Poetry is a broad and expansive art form. From dramatic verse to haiku, rhyming poetry and spoken word, there are many hats a poet can wear. Join Josh and Chuck today as they break down the history of poetry, a dive into what's so great about it.
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Josh and Chuck dive deep into the world of poetry, exploring everything from its ancient origins as an oral tradition to its modern forms. They trace poetry's evolution through major movements like the Renaissance, Romanticism, and Modernism, discussing how poets from Homer to E.E. Cummings pushed the boundaries of the form. The guys break down the technical elements that make poetry unique—like rhyme schemes, meter, enjambment, and various sound devices—while emphasizing that poetry is meant to be read aloud and that struggling with a difficult poem on first read is totally normal and actually part of the experience.
Back to School
1986
1h 36m
★ 6.3
"The great Ronnie Dangerfield. What is it? And back to school. — Josh references the Rodney Dangerfield comedy film while discussing confidence builders and opening segments."
— Josh
"There's a Heisenberg got his own on Breaking Bad. Really? It's called Bad Ombre. — Josh mentions a corrido (narco ballad) from Breaking Bad about a character (though the title is unclear from context)."
— Josh
Class of the Titans
2006
TV-Y7
★ 7.0
"I started to confuse it with the... With Odyssey. Harry Hamlin. What? Class of the Titans? — Josh mentions confusing the Odyssey with the TV show Class of the Titans, which starred Harry Hamlin."
— Josh
Dead Poets Society
1989
2h 9m
★ 8.3
"I have to admit to my dead poet society had a pretty big impact on me, too. — Chuck mentions Dead Poets Society as having impacted his appreciation for poetry."
— Chuck
Father of the Year
2018
1h 34m
★ 5.4
"No, that's not true. Father of the Year, I saw. Oh. Have you seen it? You're picking the wrong movies. — Josh mentions seeing the Robin Williams film 'Father of the Year,' which Chuck had suggested."
— Josh
King of the Hill
1997
★ 7.4
"I got my poetry from King of the Hill. But there was this one King of the Hill where Peggy Hill is reciting a poem. — Josh references a King of the Hill episode where Peggy recites an absurd poem about a cow."
— Josh
"Class of the Titans, yeah. Or L.A. Law. — Josh references L.A. Law as another show featuring Harry Hamlin."
— Josh
Making Love
1982
R
1h 53m
★ 6.9
"He started to confuse it with making love, his 80s movie. I never saw that one. — Josh mentions the 1980s film 'Making Love' about a gay man in a secret affair with Harry Hamlin."
— Josh
Nightmare at Noon
1988
R
1h 36m
★ 4.7
"I want to specifically recommend, if you have an Amazon Prime membership, it's streaming on Prime. A lot of Rift Tracks is. Nightmare at noon, I think is what it's called. — Chuck specifically recommends the RiffTrax version of 'Nightmare at Noon' available on Amazon Prime."
— Chuck
Patch Adams
1998
PG-13
1h 55m
★ 7.3
"Once I saw Patch Adams, I was like, I can't see any more Robin Williams movies. — Josh references watching Patch Adams as his last Robin Williams film before deciding to avoid more of his movies."
— Josh
RiffTrax Live: RAD
2023
PG
1h 52m
★ 8.0
"I've been watching a lot of Rift Tracks lately. Yeah. They kill it. — Chuck recommends watching RiffTrax and specifically mentions 'Nightmare at Noon' on Amazon Prime."
— Chuck
"There's a Seinfeld where Elaine sent in a comic to the New Yorker, but it turns out she had ripped off a Ziggy. — Josh references a Seinfeld episode about Elaine submitting a comic strip to the New Yorker that was actually plagiarized."
— Josh
Sharknado
2013
1h 26m
★ 3.9
"It's all right. It's no Sharknado. You need royalties for that one. — Chuck jokingly compares Josh's Canterbury Tales on a Greyhound bus idea to Sharknado as a concept."
— Chuck
Wonder Boys
2000
1h 51m
★ 6.8
"Like I always imagine your book would be like in Wonder Boys, that scene where he gets to sit down and he types out like a four at the end. It's like 3000 pages long. — Chuck uses the film to illustrate a scene about a writer producing an extremely long manuscript, comparing it to Josh's potential writing style."
— Chuck
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