Mike Veerman, host of “Mike on Much”, and pop culture aficionado Shane Cunningham, along with their long-time friend, award winning writer/director/producer (and MENSA member) Jonathan Popalis, all bring you “The Pedestal” podcast, presented by MUCH studios. Join them for a deep dive into some of the movies we all hold near dear to our hearts — and debate whether or not they really belong there. On each episode, the case is argued FOR and AGAINST a certain film standing the test of time, and is ultimately voted to either stay on the pedestal it’s been held up on ... or be kicked off of it.
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Mike Veerman, host of “Mike on Much”, and pop culture aficionado Shane Cunningham, along with their long-time friend, award winning writer/director/producer (and MENSA member) Jonathan Popalis, all bring you “The Pedestal” podcast, presented by MUCH studios. Join them for a deep dive into some of the movies we all hold near dear to our hearts — and debate whether or not they really belong there. On each episode, the case is argued FOR and AGAINST a certain film standing the test of time, and is ultimately voted to either stay on the pedestal it’s been held up on ... or be kicked off of it.
In this episode, you had us at hello with the 1996 Cameron Crowe romantic dramatic comedy JERRY MAGUIRE.
We are joined once again by Matt Unsworth (Heist Podcast) and after touching on Crowe’s hot streak up to that point (3:11) and his fascination with becoming the next Billy Wilder (14:12), we begin the case for keeping it on the pedestal with how young Jonathan Lipnicki may have stolen the show (19:01). We talk about Cuba Gooding Jr’s Oscar winning performance (25:36), we debate whether or not Cush’s dad was a racist (31:58), and get into why the “had me at hello” scene holds up even better than we all remembered (37:52). We move on to the case for knocking it off the pedestal with whether or not Dorothy was too much of an idealized female character (48:41). Mike does the math on Jerry’s wild flight times (53:39), we break down why this movie is sometimes not as smart as it thinks it is (1:01:34), and Pops mounts a defense against the film’s attack on jazz (1:11:06).
The Pedestal Podcast
Mike Veerman, host of “Mike on Much”, and pop culture aficionado Shane Cunningham, along with their long-time friend, award winning writer/director/producer (and MENSA member) Jonathan Popalis, all bring you “The Pedestal” podcast, presented by MUCH studios. Join them for a deep dive into some of the movies we all hold near dear to our hearts — and debate whether or not they really belong there. On each episode, the case is argued FOR and AGAINST a certain film standing the test of time, and is ultimately voted to either stay on the pedestal it’s been held up on ... or be kicked off of it.
