Much like the year 2024 itself, we're taking the Year of the Weasel into 2025 with the mandate "more of the same, but worse"! So in that spirit, here's Pauly Shore doing some decidedly shaky accent work in a limp Coen Brothers imitation so obscure, we didn't even know it existed until last November. But wait, don't leave yet, the score is by legendary session musician Jeff "Skunk" Baxter!
28 Nov 2024
Year of the Weasel Episode 9.5: A Totally Pauly Weazgiving Feast
Totally Pauly & Son in Law celebrate a Weazgiving feast, sharing seasonal episodes guaranteed to clear the room during Thanksgiving family gatherings.
22 Nov 2024
Episode 9: Pauly (1997)
Pauly Shore revisits his short-lived 1997 Fox sitcom, Pauly, which sank his career, but surprisingly, it's still a cringe-worthy watch.
Awoooooo! Happy Halloween, buuuu-ddies! We took a slightly longer break than anticipated, but we’re just squeaking this one minisode into the month of October to talk about some of our favorite seasonal episodes of Totally Pauly. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next month with an episode on Pauly’s 1997 return to the small screen, the ill-fated Fox sitcom Pauly (https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/pauly-tv-show/)!
YouTube version:
00:03:28 Our last episode on Bio-Dome (https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/year-of-the-weasel-episode-8-bio-dome-1996/)
00:10:40 We need someone to make a “Bud and Doyle: Thriving on Chaos” shirt that’s better than this one (https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/66233954-thriving-on-chaos-biodome?countrycode=US&utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping&utm_campaign=%5BG%5D+%5BG.NAM%5D+%5BL.ENG%5D+%5BGEN%5D+%5BC.TShirts%5D+%5BPLF%5D&utm_id=notset&utm_content=encino+man+(1992)&ar_clx=yes&ar_channel=google&ar_campaign=71700000112193843&ar_adgroup=&ar_ad=&ar_strategy=search&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=%5BG%5D+%5BG.USA%5D+%5BL.ENG%5D+%5BGEN%5D+%5BC.TShirts_Top%5D+%5BPMAX%5D&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw1Yy5BhD-ARIsAI0RbXYEmW4_vKRAN-52xaURFF_FcYqDzKOKPWou3v5syIoLdlJCltl33GkaAibnEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds#369P66233954D1V)
00:11:50 Our last minisode (https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/year-of-the-weasel-episode-7-5-weasel-pilled/)
00:12:48 Would you believe we’ve been hearing good things about Adopted (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1264103/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3)?
00:13:33 Our Son in Law episode (https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/year-of-the-weasel-episode-4-son-in-law-1993/)
00:15:14 Spaceship Earth (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11394188/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (Matt Wolf, 2020)
00:18:33 We discussed Pauly’s Mötley Crüe (http://www.dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/motley-crue/) joke (and Lenny Kravitz (https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/lenny-kravitz/)) in our May minisode (https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/year-of-the-weasel-episode-4-5-is-pauly-shore-okay/)
00:27:02 Zach still needs to get Pauly’s Record Store Day release (https://rsdmrkt.com/item/651b4b787052dfd25bccf681)
00:28:17 This upload of the Totally Pauly segment from MTV’s 1990 Shocktober Weekend also includes some interesting non-Pauly content
00:28:43 If you’re wondering why we consider Jimmy Page (https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/jimmy-page/) an enemy of the podcast, here’s the Led Zeppelin epis...
27 Sept 2024
Episode 8: Bio-Dome (1996)
Is this just acquired immunity after eight months of controlled exposure to Pauly Shore, or did we... kind of like Bio-Dome? Don't get us wrong, the movie is exactly as dumb as it looks, but it's also weirder than it needs to be, and its surprisingly positive environmental message may be just what we need in this time of climate crisis.
We're taking a slightly longer than usual break after this while Zach goes to the U.K., but we'll be back in late October with a special Halloween-themed minisode; then, it's onward to the twilight of the Weasel, a.k.a. the late '90s and early 2000s!
13 Sept 2024
Year of the Weasel Episode 7.5: Weasel-Pilled
It's been almost eight months since we started on this bogus journey, and we might be slowly losing it, but at least we're taking some of you down with us! In this extra-minisode, we share some stories about the friends online and IRL who we've started to slowly Weasel-pill. And there's still at least four months of this shitshow left for you to be next! Jump on board just for Bio-Dome in two weeks!
23 Aug 2024
Episode 7: Jury Duty (1995)
We've finally reached the movie that gave us the idea for this series (we'll let you decide if that's a good thing or a bad thing)! Jury Duty may not be great cinema--it's basically 12 Angry Men with a closed head injury--but we've both seen much worse (cough, In the Army Now). And besides, if you're looking for great cinema, you're in the wrong place, because next month we're finally watching BioDome!
9 Aug 2024
Year of the Weasel Episode 6.5: Death is No Escape
It’s a true minisode this week, as we check in on a few listener comments and give an update on the unfolding Richard Simmons (https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/richard-simmons/) biopic drama, which I guess is something we have to care about now? Anyway, Jury Duty (https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/jury-duty/) in two weeks!
Video version:
00:03:05 Our last minisode (https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/year-of-the-weasel-episode-5-5-video-weaz/)
00:04:45 Our Goofy Movie episode (https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/year-of-the-weasel-episode-6-a-goofy-movie-1995-and-an-extremely-goofy-movie-2000/)
00:10:13 “Richard Simmons’ staff and family shut down Pauly Shore over claims about late star’s social media posts (https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/richard-simmons-pauly-shore-biopic-b2589144.html)” by Tom Murray, The Independent, July 31, 2024
00:13:59 George Takei finally breaks his silence
00:18:02 Callie might be meeting Pauly this November! (https://www.comedycastle.com/event/pauly-shore-8/mark-ridleys-comedy-castle/royal-oak/)
00:18:30 Callie also met our previous podcast subject (https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/headbangers-book-club-sebastian-bachs-18-and-life-on-skid-row-part-1/), Sebastian Bach (https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/sebastian-bach/) (we edited Zach in, he wasn’t actually there)
00:18:38 She also met our very first podcast subject (https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/dystopian-halloween-party-podcast-rock-n-roll-nightmare/), Jon Mikl Thor (https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/jon-mikl-thor/), but we can’t find the picture
00:19:32 Follow us on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/dystopiangram/)!
00:19:35 Follow us on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrmmw41Y_uOw3ZPTiwLsJeQ)!
00:21:00 Theme from Silent Hill (https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/silent-hill/) by Akira Yamaoka (Konami (https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/konami/), 1998)
26 Jul 2024
Episode 6: A Goofy Movie (1995) and An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000)
If you couldn't already tell we'd passed the glory days of Pauly Shore's career, well, here's your wakeup call: Not one, but two glorified cameos in movie tie-ins to a cartoon, one of them direct to video.
5 Jul 2024
Episode 5.5: Video Weaz
In a complete stroke of serendipity while editing our last episode, Zach discovered that Pauly appeared in an In the Army Now-branded music video for "World of Swirl" by none other than ZZ Top. So, we figured it's as good a time as any to dedicate a minisode to the Weasel's most memorable music video appearances, from his own "Lisa, Lisa (The One I Adore)" to Young Buck's "Shorty Wanna Ride." Also, a tight five on the PS1 classic (at least in our house) WWF Attitude!
21 Jun 2024
Episode 5: In the Army Now (1994)
Well, we knew the honeymoon had to end eventually; after nearly four months of being arguably the world's most consistently Pauly Shore-positive podcast, we've finally found a movie we just plain don't like. In the Army Now is brazen military propaganda, weirdly racist, and perhaps worst of all, not very funny. But hey, at least the soundtrack has a pretty cool ZZ Top song!
28 May 2024
Episode 4.5: Is Pauly Shore Okay?
As we prepare for our grim tour of duty with In the Army Now, here's a minisode where we dig a little more into Totally Pauly's chaotic live spring break incarnation, "Chillin' with the Wiez." We also catch up on some of the more recent happenings in the Paulyverse, leading to the introduction of a new segment where we ask the titular question (answer still inconclusive).
3 May 2024
Episode 4: Son in Law (1993)
Our year-long deep dive into the filmography of Pauly Shore continues with 1993's Son in Law: a heartwarming culture clash romantic comedy about how you shouldn't call members of the white rural working class inbreeders, even after they roofie you and leave you in a compromising position to destroy your sham engagement. Whoops, spoilers!
11 Apr 2024
Episode 3.5: Encino Man Ephemera
Can you believe it's been two full months and we still haven't dropped the biweekly schedule? Looks like it's high time to rest on our laurels for a bit. In this "mini"-episode (that is basically the exact same length as a regular episode), we answer listener correspondence, make some corrections, read some relevant passages of Vince Neil's section of The Dirt (see, now we have your attention!), and finally get our hands on a (digital) copy of Stoney's Encino High Journal. Join us again in two weeks as we go deep on 1993's Son in Law!
30 Mar 2024
Episode 3: Encino Man & Class Act (1992)
We're now a month into our year-long immersion into the filmography of Pauly Shore, and we're finally watching a Pauly Shore film! Actually, make that one and a half Pauly Shore films, because we're pairing his motion picture debut, 1992's Encino Man, with his (rightfully) lesser-known role in the same year's Kid n Play vehicle, Class Act. If you're worried about keeping the movies straight, though, don't be: he's pretty much the same character in both. We'll pick up again in two weeks with Son in Law--see you then, buuu-ddies!
15 Mar 2024
Year of the Weasel Episode 2: Peak Weasel
When we last left our hero, it was 1989 and the world was teetering on the brink of full-blown Weaselmania; now, we're picking up for a deep dive into the peak of Pauly Shore's pre-movie fame, including his MTV show Totally (Different) Pauly, his two (!) imperial-era standup comedy albums, and his 1992 victory-lap HBO special Pauly Does Dallas. Next time, we'll finally talk about Encino Man! Sound good, buuu-ddies? Cool.
26 Feb 2024
Episode 1: Introduction and Prehistory
The podcast event literally no one asked for has finally arrived! From February 2024 until whenever we've had enough, we're taking you on a journey through what we genuinely believe is the underrated filmography of the Weasel himself, Pauly Shore. Join us in this introductory episode as we explain why we're doing this to ourselves (and to you) and take a quick jog through the random roles that resulted in one of the greatest characters in 20th century American literature.
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