The Dads Must Be Crazy Ep. 31: Guilty Pleasures

In this week's podcast, the Dads talk about some of their guilty pleasures. Howie and Bobby quickly direct this into a pop culture extravaganza about all the television they've watched, or plan to watch. Craig attempts to broaden the subject matter to something other than the screen, focusing on foods, hockey, and video games. But somehow, it circles back to pop culture. And a little hockey.

Howie Balaban: Pop Culture As a Way of Life

If you’re at all active in social media – and by active, I mean you have an account on any of the platforms – chances are you’ve seen a meme, a gif, or noticed how there has been a trend in recent years of a significantly decreased “grey area” on a number of subjects. Among those subjects are tv shows, movies, the people cast in those forms of entertainment, how to watch those forms of entertainment, and politics.

For the sake of all our sanity, I’m NOT talking politics here.

The Dads Must Be Crazy Ep. 22: And We're Off On a Tangent

This week, the Dads are down to a duo as Bobby had a scheduling conflict. So, it's just Howie and Craig. Of course that means that tangents rule the day. Since it's October, we talk about scary movies and scarier basements before talking about the musical we had just seen at Shea's. At the very end of the episode we go off on a tangent to our tangent. We really need Bobby.

The Dads Must Be Crazy Ep. 9: Pop Culture Father Figures

We start off this week by making a little fun of Craig with his new blood pressure medications. But it's fair play when Howie, who is the youngest, tells us he's been on them for several years. Then we move into the meat of the episode. Who are some of the fathers from television shows from our youth and from today who made great father figures? Who had messages to help their children become better people? We revisit some of our favorite shows from our youth as we ponder the subject.

The Dads Must Be Crazy Ep 2: Putting the Pop in Culture

The Dads talk about the movies and TV shows they aren't sure whether their kids should be watching yet, but they mostly talk about the movies they really like and why. There are some movies that they definitely won't let the children see just yet. While others may be ready for a viewing.

Thinking Out Loud: Fun Degrees of Separation

What follows is me trying to be creative. Throughout my career, I've dabbled in something like this as a professional twice. Once, I rewrote The Who's Pinball Wizard and made it all about the weather. Another time, I changed the words to Let It Go from Disney's Frozen to complain about how often it was on at my house when it came out.

Well, as I mentioned earlier this week, I took my daughter to go see Wonder Woman. There was an actor in the movie who connects Wonder Woman from the DC Universe to the Marvel Universe and the Star Trek Universe and the Star Wars Universe. So, here goes nothing...