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Best Kiss 2021: Emilaris in Paris w/ Maggie Grossman

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Best Kiss 2021: Emilaris in Paris w/ Maggie Grossman

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Kenny and Ben are joined by their friend Maggie for a discussion of the final (for now) Best Kiss category at the MTV Movie & TV Awards which is all TV for the first time. Should Outer Banks really have won over Killing Eve, Emily in Paris, Never Have I Ever and Bridgerton? Kenny, Ben, and Maggie get to the bottom of this while also discussing the geography of North Carolina, fight kisses, the proper pronunciation of the word Paris, relatable screw-up protagonists, one of the sketches from when Regé-Jean Page hosted SNL, and more. Plus, we announce what we’re going to be doing next to wrap up Best Kiss and kick off something new! It’s all very exciting so tune in!

February 3, 2022February 3, 2022Leave a Comment

Best Kiss 2019: Last Hurrah for Movie Kisses

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Best Kiss 2019: Last Hurrah for Movie Kisses

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Kenny and Ben face the end of an era as they tackle the last Best Kiss year that includes movies in the nominations (so far). To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before won this year against Aquaman, Riverdale, Sex Education, and Venom but was it really the best kiss? Kenny and Ben get to the bottom of it while also discussing how satisfying fake romance to real romance stories are, superhero movie colour schemes, the gargoyle gang, Archie getting attacked by a bear, the joys of episodic structure in serialized TV, the one true 3-way kiss, and much more. Nominate movies for Best Kiss again in 2022 please, MTV!

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022Leave a Comment

Best Kiss 2018: There are Stranger Things Than Riverdale

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Best Kiss 2018: There are Stranger Things Than Riverdale

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Kenny and Ben log back onto the oasis of their podcast for another year of movie and TV kisses, this time with three TV kisses and two movie ones. Movies still reign supreme though with Love, Simon taking the top spot. But is it a better kiss than Jane the Virgin, Ready Player One, Riverdale, and Stranger things? Kenny and Ben figure it out while also talking about petty friend group fights, Team Rafael vs. Team Michael, effective usage of excessive IP, detailed timelines of how modern Archie comics led to Riverdale, #justiceforBarb, and so much more. Ready Player One defenders, this is the episode for you!

January 19, 2022January 19, 2022Leave a Comment

Best Kiss 2017: And the Winner is… La La Land?

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Best Kiss 2017: And the Winner is... La La Land?

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Kenny and Ben kick off 2022 with a bang as they tackle the first Best Kiss year of the MTV Movie & TV Awards era. Tender drama and surprise Best Picture winner Moonlight won Best Kiss this year, beating out La La Land, Beauty and the Beast, an episode of Empire and Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates. But was this really the best kiss? Kenny and Ben get into it while also touching on hard it is to talk about the movies they love, the infamous 2017 Oscars gaffe, how good the song Evermore is, trying to make sense of Empire, Sugar Lyn Beard’s history on Canadian children’s television, and more! It’s a thrilling return for everyone’s favourite MTV Awards show podcast!

January 13, 2022January 13, 2022Leave a Comment

Best Kiss 2016: Fifty Shades of Fun’d Up w/ Evie Stark

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Best Kiss 2016: Fifty Shades of Fun'd Up w/ Evie Stark

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Kenny and Ben are joined by their friend Evie to close out the pre-TV era of the MTV Movie Awards in style with another 6-movie year. Pitch Perfect 2 is the one to beat but can its Pat Benitar-fuelled kiss stand up against Trainwreck, Fifty Shades of Grey, Vacation, Focus and Deadpool? The three of them will hash that out, alongside a whole host of topics including but not limited to queerbaiting, riff-offs, Shallow Hal, contracts, the issues with a certain film’s portrayal of BDSM, the joys of mean comedy, movie star appeal, Deadpool 2, Bob’s Burgers, and so much more. It’s the last episode of PGTP for 2021 and we’re going out with a bang!

December 2, 2021December 2, 2021Leave a Comment

Best Kiss 2015: The Faults of Being a Starflower w/ Ethan Brundeen

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Best Kiss 2015: The Faults of Being a Starflower w/ Ethan Brundeen

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Ethan Brundeen from the Heavy Meddle podcast returns to help Kenny and Ben properly contextualize the cultural phenomenon that was this year’s winner: The Fault in Our Stars, which beat out the a wave of of superhero movies (The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Captain America: The Winter Soldier) and Seth Rogen comedies (The Interview and Neighbors) to take home the Golden Popcorn. But how good is that kiss really? And why does Ethan keep forgetting the name of the movie he came on to talk about? The gang tries to get to the bottom of these questions while also touching on cancer, the big kiss at the Anne Frank House, Sony’s failed attempt at a Spider-Man cinematic universe, the Sony Hack, the comic brilliance of Rose Byrne, the general chasteness of Marvel movies, and more! You’ll definitely want to hear this one!

November 25, 2021November 25, 2021Leave a Comment

Best Kiss 2014: Capitalism at Work, Don Jon at Play w/ Shane Cannon

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Best Kiss 2014: Capitalism at Work, Don Jon at Play w/ Shane Cannon

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Kenny and Ben are joined by their pal Shane to discuss one of the weirdest slates of Best Kiss nominees ever. We’re the Millers scores another victory for three-way kisses against Spring Breakers, American Hustle, Don Jon and The Spectacular Now. As the gang works through dramatically differing opinions about some of the movies to determine a winner, they also discuss Seth Rogen making out with his mom (sort of), Kathryn Hahn, nihilism, science ovens, the Tina Fey comedy New Jersey accent, going Woodley mode, a Deuxmoi spotted item about Miles Teller, and more. Friendships will be tested but the podcast comes out of it stronger than ever.

November 18, 2021November 18, 2021Leave a Comment

Best Kiss 2013: We Can Be Heroes

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Best Kiss 2013: We Can Be Heroes

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Kenny and Ben return to the MTV Movie Awards for Best Kiss 2013, which seems to be a intentional break from the YA-heavy trends of the past few years. With Twilight out of the picture, Silver Linings Playbook wins over The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Moonrise Kingdom, Django Unchained and Ted, but who really should have won? Kenny and Ben figure it out while also discussing Aubrey Plaza rushing the stage, Dear Evan Hansen, whether the Perks ending needed setting up or not, Wes Anderson aesthetics, if Quentin Tarantino was the right person to direct Django, shock humour in comedies, and much more. This one is packed to the brim.

November 11, 2021November 11, 2021Leave a Comment

Best Kiss Host’s Choice: Twilight Forever After

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Best Kiss Host's Choice: Twilight Forever After

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In this very special episode of Pass the Golden Popcorn, Kenny and Ben decide to do what the MTV Movie Awards wasn’t brave enough to do and judge the kiss quality of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2. And because they can’t just do one episode about one movie, they each picked two movies/TV shows to compete against Twilight. Shrek Forever After, Witness, Helluva Boss Episode 6, and Across the Universe are also on the table here and the competition is fierce. As Kenny and Ben try to pick a winner, they also discuss an epic end credits sequence, animated kisses, Trolls World Tour, romantic scenes without kisses, Tumblr, the podcast’s general lack of horniness, The Beatles, and more. You won’t want to miss this one!

November 4, 2021November 11, 2021Leave a Comment

Best Kiss 2012: He Imprinted on a Baby

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Best Kiss 2012: He Imprinted on a Baby

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Kenny and Ben get extra goofy this week as they take on a year frontloaded with YA Adaptations led by The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, the last Twilight film to get nominated for Best Kiss. Why did they stop nominating Twilight with one movie left to go and was this kiss better than Crazy, Stupid, Love, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, The Hunger Games and The Vow? Kenny and Ben look for answers to both these questions while also discussing the Dirty Dancing lift, adaption choices, the plots of the other two Hunger Games books, the fate of the real couple The Vow was based on and much more. Plus stay tuned to the end for a big announcement about the next episode.

October 28, 2021November 11, 2021Leave a Comment

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