The suburbs: on the surface, a fulfillment of the American dream. But beyond the picket fences and perfect lawns lives a darkness, a darkness that director Joe Dante will expose to us in The Twilight Zone. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Consider Jeff Bailey, who thought he could start anew in small town America. But as so many others in the Twilight Zone have found, you may be through with the past, but the past is not through with you. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Two friends embark for what should be a relaxing fishing trip, but fate had other plans. You see, these men decided to offer a ride to that most mysterious of road side fixtures: a hitch-hiker. Ripped from the headlines, director Ida Lupino presents a tale of terror winding through the Twilight Zone. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

J.B. Books is a man out of time. All that Mr. Books desires is to shuffle off this mortal coil comforted by his ass pillow, but his past has other plans. Don Siegel takes us on a journey from The Twilight Zone to the twilight of classic Hollywood. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

What you're about to hear is the story of one Stuart Rosenberg. His most famous movie, Cool Hand Luke, is a sweat-drenched, christ parable. Beyond his hard-boiled egg odyssey, Mr. Rosenberg's journey begins the connecting theme of this season - in The Twilight Zone. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

We give a history of Jock Jams and follow that up with 8 rounds of drafting the hottest crowd-pumpin' grooves of all time across the first five volumes of Jock Jams. Links to our Spotify Playlists here: https://afreepodcast.com/episodes/jock-jams-draft/ If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Work sucks, and if you're the title character of Michal Clayton, sometimes it kills! We discuss cell phones in movies, the danger of the "my work is my life" mentality, and movie one-hit wonders. Plus, more toilet stories from Rob and Duff! If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Let's talk about burnout with Martin Scorsese's Bringing Out the Dead. We compare it to other Scorsese films and it gives us a chance to talk about Marty. Essential workers, appreciation weeks and compassion are all discussed. Finally, Rob's Toilet Story. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

The Work Sucks Summer continues with a marathon episode about Ken Loach's Sorry We Missed You. The movie is sad enough, so we figured we might as well just get everything off our chests this week. The Gig Economy, "Independent Contractors," and recognizing truly dangerous jobs are a sampling of the topics we touch on. It's still funny sometimes, we promise. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

It felt wrong to talk about 9 to 5 without a female perspective, so we brought on Caroline of Sinking Feeling fame. We chat about sexism, open offices, and share more tales of how work sucks. Follow Caroline's mom on Twitter at @just2saythis. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

We start our new season of Work Sucks with an underrated classic. Join us as we watch Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel & Yaphet Kotto get in too deep in Paul Schrader's Blue Collar. We discuss unions and share some of our own work stories.

Via special request, we investigate the mystery of why Peter Sellers had to be so racist in the Neil Simon penned 1976 mystery spoof Murder by Death! We also talk about Columbo, Jacob Wetterling's VHS rental, and murder mystery/key parties. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

We finish Goin' Online with a listener pick - Sneakers. We talk about the cast, how pizza can create strife and the end of history. Finally, we deep dive into Cosmo's Toy Factory and scrub our brains. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Goin' Online continues with Halloween: Resurrection. We try to make sense of the various Halloween timelines, and Duff shares some appropriately spooky content from his home remodel. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Goin' Online looking for love! We dig into Nora Ephron's You've Got Mail. Is Tom Hanks gaslighting Meg Ryan? Rob gets catty about Tom Hanks. We talk about the voice behind AOL's You've Got Mail, America's Late 90s obsession with corporations and cybersex. Finally, scanners gone wild. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

The NSA is Goin' Online in the 1998 conspiracy thriller Enemy of the State. In addition to breaking down the film and its monster cast, we dive in our favorite Gene Hackman performances, the surveillance state, and throw in some bonus talk about lingerie stores to keep the Deep State off our tails. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Goin' Online continues with the 1995 thriller The Net. Topics include Sandra Bullock's stalkers, The Net TV show, and a lot of older millennial gripes about the current state of the web. Also, Rob (AKA Oral Robert) may have met Britney Spears cousin in a chat room. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

We are Goin' Online! We start our online season with WarGames. Ally Sheedy loves watching Matthew Broderick using a computer. Duff gives us a rundown of early internet along with Cold War nuclear close calls. Rob shares one of his tales of the early internet and we learn that Joe and Duff are sickos. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Rejoice! A new wealthy benefactor used the treasure they found in the lost city of Z to bring us down to the Amazon to talk about Anaconda. Roger from Road House Minute joins us to break down Jon Voight's powerful performance, throat cams, Eric Stoltz, and a Jaws vs Anaconda hypothetical. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

The people spoke and they want us talking about male strippers. We look at Steven Soderbergh's Magic Mike and discuss Kevin Nash's role and career in wrestling. We answer questions from listeners about our potential stripper personas and songs. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Join us as we run through the jungle with 2003's The Rundown. We trace The Rock's journey from WWE superstar to the biggest movie star on earth, investigate dick fish, and talk about what type of restaurant we'd run. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

It's time for Hulk Hogan. We talk about Suburban Commando which also stars Christopher Lloyd and Shelley Duvall. We talk about Hogan's career and we pick our favorite Hogan lies. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Rowdy Roddy Piper stars as George Nada in They Live, our next entry in Wrestling with Hollywood. We honor the King, John Carpenter, argue about the casting of Hot Rod, and discuss how brain rot has evolved since the making of this film. PUT ON THE GLASSES! If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Wrestling with Hollywood begins with Andre the Giant and The Princess Bride. We discuss Billy Crystal, WrestleMania III, and the rise of the WWF. Plus, the return of a fan-favorite Midnight Boys segment.

Neil from Mogwai Minute comes on to talk about an 80s martial arts film. We discuss the Cannon Group filmography, hunks and Duff asks the big questions about ninjas. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys