Your Kickstarter Sucks

Jesse Farrar & Mike Hale
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Dec 21, 2020 • 1h 60min

Episode 180: YKS Premium S12E3: Miketober Episode 3: The Dead Zone with Mark Brendle: The YKS Cut

Hey gang, it's the YKS boys' annual week off, so we're bringing some YKS Premium content out of the vault for your enjoyment. If you haven't heard this classic ep yet, you are in for a treat. And if you have, well, it's still a treat! Plus, feel free enjoy the brand new intro at the beginning. Or not! Either way, our friend Mark Brendle joins us to talk about The Dead Zone, a very weird little movie from the twisted mind of Stephen King that has, dare I say, become very relevant in the last couple of months. It's a great choice by Brendle and I think we learn a lot as well as having a good time. Short of hanging out with Neil deGrasse Tyson, I don't think you'd find a better way to combine those two things than this episode. Happy hall of days every one, and we will be back with some 100% new shit next week. Cheers,Music for YKS is courtesy of the Hell Yeah Babies, Craig Dickman, Howell Dawdy, and Mark Brendle. Additional research by Zeke Golvin. YKS is edited by Producer Dan. Exec Producer PBostrom.This week's YKS is sponsored by Wipers123.com. It's a great site to get windshield wipers for your car, I can tell you that much. I put some on my car and it took like 1 second. It says up to 30. But mine was only 1. Maybe even a half. Don't believe me? Ok hotshot. Head on over to Wipers123.com and use promo code YOURKICKSTARTERSUCKS for $10 off orders of SpeedSets.Plus, we've got a good deal for ya on HelloFresh. There's only one problem: you're gonna get a lot of money off your order. Wait a minute, I just realized that's good! Just go to hellofresh.com/yourkickstartersucks80 and use promo code yourkickstartersucks80 for, you guessed it, $80 off and free shipping. Hello, fresh! That's what I would say to it. This week over at the YKS Premium Patreon, we're taking the day off from all-new, instant-classic content. But we will be re-releasing the Squeeze Louise tier Miketober ep with Bakkoon and Simon Barrett, on They Live, along with another cute little intro. (And Squeeze Louise heads, don't worry, the end of year mailbag is coming soon). Thanks everybody for supporting the show and keeping me out of the Google Docs Resume Template hell I was in for a while. We hope you have enjoyed at least some of the stuff we're doing. And more fun shit to come I assume! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Dec 14, 2020 • 1h 48min

Episode 179: Kicksucker 2077

Imagine a futuristic world where everything is basically the same....except there's, like, some pink graffiti around and maybe a robot zips by carrying some food. What moral implications would that have, on our society...and what would YOU choose to become? More importantly...who cares! It's another YKS folks and this time we've got a video game about being Jesus (but you probably don't get any cool powers), the worst innovation in underwear history, and a robotic salad trailer idea from a young man trying his best to make it in this crazy world. Oh and did I mention there's a bunch of LED lights and ripped jeans everywhere in this new world...this seems insane! And it's a ways into the future but not too far away. So. Still pretty interesting. Not as interesting as Futurama though. Anyway that's the program and please enjoy it. Thank you. Music for YKS is courtesy of the Hell Yeah Babies, Craig Dickman, Howell Dawdy, and Mark Brendle. Additional research by Zeke Golvin. YKS is edited by Producer Dan. Exec Producer PBostrom.Today's YKS is brought to you by NordVPN. There's lots of reasons to have a VPN, and if you're gonna get one, it might as well be NordVPN, the one I've used before. Use promo code YKS to get 4 months free with a 2 year subscription. YKS is also sponsored by BetterHelp. Mental health is some classic stuff. Now you can get some without going to an office. Give that a whirl with 10% off your first month at Betterhelp.com/yks.And coming up on the YKS Premium Patreon this week, we've got: Is Mike Smarter Than a 5th Grader? For up to $50,000 of Nickelodeon and John Cena's dollars, can Mike successfully remember what 2 + 2 equals? Well the questions aren't that simple but they're not very hard either. Tune in to find out! And to not listen to the ads and so forth. If you want. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Dec 7, 2020 • 1h 38min

Episode 178: Merry Karenmas

You're not gonna believe this, gang, but we were able to pull it together for another episode. This week on the show we've got a tactical scarf, the secrets behind the American flag revealed, a Karen drinking game, and a nasty porno about fucking the President. And that's just the good stuff! Kidding...I'm kidding! Relax. Plus we recap the biggest story of the week, when I watched Home Alone and kept track of which guys got hurt the most. It's another day ruined by the jerks of football, but we power through and give you guys the best episode of YKS in December so far. It's no problem at all though. Keep the change, ya filthy animal!Music for YKS is courtesy of the Hell Yeah Babies, Craig Dickman, Howell Dawdy, and Mark Brendle. Additional research by Zeke Golvin. YKS is edited by Producer Dan. Exec Producer PBostrom.Today's YKS is sponsored by Manscaped. Hey just because we call it "our junk" doesn't mean we treat it like junk! I pitched this to them and they didn't like it. That's ok! I think it's good. Get 20% off and free shipping at Manscaped.com with promo code YKS. Maybe tell 'em you like my slogan too?Also sponsoring today's program is School of Hustle, a GoDaddy podcast. Remember the GoDaddy commercials? Me too. Well, this is different. It's a podcast, and it's on Apple Podcasts and the rest of the places podcasts live. And don't forget the YKS Premium Patreon. This week we got our friend SexJ to talk Uncle and Neighbor stuff and to hit us with the SexJ NFL 1000 Dollar Picks of the week! He's a cool guy and I'm glad we got to talk to him. Download the episode on Friday (SOMEbody's birthday, but to be clear it's not him or Mike or Dan) and check him out at Twitch.tv/sexualjumanji Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Nov 30, 2020 • 1h 42min

Episode 177: The Return of Goovis

Well, Thanksgiving is over, the Holiday(TM) Tree is up, and that darn tryptophan is finally wearing off! Time to dig in to some leftovers, aka some stupid crap from a website. On today's program, we've got what we all need this year, some funny socks! Plus, a simple way to defeat the purpose of wearing a mask, a new robotic friend that we'll just have to bury eventually, and of course the return of an old friend. Damn they brought Saved By the Bell back! That's not the friend I'm talking about. It just came up while I was writing this and I paid attention to it like a dumb dog. Actually it derailed me by about 10 minutes. Gotta turn the TV off while I'm working. But I won't! Enjoy the episode folks and turn the TV off while you're listening!Music for YKS is courtesy of the Hell Yeah Babies, Craig Dickman, Howell Dawdy, and Mark Brendle. Additional research by Zeke Golvin. YKS is edited by Producer Dan. Exec Producer PBostrom.This week's YKS is sponsored by NordVPN. Region locks on content are a pain in the nuts, right? So kiss 'em goodbye with NordVPN. Head over to NordVPN.com/yks, and grab yourself a 2 year subscription with 4 free months by using promo code YKS. Cool.Today's episode is also brought to you by BetterHelp. Folks, ya gotta have good mental health. And when it comes to talking to a professional counselor, it's hard to beat doin' it from the comfort of the ol' La-Z-Boy. Try 'em today for 10% off your first month, at BetterHelp.com/YKS. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Nov 23, 2020 • 1h 25min

Episode 176: Barf Boulevard

Episode 176 is here....that's huge. That is a huge accomplishment. Plus there were probably a few we lost along the way. And then the bonus episodes on top of that (plus the ones we lost there). God. That's probably, I don't know, what, the equivalent of 56,000 shows or so? Lot of mileage on these lungs but they just keep on tickin', I'll tell you what. And still no 100th episode celebration in sight. Well for this week's show, Mike has picked the Kickstarters so you know what that means: it's just stuff he wants me to buy him. Will I buy him any of it? Will he make it subtle that he wants me to buy it? There's only one way to find out: download and listen 10 times in a row on all your different devices and through a variety of IP addresses! That's a joke, relax. Unless you're just bored or whatever....Music for YKS is courtesy of the Hell Yeah Babies, Craig Dickman, Howell Dawdy, and Mark Brendle. Additional research by Zeke Golvin. YKS is edited by Producer Dan. Exec Producer PBostrom.This week's YKS is sponsored by GoDaddy, a fine place to buy a website. Well, they've also got a podcast called School of Hustle. Makes sense, right? So check that out.Today's show is also sponsored by HelloFresh. I do love going to the store but sometimes it stresses me out and makes me go nuts. So a big box of ingredients coming to the house works out pretty nice. For $90 off, go to HelloFresh.com/yourkickstartersucks90 and use the promo code yourkickstartersucks90. It ships free too but the $90 off seems like the bigger deal to me. I had some really good pita from there. Ok folks I'm not gonna lie to ya, I'm tired of typing. So I'll merely say: check us out on Patreon for bonus episodes and more "you know what". Thanks! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Nov 16, 2020 • 1h 27min

Episode 175: Clunky Tongs Country

Ring ring....hello? Yes it's the YKS War Room. Yes, our refrigerator is running. Why do you ask? Oh crap, you're doing a prank on us. Well, just so you know, the NEAS Secret Service is listening in on all these calls, so. And we've been crying in the bathroom all day as well. On today's show we've got some funny little calls, which you probably guessed! Plus, some new brain hacks for memory keeping, a new kitchen gadget that sucks, and one of the all-time freaks from hell is back with another stupid ass movie. That's basically our crazy ass show, thanks for coming to our weird little section of the internet. Hope you had fun. And if you got too freaked out, I'm soooooooo sorry. NOT. Music for YKS is courtesy of the Hell Yeah Babies, Craig Dickman, Howell Dawdy, and Mark Brendle. Additional research by Zeke Golvin. YKS is edited by Producer Dan. Exec Producer PBostrom.Ding a ling a ling! It's the YKS Sponsor Bell! Today's episode is brought to you by Wipers123. I wouldn't buy windshield wipers anywhere else, even from the cute little kid with the "Wipers 25 cents" sign set up at the end of my street. I don't care how backwards the letters are! Wipers123 is, quite simply, going to stomp him out of existence. And good riddance! Show the windshield wipers industry that all you care about is the best product and quickest installation on the market by using promo code YOURKICKSTARTERSUCKS and get $10 off your order of SpeedSets wiper blades. Hey! Welcome to the Patreon plug portion of the episode write-up. We're back to normal over there, so everyone who hates movies can safely return to receiving a shitload of bonus episodes, newsletters, ad-free regular eps, merch discounts, voting for us to buy desktop toilets, and so forth. And on this week's YKS Premium, we've got....uhhh!!! Wait a minute!!! It's a movie episode! That's right, we've got a commentary track for Kickstarted movie and all around weird guy situation Cool Cat Saves The Kids. This shit is totally psychotic and we'll bring ya along for the ride. So go check that shit out if ya want! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Nov 9, 2020 • 1h 47min

Episode 174: The People Trumped Ronald Plump

Brian and Ed, you beautiful sons of bitches, you finally did it. You -- We --Trumped Ronald Plump at last. Now to enjoy the next four to eight years of peaceful, social justice oriented, climate conscious stewardship from our trusted progressive ally, Joe Biden. Heh. Anyway also on today's show we've got what is hopefully the last word on ironic red hat co-opting paraphernalia, Cooking For Men about 10 years too late, and a DOA exercise product even JF's tiny, pathetic ass couldn't make use of. That's pretty much the whole show so go listen to it now, before the world gets really really good and you don't have time to download podcasts anymore! Music for YKS is courtesy of the Hell Yeah Babies, Craig Dickman, Howell Dawdy, and Mark Brendle. Additional research by Zeke Golvin. YKS is edited by Producer Dan. Exec Producer PBostrom.Hey today's episode of YKS has two sponsors. Very nice! My wife! The first one is Manscaped, our old friends. They've added a ton of new stuff, including an ear & nose hair trimmer...and some cologne?? Cool. Use promo code YKS to get 20% off and free shipping over there. And for our second sponsor, we've got a...New sponsor alert! It's Curiosity Stream! There's so many documentaries on there we doubt you'll ever need to watch scripted, fictional content ever again. That stuff's fake! But not the award-winning exclusives & originals on Curiosity Stream, featuring such luminaries as Sir David Attenborough, Stephen Hawking, and Nick Offerman. And here's an offer-man for our listeners: Use promo code YKS to get a whole year of Curiosity Stream on your iPad, iPhone, or iDontKnowWhat for just $14.99! There's some stuff on there about how capitalism is a big bummer too, so check that out.And yeah we're still doing YKS Premium as well! Check us out on Friday to help decide which stupid piece of shit we have to buy for the show! 538 says It's probably going to be the Burger Buddy. And those guys are pretty good, so. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Nov 2, 2020 • 1h 26min

Episode 173: Avatar Status

Checking in with Justin Bieber's pastors...Talkin' Blue Guys....The War on Christmas begins...and finally, David Hasselhoff returns to the stage. Obviously we want you to download and enjoy this episode today, but hell, tomorrow might even be a good day to put some earbuds in and tune everything out. Put it on your bluetooth speaker or pass your mopey, ironic brother the aux cord and crank up YKS for the whole neighborhood to hear. Maybe that's what will bring us all together! Doubt it, but if you don't try, someone somewhere might get mad at you! That should motivate ya! Ok in all seriousness thanks for listening and sorry for what I said in this episode about the movie Halloween, which does suck but I'm still sorry about that. Music for YKS is courtesy of the Hell Yeah Babies, Craig Dickman, Howell Dawdy, and Mark Brendle. Additional research by Zeke Golvin. YKS is edited by Producer Dan. Exec Producer PBostrom.Hey don't forget to check out YKS Premium. October Miketober was a great month, with 6(!) bonus episodes of guest and movie magic over there for our supporters, and November will be even more stuff and things as well. So if you like the sound of that head over there and plunk down a couple bucks and get a million more hours of stuff to listen to and think about. Thanks!!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Oct 26, 2020 • 1h 30min

Episode 172: Kick It Under The Fridge

Too Many Doggos? Is there EVEN such a thing? Well, some Fun Haters around the web think so. Let's get em!! We will be spending as little time as possible on Reddit-like terminology such as that, and as much time as we can possibly justify on why I'm right that all chain pizza is scientifically indistinguishable. Plus, we've got the next generation of Ice Cube Technology, a thing seemingly designed for fast food guys to review shit in their car, and a movie that manages to be so stupid that it's not even funny to watch. And finally, the return of an old friend. If you're used to falling asleep to the show or not listening all the way through because it's too boring, or leaving it on for your dogs while you're at work, change it up this time and catch the whole thing. I wouldn't lie to you. I swear to god, you gotta believe me! Music for YKS is courtesy of the Hell Yeah Babies, Craig Dickman, Howell Dawdy, and Mark Brendle. Additional research by Zeke Golvin. YKS is edited by Producer Dan. Exec Producer PBostrom.There are a lot of podcasts out there but they all seem to record indoors. What's up with that? Well comedians Andrew Michaan and Cole Hersch have figured out a different way to do it: Outside. Check out their show Podcast But Outside to see why the way we're doing it ay YKS (indoors, not even close to each other, barely paying attention) is a relic of the past. And if some indoors podcasting is still ok with you, we have had a great month of YKS Premium over on the Patreon feed. Come join us before Miketober is all finished up and you'll get to hear up to 5 episodes worth of classic Mike Movie riffs with some great guests. This offer also extends well into the future so there's really no urgency whatsoever. We're not gonna delete the episodes. But what if we did? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Oct 20, 2020 • 1h 35min

Episode 171: King Kong Vs. America

That's how we do it in Margaritaville, son -- a normal thing to say that I have said and will say moving forward as well. On today's show we've got a Donald Trump doll that looks like a....what???? Plus a new type of headgear, an app just for pasta, a device for making your dog's kibble look even less appetizing than normal, and of course, a stupid card game made by unfunny dorks. And that's pretty much it! Doesn't seem like it would take that long to read 6 things but by God it does. So sit back and relax, tell Alexa to play "some of my favorite boys", and enjoy the show.Music for YKS is courtesy of the Hell Yeah Babies, Craig Dickman, Howell Dawdy, and Mark Brendle. Additional research by Zeke Golvin. YKS is edited by Producer Dan. Exec Producer PBostrom.This episode of YKS is sponsored by Wipers123.com....you would be criminally INSANE to buy windshield wipers anywhere else, or without the promo code YOURKICKSTARTERSUCKS for $10 off your order of SpeedSets. For more YKS, check out YKS Premium on Patreon. You already know what time it is! It's Miketober of course, and we've got a lot of good shit over there. They Live with Simon Barrett and Oliver Leach, Return of the Living Dead with Matt Christman, and coming later this month...Slugs with Bill Corbett. Hell of a lineup, hell of a show, and whether you like these spooky movies or have never seen 'em or just hate having $5, you're gonna be happy with the decision to hook it up over there and support the show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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