Stay ConnectedSup Doc is the comedy podcast where docs get reviewed and recapped! Hosts Paco Romane and George Chen dive into docs with sharp takes, big laughs, and cool guests from the worlds of tv, movies and music.
No homework required—just show up and have fun.
“A fun way to pore over docs” – Vulture
“Enlightening” – The A.V. Club
It’s a crossover episode with our friends from the FilmDrunk Frotcast.
Vince Mancini is Senior Film and Culture writer for FilmDrunk and has been a guest on Sup Doc before (Episode 57).
Matt Lieb is a comedian and writer for Newsbroke, and he was actually our very first guest on Sup Doc (Episode 1).
This is a fun and loose conversation. We review a few docs: like Lance Oppenheim’s debut documentary, Some Kind of Heaven, The Tiger Woods docuseries TIGER on HBO, and Derek DelGaudio’s In and Of Itself, as well as a look at the Golden Globe Nominations.
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Paco and George review new (and new-ish) documentaries in the streaming world.
Night Stalker: The Hunt For A Serial Killer (Tiller Russell, James Carroll) 2021 on Netflix
Tiger (Matthew Hamachek, Matthew Heineman) 2020 on HBO
Operation Odessa (Tiller Russell) 2018 on Netflix
Jasper Mall (Bradford Thomason and Brett Whitcomb) 2020 Amazon Prime
Trial 4 (Rémy Burkel) 2020 on Netflix
How To With John Wilson 2020 on HBO
69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez (Vikram Gandhi) 2020 on Hulu
BIOPICS:
Mank, Professor and the Madman, The Crown, Get On Up
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Paco and George visit with comedian and game master Jared Logan to discuss the sad and surprising life of Henry Darger, the loner whose exhaustive creative work was discovered posthumously.
The ultimate Outsider Artist, Darger created a memoir, a 15,000 page hand-written novel, and giant fifteen-foot paintings, none of which were intended for an audience. The private world he created was fascinating, horrific, and ultimately influential beyond his lifetime.
Jared Logan is a writer and performer whose comedy albums My Brave Battle and The Twilight Door are available to stream. He is also the game master of Stream of Blood, a thrice-weekly tabletop roleplaying game experience on Twitch.
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George covers a lot of ground with Chris Metzler, Quinn Costello, and Jeff Springer; co-directors of Rodents of Unusual Size. Documentary about the nutria overtaking and destroying Louisiana's swamp land. I also ask Chris and Jeff about their earlier collaborations, Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone and Plagues & Pleasures On the Salton Sea, and their work as Tilapia Film.
We learn about nutria itch and the right lighting for country music videos, among other things.
Hard headed Louisiana fisherman Thomas Gonzales doesn't know what will hit him next. After decades of hurricanes and oil spills he faces a new threat - hordes of monstrous 20 pound swamp rats. Known as “nutria”, these invasive South American rodents breed faster than the roving squads of hunters can control them. And with their orange teeth and voracious appetite they are eating up the coastal wetlands that protects Thomas and his town of Delacroix Island from hurricanes. But the people who have lived here for generations are not the type of folks who will give up without a fight. Thomas and a pack of lively bounty hunters are hellbent on saving Louisiana before it dissolves beneath their feet. It is man vs. rodent. May the best mammal win.
Rodents of Unusual Sizeon Kanopy, AppleTV, Amazon Prime.
Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone
Plagues & Pleasures On The Salton Sea
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Paco and George have been interviewing documentary directors for over five years! We play some interesting clips from these super fun and interesting talks.
Ep 137 -Arthur Jones and Giorgio Angelini director and producer of Feels Good Man
Ep 4 - Jodi Wille director of The Source Family
Ep 160 - Jeff Feuerzeig director of The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Ep 93 - Brent Hodge director of Freaks and Geeks
Ep 102 - Brett Morgen director of The Kid Stays In the Picture
Listen to all our past director interviews
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George and Paco sit down with musician and journalist Kevin Seal to recap Alex Winter’s 2020 documentary Zappa. On this episode we have three different Frank Zappa fans ranging from George, who is new to Zappa’s music, to Kevin, who loves Zappa but occasionally needs a break to Paco, who has been a life long Zappa-head. We get into many topics including: would Zappa be a Trumper, our collective love of Ruth Underwood, Steve Vai’s audition, how art should be a threat to the establishment, Gail Zappa, being an archivist, Captain Beefheart, Edgard Varèse and much more!
Frank Zappa – you either love him or hate him. There is no in between. There have been a few Zappa documentaries out in the last few years but this time it would seem that Alex Winter is a fan first and filmmaker second. “Zappa” is a six-years-in-the-making love letter. Alex was given the family’s blessing and access to the prolific musician’s personal vault and he used as much as he could. We are privy to rarely seen and heard music, films, home movies and interviews up to the point of being just a few months before Zappa’s death in 1993.
Kevin Seal has been writing and recording unfashionable music since the ’90s. His band Griddle released four studio records, including a concept album about Olympic athletes and cannibalism. He has played and sung on albums by 20 Minute Loop, Michael Zapruder, and more. Since the shelter-at-home began, he has co-hosted a music game show called Lo Fidelity. He grew up in Cincinnati.
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Very excited to have the director of some of our favorite docs, and a huge influence on the kinds of docs we love - Jeff Feuerzeig made HALF JAPANESE: THE BAND THAT WOULD BE KING (1994), THE DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSTON (2005), THE REAL ROCKY (2011), AUTHOR: THE JT LEROY STORY (2016), as well as writing and producing many others.
He is at work on a documentary about The Legendary Stardust Cowboy
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Paco and George talk upcoming documentaries, their upcoming interview with Jeff Feuerzeig, "Stickergate", Queen's Gambit, and whatever has been on our watchlists.
Alex Winter's Frank Zappa doc is available Thanksgiving weekend
HBO's The Mystery of D.B. Cooper releases Nov 25th
Judd Apatow's George Carlin doc
The Perfect Weapon available on HBO now
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Today we wrap up the docuseries THE VOW on HBO, the story of the whistleblowers who left the cult group NXIVM, started by “the smartest man in the world” Keith Raniere. We are again joined by the very funny comedian Johnny Pemberton, who loves cult-leader stories.
Directed by Jehane Noujaim (Control Room, The Square) and Karim Amer (The Square, The Great Hack), this film relies on insiders revealing their own stories along with hours of archival footage. Get to know players like Frank Parlato, Cathering Oxenberg, the two Tonis, and watch George and Paco strain their empathy.
We are covering episodes 6 through 9 of the series. It was recently announced there will be a second season. The first 5 episodes focused on Sarah Edmondson and Mark Vicente, high-level leaders who left Raniere’s organization and went to the press with their discoveries. You can hear our take on Part 1 episodes 1-5 with Johnny here.
Johnny Pemberton is a comedian, actor, writer, mildly knowledgeable gardener, reggae enthusiast, and friend to both insects and mammals.
Johnny is the voice of ‘Peanut’ on the Disney XD show “PICKLE AND PEANUT”. He can be seen in the films “21 JUMP STREET” “22 JUMP STREET” “NEIGHBORS 2” “THE WATCH” “ANT MAN” “BAND OF ROBBERS” “THE 4th” “ACTION POINT” “TONE DEAF” and Armando Ianucci’s Oscar nominated film "IN THE LOOP". He plays 'Bo' on NBC’s "Superstore", 'Max' on season 4 of FXX's "You're the Worst", and 'Alangulon' on the FOX series “Son of Zorn”.
Johnny is a nationally touring comedian and host of the vanguard podcast “LIVE to TAPE” on Starburns Audio. He was born and raised in Rochester Minnesota. He lives in Los Angeles.
*George recorded a review of the STARZ series, SEDUCED: INSIDE THE NXIVM CULT with our friend Chaki Sklar, over on our Patreon.
**After this episode came out it was announced that Raniere was sentenced to 120 consecutive years in prison.
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It's JAC-tober!
On episode 157 we recap the 2014 documentaryJaco currently streaming on Hulu. Jaco, the doc, is about the brief, brilliant and brutal musical career of the legendary electric bass player Jaco Pastorius a self-taught musician who changed the course of modern music. Never-before-seen archive footage plus interviews unveil the story of Jaco's life, his music, his demise, and the lasting impressions of artistic genius.
Our guests are two great musicians and bass players, Chaki Sklar and Bret Berg. We nerd out HARD on jazz, fusion, Jaco's discography, bass playing, Weather Report, our own musical careers and we even get to hear Chaki play the first song he ever wrote!
Chaki (Cory Sklar) is a Los Angeles based bass player and composer. He has played festivals like Noise Pop and The Off Beat fest and has shared the stage with like minded weirdos Peelander Z, El Vez, Bob Log III, Captured By Robots, Flipper and Shannon & The Clams. His 4 song EP The Water is out now on Who Can You Trust Records. Check out some of Chaki's music here.
Bret Berg hosts a weekly twitch show called the Museum of Home Video. Which has been described as college radio for the eyes. Join him every Tuesday at 7:30 PST.
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