Aspiring Snobs
 

Aspiring Snobs

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Jon and Greg have seen a lot of movies. But can they really call themselves "snobs"? Despite their film bona fides and their pop culture prowess, there are many obvious blind spots that need to be filled. So follow along with Jon and Greg as they reexamine the supposed "classics" and expose themselves to more arthouse fare.

Episodes

Mary Poppins (plus Roma and Spider-man)

Wednesday Dec 19, 2018

Wednesday Dec 19, 2018

'elloh, whu dew we 'ave 'ere? A new episode o' da podcast i' is! Jon and Greg stretch the limits of how funny bad cockney accents can be as the revisited Mary Poppins, as well as some other more recent releases. Step i' tiome, ya wankas!

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Raiders of the Lost Ark

Wednesday Dec 12, 2018

Wednesday Dec 12, 2018

Hanukkah may have come and gone, but Jon and Greg are honoring their Jewish brothers and sisters by melting Nazi faces. Enjoy as they finally catch up on the 1981 staple, Raiders of the Lost Ark.

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R&R #7 (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Green Book, and more)

Wednesday Dec 05, 2018

Wednesday Dec 05, 2018

Did you enjoy your break? Because Jon and Greg sure did! They celebrated Thanksgiving with a cornucopia of cinema, with a Coen brothers joint, Melissa McCarthy's latest, the newest from Hirokazu Koreeda, and a Christmas movie! What more could you ask for?

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Robocop

Wednesday Nov 21, 2018

Wednesday Nov 21, 2018

Part man. Part pod. ALL CAST. Jon and Greg are foregoing the usual Thanksgiving feast and subsisting on a natural organic paste to keep their tissue alive long enough to enjoy the 1987 classic, Robocop.

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Touch of Evil (and The Other Side of the Wind)

Thursday Nov 15, 2018

Thursday Nov 15, 2018

Argggh barghhhh the Aspiring Snobs are too drunk for this description. Or who knows, maybe this drunken devil-may-care attitude is a a construct, an intentional representation of the artist, as they revisit the classic Orson Wells' classic, Touch of Evil, and his newly finished retrospective, the Other Side of the Wind.

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The Great Dictator

Wednesday Nov 07, 2018

Wednesday Nov 07, 2018

Fight to fulfill that promise!...of listening to a new episode of the podcast. Jon and Greg decided, on the week of historic midterm elections, to get a real lesson in proper leadership by revisiting the Charlie Chaplin classic, The Great Dictator.

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Halloween (1978)

Tuesday Oct 30, 2018

Tuesday Oct 30, 2018

Turn up the spooky music, decorate the house with cobwebs, and fire up your morbid fascination with all things related to death, because it's Halloween! And what better way to celebrate that watch the holiday specific classic, White Christm-oh wait. Sorry, it's Halloween. 

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Cool Hand Luke

Thursday Oct 25, 2018

Thursday Oct 25, 2018

Halloween's fast approachin' and all, but the Aspirin' Snobs are not in the mood to be spooked and scared this year. Nah uh, they be takin' it easy, takin' it cool. And you know who had really cool hands? the ranch dressin' feller, who starred in the 1967 classic, Cool Hand Luke.

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Quiz Show

Wednesday Oct 17, 2018

Wednesday Oct 17, 2018

Life's but a walking shadow. Honor. Love. Podcasts. But for 10 bonus points, can you tell us what's the subject of the current episode? We'll give you the answer, because the crowd loves you...it's the 1994 Robert Redford directed film, Quiz Show.

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Amelie

Thursday Oct 11, 2018

Thursday Oct 11, 2018

Break out the wine, cheese, and socialist ideals, because Jon and Greg are headed to France to whimiscally bat eyes at the 2000 classic, Amelie.

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