The boys talk Pauly Shore Is Dead, MTV, The Comedy Store, Kinison, Sandler & Shore, their differences, their similarities, Funny People. & Sandler as Ship of Theseus. Links I'm Dying Up Here Comedy At The Edge The Comedy Store documentary — Keep up with the show on twitter or instagram @sandtrappod, dm us there or email us at [email protected] Hos…

The boys fall for 50 First Dates as they talk Segal, Eastwood, the heavy plot, the strong stable ensemble, the Sandlerverse, the swing of different sensibilities, building an on set reality, his ending problem, Ben's realism rumination, 00's indie, Mumblecore, the Duplass Brothers, Twee, Joe Swanberg, the Safdies, & looking ahead to what this seaso…

Season three kicks off with Anger Management. The boys talk PTA-SD, gaslighting, the final addition to the "fab four" of directors, Snoop Dogg, mid-2000s realism, Nicholson, jokes as plot devices, penis envy & male anxiety, Harrelson, Segal's heavy hand, Giuliani's propaganda, Tomei, another drab ending, & a rant on the Austin Powers trilogy. Links…

The boys touch base on season two, mug shots, 'man dresses as woman, funny,' John Waters, rude fruit & Mr. Reads Hubie Decimal System. Links: Drag: The Complete Story Shock Value The, other, Big Picture — Keep up with the show on twitter or instagram @sandtrappod, dm us there or email us at [email protected] Hosts Ben Kasl (instagram @ben.kasl) Je…

In our season two finale, the boys talk Eight Crazy Nights, its lore, Shrek, adult animation, Christmas movies, representation, Pink Flamingos, the music, the brands, Sandler's Marvel-ization, Jeff's breakthrough, animation anecdotes, Gotham, Ebert, endings, Sandler as "Cartoon," Hubie Chanukah, & our next season... Links: Roger Ebert's Crazy Night…

The boys talk Capra's Little Man Trilogy, Sadie Hawkins, authenticity vs. goofiness, the ever growing Sandler stable, the new Deeds compared to the original, the Stewart inside Sandler, Ebert, product placement, & we end the fart count drought. Links: Some brief info about Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Ebert's Review — Keep up with the show on twitter or …

The boys swirl around Sandler's critical turning point, Punch-Drunk Love. They talk PTA, Shoot the Piano Player, their thesis, Ghoulardi, Comedy in a different font, Surrealism, idealized himbos, Ben gets lost in the sauce, persona, & the Safdies. Links: The Cast & Crew of Punch-Drunk at Cannes Sandler & PTA in a brief Q&A Adam Nayman's Masterworks…

The boys go straight to hell as they discuss Sandlers Little Nicky. In the process, they cover The Big Brill, Gil Graham, movies about hell, commentaries, SFX, Rodney, Witherspoon as Mom, the stable, Tarantino, The People vs. Taking Back Sunday, Popeyes, the Sandler universe, Ebert thoughts, P.T.A., & B-sides. Links: Ebert's Review. Context on Heav…

The boys take a moment to talk about Happy Madison Productions. Sandler's production company that helps define 20 years of "terrific" comedy. They talk the "Industry," The Big Picture, DVDs, The Da Vinci Code, the first evidence of a Sandler blow up, and a tiny bit about Deuce Bigalow Male Gigolo. Links: The Big Picture by Ben Fritz -- Keep up with…

The boys discuss Sandler’s big movie, Big Daddy. They talk Farley, Amy Pascal, producers, our origin story, Columbo, the “bigness” of it all, Sandler’s kid co-star strength, the introduction of “The Salesman,” Leslie Men, Horseshit, Styx, Schneider, Sandler’s cosplay, Razzies, GLAAD, & PTA. Links: Ben talking Big Daddy on the Overtalking Pod Every …

We got some high quality podcasting this week as the boys cover The Waterboy. We talk The Weeper’s return, the whirlwind context of this film, Kathy Bates & Henry Winkler, the critical divide, more stable players, a return to Jeff & his John Waters take, Coraci’s endings, Sandler’s back-to-back, the soundtrack, Ben’s love of Jim Morrison, Waterboy’…

The boys get down and dirty with a quick episode on the cult movie Dirty Work. We talk Norm, divorce movies, controversy, purposeful parody, Kabuki Irony, Sandler’s aversion to the ‘R’ rating, a brush with Bobcat, and some housekeeping. Links: Artie & Norm on Howard Stern (Part One & Two) Bob Saget on Howard Stern Nathan Rabin's reassessment for Th…

For better or worse, the boys talk the vaunted Wedding Singer, Frank Coraci & the Fab Four, 'Schnorf' humor, Drew Barrymore, Carrie Fisher as script doctor, the 90's wedding boom, tight shots, Sandler as orphan, '08 time capsules, Peter Dante, soundtracks, Alexis Arquette, Sandler's songs, art boys, Billy Idol, & Jeff's jocking. Links: Herlihy on t…

We’ve got our first beautiful outlier with the buddy cop film, Bulletproof. We talk Dickerson, make some Caan-ections, Sandler anger, Wayans distance, crane nudges, pacing, butt bits, the "give & give” of this plot, different rules, and a challenging double feature. Links: Freebie & The Bean A Night With Blue Note List of cinematographers turned di…

The boys hit the green to discuss Happy Gilmore, white people, the monkey movie Ed, Goodfellas, product placement, the macho edge, Bowen, Jeff’s burgeoning take, the golf community, McDonald’s villainy, golf on film, the early drafts, Apatow connections, Elder elder abuse, Stiller, Weathers, the Barker fight, Sandmanifesting, Dennis Dugan, when thi…

Adam Grandeur kicks off with Billy Madison. We talk nostalgia poison, Billy movies, tender moments, the confluence of a hit, music videos, Sandler’s angles, Jeff’s Habsburg take, his blasphemy, Gen Z, pure id, hitting kids, blacktop memories, Farley, Buscemi, Downey, fire stunts, & new additions to the fart count. Links: Info on Tamra Davis from Yo…

Our test run on a season wrap up! Filled with book, music, and film recs that add context to our first season. Ben's Book Pick: Within The Context of No Context Jeff's Book Pick: Nirvana's In Utero (33 1/3) Follow our Spotify Playlist here Check out our film list on Letterboxd. Keep up with the show on twitter or instagram @sandtrappod, dm us there…

On our season finale, we talk Ephron, the french, their poots, nuts, Nichols, heartbreak & revenge, 90s chaos, a pass from Antifa, our first split, the debut of the "Yabba-Yew," the charm of Schreiber, drawing the line, the Carrey-Sandler parallel, & the title of our next season. Links: 2016 Doc on Ephron Le père Noël est une ordure trailer ------ …

In the back half of our double header, we talk music movies, XxX, art & commerce, the fire that birthed Pitchfork, Ramis: King of Cameos, Sandler at his hottest, VH1, video rentals, lost & found at the Vatican, pandemic Goofy, true comic relief, the Sandler economy, James Caan, mid-budget comedies, the shoulders of Jack Black, new math, & letting g…

We do it live on our longest episode yet. The tabs get unruly as we discuss Saturday Night Live, the 90s comedy boom, nostalgia epidemics, the joy of Myers, Carvey & Hartman, Uncle Michaels, Herlihy, the writers who made Sandler, thriving at the desk, gay beer, the era of auteur advertising, a Sandler & Schneider switch, Sinead’s foreword thinking,…

We talk headphones, juvenilia, Jeff's complex, getting political, the Gen X sensibility, a who's who of comedy, opening the Sandler stable, generation XXX, gettin' Steely, Bobcat Goldthwait's comedic blueprint, dunking on clowns, backlash, Jeff's notes, the spelling of dammit (damnit), Sandler avoiding the chair, & falling with style. Links: Harmon…

In our first episode, we talk Jeffs, this season & its titles, Sandler's bio, the name of today's film, dubious trivia, calling your shot, old panties, changing of the guard, going "overboard," Sandman archetypes, frame narratives, 90s writers rooms, Carvey on SNL, the worst thing Louie has done, matching the movie, the power of laughter, middle sc…

A peak at the first season of our podcast! We'll use this space to link anything we referenced in each episode. Keep up with the show on twitter or instagram @sandtrappod, dm us there or email us at [email protected] Hosts Ben Kasl (instagram @ben.kasl) Jeffrey Lehman (twitter @Dostojeffsky) Cover Art Madeline Horwath (instagram @madelinehorwath)…

If they drive on the wrong side of the street, what side of the sidewalk do the English walk on? What tweet by Billy Joe Armstrong of Green Day did we read and why? Why is Donald Trump now (unless something surprising happens) the Republican candidate for President? What's up with Ben's Baby Fat project? All these questions answered in quite possib…

What do you do when you're caught between two worlds that you hold dear? Two worlds that are sometimes fearful and sometimes disdainful of each other. Artists with religious beliefs often find themselves in this quandary. A fascinating, challenging conversation with singer, songwriter and activist Michelle Shocked.…