Taking It Down
Taking It Down
The Alabama Take
The Alabama Take's Blaine Duncan is joined by Adam Morrow, Donovan Reinwald, and other guests to discuss, dissect, and deep dive on pop culture, including TV, movies, music, and books.
Impeachment: American Crime Story and Scenes From a Marriage
This week, it's a little college football and its relation to COVID-19 (1:08), before we shift into thoughts on Impeachment: American Crime Story, a show that explores the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky scandal of yore (6:27). After the break, Adam gives a kind review of The Alabama Take's very on Short Takes (31:05) before Blaine gives his review of the newly rebooted The Wonder Years (38:04). Finally, the group dissects the moving and dilatory Scenes From a Marriage on HBO (47:05). Check it out this week!
Sep 28, 2021
1 hr 1 min
Ted Lasso, Pen15, and What We Do In The Shadows
We won't let Covid talk (1:15) or football gab (2:01) stop us from opining on a movie we've never seen, Shang-Chi: The Legend of the Ten Rings (9:28). From there, we talk about The Discourse surrounding Ted Lasso (13:04). We examine Pen15 which featured the girls in animation (25:01). There are some dissection of this week's The Challenge (33:29). The final bit is to determine just how funny What We Do In The Shadows is, now in its third season on FXX and Hulu (44:02).
Sep 7, 2021
52 min
Football Preview Show and Disinterest in Marvel
With special guest TD Wood, it's our football preview special. First, we talk COVID-19 (1:46). Then it's a brief discussion on how the newest from Marvel haven't gotten our interest (2:55). After that, we begin the football talk with all the changes in college (7:17) before we talk about how people really don't like picking games against the spread (24:57). Everyone gives a prediction for all the major college conferences (25:00) before we give some NFL thoughts (56:42).
Aug 31, 2021
1 hr 4 min
James McMurtry's New Album and Hulu's Reservation Dogs
The gang tries to decipher if Rhode Island is a tennis state to begin (1:07) before discussing the usual COVID-19 segment (2:43). After that, it's a discussion on the latest album from James McMurtry, The Horses and the Hounds (4:26). After the break, Blaine revokes his fandom of the Dallas Cowboys, which opens the door for other franchises to take their place (15:37). To end the show, they talk about if Reservation Dogs on FX/Hulu is worth the time (18:58).
Aug 24, 2021
28 min
Mr. Corman, Ted Lasso, CODA, Marvel's What If...?, and The Suicide Squad
We first talk about Obama's birthday party (0:58) before discussing COVID-19 once again (2:55). Then it's two of Apple TV+ shows: Mr. Corman (10:50) and Ted Lasso (19:24). There are a few introductory thoughts on the first episode of the new season of The Challenge (30:19). Blaine happened to catch the buzziest movie of the week, CODA (35:22). Then Natalie joins the gang to talk about the recent Disney+ show Marvel's What If...? (36:50) and the HBO Max movie from the DC Universe The Suicide Squad (44:45).
Aug 16, 2021
48 min
Covid Anger, The Green Knight, Lollapolooza, and Ted Lasso
It's low vaccination rate anger to begin (1:44) before a talk of Billie Eilish (12:17). Is The Green Knight a hit or miss (16:10)? Lollapalooza was on Hulu this year (20:17). Then it's the 100 Foot Wave from HBO (24:07) and The White Lotus (33:18). We end with talk about this season of Ted Lasso (39:15) as well as regulation in the Premier League (50:51).
Aug 3, 2021
57 min
Olympics, Woodstock '99, 100 Foot Wave, and Ted Lasso
This week, the group discusses having to bring back the COVID-19 segment (3:23) before the argument that the Olympics should just disappear altogether (10:18). Then it's the new HBO documentary Woodstock '99: Peace, Love, and Rage (17:25). After the break, it's the allure of the HBO limited documentary series 100 Foot Wave (44:04) and then a quick talk about the return of the Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso (51:42).
Jul 27, 2021
56 min
Loki Finale, Black Widow, The White Lotus, and McCartney 3, 2, 1
This week we first give brief thoughts on the upcoming season of The Challenge (1:29)! Then we discuss the finale Loki (5:23). We keep things Marvel centric as we go from Loki into the movie Black Widow, which we seemed to like more than other fans (16:57). After the break, we discuss two shows, one stellar and the other promising: The White Lotus which is now airing on HBO and HBO Max (27:55) and then the new Hulu original from Rick Rubin and Sir Paul McCartney, McCartney 3, 2, 1 (38:26).
Jul 20, 2021
50 min
Tennis, Metrograph, I Think You Should Leave, No Sudden Move, and Loki
It's a full slate this week! The hours of Wimbledon watched (1:27), a new streaming service called Metrograph (9:07), a quick note on the Netflix series Somos. (13:36), the specific hilarity of the Netflix show I Think You Should Leave (14:55), the HBO Max film No Sudden Move (22:41), and various Lokis and the possible ending of that show (37:12).
Jul 13, 2021
41 min
Summer of Soul, Netflix's Somos, and Loki's Fourth Episode
Taking It Down starts this week with Summer of Soul from Questlove; the gang make an attempt to express the joy of the documentary (1:25). After the break, it's an examination of how the new Netflix series Somos. owes a lot to David Simon yet maintains a high level of interest (25:10). Finally, it wouldn't be a summer episode if they didn't at least discuss the newest episode of Loki, titled "The Nexus Event" (38:53).
Jul 6, 2021
51 min
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