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Special Minisode Announcement: We're Pivoting!

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Nov 4, 2019

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Nov 4, 2019

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A deep dive into the strange, fascinating careers of two of cinema's most prolific weirdos -- John Travolta and Nicolas Cage. With Nathan Rabin (Nathan Rabin's Happy Cast) and Clint Worthington (Consequence of Sound, The Spool).

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#3: Leave Your Stupid Comments in Your Podcast!: Oh hai everybody! Welcome to Episode 3 of Nathan Rabin's Happy Cast! This week, we worship at the altar of 2017's creative oddballs with The Disaster Artist and Brigsby Bear, tune our Videoboxes to the madness of Rapsittie Street Kids, and succumb t ... by Travolta/Cage
85 min listen
#5: Steven Seagal-berg: Happy New Year! We're live in-studio once more at Clint's palatial podcast laboratory, with the ever-adorable Declan Haven Dilla Rabin as our special guest. To usher in 2018, we kvetch about everything from the toxic one-two punch of David Ayer's rec ... by Travolta/Cage
84 min listen
#11: Ruth Gordon Is a Sexual Being (w/Eric Szyszka of We Hate Movies): The monkey business never stops on Nathan Rabin's Happy Cast, as Nathan and Clint go ape for the second movie where Clint Eastwood drinks with a pet orangutan, 1980's Any Which Way You Can! Along the way, we pick up a friend - We Hate Movies' Eric Sz ... by Travolta/Cage
101 min listen
#6: No Respect for Old Men: This week on the Cast, Clint and Nathan get through the January blues with Liam Neeson's punch-throwing insurance salesman in The Commuter, gush about the filmmaking mastery of Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, and celebrate the highs and lows of Rodney Da ... by Travolta/Cage
75 min listen
#8: Stop Trying to Be Fancy, Nicholas Sparks: It's amore over on Nathan Rabin's Happy Cast, as Nathan and Clint light some candles, put on some slow jams, and suffer through some of the hokiest, most hackneyed romantic media the world has to offer! We break down the mysterious appeal of the ki ... by Travolta/Cage
77 min listen
#10: Apes, Trucks and Africa (w/Mike Sacks): We're going ape on Happy Cast this week, as Stinker Lets Loose! author Mike Sacks joins us for a triple feature of monkey mayhem - Clint Eastwood's cult trucker/monkey saga Every Which Way But Loose, the execrable Golan-Globus comedy Going Bananas, a ... by Travolta/Cage
85 min listen
#19: Pee-Wee's Big Avengers: Nathan and Clint go it alone for the latest Happy Cast, as we celebrate the Paul Ruddnaissance with a long-overdue discussion of Marvel's latest cog in the cinematic universe machine, Ant-Man and the Wasp! Plus, we talk about the mid-aughts Rudd rom- ... by Travolta/Cage
79 min listen
#2: Cape Punch Men for Little Babies: This week, Nathan joins Clint in-studio in Chicago for a real-life in-person episode of Happy Cast! For our second episode, we moan about kids these days and their Emoji Movies, suit up for the messy Justice League, and get prehistoric with the misgu ... by Travolta/Cage
68 min listen
#9: Tales from the Crypt Spook-taculer! (w/Elliott Kalan): Greetings, all you ghosties and ghouls! For this special pod-AGHAST of Nathan Rabin's Happy Cast, we're de-FRIGHT-ed to welcome the one and only Elliott Kalan of The Flop House, Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return and The Daily Show with John St ... by Travolta/Cage
120 min listen
#30: The Sigh-tacular Spider-Dan (with Dan McCoy): ?Happy Cast, Happy CastHas no deal with Conde NastStill we try, as we mightTo fill your earbuds with delightLook out!Here comes the Happy Cast!? Howdy, true believers! For this friendly neighborhood episode of Happy Cast, we were thrilled to pull ... by Travolta/Cage
85 min listen
#1: This Might Totally Suck: Nathan Rabin's Happy Place enters the exciting world of podcasting with an opening extravaganza featuring the following segments: 00:45 - Introductions 06:30 - The Juggalo March on Washington 28:34 - Scalding Hot Takes: Thor Ragnarok 47:22 - Harvey... by Travolta/Cage
92 min listen
#28: It's a Croquet Christmas! (with Alonso Duralde): Ho-ho-ho, listeners! We’re celebrating Christmas in mid-November over on Nathan Rabin’s Happy Cast, as we get a sneak peek at the Netflix’s The Christmas Chronicles, starring Kurt Russell as a Santa Who Fucks. Friend of the show and Christmas film ex ... by Travolta/Cage
94 min listen
#4: Saving Christmas from Kirk Cameron (w/Alonso Duralde): To usher in the Christmas season, we brought in special guest Alonso Duralde (What the Flick?!, Linoleum Knife, author of Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas) to spin some Yuletide yarns with us. This week, we ruminate on the fan blowback to The L ... by Travolta/Cage
91 min listen
#7: The Water of the Ocean: The latest episode of Nathan Rabin's Happy Cast drops today! This time around, we celebrate the highs of Peak Nicolas Cage with Mom and Dad, the lows of M. Night Shyamalan with The Last Airbender, and the no-respect doldrums of Rodney Dangerfield's k ... by Travolta/Cage
91 min listen
#14: The Raccoon Wears People Clothes: This week on Nathan Rabin's Happy Cast, we go it alone to sample from the vast buffet of superhero movies through the ages! First, we jabber about the TV season finale of movies, Marvels Avengers: Infinity War; then, we jam out to the slick 70s music ... by Travolta/Cage
83 min listen
#34: You Cold Farted Itch: Everything is awesome this week, as Nathan and Clint go it alone to delight in the toyetic goodness of The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part! Of course, every rose has its thorns, so we have to balance out the pure-strain awesomeness of that film with th ... by Travolta/Cage
78 min listen
#17: Howie Long in Fire-Whatever (with Charles Bramesco): This episode of Nathan Rabin's Happy Cast is exclusively for the kiddies, as we bring on pop culture wunderkind and friend of the show Charles Bramesco (The Guardian, Vulture, et al.) to talk about the many efforts of films both Pixar and Pixar-adjac ... by Travolta/Cage
91 min listen
#16: A Han, A Lando, A Canal: Panama: addle up, guys and ghouls, because it's another episode of Nathan Rabin's Happy Cast! This episode, Nathan and Clint skip Solo: A Star Wars Story to talk about a smaller film with a bigger body count - Leigh Whannell's 80s-tinged cyberpunk action fl ... by Travolta/Cage
75 min listen
#15: The Citizen's Quitting (with Dan McCoy of The Flop House!): It's time to make the chimichangas this week, as we're joined by special guest Dan McCoy of The Flop House podcast to talk the many faces of that droll mischief maker Ryan Reynolds! From his latest hit, Deadpool 2, to his cult role as cool-guy-waiter ... by Travolta/Cage
90 min listen
#13: Never the Dwayne Shall Meet (with Brock Wilbur!): Howdy, Happy Placers! To celebrate our six-month anniversary of Happy Cast (and the one-year anniversary of Happy Place), Nathan and Clint bring on friend and collaborator Brock Wilbur - the man who brought ethics to video game journalism himself! To ... by Travolta/Cage
96 min listen
#23: PEGOT (EGOT Plus a Purple Heart): It’s early September, which means late-summer/early-fall stinkers at the multiplex and the anniversary of 9/11. Lucky, for you, the latest Happy Cast has both! In this episode, Nathan and Clint return from the latter’s wedding to talk about Jennifer ... by Travolta/Cage
82 min listen
#31: The Star Wars Holiday Special Holiday Special (with Brock Wilbur): Happy Life Day, listeners! It’s 2019, so we thought we’d look back at that most hallowed of holidays, when the coke piled up like snow and Bruce Vilanch was allowed to touch the Star Wars universe! The Star Wars Holiday Special is an infamous piece o ... by Travolta/Cage
68 min listen
#25: Andrew Dice Clay vs. Julian "Dice" Black (with Greg Sestero!): Oh hai, Happy Casters! For this latest episode of Happy Cast, Nathan and Clint are thrilled to bring on Greg Sestero of The Room fame to talk Tommy Wiseau, contending with cult fame, and re-contextualizing their friendship in the form of their ambiti ... by Travolta/Cage
91 min listen
#12: A Fanboy Knows a Hater (w/Josh Fruhlinger!): Strap on your nostalgia goggles and assemble your Funko Pops, it's another episode of Nathan Rabin's Happy Cast! This episode, Nathan and Clint peer through the rose-colored VR glasses of Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One, desperately dig deep int ... by Travolta/Cage
119 min listen
#20: New Unicorn, Who Dis?: This week, we're dangling off helicopters and running at full speed, desperately trying to catch up to Tom Cruise's tiny, ageless form in Mission Impossible: Fallout. Also, we look back at a younger, Chiclet-toothed Tom Cruise as the elfen lead in Ri ... by Travolta/Cage
95 min listen
#26: Rolling on Mandy, Smoking Silver Shamrock (with Scott Weinberg): Happy Halloween, ghouls and goblins! For our spook-tacular horror-themed episode of Happy Cast, we bring on 80s horror movie maverick Scott Weinberg (80s All Over) to take some evil, dark acid and wield overly-long chainsaws as we discuss the psyched ... by Travolta/Cage
104 min listen
#18: Like 'Like Mike 2' As Well (with Andrew Jupin!): In our ongoing quest to talk to two out of three members of our favorite podcasts, this week's episode of Happy Cast sees us bringing on We Hate Movies superstar Andrew Jupin! Together, the three of us talk about the shockingly charming feature-lengt ... by Travolta/Cage
95 min listen
#22: It's-a Me, Mario Van Peebles-a!: This week, Nathan and Clint follow Tracy Jordan's credo of "live every week like it's Shark Week" by talking about two toothsome shark movies - Jason Statham's cheese-fest The Meg and the film that bought Michael Caine a very nice house, Jaws: The Re ... by Travolta/Cage
76 min listen
#42: X-Mendgame: Suit up, mutants — we’re breaking the X-Jet out of mothballs for a postmortem on Fox’s X-Men franchise! This week, Nathan and Clint look back at the haphazard production cycles and messy storytelling of both retellings of the Dark Phoenix Saga: Brett ... by Travolta/Cage
66 min listen
#32: Ernest Builds a House: Now that the joy of the new year has passed, and we’ve all forgotten our resolutions, it’s time for a Happy Cast that is decidedly less happy! This week, Nathan and Clint go for a double-dose of arthouse didacticism with indie provocateur Lars Von Tr ... by Travolta/Cage
85 min listen

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#75: Trading Paint/Running with the Devil: Nathan and Clint return after another short hiatus to break down another two-fer of VOD dreck -- first with Travolta's slow-moving racing drama Trading Paint, then with Cage's gonzo Tarantino/Guy Ritchie drug-biz knockoff Running with the Devil!... by Travolta/Cage
50 min listen
#74: Speed Kills/A Score to Settle: This week, Nathan and Clint dig back into the classic mold of Travolta/Cage double features -- unfortunately, it's for more late-aughts VOD dreck. First up is Speed Kills, a Dollar Tree Casino riff starring John Travolta as a fictionalized... by Travolta/Cage
45 min listen
#73: Color Out of Space: This week, Nathan and Clint stare into some glowy rocks for a single serving of Cage in Richard Stanley's Lovecraft adaptation Color Out of Space! Serving as a spiritual followup to Mandy (with its cosmic-horror stylings and full-on... by Travolta/Cage
46 min listen
#72: Inconceivable/Looking Glass: This week, Cage plays two flavors of bad husband in a pair of VOD-ready erotic thrillers! First, we cover the Gina Gershon-starring Inconceivable, an overamped Lifetime movie about a crazy mommy (Nicky Whelan) who cozies up to a well-to-do... by Travolta/Cage
48 min listen
#71: 211/Between Worlds: This week, we're back to the unfortunate Nic Cage double features -- this time with our boy Nicolas on either side of the law! First, there's the staggeringly sloppy cop thriller 211, in which Cage plays an aging cop who teams up with his... by Travolta/Cage
43 min listen
#70: Mandy/Gotti (with Jordan Morris): This week, (Jordan Jesse Go!) returns to the pod for a seminal moment for both our boys -- a 2018 that saw Nic Cage rise from the VOD ashes to enter a new era of cult acclaim, and John Travolta take his biggest swing-and-a-miss yet! First, there's... by Travolta/Cage
67 min listen
#69: American Crime Story: The People vs. OJ Simpson: Happy new year, boys and ghouls! Our first episode of 2024 (and the first after a bit of a hiatus) finally puts the spotlight back on Travolta after a string of Cage double-features and Johnny T failures. Blessedly, the television gods granted him the... by Travolta/Cage
49 min listen
#68: Mom and Dad/The Humanity Bureau: Nic Cage plays sad dad figures of children (or child figures) facing the threat of violence this week! First up is The Humanity Bureau, another piping hot cup of Redbox dreck with Cage as a renegade agent for a dystopian future agency meant to... by Travolta/Cage
44 min listen
#67: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse / Teen Titans GO! To the Movies (with Alonso Duralde): This week, we take a break from the DTV dreck to get a little more...animated, let's say, with a pair of charming animated Nic Cage jaunts into the world of superheroes! And we've got our trusty sidekick, Alonso Duralde (Linoleum Knife), to join us on... by Travolta/Cage
54 min listen
#66: I Am Wrath / Vengeance: A Love Story: This week, Travolta and Cage go down the revenge rabbit hole (again) in two Cage-produced schlockfests centered on middle-aged men with bad wigs and leather jackets shooting people in the face. Go figure! First is I AM WRATH, a low-budget JOHN WICK... by Travolta/Cage
43 min listen
#65: In a Valley of Violence / Arsenal: This week, Travolta returns to the fold.... in a good movie this time?! Nathan and Clint break down two tales of violence and revenge, both throwbacks in their own way: one to the spaghetti Westerns of the '60s and '70s, the other to, I guess,... by Travolta/Cage
49 min listen
#64: USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage / Army of One (with Abby Olcese): This week, The Pitch's Abby Olcese joins us for two Nic Cage-fronted true stories of dubious execution! First up is Larry Charles' Army of One, a grating retelling of the real-life tale of Gary Faulkner (Cage), who was arrested in Pakistan... by Travolta/Cage
53 min listen
#63: Criminal Activities / Snowden (with Matt Goldberg): This week, Matt Goldberg (formerly of Turner Classic Movies, currently of the Substack ) joins us for the mighty return of... gasp.... John Travolta in a good role? First, we cover Jackie Earle Haley's directorial debut, Criminal Activities, a... by Travolta/Cage
53 min listen
#62: The Trust/Dog Eat Dog: This week, Nathan and Clint are pleasantly surprised to find two non-stinkers in Cage's 2010s output! First, there's The Trust, a darkly-comic heist thriller about two amoral cops (A mustachioed Nicolas Cage alongside a wiry, disaffected Elijah... by Travolta/Cage
50 min listen
#61: Life on the Line/Pay the Ghost (with Brock Wilbur): We're back, baby! After a couple of months of hiatus (and a whole new set of chompers for Nathan), Travolta/Cage is back on the case! We're not the only thing that's returned: not only do we have guest Brock Wilbur (co-author of , Editor in Chief... by Travolta/Cage
56 min listen
#60: The Runner/Dying of the Light: This week, Nathan and Clint go it alone for two more Nic Cage joints, ones in which he plays characters reckoning with their personal political failings! In The Runner, Cage plays a well-meaning but deeply flawed N'awlins politician whose... by Travolta/Cage
44 min listen
#59: Joe/Rage (with Marya E. Gates): This week on the podcast, film critic and author Marya E. Gates () joins us for another double-feature deep dive into Nicolas Cage's 2010s filmography, this time as two men failing to run from violent pasts! In the VOD thriller Rage, Cage plays a... by Travolta/Cage
66 min listen
#58: Outcast/Left Behind (with Dave White): This week, 's Dave White joins us for some rigorous religious scholarship surrounding two of Cage's Godliest movies! First, there's Vic Armstrong's adaptation of the best-selling apocalypse novel Left Behind, starring Cage in one of his sleepiest... by Travolta/Cage
69 min listen
#57: The Croods/The Frozen Ground (with Dan McCoy): Happy New Year, Travoltatrons and Cageiacs! The year may have changed, but Nathan and Clint are still trudging along the highs and (mostly) lows of our boys' filmography, as Cage cranks out role after role and Travolta hangs back, waiting for the... by Travolta/Cage
60 min listen
#56: The Forger/Stolen: This week on the podcast, Nathan and Clint go it alone for the welcome return of Travolta to the cast! Unfortuantely, it’s in the worse half of an otherwise-decent double feature about ex-thieves dragged back in for One Last Job to look after an... by Travolta/Cage
58 min listen
#55: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance/Drive Angry 3-D (with Patrick H. Willems): Third time's the charm for returning guest (and video essayist extraordinaire) Patrick H. Willems, as we strap ourselves into the driver's seat for a pair of gonzo Cage-rage drivin' devil movies! First up is Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, the... by Travolta/Cage
60 min listen
#54: Seeking Justice/Trespass: This week, we continue our descent into the early 2010s with the two films that truly cemented Cage's "will-do-anything-for-money" phase! First, there's Seeking Justice, the Roger Donaldson-directed thriller about a mild-mannered English teacher... by Travolta/Cage
44 min listen
#52: The Sorcerer's Apprentice/Season of the Witch: This week, Nathan and Clint meet up for a rare in-person podcast! It's a double-dose of fantastical, flop-haired Cage this week, as he fights the forces of evil with swords, magic, and no small amount of dodgy CGI sorcery. First up is his third... by Travolta/Cage
56 min listen
#52: Astro-Boy (2009) / Kick-Ass: This week, Nathan and Clint go it alone to kickstart our Cage-heavy catchup through the 2010s, blazing through his robust filmography while Travolta peeks in every once in a while! Still, this revamped schedule allows us to indulge in some genuinely... by Travolta/Cage
53 min listen
#51: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (with Jamelle Bouie): After a too-long hiatus, Nathan and Clint are back, with a new episode and new approach! Since Travolta and Cage's output are going to, well, dramatically differ in pace in the most recent decade of their careers, we're gonna double up on Cage movies,... by Travolta/Cage
48 min listen
#50: Killing Season/G-Force (with Marya E. Gates): This week, our boys lean into some hard times on opposite ends of the family-friendly spectrum; in Killing Season, Travolta slaps on a dyed-black chinbeard and a thick moose-and-skvirrel accent as a Bosnian War vet set to take revenge on the... by Travolta/Cage
66 min listen
#49: Savages/Knowing (with Knowledge Fight): You know, every day it seems like we’re hurdling ever closer to the end of the world — so it’s fitting that we’ve got a double feature to match! This week, Dan and Jordan from take a little breakie from sifting through the purestrain nonsense... by Travolta/Cage
65 min listen
#48: From Paris With Love/Bangkok Dangerous (with Patrick H. Willems): Travolta gets his last great action vehicle, and Cage mopes around in Thailand! by Travolta/Cage
69 min listen
#47: Old Dogs/National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets: Film critic Caroline Siede (The AV Club, FOX Digital) joins us on a globe-trotting double feature with two distinctly inconsequential sets of stakes! In Old Dogs, Travolta teams up with the late, great Robin Williams (and the team behind... by Travolta/Cage
68 min listen
#46: The Wicker Man (2006) (with Bill Corbett): The MST3k veteran joins us to zero in on the modern-day pivot point (for the worse) for Cage's career! by Travolta/Cage
59 min listen

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