web01.fireside.fm Tue, 19 May 2026 08:03:09 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Quaid In Full - Episodes Tagged with “Topher Grace” https://quaidinfull.fireside.fm/tags/topher%20grace Thu, 31 Mar 2022 09:00:00 -0400 The Quaid In Full podcast rates, reviews, and ranks every single televisual work in which Dennis Quaid appears. This highly unscientific endeavor is hosted by Sarah D. Bunting and Jeb Lund, because they give a fox. en-us episodic Every Dennis Quaid property, ranked. Sarah D Bunting The Quaid In Full podcast rates, reviews, and ranks every single televisual work in which Dennis Quaid appears. This highly unscientific endeavor is hosted by Sarah D. Bunting and Jeb Lund, because they give a fox. yes tv, movies, dennis quaid Sarah D Bunting bunting@tomatonation.com S06E10: In Good Company https://quaidinfull.fireside.fm/55 ac566d3e-ee03-43a4-b9b0-97e4bc993d0b Thu, 31 Mar 2022 09:00:00 -0400 Sarah D Bunting full 6 Sarah D Bunting 29:49 yes <p>Or, <em>How To Not Exactly Succeed In Corporate Satire While Actually REALLY Trying</em>. We might have felt differently about <em>In Good Company</em> if we didn't live in the Republic of Bezos, in a timeline with <em>Succession</em>, but we do, we do, and a movie that tries to send up corporate machinations really needs to have an R rating to work with. Still, this gentle, dated, clueless-about-BFAs-and-NYU "Hallmark movie for boys" isn't unpleasant, and DQ is quite good in it despite being obliged to dribble a basketball AND deliver a <em>Notwork</em> speech during the big boss's TED talk. Past its sell-by date, but still safe: it's an all-new Quaid In Full. </p> <p><strong>Overall score: 5.5</strong><br> <strong>QQQ score: 8</strong><br> <strong>Days since a lost <em>Kuffs</em> accident: 28</strong></p> <p>SHOW NOTES</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://twitter.com/quaidinfullpod" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Follow us on Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/quaidinfull" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Get EVEN MORE Qontent (...sorry) at our Patreon page</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B00CSBLJ0E/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><em>In Good Company</em> on Prime</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/in-good-company-2005" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Ebert's review</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/in-good-company-249546/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Peter Travers's for <em>Rolling Stone</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Meet-the-new-boss-not-quite-the-same-as-the-old-2739027.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Ruthe Stein's for the <em>Chron</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.avclub.com/in-good-company-1798200312" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Nathin Rabin's for AV Club</a></li> <li><a href="https://quaidinfull.fireside.fm/11" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">S02E02: <em>GORP</em></a></li> <li> <a href="https://daveandjebarentmean.libsyn.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><em>It's Christmastown</em></a> </li> </ul> movies, '00s movies, dennis quaid, scarlett johansson, topher grace, selma blair, marg helgenberger, clark gregg, in good company, GORP, james garner, malcolm mcdowell, jeff bezos Or, How To Not Exactly Succeed In Corporate Satire While Actually REALLY Trying. We might have felt differently about In Good Company if we didn't live in the Republic of Bezos, in a timeline with Succession, but we do, we do, and a movie that tries to send up corporate machinations really needs to have an R rating to work with. Still, this gentle, dated, clueless-about-BFAs-and-NYU "Hallmark movie for boys" isn't unpleasant, and DQ is quite good in it despite being obliged to dribble a basketball AND deliver a Notwork speech during the big boss's TED talk. Past its sell-by date, but still safe: it's an all-new Quaid In Full.

Overall score: 5.5
QQQ score: 8
Days since a lost Kuffs accident: 28

SHOW NOTES

]]> Or, How To Not Exactly Succeed In Corporate Satire While Actually REALLY Trying. We might have felt differently about In Good Company if we didn't live in the Republic of Bezos, in a timeline with Succession, but we do, we do, and a movie that tries to send up corporate machinations really needs to have an R rating to work with. Still, this gentle, dated, clueless-about-BFAs-and-NYU "Hallmark movie for boys" isn't unpleasant, and DQ is quite good in it despite being obliged to dribble a basketball AND deliver a Notwork speech during the big boss's TED talk. Past its sell-by date, but still safe: it's an all-new Quaid In Full.

Overall score: 5.5
QQQ score: 8
Days since a lost Kuffs accident: 28

SHOW NOTES

]]> S06E02: Traffic https://quaidinfull.fireside.fm/47 868cb674-d33b-4326-81fb-79132145e69a Thu, 03 Feb 2022 09:00:00 -0500 Sarah D Bunting full 6 Sarah D Bunting 33:22 yes <p>Zack Handlen joins us for 2000's Soderbergh Oscar magnet <em>Traffic</em>, which at least one of your co-hosts forgot Dennis Quaid was even in, much less that he played a sleazy Mob-fixer lawyer whose wardrobe erodes really weirdly over the 2.5-hour runtime. Is Quaid miscast? Is this the last time we'll contend with Topher Grace on this podcast? Which plotline is the weakest here, and does <em>Traffic</em> suffer from breaking ground we've seen covered a thousand times since thanks TO <em>Traffic</em>? All these questions, plus '50s-pulp scaremongering, 17-year-old dickheads who read too much, who "invented" Mexico As Yellow, and making our peace with the word "propulsive." Crank us up to jam the bug: it's an all-new Quaid In Full.</p> <p><strong>Overall score: 8.5</strong><br> <strong>QQQ score: 5</strong><br> <strong>Days since a lost <em>Kuffs</em> accident: 91</strong></p> <p>SHOW NOTES</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://twitter.com/quaidinfullpod" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Follow us on Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/quaidinfull" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Get EVEN MORE Qontent (...sorry) at our Patreon page</a></li> <li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dennissance/id1503394153" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Can YOU get past the first 27 seconds of The Dennissance?</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.avclub.com/author/zackhandlen" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Zack Handlen at The AV Club</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/zhandlen" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Zack on Patreon</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Monsters_of_the_Week/xoFnDwAAQBAJ?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Zack's book with Emily St. James, <em>Monsters of the Week</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/traffic-2001" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Roger Ebert's <em>Traffic</em> review</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.avclub.com/traffic-1798192572" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Scott Tobias's for AV Club</a> Special Guest: Zack Handlen.</li> </ul> movies, '00s movies, dennis quaid, traffic, steven soderbergh, michael douglas, topher grace, erika christensen, catherine zeta-jones, steven bauer Zack Handlen joins us for 2000's Soderbergh Oscar magnet Traffic, which at least one of your co-hosts forgot Dennis Quaid was even in, much less that he played a sleazy Mob-fixer lawyer whose wardrobe erodes really weirdly over the 2.5-hour runtime. Is Quaid miscast? Is this the last time we'll contend with Topher Grace on this podcast? Which plotline is the weakest here, and does Traffic suffer from breaking ground we've seen covered a thousand times since thanks TO Traffic? All these questions, plus '50s-pulp scaremongering, 17-year-old dickheads who read too much, who "invented" Mexico As Yellow, and making our peace with the word "propulsive." Crank us up to jam the bug: it's an all-new Quaid In Full.

Overall score: 8.5
QQQ score: 5
Days since a lost Kuffs accident: 91

SHOW NOTES

Special Guest: Zack Handlen.

]]> Zack Handlen joins us for 2000's Soderbergh Oscar magnet Traffic, which at least one of your co-hosts forgot Dennis Quaid was even in, much less that he played a sleazy Mob-fixer lawyer whose wardrobe erodes really weirdly over the 2.5-hour runtime. Is Quaid miscast? Is this the last time we'll contend with Topher Grace on this podcast? Which plotline is the weakest here, and does Traffic suffer from breaking ground we've seen covered a thousand times since thanks TO Traffic? All these questions, plus '50s-pulp scaremongering, 17-year-old dickheads who read too much, who "invented" Mexico As Yellow, and making our peace with the word "propulsive." Crank us up to jam the bug: it's an all-new Quaid In Full.

Overall score: 8.5
QQQ score: 5
Days since a lost Kuffs accident: 91

SHOW NOTES

Special Guest: Zack Handlen.

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