Forgotten Video Store: The Fake Movie Review Show

Actor, film scholar, and podcaster Erin Bowles (of the Fox sitcom "Welcome to Flatch" and the podcast "Required Reading") heads to the video store to rent the pre-code romantic screwball comedy movie "Shills." This movie has a ton to offer: Splashes of naughtiness! Drinking culture during prohibition! Roommates who have to pretend to be married! Depression-era influencers!
Listen to Erin's wonderful podcast "Required Reading" wherever you prefer to get your podcasts. (Apple Podcasts link)
Check out Erin acting in "Welcome to Flatch" (link to Amazon) and keep yer peepers peeled for her in "Gaslit" (Amazon link)
For more lively discussions of classic movies (and so much more) follow Erin's youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@erinrbowles
Episode art incorporates photography by Rosario Fernandes, NBC Television, and Sean Benesh.

Actor, writer, and smut expert Becky Feldman (host of the wonderful literary romance podcast "Too Stupid to Live") takes a trip to the video store to rent the 1970s erotic film "Le Boner." 
A single mother and her teenage daughter are excited to host a French exchange student named Jean. But these nitwits don't realize that in French, Jean is a boy's name! They're shocked to meet the dashing Jean, who introduces them to some of the more scandalous sides of French culture!
For more exciting love stories, follow Becky's romance novel podcast "Too Stupid to Live" wherever you prefer to get your podcasts. (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/too-stupid-to-live-romance-reviews-%245-and-under/id1141770521)
Learn more about Becky at her website: https://www.beckyfeldman.com/
Follow Becky on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/beckles212/) and other socials at beckles212
Episode artwork incorporates photography by Harsh Gupta, Ilham Putra, Sehoon Ye, and Sean Benesh.

Orlando-based comedian/writer/actor Melissa Anne Harvard breaks some news to David: a few years ago, the incredibly successful and handsome comedian Ben Rogers released a podcast called "The Rodge Tapes" that had a very similar premise to "Forgotten Video Store." David doesn't take it well.
Follow Melissa on instagram (https://www.instagram.com/melissanneharvard/) to learn about her comedy shows, including Monday Scaries (https://www.instagram.com/mondayscariesorl/) in Orlando.
And please, no one tell Ben Rogers about this podcast. I'm dead serious about this.

Podcast superstar Mark Rennie ("Eat Pray Dunk," "Two Old Queens, "The Neighborhood Listen," "Doughboys," "College Town," etc.) joins David for a fun day boppin' around North Hollywood. But when it comes time to watch the tape they rented from the Forgotten Video Store, what they see shakes them to their cores!
Listen to Mr. Rennie on "Eat Pray Dunk" on Comedy Bang! Bang! World: https://comedybangbangworld.com/shows/cbbpresents/eatpraydunk/
Visit and support The Trevor Project, a nonprofit support organization for LGBTQ+ young people in crisis: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
Quick Correction: the 2000 Robert Altman movie with Richard Gere was called "Dr. T and the Women." "Mr. T and the Women" was the genius parody version from Jay Leno's "Tonight Show."
Episode artwork incorporates photography Julian Gentile and Sean Benesh.

Comedian and writer Kate Zasowski takes a trip to the video store and rents the movie adaptation of the board game "Connect Four," which for some reason features an alternate earth that has a scary Kevin Hart with a gnarly facial scar and a Danny DeVito who looks like Slender Man.
Learn more about Kate Zasowski and find show dates at her website (https://www.katezasowski.com/) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/katezasowski/).
Don't miss Kate's hilarious comedy album "Garbage Plate" wherever you listen to music online, like Spotify or Amazon Music or stuff like that.
Episode art features photos from NASA, Pascal Bernardon, and Sean Benesh.

Milwaukee comedian Jihan Batuman makes his triumphant return to the video store to rent a biopic about a real historical figure: the guy who used his final moments before dying in the Mount Vesuvius eruption to crank one out. Let's head to the ancient Roman empire to learn all about "The Pompeii Jerkoff."
Follow Jihan on Instagram for details about his comedy shows (https://www.instagram.com/jihanbatuman/) and Letterboxd for more of his learned movie opinions (https://letterboxd.com/jihbat/).
Episode artwork incorporates photography by Nick Night, Yaopey Yong, Parco Archeologico di Pompei, and By Topo.

Comedian and writer Clare O’Kane (“SNL,” “Shrill,” Edinburgh Fringe Festival) takes a trip to the video store to rent the inspiring religious family drama “Hell is for Real.”
A 4-year-old boy dies for a couple of minutes during a medical operation, and when he comes back he has a supernatural gift! Did he make some sort of Faustian bargain with the Devil???
Learn more about Clare and find standup dates at clareokane.com and follow her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/clareisokane/
Listen to Clare’s podcast “Quorators” at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/quorators/id1646130232
Get Clare’s hilarious comedy album “Everything I Know How To Do” at https://www.prettygoodfriends.com/products/clare?variant=44835612655669&_pos=1&_sid=f4ad12452&_ss=r
Episode art features pictures from the Art Institute of Chicago, Cameron Bunney, and Zachary Kadolph.

Comedian/writer/actress Griffin Kelly heads to the video store to rent the scandal-plagued Disney Channel Original Movie "Figure K8."
Youngster Kate is a figure-skating prodigy with a secret: she's a math genius. But she must hide it from her bigoted mother who believes girls shouldn't be good at math! Find out the behind-the-scenes drama and crimes that prevented the movie from ever seeing a real home video release!
Follow Griffin Kelly on Instagram to learn more about her upcoming projects: https://www.instagram.com/finkellygrif/?hl=en
Get tickets for Griffin's acclaimed solo show "2 Cats on a Date" playing at Dynasty Typewriter on Sunday, July 26: https://calendar.dynastytypewriter.com/shows/2-cats-on-a-date-26-jul?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPOTM2NjE5NzQzMzkyNDU5AAGnb-L5zaWbckdD7t4g6HKVMi1RC_TkrEr_N4Kk1Od46upE5q-q1Yxo3ylIyu8_aem_BHuIePtBB-aun7bMFHstRg
Subscribe to the Real InfoWars on YouTube so you don’t miss Griffin’s show “Cake Hunt” on July 23: https://www.youtube.com/@realinfowars
Head to the Upright Citizens Brigade website in August to get tickets for Griffin’s show “Bisexual Intervention” on August 12: https://ucbcomedy.com/shows/los-angeles/
Episode art incorporates photography by Desiray Green, Erwan Hesry, and Sean Benesh.
 

Video artists Marika Zappas and Trevor Lyon head to the video store and rent the Argentinian espionage thriller "El Jardín de senderos que si bifurcan" ("The Garden of Paths which Bifurcate") which takes up 96 VHS tapes.
It's a convoluted story with a Chinese spy for Germany living in England made in Argentina during World War II but depicting World War I, and it doesn't make any more sense once you realize that every scene ends with a decision point where you have to pick which tape comes next, like a video "choose your own adventure." It's also very horny.
Follow Trevor on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/@TrevorLyon95 and watch out for Marika in some of those videos!
Remember to write a letter to Forgotten Video Store if you've ever read and understood an "Animorphs" book, if you'd like to join our "Ocean's Eleven" style team on a mission to break into Alfred Hitchcock's tomb, or a third thing which is slipping my mind at the moment. And please write in cursive!
Episode art incorporates photography by Marina Reich.

Captain Steve Coates, host of the shark cinema podcast "Bucket of Chum," goes to the video store and rents the inspirational sports drama "The Goon Cave."
Young goon athlete Finn Wolfhard rises through the ranks of competitive wank battling, with the help of grizzled coach Nick Nolte.
Follow "Bucket of Chum: The Shark Movie Podcast" on this very podcast app, on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@bucketofchumpodcast), on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/bucketofchumpodcast/), and all your other favorite social sites.
Episode art incorporates photography by Jorge Ramirez and Pedro Bariak.