#692 - Son of Sorbo
Added 2026-02-18 00:01:24 +0000 UTC
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The amount of fun you guys shared on this episode justifies the entire Michael & Us project.
Shane
2026-02-22 20:37:45 +0000 UTCNot trying to tell you guys how to brand yourselves but you’re leaving a lot of money on the ground if you don’t start to offer Caravaggio shirts in the Michael and us clothing line
D.I.E.
2026-02-22 00:43:03 +0000 UTCFloridian here to add some Florida's context and flavor. UF in Gainesville is the most well respected university in Florida so going there would be a fairly big deal, although it is also known as a big party school and gets a lot of it's fame from its college football team, the gators. Gainesville is a large college town, basically a small to small-mid sized city. It would definitely be considered "city" by ppl from the more rural parts of Florida but what's crazy is the characters are from SANFORD. Sanford is a really nice, fairly big town with tons of transplants and retirees from the north. Also it is 30 minutes from Orlando, it is a suburb of Orlando. Orlando is waaaaaay bigger than Gainesville. Clearly the writers of this movie know nothing about Florida.
Christine Zito
2026-02-20 23:13:29 +0000 UTCNot gonna lie, that film came across as so bad, that was a tough listen. Onwards and upwards to more satisfying films for you.
Myles Bartoli
2026-02-20 13:40:41 +0000 UTCI hope Will & Luke get a chance to see Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie. Not that I think it'd make pod fodder (maybe enough could be said about the CanCon & 2008 cultural detritus the film deals in), but after this week's stolid conservative fare, I feel like they could use a laugh.
Talbert J.
2026-02-19 23:57:56 +0000 UTC“Cuban refugee” is US fascist for “one of the good ones.”
James Washburn
2026-02-19 22:54:47 +0000 UTCoh and I forgot to mention that the first time I ever heard of Chantal Akerman and watched one of her movies was for a class at UF -- Women and Film, it was called, basically a class on feminist film theory (I wonder if they still offer it). Then, when I transferred to a school in a big BIG city, I took another film class and listed Akerman's movie among my favorites in an intro exercise, icebreaker sorta thing -- my professor there had no idea who she was, even though this new college had and has one of the best film schools in the world, apparently. Now, I wasn't in the film school, so this was another film theory/history class. But it was still sorta shocking, kinda helped burst the bubble I'd floated there in.
AJ
2026-02-19 21:51:31 +0000 UTCas a former Floridian who attended the University of Florida for 3 whole semesters, I feel compelled to come to Gainesville's defense. Honestly, it's a great town, and sometimes I wish I hadn't transferred to an actually BIG city -- I fancied myself an artsy intellectual who needed to be in the kinda place where half the stuff I like was made, but really, a lot about Gainesville when it came to "culture" or whatever was just as good, or better. Plus, hey, Lauren Groff's one of the best contemporary writers, and she lives there! But I didn't know who that was then... Granted, I left in 2015 or '16, so I'm not sure if the maga years have changed it, probably, but I did attend a jam-packed Bernie rally there too, whatever that means these days. And all my professors gave bonus points after the fact to anyone who went, despite never having said they would and the rally occurring during classtime. Though, speaking of Lauren Groff, I remember, around 10 years ago, when there was a small group of people in various blogs or small newspaper op-eds trying to position Gainesville as the new Portland or the Brooklyn of the South, she tried to push back against it, fearing gentrification and all that... then, just a few years later, I saw her practically pleading for an escape route. So I guess maga probably did change it. But hey, at least it's still gorgeous (probably) and go gators! hahaha
AJ
2026-02-19 20:24:34 +0000 UTCDC Draino is also one of the “celebrities” that endorse Tears of the Left whiskey.
Brian
2026-02-18 21:22:28 +0000 UTCthis movie's critique of journalism is that it doesn't manufacture enough consent-- sorry; enough happiness.
Worf Worfstofferson, and I'm da Venari Ral
2026-02-18 17:25:10 +0000 UTCGainesville (UF) is a famous SJW capitol of the South. Sanford is where Trayvon Martin was murdered. Both are Klan strongholds and are dog whistles for MAGA- Gainesville was “lost to college elites” while Sanford is “freedom town”. Parrot Head boomers in Ohio State shirts love George Zimmerman + would pay for his statue at Orlando airport. Aside from that, thank you for another excellent dive into the Sorbo canon, need a Caravaggio shirt ASAP ❤️
Alicia
2026-02-18 16:25:22 +0000 UTC
