Shut Up I Love It

Writer/producer Carlton Gillespie and Sasha go head-to-head as tensions rise in our most argumentative/political/historical/scientific/slam poetry episode so far. We're discussing N.E.R.D., the hip-hop/rock band fronted by the babyfaced Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo and Shay Haley. Inevitably, that leads to a larger discussion of Biggie vs. Tupac. Carlton schools Sasha on the correct interpretation of the lyrics of N.E.R.D.'s song "Brain" (he's wrong), Steven schools Sasha on what ASMR videos are and Sasha schools everyone on the fact that she might be from Siberia, but she can quote at least one Biggie lyric. Finally, we recommend Alejandro Landes's film MONOS, Joachim Phoenix in the 2008 rom dram TWO LOVERS and, unexpectedly, Mini Chewy SweeTARTS.

Actor/writer Irene White (SUPERSTORE, LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE) join us to defend... the Valley! The Valley vs. Hollywood, amiright??? If you don't live in Los Angeles, this will be very educational. Irene will even give you the one advice that you must follow when choosing your first place in Los Angeles. If you don't live in LA, don't worry, you'll get to hear from both sides and also learn what Irene loves more, cats or France. Also, we recommend Matt Berry's new TV comedy YEAR OF THE RABBIT, the film EVE'S BAYOU and the TV show DAMAGES with a female actor named Glenn Close. Email us at [email protected] Twitter/Instagram: @shutupiloveit1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shutupiloveit1/

Comedian/writer Andrew Shannon Sr. and Joss Whedon share a favorite superhero, CYCLOPS. Unlike Andrew, Joss Whedon couldn't make it to record this podcast. Luckily, Sasha was over at Joss's house for a caroling party so she conducted an impromptu interview right there. Listen how Andrew's take on Cyclops compares to Joss's... you heard it here first. Also, we recommend the TV show for kids STEVEN UNIVERSE and the podcast My Marvelous Year. Email us at [email protected] Twitter/Instagram: @shutupiloveit1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shutupiloveit1/

It's 2020 and we're starting the year off by: 1) no longer talking about ourselves in third person and 2) discussing TOUPEES. As in hairpieces. Straight from the horse's mouth, our guest is comedian/screenwriter Will Saunders, who's been wearing not one, but a whole series of toupees for the past 6 months. Will bares it all and tells us the whole thing including: how he decided to get a toupee, how he takes care of the toupee and whether he notes the toupee on his online dating profile. He also shares an insider's knowledge on how to spot a toupee on a fellow toupee-wearer. Then we tell Will if we think his toupee looks like "the real deal." Finally, we recommend the novel "Star Wars: Resistance Reborn" by Rebecca Roanhorse, the RPG game Disco Elysium and Genndy Tartakovsky's new animated TV show PRIMAL. Email us at [email protected] Twitter/Instagram: @shutupiloveit1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shutupiloveit1/

Happy New Year! It is the biggest holiday in Siberia, so we've got Sasha Feiler as our guest today. Luckily, Gabe Mountain (THE HILLS: NEW BEGINNINGS) jumped in as the cohost. Also in the recording studio is comedian/actor Juzo Yoshida (JETZO, FXX's CAKE, PLEASE UNDERSTAND ME), the very subject of the episode.How many characters does Juzo go through in the course of the interview? What were his mom's last words of wisdom before she passed away? Listen to find out.Also, Steven and Gabe recommend the podcast Spooked and Ring Fit Adventure Game.Email us at [email protected] Twitter/Instagram: @shutupiloveit1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shutupiloveit1/

In the spirit of Christmas, we're shaking things up and inviting Steven Cohen on as a guest. Thank Christ (the Bday boy!), Lorraine DeGraffenreidt jumped in the copilot's seat just so we all could discuss the finale of the epic TV show LOST. Did just the mere mention of this grandiose Television event send shivers down your spine? Relax. You've got questions, Steven's got answers. To name some of the questions, who is coughing behind Jack's back? Why is there a baby (Aaron) in the purgatory? And who is Father Cohen and why is he in the studio? Listen to find out. Later, Lorraine and Sasha recommend PASSIONS, a turn-of-the-millennium soap opera, and SALLY 4EVER, a raunchy British TV comedy starring Julia Davis and Catherine Shepherd. Email us at [email protected] Twitter/Instagram: @shutupiloveit1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shutupiloveit1/

Will Hines is an improv prophet and the middle brother of the Hines Brothers, so it's exciting that he sits down with Sasha and Steven to defend BRAIN DONORS, basically, a Marx Brothers movie made in 1992. Also, Sasha and Steven recommend the Russian book "The Twelve Chairs" (Mel Brooks adapted it for screen in 1970!) and the 1997 film THE WRONG GUY starring Dave Foley. Email us at [email protected] Twitter/Instagram: @shutupiloveit1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shutupiloveit1/

Remember that famous episode of Shut Up I Love It where two dope dudes defended Jerry Lewis's controversial cinema masterpiece "The Day The Clown Cried"? You loved that episode. Now you want to know more about the dudes, so here we go. Jeff Abraham is a Hollywood publicist and comedy historian. Burt Kearns is a documentary producer and author of the controversial memoir, Tabloid Baby. Both, according to Vanity Fair, are “show business and pop culture savants.” The dudes came together and co-wrote a book called The Show Won't Go On, the first comprehensive study of a bizarre phenomenon: performers who died onstage. Praised by Vanity Fair as “absorbing,” by Vanish magazine as “incredibly compelling” and by Richard Lewis as “a great read,” The Show Won’t Go On was named by Playbill as one of the best books of 2019. Sick. Listen to this bonus episode recorded live at Stories Books And Cafe in Echo Park, Los Angeles - and go read a book, any book, but really, you should mainly read The Show Won't Go On. Okay bye!

Comedian/dear-ish friend Scott Tammel sits down with Sasha and Steven to defend THE OFFSPRING, a punk rock-ish band that's somehow NOT on "Rolling Stone's Readers' Poll: The Ten Worst Bands of The Nineties." Speaking of polls, did Scott actually hold a double-blind study on whether THE OFFSPRING sucks? Does Sasha question the lead man Dexter Holland's PhD? How good is Scott's Pauly Shore impression? Listen to find out. Also, Sasha and Steven recommend the film BOOKSMART (2019) and the Finnish standup comedian Ismo's take on "Ass: The Most Confusing Word In The English Language." Finally, Scott and Steven go over a bunch of celebrity sightings at Hollywood's Gold's gym. Email us at [email protected] Twitter/Instagram: @shutupiloveit1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shutupiloveit1/

Writer/actor/poster model for THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE Chase McCowan joins Sasha and Steven in expressing his passion for MOMMIE DEAREST (1981), the legendary hagsploitation starring Faye Dunaway - and therefore only barely featuring Diana Scarwid, Mara Hobel, Rutanya Alda and Steve Forrest. Is there anything more to the character of Christopher than inexplicably wearing a harness? Does Chase own MOMMIE DEAREST on every video format known to mankind? Is he a walking encyclopedia of all things Joan Crawford/Faye Dunaway/Bette Davis? Listen to find out. Also, Sasha and Steven recommend Hal Ashby's 1975 masterpiece SHAMPOO starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie and Goldie Hawn - as well as Jeremy Saulnier's 2018 thriller HOLD THE DARK with Jeffrey Wright and Alexander Skarsgård. Email us at [email protected] Twitter/Instagram: @shutupiloveit1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shutupiloveit1/

In this Thanksgiving episode, writer Shawn Tina Willis sits down with Sasha and Steven to defend BECAUSE I SAID SO (2007), a sweet Caucasian fantasy starring Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, Lauren Graham and Tom Everett Scott. Is Gabriel Macht, who portrays the sensitive-tender-musician-artist-magician, a goddamn foreigner? Does he have a boner for Diane Keaton (and who doesn't)? And does Shawn agree with Sasha's hypothetical choice of "Johnny in the streets, Jason in the sheets"? Listen to find out. Later, Sasha and Steven recommend two films: the Buster Keaton 1928 vehicle STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. and Andrew Haworth's directorial debut PARTY CREW. Email us at [email protected] with comments. Twitter: @shutupiloveit1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shutupiloveit

Writer/Renaissance man Aaron Fentress drops by the studio to record his song of love (just a metaphor, he never actually sings) dedicated to the British stand-up STEWART LEE, a master of high-art comedy and a frequent collaborator with Armando Iannucci. How many bios did Aaron bring with him? Which comedy giants can be found in Stewart Lee's "Plagiarists' Corner"? And, on a semi-related note, should we (as a society) cancel Larry King? Listen to find out. Also, Sasha and Steven recommend a British comedy series PULLING starring Sharon Horgan and every movie nerd’s favorite film "Hans Zimmer: Live In Prague." Email us at [email protected] Twitter/Instagram: @shutupiloveit1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shutupiloveit1/

In this most graphic episode thus far, actress/comedian/pop culture curator Chris Farah sits down with Sasha and Steven to caress her memories of STEALING BEAUTY, a 1996 coming-of-age-sexual-awakening-slash-mystery movie starring Liv Tyler, Joseph Fiennes, Jeremy Irons and Rachel Weisz. What disease does the character of Alex have? Can you find out who's your biological dad by reading a vague poem about him? Most importantly, is that Liv Tyler's vadge? Listen to find out. Plus, everyone tells stories: Chris about losing her virginity, Sasha about being aroused as a teenager by a 1984 miniseries THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII, and Steven about almost being molested while watching the film "Blue is The Warmest Color." Finally, Sasha and Steven recommend a board game "Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective" and a classic dog-training book "Don't Shoot The Dog" by Karen Pryor. Email us at [email protected] Twitter/Instagram: @shutupiloveit1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shutupiloveit1/

Actor/improv legend Will McLaughlin (SUPERSTORE, WRECKED, UCB) drops by the studio to express his love for another legend, Aaron Sorkin (as a body of work). How often does Will watch THE (entire) WEST WING? Does Steven have the acting chops to read a whole Sorkin "monulogue"? And what's Will's most impressive credit to date that's not listed above (we’ll just say it now: he’s the former coach of the hosts’ improv team Direct To Video)? Listen to find out. Also, Sasha and Steven recommend TRIAL AND ERROR (formerly on NBC) and the supercut of Sam Waterson's clips from NEWSROOM that may or may not exist. Email us at [email protected] Twitter/Instagram: @shutupiloveit1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shutupiloveit1/

In this Halloween episode, Zeb Wells (SUPERMANSION, ROBOT CHICKEN, MARVEL COMICS) scares the living hell out of Sasha and Steven as he aggressively defends ICP's infamous song "Miracles." How do you become a juggalo? Does Zeb also have tender feelings for Larry The Cable Guy? And what would philosopher Martin Buber think of ICP? Listen to find out. Also, Sasha and Steven recommend HOW THE UNIVERSE WORKS on Discovery Channel and a very energizing beverage (and no, it's not Faygo). Email us at [email protected] Twitter/Instagram: @shutupiloveit1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shutupiloveit1/

Fadl Saadi, PhD is a comedian/luminary/admirer of all things Vin Diesel, and he joins Sasha and Steven to celebrate xXx: RETURN OF XANDER CAGE (2017), also starring Donnie Yen, Kris Wu and Deepika Padukone. Why do Fadl, Steven and Sasha keep on profusely apologizing to Michael Bisping? Can motorcycles turn into waterskis? And what's this "Hollywood dirt" that Sasha supposedly has on Vin? Listen to find out. Also, Sasha and Steven recommend CASTLE ROCK and HIGH FLYING BIRD, a TV show and a film both starring arguably the sexiest man alive (spoiler alert: it's André Holland). Email us at [email protected] Twitter/Instagram: @shutupiloveit1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shutupiloveit1/