{"podcast":{"title":"A Tripp Through Comedy","slug":"a-tripp-through-comedy-7045072","podcast_index_feed_id":7045072,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6072216/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/a-tripp-through-comedy--6072216","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/975250eb08982b2e99509163e5297194.jpg","author":"Tripp and Ross","episode_count":152,"summary":"Tripp has rejected mainstream comedies for most of his life. Now, Ross is taking him film by film through the movies he sadly missed (or smartly avoided) until now. Join us as we look at studio comedies from the late 90s and early 2000s. Week by week, we will tackle one (or two) films as Tripp tries to figure out what made them so funny and Ross explains the context Tripp avoided.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T16:19:59.097830+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-tripp-through-comedy-7045072"},"episode":{"title":"Action Spoofs: Kung Pow! Enter the Fist and Undercover Brother","slug":"action-spoofs-kung-pow-enter-the-fist-and-undercover-brother","published_at":"2026-01-08T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-tripp-through-comedy-7045072/action-spoofs-kung-pow-enter-the-fist-and-undercover-brother","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-tripp-through-comedy-7045072","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/action-spoofs-kung-pow-enter-the-fist-and-undercover-brother--69350552","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69350552/3bb71ddc_11cb_3ac8_d461_1d43c76c7309.mp3","summary":"Our exit today has us fighting The Man and an evil council of French aliens. This week, we are looking at two spoof films that took on popular genres. The first is Kung Pow: Enter the Fist, written and directed by Steve Oedekerk. Next, we will talk about Undercover Brother, written by John Ridley and Michael McCullers and directed by Malcolm D. Lee.Along the way, in addition to talking Kung Fu and Blaxploitation, we talk Mystery Science Theatre 3000, Neil Patrick Harris, Will Smith, Charlie Sheen, other spoofs, and why one of these films is infinitely funnier than the other!Thememusic by Jonworthymusic.Powered by RiversideFM. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CFF Films⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with Ross and friends. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Movies We've Covered on the Show⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Letterboxd. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Movies Recommended on the Show⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Letterboxd.","meta_description":"Our exit today has us fighting The Man and an evil council of French aliens. This week, we are looking at two spoof films that took on popular genres. The…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4703,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-tripp-through-comedy-7045072/episodes/action-spoofs-kung-pow-enter-the-fist-and-undercover-brother/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-tripp-through-comedy-7045072/action-spoofs-kung-pow-enter-the-fist-and-undercover-brother.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}