Podcasts by Not Playing with Lex and Dan
A podcast where two guys fill the gaps in their pop-culture knowledge by watching classic movies that they haven
Further podcasts by Lex Friedman and Dan Moren
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9.8: Gattaca from 2023-09-08T16:00
As season 9 draws to a close, naturally born Dan Moren and genetically superior Lex Friedman must work together to overcome a discriminatory society in 1997’s Gattaca. Hot topics include: when is a...
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9.7: Little Shop of Horrors from 2023-08-25T16:00
Finally, a movie musical that tells the truth: dentists are jerks. Lex Friedman sits down Dan Moren to watch 1986’s Little Shop of Horrors, a movie based on a musical based on a movie (that wasn’t ...
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9.6: The Rocketeer from 2023-08-11T16:00
The Rock-a-who? Crotchety old inventor Dan Moren and handsome flying ace Lex Friedman team up to watch 1991’s Disney adventure flick, The Rocketeer. Hot topics include what makes a superhero, the j...
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9.5: Pretty Woman from 2023-07-28T16:00
Not listening to this is a big mistake—huge. Dan Moren and Lex Friedman sit down to watch Julia Roberts’s star-making turn in 1990’s Pretty Woman. Hot topics include surprising agency, corporate ra...
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9.4: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid from 2023-07-14T16:00
Who are these guys? Why, they’re wily outlaw Dan Moren and taciturn gunslinger Lex Friedman, who are fleeing their relentless pursuers while watching the 1969 classic, Butch Cassidy and the Sundanc...
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9.3: GoodFellas from 2023-06-30T16:00
Damn, it doesn’t always feel good to be a gangster. Mobster Lex Friedman takes young up-and-comer Dan Moren under his wing as they watch the 1990 classic GoodFellas. Hot topics include cameras that...
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9.2: All the President's Men from 2023-06-16T16:00
Follow the podcasts! Intrepid journalists Dan Moren and Lex Friedman unravel a ripped-from-the-headlines presidential conspiracy with 1976’s All the President’s Men. Hot topics include which report...
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9.1: Clueless from 2023-06-02T16:00
It’s time to embark upon a brand new season of Not Playing! This time, popular high schoolers try to make Lex Friedman and Dan Moren cool by showing them 1995’s Clueless. Hot topics include cellph...
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8.4: 12 Monkeys from 2022-08-12T16:00
To bring this mini-season of Not Playing to a close, we have to go back to the beginning. Time traveler Lex Friedman encounters asylum inmate Dan Moren as they attempt to unravel the mysteries of 1...
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8.2: Teen Wolf from 2022-07-15T16:00
In our second episode of this abbreviated season, high school basketball coach Lex Friedman is on a winning streak with star player (and werewolf) Dan Moren as they watch 1985’s Teen Wolf. Hot to...
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8.1: Total Recall from 2022-07-01T16:00
It’s a brand new (mini) season of Not Playing as we take on a quartet of otherworldly movies starting with the letter‘T’. We kick it all of with amnesiac Lex Friedman facing off against diabolical ...
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7.9: Point Break from 2021-10-28T16:00
To close out season 7 of Not Playing, we check in on Keanu Reeves once again, as surfer/bank robber Dan Moren and undercover FBI agent Lex Friedman sit down to watch the 1991 film Point Break. Ho...
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7.8: Speed from 2021-10-14T16:00
In the first installment of Keanu Reeves duology, mad bomber Lex Friedman forces SWAT officer Dan Moren to watch 1994’s Speed, or risk being blown up. Hot topics include other actors floated for ...
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7.7: Patriot Games from 2021-09-02T16:00
Rounding out our Harrison Ford trilogy, former CIA analyst Lex Friedman is beset by vengeful Irish terrorist Dan Moren as they watch 1992’s Patriot Games. Hot topics include dense plotting, simil...
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7.6: Air Force One from 2021-08-12T16:00
We’re flying the friendly skies once again this week, as President Dan Moren’s plane is hijacked by Russian terrorist Lex Friedman, who forces him to watch 1997’s Air Force One. Hot topics includ...
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7.5: Witness from 2021-07-29T16:00
We’re going Dutch this week—Pennsylvania Dutch, that is, as Philadelphia cop Lex Friedman and Amish kid Dan Moren watch 1985’s Witness. Hot topics include Harrison Ford’s star power, Amish repres...
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7.4: Trading Places from 2021-07-15T16:00
Is it nature or nurture? We attempt to find out this week when a couple of old rich white guys swaps the lives of successful executive Dan Moren and down-on-his-luck Lex Friedman in 1983’s Trading ...
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7.3: A Few Good Men from 2021-07-01T16:00
There’s nothing we can’t handle this week, as cocky military lawyer Lex Friedman and his assistant (with no responsibilities whatsoever) Dan Moren go to court with 1992’s A Few Good Men. Hot topic...
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7.2: Top Gun from 2021-06-17T16:00
Come fly the not so friendly skies with Lieutenant Dan“Gambit”Moren and his wingman Lieutenant Lex“Snuggie”Friedman as they watch 1986’s seminal fighter jet treatise, Top Gun. Hot topics include ...
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7.1: Risky Business from 2021-06-03T16:00
We’re back for season seven, and a whole host of popular movies that one or both of us haven’t seen. To kick things off, innocent teens Lex Friedman and Dan Moren are left home alone, and naturally...
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6.9: Heaven Can Wait from 2020-09-24T16:00
We’ve reached the Super Bowl of Football Season, but can we win it all? Heavenly administrator Lex Friedman takes reincarnated quarterback Dan Moren under his wing (eh? ehh?) as they watch 1978’s H...
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6.8: We Are Marshall from 2020-09-10T16:00
In our penultimate Football Season movie, unconventional coach Lex Friedman partners up with devastated assistant coach Dan Moren to revitalize a college football program as they watch 2006’s We Ar...
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6.7: The Blind Side from 2020-08-27T16:00
As we continue our Football Season, forceful parent Lex Friedman embraces adopted son Dan Moren as they watch the 2009 film, The Blind Side. Hot topics include the shift in culture, truth being st...
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6.6: Varsity Blues from 2020-08-13T16:00
Do we want your life? That’s what second-string high school quarterback Dan Moren is trying to figure out with the help of his buddy, offensive linebacker Lex Friedman in 1999’s Varsity Blues. Hot...
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6.5: Necessary Roughness from 2020-07-30T16:00
It’s play by the rules, lose by the rules as straight arrow coach Lex Friedman tries to teach mid-thirties freshman quarterback Dan Moren while they watch 1991’s Necessary Roughness. Hot topics i...
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6.4: Any Given Sunday from 2020-07-16T16:00
They say anything can happen, and that’s what strident coach Lex Friedman tries to drill into brash young quarterback Dan Moren as they watch the 1999 film Any Given Sunday. Hot topics include ma...
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6.2: Friday Night Lights from 2020-06-18T16:00
Get your mojo on with tough but fair coach Lex Friedman as he encourages serious quarterback Dan Moren to watch the 2004 film Friday Night Lights, but not the following TV show of the same name. H...
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6.1: Invincible from 2020-06-04T16:00
It’s a brand new season of Not Playing: Football Season. Join veteran Lex Friedman as he clears the way for rookie Dan Moren while they watch 2006’s Invincible, which is merely coincidentally about...
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3.11: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker from 2020-04-09T16:00
It all comes down to this. We return with a special bonus episode that sees the embodiment of all Jedi, Dan Moren, and the collection of all Sith, Lex Friedman, cover 2019’s Star Wars: Episode IX -...
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5.9: Fast&Furious Presents: Hobbs&Shaw from 2019-11-14T17:00
Two tough guys who don’t always see eye-to-eye team up this week, which also happens to be the plot of the final (to date) installment of The Fast and the Furious franchise, 2019’s Fast&Furious Pre...
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5.8: The Fate of the Furious from 2019-10-10T16:00
Family never gives up on you, and neither do Lex and Dan as they embark upon the final main sequence film of The Fast and the Furious franchise, 2017’s The Fate of the Furious. Hot topics include ...
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5.7: Furious 7 from 2019-09-26T16:00
We’re back, tracking down a techie McGuffin in the seventh installment of The Fast and the Furious franchise, the concisely named Furious 7. Hot topics include the rat-a-tat nature of stunt sequen...
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5.6: Fast&Furious 6 from 2019-09-12T16:00
To London we go in this, the sixth installment of The Fast and the Furious series, 2013’s Fast&Furious 6. Hot topics include when a twist is not a twist, the increasingly comic book superhero nat...
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5.5: Fast Five from 2019-08-29T16:00
We’re back, and it’s off to Brazil we go as we go from car racing to out-and-out robbery in the fifth installment of The Fast and Furious franchise, 2011’s Fast Five. Hot topics include whether T...
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5.4: Fast&Furious from 2019-07-18T16:00
We may not be fast, but we’re definitely a little angry as we slog through the desert on the way to the fourth installment of The Fast and the Furious franchise, Fast&Furious. Hot topics include ...
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5.3: The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift from 2019-07-04T17:05
Hop the plane to Japan, because we’re drifting right into the third installment of The Fast and the Furious franchise, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. Hot topics include the inexcusable ob...
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5.2: 2 Fast 2 Furious from 2019-06-20T16:00
Hit the NOS and jump that bridge! We’re back with the second installment of our trip through The Fast and the Furious franchise, 2003’s 2 Fast 2 Furious. Hot topics include going all-in on sequel...
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5.1: The Fast and the Furious from 2019-06-06T16:00
We’re kicking off Season 5 of Not Playing by getting all speed and irascible with the first installment of the the storied automotive action franchise, 2001’s The Fast and the Furious. Hot topics...
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3.10: Solo: A Star Wars Story from 2019-03-15T16:00
We’ve got a good feeling about this. It’s member season around these parts, and Lex and Dan are back to their old Star Wars tricks, especially for you. Join daredevil pilot Dan Moren and charming g...
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4.7: Skyfall from 2018-08-24T16:00
Season 4 of Not Playing draws to a close with a dealer’s choice: 2012’s Skyfall, starring Daniel Craig, and released on the 50th anniversary of the franchise. A fitting end. Hot topics include sa...
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4.6: Casino Royale from 2018-08-10T16:00
James Bond is a hard man to catch up to, but Dan and Lex have done just that as they sit down to watch the role’s current (as of this recording) portrayer, Daniel Craig, in his debut outing: 2006’s...
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4.5: GoldenEye from 2018-07-27T16:00
We’ve hit the’90s and with it the tenure of the effortlessly cool Pierce Brosnan as James Bond. Lex and Dan settle in for his debut in the role in 1995’s GoldenEye. Hot topics include having your...
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4.4: The Living Daylights from 2018-07-13T16:00
It’s the first of Timothy Dalton’s two outings as 007: 1987’s The Living Daylights, and Dan and Lex are buckled in for a new, more serious Bond. Hot topics include the regression of female charac...
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4.3: For Your Eyes Only from 2018-06-29T16:00
It’s on to one of the longest-tenured Bonds—and the first English actor to play him—Sir Roger Moore. Dan and Lex take on 1981’s For Your Eyes Only, the fifth of Moore’s seven outings. Hot topics ...
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4.2: On Her Majesty's Secret Service from 2018-06-15T16:00
Filling Sean Connery’s shoes is no easy task, perhaps even more so when you’re an Australian model. Dan and Lex return to consider the second actor to fill the title role in the storied franchise...
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4.1: Goldfinger from 2018-06-01T16:00
Four. Season four. Not Playing is back, and this time around we’re delving into a fifty-plus year franchise with its fair share of fans and detractors: James Bond. We’ll be picking the best entry...
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3.9: Star Wars: The Last Jedi from 2018-03-29T16:00
This is not going to go the way you think. Or will it? For this special bonus episode, we watch the most recent movie ever to appear on the show, and round out our viewing of one of the world’s big...
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3.8: Star Wars: The Force Awakens from 2017-09-07T16:00
The circle is now complete. We conclude our viewing of the Star Wars saga—for now, anyway—with the most recent installment in the main sequence of movies. Grizzled smuggler Dan Moren teams up with ...
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3.7: Return of the Jedi from 2017-08-24T16:00
In our penultimate episode, we close out the original trilogy with the movie that began a sixteen year hiatus of the Star Wars franchise. Lovable Ewok Dan Moren leads rebel commando Lex Friedman th...
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3.6: The Empire Strikes Back from 2017-08-10T16:00
We return to season 3 of Not Playing with the rare sequel that arguably surpasses its predecessor—at least as far as one of our panelists is concerned. Roguish smuggler Lex Friedman puts his trust ...
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3.5: Star Wars from 2017-07-27T16:00
On to the main course. It’s the 1977 classic that started this whole thing: Star Wars. (And not with any of that“Episode IV”jazz or anything.) Crazy old wizard Dan Moren and whiny farm boy Lex Frie...
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3.4: Rogue One from 2017-07-13T16:00
And now for something completely different. Rebel spy Dan Moren and reckless criminal-turned-freedom-fighter Lex Friedman take a break from the story of the Skywalker clan to watch 2016’s Rogue One...
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3.3: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith from 2017-06-29T16:00
And with this, we conclude eating our vegetables for this special third of Not Playing covering the Star Wars saga. Dark Lord of the Sith Dan Moren and his apprentice Lex Friedman watch the final i...
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3.2: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones from 2017-06-15T16:00
We return to a galaxy far, far away, a slightly less long time ago for the second installment of our epic third season, covering the entire Star Wars saga. Supreme Chancellor Dan Moren guides Senat...
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3.1: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace from 2017-06-01T16:00
You’re not seeing things! We’re back with a very special season three of Not Playing with Lex and Dan. Right on schedule, as we promised. Go about your business. Move along. Regular listeners of ...
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2.12: Dude, Where's My Scarface? from 2014-09-08T14:30
Special guest John Siracusa takes time out of his busy operating-system review schedule to join Lex and Dan for Not Playing’s season two finale. Neither John nor your regular hosts had ever seen Sc...
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2.11: Finders Sneakers from 2014-08-15T16:16:15
We missed you, too. We took a few weeks off, but then we felt that longing, that need to once again share the joy of watching a movie most everyone has seen, but that at least one of us hasn’t. ...
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2.10: Glengarry Glen Ross Glenn Fleishman from 2014-07-21T16:00
ABC: Always Be‘Casting. Lex didn’t know how big a David Mamet fan Dan was; he just knew that Dan hadn’t seen Glengarry Glen Ross, and that was an oversight only Not Playing could fix. So put that...
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2.9: The Hunt for Red Octoberfest from 2014-07-11T18:08:46
When you need someone to perfectly embody a Russian military officer, there’s only one man to think of. And that man, of course, is Connery. Sean Connery. This week, Dan invites Lex to see a movie...
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2.8: Over There's Something About Mary from 2014-07-05T19:45:26
History is littered with successful brothers: the Wrights, the Karamazovs, the Wayans, the Hansons, and so on. But perhaps no pair of brothers has become so famous for an extended masturbation joke...
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2.7: You and What Army of Darkness from 2014-06-20T16:30
Sometimes things are simply dead. Other times, they are EVIL dead. But one thing will never die: Dan’s affection for Army of Darkness, the third film in Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead trilogy—which Lex had ...
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2.6: Spelling Beetlejuice from 2014-06-13T13:19
Michael Keaton only appears for 17 and a half minutes—but he’s still playing the title role. And he’s joined by Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Winona Ryder, and Catherine O’Hara. It’s 1988’s Beetlejuic...
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2.5: Hudson Hawkward from 2014-06-06T15:48:31
You’re Bruce Willis, you’ve made it big with Die Hard, and there’s only one obvious next step: You make a goofily silly vanity project with unlikely musical numbers, James Coburn, and Leonardo da V...
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2.4: Twins Some, Lose Some from 2014-05-23T17:00
Black and white. Yin and yang. Cheech and Chong. Lex and Dan. Life is full of opposites that go together. This week, Lex shows Dan the 1988 comedy classic Twins. DeVito. Schwarzenegger. And let’s...
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2.3: What the L.A. Confidential? from 2014-05-16T16:08:25
What do you get when you take a bunch of leading and character actors, mix them together in a 1950s-era neo-noir, and sprinkle on a helping of Not Playing? You get L.A. Confidential, that’s what. ...
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2.2: That's No Moon! from 2014-05-07T14:09:38
We all go through moon phases. Amazingly enough, though Lex had seen the 2009 Sam Rockwell sci-fi film Moon, Dan had not. Fortunately, Lex recognized the gravity of the situation, and righted that...
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2.1: Fargo to Hell from 2014-05-02T15:24:19
We're back. But we still haven't seen a lot of movies. After season one's romp through the 80s, Lex and Dan return for a new season of watching movies that everyone else has seen--but that they ha...
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12: I Karate Kid You Not from 2014-02-22T01:10:56
Wax on, wax off, wax nostalgic: It’s the season finale of Not Playing, and we have both a special guest and a special movie. Neither Lex or Dan had ever seen the seminal 1984 martial arts classic...
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11: Doctor Who Framed Roger Rabbit from 2014-02-15T01:09:20
We’re not bad podcasters. We’re just drawn that way. Dan somehow never saw Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the 1988 American fantasy comedy classic directed by Robert Zemeckis, and starring every awesome...
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10: The Funtouchables from 2014-02-08T01:08:02
David Mamet. Brian De Palma. Lex Friedman. Dan Moren. There’s no prohibition on podcasts about 1987 American crime dramas, so this week, Not Playing watches The Untouchables. Hot topics include Se...
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9: Unbecoming to America from 2014-02-01T01:06:09
When you think of people who haven’t seen a lot of movies that most people have, think of Lex and Dan. And when you think of garbage, think of Akeem. Dan had never seen the 1988 classic starring Ed...
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8: Lethal Weapon of Mass Destruction from 2014-01-18T01:04:37
Lex is a gruff-but-loving family man. Dan is a maverick on the edge. Together, they team up for a mission only they can accomplish: watching the 1987 buddy-cop classic Lethal Weapon. Which Lex has ...
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7: National Lampoon's (Oy) Vacation from 2014-01-11T00:53:46
As the singer once sang,“Holiday ro-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-ad.”Join us as we in turn join the Griswolds on their road trip across the United States in 1983′s comedy classic Vacation. The question:...
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6: Bill&Ted's Excellent Adventure Time from 2014-01-04T00:31:45
This week we travel through time. It’s 1989’s Bill&Ted’s Excellent Adventure, which Dan feels confident Lex will love. Time travel, comedy, and Keanu Reeves—what’s not to love?! Hot topics include...
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5: Mannequin Skywalker from 2013-12-21T00:37:04
Up this week is 1987’s Mannequin, one of Lex’s favorite’80s comedies. It’s the story of Andrew McCarthy meeting Kim Cattrall, the woman of his dreams, even though she is mostly inanimate. And James...
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4: Field of Dreamy from 2013-12-14T00:24:39
It’s another homage to the heyday of 1989 this week, as Dan takes Lex on a trip—through the imagination!—to a land called Iowa, and a sport called baseball. Yes, we’re watching Kevin Costner in Fie...
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3: UHF Yeah from 2013-12-07T00:20:14
If you’ve never seen the 1989 cult classic UHF, well, you’re in good company. This week, Lex leads Dan through the wonderful world of Weird Al. Hot topics include kitchen accessories, paragons of ...
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2: Die Hardy Boys from 2013-11-30T00:15:30
What better way to kick off the holiday season than with Bruce Willis’s star-making turn as an everycop? Dan introduces Lex to the best Christmas movie ever, 1988′s Die Hard. Hot topics include A...
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1: Beverly Hills Copacetic from 2013-11-15T22:25:17
It’s true: Neither Lex nor Dan had ever seen Beverly Hills Cop before 2013. For the debut episode of Not Playing, they sit down together to watch the 1984 Eddie Murphy classic. Hot topics include...
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