Grab Bag & Beer Ratings Bonanza!
This week, the guys go off-script with a special Grab Bag episode! No assigned movie, no homework—just three old friends reminiscing, drinking beer, and talking movies (and misadventures) from their youth.

In this episode:

• Why this episode exists (spoiler: summer chaos and beer)
• Behind-the-scenes stories from their early filmmaking days—yes, including pouring brown gravy into mugs at a bar
• The launch of the official Regular Guy Movie Show Beer Rating System™: how many beers does it take to reach peak enjoyment?
• A full recap of the first nine movies reviewed on the show—with updated beer ratings and lots of friendly disagreement
• Debates about which beloved childhood movies they’re most nervous to revisit
• Important philosophical questions like:
  • Who deserves to be smacked with a 2x4?
  • Which character would be the best drinking buddy?
  • What’s the greatest character we’ve seen so far?

Plus: the birth of the Boddicker Award, honoring the most memorable character from each movie reviewed.

📊 Beer Rating Leaderboard:

1. RoboCop – 1.66 beers
2. Romancing the Stone – 3.33 beers
3. Fire in the Sky – 3.66 beers
4. Fast Times at Ridgemont High – 4.33 beers
5. Flash Gordon – 4.66 beers
6. Rad – 6 beers
7. Mr. Mom – 6 beers
8. UHF – 6.33 beers
9. Dirty Dancing – 10.66 beers (ouch)

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The Regular Guy Movie Show – Episode: Fire in the Sky (1993)

This episode, we’re diving into Fire in the Sky (1993), the alien abduction movie that scarred an entire generation of 90s kids and taught us one crucial lesson: if you see a glowing UFO in the woods, maybe just stay in the damn truck. Based on the allegedly true story of Travis Walton, this film delivers one of the most nightmare-inducing spaceship scenes ever put on screen—and proves once and for all that curiosity doesn’t just kill cats. It abducts loggers, too.

In This Episode:

• Our first memories of watching Fire in the Sky and how it traumatized us as kids
• Why the abduction scene remains so deeply unsettling, even decades later
• Robert Patrick’s emotional performance and DB Sweeney’s underrated acting
• The film’s incredible sound design and moody cinematography
• Hollywood vs. reality: how the movie dramatized Walton’s account
• Tangents about potlucks, lie detectors, and random dudes lurking in the forest
• Whether the lack of evidence is actually proof of alien hyper-vigilance (cue debate)
• Final thoughts on whether this movie still holds up (spoiler: it does)

Links Mentioned in This Episode

Green Means Go – A short film we made featuring alien abduction:
https://youtu.be/VbANm472Rx8?feature=shared

Reversal – Another film we made featuring existential horror and non-conventional timelines:
https://youtu.be/sXv_8dbZzBA?feature=shared

Join the Conversation

Have you seen Fire in the Sky? Did the abduction scene haunt you for years? Do you think Travis Walton was telling the truth, or is this just the world’s most effective anti-camping PSA?

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UHF (1989) – Spatulas, Flying Poodles, and Channel 62 Mayhem

Episode Description:
In this episode of The Regular Guy Movie Show, we dive into UHF, the 1989 fever dream of a film from “Weird Al” Yankovic. It has everything—Rambo spoofs, Wheel of Fish, spatula superstores, and a janitor with mop-based emotional damage.

We revisit the movie’s slapstick chaos, its bizarre sketch comedy structure, and ask the tough questions:
• Does UHF actually have a plot?
• Who is the real villain—RJ Fletcher or the guy who fired Bob for George’s screw-up?
• Can poodles really be taught to fly?
• And what does it actually mean to "find the marble in the oatmeal?"

Justin tries to make sense of it all, Brian has an existential crisis, and Seth defends UHF like it’s a sacred VHS tape that has already been partially eaten by the VCR.

Plus:
• Weird Al's cultural influence
• Who gives a mop to an 8-year-old?!
• The legacy of Gandhi II, Conan the Librarian, and other Channel 62 “hits”
• Final verdicts on whether the movie holds up or just holds us hostage.

Spoiler alert: Nothing says “I love you” like the gift of a spatula.

Listen now and decide for yourself—does UHF belong in the cult classic hall of fame, or should it be tossed like a Twinkie Wiener Sandwich?

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