96 Greers

52: Holly (Our Souls at Night)

The darkest time of the year is upon us (here in the Northern hemisphere at least) where most of us just want to take a cue from nature and hibernate for a while.  Does 96 Greers have the movie for you!  Gentle music, minimal yelling, and a languid plot that revolves around Hollywood's two sexiest septigenarians (Jane Fonda and Robert Redford) sleeping together.  Literally.  Just falling asleep for the night in the same bed.  Other cozy topics of conversation include movie time with the family and a very soothing Other Segment. 

51: Martha Washington (America: the Motion Picture)

In the winter of our discontent, let necessity be the mother of invention.  As in, we are discontent with America: the Motion Picture and needed to be inventive about recording while Barry was out of town for a week and a half.  Join us in an audio festival of contempt for this animated comedy's poorly-written jokes that rely on the premise "anachronisms = funny" over and over and over.  This podcast would like to humbly submit the idea that you, the audience, deserve better.  Better... for freedom. 
Many thanks to Jessica Conger-Henry for being our Narrator.
 
Soundtrack:
Fife and Drum Corps, "Yankee Doodle/Dixie"
The Hollywood Sound Stage Orchestra, "When Johnny Comes Marching Home"
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Overture from The Pirates of Penzance
Telemann Society Orchestra, "Variants on Greensleeves"
Knuckles O'Toole, "The Cannonball"
unknown, "The Internationale"
the Grateful Dead, "Funiculi Funicula"  (June 9, 1977)
Al Hirt and His Band, "It's a Long Way to Tipperary"
The Company of Military Collectors and Historians, "British Reville"
All tracks retrieved from archive.org 

50: Purple Lady (Dead of Winter)

The stars have finally aligned, two in-theater episodes in a row!  Barry and Patrick headed back to the realm of 8 dollar fountain drinks for Dead of Winter, a sparse backcountry thriller where Emma Thompson and Judy Greer have conflicting goals regarding a teenager who is bound and gagged in a basement.  (I told you, it's sparse!)  Stick around for an Other Segment that keeps Barry unwisely spending $.40/ounce on a beverage that retails at the local grocery store for $.05 cents per ounce to determine if there's a role for Judy Greer at the Chicago International Film Festival. 

49: Ginnie Garraty (The Long Walk)

Two momentous episodes in a row!  For the previous episode, we knew the halfway mark was going to come eventually.  But we did not know when we would get to see JG in a movie in theaters that other people would actually go see.  Barry and Patrick recorded this episode two weeks ago and, holy crap, The Long Walk is still in theaters!  Better and more popular film podcasts are talking about it!  But don't listen to them.  Or do.  Barry does.  If the "them" in this case is The Next Picture Show.  But listen to us first.  

48: Lucy "Tom-Tom" Wyman (13 Going on 30)

Honored ear-guests: we've half-done it.  With this episode, we reach the halfway mark of the journey to 96 Greers.  We mark this special occasion with a special movie in the Judy Greer filmography:  2004's 13 Going on 30.  That's right, Barry and Patrick have taken this ode to Gen X's childhood and given themselves permission to be even more nostalgic than usual about the late nineties/early oughts.  Pull on your Uggs, update your MySpace profile, and vote for Pedro as we discuss the woes of directors aspiring to bring about the next big thing, the joys of bullying Mark Ruffalo, and the sweet sweet drone of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone.  We also have a very special Other Segment, featuring the folks who bore witness to our awkward teenage years:  Madelyn Waehner and Jessica Conger-Henry!
You can find Madelyn's articles on music and Roman history on Medium and more info about her beginner's Latin books here. 
You can find Jess on Instagram @allybaster 
New England listeners! Sweet! You can hear (and see!) Jess in The Post Meridian Radio Player's Halloween Show in October 2025! Https://ww.pmrp.org for details!

47: Laura (Peep World)

Before Octavia Butler and Taraji P. Henson were in Hidden Figures, before Ben Schwartz was Sonic the Hedgehog, and before Judy Greer stuck ping pong balls to her body and pretended to mother a baby chimpanzee, they were all in a family dramedy? TV pilot? Lightly fictionalized autobiographical video essay?  They were all in Peep World, a motion picture from the twisted mind that brought you The Key Man.  Come for the criticism, stay for a very scientific Other Segment (see figure 1 below)!
 

46: Cornelia (War for the Planet of the Apes)

I love the spell of ape film in the morning.  Smells like a new episode of 96 Greers!  Last summer, Patrick and Barry watched Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, followed by a whimsical Other Segment-- and a harrowing Judilization.  This year, they're being called back to the combat zone, for one last entry in an iconic, decades-spanning science fiction  franchise:  War for the Planet of the Apes.  Do the philosophical questions asked by these movies support justice for the oppressed, or present an argument for eco-fascism?  Does the real-world context of an actor's career decision have an impact on the artistic merit of the role? Why cookie Rocket?  These questions-- and more-- discussed!
 

45: Maggie (Ant-Man and the Wasp)

It's the Summer of Greer REDUX!  We're back in the MCU, grappling with more important-sounding Proper Nouns that are of no consequence to either of us!  Luckily we have Gabe Powers of Genre Grinder to get us caught up on the three years between Ant-Man and Ant-Man and the Wasp.  We puzzle over missing character arcs, the fine-line-removing potentials of the quantum realm, and sneak in a sub-atomic review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

44: Kitty (Uncle Frank)

After our road trip episode, we bring you: another road trip episode!  But this time the road trip is in the movie.  Kind of.  For a few scenes.  But it's mostly a gay drama about a South Carolina family in the early 70s.  Think Tennessee Williams on quaaludes.  Written and directed by HBO showrunner extraordinaire, Alan "Tennessee Williams on Quaaludes" Ball, Uncle Frank inspires Patrick and Barry to consider queer representation in early-70s pop culture, the narrative insidiousness of compulsory heterosexuality, and just how serious of a threat Stephen Root actually presents.

43: Sharon Andrews (The Grand)

Barry and Patrick went on a trip and didn't record an episode in advance, so keep generosity alive in your heart for this road diary-slash-conversation of The Grand.  Can the effusive twosive behind your favorite podcast about the filmography of Judy Greer take the show on the road?  Also:  when's the last time you listened to our conversation about Elizbethtown (episode 15)?  Just asking, no reason.