the Mascot Wedding show Podcast: 09/06/08

Episode 040: The phones are down but the boys fight the good fight against MySpace, signs of age, lack of meteor defense, a rival softball team, errant phone calls, and more. David takes a bullet and drinks a Sunkist Float soda… for you.

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Opener: “Weekend Wars” by MGMT, off the album Oracular Spectacular
“Cherry Cola” by Eagles of Death Metal, off the album Death by Sexy
“The Working Man” by Creedence Clearwater Revival, off the Creedence Clearwater Revival box set
Closer: “Baby Blue” by Badfinger, off the album Straight Up

Over the Top 2: ARMageddon! (video + credits)

Thanks to everyone who helped with this project and everyone who voted for us. We had a complete blast making it.

Cast:
Starring Mac Blake, Ximena Estrada, Long Le, Dave Youmans with Joe Parsons as “Robert Loggia’s Character” and John Erler as “Blaster Malone”
Also featuring Ben Bartley, Scott Chester, Jason Harrison, George Dishner, Todd Sapio, Mark Smith, Mat Walters, Amanda Dishner, Sam Le, Sayo Belli, Bronwyn Blake, Joel Nesvadba and Genie the Pug
Original music “Hawk’s Theme” by Awesome Cool Dudes
Sound Editing by Doug Hanshaw
Written and Produced by Mascot Wedding
Directed by Dave Youmans

So Hard to Say Goodbye: Unnecessary Sequels 2 [Austin Chronicle’s Picture in Picture Blog]
Over the Top 2’s Filmmaking Frenzy Page

the Mascot Wedding show Podcast: 08/23/08

Episode 039: Mascot Wedding’s nuclear weekend war continues! Mac and David celebrate America’s manifestation of volleyball destiny. The debut of the hot new segment “Mascot Wedding Takes a Bullet” and the magic boys rip on Chazz Palmentieri. Plus a famous football coach calls in!

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Opener: “Time to Pretend” by MGMT, off the album Oracular Spectacular
“Warrior” by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, off the album Show Your Bones
“Worried Shoes” by Sufjan Stevens and Daniel Smith, off the I Killed the Monster compilation
Closer: “One More Bottle to Drink” by Billy Childish, off the album 25 Years of Being Childish

the Mascot Wedding show Podcast: 08/16/08

Episode 038: The magic boys continue their nuclear assault! Mac and David expose some Olympic fixing. Mac lowers the hammer on over-LOLing. Old commercial talk and time-travel imperatives.

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Opener: “The Way You Wear Your Head” by Nada Surf, off the album Let Go
“Kids” by MGMT, off the album Oracular Spectacular
“Heroes and Villains” by the Beach Boys, off the album Smiley Smile
Closer: “Six Days on the Road” by The Flying Burrito Bros, off the album Hot Burritos!: The Flying Burrito Bros Anthology 1969-1972

Check out Mascot Wedding’s new video: Over the Top 2: Armageddon!

Hey everyone. Mascot Wedding Productions has made a short for another Drafthouse Filmmaking Frenzy, the 2008 Unnecessary Sequels contest. Our entry is a sequel to Over the Top, the 1987 arm-wrestling movie starring Sylvester Stallone and Robert Loggia. The trailer features folks from Master Pancake Theater and even an original song from Awesome Cool Dudes.

Check it out, and be sure to register at the site and vote for it. They only way to make it to the finals is with your votes so please help us out. Thanks.

'Hands down the best movie of the summer!'

the Mascot Wedding show Podcast: 08/09/08

Episode 037: The boys are back! Mac is sick and coughs from time to time. Some talk of the Olympics. Mac and David construct their own teen monster movies with some help from the callers. David gets a call from a coworker. This show has declared nuclear war!

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Opener: “Now It’s On” by Grandaddy, off the album Sumday
“Black Balloon” by The Kills, off the album Midnight Boom
“Alright” by Guided By Voices, off the album Alien Lanes
Closer: “Superlungs” by Terry Reid, off the album Superlungs

the Mascot Wedding show Podcast: 08/02/08 [Excerpt]

Episode 036: This particular show is not going to get archived, but due to a contractual agreement, we have to at least post the sponsor’s ad.

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Opener: “Under My Thumb” by the Rolling Stones, off the album Aftermath
“Profanity Prayers” by Beck, off the album Modern Guilt
“Hot Dog” by Led Zeppelin, off the album In Through the Out Door
“Barrytown” by Ben Folds Five, off the Me, Myself & Irene soundtrack
“Mission Control” by the Dandy Warhols, off the album Earth to the Dandy Warhols
Closer: “Piano Man” by Ghostland Observatory, off the album Paparazzi Lightning

The Mascot Wedding show: 7/26/08

Mac takes a week off. David finally sees The Dark Knight, but his suspicions still grow about a local movie theater. David continues to feel sorry for Larry the Cable Guy, but shrugs it off to play a round of “How Did I Get Here?” And a caller shows off his skills as a prankster.

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Opener: “Teenage FBI” from Guided by Voices, off the collection Human Amusements at Hourly Rates
“Straight Shooter” from Reigning Sound, off the album Time Bomb High School
“2+2=?” from the Bog Seger System, off the album Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man
“Archive of 1959” from the Billy Childish, off the collection 25 Years of Being Childish
“25 Miles” from Edwin Starr, off the single 25 Miles
Closer: “Tomorrow” from Paul McCartney and Wings, off the collection Wingspan

the Mascot Wedding show Podcast: 07/19/08

Episode 034: David has probably not seen The Dark Knight. Comedienne Kerri Lendo calls in. The boys discuss people they kinda feel sorry for even though they shouldn’t. David gets a call from his spirit guide. It would have been nice if more people called or emailed [mascotwedding(a)gmail.com] but oh well.

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Playlist:
Opener: “Gamma Ray” by Beck, off the album Modern Guilt
“Pompeii Am Gotterdammerung” by The Flaming Lips, off the album At War with the Mystics
“The Product” by The Minutemen, off the album Post-Mersh, Vol. 2
Closer: “Talking” by the Descendants, off the album Cool to be You