Bill Corbett's Funhouse

Super-popular video essayist Lindsay Ellis is back on Funhouse to talk about her Hugo Award nomination for The Hobbit Duology, which she created with Angelina Meehan. Before Lindsay heads off to Ireland for the ceremony this week, she and Bill -- both fans of the LOTR movies -- chat about this fascinating three-part documentary which explores how the Hobbit movies doomed themselves which each successive choice, plus the disheartening labor issues that further dispirited the production and ultimately hurt the New Zealand film industry. Lovesick elves, weirdly hot dwarves, and goblin management!

On the eve of RiffTrax Live: Giant Spider Invasion opening in theaters next week, Bill chats with RiffTrax writer and producer Sean Thomason, a longtime secret weapon in our crusade to make unfunny movies funny. We discuss Sean's early years as country boy in Appalachia, his time as a comic strip writer, his move to Tinseltown, plus the joys and occasional pains of writing for RiffTrax. Lots of inside baseball and wondrous reflections on movies like Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny! All that and more.

The all-culture show! Bill, Brandi and Bryan review all manner of culture, entertainment, and related stuff. High culture and low! Old, new, borrowed, blue! Includes seed art. With Brandi Brown and Bryan Miller.

Comedy legend Andy Kindler is in town for some shows at the Acme Comedy Club, and he drops by Funhouse HQ for a chat. Bill and Brandi talk to Andy about his standup career; his upcoming State of the Industry speech at the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal; how he deals with OCD; religion and lack thereof; and his longtime nemesis Ricky Gervais. Plus more YES MORE! With Brandi Brown.

Bill interviews John Moe, author, radio host, mental health advocate and star of the late great show WITS on American Public Media. They discuss John's life in public media, including his popular podcast The Hilarious World of Depression and new book of the same name.