Guys Of A Certain Age

Nope, this episode is not about Boston.  It’s a different Wicked.  This is the Wicked that is a Broadway musical hit, and somehow Robbie ended up in the theater watching it.  A musical.  Are we in an alternate universe?  And will Art and Jay sing a few tunes along the way?  You’ll have to follow the yellow brick headphones to find out.  

Meanwhile, in other worlds, another prequel is coming for the Game of Thrones universe, Joe Burrow is rumored to have purchased the Tumbler that was supposed to go to Jay for Christmas, and Jay does a deep dive into a voice actor every fan of classic Christmas shows will recognize.  

Hold onto your ear pods: this episode … wait for it… defies gravity.  

It’s dark in Gotham City, and that’s just the sort of vibe that fits the Penguin’s plan to take over the city and make his mother proud.  The actors, the story, the makeup, and the very lack of Batman make The Penguin one of the best superhero-adjacent streaming series in a long time.  

\Not a fan of the Batman?  That’s okay, as long as you like the Sopranos and appreciate a good makeup artist.  Art hadn’t seen the show yet, so Jay and Robbie walk through (and under) the streets of this new tale of Gotham.  

But Art does show up for Geeks, with a potential concern about the naming of a certain actor to play Sgt. Rock, a new DC movie in the works.  Jay gets exposed for trying to bring back one of Robbie’s old Bat-Geeks (or is he just reminding them of their promise of the best Christmas present of all time?).  Robbie shares a Star Trek short video that brings back a lot of memories thanks to AI, CGI, and a lot of other acronyms (link below).  And the object of Jay’s Regrettable Segment might have been less regrettable if he could have just picked a name.  

Star Trek/765874 - Unification (4K)

Buckle up!  This episode could be a bumpy ride - but not to worry, Jay brings a playlist of airline safety videos that you might actually watch.  Art shares the passing of an iconic horror flick actor while anticipating the passing of Superman and Lois.  Tomb Robbie announces the announcement of the actress who will sit on the next Lara Croft throne.  

Then things get…regrettable.  Due to time constraints on previous episodes, and honestly - probably more interesting content - Jay didn't always get to bring his regrettable superhero segment to life.  But in lieu of the aforementioned more interesting content, it’s catch-up time.  Lucky listeners will get to hear about Fatman the Human Flying Saucer (finally, a hero Jay can identify with), Gunmaster and Bullet The Gun Boy, and the puzzling and excessively stretchy Jigsaw.  If you think the names are odd, just wait till you hear the stories.  

Regrettable?  Redeemable?  The Guys give their verdicts.  

In today’s episode, The Guys invite the legendary Samuel L. Jackson into the studio…at least honorarily.  If they’d truly had him on mic, they’re not sure an explicit rating could have been avoided.  But he was there in spirit with what may be the highest Geek Index of all time, and he’s still going!  

Listen as The Guys rack up his score, avoid quoting him, and debate about what movies are truly considered “genre movies.”  And for the 167 hours left in the week after listening to this podcast, Jay brings attention to (but is not quite ready to recommend) what may or may not be considered a genre podcast with some big names attached.  

In that same spirit, Robbie tells of a new trilogy in a major franchise, then in a wild twist of genre, gets excited about a Dock-umentary soon to come out.  While we listen and watch, Art will be preparing beverages for the pod, from a pod.  It’s all very exciting.  

This week the Guys discuss the October surprise that just occurred. No, we're not getting political.

It's just Jay and Robbie in the studio today - Art either went to lunch without them, or is lost somewhere in the galaxy.  But there's hope he'll be found!  45 years after it was published, Jay has finally read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - or rather, he listened to a nice English man read the book to him. 

He couldn't believe what he'd missed all these years, and didn't even need a fish in his ear to understand the British accent.  With all that new knowledge of interstellar travel, Art is bound to be back for the next episode. 

Meanwhile, Jay discovered (thanks, Instagram) that Ryan Reynolds likes to work with a lot of the same people, and Robbie brings news of all the shows Disney+ announced for the coming year.  Jay also brought a report of what happened when he wore his extremely limited edition Guys of a Certain Age t-shirt to the North Carolina State Fair.  No free corn dogs, but a good time was had by all.  Just like this podcast.  

Jay may be on the road this week, but Art decides to have Robbie act as his guide/advisor for an upcoming trip to Vegas to see Eagles at Sphere. Fortunately, "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" doesn't apply to Robbie's suggestions. Though we've talked about Sin City before, this one gives the lowdown on the amazing tech marvel that is Sphere.

Is it Wolfs or Wolves?  Mrs. Reed and the grammar police would use the “v” but AppleTv+ begs to differ in the title to its Clooney-PItt buddy movie, Wolfs.  Robbie and Art give it two howls while Jay makes it reluctantly unanimous.  Perhaps Jay should have just watched the movie without reading all the plot descriptions first.  

But as a whole, The Guys agree that it’s fun, it shows the classic talents of George and Brad, and also shows promise to a newish actor known primarily as “the kid”.  

And this week, for the first time, the Geek of the Week segment has an international correspondent reporting in, which means…they have a listener!  Jay might just take a hypersonic flight to Australia so he can also report from afar.  Social media critics pan Superman’s dog in Gunn’s DCU, and a Star Wars museum of galactic proportions is in the works.  Jay’s Regrettable Segment tells of another Fab Four that are neither fantastic nor musical.  

Be sure to listen to the Fab Three on this episode of the best buddy podcast of all!

Welcome to Guys of a Certain Age’s audio children’s book: Jay and Robbie go to the Emmy Awards.  And like everything else the Guys talk about on this podcast, this trip was only in their imagination.

 In fact, the bar began pretty low: they didn’t expect to have watched many of the shows that won awards, thus the extreme lack of hurry in getting this episode onto the interwebs.  But as it turned out, they were a little bit wrong (also like many things discussed on this podcast…), because The Bear won just about every category it was nominated in, including some of the categories that only Robbie understands.  And they watched that one.  

Meanwhile, as Art was out of range this week, Jay picked up the slack and followed up on his pretzel-fume reporting from a few episodes back, and wish-listed a trip to Australia for a Venom collab with Pizza Hut.  Robbie shone his green lantern on some casting announcements for the DCU, or whatever we’re calling it this week.  And an old character rises from the grave, more or less, to appear in Jay’s Regrettable segment - looks like a bat, acts like a bat, but it’s not who you think.  

On this week's Guys of a Certain Age, Robbie and Art look at 10 sci-fi movies that just have to be viewed on the big screen.