While loved by many, only in recent years has anime started hitting the main stream in North America. And while there are plenty of great anime films out there, the movie of this week might be the most influential one that would end up changing anime forever. This week join Tuong La and Anime Enthusiast Amanda Parker as they talk about biker gangs in Neo-Tokyo, super powered children, and a whole lot of cartoon violence in 1988’s Akira!
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Smooches to you and yours! The Punch Up Boys are back from within the Simulacrum to give you a very special Valentine’s Episode! Join us as we reimagine an all time romantic classic….CASABLANCA. A serial murderer…A Hard boiled detective….Crab Rangoon?? Uncover the mystery in this thrilling tale of love that will make you asks life REAL questions…..Who, What, When, Where, Why and How??
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Featuring Clare Blackwood (The Beaverton, Late Night In Canada), Emma Decorte (Hilary Duff Fan Club, Ultimate Fan Fiction Championship), and Candace Meeks (Rude Dude Takedowns, My Immortal: The Webseries). This week, the panel figures out the mechanics of Spongebob’s penis, reimagines Cupid as a thirsty troublemaker, and gets “actually horny” hearing about dinosaur genitals.
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It’s time for yet another Valentine’s Ranked Special! Music and Love have gone hand in hand since the dawn of the cavemen (probably). As long as there has been music, there have been people out there singing about their feelings for one another. So how do you make a good song from a topic that has been covered millions of times without being overly cheesy, obvious, and copying what’s come before? Join Tuong La and Palentine’s Kristy Matheson, Amanda Gulka-Armstrong, and Laura Gordon as they get hot and steamy while ranking Top 5 Love Songs!
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Ground Rules
To make this episode more fun and open any songs with the word “Love” in the title automatically count
Nominations do not have to be strictly romantic love (ie can be about loving your friends, yourself, etc.)
Any songs that invoke the feeling of love count as long as the person nominating it can argue it
Nominations can be from any genre of music
Playlist
We compiled a Valentine’s playlist featuring songs all over the love spectrum! Check it out and enjoy!
*Spoilers* Below is our Top 5 list from this episode as well as our own personal unordered lists.
Group Top 5
5. The One That Got Away – Katy Perry
4. Power of Love – Celine Dion
3. Valerie – Amy Winehouse
2. All My Life – K-Ci & JoJo
1.I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston
Tuong’s List
Love Shack – The B-52’s
Love the Way You Lie – Eminem, Rihanna
I Believe in a Thing Called Love – The Darkness
I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell
Can’t Help Falling in Love – Elvis
All You Need is Love – The Beatles
My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion
Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Queen
Yellow – Coldplay
Your Song – Elton John
My Love – Justin Timberlake
As Long as You Love Me – Backstreet Boys
What is Love – Haddaways
Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler
A Whole New World – Aladdin
Of Crows and Crowns – Dustin Kensrue
I Will Follow You Into The Dark – Death Cab for Cutie
The Girl – City and Colour
All for Love – Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, Sting
KK Love Song – Animal Crossing New Horizons
You’ll Be in My Heart – Phil Collins
Daylight – Taylor Swift
Dance me to the End of Love – Leonard Cohen
Somebody to Love – Queen
Somebody to Love – Justin Bieber
Kristy’s List
I Don’t Dance – Lee Brice
Make You Feel My Love – Adele
Valerie – Amy Winehouse
Hero – Enrique Iglesias
Crash My Party – Luke Bryan
Swing Life Away – Rise Against
Little Bit (feat. Lykke Li)
Fire and the Flood – Vance Joy
All That – Carly Rae Jepsen
The One That Got Away – Katy Perry
Teenage Dream – Katy Perry
When I Was Your Man – Bruno Mars
That’s What I Like – Bruno Mars
Harvest Moon – Neil Young
Kiss Me – Sixpence None the Richer
Amanda’s List
November Rain – Guns N’ Roses
My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion
Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
Super Market Flowers – Ed Sheeran
The Power of Love – Celine Dion
(I’ve had) The Time of My Life – Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes
Make you Feel My Love – Adele
I Would Do Anything For Love – Meatloaf
I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith
Jolene – Dolly
My Endless Love – Lionel Richie
Ho Hey – Lumineers
What I Wouldn’t Do – Serena Ryder
I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston
Your Love Is My Drug – Ke$ha
Laura’s List
The Lady in Red – Chris de Burgh
Love Hurts – Nazareth
Stop! In the Name of Love – The Supremes
I’ll Be There For You – The Rembrandts
Wannabe – Spice Girls
Unchained Melody – Righteous Brothers
I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston/Dolly Parton
“Why do I want to attend Harvard? If I was white, would you even have to ask me that question?”
Geeky kids. A party gone wrong. Geeky kids are forced into a life or death situation involving drugs. These are all beats from thousands of other movies that we’ve seen before. So is it possible to have a unique perspective with these well worn tropes? Short answer: YES! This week join Tuong and special guest Stenley Philippe as they discuss Rick Famuyiwa’s Comedy/Drama drug-filled adventure – Dope (2015)!
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Angus and Sal are visited by Paranormal Investigator Lionella Bosworth (Sarah Mckinnon, Quest Friends Forever) as she assesses the method by which the guys contained their own recent paranormal threat.
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They say life’s a jungle, and in The Jungle Book, that’s literally true. Best pals Baloo and Bagheera are along for the ride as the Disney Dummies accompany our main not-quite-a-man Mowgli across swinging vines and down roaring rivers, all while dodging the clutches of the evil Shere Khan.
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These days when you say Saturday Night Live we often think about the weekly sketch show featuring a famous Hollywood guest host and some popular music artist. But Saturday Night Live is far more than a bunch of sketches. Over the years, SNL has put out a ton of original movies based on it’s sketches, among other things, and put these ideas on the big screen. This week on Talkin’ Tuong, Tuong and Improv Niagara/The Constant Struggle’s Brie Watson take a look at Will Forte’s third-rate MacGyver, mullet loving, throat ripping action hero – MacGruber (2010)!
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Featuring Korri Birch (Good News Toronto), Emilie Overton (Blood Relations), and Brie Watson (The Second City, Improv Niagara). This week, the panel debates who would win a rap battle in the Shrek universe, which Game of Thrones characters are “attainable,” and the most dramatic voting round yet.
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Pull up those overalls and throw on your neon tracksuits because this week we are going back to the 90’s!
Aiight home skillet, do we have the episode for YOU today! The musical era of the 90’s was, to say the least, an interesting and defining decade of what music would eventually become. Moving away from the whiny guitars and synth we got from the 80’s, we started transitioning into a variety of different sounds from the rising popularity of Pop, Hip-Hop, R&B, Grunge, and Ska/Punk. We also got our fair share of boys band and pop groups too! So this week join Tuong La and Phat and Fly guests Axandre Lemours, Colleen Wang, and Victoria Luloff as they rank ‘all that and a bag of chips’ while discussing Top 5 90’s songs!
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Ground Rules
Music has to have been released in the 90’s (Duh!)
Songs that were released in the 80’s and popularized in the 90’s don’t count
Music can be from any genre in the 90’s
Not counting Disney Songs (that basically can be it’s own podcast episode).
Covers of songs from a different decade are a bit dicey. We will possibly count it depending on how iconic the cover is.
Playlist
Waaaazaaaaaap! We compiled a hella fly playlist of all the songs that we nominated and our honourable mentions for your listening pleasure! Check it out and enjoy!
*Spoilers* Below is our Top 5 list from this episode as well as our own personal unordered lists.
Group Top 5
5. You Oughtta Know – Alanis Morissette
4. Big Poppa – The Notorious B.I.G.
3. …Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
2. Smells like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
1.Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) – Backstreet Boys
Tuong’s List
Wannabe – Spice Girls 1996
Mmmbop – Hanson
Buddy Holly – Weezer
I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith
…Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
Don’t Look Back In Anger – Oasis
Wonderwall – Oasis
Champagne Supernova – Oasis
I Want it That Way – Backstreet Boys
This is How We Do It – Montell Jordan
Creep – Radiohead
No Diggity – Blackstreet Ft. Dr Dre, Queen Pen –
Scar Tissue – Red Hot Chili Peppers
I Believe I Can Fly – R.Kelly
My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion
Barbie Girl – Aqua
Say My Name – Destiny’s Child
S Club Party – S Club 7
Tearing Up My Heart – N’Sync
Truly Madly Deeply – Savage Garden
Kiss From a Rose – Seal
Boom boom boom boom!! – Venga boys
We like to Party – Venga boys
What’s My Age Again – Blink 182
Graduation Song – Vitamin c
Gin & Juice – Snoop Dogg
My Name Is – Eminem
Can’t Touch This – MC hammer
Everlong – Foo fighters
Superman – Goldfinger
If Only – Goldfinger
Ax’s List
KILLING IN THE NAME – Rage Against the Machine
NO SCRUBS – TLC
SABOTAGE – Beastie Boys
THE WORLD IS YOURS – Nas
SEMI-CHARMED LIFE – Third Eye Blind
DOO WOP (THAT THING) – Ms. Lauryn Hill
EVERLONG – Foo Fighters
CALIFORNIA LOVE – Tupac
LOSER – Beck
I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU – Whitney Houston
BASKET CASE – Green Day
GIN & JUICE – Snoop Dogg, Daz Dillinger
STILL D.R.E. – Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg
REGULATE – Warren G, Nate Dogg
SHORT SKIRT / LONG JACKET – Cake
DISARM – Smashing Pumpkins
FIGHT THE POWER – Public Enemy
BIG POPPA – Biggie
ALL STAR – Shrek
EVERYBODY – Backstreet Boys
Colleen’s List
Backstreet boys – I Want it That Way, As Long as You Love Me
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Britney Spears – …Baby One More Time, Crazy
N’Sync – Tearing up my Heart, Thinking of You (I Drive Myself Crazy)
