A.I. EP. 52: “Cowabunga!” Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 30th Anniversary

First off, we hope you are all safe and healthy during these crazy times. We recorded this before the pandemic really got going, so that’s why we don’t mention it at all in the episode.

We cannot believe TMNT is 30 years old!?! Since this movie and comic franchise has been such a huge part of our lives, it was really a no-brainer that we would do an episode on it. It seemed like the perfect time to do it since it’s celebrating it’s 30th birthday and it’s also on Netflix currently so you can watch while we are stuck inside for who knows how long.

We start off the episode discussing the latest movies we’ve watched that are currently available to rent or stream, what tv we’re streaming and our tastiest meals when we were still able to eat at restaurants.

We had to bring back one of our favorite guests, one of Rob’s buddies from all the way back to his elementary school days and a HUGE TMNT enthusiast, Hollywood actor, J.Michael Trautmann! He was so great on our Rise of Skywalker episode that we had to have him on again to talk about his love for these pizza-loving, butt-kicking turtles! We had a blast reminiscing about our childhood memories of this film while breaking it down. We hope you have as much fun listening to us as we did talking about this indie classic!

We end the episode with a movie game we took from Doug Loves Movies called Last Man Stanton and our Patrons get to hear us draft our Top 5 Favorite Films When We Were Kids!

We sincerely hope you’re all doing ok and hoping we can help take your mind off the craziness of the world right now. Much love to you all and...COWABUNGA!

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17:49 Who’s Your Favorite Turtle?
20:39 TMNT Plot Synopsis
21:20 Rotten Tomatoes
22:57 Jamie Russell from BBC
23:41 Richard Harrington from The Washington Post
24:14 Buegs’ Hot Take
29:17 Rob’s Hot Take
36:12 JMac’s Hot Take
43:00 The Dude Award
48:00 The Tucci Award
55:42 The Dingus Award
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1:11:46 Movie Trivia
1:20:03 Judgement Day
1:20:20 Last Man Stanton Movie Game
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1:42:17 Top 5 Favorite Movies As Kids