Krusty's Third Nipple

The boys round up their deep dive into the first season of one of our favourite TV shows of recent years - The Bear.

Kieran and Tarig, who are on their second and third watches of the series respectively, attempt to navigate a spoiler-free journey for Darren, who will be watching it for the first time and rating the series as he goes.

In episode 7 'Review', tensions rise, and the kitchen's having a bad day, while in the season finale 'Braciole', things get out of control and Carmy is faced with a decision.

If you haven't seen The Bear before, this podcast series works best if you watch the episode(s) in question before listening to us as there will be spoilers, though nothing will be spoiled ahead of time. All the best callbacks and trivia will be revealed. If you have seen it before, listen to us and watch it again!

Join us as we continue our dive into one of our favourite TV shows of recent years - The Bear.

Kieran and Tarig, who are on their second and third watches of the series respectively, attempt to navigate a spoiler-free journey for Darren, who will be watching it for the first time and rating the series as he goes. Will he improve on his 6/10 rating after episodes 2 and 3?

In episode 4 'Dogs', Carmy and Richie cater a kid's birthday party; Tina and Sydney work together while Marcus makes doughnuts.

Episode 5 'Seridan' sees things go wrong in the kitchen; Sydney finds solutions and the return of the Fak!

Finally, episode 6 'Ceres' starts with a bang and finishes with Richie noticing changes in the neighbourhood.

If you haven't seen The Bear before, this podcast series works best if you watch the episode(s) in question before listening to us as there will be spoilers, though nothing will be spoiled ahead of time. All the best callbacks and trivia will be revealed. If you have seen it before, listen to us and watch it again!

A new guest joins the boys for what turns out to be another bumper episode of recommendations. We find out if Kieran’s trip to the cinema to see Oppenheimer was worth it and debate the merits of dubbed versions of foreign language shows.

In this episode we discuss…

What to watch:

Painkiller

Saw X

Adam Copeland and Christian Cage reunited

Seven Psychopaths

Only Murders In The Building

Poker Face

Breaking Bad

What to avoid: Mercy Falls

Join us as we continue our dive into one of our favourite TV shows of recent years - The Bear.

Kieran and Tarig, who are on their second and third watches of the series respectively, attempt to navigate a spoiler-free journey for Darren, who will be watching it for the first time and rating the series as he goes. Will he improve on his 4/10 rating after episode 1?

In episodes 2-3, there are new family members to meet including Uncle Jimmy and Pete, we have our first couple of cameos and we learn the truth about Mikey's death.

If you haven't seen The Bear before, this podcast series works best if you watch the episode(s) in question before listening to us as there will be spoilers, though nothing will be spoiled ahead of time. All the best callbacks and trivia will be revealed. If you have seen it before, listen to us and watch it again!

Our new series of movie reviews kicks off with John Hughes' coming-of-age classic The Breakfast Club. As usual, expect tons of useless bits of trivia like which movie was being filmed in the same school at the same time and which character was almost played by Nicolas Cage.

Play along with the usual categories:

• Best scene,
• Worst scene,
• Favourite quotes,
• Best minor character,
• Trivia,
• Grinds your gears,
• Who wins the movie,
• Burn Watch Buy.

Join us as we detour from the usual episodes to take a look at one of our favourite TV shows of recent years - The Bear.

Championed by Tarig and Kieran in the past, The Bear is new to Darren who will be watching it for the first time and rating the series as he goes.

If you haven't seen The Bear before, this podcast series works best if you watch the episode(s) in question before listening to us as there will be spoilers, though nothing will be spoiled ahead of time. All the best call backs and trivia will be revealed.

If you have seen it before, listen to us and watch it again!

The boys reconvene for the last time this season for the second annual Krusty Brass Nipple Awards for the best, and worst, moments of the last 16 movies.

Before that, Tarig meets his match in the form of a couple of mating seagulls and Kieran meets a fellow sufferer of a slippy new syndrome. At the end, the boys sort out the next round of 16 movies.

The movies in question are

• Get Out

• Another Round 

• Green Mile

• Tremors

• NomadLand

• Highlander

• BlackKklansman

• The Sting

• Amelie

• The Last Duel

• The Lives of Others

• Saving Private Ryan

• The Gentlemen

• Mid90s

• Shawshank Redemption 

• Dallas Buyers Club

The all-important categories are

• Intros

• 7-word synopsis

• Favourite quote

• Best death 

• Funniest moment

• Worst reckless disregard for human life and public property 

• Pleasant surprise (movie, actor, whatever)

• Biggest disappointment 2

• Movie you most want to watch again 

• Movie you’d pay to see on the big screen

• (City of God) Fuck me that hits hard moment

Expect tons of trivia as the boys work their way through all the hidden meanings and not so hidden racism in Jordan Peele’s modern classic Get Out.

Find out what the alternative ending was, why some characters never show their hairline and the significance of pastries!

Play along with the usual categories:

• Best scene,

• Worst scene,

• Favourite quotes,

• What has aged the best about the movie,

• What has aged the worst,

• Best minor character,

• Trivia,

• Grinds your gears,

• Who wins the movie,

• Burn Watch Buy.

The boys ramp up to the Dundee Brew Fest, and the upcoming Krusty Brass Nipple Awards, with the final recommendations episode of the season.

Get the last updates to your viewing list before the boys take a break for the summer.

Ahead of our review of Get Out, the final movie of 16 to go forth to the awards episode, our Top 5 pays tribute to one of our favourite young actors - Daniel Kaluuya.

In this episode we discuss…

Recommendations

• The Whale
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
• The Gold

What to avoid

• I See You
• Grey’s Anatomy

The TV episodes mentioned in our Daniel Kaluuya Top 5 are:

Black Mirror: Fifteen Million Merits

In the penultimate of the 16 movies to go forth to the Krusty Brass Nipple Awards, Kieran, Darren and Tarig review the Danish tragi-comedy Another Round.

Find out the initial inspiration for the movie, what British band is connected to the director and whether Kieran and Tarig can sustain their performance while drinking.

Play along with the usual categories:

• Best scene,

• Worst scene,

• Favourite quotes,

• What has aged the best about the movie,

• What has aged the worst,

• Best minor character,

• Trivia,

• Grinds your gears,

• Who wins the movie,

• Burn Watch Buy.

An under-the-weather Kieran is dragged by Tarig and Darren to a busy pub for a deep dive into another listener's choice - this time The Green Mile.

There is tons of Mr Jingles trivia and you'll also find out which actor played a priest in Sister Act 2 and Darren's 'blink and you’ll miss it' favourite minor character.

Play along with the usual categories:

• Best scene,
• Worst scene,
• Favourite quotes,
• What has aged the best about the movie,
• What has aged the worst,
• Best minor character,
• Trivia,
• Grinds your gears,
• Who wins the movie,
• Burn Watch Buy.

Big news at Krusty HQ as we team up with the upcoming Dundee Brew Fest, set to return to the Bonar Hall on June 3rd. Andrew Sinclair joins the boys to make the announcement and contribute to Krusty’s top 5 favourite Tom Hanks movies of all time.

Before that, Darren reports back after watching Kaleidoscope in a non-chronological order, Tarig catches up on The Thing and Kieran talks Predator and Better Call Saul.

We also round up our usual recommendations and avoids and pose the question, has any comedy sequel been better than the original movie?

Finally we try to reach a combined top 5 movies starring Tom Hanks. Surely we'll avoid vetoes on this one...

In this episode we discuss…

Recommendations

• Clarkson’s Farm, Scream 6, The Bear, Still Game

What to avoid

• Shotgun Wedding, Zombieland: Double Tap, Primal Fear, Velma

In our next episode, we’ll go deep into The Green Mile.

Tickets for the Dundee Brew Fest are available for only £10 until the end of April.

We're firmly back on familiar ground with a review of the 1990 monster horror Tremors. G rejoins Kieran, Tarig and Darren for a deep dive into the cult classic as well as an impromptu six degrees of Kevin Bacon game and an introduction to ChatGPT.

Play along with the usual categories:

• Best scene,
• Worst scene,
• Favourite quotes,
• What has aged the best about the movie,
• What has aged the worst,
• Best minor character,
• Trivia,
• Grinds your gears,
• Who wins the movie,
• Burn Watch Buy.

Our next episode will be an immediate review of Cocaine Bear.

Kieran and Tarig's former flatmate G makes his long-awaited debut to help the boys try to put together the official Krusty top 5 favourite monster movies of all time.

Before that we rectify the oversight from the last episode where someone forgot to bring the bag of recommendations, Kieran catches up on The Traitors and we round up what to watch and what to avoid from the last few weeks.

In this episode we discuss…

Recommendations

• The Game, Don’t Worry Darling, Mayflies, Calibre

What to avoid

• Spiderhead, The Rig, Prey, Kaleidoscope

In our next episode, we’ll go deep into Tremors.

Thom insists he can't remember recommending this movie, and Darren wishes he hadn't, but the multi award-winning Nomadland has our attention and we'll give it our best shot.

There's a quick Frances McDormand Oscar quiz and trivia which includes why the movie was pulled from theatrical release by Disney China.

Play along with the usual categories:

• Best scene,
• Worst scene,
• Favourite quotes,
• What has aged the best about the movie,
• What has aged the worst,
• Best minor character,
• Trivia,
• Grinds your gears,
• Who wins the movie,
• Burn Watch Buy.

We'll be back in a couple of weeks with new recommendations, another top 5 game and discuss an as yet undecided listener suggestion.

Ahead of our upcoming discussion on Nomadland, Thom returns to help the boys decide on the top 5 best road movies of all time. 

Before that there’s the usual round-up of recommendations good and bad from the world of popular culture, Thom sings his favourite Scottish movie of all time and shares a killer recipe for spaghetti bolognese.

In this episode we discuss…

Recommendations

• The Traitors, Stutz, Barbarian, The Bear

What to avoid

• Black Adam, Christmas spoilers, Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything, A Castle for Christmas

In our next episode, we’ll go deep into Nomadland.

Tarig tried everything to stop Highlander coming out the bag - stabbing it, burning it, drowning it, even sticking some chewing gum to the bottom of the bag but the stubborn thing is still here and now the time has come for him to rummage through his nana's stack of videos for the 1980s cult classic.

Stealth returns to join Kieran, Darren and Tarig to find out why immortals are the age they are, the director's legendary background in music videos and Sean Connery's role in a revolt amongst the filming staff. 

Play along with the usual categories:

• Best scene,
• Worst scene,
• Favourite quotes,
• What has aged the best about the movie,
• What has aged the worst,
• Best minor character,
• Trivia,
• Grinds your gears,
• Who wins the movie,
• Burn Watch Buy.

We'll be back in the New Year with new recommendations, a top 5 road movies and discuss listener Thom Sherrington's suggestion of ‘Nomadland’.

Ahead of Stealth's long-awaited delve into Highlander, he joins the boys to debate, swear and veto their way to a combined top 5 favourite Scottish movies of all time.

Before that there’s the usual round-up of recommendations good and bad from the world of popular culture, Mr 1980s shares his favourite Sunday afternoon movie and has his say on previous top 5 categories (Scorsese, foreign language and horror)

In this episode we discuss…

Recommendations

• Cyberpunks: Edgerunners - FIFA Uncovered - The Walk-In - In Search of the Last Action Heroes - The Phenomenon: The Rise, Fall and Redemption of Ronaldo

What to avoid

• Bill & Ted Face the Music - Synchronic - Halloween Ends - Anatomy of a Scandal

In our next episode, we’ll go deep into Highlander.

The second part of our Halloween recording sees the boys take on Spike Lee joint BlackKklansman. Hear some great Adam Driver facts, some terrible accents, and a long discussion on what point the movie is trying to make.

Play along with the usual categories:

• Best scene,
• Worst scene,
• Favourite quotes,
• What has aged the best about the movie,
• What has aged the worst,
• Best minor character,
• Trivia,
• Grinds your gears,
• Who wins the movie,
• Burn Watch Buy.

We'll be back with our recommendations show, another top 5 and discuss Stealth's suggestion of ‘Highlander’.

Much delayed due to a technical hitch but the boys are back with a Halloween-themed episode with horror recommendations and a book about trick-or-treating gone wrong.

Tarig revisits Inside Man and one of Darren’s things to avoid returns to haunt him before Kieran and Darren predict every scene in Ticket to Paradise.

Then there’s the usual heated debate in our Top 5 combined favourite horror movies of all time.

In this episode we discuss…

Recommendations

• Smile, Da 5 Bloods, Blood Sugar by Daniel Kraus

What to avoid

• I Came By (again), Ticket to Paradise, Into the Deep - The Submarine Murder Case

In our next episode, we’ll go deep into The BlackKklansman which was recommended by listener Teddy Watson.

Dave Soave returns to discuss the oldest movie to grace the Krusty universe to date... the gun slinging, dick swinging, card cheating, nickname calling, crime caper set in Chicago during the depression - also known as The Sting from 1973.

In a trivia filled episode, find out who has been nominated for Academy Awards in 5 different decades and the stellar line up who were also nominated for Best Actor along with Robert Redford after this movie.

Play along with the usual categories:

• Best scene,
• Worst scene,
• Favourite quotes,
• What has aged the best about the movie,
• What has aged the worst,
• Best minor character,
• Trivia,
• Grinds your gears,
• Who wins the movie,
• Burn Watch Buy.

We'll be back with our recommendations show and discuss listener Teddy Watson's suggestion of ‘BlacKkKlansman’.

There's horror in the air as Dave Soave, who has never listened to a podcast in his life, joins the boys to discuss their recommendations and avoids over the past two weeks.

We forgo the Top 5 game to allow Dave to share his favour Sunday afternoon movie, as well as his Top 3 Martin Scorsese and foreign language movies.

Meanwhile, a dip into the social media goody bag uncovers a hidden Stasi operative in the Welsh valleys.

In this episode we discuss…

What to watch

• Sleepy Hollow, Inside Man, The Greatest Beer Run Ever, The Descent

What to avoid

• The Blair Witch Project, The Gray Man, Sam Matterface, Mr Harrigan's Phone

In our next episode, we’ll go deep into The Sting which was recommended by Dave Soave.

Amelie is a 2001 French-language romantic comedy film that gives us a whimsical depiction of life in Paris. In this episode, we struggle to pronounce her name and one of the boys thinks she is nothing but a weird stalker. Other than that we try to do the movie justice.

Listen to find out why Emily Watson couldn't play the lead role, why we love the attention to detail and which one of the boys hasn't had the satisfaction of cracking the surface of a crème brûlée with a spoon.

Play along with the usual categories:

• Best scene,
• Worst scene,
• Favourite quotes,
• What has aged the best about the movie,
• What has aged the worst,
• Best minor character,
• Trivia,
• Grinds your gears,
• Who wins the movie,
• Burn Watch Buy.

We'll be back with our recommendations show and discuss listener Dave Soave's suggestion of ‘The Sting’.

As well as telling you what to watch and what to avoid, Kieran, Darren and Tarig share which TV series anti-hero they would make President, make an offer they can't refuse and go into business with. The Top 5 game generates a heated debate about the best foreign-language movies of all time.

In this episode we discuss…

What to watch

• Umbrella Academy Season 3
• John & Joe Bishop: Life After Deaf
• Frozen Planet 2

What to avoid

• Pinocchio (2022)
• Traces
• I Came By

In our next episode, we’ll go deep into Amelie which was recommended by Andy Weir.

The boys go all the way back to Mediaeval France to discuss The Last Duel,  a 2021 historical action drama directed by Ridley Scott.

Find out their take on Rashomon storytelling, the gruesome final battle scene and Matt Damon’s mullet.

Connor Beaton’s review of Prima Facie is available here:

Birthday celebrations are in order as Kieran, Darren and Tarig share what to watch and what to avoid with the recommendations round-up, there’s a delve into the social media goody bag and a combined Top 5 movies directed by Martin Scorsese.

In this episode we discuss…

What to watch

• The Rescue
• Nope
• The Rehearsal

What to avoid

• Look Both Ways
• Descendants
• The Imperfects

In our next episode, we’ll go deep into The Last Duel which was recommended by George Iordanov-Nalbantov

Andy Weir rejoins Kieran, Darren and Tarig to review the third of his foreign language entries to the suggestions bag - The Lives of Others.

We answer important questions like 'Which of Wiesler's coats stands the test of time?' and 'Could the Stasi help you win an argument with your wife?'

The usual categories are as follows:

• Best scene
• Worst scene
• Favourite quotes
• What has aged the best about the movie?
• What has aged the worst?
• Best minor character
• Trivia
• Grinds your gears
• Who wins the movie?
• Burn Watch Buy

We'll be back with our recommendations show and discuss listener George Iordanov-Nalbantov’s suggestion of ‘The Last Duel’.

Back for season 3 baby! Andy Weir joins Kieran, Darren and Tarig for a SPOILER-FREE review of TV viewing for your pleasure. We even watch the bad stuff so you don't have to.

In this episode we discuss…

What to watch

Atlanta (Season 3)

Mike Soave joins Kieran, Darren and Tarig to run the rule over one of the most realistic war movies of all time - Saving Private Ryan.

Find out which actor was lucky enough to miss out on the rigorous pre-filming training regime and which one of the hosts would not buy this movie.

The usual categories are as follows:

Best scene

Worst scene

Favourite quotes

What has aged the best about the movie?

What has aged the worst?

Best minor character

Trivia

Grinds your gears

Who wins the movie?

Burn Watch Buy

We'll take a break for the summer and return for series 3 during which we'll  be back with our recommendations show and discuss listener Andy Weir’s suggestion of ‘The Lives of Others’.

Kieran, Darren and Tarig are joined once again by Mike Soave to give the Krusty guide of what to watch and potentially what to avoid in our TV recommendations this week. There’s also a delve into the social media goody bag and, following on from 2 weeks ago, Mike reveals his top 5 most hated movie and TV characters.

In this episode we discuss…

Bad Sport

Kieran, Darren and Tarig run through the likes and dislikes of the Guy Ritchie back catalogue before taking a deep dive into The Gentlemen, released to UK cinemas in January 2020.

Find out which unlikely actor they'd like to see in a Guy Ritchie movie, how Hugh Grant came to be offered the role and which one of the cast members has starred in both Heartbeat and Family Guy.

The trio then run through their usual categories :

Best scene

Worst scene

Favourite quotes

What has aged the best about the movie?

What has aged the worst?

Best minor character

Trivia

Grinds your gears

Who wins the movie?

Burn Watch Buy

Next week we'll be back with our recommendations show and in 2 weeks we'll discuss listener Mike Soave’s suggestion of ‘Saving Private Ryan’.

In a new format for the podcast, the deep-dive movie section will now be published in a separate episode.

Here we have our usual recommendations, a look back over social media and finally who Kieran, Darren and Tarig have picked for our most hated film or TV characters. 

In this episode we discuss…

Love Death + Robots - Volume 

After a Covid-enforced break, the trio return to delve into Jonah Hill’s first movie as a director - Mid90s from 2018.

In our recommendations, find out why The Northman is just a gritty version of The Lion King, how many times Kieran has cried while watching Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing and hear Tarig find out in real time the number of episodes in We Own This City.

Also, Kieran and Darren catch up with their trip to see Blade in 4k at the DCA’s DunDead festival and there’s a discussion on what order you should watch the Star Wars movies.

In this episode we discuss…

We Own This City

In a change to the planned viewing of Mid 90s, Kieran and Darren share their visit to the DunDead festival at the DCA in Dundee to see Blade in 4K on the big screen and there's a cameo from a previous guest.

In our next episode, we promise we'll discuss listener Teddy Watson’s suggestion of ‘Mid 90s’.

After dodging the bullet of having to watch one of the worst movies of all time in the last episode, the team had the pleasure of enjoying one of the best - The Shawshank Redemption. Find out the role turned down by Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise and Keven Costner, who the boy is in the picture on Red’s parole form and the continuity errors that may have passed you by.

Before that, there’s the usual round-up of recommendations and we catch up with our social media interactions, more of which you can find below:

After making the executive decision not to watch Skyfire, the guys instead turn their attention to Dallas Buyers Club. Before that there is the small matter of the inaugural Krusty Brass Nipple Awards - a run-down of our favourite moments from the last 16 movies we have reviewed. See the full list of movies and award categories below and play along at home.

Movies:

Beautiful Boy, Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus, The Royal Tenenbaums, Children of Men, Drive, The Big Lebowski, Dazed and Confused, Reservoir Dogs, The Boondock Saints, Hacksaw Ridge, City of God, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Hereditary, Force Majeure, Hell or High Water and The Raid.

Categories

Intro -  7-word synopsis - Tarig’s quote - Best death - Funniest moment - Worst reckless disregard for human life and public property - Pleasant surprise - Biggest disappointment - Movie you most want to watch again - Movie you’d pay to see on the big screen - F**k me that hits hard moment

Action movie aficionado Mike Soave makes his Krusty debut to share his thoughts on the best action movie you’ve never heard of, until now. Set in Indonesia and directed by a Welshman, The Raid gets a unanimous thumbs up from the boys (42:44-2.23:35).

Before that Kieran and Darren catch up with Boiling Point, Mike talks Peaky Blinders, Tarig shares what he thinks of jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy and Darren recommends Equilibrium (0:00-38:01). Mike then reveals his Tarantino top 5 and go-to Sunday afternoon movie (38:11-42:34).

In this episode we discuss…

Equilibrium

A hungover Kieran joins Darren and Tarig to run the rule over Hell or High Water, David Mackenzie’s modern take on the Western from 2016.

Before that, Darren and Tarig give their verdict of The Batman and Kieran watches yet another Wes Anderson movie.

Intro, The Batman and The French Dispatch (0:00-38:23)

Hell or High Water (38:33-1.56:60)

In this episode we discuss…

The Batman

Kieran, Darren and Tarig are joined by Thom Sherrington to discuss his suggestion of Force Majeure, a Swedish comedy that will make you laugh and squirm in equal measure.

Before that, there’s our recommendations, and Kieran takes on the hosting duties for a quiz inspired by our Scandi neighbours.

Intro, Thom’s Sunday afternoon movie and Tarantino top 5 (0:00-39:55)

Quiz (39:65-52:15)

Force Majeure (52:25-2.41:46)

In this episode we discuss…

The Princess Bride

The boys need plenty of non-BrewDog beers to get through this episode as they take a deep dive into Ari Aster’s horror debut from 2018, Hereditary.

Before that, we give our usual recommendations, Darren hosts a quiz and then has the unenviable task of convincing Kieran and Tarig that watching horrors is a good idea.

We also share Rosie’s Bill Nighy/Bill Murray mix-up and Amy’s Sunday afternoon movie and Tarantino top 5.

In this episode we discuss…

How To with John Wilson

Amy Sherrington joins the gang for a deep dive into Grand Budapest Hotel to ask the important question of what does L'air de panache really smell like?

There are the usual pop culture recommendations and the quiz returns with a Wes Anderson ensemble theme.

In this episode we discuss…

L.A. Confidential

The boys return from the festive break to serve up a feast of pop culture consumption before taking a deep dive into the latest listener suggestion, City of God from 2002.

In this episode we discuss…

Rocky IV: Rocky Vs. Drago - The Ultimate Director’s Cut

Kieran, Darren and Tarig review one of our most recent movies so far: Mel Gibson’s war drama from 2016 - Hacksaw Ridge.

Before that, we go through our usual recommendations and, inspired by the cast of the main movie, the quiz returns with an Aussie actor theme.

In this episode we discuss...

Mo Farah - No Easy Mile

Rosie Deery joins the boys to discuss her recommendation, pretty much the definition of a cult movie The Boondock Saints, a movie which made only $30k at the cinemas but more than $50 million due to video and DVD sales.

In this episode we discuss...

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills