Episode #471: It's Absurdist, It's Disturbing, It's 'Buddy'

Casper Kelly might be most famous for his this-shouldn't-be-so-creepy comedy short "Too Many Cooks." Now he's got his feature directorial debut on his hands (but don't sleep on Yule Log 2, according to Alonso), and It's Buddy, a comedy horror that owes a debt of gratitude to the insistent cheerfulness of Barney the Dinosaur. We'll get into all that, and then talk about some of our favorite times TV crossed over onto the big screens.
What's Good:
Alonso: kouign amann
Drea: Minnesota State Fair
Kevin: Costco belt
ITIDIC
• Summer U.S. Box Office Hits All-Time $4.76B Record: How Audiences Surrendered To Moviegoing (deadline.com/2026/09/box-office-summer-2026-re…)
• Telluride’s Top-Secret Film Was a Documentary and people are abuzz (You Can See Everything, Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s Elizabeth Holmes doc) (latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/20…)
Staff Picks:
Alonso: We Are Pat (justwatch.com/us/movie/we-are-pat)
Drea: Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger (justwatch.com/us/movie/dont-look-back-in-anger)
Kevin: Colony (justwatch.com/us/movie/colony-2026) (Gunche)

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Kevin Avery (instagram.com/kevinaverycomedy)
Drea Clark (twitter.com/thedreaclark)
Alonso Duralde (bsky.app/profile/aduralde.bsky.social)
Produced by Marissa Flaxbart (instagram.com/flaxbart)
Sr. Producer Laura Swisher (twitter.com/swish)