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Brian and Benn's MP3 Movie Talk Show!
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Show Notes: Brian and Benn discuss "Quantum of Solace," "Pride and Glory" and "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" in their New in Cinemas segment. The duo also reviews "Get Smart" in their New on DVD feature. Listeners also have a chance to win free crap with the BBMC Byte Me Contest; also features Outtake of the Week; festival and submission updates and featured music from Men from SPECTRE on Hammondbeat Records. |
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A new show is uploaded every Tuesday night!
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"I'll be listening faithfully every week." - Michael (Georgetown, Colo.)
"I love your site! You are way too funny, Brian! I love you, despite all of your
wonderfully unique attributes!" - Audrey (LaCrosse, Wis.)
"Dude, your site is kicking some straight up a**." - Mike (Rocky Ford, Colo.)
"Who knew that they had digs like this at DockRat?" - Jennifer (Hillsborough, NC)
"YOU folks are great." - Margaret (Deltona, Fla.)
"Many thanks for being there and always being interesting!" - Will (Fullerton, Calif.)
"I loved the show---you guys crack me up! ... I will have to start keeping
you on my calendar to listen to your show." - Ron (Denver, Colo.)
"Plain and simple, I love this show! ...
You won't regret downloading this podcast!" - Matt (Bayonne, N.J.)
A bit about Brian and Benn's MP3 Movie Talk Show:
Benn Farrell and Brian G. Felts began developing Brian and Benn's MP3 Movie Talk Show in March of 2005. After creating a format to attract both young and middle-age moviegoers, the two began rehearsing the show within a 30 minute run time through the month of April.
On Monday, May 2, 2005, Brian and Benn's MP3 Movie Talk Show made its debut with associate producers Mark Tachna of Colorado Springs Video, who provided the show with its music, and Scott Bechberger, who contributed material as well. The show was originally recorded with a mini-DV camcorder and edited on an iMac. The finished product was later transferred into an MP3 and uploaded from a PC.
Shortly after the debut of the show, the producers added its first regular personality, Natalie the Trivia Hottie. Natalie elevated the show's sex appeal as she explained the rules to its weekly trivia contest. She left the show after two months for other endeavors.
As Brian and Benn found a rhythm, they welcomed several special guests, mostly past and present friends of performing arts fields, to serve as the show's first guests including Carmen Aiello a.k.a. the Chicago Actor and filmmaker Jeff Bunzendahl (Wilson Chance) of Bunzendahl Brothers Productions.
In October of 2005, Joan Gandy, a professional journalist, appeared on the show as a guest commentator. She became a regular of the following year with her monthly feature 'Gandy Rant.' Around that time, MP3 show producers entered a non-exclusive licensing agreement with Mas Chingon Records who provided the production with new music.
In November of 2005, Tony Hughes became an associate producer of the show and helped the production make an upgrade in equipment and improve its sound presentation. That same month, after weeks of research, Brian and Benn's MP3 Movie Talk Show made its podcasting debut and began making its way up many podcasting directory chart lists. With more flexibility as a podcast, Brian and Benn decided to extend the run time of the show to 40 minutes, allowing for more fun-filled reviews and features every week.
Shortly after the New Year (2006) and a four-week stint with special guest Viviane the European Hottie over the holidays, journalist Chris Michlewicz joined the cast as its official announcer. He was used to voice the show's sponsorships, special announcements and end-of-show credits. Around the same time, DockRat Entertainment entered another non-exclusive licensing agreement with Hammondbeat Records to provide the show with a new style of feature musicians.
The show continued to grow, as did its programming. Brian and Benn added new music, new monthly features and eventually a new cohort, Kiersten the News Lady. With her experience in radio and print media, Kiersten took over reading the show's entertainment news stories and added a well-complimented dynamic to the show.
Brian and Benn's MP3 Movie Talk Show celebrated its first anniversary on Tuesday, May 2, 2006, after moving to Tuesday nights to allow a more flexible production schedule. With an intent to add more personalities to the production, Brian and Benn began to welcome more reoccurring voices to its cast including Jon Baird, Chris Lawson and especially Gabriella in one of the show's sexiest features yet.
The show began to take on a life of its own. The extended cast became its strength with the hosts making phone pranks on its regulars and other irreverent foolery.
Through the summer of 2006, Brian and Benn's MP3 Movie Talk Show tripled its audience and soon asked for assistance with a marketing package and campaign from Platinum Marketing Solutions.
After struggling through a lackluster year of Hollywood releases, January of 2007 proved to be an exciting month for the production. The MP3 show was invited to be pre-subscribed staple of new software created by Archos, Inc. for the company's portable media devices. In addition, the producers found an amazing response to its second annual BBMC Movie Awards promotion with ten fold the number of participants it had in the year previous.
The show fell onto hard times in August 2007 after Beverly Oliver Farrell, Benn's mother, fell with a stroke. She later passed away in a Colorado Springs nursing facility Nov. 13, 2007. Coupled with Felts moving his offices to Denver, Brian and Benn's MP3 Movie Talk Show was only able to produce four episodes in eight months.
Without a studio to produce the show, BBMC's weekly podcast remained on hiatus until Aug. 9, 2008, when Brian and Benn announced and produced their special two-hour comeback episode (posted Aug. 12) which involved several regular cast members and several new guests. Since then, Brian and Benn's MP3 Movie Talk Show has returned to its regular weekly format.
Brian and Benn's MP3 Movie Talk Show continues to provide a down-to-earth, non-pretentious and approachable source of weekly entertainment for many movie enthusiasts who are--like the show's hosts--exhausted by the low-quality of many Hollywood releases, coupled with ticket prices rising as fast and dramatic as the price of gasoline.
