Episode 36 – Hey, I Just Met You

Summary: Have you ever had one of those days where you just feel like doing whatever the hell you want, talk about whatever the hell you want, and listen to pop music?  We do too!  Join us this week as we chit-chat on mic, field some questions from our listeners, and have a good old free-for-all.  We're talking everything from sci-fi to questionable adventures in drinking on a brand new and unstructured episode of Monkey in the Cage! (00:51) - We reminisce on our (Matt's) douchebaggery from the 90's. (05:14) - At the request of @tbear220, we discuss our favorite science fiction movies by decade (50's through the 80's). - The Twilight Zone, The Day The Earth Stood Still, War of the Worlds, Barbarella, Ice Pirates, Land of the Lost, A Clockwork Orange, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Logan's Run, Soylent Green, Mad Max, The Road Warrior, Westworld, Alien, Predator, and Buckaroo Bonzai. (17:18) - We talk about Ramses hatred of E.T., Flight of the Navigator, Explorers, and The Last Starfighter. (19:41) - Our discussion of Ghostbusters takes a turn for the "peep" as the guys educate Karen on mens room troughs and urinal etiquette, which somehow leads to Magic Mike!?! (24:28) - We talk about Robert's love of the dance and his obsession with pop music! - Step Up, Dance Central, You Got Served, and Call Me Maybe. (26:35) - We're back on the sci-fi film discussion as it takes a turn for the worse, courtesy of Cocoon, it gets better, and then goes out of control. - Weird Science, RoboCop, Enemy Mine, Alien Nation, The Fly, The Terminator, Terminator 2, Blade Runner, Aliens, Howard the Duck, and we lose listeners because none of us have seen Dune. (34:08) -  We finally make it to the 90's and the Y2K's! - The Matrix, Equilibrium, The Fifth Element, 12 Monkeys, Total Recall, and The Lawnmower Man. (39:31) - Karen leads us on a tangent as we talk about the upcoming remake of IT and we wrap up the sci-fi talk. - District 13, A.I., The Prestige, Idiocracy, and Inception.  Plus, Maryland has a UHO sighting! (42:59) - Robert fields a burning questions from listener and friend Andy in regards to Co-Op D&D console gaming. - Daggerdale, Baldur's Gate, Dungeon Siege III, Neverwinter, and DeathSpank. (45:55) - Jared the Intern asks us to discuss our past drinking adventures - gay bars, and Froot Loops, and Dobby... oh my!  So. Much. Vomit. (50:59) - We talk about some of our favorite Halloween costumes past. - Mystery The Pick Up Artist, Lt. Dangle, and Rex Kwon Do. (53:57) - We talk about the greatest D&D monster of all time, The Tarrasque, and Ramses' Man-o-Cans. (55:23) - We talk Snow Crash and Game of Thrones as well as bad news for World War Z  and great news for Michael Bay's Ninja Turtles. (1:00:35) - Robert talks about ancient d20's and breaking zombie news. Closing Song - Call Me Maybe - written and performed by Carly Rae Jepsen . . . . .