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My friend was a waiter at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. in 2006 and 2007 and Jennifer Love Hewitt used to come in. He desperately wanted to get on the mic at the host stand and call out, "Hewitt, party of 5!"

My story on the joys of being known as the guy who eats pieces of shit for breakfast. theringer.com/2025/07/23/mov…

Ozzy Osbourne was the master of reality, but that didn’t stop people from projecting things that weren’t there onto him. For Nate Rogers, that meant the idea that the Iron Man was immortal: theringer.com/2025/07/23/mus…

For its 30th anniversary, wrote about my beloved Waterworld theringer.com/2025/07/28/mov…

I loved this conversation with DJ and Jordan about my book, The Simpsons, and Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge.

What a time for demons on The Big Picture: 👿 Andy Greenwald joins us to talk about the Netflix sensation KPOP DEMON HUNTERS 👿 I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER reboot 👿 The 1990s Horror Movie Canon open.spotify.com/episode/0SMnJZ…

“‘The Simpsons’ slingshotted that empty concept of Republican ‘family values’ right back at the electorate.” Tim Riley reviews Alan Siegel’s “Stupid TV, Be More Funny: How the Golden Era of ‘The Simpsons’ Changed Television—and America—Forever.” lareviewofbooks.org/article/i-will…

No matter how silly the idea of seeing a comedy in a movie theater might be to us, as Americans, we must be gracious and go see the new Naked Gun. I went deep on how it came together with Akiva Schaffer, Dan Gregor, and Doug Mand. theringer.com/2025/07/31/mov…

Brian’s the best and this is going to be my favorite pod of the year.

The one expensive vintage T-shirt I regret not buying.

Here's my interview about Stupid TV, Be More Funny with the great Peter O'Dowd on NPR. One of the things I've loved about talking about my book is how the conversations almost always lead to swapping Simpsons quotes. Never gets old. wbur.org/hereandnow/202…

The elder millennial stare.

Remembering Bryan’s uncle, Rod “Hot Rod” Miranda, who died last weekend. Full pod here: open.spotify.com/episode/4HJ2ny…

🚨 BIG LIST ALERT 🚨 I spoke to nearly two dozen stunt performers, coordinators, second-unit directors, and filmmakers about conceiving and executing... **The 25 most important stunt scenes of the century** My latest tribute (link below) to the stunt community, for The Ringer

WEAPONS is why we go to the movies. I dug into Zach Cregger's latest on The Big Picture and whether it could be a turning point in horror. Then, Cregger joins me to talk through the movie's secrets. open.spotify.com/episode/0DZqvt…

watching seasons 2-9 of The Simpsons:

The first episode of MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, my new The Ringer podcast about how the George W. Bush era changed Hollywood, is out today! Episode one looks at the making of two very different films about early-2000s teen life: BRING IT ON and DONNIE DARKO: shorturl.at/FSXhE