
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Episode 523: Aging the Movies of 2005

November 3, 2025 • 77 mins
Good morning starshine, this podcast says "hello!" And on this episode of Baconsale, we’re looking back to a time when Zack was alive and had opinions: the year 2005. However, it’s not who we are underneath, but what films we pick that defines us. And we like to move it, move it from category to category to build a shiny list of the most iconic movies of that year. Don’t panic. Sometimes Joel, Kent, and Zack have the high ground, ...
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Episode 522: Clowny Clowns Clowning Around

October 27, 2025 • 81 mins
Hey-hey, listener! Want a balloon? On this episode of Baconsale, we’re conversing about clowns, which are, apparently, no laughing matter. And no joke, Joel, Kent, and Zack (otherwise known as MeeMee, Sprinkles, and George) recorded this episode in full clown makeup. We’ll begin by foolishly attempting to juggle the vast history of buffoonery. Then we’ll seek to pinpoint when coulrophobia started creeping in to the public consciou...
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Episode 521: Invasion of the Story Snatchers

October 20, 2025 • 100 mins
We never know what to expect when we hand over the reins to you, the listener. But on this episode of Baconsale, Joel, Kent, and Zack are, once again, going to take turns reading scary stories that you submitted and watch the chaos unfold. We’ll do our best to not step on any petrifying punchlines, but there may be some slight mockery, so we don’t get too frightened. Watch out for insidious inside jokes, unnerving night chasers, g...
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Episode 520: Tiers for Fears

October 13, 2025 • 95 mins
Here at Baconsale, we understand that fear is subjective. Yes, we understand that, but that doesn’t stop us from arguing about it. Kent found a list of the scariest horror movie moments of all time, made by the streaming service Shudder, and we decided to tier 31 of these terrifying scenes. Please note that this isn’t an episode you want to listen to with your kids, since we will be describing some pretty intense parts from films ...
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Episode 519: Here in The Twilight Zone

October 6, 2025 • 101 mins
There is a podcast beyond that which is known to the listener. It is a creation as vast as cinema and as timeless as television. It is the middle ground between pop and culture, between family and friendly, and it lies between the pit of your ears and the summit of your knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is a podcast which we call Baconsale. And on this episode, we’ll be discussing The Twilight Zone. Joel, Kent, a...
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Episode 518: Mashpocalypse Now

September 29, 2025 • 83 mins
We admit that Baconsale may sneakily be sliding into the spooky season with this episode. What’s the worst that could happen? Uh-oh, we started the apocalypse. Joel, Kent, and Zack are going to be creating original post-apocalyptic flicks right before your very ears! Utilizing the classic childhood game of M.A.S.H., we’ll be choosing the vibe, the director, the type of world-ending disaster, our iconic costumes, our weapon of choi...
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Episode 517: It’s the Final Film Show

September 22, 2025 • 78 mins

The cinematic career of every actor must end at some point, and on this episode of Baconsale we’re going to be discussing the best and worst examples of some final films. Joel has a theory that no one’s last IMDb credit is great, while Kent is just proud of himself for watching movies older than 1980. And Zack is going to be picking apart their choices as we debate cameos versus starring roles, animated voice work versus live-actio...

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Episode 516: Stand-Up and Be Counted

September 15, 2025 • 98 mins
What’s the deal with stand-up comedians? Why do they gotta be standing all the time? Can someone get these comics a chair? I’m sure their legs are tired. But seriously, folks, on this episode of Baconsale we’re doing material about some of the most famous names in stand-up comedy. Joel, Kent, and Zack have prepared some bits for such categories as Better on Stage than in Film, Makes Me Laugh Every Time, Too Blue to Be Funny, Favor...
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Episode 515: WWBD For You and Me

September 8, 2025 • 95 mins
Every couple years, we get the urge to ask ourselves, “What Would Baconsale Do?” So that’s what we’re doing on this episode of the podcast. However, instead of one host asking all the questions, this time Joel, Kent, and Zack are all going to take turns picking the brains of the other two with bizarre, humorous, and thought-provoking questions. You’ll hear some classic WWBD categories including shopping cart situations and would y...
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Episode 514: Rank Me a Sandwich

September 1, 2025 • 89 mins
Let’s (open) face it, sandwiches are pretty much the best thing since sliced bread. And on this episode of Baconsale, we’re going to be tiering 27 of the most popular sandwich types in the world. Joel, Kent, and Zack will be ranking Reubens, chatting about cheesesteaks, musing on Monte Cristos, grilling each other about gyros, babbling on about bologna, talking about tuna fish, and pondering peanut butter & jelly. We’ll conduc...
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Episode 513: End of 2025 Movie Preview

August 25, 2025 • 69 mins
Wake Up Dead Man, it’s time for Baconsale to take A Big Bold Beautiful Journey and look ahead to the films releasing this fall and winter. We’ll begin by Conjuring up the Last Rites for the movies we want to bomb. It’s One Battle After Another as we take The Long Walk through all that Fire and Ash. However, The End Continues when we use our podcast For Good and give our picks for each film we think is a Good Boy. This episode can ...
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Episode 512: Ranking Your Hot Takes

August 18, 2025 • 90 mins
Joel, Kent, and Zack are sweating here in the Baconcave, because we asked you, the listener, to send us your hot takes about pop culture subjects, and you delivered. So now it’s up to us to determine the temperature (Fahrenheit or Celsius) of your strongly worded opinions and decide which ones will sit at the top of the Baconsale hot take thermometer. We hope you enjoy our debates about your controversial (and sometimes hyperbolic...
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Episode 511: Are We Not Men? We Are Divo!

August 11, 2025 • 98 mins
Sweet Caroline! Baconsale is Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door and finally doing a sequel to our diva episode. However, this time we’re giving you the Satisfaction of hearing us debate All Night Long about some of the greatest male singers of all time. We know you have a Burning Love for many of the men in this tournament, and we’re Sorry you may Feel like we’re being Heartless, but as The Thunder Rolls, we must Sacrifice some of these He...
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Episode 510: You Are the Dancing Scene

August 4, 2025 • 77 mins
Is everybody ready to cut Footloose? Because we’ve choreographed this episode of Baconsale to be all about famous dance scenes in film. And will Joel, Kent, and Zack be singin’ (in the rain) and dancing as they share their picks for such categories as Always Puts a Smile on My Face, Best Solo Dance Number, I Could Totally Do That, Memorable for the Wrong Reasons, and Hall of Fame? Bet on it. We’ve got canned heat in our heels and ...
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