The Best of the Worst
Pop Rocket
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4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 27 December 2017
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
This week, Guy Branum and the gang discuss their favorite "so bad it's good" movies, tv, and music. How was Small Wonder a real thing? What's the difference between schlock, schmatlz, and just straight up bad? Plus, Wynter has a few words on 45 in the Hall of Presidents, Karen just watched Masterminds, Margaret takes a 1 second video, and Guy loves Beatriz at Dinner.
With Guy Branum, Wynter Mitchell, Karen Tongson and Margaret Wappler.
That’s My Jam:
Margaret Wappler - Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
Karen Tongson - Wham - Last Christmas
Wynter Mitchell - Bjork - Arisen my Senses
Guy Branum - Lou Bega - Mambo No 5
Each week we’ll add everyone’s jams to this handy Spotify playlist.
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Produced by Christian Dueñas for MaximumFun.org.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, hey there I am Guy Branham and welcome to Pop Rock at a weekly show picking over all the pop culture we love to love. |
| 0:14.1 | I'm sorry I wasn't as high-pitched and enthusiastic as I am most times when I do this. |
| 0:18.7 | Sometimes I just have a different mood going on you guys. |
| 0:20.9 | You can't blame me for it. All right with me to talk |
| 0:23.8 | TV film music and anything that's entertaining are digital |
| 0:27.0 | strategist Winter Mitchell. Hello hello hello. |
| 0:30.4 | Hello hello. Hi guys. Hey how you doing? I'm good. You've got very Hello. No, actually. You look more like a Jedi master? I was going to say, I was going to go the Jedi |
| 0:46.0 | Red. Thank you. That's great. More Jedi masters with buns I would like to see. Maybe |
| 0:52.0 | Quaigon had one. We got journalist and novelist Margaret Wopler. |
| 0:56.5 | Hey Guy, what's up? I'm just feeling a little bit, I'm like not quite sick sick I'm just like tired all the time. |
| 1:05.0 | Yeah I feel you and we well you're literally turning your body into a beverage for someone else to eat so it makes sense that you're tired. |
| 1:15.0 | I look like one big slurpy to most people. |
| 1:18.0 | And we got pop culture scholar in Dyke about town, Karen Toxen. |
| 1:22.0 | Hey guy, hi racketeers. culture scholar in Dyke about town, Karen Toxen. |
| 1:22.6 | Hey guy, hi racketeers. |
| 1:25.4 | What are you turning into a beverage these days, |
| 1:28.1 | Karen? |
| 1:29.1 | I'm just turning into a giant laca at this point. |
| 1:32.2 | I'm essentially made of shredded onion and potatoes. |
| 1:35.0 | I'm not going to ask you whether my lockas were the best because I have confidence in my |
| 1:41.4 | larkas. My game is strong. They were tight. I know my |
| 1:45.7 | apple sauce was over reduced. Coming up on this week's show we're going to be talking |
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