Midweek Mention Episodes

March 10, 2021

Midweek Mention... Smokey and the Bandit

"We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there. I'm east bound, just watch ol' "Bandit" run." You must remember this one, surely? The whole movie is essentially a car chase from start to finish. …

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March 3, 2021

Midweek Mention... Mortal Kombat

If you're not familiar with the rules of Mortal Kombat, allow me to explain it to you. It's a form of kombat (or martial arts kompetition) between fighters from different realms. For some reason our realm - including Earth wh...

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Feb. 24, 2021

Midweek Mention... Clue

A listener suggested we watch Clue, so we did.

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Feb. 17, 2021

Midweek Mention...Mean Girls

Imagine you've been asked to think of the most appropriate film for a group of 40 something dads. Did you think of Mean Girls? Probably not, and yet here we are. Reegs was very keen that we all watched this …

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Feb. 10, 2021

Midweek Mention...Dragnet

A dragnet is any system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects; including road barricades and traffic stops, widespread DNA tests, and general increased police alertness. Since the 1950s, such "dragnet...

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Feb. 3, 2021

Midweek Mention... Uncle Buck

Join the Dads as they take a trip back to 1989. Its yet another seminal 80s "classic" comedy that Sidey never bothered to see. What's his take on, not only the movie, but the work of its star, Mr John …

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Jan. 27, 2021

Midweek Mention... Twins

Bacon and eggs, peaches and cream, bread and butter, gimp masks and Howie. Some things are just better together. For that very reason we re-watched the 1988 Arnie comedy classic Twins. Sidey was popping his cherry with this o...

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Jan. 20, 2021

Midweek Mention... Junior

In a single decade between 1984 and 1994 Arnold Schwarzenegger had a run of box office success that is hard to compete with. Starring in, amongst others, The Terminator (1984), Commando (1985), Predator (1987), The Running Ma...

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Jan. 13, 2021

Midweek Mention... Moneyball

Sidey's former life as a data analyst is probably one of the reasons why he loves this movie about baseball. Is there any other reason? On paper a film about a sport he doesn't understand, based on granular baseball data …

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Jan. 6, 2021

Midweek Mention... The Bourne Identity

With our finger firmly on the pulse we take a trip back to 2002 for The Bourne Identity. The movie is great. We love it so much that we veer off topic and discuss watches. Tune in to find out …

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Dec. 29, 2020

Midweek Mention.... Grosse Pointe Blank

Time to squeeze in one final episode for 2020. This midweek mention is all about Sidey waxing lyrical about one of his favourite movies, Grosse Pointe Blank. This movie was released just after Sidey finished school. He often ...

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Dec. 22, 2020

Midweek Mention.... Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Well we loved the first Gremlins movie, so we thought why not?! Three quarters of us revisited this one just recently. Dan couldn't be bothered, instead he was moonlighting on another podcast! We took him on a trip down memor...

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Dec. 15, 2020

Midweek Mention... Scrooged

Nobody loves a Christmas movie more than the Bad Dads. In fact we've gone Christmas crazy this week. First up for your listening pleasure we have our belated review of the Bill Murray Xmas classic, Scrooged. Roger Ebert said ...

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Dec. 9, 2020

Midweek Mention...The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Time to go over an 80's classic, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! We loved this years ago, but have the years been kind to it? Is the humour dated or does it still make us laugh? …

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Dec. 1, 2020

Midweek Mention... His House

The Bad Dads are not universally sold on the horror genre. That is to say 75% of us won't watch them! This week Reegs makes the case for the highly rated His House. What are the chances of him actually …

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