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Hollywood Phonies

Ben Vernel, Adam Knox & Tommy Dassalo

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The podcast where the fake movies in real movies become real movies from fake moviemakers. Hosted by Australian screen legends and comedians Ben Vernel, Adam Knox & Tommy Dassalo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Switch may be in its twilight years, but there's still life in the old girl yet, and Nintendo put out a few sunset surprises at this week's Nintendo Direct. We're talking The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Mario & Luigi: Brothership, and even actual footage of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. Plus there's Dragon Quest III HD-2D, Donkey Kong Country…
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We're back for another live show from the Koh Samui International Podcast Festival! We've got HARLEY BREEN, DANIELLE WALKER, BRETT BLAKE and CAMERON JAMES (for a little bit). We've had a very wholesome day playing Soccer Golf, our Youtube mate has used his drone to capture some dodgy footage, Harley's had a massage, Brett's done karaoke, Karl's bee…
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The song of the summer is Filthy Casuals Episode 451: Summer Game Fest, Xbox Showcase by Tommy Dassalo, Ben Vernel and Adam Knox, so crank up the bluetooth speaker, dive into the pool and party as heartily as you can to the sound of a podcast playing for almost 2 hours. We're talking showcases this week, which means a ton of games like Doom: The Da…
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We are BACK in Koh Samui for the Koh Samui International Podcast Festival with CAMERON JAMES, BRETT BLAKE and DANIELLE WALKER! Danielle's spent way too long staring at a sea urchin, Cameron's already made a big purchase at a market, and New Brett has had a wonderful, wholesome time in Bangkok. Plus we're still trying to convince The Stay Resort tha…
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Well everyone, that brings us to the end of this year's Filthy Casuals Direct, thank you all for coming to our presentation today! Oh, and... one more thing: this week on Filthy Casuals we'll be talking about the Sony State of Play, the PSVR 2 PC adapter, The Exit 8 follow-up Platform 8, cute platformer Little Kitty Big City, folding puzzle game Pa…
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We're joined by ED KAVALEE and RAY O'LEARY this week! We go deep into the comedy history of Ray O'Leary including: where his name came from, where his suit came from, and the nightmarish meal that he used to eat every single day. Also, we're about to leave for Koh Samui so of course Ed wants to hear all about it, and we've got some prizes to give a…
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Paper thin? Our podcast description jokes are burning! We've got the Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door remaster this week, plus a more in depth review of Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, Adam's loved Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, Tommy's liked Isles of Sea and Sky, plus we talk Call of Duty on Game Pass, a possible new Astro Bot, George Miller's Mad Max…
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This week we're joined by Taskmaster's WIL ANDERSON and LLOYD LANGFORD! We go behind the scenes of the new series of Taskmaster and find out about the windowless room that the competitors are holed up in, who got booked first out of Lloyd and his partner, and how long it takes to flip a chair. There's also more Carl Barron conspiracy theories, we p…
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Braid, a game about time manipulation, has somehow manipulated time in the real world in order to make 16 years pass in the blink of an eye, leading to the release of Braid: Anniversary Edition. We talk about it, plusp Mother 3, Adam's thoughts on the earlier parts of Hellblade II that there's been time to play before recording, as well as news abo…
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We're back in Brisbane with DAVE ANTHONY, GARETH REYNOLDS, DAVE O'NEIL & HARLEY BREEN! Dave Anthony takes his title of 'surprise guest' a little too literally, we dissect Magic Round and some key moments in NRL history, Chandler's been called in to the principal's office and Dave O'Neil's been doing some digging into his ancestry and probably wishe…
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We rabbit on about Animal Well in a mammoth review this week, and you might think we're cuckoo for this but we also badger you with a little bit of news that we've ferreted out if you can bear it, as well as some Manor Lords early access that Ben's been wolfing down, and even more before we get crabby from all our yakking, clam up and end the episo…
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This week we're joined by TOM BALLARD and SAMI SHAH! Tom's been to Bali and is paying the price, Sami's got us all interested in the Ubud Writer's Festival, and Karl's just back from his meeting with The Stay Resort in Koh Samui. Plus we're speculating on the current address of an Australian comedy legend, planning a setlist for our band at the Koh…
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Please be aware that some animations of Tommy, Ben and Adam may not yet be completed as they discuss Hades 2's sudden Early Access Launch and bullet-time puzzle game Children of the Sun, as well as a whole bunch of news including the disappointing Xbox studio closures, the Switch Successor's first official announcement, and a whole lot more. Please…
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We’ve roped in two of Perth’s finest this week: ANDREW WOLFE and FRANKIE ROWSTHORN! Frankie’s performing in the Comedy Zone under the tutelage of a Friend of the Show, Wolfie’s been abusing audience members in Perth, Frankie’s dad has leapt to her defence in India on The Amazing Race, and of course, we get an update on Karl’s potential funds for a …
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Controversially sexy podcast hosts Tommy Dassalo, Ben Vernel and Adam Knox talk Stellar Blade this week, as well as Escape From Tarkov’s latest entirely unsexy controversy, future plans for Xboxes and Switches, and a whole lot more! Patreon - weekly bonus episodes and secret Filthy discord and FB group Bandcamp Premium Episodes YouTube - including …
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We've dragged ourselves out of bed after the Comedy Festival and we're joined by LUKE HEGGIE and MIKE GOLDSTEIN. We reflect on The Worst of Melbourne Comedy and the memoir that Karl got given as a gift, Tommy can't avoid seeing the Sperm Bank bit AGAIN, demand for the Abishek t-shirts is high, and Karl's found out a dark secret from Luke Heggie's p…
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If you like flowers, boy do we have the episode for you! If you surrealist kidnapping games, boy do we have the episode and citizen's arrest for you! If you like talking about both, then boy do we have the name for you! That name would be Tommy, Ben or Adam (your choice), because this is exactly what we're doing this week as we discuss Botany Manor…
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It's the final week of our run of live shows in Melbourne and we're joined by AARON CHEN, DAVE HUGHES and DANIELLE WALKER! Tommy's nose is all messed up, the Worst of Melbourne Comedy has come to a very fitting end, Chenny's been opening for an Ex Friend of the Show, Hughesy's been defiling the backstage area of Basement Comedy Club and Danielle's …
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Video games are once again being adapted into TV shows, and our thoughts are once again being adapted into podcasts as this week we talk about the brand new Fallout TV series, with minimal spoilers for just the first 3 episodes. We also talk about further exciting developments in The Year of Shadow, game server shutdowns, and a whole bunch more! Al…
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Our hot streak of idiotic live shows continues with GUY MONTGOMERY, NINA OYAMA and HARLEY BREEN! There's been more Worst of Melbourne Comedy, Tommy's been dared to heckle a Friend of the Show, Karl's tried and failed to get to Broken Hill, plus there's an update on the bush from last week. But honestly, who cares about any of that, because of cours…
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Pale Podcasters Go Blahblahblah this week as we discuss throwback platformer Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom, we've-got-The-Exit-8-at-home game Shinkansen 0, Japanese import Otogi Katsugeki Mameda no Bakeru: Oracle Saitarou no Sainan!! and a whole bunch more besides! Plus we pour one out for the demise of the Wii U and 3DS's online services. Rest In Peace, …
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We're back LIVE from the Basement Comedy Club with TOM GLEESON, MEL BUTTLE and CAMERON JAMES! The pressure is on as we discover some random punters have turned up to the gig, we recap the Worst of Melbourne Comedy, there's been security issues at the venue, and we have the latest instalment of Karl doing you-know-what in public. PLUS it's week two …
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Action is back(tion) and this week we've got the Stellar Blade demo and indie drill game Pepper Grinder to prove it. Plus we talk confusing April Fools jokes and Waffle House, more Playdate chat, the world's first ever rumour of an imminent Hollow Knight: Silksong release, and further thoughts on Tommy and Ben's time with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.…
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It's the first week of our annual month of live shows in Melbourne and we're joined by WIL ANDERSON, PETER HELLIAR and GEN FRICKER! It's Karl's birthday and Tommy's bankrupted himself with a surprise present for the occasion. Wil's turned up with some content after seeing a suspicious man in an alleyway, Pete's a little too keen for the podcast, an…
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Dragon's Dogma? Ladies and gentlemen, you will be thrilled to know that: I barely know her. This week we talk about what industry gossip has spilled its way out of GDC, Adam has Arisen to the challenge of playing Dragon's Dogmas II, Tommy's strapped on his wax wings and flown off to revisit Kid Icarus: Uprising, Ben's rolled around in Doronko Wanko…
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