Mandy watches her first two episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 with Krissy Lenz and Kyle Olson, falls hard for a 1962 caveman picture, and has notes for the Netflix era.
A musical written during a writers strike, funded out of Joss Whedon’s own pocket, and starring a not-yet-evil Neil Patrick Harris — and somehow Mandy had never seen it. Kyle Olson and Krissy Lenz drag her into the Evil League of Evil, one unfinished song at a time.
Krissy Lenz is back in the nerd chair, this time making the case for Serenity — the 2005 movie that exists only because Fox couldn’t kill Firefly hard enough. Mandy watches the space western, meets the Browncoats, and discovers that a fandom is hardcore when it can get a movie greenlit, commission a documentary about getting the movie greenlit, and also organize themed parties called Shindigs.
Mandy Kaplan and Krissy Lenz revisit The Goonies as emotional medicine: messy, loud, wildly sincere, and somehow still perfectly engineered for joy. Along the way they unpack pirate aesthetics, missing octopuses, Corey Feldman weirdness, and why Brand is the underrated MVP of childhood adventure.
What happens when Cannon Films decides to make the next Star Wars? Mandy, Krissy, and Nathan find out the hard way in their hilarious breakdown of Masters of the Universe.
David Bowie, tight pants, and puppet-induced trauma—Mandy Kaplan finally tackles Labyrinth with superfan Krissy Lenz, and nothing will ever be the same. It’s a deep dive into ’80s fantasy, freaky hands, and the true power of nerd love.
This week on Make Me a Nerd, Mandy tackles the timey-wimey world of Doctor Who with a very special episode featuring Vincent van Gogh and a creature she can only describe as a “grunt-faced chicken dragon.” Tune in to find out why this episode leads to the discovery that Vincent van Gogh was basically the Danny Bonaduce of his time.
This week, Mandy settles into the passenger seat of the old Impala with comedian and podcaster Krissy Lenz for a road trip down the highway
Podcaster Krissy Lenz visits to talk about refilling the creative well, then we write a new chapter for a famous movie monster.
Nathan Blackwell and Krissy Lenz, from Most Excellent 80s Movies Podcast, part of the TruStory FM Entertainment Podcast Network, join us to talk about minute 48 of Marvel’s The Avengers: from Thor warning Loki to listen well to Iron Man blasting Thor.