1015. Inside Dads: Volcano, and Other Disaster Films

Small Beans

Comedy

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Our limited series with co-hosts Abe Epperson and David Bell digs deep into the internet meme of the “dad movie.” We can all probably name a dad movie, but can we isolate the tropes that really make this a bona fide film genre? Let’s find out! Features: Abe Epperson: https://bsky.app/profile/abeepp.bsky.social David Bell: https://bsky.app/profile/moviehooligan.bsky.social Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-small-beans-store

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0:00.0	It's time for Dad's now.
0:07.0	Look.
0:09.0	It's all about dads.
0:12.0	I don't want you talking about anything but Dads, because it's all dad's now
0:24.1	yeah it's inside dad's.
0:37.1	It's hotter than hell.
0:39.1	Do you know that that's the tagline?
0:41.1	Oh, that's great.
0:42.6	Tagline to Volcano from 1997.
0:46.9	Starring Thomas Lee Jones.
0:49.5	Hot and sweaty, just as you like him.
0:52.2	Mm-hmm.
0:52.9	Oh, God, yeah.
0:53.8	And covered in ash. Mm-hmm. So they all look the same, them. Mm-hmm. Oh, God, yeah. And covered in ash.
0:55.9	So they all look the same, Abe.
0:58.1	I love that scene so much.
1:00.7	Hey, everybody.
1:02.0	Hi.
1:03.3	We don't do bullshit.
1:04.9	We don't do bullshit.
1:05.8	We just get right into what you want, which is the content, which is us too talking about dads. That's
1:13.5	right. It's inside dads. I'm Abe. That's Dave. We're not actual dads, but we like to think
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