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The Idiot Boxers – Episode 7

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In this very special episode: The Idiot Boxers give their take on various season finales and prepare for others, in particular the LOST finale, which wasn’t aired at the time of recording. They also bitch about V at least three times in the show. They cover TV schedules for the fall, then Sound-Off about campaigns to save shows and homages to musicals before moving on to some TV-on-DVD and giving their Idiot Recommendations.

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Episode 165 – FatGruber!

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On This Week’s Show: Kevin and Neil take a look at the latest installment of the Shrek franchise while debating if Human Centipede is actually more disturbing than more of those films. They also give some 80s action movie love to MacGruber! Finally, the Fat Guys promise to play a listener voice mail but deny that pleasure to the listening audience. It’s how they assert their power over their minions.


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Episode 164 – Robin Fat

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On This Week’s Show: Kevin and Neil see the summer movie season coming to a speed bump as they lay into Robin Hood before declaring Letters to Juliet a better movie while they haven’t had a chance to see Just Wright. They also lay down a Fat Guy Five: Five Better Robin Hood Movies.


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The Idiot Boxers – Episode 6

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In this very special episode: The Idiot Boxers dance a jig and talk about how awesome some of the shows are looking for may sweeps, like 24, FlashForward and Lost. They also bemoan the success of the wretchedly dreadful V before rattling off some TV renewal news. During the Sound-Off, Merrill and Kevin look at shows in trouble and the evolution of The Office before reviewing some TV-on-DVD and handing out some Idiot Recommendations.

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Episode 163 – Iron Fat 2XL

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On This Week’s Show: Kevin is sick but Neil keeps the show moving. The Fat Guys give some love to Iron Man 2 before being inspired to lay down a Fat Guy Five about awesome superhero sequels, which wasn’t very easy to come up with.


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Episode 162 – A Furry Nightmare on Fat Street

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On This Week’s Show: Kevin and Neil suffer Furry Vengeance at the hands of Brendan Fraser, then explain the horrors of A Nightmare on Elm Street are nothing compared to the pain of Fraser in Yum Yum sweats. They also play a listener voice mail and lay down a Fat Guy Five about death in the Plantinum Dunes flicks.


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The Idiot Boxers – Episode 5

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In this very special episode: The Idiot Boxers are ramping up for May sweeps with anticipation of finales in 24 and Lost. They also invite a special guest into the Magical Studio in the Sky – the Prophet Muhammed, who wears a bear costume but doesn’t speak for fear of retribution. This leads Kevin and Merrill to talk about some more controversial topics, including the most recent South Park episodes, Conan’s move to TBS and an Idiot Boxer rage-out at Ugly Betty… and one final topic so controversial that the network demanded censorship!

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Episode 161 – The Back-Up Fat

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On This Week’s Show: Kevin is beaten down after suffering through The Back-Up Plan while Neil wisely only saw The Losers this week. They also talk about the family-friendly Oceans from DisneyNature and throw down a Fat Guy Five about Five Badass Teams of Dudes… and no, that is not what it sounds like initially.


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Episode 160 – Kick Fat at a Funeral

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On This Week’s Show: Kevin and Neil geek out over Kick-Ass and hate themselves for finding Death at a Funeral funny. They also slap around Joss Whedon over The Avengers movie and listen to a voice mail. Finally, they lay down a new Fat Guy 5: Five Hilarious Movie Deaths.


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The Idiot Boxers – Episode 4

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In this very special episode: In catch-up mode, the Idiot Boxers cover the slate of TV from the beloved 24 (RIP… sniff, sniff) to what show ABC wants to use as a replacement for LOST. They buzz about a Star Wars sit com and the loss of Merrill’s favorite new show Sons of Tucson. Kevin rants about Grey’s Anatomy and both Idiots lay into reality TV.

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Episode 159 – Fat Night

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On This Week’s Show: Neil and Kevin get a babysitter so they can have a Date Night and also become The Runaways. They also play some listener voice mails and celebrate a Fat Guys Five about which movies to avoid on date night.


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The Idiot Boxers – Episode 3

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In this very special episode: Couch potatoes Kevin Carr and Merrill meet up again in the Magical Studio in the Sky to bring you a rapid-fire review of the many TV shows on the internet. Merrill laments the cancellation of 24 while Kevin bursts his bubble by suggesting (or rather, predicting) that the planned feature film will be shot in 3D. This leads into an Idiot Sound-Off about TV-to-movie adaptations. And Merrill continues to not comprehend the lengthy run of Doctor Who.

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Episode 158 – Fat of the Titans

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On This Week’s Show: Neil returns to the Magical Studio in the Sky to clash with Kevin over movies this week. They also talk Tyler Perry, Miley Cyrus, 3D and various other sundry topics. They skip the Fat Guy Five in order to read some iTunes reviews and play some listener voicemails (even though Kevin has seemed to have lost the one from Thomas from Seattle… sorry Thomas).


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Second Reel Ep. 9 – A Conversation with Johnathan Rand

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On This Episode: Kevin sits down for an interview with Johnathan Rand, the author of the American Chillers series. Johnathan takes some time to talk about his multiple book series, his success self-publishing his own work and some future television and movie projects.

You can visit Rand’s ChillerMania off I-75 in Indian River, Michigan, or check out AmericanChillers on the web.

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The Idiot Boxers – Episode 2

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In this very special episode: After flight delays in New York caused last week’s episode to be pre-empted, couch potatoes Kevin Carr and Merrill Barr sit down to catch up on their boob tube viewing. This episode features a listener voice mail, some politically incorrect humor and an Idiot Boxer smackdown over the new Late Night Wars.

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