Pursuit Of Crappiness

John, Emma, and Beryl discuss their extremely distressing--emphasize, extremely distressing--viewing of Tommy Wiseau's film The Room, the story behind the $6 million dollar train wreck (seriously, you could have paid for the educations of, like, 4 English majors), and the cult origin of show goers throwing spoons in the theater. They also decide that sex scenes that don't last for a solid 20 minutes and use the same shots over and over (what, did he think we wouldn't notice? This is not Snapchat for god's sake) are a complete waste of space.

Have you heard of the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special? Perhaps not--it was so bad that George Lucas tried to bury it. But don't worry! This month, the gang at the POC unearths this priceless jewel of TV history (if it can be called TV, we were vacillating between "Adult Swim gag reel" and "failed interpretative dance audition tapes") and talk about Mark Hamill in eyeliner, an alternative universe in which Julia Child is a space alien, and what turns Wookies on. And you definitely don't want to miss what turns Wookies on.

Emma, John, and Beryl discuss my Immortal, the worst fanfiction ever written (fact), and speculate on its mysterious authorship, questionable sexual anatomical labeling, My Chemical Romance Hogsmeade tour schedules (but have you heard "I'm Not Okay" with the delightful, bubbly kick of butter beer?), and the plausibility of Draco Malfoy being goth. Don't miss John's Fifty Shades-esque readings of various characters doing it.

For every beautiful thing in the world that re-affirms your faith in humanity, there is a piece of crap that tears your faith right back down. Here at the Pursuit of Crappiness we search for those things and talk about them. We find out the story behind how they were created, and try, as best we can, to analyze them. It can be anything in life, from movies to book to the 2016 Election. Hosted by Beryl Zhao, John Hogue, and Emma Wick, this podcast is updated on the first of each month. This is an intro episode where we talk about who we are and the future of the podcast. For more information, follow us on Twitter @CrapPodcast or go to our website pursuitofcrappiness.com.