Throw in the Pal
Welcome to Throw in the Pal, a podcast where three mildly talented, majorly struggling actors attempt the impossible in looking for fresh material to mine for online discourse. And wouldn’t you know it, turns out movie’s are a thing, so that’s what we’re going with! Every fortnight, Frank, Marcus, and Tom bat about their opinions on a new film, trying to persuade each other that they have the hottest take in the room. It rarely gets violent, but it’s always a little silly. Enjoy Pals!
Episodes
(To the tune of the Australian National Anthem)
Odysseus led quite the course
He sailed to foreign lands
He hid inside a wooden horse
While his men shit their pants
They shit and shit and shit and shit
Their pants were filled to burst
Would they say that it was worth it
Or they were darkly cursed?
That horse was filled with so much shit
It's aaaaaaa prettttttty good prraaaaaaaank!
You think he's Good? Yeah, well, that's John like, your opinion, man.
Filmmakers in the '90s were so preoccupied with whether or not they Yabba Dabba could, they didn't stop to think if they Yabba Dabba should.
What's the best thing about 2026? That there's 20 of them! Get it? No? Well maybe get along to the humour hospital and check yourself into the I-peee-yeeew, cos you've got yourself a seriously stinky case of the no-funny-bones, and my uncle died from that and it was hilarious! Anyway, 2026 has been a weird year for movies, come listen to us sorta talk about it a little, kinda.
Are the Pals gonna be all, "Dis-whoa-sure Yay!" or more like, "Dis-no-sure Way!" after watching this balls-to-the-wall, four-on-the-floor, don't-stop-til-you-drop, wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am powerhouse movie that honestly I'm sorta stalling here because I've forgotten the name of -- something to do with disco, could that be right? -- directed by Steven, I wanna say, Segal? Am I kinda close and, also, can anyone else taste pennies?
What do you call an egotistical musician who secretly wants to be an even more egotistical actor? A pre-Madonna.
Have you ever wandered into a strange space where everything seems a little off, like the furniture is wonky and strangely oriented, the lighting is disconcerting, there are people you sort of half-recognise and a tall, blurry presence off in the corner who seems to be in command of the weirdly liminal environs, and then everyone starts kissing as ABBA starts playing, and someone hands you a cup of something purple and you say, "I ...
What do you call it when a bunch of people start running en masse out of church and frantically renouncing their faith?
Why do we Pal? So we can learn to throw ourselves back into podcasting! This modern comic book classic shifted the paradigm, lifting this bat who crime fights to the heights of an all-knew manner of acclaim with a brand new grand design, not Banner but a Bruce of a different hue, a Wayne whose world wasn't big enough for both him and you-know-who, a Ghul of a different shape, a cruel kinda cityscape, a brooding Bale with a tooled-u...
What is love? Baby don't hurt me... don't hurt me... no Thor.
Thor: Ragnarök is the story of a man attempting to come to terms with his dormant potential, when he has been doubted for so long by so many, coming as he does from a far away land where people dress and speak funny, abiding by odd customs and always seeming to stand out from the crowd, yet determined as ever to fight for the recognition he believes he is owed. His name is Taika Waititi, and this is the tale of the last time people...
People are always talking about how good urns are in the east (they won't shup up about it!), but have you ever stopped to consider: what's the best west urn? And if you're thinking '70s urns, '80s urns or - God help you - '90s urns, we'd all like to know what Marty McFly's like in person, cos you livin' in the past, sucka, and gotta come back to nowadays and think about the Best West Urns of the 21st Century. What do you think hap...
The fact of the matter is The Faculty Is the narrative we're chatting 'bout as Pals Full of splatters and a characteristic tendency For embattled adolescents in a grapple with a parasitic entity To enact their personas through apparel that apparently embellishes their evident identity While they barricade their perils to their detrimental mental states, attempting to ameliorate their differences to neutralise their enmity And Josh ...
Sitcoms are the backbone of television, and just like your actual backbone, they degrade over time and often end in sh!t. But occasionally they produce stars, or sorta stars, or at least stardust particles, that find their way to the big screen. Which sitcom casts have blasted past their dominion to hit some pinnacle in cinema or beyond? Time to find out what the Pals are talkin bout, Willis.
What's the best strategy to get taxi-drivin' Margaret's attention?
Or what could I say in order to compel a lady quite contrary to violently vomit frozen rain?
In fact, what is perhaps the closest near-perfect rhyme for the all-too-common social justice slogan, "Protect gay Clefairy"?
That's right: Project Hail Mary.
As it turns out, also a movie.
Do you have 2020 vision? Not like these Pals! All they see is 2020 everywhere they look. It's a problem; someone call a doctor! Or, wait, maybe a... director? Oh, now you're cooking with gas. Wait, what's that smell? A new Short and Sweet discussing the Best Directors of the 2020s so far? And also gas?! Jackpot.
Featuring:
Emma Seligman - Shiva Baby + Bottoms Zach Cregger - Barbarian + Weapons Sean Baker - Red Rocket + Anora The Dani...
Bust out the Hamnet and start rounding up some porkers cos we're gonna choo-choo down to Train Dream station faster than an F1 race, on the lookout for Sinners with no sense or Sentimental Value about 'em, keeping dapper as a Secret Agent and fiery as an Italian nonna yelling, "Bugonia!" at a buncha busy-bodies, ping ponging like Marty Supreme day after day, night after night, One Battle After A-f$^&ing-nother. FRANKENSTEIN!
Oscar? I hardly know... him?! The pals (sans Marcus) throw out predictions and aspersions for the 98th Annual Academy Awards. Let's go!
A hyperlink is a device you click to try connect two quite distinct online-type things. While a rom-com is the short form for a popular sub-gen where love's wrongs go right. Combined, we get films filled brimming with stars, far-flung yet spun together as they are, By fate's whimsy, not always crisply done, more often flimsy, but grins and fun, regardless, Tend to come from watching these sorta movies. Groovy?
There are many things that TITP - OBAA could commonly be an acronym for:
- Trampolining is the Problem - Our Butts are Aching
- Teaching Idiots to Pilot - Oh Boy, Airplane Armageddon!
- Two Inches, Ten Pregnancies - Orgy Blunders at Armidale
- Take 'im to Paris - Oooh Bonjour, Ami Ancien
But this week, weirdly, it stands for Throw in the Pal - One Battle After Another.
Go figure.
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