The Style Guide Podcast

Dave and Steve are joined by a very special guest to discuss yet another HBO hit series that they didn’t watch when it was popular. That seems to be a trend with these guys. Steve claims to have seen Deadwood when it was on television, but that may never be verified. iTunes description for this week: “A deadline disrupts Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce”. “The Suitcase” is available on iTunes. Bathroom talk. Deal with it. Dom’s innocence is precious. Bad improv remains bad improv even when done by good actors. Dom doesn’t like antisemitism. Dave and Dom think they’d make better ad men than Don Draper; Steve doesn’t take a stance. “Every human emotion”, Dave? Every. Don Draper sees dead people. The trio speculate about the events of prior episodes. Steve wants to be yelled at. That last link is also an unintended pun about the special guest. Walter White needed a business manager. Dom accuses Dave of breaking the One Off rules. Dave and Dom would not make better ad men than Don Draper.

Hush little Dave and Steve, don’t say a word, because this One Off takes you back to a time before Joss Whedon was writing and directing blockbuster superhero movies. Sharpen your stakes and peel some garlic, because, it’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer time, folks. iTunes has this to say about the episode: “From out of a fairy tale comes a group of murderous creatures known as The Gentlemen: first they steal everyone’s voices, then they begin to collect human hearts.” Joss Whedon had some good villains. Dave says “jump” and Steve asks a series of questions about how high Dave would like him to jump. Did Steve make an Ani DiFranco reference? Or was he just trying to sound poetic? Dave thinks Steve communicates better when he’s not allowed to speak. Steve and Dave have no idea how people get into relationships. As it turns out, Dave can’t save a conversation. Everybody Poops. Dave and Steve are not doctors. #TeamAngel Steve does not supply the editor with a photo that he seems to imply that he is going to. Neither does Dave. Frasier reference. Speaking of wasted material… Does anyone like hairspray, Dave? Or do you mean Hairspray. There is more singing in this episode than anyone wants. Dave goes to his usual stand-by, the Bible. Steve has clearly been listening to the West Wing Weekly.

Apparently The Sopranos is one of the greatest shows of all time. Dave and Steve didn’t know this when they sat down to watch it and they’re not sure they’d agree with the sentiment, but boy did they ever have feelings about the world of Tony and his band of merry men. Other things they had feelings about: Scrabble, iTunes description for this week: “Paulie and Christopher are engulfed in a nightmarish journey into the South Jersey woods while trying to collect a debt from a Russian mobster. Meanwhile, Meadow is suspicious that Jackie Jr. is two-timing her, and Tony finds that family demands are jeopardizing his romance with Gloria.” “Pine Barrens” is available on iTunes. The editor feels obligated to mention that there is a very mild spoiler for Breaking Bad in this episode. Dave and Steve wish that the “nightmarish journey” had been more nightmarish. Dave is worried about Sylvester Stallone and copyright. Steve was okay with Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal flirting in a doctor-patient relationship, but for some reason isn’t okay with James Gandolfini and Lorraine Bracco. Dave and Steve have opinions about Scrabble. Steve has been listening to too much Hamilton. Steve succumbs to peer pressure. Steve doesn’t know his HBO history. Dave kind of wants to be a mobster. The dream of the 90s is alive in The Sopranos. Dave spells swear words. Steve says them. Steve asks an interesting question just shy of the thirty minute mark, so they never get around to answering it.

Dave and Steve put on their detective badges for Brooklyn 99 Season 2, Episode 22, ‘The Chopper’. Oddly enough, they spend no time at all talking about how confusing it is that “chopper” could refer to either a motorcycle or a helicopter, but they do find delve into Dave’s weird nicknames. Netflix tells us that, in this episode, “Holt worries Jake is being set up to fail when Wuntch green lights his dream assignment, and Terry hosts a field trip for a magnet school.” ‘The Chopper’ is available on Netflix. Steve makes a rookie mistake and confuses Community and 30 Rock. Specifically, this. Dave blames himself. Shoutout to all the magicians in the audience. Jane Seymour ? Angela Lansbury Nobody knows what a “pre show stinger” is. Dave subtly makes a book recommendation: The Eight Characters of Comedy. Dave and Steve have clearly forgotten the names of the characters. Steve says “tight little episode” twice — and it sounds weird both times. Could Steve go one episode without referencing Frasier? Every now and then, worlds collide when Steve and Dave make the same bad joke at the same time. Dave refers to Andre Braugher as “just an actor” which… uh… is accurate?

Your intrepid hosts just can’t help themselves this week as they dive into Star Trek: Discovery with Season 1, Episode 4, ‘The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry’. They go overtime, because of course they do. Nerds. This episode title is so long the podcast is half over by the time they get through saying it. CBS summarizes the episode thusly: “With tensions and stakes high as Starfleet continues in their efforts to end the war with Klingons, Burnham begins to settle in to her new position aboard the U.S.S. Discovery.” ‘The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry’ is available on CraveTV in Canada. It’s proving to be a hard show to pay money for. Dave and Steve accidentally make a statement about gun regulation. This seems apropos. Star Trek: Discovery: It’s what’s new! Discovery is about making discoveries; Voyager was about the voyage home; and Enterprise was about trying to win lotteries and raffles. Dave, as the podcast’s resident old man, is an expert in what makes things old. Steve makes an entirely expected 90s reference. It is unclear whether Steve understands the difference between subtitles and closed captioning. Dave says some pretty racist stuff about Klingons. Steve briefly forgets Patrick Stewart’s name and hopes nobody noticed. We noticed, Steve. We all noticed. Warning: there are puns in this episode. Dave’s love of Whoopi Goldberg strikes again. Dave and Steve tread carefully so as to make an important point — and, surprisingly, nobody puts their foot in their mouth. … Except when he starts talking about the Scottish.

Just in time for the new season of Riverdale that starts on Wednesday, this week’s One Off goes back to Season 1, Episode 7, ‘In A Lonely Place’. Listen along as Steve and Dave share uninformed opinions about popular teen dramas from the 00s. Also of note: nobody uses the term “on fleek”. According to Netflix’s summary, this week’s episode is as follows: “Amid harsh rumors about Polly, Alice goes public with family secrets, making Betty and Cheryl uneasy allies. Jughead helps his dad reclaim his life.” ‘In A Lonely Place’ is available on Netflix and iTunes. As usual, Dave and Steve avoid recapping/deconstructing the episode, but if that’s your thing, Mikey Neumann and Jon Risinger’s Cry Me A Riverdale might be your jam. Does anyone else think the Riverdale theme song reminds them of Friday Night Lights? Steve appalled that people like things that he doesn’t like. As usual, your hosts have their finger on the pulse with their discussion of milk caps. Dave, as it turns out, is either remembering his bubble gum comic history correctly or has stumbled onto a delightful coincidence. “It’s not real life… It’s high school.” Do your research, guys: The O.C. was on Fox and Riverdale is on the CW; Warner Bros. is the one of the production companies for both. Steve seems like more of a Dawson’s Creek kind of guy. If you were thinking about catching the Scream movies any time soon, you might want to skip this episode because Dave and Steve spoil the first one. Granted, it’s a spoiler that is old enough to vote in Singapore. Dave and Steve are old men yelling at clouds. Endings. How do they work?

This week’s One Off is all about showing you how the sausage gets made, where the sausage is Dave and Steve’s creative processes. To get there, they watched Abstract: The Art of Design Season 1, Episode 6, ‘Paula Scher: Graphic Design’. Hold onto your pocket protectors, because it’s about to get awfully nerdy up in here. According to Netflix’s summary, this is “Graphic designer Paula Scher paints with words, developing the visual language of iconic brands and institutions around the world.” ‘Paula Scher: Graphic Design’ is available on Netflix. Dave struggles to say the episode title. Maybe Dave and Steve’s next podcast will be entirely framed around trying to read each other’s minds. Dave did a TEDx talk? Steve pumps Dave’s tires. Apparently Dave’s been seeing other podcasts. Much like small dogs, Dave and Steve understand what a door does, but they don’t seem to understand how to operate them. Steve wishes he was Aaron Sorkin. What margins does Steve use for his papers? What margins does Steve want his students to use for their papers? Answers to these enthralling questions and more await you, Constant Listener. As it turns out, Dave is not a bath-man. This podcast brought to you by Apple. The correct answer to, “Which version of Helvetica Neue do you prefer?” is “Stuff it, nerds”. Get thee to a topiary! Steve does his best to right the ship… … and fails. <Insert another plug for something else that Dave does> On top of everything, Steve is a fountain pen junkie. Because of course he is. Dave seems like he is going to tell a story about the Red Light District. He does not. Dave really has internalized the Fields Notes slogan.

While it isn’t the future, you’ll be able to replay this One Off again and again until it makes you want to rip your earbuds out of your head. That’s right, this week Dave and Steve are watching Black Mirror Season 1, Episode 3: ‘The Entire History of You’. They vaguely remember 60’s era television and Dave makes fun of how Steve’s brain works. What more could you ask for? As Netflix reminds us, thie episode is summarized thusly, “In the near future, everyone has access to a memory implant that records everything humans do, see and hear”. Which, of course, raises the question: why would you say ‘humans’ do? Is it an attempt to clarify that we’re not putting these implants in frogs? Now that’d be a strange future: in a world where every toad is recording your every move, one human gets hopping mad in an attempt to be frogotten. “Black Mirror” is available on Netflix. While Dave and Steve aren’t recapping ‘The Entire History of You’, they are apparently happy to summarize their favorite episodes of The Twilight Zone. Without knowing it, Dave and Steve accidentally choose episodes of The Twilight Zone that are linked through the same child actor: Bill Mumy. Steve just wanted an excuse to say “godking”. Steve has trouble with empathy. Dave and Steve would make terrible relationship counsellors… … But great sociopaths. Steve is, indeed, aphantastic. This podcast might be evidence in a retrial sometime down the road. Dave accuses Steve of thoughtcrime, which is probably true, but there’s no need to call him out on it. Steve has memory envy. Steve swears more than once, creating work for the editor. Thanks Steve.

As is befitting of the end of summer, this week’s One Off has Dave and Steve watching a Christmas episode of The West Wing: Season 2, Episode 10. They talk about songs that make them nostalgic, the pitfalls of Christmas episodes, and end with a discussion that Steve should probably share with his therapist. iTunes’ overly wordy description for this episode is, “At Christmas time, Leo hires a traumatologist to force Josh to confront his unacknowledged stress resulting from when he was shot. Josh initially denies his recent erratic emotions as he recounts the events of the last few weeks. Sam deals with an errant energy secretary who contradicts Bartlet. Meanwhile, C.J. helps a tourist who becomes agitated after seeing a painting that was stolen from her family by the Nazi-controlled French government. And Charlie must persuade a stubborn Bartlet that the President cannot possibly personally sign more than one million White House Christmas cards.” “The West Wing” is available on iTunes. As per the rules of One Offs club, Dave and Steve don’t recap the episode they watched, but if you’re looking for that kind of thing, check out the West Wing Weekly for a great recap of “Noël”. The editor felt obligated to include the entire opening theme of The West Wing. You’re welcome. Steve says an emphatic “no” to Dave’s call to adventure. It will be a rift in their friendship for years to come. Much like Steve’s inability to do accents, Dave’s slang terminology for Canadian cities is going to get the podcast in trouble. This week’s episode has an Apple Music playlist to go with it. Apropos of something: “Death Cab have become emblematic of a certain brand of mainstream indie-pop, what might be termed Grey’s Anatomy music – melodic and heartfelt, if relatively bland.” Nobody is shocked to learn that Steve is a grinch. Holidays at Dave’s house sound like an absolute riot. Steve mistakenly refers to Leo McGarry as Jewish. While Leo “is the most Jewish man most of us have ever met” (See: “The Red Mass”), the show makes pretty clear that he is a lapsed Catholic. Dave is unintentionally punny. As it turns out, there was a National Lampoon’s Thanksgiving Family Reunion. It starred Bryan Cranston in the role that probably got him Breaking Bad. Dave sounds like he has a camera set up in Aaron Sorkin’s living room. Steve probably shouldn’t be allowed to go Christmas carolling anymore. In retrospect, perhaps Dave and Steve should have saved their Christmas episode for… you know… Christmas. Merry 28th of August, everyone!

Episode 67, ‘The Moneyball of war movies’, on War movies While The Style Guide is still technically on hiatus, it returns for yet another week. This time, Dave and Steve talk about what makes a modern war movie. Intro Clip: Band of Brothers – Currahee 01×01 Steve makes an embarrassing mistake. Despite the fact that Dave and Steve are regularly recording One Offs, does anyone else get the impression that they are really out of practice at this whole podcasting thing? Dave and Steve are good at history. Platoon would have been a very different movie with Tom Bergeron, best known for his role as the host of America’s Funniest Home Videos. Dave does a callback to what must be the most popular episode of The Style Guide, the actor profile of Jodie Foster. It’s “losing Privates Ryan”, Dave. Like Surgeons General or iPads Pro. iPad Pros sounds funny when you say it out loud. Dave really wants to talk about Braveheart. Steve and Dave have a radical take on The Sound of Music. Dave likes being lied to. Dave snickers at the idea of a fire near Steve’s house. Dave is a master of smooth transitions. Dave courageously said “no” to drugs Band of Brothers. Is Steve doing a product placement for CraveTV? Dave and Steve think boot camp is a waste of time. If you like Dave, war films, or improvisational theatre, Paper Street Theatre is in the Victoria Fringe with WAR: Improv Is Hell. And tickets are still available.

In this One Off, Dave and Steve delve into DC’s darkest detective, with Season 2, Episode 18 of Batman: The Animated Series. Come to hear them talk about the value of framed narratives and why Dave hates live action superheroes, stay for the fight they get into about toys. iTunes’ description for this episode is, “While hiding from the police, Batman’s deadliest enemies exchange stories about their mutual nemesis–Batman.” “Almost Got ‘Im” is available on iTunes While One Offs is bound to respect the grammar and punctuation choices of television shows, let the record state that the editor firmly believes this episode should be titled “Almost Got ‘Em”. Steve answers a question that Dave didn’t ask, proving that he wasn’t listening in the first place. Dave says something ridiculous and then makes fun of Steve for saying something ridiculous. Dave thinks Steve likes bad television. Dave is one-face ableist. Steve talks about effective units. Steve doesn’t mind if people call him simple. Just to be clear, Steve, your biggest conceptual problem with Batman is that the Batmobile is self-driving? Neither Dave nor Steve can remember the details of the 1966 Batman film. For shame, you two. For shame. Steve thinks Dave is being insulting to our vast contingent of Australian listeners, but it might be Steve who is the insulting one. Raise your hand if you come to One Offs for diuscussions of German expressionism in cinema. The moral of superhero cartoons is obviously “crime never pays — unless your crime is being a vigilante”. Dave’s pronunciation of Harley Quinn is absolutely absurd.

Episode 66, ‘He’s not a hero’, on Logan Is The Style Guide back or did Dave and Steve just really want to talk about Logan? Probably the latter, given that One Offs has launched and they’re busy talking television (and you should all check that out). So appreciate them while they’re here folks. This week, the gang join almost everyone on the Internet to talk about Logan and how awesome a film it is. Intro Clip: Logan While normally The Style Guide isn’t in the habit of pointing its audience elsewhere before the podcast has even started, both Movies with Mikey and Nerdwriter offered great takes on Logan. Dave offers the smoothest topic segue ever. As you have all missed, Steve is quick to drop a terrible joke. Has Steve always pronounced “for” as “fur”? Really? Orr is on a last name basis with Xavier, whereas Dave respects the office enough to call him Professor X. Oh sure, guys, ignore the importance of the Blade series, just because you’re racist against daywalking vampires. Does Dave really really not care that Steve calls Tobey Maguire “Superman”? With thanks (apologies?) to Silverchair and Pearl Jam. As he co-hosts a podcast about a superhero movie based on a comic book character, Dave calls Steve a nerd. In some ways, Logan is a gritty reboot of Beavis and Butt-head Do America. Dave likes it when Hugh Jackman is desperate. Dave and Steve are clearly in love with the aesthetic of this movie. Get a room. Dave’s parenting ethos seems kinda harsh. Under what grounds does X-24 count as a robot, Steve? Didn’t you do a bunch of episodes on the topic? In a fight against the dark versions of themselves, Dave Prime and Steve Prime would probably lose. Case in point: Steve does a perfect imitation of a sad fawn. Dave can’t help but bring up Die Hard. Dave has decided to exclusively watch rom-coms from now on.

Hold onto your headphones everyone. Four months after teasing the series, we’re finally launching the podcast. In this week’s One Off, Dave and Steve return to the hottest show of the 90s (and early 00s) with Season 3, Episode 2 of Friends. Learn how they try to manipulate the people around them, sometimes into being better people and sometimes into not paying for coffee. Netflix’s description for this week’s episode is, “In a race against the clock, Ross tries to get the gang dressed and ready for a black-tie benefit at the museum.” “The One Where No One’s Ready” is available on Netflix or iTunes Steve does not ease into the episode at all. This causes Dave to laugh, not because he finds it funny but because he is uncomfortable. Dave tries to get Steve to drink his dude thing. Steve is concerned about the health of Ross and Rachel’s relationship. Steve admits that past-Steve was dumb. Cruxt. This episode gives the audience some insight into how Dave and Steve think about the world: like weirdos. Steve sexually identifies with this scene from Community. Steve shares one of his more banal life goals. Dave worries about being a vampire. If you invite Dave out for coffee, beware his power moves. Steve and Dave really know how to bring an episode home for their audience: five minutes of philosophy, baby.

This week’s pilot for One Offs takes Dave and Steve into familiar territory with Season 4, Episode 10 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Listen as they boldly go where millions of people have gone before through a discussion of holodecks, Christmas episodes, and Bond girls. According to Netflix, in this week’s episode “Bashir is enjoying a holosuit program that casts him as a super suave, 1960s Earth secret agent when Garak intrudes on his fantasy.” “Our Man Bashir” is available on Netflix or iTunes. Netflix suggests that ‘Our Man Bashir’ is the ninth episode of the season, because it is a liar. Dave worries about his fantasies becoming reality. Steve and Dave give a shoutout to the unsung hero of the Trek-verse: Reginald Barclay. Steve and Dave forget what century it is. This episode says a lot more about Dave and Steve than it does about Star Trek. Is Netflix ruining Christmas episodes? Mona Luvsit is the height of subtly in comparison to some of the actual Bond girl names. See: Molly Warmflesh or Holly Goodhead. It seems absolutely ridiculous to use the term “James Bond nerds”. Is nothing sacred anymore, Steve? Dave thinks television shows should be a little more conversation, a little less action please. Steve doesn’t seem to have the courage of his convictions. In case anyone had any doubts, Steve was a young nerd.

Episode 65, ‘We know how television works’, on cliffhangers This week, Dave and Steve return with an episode dedicated to cliffhangers throughout cinema, television, and literature. In doing so, they also take a bit of a journey through a wide range of past episodes of The Style Guide. Perhaps fittingly, because our intrepid hosts are going to go on a hiatus for a while and leave what happens next a cliffhanger of their own. Don’t worry, constant listeners. Dave and Steve will be back soon enough, bringing their usual charm and style to your eagerly awaiting ears — although maybe it won’t all be quite so stylish… Cue the suspenseful music. Intro Clip: Batman, Marsha, Queen of Diamonds 01×57. Dave’s eclectic music taste strikes again. Steve and Dave define cliffhangers without once referencing Thomas Hardy’s A Pair of Blue Eyes nor The Perils of Pauline. Amateurs. We get it. You guys love Back to the Future. This episode has more spoilers than your average outing from The Style Guide. For no particular reason, here’s a Buzzfeed article on why telenovelas are better than soap operas. Is the Harry Potter series so fundmental that you don’t even need to use the title when talking about them? Is saying “Book Four” without any context really sufficient for people to understand what you’re ranting about, Steve? People might have thought you were talking about The Silver Chair or Breaking Dawn. Yes, The Silver Chair is the fourth book in the Narnia series. We here at The Style Guide will not abide chronological-order-truthers. Steve misremembers Battlestar Galactica. In a shocking development, Steve admits to a lack of knowledge about something. Dave enlightens him. Steve has something in common with former Texas Governor Rick Perry. Dave and Steve conveniently forget about the existence of Angel season six. Darth Vader = Selma Bouvier. Because Steve’s so on fleek, he talks about Jay Leno. Theo is intensely disappointed in Steve. Maybe “The Best of Both Worlds” wasn’t Steve’s earliest cliffhanger memory because he was only three years old when it aired. Supermans? Supermen? Steve writes off the entire rom-com genre. Clearly Dave and Steve need to rewatch the original Star Wars trilogy. Episode 66, anyone? “Superbad for vampires” seems like the saddest possible conclusion to Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s careers where they try desperately to relive the glory days by putting a supernatural twist on their old films. Suprebad, on the other hand, as a retelling of Superbad but with white supremacists seems like an awesome idea. It sounds like Dave and Steve have an important lesson to learn for the future of The Style Guide from the last fifteen minutes of this episode…

Episode 64, ‘Furious Kane’, on Citizen Kane vs. Furious 7 This week, Dave and Steve invite special guest Dominik Buconjic to join them for a discussion about the alpha and the omega of cinema, Citizen Kane and Furious 7. You would think that these two films cannot be compared. You might be right, but your hosts do their darnedest to make it work. Do they succeed? You be the judge. Intro Clip: Furious 7. There can never be enough apologies for the intro to this episode. Special guest Dom (as opposed to Vin Diesel Dom) has to put up with a lot of nonsense from Dave and Steve this week. Dave and Steve are proud of doing the minimum level of homework required for episode — unlike some other weeks. Steve knows the tagline for The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift which, disappointingly, isn’t said by a single character. Dave is a god damn liar. Is The Style Guide an escape from politics for you? “Too bad”, says Dave. Dom doesn’t like Dom, but does Dom like Dom? Dom and Steve revel in their rightness and Dave’s wrongness. Dave asks Steve to read his mind. In response, Steve reads from paper. Dave makes a profound point about Furious 7 and also sings about butts. With apologies to Tracy Chapman, Christopher Lee, and The Smashing Pumpkins… Steve is a little bit mean to himself. Dave suggests he wasn’t mean enough. Dave thinks Daniel Day Lewis was fantastic when he played Brad Pitt playing Jesse James in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Dave has trouble being quiet while the adults are talking. Dave and Dom thinks “rosebud” is less Fight Club or The Sixth Sense and more Titanic. It was a sled, Steve, not a sleigh. Dave and Steve disagree about the whole point of rosebud. It is very strange to have a thoughtful debate about the meaning of Citizen Kane side by side with a conversation about butts and explosions. Dungeons & Dragons & Drivetrains. Dom and Dave have a discussion about the intricate subtleties of Vin Diesel’s line delivery. Dom drops some spoilers for F8 of the Furious, Eventually your hosts devolve into bros. Dom describes his time on The Style Guide as “surprisingly not a waste of time”. Thanks Dom!

Episode 63, ‘Wesley Snipes is no Al Pacino’, on Wesley Snipes You’re telling me that this week Dave and Steve did an actor profile on Wesley Snipes? Like, the dude from the Blade movies, Demolition Man, and a bunch of direct-to-DVD flops who has recently spent three years in prison for income tax fraud? Is there any rhyme or reason to who The Style Guide will profile or have you just thrown every actor’s name into a random number generator? I don’t even know who you guys are anymore. Intro Clip: Demolition Man. The lie that emerged at the end of episode 61 continues. Okay, so I can believe Blade is a Marvel superhero, but how did he get his motorcycle here? “Super eclectic”? Looks like someone’s been hitting the thesaurus pretty hard. Now that Dave and Steve mention it, the sheer number of vampires in the Blade universe does seem improbably high. Thanks a lot for ruining those films for the audience, guys. Now nobody will be able to take them seriously anymore. The tone of this episode consistently lapses into that of two outcasts sitting on the edge of the playground talking about how cool the cool kids are. As usual, Steve comes across as Steve Buscemi’s character from 30 Rock. The definition for biannually isn’t very helpful… Is White Men Can’t Jump a modern day Vaudeville show that is grounded by a common theme of toxic masculinity rather than the plot of a more traditional 90s-era basketball film? The answer might surprise you. (No, no it is not.) Dave talks about his manly urges. Does Steve make a very (very) subtle dig at the inadequacy of Snapple as a thirst quenching beverage? Dave is terrified by nudity whereas Steve just blocks it out. Steve worries that Dave is going to make fun of him. Boyz N the Hood and New Jack City: sibling projects or kissing cousins? Steve sure sounds like he’s overcompensating for something with how much he loves Blade and Blade. Blade receives a 6/10 for profanity use according to the IMDb parental guide. Six out of ten. Six. Out. Of. Ten. Dave hates the future. Summer Glau > Wesley Snipes > Scarlett Johansson > Matt Damon.

Episode 62, ‘They’re not acting, they’re talking’, on Aaron Sorkin This week, Dave and Steve depart from what has become their standard fare of making people angry by having opinions about Disney, and delve into a topic that is never even remotely contentious: politics. That’s right, Aaron Sorkin is getting The Style Guide treatment. It’s kind of like that time he gave Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs the Sorkin treatment, but with 80% less Michael Fassbender. You can’t tell because it’s just audio, but Dave and Steve are walking and talking in the hallways of the West Wing for the entirety of this episode. Intro Clip: A Few Good Men. Dave and Steve ended last week on a lie that is only now being realized as such. The Editor feels just as betrayed as you all do. Steve is super enthusiastic to start the episode off and it is okay to admit that it makes you rather uncomfortable. Dave assumes that the audience remains excited for The Style Guide, even after he and Steve trampled all over people’s childhoods with the series on Disney. This episode brought to you in part by the Aaron Sorkin – Masterclass… and viewers like you. Wikipedia disagrees with Dave (but only until he reads the shownotes and edits it). Maybe Steve just has no idea how to pronounce anyone’s names. Yes, Dave. The West Wing became a much more “grammatic” show. Josh doesn’t quit, you guys. He’s on a leave of absence from his White House duties, similar to the leave Annabeth Schott goes on in Season 6. And Sam doesn’t go to Mandyville, because he shows up at the end of Season 7 and the show firmly establishes that he went back to practicing law. Amateurs. You, constant listeners, will never have to hear Steve’s ill-advised tangent about the dangers of cocaine, because the Editor has saved you from it. You’re welcome. Steve shows that he clearly isn’t a real Firefly fan. “Just” an assistant, Dave? The baby has a name, you two. He’s more than just his age. A cricket bat isn’t a theme, Steve. Someone mentions Aristotle in this episode and we are all shocked to discover that it isn’t Steve. To end the episode, Dave and Steve wander into dangerous territory. Heh. “Sexytimes”.

Episode 61, ‘Treat you like Pixar’, Part III on Walt Disney Animation Studios This week, Dave and Steve finish cataloguing their thoughts on Walt Disney Animation Studios, chatting about the rest of the films from The Little Mermaid to Moana. For some, this is a somber episode as The Style Guide moves on from a long list of well loved and important films from childhood. For others, we received your hatemail, and we read you loud and clear: no more saying anything bad about your childhood. We get it, Nicole, but you didn’t have to send us death threats. Geeze. They’re only films. Intro Clip: Zooptopia. Dave changes the intro and we are all worse for it. Steve acts like nothing has happened. Steve makes it clear that he is incapable of experiencing joy. It becomes evident that Steve has not seen Moana yet. LeFou, Dave. His name is LeFou. How white is Steve? This white. Dave should make explosion noises more often. Dave and Steve treat us all to one of the dumbest conversations one could possibly have about The Little Mermaid. Sounds like Steve needs to Journey to a New World (but not a whole new world) Steve has no idea how cars work, despite knowing how Cars works. Dave can’t tell the difference between a Disney film and a Pixar film, but that’s his fault, not theirs. Hi Steve’s mom. Steve’s deadpan sense of humour earns him no friends. Steve mistakes Donny Osmond for a celebrity. Wes, we’re waiting on you… Dave talks, at length, about the supple, sensual feeling of VHS cases. Dave slanders Mulan‘s good name. Steve’s love of Hannah Montana causes him to say some weird things. Steve flaunts Dave’s child privilege. Steve references a completely fictional ukulele album.

Episode 60, ‘Renaissance kids’, Part II on Walt Disney Animation Studios This week, Dave and Steve continue their journey through the feature films of Walt Disney Animation Studios. With proper microphones and a whole new batch of films to talk about, the dynamic duo start to work their way through the next set of Disney films, starting with Cinderella and ending with Oliver and Company. If you don’t remember some of those films, don’t worry about it. As it turns out, Dave and Steve forgotten more about this era of Disney films than anyone ever needed to know in the first place. Intro Clip: Oliver and Company. Dave refuses to make meaningful enhancements to his life because he fears change. Steve and Dave figure out what “Silver Era” means — allow Steve to make a bad pun about the ages of technological development towards urban civilization. Dave owns Cinderalla. Just to clarify, Dave appears to be talkign about the person, not the film. She belongs to him. Wiktionary has Dave’s back. Are talking animals not whimsical enough for you, Steve? Steve does his best not to say “Rudyard”. Dave gets text message and stops the entire podcast to deal with it. So that’s why it’s called “the Golden Age”. Did Dave just suggest that Disney is better than Shakespeare? Hi, friend of the show, Missie Peters! At this point, it’s pretty clear that the Editor is just messing around. In case you had forgotten how racist Disney could be, here’s a reminder. Steve pretends to know when mermaids made their first film debut, because he wants the cool kids to like him. Steve sounds like he’s having an existential crisis regarding The Lady and the Tramp. Steve dun messed up his Disney villain knowledge. Dave’s veganism can be traced back directly to a nightmare he had in 1986. Did Dave just refer to the “real” Merlin? It sounds a lot like Steve didn’t bother preparing for this episode at all. Of course Steve was a Boy Scout. It all makes sense now. Calling Bambi a scary movie is stretching it a bit, guys. Dave wonders how people expressed opinions prior to the Internet. Dave makes up his own ending to The Fox and the Hound. The Disney Bronze Era is really just the plot of the movie Inception.