BONUS DISC 068 | SUPER BUDDIES

Lao Tzu said "A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving." THEY'VE ARRIVED. That's right, Matt and Bob, two lost men in their 30s, have reached the end. 7 months and 14 movies later they have consumed, reviewed and dissected an empire built on a basketball dog! What does it feel like to create over 16 hours of review material on the life's work of filmmaker, producer, visionary, dog-murderer Robert Vince? Well...LONG. Matt and Bob sit down with Baltimore comedian and co-host of Saudi Arabia's favorite podcast LAUGHFINDER, Tommy Sinbazo, to watch the final word, the farewell of the AIR BUD CINEMATIC UNIVERSE if you will: SUPER BUDDIES! aka AIR BUD 14. Is John Ratzenberger playing a clinically insane elderly farmer? If Disney owns this franchise does that mean we could see the SUPER BUDDIES in a MARVEL movie? Do pigs have souls? All the answers and more just one click away. Time to say goodbye to AIR BUD, the one true SKYFATHER.

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FIRST 13 EPISODES: AIR BUD | AIR BUD: GOLDEN RECIEVER | AIR BUD: WORLD PUP | AIR BUD: SEVENTH INNING FETCH | AIR BUD: SPIKES BACK| AIR BUDDIES | SNOW BUDDIES | SPACE BUDDIES | SANTA BUDDIES | THE SEARCH FOR SANTA PAWS | SPOOKY BUDDIES | TREASURE BUDDIES | SANTA PAWS 2: THE SANTA PUPS

BONUS DISC 067 | SANTA PAWS 2: THE SANTA PUPS

FOR THE LOVE OF BUD WE ARE ALMOST DONE. Bob and Matt can finally see an opening in the abyss, the bright light of heaven that is knowing they are 1 episode away from finishing this confusing sports dog nightmare! They sit down with Baltimore Comedian Mark Joyner to watch the sequel to a prequel to the 8th sequel to AIR BUD, so SANTA BUDDIES 3...er...AIR BUD 13...uh...well...SANTA PAWS 2: THE SANTA PUPS! Is Santa running a communist conspiracy, holding a small town hostage with the facade of merriment undercut with fear? Does Robert Vince adhere to his own rules of belief-based interspecies communication too ardently? IS THIS A MUSICAL or are these townsfolk being forced to sing in observance and praise of their false idol?!? Answers to all this and more, one click away!

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FIRST 12 EPISODES: AIR BUD | AIR BUD: GOLDEN RECIEVER | AIR BUD: WORLD PUP | AIR BUD: SEVENTH INNING FETCH | AIR BUD: SPIKES BACK| AIR BUDDIES | SNOW BUDDIES | SPACE BUDDIES | SANTA BUDDIES | THE SEARCH FOR SANTA PAWS | SPOOKY BUDDIES | TREASURE BUDDIES

BONUS DISC 066 | TREASURE BUDDIES

"There but for the grace of Bud, go I." Matt and Bob have come far, and finally upon reaching AIR BUD 12, aka TREASURE BUDDIES, they finally know definitive truth. Bud, the worlds most perfect living organism, and his family bloodline are responsible for the very course of human history! Local baltimore comedian Jesse Cumor goes on an adventure with the boys to discover all of the false idols along the way. Does this movie blow the doors off the Air Bud Cinematic Universe Timeline? Do two 70 year old men get into a sword fight? Is a puppy eating and swallowing C4 played for laughs?! (the answer is Yes.)

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FIRST 11 EPISODES: AIR BUD | AIR BUD: GOLDEN RECIEVER | AIR BUD: WORLD PUP | AIR BUD: SEVENTH INNING FETCH | AIR BUD: SPIKES BACK| AIR BUDDIES | SNOW BUDDIES | SPACE BUDDIES | SANTA BUDDIES | THE SEARCH FOR SANTA PAWS | SPOOKY BUDDIES

BONUS DISC 065 | SPOOKY BUDDIES

What is there to say when the high watermark of a film franchise is the one where the antagonist is killed by a puppy fart? Matt, Bob and Baltimore filmmaker, comedian and talking-animal movie enthusiast Max Levine have gathered enough puppy blood to endure SPOOKY BUDDIES!That's right AIR BUD 11! Once again starring Diedrich Bader as the voice of The Halloween Hound, his former Drew Carey co-star Ryan Stiles as the voice of an owl and Harland Williams in his second greatest lead performance of all time, behind ROCKETMAN of course. Does this movie finally address the remaining existential quandaries of Air Bud's cinematic universe? Is it ok for a police officer to freely distribute evidence from unsolved crimes directly into the hands of children? Why did director Robert Vince kill 5 puppies for SNOW BUDDIES then go on to later make a movie where the plot hinges on murdering exactly 5 puppies? All the answers and more just a click away!

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FIRST 10 EPISODES: AIR BUD | AIR BUD: GOLDEN RECIEVER | AIR BUD: WORLD PUP | AIR BUD: SEVENTH INNING FETCH | AIR BUD: SPIKES BACK| AIR BUDDIES | SNOW BUDDIES | SPACE BUDDIES | SANTA BUDDIES | THE SEARCH FOR SANTA PAWS

BONUS DISC 064 | THE SEARCH FOR SANTA PAWS

There are no words. There's no patience left. This week Bob and Matt force hilarious Baltimore comedian and member of the LaughFinder Podcast, Jim Meyer to endure the 10th film in the AIR BUD legacy, A FUCKING PREQUEL to SANTA BUDDIES...THE SEARCH FOR SANTA PAWS! Join these three men as they sled through this shit pole trying to figure out why santa is now that guy from Office Space? Can the all powerful christmas ice sickle create fully formed sentient life from ostensibly nothing? Does this children's movie feature scenes where Santa and Dog Santa both die onscreen? Do all New York orphanages have crematory-sized dual furance/incerators in the basement? Will we ever find out who exactly Mr. Hucklebuckle is??? WHAT YEAR DOES THIS MOVIE TAKE PLACE IN??? Grab your ice sickle necklace and listen up, because we finally watched an AIR BUD movie without a single "AIR BLOOD RELATIVE" in it. Fuck. 

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FIRST 9 EPISODES: AIR BUD | AIR BUD: GOLDEN RECIEVER | AIR BUD: WORLD PUP | AIR BUD: SEVENTH INNING FETCH | AIR BUD: SPIKES BACK | AIR BUDDIES | SNOW BUDDIES | SPACE BUDDIES | SANTA BUDDIES

BONUS DISC 063 | SANTA BUDDIES

Friedrich Nietzsche said "To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering." Matt and Bob welcome returning guest, Baltimore comedian and co-host of MOVIE SCHMOVIE, Ronald James to their world of pain, this time with the iron maiden that is SANTA BUDDIES! That's AIR BUD 9 for anyone that's still counting. Listen in as the guys discuss SEVERAL different individual scenes where people actively talk toward a dormant crystal. Is George Wendt falling asleep? Does director Robert Vince understand poverty? Does Christopher Lloyd need money this bad? Can anyone explain who exactly SANTA PAWS is? Answers are one jolly click away!

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FIRST 8 EPISODES: AIR BUD | AIR BUD: GOLDEN RECIEVER | AIR BUD: WORLD PUP | AIR BUD: SEVENTH INNING FETCH | AIR BUD: SPIKES BACK | AIR BUDDIES | SNOW BUDDIES | SPACE BUDDIES

BONUS DISC 062 | SPACE BUDDIES

Nothing Lao Tzu says matters anymore. Bob and Matt welcome Baltimore comedian Ian Salyers to experience the inevitable, the moment Air Bud's spawn breach the atmosphere and make their way into the heavens closer to God's love than ever before! SPACE BUDDIES once again brings about director Robert Vince's fetishistic obsession with constant introducing of Buddah, Rosebud, MudBud, Budderball and B-Dawg to new heights. Does Dauber from COACH own a Ferret that can talk to dogs? Do we as a people really appreciate Diedrich Bader enough? How gross can a child's drooling problem get before Matt passes out from screaming? Listen to find out all these answers and more! Also enjoy an actual dog related emergency happen during the episode!

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FIRST 7 EPISODES: AIR BUD | AIR BUD: GOLDEN RECIEVER | AIR BUD: WORLD PUP | AIR BUD: SEVENTH INNING FETCH | AIR BUD: SPIKES BACK | AIR BUDDIES | SNOW BUDDIES

BONUS DISC 061 | SNOW BUDDIES

Lao Tzu said "DON'T WATCH AIR BUD MOVIES." Well Bob and Matt are halfway there, up is down, left is down, right is down...it's all down. Who Cares. Listen to returning guest, comedian Bryan Preston, ride the sled as Bob and Matt pull him through SNOW BUDDES! That's right, AIR BUD 7, THE MOVIE THAT KILLED 5 PUPPIES. Was it worth it? Does the plot involve carpet bombing Alaska with ice cream? Does an entire town watch a bunch of dogs slowly drown for entertainment? The answers are NO, YES, YES...but please still listen for all the rest of the frosty excitement featuring the voice talents of Jim Belushi, Whoopi Goldberg, Kris Kristofferson, Molly Shannon and the return of Tom Everett Scott as Air God himself. Sorry, Bud.

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FIRST 6 EPISODES: AIR BUD | AIR BUD: GOLDEN RECIEVER | AIR BUD: WORLD PUP | AIR BUD: SEVENTH INNING FETCH | AIR BUD: SPIKES BACK | AIR BUDDIES

BONUS DISC 060 | AIR BUDDIES

Lao Tzu said "Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment." Matt, Bob and this week's returning guest, comedian Kathy Carson, do their best to respond to AIR BUD 6 aka AIR BUDDIES! Join these three as they watch the last film role of the legendary Don Knotts and the first of many adventures with B-Dawg, Rosebud, Budderball, Buddah and Mudbud. Hear the muted joy of experiencing TALKING animals for the first time in the AIR BUD CINEMATIC UNIVERSE! Learn about a voice cast assembled, most likely through blackmail, consisting of Molly Shannon, Abigail Breslin, Tom Everett Scott, Wallace Shawn and Michael Clarke Duncan! Can an evil rare-animal collector/whine vineyard proprietor from Latka's home country dognap Air Bud's children? Will Bud verbally explain why he hasn't spoken english for 5 entire movies up until now? Will Fernfield's systemic racism explain why the Framm's black neighbors have no say in the puppy adoption process despite being the legal owners of Molly, their mother? All the answers, and absolutely no pudding or napkins, are just a click away!

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BONUS DISC 059 | AIR BUD: SPIKES BACK

Lao Tzu said: "The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness." Matt, Bob and returning guest, Baltimore comedian Bryan Preston, are most certainly being introduced to higher dimensions of consciousness when they watch AIR BUD: SPIKES BACK, a movie that involves the JEWEL OF ETERNITY. What is that? Who cares, nothing matters. All the answers can be found on the WIKIPEDIA page for the movie, which contains the following plot synopsis: 

In Disney's fifth installment to the franchise, Air Bud finds that he also has the uncanny ability to play volleyball. Throughout this experience he and a talking parrot stop some crooks and make some new friends who pledge allegiance to the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq and promptly leave for Syria. Air Bud is radicalized, but when he starts starving in the Syrian desert, he is forced to eat his parrot friend. Air Bud, after wandering around for hours, is killed in a drone strike taken out by the US Army.

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