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''The Flop House'' is a comedy podcast about
films that flop, either commercially or critically, produced every two weeks. It is made in
Brooklyn
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
,
New York and hosted by
Dan McCoy,
Stuart Wellington Stuart Lenton Wellington is an American comedian and bar proprietor based in Brooklyn, New York. With Dan McCoy, he is a co-creator of the bad-movie podcast ''The Flop House'', which he has co-hosted since 2007 with McCoy and Elliott Kalan, moving ...
, and
Elliott Kalan. Each episode focuses on a specific
bad movie, a film noted for being a critical or commercial failure.
Reception
''The Flop House'' has received praise from ''
The New York Times
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'', ''
The A.V. Club
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'', ''
Parade Magazine'', and ''
The Guardian
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'', with the
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noting that the podcast "has grown to command a large audience." ''
Slate'' listed the 2012 episode about ''
Tango & Cash
''Tango & Cash'' is a 1989 American buddy cop action comedy film starring Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Jack Palance and Teri Hatcher. Stallone and Russell star as Raymond Tango and Gabriel Cash respectively, two rival LAPD narcotics detect ...
'' as one of "the 25 Best Podcast Episodes Ever".
Background
The first episode of ''The Flop House'' was released in September 2007 and featured McCoy, Wellington, and original co-host Simon Fisher discussing the 2005 film ''
Stealth''. Following Fisher's departure from the show, Kalan became a permanent co-host in early 2008. The podcast has featured a guest host on several episodes, including multiple appearances by ''
The Daily Show
''The Daily Show'' is an American late-night talk and satirical news television program. It airs each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central with release shortly after on Paramount+. ''The Daily Show'' draws its comedy and satire form from ...
'' writer
Hallie Haglund.
''The Flop House'' was an independent production for several years before joining the
All Things Comedy podcasting network in October 2012. The podcast then moved to the
Maximum Fun
Maximum Fun is an independent podcast and radio show production organization founded and run by Jesse Thorn. The organization originated with Thorn's college radio show '' The Sound of Young America'' which continued in an adapted format and wit ...
network in September 2014.
Performing live as ''The Flop House'', McCoy, Wellington, and Kalan co-hosted, along with the editors of
film zine ''I Love Bad Movies'', a series of bad movie screenings at
92YTribeca in New York City from June 2011 until the venue's closing in June 2013. They have since hosted a series of "Flop Night" screenings along with the editors of ''I Love Bad Movies'' at the
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is an American cinema chain founded in 1997 in Austin, Texas, which is famous for serving dinner and drinks during the movie, as well as its strict policy of requiring its audiences to maintain proper cinema-going etiq ...
in
Yonkers, New York
Yonkers () is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. Developed along the Hudson River, it is the third most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City and Buffalo. The population of Yonkers was 211,569 as en ...
.
In September 2014, it was announced McCoy, Wellington, and Kalan would cumulatively write a forty-page
Flash Gordon Holiday Special comic book to be released in December 2014.
See also
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My Year of Flops'' - similar in content
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RiffTrax
RiffTrax is an American company that produces scripted humorous commentary tracks which are synced to mostly public domain feature films, education shorts, and television episodes. With the talents of former ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' (''M ...
''
References
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