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Episode 58: The L Word Season 3, Episode 12 & Wrong Number (2002) (/w Brendan Foley)

Episode 58: The L Word Season 3, Episode 12 & Wrong Number (2002) (/w Brendan Foley)

September 21, 2017

On this SURPRISINGLY LATE episode of Eric Roberts is the Man, we welcome writer and podcaster Brendan Foley to JOIN US in celebrating two more Eric Roberts CLASSICS! First we look at a Season 3 episode of THE L WORD with absolutely no context, and you can hear us struggle to understand the seemingly dozens of plotlines and characters, including Pam Grier getting pregnant! APPARENTLY! Also, Eric Roberts is there. Then we look at the 2002 thriller WRONG NUMBER where ER is murdered again and again, RASHOMON-style, and then the whole thing ends in one of the most ridiculous TWISTS
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Episode 57: Sector 4: Extraction (2014) & The Wrong Roommate (2016) (/w Richard Pierce)

Episode 57: Sector 4: Extraction (2014) & The Wrong Roommate (2016) (/w Richard Pierce)

September 6, 2017

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! THIS IS IT! We have the WORLD'S BIGGEST ANNOUNCEMENT on this episode of Eric Roberts IS the Man, and you better hold onto your socks because it's going to BLOW THEM OFF! Not only that, but we're joined by screenwriter Richard Pierce to discuss the movie HE wrote SECTOR 4: EXTRACTION, starring and directed by the legendary Olivier Gruner!! Not enough for you? YOU DRIVE A HARD BARGAIN. Then Richard chats with us about the David DeCoteau Lifetime network film THE WRONG ROOMMATE, featuring Vivica A. Fox, Dominique Swain and ERIC ROBERTS. IT'S THE BIGGEST ERITFM EPISODE EVER!!!!!
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Episode 54: Interview with LA CUCARACHA director Jack Perez

Episode 54: Interview with LA CUCARACHA director Jack Perez

July 25, 2017

Oh? What's that? You expected a regular old Eric Roberts is the Man episode? Well, forget THAT! We've got SOME GUY WHO KILLS PEOPLE, AMERICA'S DEADLIEST HOME VIDEO, THE BIG EMPTY and LA CUCARACHA director Jack Perez joining us to talk about his life and career, including working on HERCULES and XENA, appearing in Josh Becker's RUNNING TIME, his memories of directing Adam West in 2004's MONSTER ISLAND, and the mechanics of cockroach wrangling. ALSO WE TALK ABOUT ERIC ROBERTS! Does Jack think Eric Roberts is the man? Guess you'll have to listen and see. Why not start now? 
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Episode 52: My Cat From Hell (/w Our Wives)

Episode 52: My Cat From Hell (/w Our Wives)

June 26, 2017

Let’s get FRISKY! It’s another purrrfect episode of ERIC ROBERTS IS THE MAN featuring a BRAND NEW episode of MY CAT FROM HELL with a starring appearance from ERIC and ELIZA ROBERTS! For such a SPECIAL episode, we needed not one but TWO special guests: OUR WIVES! We start by discussing Jackson Galaxy and his troublesome facial hair with Jill Tilley, and then follow that up with a deep dive on pet psychology from Susan Tindall. All that and the latest Eric Roberts news! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!?! As always, check out ERIC ROBERTS IS THE MAN on Twitter,
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Episode 51: La Cucaracha (1998) & No Deposit (2015) (/w Mike White)

Episode 51: La Cucaracha (1998) & No Deposit (2015) (/w Mike White)

June 12, 2017

HALLELUJAH! It's the return of Frank D'Angelo to ERIC ROBERTS IS THE MAN! This time we're looking at his STAR-STUDDED examination of the American housing crisis NO DEPOSIT, which features Peter Coyote, Michael Madsen, Art Hindle's gut, Robert Loggia, Margot Kidder, FRANK D'ANGELO and ERIC ROBERTS! But before that, we take a look at the shockingly entertaining thriller LA CUCARACHA, which features ERIC ROBERTS eating a COCKROACH! YUM! For this deadly combo we're joined by podcaster extraordinaire MIKE WHITE from THE PROJECTION BOOTH podcast. IT'S NICE TO BE GREAT, BUT IT'S GREAT TO BE NICE! 
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Episode 49: The Hard Truth (1994) & Freefall (1994) (/w Dan Gorman)

Episode 49: The Hard Truth (1994) & Freefall (1994) (/w Dan Gorman)

May 16, 2017

BECAUSE WE'RE FREE! FREE FALLIN' on episode #49 of ERIC ROBERTS IS THE MAN with special guest Dan Gorman (from the SEE YOU NEXT WEDNESDAY podcast!). After a lengthy discussion about squirrel sanctuaries, paying for autographs, and the pop singer Pink we delve into the year 1994 to discuss THE HARD TRUTH (with Michael Rooker and ERIC ROBERTS) and FREEFALL (with Jeff Fahey and ERIC ROBERTS). All this and the latest Eric Roberts news. CALL IN SICK AND LISTEN.
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Episode 48: Cyclops (2008) & The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence) (2015) (/w Charlie Lawton)

Episode 48: Cyclops (2008) & The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence) (2015) (/w Charlie Lawton)

May 1, 2017

It's the RETURN of the only 100% medically accurate podcast about Eric Roberts, ERIC ROBERTS IS THE MAN! This time we're joined by actor/writer/director (a human centipede of talent!) Charlie Lawton to discuss the made-for-TV Bulgaria-shot monster movie CYCLOPS (from the director of SHARKTOPUS) before shifting gears slightly to talk about the conclusion of Tim Six's human centipede trilogy, HUMAN CENTIPEDE III (FINAL SEQUENCE). It's a whole lot of awful! All that and the latest Eric Roberts news, so LET'S GET TO IT!
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Episode 41: Paul’s Case (1980) & Touched By An Angel S5E22 (/w Evan Munday)

Episode 41: Paul’s Case (1980) & Touched By An Angel S5E22 (/w Evan Munday)

January 24, 2017

Your REASON FOR LIVING returns! It's ERITFM episode #41, and we're getting spiritual! AGAIN! This time we've kidnapped writer and illustrator Evan Munday and forced him to watch a 1980 made-for-TV adaptation of Willa Cather's short story PAUL'S CASE (featuring an impossibly young Eric Roberts). Then we finished him off with an episode of TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL featuring Eric Roberts as a traumatized, racist Vietnam vet who is running a sweatshop! That is, until he's hit by a beautiful big chunk of the holy spirit. You've got nothing better to do! Let's listen together!
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Episode 39: The Immortals (1995) & Tripfall (2000) (/w Scott Clickers)

Episode 39: The Immortals (1995) & Tripfall (2000) (/w Scott Clickers)

November 29, 2016

GREAT CAESAR'S GHOST! It's another episode of the world's FINEST Eric Roberts-related podcast, and this time we have Married With Clickers' Scott Clickers along for the ride to discuss two more LEGENDARY films featuring Eric Roberts! First up is the all-star heist film THE IMMORTALS featuring a pre-fame Chris Rock and a post-fame everyone else: including Tony Curtis! It's a post-Tarantino mess, but not without it's meager charms. And then we're on to the incomprehensibly titled TRIPFALL, featuring John Ritter as a father trying to keep his wife and kids from being murdered by.. you guessed it.. ERIC ROBERTS! Sporting some of the worst hair in the history of movies. Let's listen, ok?
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Episode 38: Hitman’s Run (2009) & Bonnie and Clyde: Justified (2013) (/w Josh Stewart)

Episode 38: Hitman’s Run (2009) & Bonnie and Clyde: Justified (2013) (/w Josh Stewart)

November 15, 2016

The world's a toilet, so why not escape from it with the latest episode of ERIC ROBERTS IS THE MAN? This time we have a JAM PACKED SHOW where guest Josh Stewart joins us to talk Mark L. Lester's 1999 action film HITMAN'S RUN, featuring both C. Thomas Howell AND Eric Roberts. Then we switch gears and chat about David Decoteau's romance classic BONNIE AND CLYDE: JUSTIFIED, which is really quite something. All that and the latest Eric Roberts news, including stirring tales of kidney stones. Jam it in your ears right now.
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