Rabbit Fighters invites you to join three pals as they embark on a cultural misadventure of a podcast. Each week, they randomly select a piece of media from the vast landscape of movies, music, and pop culture. Here's the twist: at least one of them hasn't experienced it before. Armed with just days to catch up, they dive into the chosen cultural touchstone, and then gather to discuss their thoughts, (un)surprises, and reactions. It's a poorly maintained rollercoaster ride of nostalgia, disc ...
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This week the Rabbit Fighters revisit a dreamworld of magic: Tempe, Arizona! In the 80's! Why, it's the Coen Brothers' second film, Raising Arizona! Its a madcap story about a convict (Nicholas Cage) who falls in love with a cop (Holly Hunter), cleans up his act and marries her, settles down to experience the "salad days", but things quickly spiral…
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The Rabbit Fighters travel back in time to NYC's Lower East Side in the 1930s, where a humble Irish delivery boy named Johnny Kelly is about to become New York's most notorious gangster, Johnny Dangerously. Amy Heckerling directs this parody of gangster movies that 2/3rds of the Rabbit Fighters absolutely hate. Michael Keaton is the suave, fast-tal…
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The Rabbit Fighters hop on their BMX bikes and pedal past the full moon as they examine this beloved Steven Spielberg movie about a blobby, hammerheaded alien with googly eyes and glowing fingers that fix boo-boos and geraniums. E.T.'s ship lands in Los Angeles to gather California kindbud for their condom garden. When men with jingly keys approach…
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Whether it's "Dead," "Un-Dead," "the Zed-Word," "White Walkers," or "Zombies," back in the mid to late aughts you couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting some sort of media that featured societal collapse at the hands of these brain eaters. And the 2004 Edgar Wright comedy horror film Shaun of The Dead had a lot to do with that. This Halloween We…
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Never before has a pick proved so divisive to the Rabbit Fighters as "Weird" Al Yankovic's 1989 absurdist opus "UHF." Filmed entirely in Tulsa, Oklahoma and filled to the brim with Weird Al's brand of pop culture parody and inanity, the Rabbit Fighters find themselves debating this time capsule of a film. Will Brian try a Twinkie Weiner Sandwich(TM…
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39 - A Playlist for Killing Sharks (Desert Island Jukebox)
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In today's episode we hit the eject button on our regularly scheduled programming to bring you a state-sponsored experiment entitled “Desertion and the Psychological Effects of Music.” Liability waivers have been forged, beneficiaries replaced and blindfolds distributed as the gang is whisked away in their respective ornithopters towards the deep d…
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The Rabbit Fighters dive into this Cord Jefferson-directed adaptation of the 2001 novel Erasure, by Percival Everett. American Fiction follows a frustrated African-American novelist-professor Thelonious "Monk" Ellison. While his novels receive academic praise, they sell poorly, and publishers reject his latest manuscript for not being "Black enough…
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What happened to The Bad News Bears? Welllll, we decided to throw Old Uncle Charley at ya and watched this slightly less old Ron Shelton pic about adult men playing a kids' game, and the ladies who love them. So snap on your garter belts, breathe through your eyelids, tap that voodoo charm on your bats, and follow the Rabbit Fighters as we discuss …
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The Thermals were one of those bands that if you got to experience them while they were making music you felt like you were a part of something special. This week the Rabbit Fighters delve into not one, but two of their albums: Their sophomore release, 2004's "Effin' A" (it's not really called that but we're afraid that if we put the full expletive…
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We’re back, baby! The RF gang is locked and loaded for the back half of Season 2. Armed with new episodes, repartee, random rating scales and a low listener count, The Fighters soldier on into the cultural unknown. Join us this week as we cram into the red egg escape pod and jettison ourselves towards the prison island of Manhattan. Now a dystopian…
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While Rabbit Fighters is officially on Summer Vacation please enjoy this pod-crossover episode! Joshua joins his buddy Raman over on comic book centric podcast Quarantined Comics to discuss the Award Winning/Oft-Banned/Frequently Censored Autobiographical Graphic Novel PERSEPOLIS by Marjane Satrapi. (You may remember Raman from the legendary Weezer…
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Rabbit Fighters are taking a much needed break from publishing new episodes, but FEAR NOT, we'll be back week after week with new episodes in September. Until then, feel free to listen into our back catalog. See you soon! And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.…
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At the time this episode was recorded, Taylor Swift had not yet ascended to the Diamond Throne as Empress of The Known Universe, no, she was still simply a beloved (and occasionally divisive) Global Ultra Star whose wealth, beauty, influence (and wealth) continued to inspire legions, and we review her rise to fame as chronicled in the 2020 document…
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The Rabbit Fighters take a trip to Wall Street to sell some penny stocks, smoke some crack, trash a Lamborghini, dance with hookers in the office, and ruin some average peoples' lives with terrible stock tips. Little Jordy Belfort is a fresh-faced stock broker wannabe whose first day on the job happens to coincide with the biggest stock market cras…
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The Rabbit Fighters visit the fine state of Vermont circa 2001, home to apparently the worst crop of state troopers and police on planet Earth. The state troopers have an idea of what constitutes policing the highways, and it's this: Shooting each other in the dick Wrestling pigs Boning speeding German motorists Chugging maple syrup Sexually harass…
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This week your pals The Rabbit Fighters are joined by friend of the show and Mediocretologist, Tim, here to help us ring in the Summer Blockbuster Season™ by going back to 1996 to uncover the deep, unanswered questions surrounding the OG disaster flick, Twister! Such as: What are the hallmarks of a good disaster movie? What makes the path of a torn…
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In this episode, we cannonball into the vibrant and tumultuous world of PT Anderson's 1997 sophomore film "Boogie Nights." Set against the neon glow of the 70s and 80s San Fernando Valley, "Boogie Nights" tells the story of Eddie Adams, aka Dirk Diggler, and his meteoric rise and fall as an adult film star. Fleshed out by a standout ensemble cast a…
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The Rabbit Fighters strap their sympathy bellies on, don their wigs and aprons and go Full Mrs. Doubtfire as they discuss the truly bizarre and unlikable Ivan Reitman film, Junior. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito are two scientists who invent a blue juice that gets people pregnant without any actual biology or science involved, so it's amazi…
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28 - Titus Andronicus - The Monitor: The Enemy is Everywhere (But Mostly in Somerville, MA...)
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The American Civil War never ended! It has raged on in one form or another from Fort Sumter to Appomattox Court House all the way through this, the 28th Episode of Rabbit Fighters, where this week we examine the much beloved punk rock anomaly that is The Monitor, the 2010 Civil War “concept” album by New Jersey’s finest, Titus Andronicus. Joshua is…
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The Peanut Butter Solution Recipe The culinary concoction of Michael Rubbo, this delectable French Canadian dish dates as far back as 1985. Most notable for its ability to make children misremember having eaten it at all, The Peanut Butter Solution has a way of sticking to the roof of your brain. Cooked atop the flame of immolated winos. You'll soo…
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Join The Rabbit Fighters this week as we discuss Grant Lee Buffalo's 1994 album Mighty Joe Moon. Greg is "Ride Or Die" for GLB, and neither Joshua nor Brian had ever heard of them, which (statistically speaking) means 66.6% of you out there have never been acquainted either. (That's just math facts.) So tune up your Dobro, pop on an episode of Gilm…
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25 - To Live and Die in LA: Briefs, Boobs, Butts, and Bills
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The Rabbit Fighters get their briefs on and head to the gym to loudly discuss their illegal counterfeiting operation amid the general public as they review the 1985 William Friedkin thriller, To Live and Die in LA. Rick Masters is Willem Dafoe. Or is Willem Dafoe Rick Masters? We forget. William Petersen is definitely crooked secret service agent R…
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But wait, there's more! The Rabbit Fighters had way more to say about Dune than even a single episode could contain! So here's a special B-Side to Episode 24 where you'll hear the Fighters 1. bring back our beloved Krautrock Fremen from Episode 5, 2. make fun of Walken: Emperor of the Known Universe, 3. wage a Jihad of Butlerian proportions against…
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Kull wahad! Calibrate your thumper for a great grandfather of a worm and join the Rabbit Fighters as they discuss Denis Villanueve's Epic translation to the big screen of Frank Herbert's sci-fi masterpiece, DUNE. Which film will reign supreme: Part 1 (2021) or Part 2 (2024)? Or will David Lynch's 1984 version surprise us all? (Much like Shai-Hulud …
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23 - Tenet: ?ezeeuqS eht htroW eciuJ
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After a raucous Spring Break adventure to Señor Frogs, The Fighters triumphantly return! … OK, nobody invited us to spring break, BUT we did revisit the 2020 sci-fi action thriller, Tenet. Released mid-pandemic, this mind, time and narrative bending journey escaped the radar of at least two of our kin. Today, we right that wrong as we attempt to wr…
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The Rabbit Fighters put on their best striped sweaters and fly high over Manhattan with The Pollen Jocks in this strangely misguided 2007 Dreamworks animated film crafted by Jerry Seinfeld and Steven Spielberg. Jerry Seinfeld plays Barry B Benson, a recent graduate of bee college. His family wants him to be a humble honey-stirrer, like his father. …
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It's the year 2027 (gulp!) and no babies have been born for 18 years. People have collectively lost hope. Society is in ruins. There are riots, shortages, wars, nuclear attacks, migrants detained in cages, and an alarming uptick in the number of white people with dreadlocks! Our central figure, Theo, is a humdrum desk jockey played by Clive Owen wh…
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In a first, the Rabbit Fighters welcome a special guest: noted podcaster and Weezer Apologist, Raman! We talk about Weezer's 2021 pandemic album, OK Human, and the sweep of their 30-year history as a band. Will the band be haunted by their first two albums forever? Has Weezer made anything good in the last 20 years? Did OK Human pull the band out o…
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This week we find The Rabbit Fighters talking about everybody's favorite "so bad it's good/but it's also just kinda bad" B-Movie-with-a-huge-budget action flick, Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers. Is it a tongue in cheek send up of Robert Heinlein's love letter to military dictatorships? Is it a surprisingly deep commentary on how fascist ideology…
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As the saying goes, "hell hath no fury like a nerd scorned for ska-punk." This week, The Fighters take the opportunity to revisit a beloved band from their youth. The Impossibles, a power-pop, pop-punk, ska-punk band from Austin, TX. Armed with baseball jerseys, "chucka-chucka" ska rhythms, catchy lyrics, and a penchant for explosive choruses, The …
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Up from the depths! 30 stories high! Brea-thing fire! His head in the sky! GODZILLA! GODZILLA! and Godzuuuuki The Rabbit Fighters don their rubber monster suits and freon tanks as they plumb the depths of despair experienced by Japanese survivors trying to rebuild their lives after the horrors of World War II. The country is reduced to zero. And th…
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Join the Rabbit Fighters as they debate the dark truths behind Big Duct, which was brought to light in the revolutionary 1985 smash hit documentary Brazil, by Director and Expat-Midwesterner Terry Gilliam. Just kidding. It's a dark, depressing tale of pointless jobs and crushing mediocrity in a soulless hyper bureaucratic vision of the past/present…
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The Rabbit Fighters kindly ask that you take off your sunglasses. In this episode, join us as we dive into the cult classic film, "They Live," directed by the legendary John Carpenter. We unravel the layers of this sci-fi thriller that goes beyond its seemingly simple plot. From its iconic sunglasses that reveal hidden messages to its social commen…
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Barbie is a Barbie girl, living in a Barbie world. Literally. There is a separate universe in which Barbie products live and interact. Barbies have all the power. The Kens just kind of...beach. And everything is perfect. Every day. UNTIL! ONE DAY! Stereotypical Barbie is stricken with thoughts of death. Barbie and Ken travel to the real world for a…
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Welcome to Season 2 of Rabbit Fighters! This week we find the Rabbit Fighters dissecting random pick Dirt, the seminal 1992 album by "Seattle Sound" pioneers Alice In Chains. Somehow, even though the sludge heavy Alice In Chains are on the Mount Rushmore of Grunge, it was a blind spot for Joshua. Would(?) Brian and Greg be able to Dam That River an…
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Break out the oven mitts and wake up Uncle Art because it's potluck time. In this overstuffed two-parter, the boys bring their most listened to records from this year. Not to be confused with a best of list, we keep it loose around here. The only criteria for a nomination is to have discovered the track during this listening year. Plug in, grab a s…
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Break out the oven mitts and wake up Uncle Art because it's potluck time. In this overstuffed two-parter, the boys bring their most listened to records from this year. Not to be confused with a best of list, we keep it loose around here. The only criteria for a nomination is to have discovered the track during this listening year. Plug in, grab a s…
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Bill Murray is asshole television executive Frank Cross, who is mean to everyone. He's also "Lumpy," the meet-cute former beau of Karen Allen's heart-of-gold social worker, Claire. As Christmas, 1988 approaches, along with a high-stakes live televised version of A Christmas Carol that Frank is betting on, art and life overlap as Frank himself is vi…
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This week we find the Rabbit Fighters deeply divided over Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, the 2010 comic book/manga/video game/indie-music darling mashup movie. It's a visual feast that brandishes great tunes, wall to wall gags, and a deep bench of acting chops, but is that enough to overcome deep navel gazing and lack of character development? It's R…
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The infectious energy of Talking Heads is on full display in the recently remastered version of their 1984 concert film, Stop Making Sense. Back in theaters after forty years, The Fighters don their finest muted attire and settle in to ask themselves, is this the greatest concert film ever made? Next Week - Joshua's Pick: Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Worl…
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The Rabbit Fighters return to New York, because every movie on earth is filmed there, and find themselves hanging again on Coney Island. This time, the battle starts at the water, and the Warriors are the Allies and Nazis in World War II. Don Knotts (Henry Limpet) trades Mayberry for Brooklyn and doesn't even get to wear a uniform, because the mili…
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The Rabbit Fighters go get a real racist slice of Brooklyn style pizza and catch up on Do The Right Thing, Spike Lee's seminal work. It's a hot day in Bedford-Stuyvesant and all hell is about to break loose. Will Americans finally learn their lesson from this film and treat each other with dignity and respect? Will Mookie go have a catch with his s…
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Well, I think I should point out first, that in all fairness, we are not, in fact, the rescue committee. However, The Fighters have clandestinely assembled to view the controversial Monty Python production, Life of Brian. So, buy a bag a gravel, kick off a sandal and follow us blindly into a discussion about this 1979 comedy classic. Next Week - Ra…
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The Rabbit Fighters strap on their stillsuits and walk without rhythm into the deep desert to tackle the always weird Dune... or at least the 1984 David Lynch version. A movie chock full of vagina-mouthed navigators and Gumby-suited death-time stabbers, which may or may not accurately reflect Frank Herbert's effed up vision of life in the way, way …
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The Fighters discuss I Think You Should Leave - Season One. The absurdist Netflix sketch comedy show is either "Right in Your Q Zone," or it's "Pretty Meat and Potatoes." There's no middle ground. The Rabbit Fighters are doing the best at this... Next Week - Random Pick: Dune (1984) [Originally published October 24, 2023] And as always, you can che…
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Slap on some face paint, grab a baseball bat and join the Fighters on a dysfunctional ride through NYC. This week, we jump into the 1979 cult classic, The Warriors. Can you dig it? Next Week - Random Pick - I Think You Should Leave (Season 1) [Originally published October 17, 2023] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlis…
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The Fighters take a crack at the 1989 Tom Petty classic, Full Moon Fever. In this episode, Greg says no to drugs (but yes to Mick Jagger's flexibility) while the rest of the gang tries on oversized top hats. Next Week - Random Pick - The Warriors [Originally published October 10, 2023] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion pla…
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In this inaugural episode, the Rabbit Fighters experience the 2022 box office savior, Top Gun: Maverick. How did we miss the target on this one? Next Week - Random Pick: Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever [Originally published Oct. 1, 2023] And as always, you can check out the RF's ongoing companion playlist on Spotify and Youtube.…
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