Guys of a Certain Age

05/07/2024

At long last, Jay and Art - aka “The Dune Dudes” - abided at their respective houses in front of the telly long enough to watch Dune Part Two. It had been harkonneng for a long time. And in a strange twist, they didn’t just arrive at different opinions, they flipped from their opinions of part...

29/06/2024

Once a year, or whenever they get hungry for things with grill marks and smoky aromas, The Guys emerge from the basement and venture into the great backyard with grill-master and friend of the podcast Wes Shelton. In fact, Wes is one of the rare repeat guests and may be the first ever to bring along...

22/06/2024

This week's episode takes a different turn as Robbie and Art welcome special guest Paige Hunt to talk about her favorite movie, Steel Magnolias. In an attempt to broaden the Guys' horizons, Paige explains why this movie is not only the best movie to come out in 1989 (an amazing year for movies) but....

15/06/2024

In this exciting conclusion to Robbie’s interview with Jim Biddle, a genuine contestant on MTV’s early game show, Remote Control, the question is answered: did he win? Well, of course … he answers the question. And The Guys build that anticipation by answering the question: what are the geeks ...

09/06/2024

Somebody said, “I want my MTV!” so Robbie went out and got it, in the form of a two part interview with Jim Biddle, a bona fide contestant on MTV’s first game show, Remote Control. In this first part (of two), follow the Hero's journey from the fields of Indiana to the sacred Halls of Syracuse...

02/06/2024

What do Eudora Welty and Dan Fogelberg have in common? They both got their start at WZZQ in Jackson, MS, of course. Well, sort of. Watch WZZQ The Movie on PBS, just like The Guys did, and get all the deets, man. Though none of The Guys lived in the broadcast range of WZZQ, they still found their own...

25/05/2024

Once a year, on a late spring day when Art usually has something better to do, Jay and Robbie talk about their summer plans. Welcome to summer. Movie releases abound, but will they go to the theater or wait till the streaming begins and perhaps watch on Robbie’s new deck? Will Jay get the hang of ...

18/05/2024

I want my MTV! And by “my”, The Guys find themselves reminiscing about the good old days of the iconic music video network that is not so much about music anymore. These memories were invoked by the podcast “Who Killed the Video Star?” which traces the history and evolution of MTV. They talk...

12/05/2024

The Guys did not approach this episode tentatively - rather, it was Tennant-ively. David Tennant, that is. Robbie takes this opportunity to introduce the GGI, the GOCA Geek Index, which heretofore will be used to gauge the geek factor of major screen stars, and it appears that Mr. Tennant scores wel...

05/05/2024

The Guys watched a lot of movies in the 80’s and 90’s, and a lot of them exist thanks to writer/producer/director/collaborator/uncredited actor John Hughes. Without Hughes, would we have the Brat Pack? Would the pop culture references we know and love be absent from our vocabulary? Would anyone ...

28/04/2024

It’s time for an Art history lesson, podcast family and FOG’s (Friends of the Guys, of course.) But it’s not the kind you sleep through trying to get that one easy credit to graduate, it’s the kind where you learn all about our co-host, Art Shirley. Jay puts on his interrogator hat - er, it ...

22/04/2024

With Jay out, Robbie and Art take a deep dive into the latest trends in producing digital and print content with software alternatives to challenge the tech behemoths currently monopolizing the industry. Do you really need to pay a high annual subscription to produce a professional-looking flyer or....

15/04/2024

Do you Sci-Fi? The Guys Sci-Fi. And in this episode they talk about the sci-fi books that influenced them - and more or less the world - in all kinds of crazy ways. Art talks ERB and his Mars series, Robbie extols the virtues of Dune and more, and Jay riffs on the book he read sometime in 1982 that....

07/04/2024

Robbie took out his Han Solo blaster and said, “We’ll be talking toys today.” Or he would have, if he still had one. That and many other toys that got away and are now virtual college funds on eBay are the subject of this episode’s discussion of regret. (And it’s not even Jay’s regrettab...

05/04/2024

30/03/2024

There are three members of the Ghost Patrol, the feature of this week’s Jay’s Regrettable Segment, but only 2 Guys in the studio today. Jay and Robbie were ghosted by Art. But they mustered up the courage and the words to talk about Oscar and all his little statuettes. Geekdom did fairly well th...

23/03/2024

It’s the first of a series if The Guys remember to finish: it’s time to “Get to Know the Guys.” Art is out this week taking care of his executive producer, so Jay takes a few minutes to interview Robbie. To figure out where he came from, how he got all his irons into all his fires, what make...

15/03/2024

It’s finally here, the year 10,091, and with it the science fiction movie of the moment - and probably little ol’ 2024: Dune Part 2. obbie gets to see the movie, Jay gets the sandworm popcorn bucket (or he would, if his little ol’ hometown had an AMC theater.) Art’s interest to be named late...

09/03/2024

The Guys are definitely a certain age, thought not quite a gilded age. But that didn’t stop them from going a little bit off-genre in this week’s episode as they discuss both seasons of The Gilded Age streaming series on Max. Jokes were attempted about whether or not Art actually knew any of the...

03/03/2024

It’s that time of year, when the best (or at least the most expensive) commercials are gathered for a showing, while some pretty good football players run around a grassy spot in Vegas to keep viewers occupied between commercials. It’s the Super Bowl, and yet again, The Guys did not sponsor a co...

24/02/2024

There are movie franchises out in the ether that go a thousand different directions: some good, some less good. Sometimes it’s the perspective of the fandom. The Guys talk about this a lot when it comes to cinematic universes that involve space or superheroes. This time it’s Alien, set for anoth...

18/02/2024

It’s the outer space saga that might have been, and another season has come to a close on Mars. Nope, it’s not John Carter, it’s Ed Baldwin and the rest of the crew working hard For All Mankind. In this season, Ed gets his free Guys of a Certain Age tote bag, in the form of gray hair, a slight...

12/02/2024

Art takes a breather this week from the rigorous podcasting schedule - or maybe he’s still recovering from the 5th birthday party of the podcast. Either way, he’s out today but Robbie and Jay are in…are in …are in. That should be a clue…a clue…a clue… to the subject of this episode: Di...

07/02/2024

The Guys may be a certain age, but the Guys of a Certain Age podcast just turned 5 years old. (That’s 50 in podcast years). Who could believe it? Happy Podcastiversary! And to celebrate, they bring back a guest, this time live and in the studio: Scott Tracy Griffin, aka Hollywod’s “Tarzan Expe...

28/01/2024

Guys-zilla is back! That’s right, from Apple TV+, Legacy of Monsters Season One has come to an end; but Season One of Guys of a Certain Age enters its sixth year. Thankfully, The Guys are still around to talk about all things Monarch. And despite suspicions, they have this conversation in a genuin...

21/01/2024

Blue Beetle, a long-awaited addition to the DC superhero movie archive, finally made it to the big screen last year. And once it made it to MAX for streaming, two of The Guys did get around to watching it. In this episode, Art and Jay chat about the ups and downs of this lesser-known hero’s theate...

14/01/2024

As The Guys headed into 2024, they got wind of a few major world (or perhaps galaxy-wide) events due to take place this year that any true Trekkie would already be expecting. True or not, that got them to wondering what other films, tv shows or books released decades ago but set in the “future” ...

07/01/2024

Just like The Guys carefully plan out each episode, they also like to plan out the video content they hope to watch over the next year. Or it could be just a random binge-fest. Or maybe on a whim, they’ll get together on discount night at their local theater and go see a three-hour flick about san...

31/12/2023

If The Guys version of the yearly movie awards are the GOSCARS, does that make the TV awards the GEMMYS? Sounds more like a condition young children have when they want something that doesn’t belong to them, but that’s another podcast for another day. This episode focuses on what The Guys though...