Episode Twenty-Nine: Animated GIF of a Guy in a Hard-Hat

Pop Cultural Osmosis

Welcome back! We’re sorry for the impromptu hiatus, but now that the hurricanes, overseas trips, and broken laptops are behind us, we’re so happy to be recording again.

This week, we talk about our favorite 30 Rock episodes, discuss Netflix’s new original series House of Cards, and finally tackle Cars 2. Plus, we rank out favorite Pixar films and duke it out over which one is the best.

We discuss the first two episodes of House of Cards, so major spoilers for those.

Show Links:

• Kyle’s favorite films of 2012
• Jack’s therapy session on 30 Rock
• “The Economics Behind Netflix’s $100 million new show”, The Atlantic Wire
• Esquire’s profile of Netflix CEO Reed Hastings
• Fresh Air Interview with David Fincher and Kevin Spacey

Episode Breakdown:

• 0:00 - 19:00 - Favorite 30 Rock episode
• 19:00 - 1:00:00 - House of Cards and Netflix’s new strategy
• 1:00:00 - 1:15:00 - Cars 2 / Pixar rankings

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Pixar Rankings:

In the last few minutes of this episode, we both ranked the films in Pixar’s filmography.

Ryan:

1. Toy Story
2. WALL-E
3. Toy Story 3
4. Up
5. The Incredibles
6. Monsters, Inc.
7. Finding Nemo
8. Ratatouille
9. Toy Story 2
10. Brave
11. A Bug’s Life
12. Cars
13. Cars 2

Kyle:

1. Finding Nemo
2. The Incredibles
3. Toy Story
4. Toy Story 3
5. WALL-E
6. Up
7. Toy Story 2
8. Monsters, Inc.
9. Ratatouille
10. Brave
11. Cars 2
12. A Bug’s Life
13. Cars

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