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Mike and Dave are two Gen X Dads who grew up watching movies because there was nothing else to do. Tooky is a Millennial dad-in-training who grew up with the internet, and thus never needed to watch ROAD HOUSE on cable. Mike (a standup comedian) and Dave (an improviser and occasional academic) will present Tooky (comedian, social critic and dad-in-training) with a new (old) movie every week and answer the important questions: Are white people ok? When did Nic Cage become a whole thing?Are th ...
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FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH
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52:48Is there anything more Dad-coded than being uncomfortable talking to your kids about sex? (Maybe it's just me) I think this movie represents a fantasy Dad universe: one wherein all the children try to figure out sex without a Dad being forced to have a frank or uncomfortable conversation. The Dads in this movie are like the humans in FLOW, or the g…
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Gabe's Grab Bag: Back in Bloom
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2:15:35Tooky's Top-Tugger Gabe joins forces with Double-Dealer's most devious dilettante, T.R. Hudson, to jointly sit their white asses down and listen to the shade of the sage of Yale, the Father-Falstaff of the aesthetic, the almsman of Shakespeare's inventive tomb; ladies and gentlemen... are you ready to Bloom?Hudson's succulent Substack: https://trhu…
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Happy Easter and Passover and Eid and all the rest of it from the Dads! We got you the only thing all the major religions can agree on: Moses! (What we REALLY got you is the sexiest screen performance of all time by Yul Brenner, but don't tell your mother) It's the greatest story ever told, but does it hold up in 2025?: Enjoy our Red Sea-deep dive …
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Vin Diesel's voice work reminds me of former Seattle Mariners' 2B Bret Boone - an excellent career but with one truly OUTSTANDING season. Vin can get you a decent action movie or even frontline your franchise. But his voice overs are his Bret-Boone-in-2001 work: Groot (from the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY films) and the title character of this week's f…
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Paul Verhoeven. Sharon Stone. Peak Arnold Schwarzenegger. And a movie that wasn't afraid to have mutants 30 years before the MCU launched. So ration your air and prepare for the Dads to implant the memory of this podcast right into your temporal lobes. Hopefully you don't get one of those schizoid embolisms from 1990's TOTAL RECALL!…
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Hollywood is NOT Dead // Tooky's Digest
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44:41Cairo dishes on the current state & near future of traditional TV shows, blockbuster movies, and streaming services.Special thanks to Cairo for sharing his knowledge on this subject, check out his latest work!Twitter: https://x.com/cairoasmithCalintina Dreaming out now! https://amzn.to/4bERTCESubstack: https://www.futuristletters.com/Timestamps:00:…
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Boy, they don't make 'em like this anymore, do they? This movie launched Costner, rebooted Hackman's career, and should've elevated Sean Young into the stratosphere. Alas. But if you were wondering what was going through every Gen Xers mind when they rented a prom limo, well, now you know. Keep your eyes open for Yuri and join the Dads as they trek…
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RIP to the Dad Movie GOAT, Gene Hackman. More on his incredible legacy in future episodes... Hey, the world's a tire fire, so take a little time travel trip back to 1996 when things (kinda sorta?) made sense. Or, at least, America was wrestling with widening our collective understanding of inclusivity, as opposed to (checks notes)...yeah. This movi…
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35: F.A.T.A.L. — 'Platonic Perversions'
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2:14:57We were joined by the brilliant Jack B.C. of The Book Club From Hell infamy to discuss the perfect convergence of Side Bro side interests: sexual perversion, tabletop RPGs, and needlessly obscure numerology.Support Jack!His novel 'Tower': https://amzn.to/4hYTYeSPersonal Substack: https://substack.com/@jackbcGreat episode they just did with Gabe: ht…
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Slop Kings II: The Two Howards
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1:41:40The world of institution men is at an end. Support & Vote on our next read!https://www.patreon.com/tookysmaghttps://www.subscribestar.com/tookysmagFROM TOOKY'S MAG! IMPROVIDENCE: a.co/d/3AGjHU2Subscribe to the Tooky's Mag Substack: https://tookys.substack.com/Gabe's Substack: https://muggy.substack.com/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5FzMJeB…
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Daniel Greene's 2nd Accuser — 'Daniel in the Lyin' Den'
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1:37:20The boys dive face first into the tale of salmon stomached seduction that's rent Booktube in twain Support & Vote on our next read!https://www.patreon.com/tookysmaghttps://www.subscribestar.com/tookysmagFROM TOOKY'S MAG! IMPROVIDENCE: a.co/d/3AGjHU2Subscribe to the Tooky's Mag Substack: https://tookys.substack.com/Gabe's Substack: https://muggy.sub…
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34: The Raft — 'Marry Bait or Bate Alone'
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1:21:28We set sail on the riotously funny seas of Phil Rot's micronovel. You really need to read this one.Support this author! https://amzn.to/4hkRdUZMore from Phil, follow what he's up to: https://philrot.substack.com/Say hi in the Discord: https://discord.gg/Dyw2JzkjSupport & Vote on our next read!https://www.patreon.com/tookysmaghttps://www.subscribest…
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Right-wing Book Publishers
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1:47:13A discussion of who's who in the very broad and ill-defined "outsider/dissident literature" scene, and some extremely autistic/pointless alignment scores assigned to each. Sorry for anyone we left off! Inspired by this post: https://x.com/thecapitalisimo/status/1875968226439692547Support & Vote on our next read!https://www.patreon.com/tookysmaghttp…
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MIDNIGHT RUN (encore presentation)
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55:13Hey friends! The Dads have been wicked busy doing Dad Shit (tm); apologies for the delay and thank you for your patience. We're hoping to get some new eps up by next week; in the meantime, sit back and enjoy an encore presentation of our discussion of the movie that launched this particular endeavor. Tune in or I swear to God I'll shoot the other D…
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IT'S NOT THE REMAKE! Do yourself a favor and read this essay before, after, or during your viewing of this movie and/or listening to this podcast: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2021/02/03/on-hustles/ Hanif Abdurraqib is the realest of deals, y'all. Buy all of his books and thank us later. Can you imagine an America pre-Rosie Perez? I'm glad I…
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33: Quarterlives — 'Agentic Zoomerism'
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2:39:58We finally get a concrete definition of what the /new wave/ is about during this discussion on a great short story collection by Cairo Smith.Support this author! https://amzn.to/40CDTFDFuturist Letters (required reading)https://www.futuristletters.com/p/network-stateshttps://www.futuristletters.com/p/huntersSupport & Vote on our next read!https://w…
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Look, if you want to know why Gen X is so f#$%ed up, just know that a major studio made this movie with the thought: "This is what they want." Cage. Malkovich. Cage's hair. Cusack. Cage's accent. Trejo. Chappelle. More Cage. Ving Rhames. The guy from Star Trek: The Next Generation (not that guy, the other one). Cage shirtless. Steve Buscemi. And - …
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If Reagan's America were a film, it'd probably be this one. Happy New Year from your favorite Dads! This movie launched or re-launched a bunch of careers, made a bajillion dollars and has a case for the definitive movie of the 80s (for a bunch of reasons discussed herein); and YET it's still a bit of a funky rewatch. Nonetheless, we dig into the 41…
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GABE'S GRAB BAG: All I Want For Schmittsmas Is You!
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4:19:25Gabe and Cap are on a journey to discover the Nomos of Christmas in this holiday edition of the Grab-Bag. Have you ever wanted to experience the sovereignty of pretending to be a Schmitt Scholar to impress your theorycel mutuals? (Who also haven't read anything other than the Concept of the Political); or find yourself in that awkward state of exce…
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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
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52:48You know the best part of the holiday season? Hanging out with your family! OK, maybe sometimes that's not the BEST part; families are tricky little communities of biologically-linked individuals, each carrying a boatload of what NPR's Linda Holmes evocatively named "little weirdsies". Family can be a tough hang, at this or any time of year. But wh…
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Dads love order. We like routine, a hierarchy, knowing where we stand at all times. The Mob provides the illusion of order. This movie reveals what a life of organized crime really entails: chaos, anxiety, terror, and senseless violence. This movie is an anti-Dad instructional video, and should be required viewing for all Dads. They should have it …
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Tooky's Digest: miniMAG — Intense. Short. Weekly.
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1:02:28A second Digest episode! I was finally able to connect with my buddy Alex Prestia on his project miniMAG - check it out and submit some art/writing of your own!Guest Links:https://minimag.press/submissions open: minimagsubmissions@gmail.comhttps://x.com/miniMAG_litIrina's link, who is mentioned and her art is featured in the thumbnail: https://artw…
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Bruce Lee was - for a brief period - perhaps the most famous person in the world. He died in 1973 (at the far-too-young age of 32). Dads Mike and Dave were born in 1974, the first generation to live in a post-Bruce Lee world, and the last to have members who experienced Lee's fame and the kung fu mania that followed it firsthand. Someday-Dad Tooky …
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It's a TDM switcheroo - Mike & Tooky present Dad Dave with a movie that they have seen but he hasn't...until now! This movie has everything. Punching. Kicking. Chazz Palminteri punching and kicking. Vanity. William H. Macy for some reason. A knockoff Cyndi Lauper. And the only cinematic villain to approach Darth Vader in ultimate 80s badassery, Sho…
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ANY GIVEN SUNDAY
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1:00:57Happy Thanksgiving! Dads love the Three Fs: family, feasting, and football. So we thought it might make for a nice opportunity to watch one of the most realistic and grounded sports films ever made. Just kidding. Calling this movie "batshit crazy" does a disservice to guano. Oliver Stone and an all-star cast go full cuckoo bananas in a movie that t…
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32: McCarthy's 16yo Muse — 'All the Pretty Horse Girls'
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1:10:17Deep dive into the recent revelation that Cormac McCarthy had a romantic relationship with a 16yo while he was 42. Full Article: https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/cormac-mccarthy-secret-muse-exclusiveAuthor Links: https://barneysrubble.substack.com/https://x.com/BarneysRubble0Support & Vote on our next read!https://www.patreon.com/tookysmaghtt…
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What's that you say? DIRTY DANCING is a Mom Movie? We are here to tell you that not only is it a Dad Movie, it is the DADDEST MOVIE. And if you disagree, you can go jump in a lake. With Patrick Swayze. And Jennifer Grey. Which sounds cold. But hella sexy. This movie rules and if you have kids and don't cry watching Jerry Orbach do Jerry Orbach thin…
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31: Shagduk — 'The Imp Who Shagged Me'
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1:25:47Shagduk is a beautifully written epistolary novel that is in love with its subject matter, perhaps even to a fault as we debate here! Regardless, it is a great piece of fiction.Read it: https://pilumpress.com/products/shagdukhttps://amzn.to/4fGrvsEFollow this author & press: https://x.com/PilumPresshttps://x.com/deredordicaSupport & Vote on our nex…
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Dads take a lot of heat, and deservedly so: Life in a patriarchy means that much of this society is a direct reflection of generations of Dads - we have FOUNDING FATHERS for chrissakes - so everything, good and bad (and let's face it, the scales are tipping the wrong way) must be laid at our feet. And yet: We will do anything for our kids. A-N-Y-T-…
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RIP to the magnificent Teri Garr, perhaps one of the patron (matron?) saints of Dad movies. No one was realer, funnier, or more fully and charmingly human. She and Michael Keaton make a pretty good meal out of these ingredients; it's pretty clear why the Oscar noms wait in the offing. Listen, Michael Keaton is having a moment, and deservedly so; bu…
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SB LIVE: The Way of Slop Kings
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1:25:23SIDE BAR LIVE: We're all having a very crazy month and Cap couldn't make our original record time to discuss Shagduk, so we're doing that next time and instead Gabe & David ran a livestream to cover a topic near and dear to their own hearts - THE WAY OF SLOP KINGS!Support & Vote on our next read!https://www.patreon.com/tookysmaghttps://www.subscrib…
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CUE THE VIOLINS! And Happy Halloween from the Dads; enjoy our long shower with Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 slashsterpiece PSYCHO.Mike Dorval, Tooky Kavanagh, David Rabinow
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Tooky's Digest: BROZER / Braunstein — A New Kind of Tabletop Roleplaying Strategy Game
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1:04:07Tooky's Digest! The trial run for what will be a very infrequent miniseries (our full attention remains on Side Bar as our primary show) which will allow me (David) to discuss new cultural projects and trends, often with a guest who is an expert on the project.This will make it easier for me to cover those brief one-off fascinations I have without …
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Elevator pitch: I'd like to take a 19th century French melodrama and update it, eliminating the graphic violence and changing the famously heartbreaking ending. Also, we should set it in a small town full of horny old ladies. Studio Executive: Ok, here's a ton of money. Only one person can land that pitch: Total Dad favorite and comic dilettante St…
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THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER
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55:50Confession: at the grocery store with my family, I will often and without warning turn suddenly a full 360 degrees in either direction while exclaiming "Crazy Ivan!" Let no one say this movie doesn't have a lasting impact. Baldwin! Connery! Glenn! Neill! Curry! Vance! Skarsgard! and James Earl Jones (RIP)! Who doesn't love a submarine movie? NOT DA…
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30: Femgooning // Fictosexuality — 'Gor Accelerationism'
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1:40:01Reflecting on rise of "femgoon-lit", the male response, and fictosexuality more broadly. And a guest appearance from the wonderful Katherine Dee/Default Friend, check our her work which touches on these topics often:https://default.blog/https://x.com/default_friendComing up we have the winner of our August Fiction Poll: Shagduk!Support & Vote on ou…
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LEEEEEEEEET THE RIVER RUUUUUUUUUUUUN... (NGL, that songs rips) A Dad Movie? About a lady? Yeah, dummy, it's 2024. (OK fine, Harrison Ford was probably our hook at the time, but now... well, he still kicks ass in this flick) ALSO: Sigourney Weaver! Melanie Griffith! Joan MFing Cusack! Olympia MFing Dukakis! Oliver Platt! (and yeah, Alec Baldwin and …
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Before Vince Vaughn was America's doughy best friend and Jon Favreau was launching Iron Man and the Mandalorian (that guy loves armor, huh?), these two babyfaces shot a shoestring comedy that captures the brief moment in America when chain wallets, indoor smoking, and swing dancing were not just tolerated but were emblematic of a lifestyle that can…
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29: App Driven Nerd Erasure — 'Substack's Eternal September'
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55:04Responding to the series of major changes to Substack, and reflecting on the 'Eternal September' phenomenon more broadly: https://substack.com/inbox/post/149032269Coming up we have the winner of our August Fiction Poll: Shagduk!Support & Vote on our next read!https://www.patreon.com/tookysmaghttps://www.subscribestar.com/tookysmagFROM TOOKY'S MAG! …
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THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
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45:22Get busy Daddin', or get busy podcastin'. Carve your names into the eaves with the Dads as we attempt to break free from Frank Darabont's Steven King adaptation par excellence (featuring Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbins, and the voice of Mr. Krabs), 1994's THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION.Mike Dorval, Tooky Kavanagh, David Rabinow
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Wait, Sidney Poitier directed this? Huh. Ok, then. Pryor. Wilder. Poitier. Every Dad is born having seen this movie. It combines everything Dads know about the criminal justice system with everything Dads know about the rodeo. It's why your Dad is neither a lawyer nor a cowboy. Get your chicken costumes out because we're watching the comedy smash o…
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28: Give Up the Ghost — 'Backup Big Tiddy Goth GF'
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2:42:38PCM Christ spins a southern gothic murder mystery about the time the devil went down to Georgia! Read it free: https://plzcallmechrist.substack.com/p/the-devil-has-come-back-to-georgiaSupport this author!: https://amzn.to/4gxBp1dComing up we have the winner of our August Fiction Poll: Shagduk!Support & Vote on our next read!https://www.patreon.com/…
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This movie features an all-time complicated Dad (John Mahoney), and is helmed by the wunderkind (Cameron Crowe) that launched a string of Dad movies, so you can- Hang on; just give me a second? (Goes to window; opens it) "It's after 2:00 am; goodnight, Lloyd." (Closes window) Sorry. That kid is out here every night blasting his Peter Gabriel. Which…
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An odd companion piece to last week's episode (THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS) featuring another aspect of human existence (this week: ASD, last week: trans awareness) that in 2024 we have a vastly more informed cultural relationship to than we did at the time of these movies' respective releases. AND YET, I think it's fair to say that our deepened under…
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THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
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56:12Hannibal Lecter has been in the news recently for reasons both dumb and stupid. But Anthony Hopkins' performance is anything but - the only thing scarier than this film is the prospect of another four years of [REDACTED]. Speaking of presidential trauma, Jodie Foster is equally incredible in this flick. Dads love Jodie Foster, because her movies ar…
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27: H8 Spree — 'An Opus of Edglordism'
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1:01:00King Cringe brings the heat with this gonzo novelization of sex, murder, and supercharged politics! Read it free: https://kingcringe.substack.com/p/h8-spree-iiComing up we tentatively have "The Event" by Sam Pink, a sprinkling of some topics, and the winner of our August Fiction Poll: Shagduk!Support & Vote on our next read!https://www.patreon.com/…
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America has had a lot of Dads. The good (Michael Landon, Barack Obama), the bad (Bill Cosby, Alec Baldwin), and the confusingly discordant (RIP Bob Saget/Danny Tanner). But we submit here that America's greatest Dad is almost never pictured with an actual son or daughter, yet nonetheless appears in many films as a distant-yet-deeply-caring-dispense…
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Inside each of us is three Dads... (I've made this joke already, but c'mon) You've got a Guttenberg - sensitive and clueless. You've got a Danson - dashing and egomaniacal. You've got a Selleck - rugged and protective. These Dads are engaged in a relentless battle for dominance within you. When you suddenly have a baby (and I sincerely hope none of…
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26: Literary Implications of Skibidi Toilet
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44:51What, if anything, does the 'skibidi toilet' phenomenon show us about literature in this darkest of endings? Serialization, timelinification, and some gibberish from Gabe!Support & Vote on our next read!https://www.patreon.com/tookysmaghttps://www.subscribestar.com/tookysmagNEW FROM TOOKY'S MAG! IMPROVIDENCE: a.co/d/3AGjHU2Subscribe to the Tooky's …
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GET TO THE CHOPPAH! (Dads love a good Arnold impression) The Dads turn on their thermal vision to dissect the film that launched the handshake that launched a thousand memes. Schwarzenegger. Weathers. Ventura. Van Damme (in absentia). And a bunch of vaguely problematic Dad stereotypes that somehow age like fine wine. It's John McTiernan's horror-ac…
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