Mike D’s Show Prediction & Most Anticipated Movies of 2026

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Bobby Bones Show

Episode: Mike D’s Show Prediction & Most Anticipated Movies of 2026
Date: May 2, 2026
Host: Morgan (with Mike D as guest)
Producer: Premiere Networks

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Episode Overview

This episode of "The Bobby Bones Show" is centered around listener Q&A with Mike D, featuring an in-depth, light-hearted discussion about pop culture, upcoming movies (mainly Marvel and Star Wars), movie nostalgia, predictions about the future of the show, wedding stories, travel aspirations, and personal reflections. The conversation is accessible, candid, and tinged with humor and nostalgia, making it especially fun for pop culture enthusiasts and longtime listeners.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Listener Shoutouts and Emo Nostalgia

[02:24 - 03:38]

• Listeners appreciate Mike D's humor and "emo guy" persona.
• Mike D reflects on being emo before it was trendy:
  • "I was like emo when it wasn't cool. ... I remember getting made fun of for wearing all black and people making fun of the bands I listen to. And then when they got a little bit more popular, it became a little bit more of the norm." (Mike D, 02:42)
• Morgan confesses to a brief "poser" emo phase, which she says clashed with her love of Lisa Frank.

Notable Moment:

• The two joke about creating a “Tell Me Something Emo” segment to share sad songs [03:36].

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2. Most Anticipated Movies of 2026

[03:44 - 11:42]

Marvel Mania

• Doomsday vs. Dune 3:
  • Both Mike D and Morgan choose Doomsday (the next Avengers film) over Dune 3.
  • Mike: “Dune...I haven't been able to get into the story. ... It's basically people fighting over sand and power.” (Mike D, 04:22)
• Mike is excited for the epic scope and returning cast in Doomsday, comparing it to the excitement for Endgame.
• Morgan discusses how catching up with Marvel (especially Avengers films and Shang-Chi) is her comfort zone.
• Both hosts express hope that Doomsday won’t devolve into a cameo-fest, wishing for more cohesive storytelling like in Endgame.

X-Men, Venom, and Cameos

• Excitement for integrating X-Men and Venom into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
• Mike D looks forward to seeing Cyclops and James Marsden return.
• Concerns over too many cameos, referring to what happened in Deadpool & Wolverine.

Other Movie Anticipations

• Mike D’s #1 for 2026: Spider-Man 4 (Tom Holland’s fourth film—“nobody ever got a four” except Tom Holland, he notes, [10:05]).
• Morgan’s personal highlight is Mandalorian & Grogu, plus Devil Wears Prada 2.
• Mike D credits Disney’s “legacy sequels” with often maintaining the tone of the original films. “At least they're bringing all the originals back, so it's not like they're recasting people.” (Mike D, 11:52)

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3. Decade-by-Decade: Mike D’s Favorite Movies

[12:41 - 14:14] Prompted by a listener question, Mike D runs through his favorite films by decade:

• 1970s: Star Wars: A New Hope
• 1980s: La Bamba
• 1990s: A Goofy Movie (notable runner-up: Twister—“a goofy movie is more a part of my being,” 13:42)
• 2000s: No Country for Old Men (2007)
• 2010s: Avengers: Infinity War
• 2020s: Godzilla Minus One (with Project Hail Mary as a close contender)

Morgan suggests a “top ten of all time” segment for Mike in a future episode.

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4. Personal Q&A with Mike D

[18:11 - 29:53]

The Pandemic Wedding Story

• Married in Texas at a venue they hadn’t seen in person ([18:14]).
• The pandemic reduced pressure for a “perfect” wedding; they just wanted to have fun with fewer guests.
• Regrets mainly extend to not inviting more extended family, but circumstances limited them.
  • “If I invite one person, there’s like 16 people attached to that one person...” (Mike D, 20:07)

Is the Show Still Around in 5 Years?

• Mike D is optimistic but acknowledges the challenge of evolving with technology:
  • “It’s hard to say that anything will be around in five years with the way technology just changes so often... but it hasn’t [gone away].” (Mike D, 21:28)

Travel Plans

• The original plan: visit Banff or Vancouver, but time/cost led them to choose a longer New York City stay instead ([24:14]).
• Broadway shows and baseball games are priorities, especially Harry Potter and the Cursed Child starring Tom Felton ([25:16]).
• New York is praised for its food variety—especially important due to dietary restrictions.

Meeting a Dream Actor

• Dead: Chris Farley—“As a kid, probably made me laugh the hardest and was gone way too soon.” (Mike D, 26:16)
• Alive: Mike hints at potential for a dream interview with an actor from a favorite franchise. Also mentions stars like Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, and Robert Pattinson as people he’d be starstruck by due to their mystique and minimal social media presence ([27:25]).
• He discusses how the prevalence of celebrities on social media changes the fan-celebrity dynamic, making them feel “less like unicorns” and sometimes hurting movie performance:
  • “If you see people online so much…that’s where you go to see that person…why am I gonna go pay to see them in theaters for something I’m not that excited about?” (Mike D, 28:54)
• Discussion about how actors like Sydney Sweeney are overexposed and how that impacts movie box office results.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Tell me something emo.” (Morgan, 03:43)
• “I always do a big Avengers rewatch before a new Avengers movie.” (Mike D, 06:04)
• “I think something I struggle with right now is it feels like everything from my childhood is going away.” (Mike D, 21:28)
• “If you see people online so much…and you get them all the time for free…why am I gonna go pay to see them in theaters…” (Mike D, 28:54)

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Important Timestamps

• Emo Discussion & Segment Idea: [02:31 - 03:38]
• Marvel vs. Dune Anticipation: [03:44 - 05:10]
• Doomsday/Avengers Movie Hype: [05:11 - 07:56]
• X-Men & Marvel Universe Expansion: [07:42 - 09:08]
• Movie Anticipations in 2026: [09:43 - 11:42]
• Favorite Movie by Decade: [12:41 - 14:14]
• Pandemic Wedding Story: [18:11 - 20:41]
• Show Prediction for 5 Years: [21:13 - 22:37]
• Travel Plans for 2026: [22:37 - 25:56]
• Dream Actor to Meet: [26:16 - 28:23]
• Celebrity Mystique & Movie Star Power: [27:25 - 30:27]

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Overall Tone & Takeaways

This episode is both deeply nostalgic and forward-looking. Morgan and Mike D blend fan excitement, comedy, and genuine personal stories. Their conversation about movies reflects both expertise and relatable fandom, while the personal questions deliver honest snapshots into their lives, ambitions, and the realities of adapting in the digital era—both as media creators and as fans. There’s a persistent theme of adaptation—to technology, to growing up, to pop culture changes—and a palpable excitement for upcoming stories and experiences.

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Transcript

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[Mike D]

Morgan and a show member answer almost all your questions.

[Morgan]

We've got listener questions and Mike D answers and I'll answer one or two.

[Mike D]

Perfect. I always need help with questions.

[Morgan]

Yes, we got some shout outs to start. I love hearing Mike's laugh during the show. That's from Amy. Not to be confused with our own Amy. Different Amy.

[Mike D]

I was like oh thanks Amy.

[Morgan]

Love it when it's Mike D's week is from Max in Massachusetts and I appreciate Mike is the emo guy on the show. We should have an emo segment oh, yeah.

[Mike D]

I was like emo when it wasn't cool. I feel like a lot of the people who now are like, oh, emo music was so good. They were making fun of me in high school. I was like, I don't remember it being cool. Like, I was. I remember getting made fun of for wearing all black and people making fun of the bands I listen to. And then when they got a little bit more popular, it became a little bit more of the norm.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Mike D]

But now I feel like some people claim an emo. You were making fun of me in high school. Now that it's cool again.

[Morgan]

Yeah. That's mean. I was for sure a poser at one point, but I did not make fun of people for being emo. But I was a poser. I had a little emo era, but it lasted, I think, maybe two weeks. Mostly. If you listen to part one, you heard I loved Lisa Frank, so they kind of directly canceled each other out. But, yeah, I do think we need an emo segment. It'd be fun.

[Mike D]

Be a very depressing segment.

[Morgan]

Maybe in part two.

[Mike D]

Here are the songs that make me the saddest.

[Morgan]

You should do it in personal. Good news. So it's like always the. Tell me something stuck.

[Mike D]

Tell me something emo.

[Morgan]

Yes. Where do you guys fall? Dune or doomsday on December 18th, I'm

[Mike D]

going doom all hundred percent. I cannot see Dune 3 and be fine.

[Morgan]

Yeah, I'm the same way.

[Mike D]

Like Dune. Like, I know it's great. People who love it, really love it. But I just haven't been able to get into the story. And I kind of feel like I watch those movies and I need to be taking notes.

[Announcer]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

It's. It's so much more on the, like, cinematography side, which I love, visually.

[Mike D]

Looks great.

[Morgan]

Yeah. Like, I love watching it.

[Mike D]

Like, watching it in IMAX is an experience.

[Morgan]

Yeah. But I could go my whole life with not knowing what happened and I would be fine.

[Mike D]

Yeah. And they're very long. A lot of characters, a lot to keep up with. It's basically people fighting over sand and power.

[Morgan]

Yeah. And the sand creatures, whatever snake.

[Mike D]

I mean, at the snail. Like, that's worm. Sand. Worm.

[Morgan]

Sandworm. That's about all I know, honestly. I've watched both movies and all I know is there's San Timothy, Chalamet and worms.

[Mike D]

Yeah. There's a good family and a bad family. And the bad family wants to fight the good family. Yes.

[Morgan]

And one of those families has really pretty eyes.

[Mike D]

Yeah, that's about all. Their eyes turn blue. They breathe from the sand. Yeah, all those things.

[Morgan]

You have more details than I do, but that's, like, all that sticks to my head. So definitely Doomsday. I'm excited.

[Mike D]

I'm really excited.

[Morgan]

I get to finally, like. And I had mentioned that on the show, I was excited about Endgame coming back because I do get experience with people going to see In Game again, since I didn't get to be in theaters for that. But Doomsday will be my first one where I feel like it's going to be comparable to Endgame.

[Mike D]

Yeah, I got excited again at the thought. Like, I. They haven't put the trailer out, at least as of now, as we're recording this, but they showed it at Cinemacon, and just people describe what was happening. And then hearing, like, all the characters that are coming back, I got excited just knowing that the people from the original Avengers movies are still going to be a part of this. It just feels like. Like, how. Like, how are we. How are we getting this? Like, it just feels unreal.

[Morgan]

I know. I watched somebody break down a schedule of all the things you should watch to prepare. I was like, well, good thing I've been keeping up with a lot of it, because I would not be watching all of that. I would just be like, it is what it is.

[Mike D]

I mean, I always. I always do a big Avengers rewatch before a new Avengers movie. It's not that hard to do. It's a few out. I mean, each one's, like, probably two and a half to three hours on the last ones. Like, 3. 15.

[Morgan]

Okay, so which ones are you watched? Gonna watch to prepare for this one?

[Mike D]

I'm only gonna watch the Avengers ones just because I feel like it's a part of that. All the other things I'm good with, I've rewatched everything enough, but I just feel like I like to be in that state of mind of, like, here's how they all kind of lead up to each other. And then I like to compare them all.

[Morgan]

Yeah, that's a good point. I like that strategy a lot better than the other guys. It was like, six months out. You had to start, like, yeah, that's a lot. I was like, nobody needs to watch all of this.

[Mike D]

I did rewatch Shang Chi recently because I don't think I'd seen that since I saw it in theaters.

[Morgan]

I love that one.

[Mike D]

And I feel like he's going to be a part of Doomsday in a pretty big way. So I was like, that's the one. Like, I kind of don't remember exactly what happened in that one.

[Morgan]

I watched that one a few. Well, a lot of the Marvel movies are like my emotional support background noise. Those are what I put on when I'm doing stuff and I just watch something on tv and how did you pronounce it? Shang. I pronounced Shang chi, but I. I

[Mike D]

say Shangchi, but it could be Shangchi, I don't know.

[Morgan]

So that's why I assume I'm always wrong when it comes to pronunciation. And that was. I actually really like that one of the new ones. I enjoyed it probably because I liked all the creatures.

[Mike D]

Yeah, you should have got a sequel.

[Morgan]

I know. He was good and I loved him. Like, I thought he was a really good actor. So I do hope he is a big way. But I'm excited. I'm just excited to. I'm fully like full Marvel fan. I've watched everything. I have consumed everything that somebody can consume in Marvel and now I finally get to be a part of.

[Mike D]

Did you ever watch the original X Men movies are not a part of the mcu, but now technically are going to be?

[Morgan]

Yes. Yeah. I went back and watched them after they made an appearance in the Wanda movie.

[Mike D]

Oh, yeah, WandaVision.

[Morgan]

So I had watched it before. Somebody had said you should, and I was like, well, I'll go back and watch them. I had seen like some of the old Fantastic Four and some of the like, bigger X Men movies, but I'd never really watched them in their full capacity. So I watched them all and they were good. I liked them. But I mean, they're not my favorite, if I'm being honest.

[Mike D]

I think that's why I'm excited now because those were like, that's what really got me into superhero movies as a kid. Like that and Spider man in the 2000s were like the superhero movies. And then Cyclops was one of my favorite superheroes that we haven't really seen a whole lot in. And now I feel like he's really under undervalued. So I can't wait to see James Marsden come back.

[Morgan]

Yeah, that's going to be crazy. And they're involving Venom, I believe, because that's a lot on. On a lot of people's watch lists, which I'm like, how are you guys going to connect all of these pieces? Because there's a lot of pieces now. It's kind of like. And I guess that's the whole purpose of like a multi universe thing is where they're all just going to. But the only thing I don't hope is I Hope it has. I hope it has a lot of cohesion instead of it just being like constant cameos of different variations. You know what I mean?

[Mike D]

Yeah. I feel like. Well, from what I know with the comics, they kind of all break into teams by the time they get to Secret wars, which is what they're building into. So you kind of have like your X Men team going. You have these other teams that feel like are a part of their own storyline. So hopefully that's kind of how the story. I mean, kind of like it was an end game. You have like these individual things going on back and forth instead of just like, here's Cyclops for two minutes and then he goes away again, which I think we kind of got in Deadpool and Wolverine, where we just kind of cameo fest.

[Morgan]

Exactly. And that's what I don't want to happen. But I'm also. Because I want Adventures in Game moment. So that's my.

[Mike D]

Yeah, that's.

[Morgan]

I'm probably asking for a lot. Speaking of, Leah in Pennsylvania wanted to know which Marvel movie we're both so pumped for this year. I mean, Doomsday for sure.

[Mike D]

Mine is Spider Man. Like, I can't wait for Spider Man.

[Morgan]

When does that one come out?

[Mike D]

In July.

[Morgan]

And that's the. Is that the fourth installment for him?

[Mike D]

Fourth Tom Holland movie? Yeah.

[Morgan]

He's got more than all the rest of the Spider Man.

[Mike D]

Yeah. Nobody ever got a four.

[Announcer]

No.

[Mike D]

Tobey Maguire was supposed to get a four. It never happened.

[Morgan]

Yeah. So they must really love Tom Holland.

[Mike D]

And then I feel like it's going to connect between the current season of Daredevil, Born again.

[Morgan]

Have you been watching Daredevil?

[Mike D]

Yeah, it's great.

[Morgan]

So good, right?

[Mike D]

Because the Punisher is going to be in it. They haven't said fully, but I feel like Daredevil is going to be in it because it's going very street level crime, New York City. And I just think having that element in Spider man again is going to be good. Not in space anymore.

[Morgan]

Aren't they having a Punisher movie too this year?

[Mike D]

It is like a special. So it's like a one hour Punisher special that kind of leads into Spider man, so probably explains why he's gonna be in it.

[Morgan]

Okay. Yeah, we got a lot happening this year.

[Mike D]

Yeah. Good stuff. A lot of good stuff.

[Morgan]

So Spider Man's your first Doomsday?

[Mike D]

That would be my second. Yeah.

[Morgan]

All right. That's fair. I will say the thing that rivals Doomsday for me is Mandalorian and Grogu, which I'm very excited to come out.

[Mike D]

I'm getting a little bit more excited for that now.

[Morgan]

Are you?

[Mike D]

Yeah. Just because I started watching the mall animated show on Disney.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Mike D]

And I'm like, kind of getting back into Star Wars a little bit.

[Morgan]

So you're feeling it. You're like, maybe. Yeah. It comes down a few weeks soon. So those are my two. Like that. I'm heavy hitters. That and Devil Wears Prada, too.

[Mike D]

Oh, yeah.

[Morgan]

There's a ringer in there.

[Mike D]

Rewatched the first one. I was like, oh, yeah, that is good to be good.

[Morgan]

It's so. It's gonna be so. It better be, because that was such a good show. So those are my three, like, big ones.

[Mike D]

I feel like when it comes to those legacy sequels, Disney does a pretty good job. Like Freaky or Friday I thought was good.

[Morgan]

Yeah. I agree. They've done well. At least they don't, like, completely go a different direction. They keep with whatever the theme was of the original movie so far.

[Mike D]

And at least they're like, they're bringing all the originals back, so it's not like they're recasting people. You have.

[Morgan]

That's when it gets dicey.

[Mike D]

Stanley 2G. Everybody's back.

[Morgan]

Yes.

[Mike D]

Except for that. Her boyfriend in the movie.

[Morgan]

Yeah. Which I. The end of the movie. This isn't a spoiler because it came out so many years ago now.

[Mike D]

20 years ago.

[Morgan]

But they aren't together at the end of the movie.

[Mike D]

Yeah, like, why. Why would he. Like, if you shouldn't. If you were making a movie about your life, you wouldn't include somebody you. 20 years ago in the movie.

[Morgan]

Like, yeah, like, he should not be in it. Everybody knows that they don't end up together based on the first movie.

[Mike D]

It would make less sense if he wasn't.

[Morgan]

Yeah, exactly. But he is a big actor, so maybe that's why everybody was mad. Everybody loves him, but I don't know. All right, I have one more movie question before we take a quick break. Favorite movie from each decade starting in the seventies. That's from Casey.

[Mike D]

Seventies would be Star Wars. A New Hope. Eighties would.

[Morgan]

I love how you just have these on deck, too? I did not tell them.

[Mike D]

I'm gonna go with La Bamba, which was probably the movie from the 80s. I've seen the most. 90s. I'm gonna go a goofy movie. 2000s. I'm gonna go 2007. No country for Old Men. We going all the way till now.

[Morgan]

Yeah, all the way till now.

[Mike D]

2010s. 2010s is Tough, because there's some really good stuff in 2019.

[Morgan]

Your history knowledge. Movies is wild.

[Mike D]

I'm going to go with Avengers Infinity war from the 2010s. And then 2020. So far, I will go. There's been some good stuff. I'm going to go Godzilla minus one.

[Morgan]

Okay. There's two notable ones that you left out in my brain.

[Mike D]

Yeah, it's hard.

[Morgan]

Twister.

[Mike D]

Yeah. 90s.

[Morgan]

That's one of your favorite movies.

[Mike D]

That's probably number two in my favorite 90s movies. Just because I feel like even though I've seen it more than I've seen a goofy movie, like, a goofy movie is more a part of my being.

[Morgan]

Okay, all right. And then Project Hail Mary for current.

[Mike D]

Yeah, I still think I like Godzilla minus one more than Project Hail Mary. But I mean, Project Hail Mary, both of those movies are, like, in my top at least 25 of all time.

[Morgan]

Oh, okay.

[Mike D]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Okay. Next time you come on in part one, I think we need to do your top, like, of all time movies.

[Mike D]

Okay.

[Morgan]

Maybe not 25, because you can do that for your podcast, but, like, we could do like a top 10. So prepare for that, because I know I never prepare you for the movie questions and you're, like, just pulling from the dome. So.

[Mike D]

Yeah, when it comes to years, like, I'm pretty good at, like, the decades I can get. I try to get really good on, like, what years, like, for a lot of the major movies. I've kind of memorized those at this point, so I. That's, like, kind of what I have a little bit of pride in, especially when it comes to, like, Oscar season. Like, I remember all those best pictures of what it was up against. I think that's what I would like if I could really, like, sit down and study something. I would like to know every best picture nominated in what year.

[Morgan]

That's wild, though, Mike. I mean, that's some crazy history knowledge. I love it. Okay, we're gonna take a quick break. We'll be right back with some more questions.

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[Morgan]

Sophie would like to know, where did Mike D get married?

[Mike D]

I got married in Texas where my wife's family lives.

[Morgan]

Yeah. Yeah, it was really pretty.

[Mike D]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Yeah, that was a Cool spot. I think about the cactus.

[Mike D]

We never saw that venue before.

[Morgan]

All blind.

[Mike D]

Yeah. I think the thing with us is the time we got married was, like, right outside of the pandemic, like, the first time you could really go out, like, right when the vaccine came out. And there was kind of that window before that new strand. So a lot of the things we were doing were, like, contactless. Like, it was still, like, not doing anything in person. It was also we were planning a wedding in Texas while we were in Tennessee. So it was kind of just like, let's just find stuff that works. We also weren't. I think I love that time because we were so less focused on all the details. We just wanted to be able to have fun. That it kind of took away all the pressures of, like, everything being perfect. So we were like, here's this venue. We can get it. All right. We're good. We get people that we know to, like, help us with stuff, and, like, yeah, it's fine.

[Morgan]

Yeah, I love that. And your wife is super chill, so I imagine she was just letting it all happen.

[Mike D]

Yeah, we were just trying to figure it out. And, like, even it being able to happen was, like, a big thing of, like, I don't know, is it gonna get shut down? Is everybody gonna get sick? What's gonna happen?

[Morgan]

Just let it be what it's gonna be.

[Mike D]

So I think it would look a lot different if we got married now. Yeah, it'd probably feel a lot more pressure.

[Morgan]

Like, what you're dealing with different times, for sure. Yeah. There was a lot of people who have messaged me and been like, I got married during the pandemic. And honestly, it really worked out for me. Yeah.

[Mike D]

I think I kind of like the fact that, like, around the time we got marri. Very low pressure for all the little

[Morgan]

things when you didn't feel pressured to invite a bunch of people because you really couldn't be around a bunch of people.

[Mike D]

I mean. Yeah, that influenced a lot. I think that would be. My only regret is that I didn't invite a whole lot of my family, because there were some people that, like, I'm not the super closest with, but, like, if I got married now, probably would have invited him, but there was only so many people that we could invite. And then once we kind of both filled up, like, our side, I was like, I just can't. The problem, my family is, like, if I invite one person, there's, like, 16 people attached to that one person that you can't invite. Just this one person is like their whole family. Yeah. So that made it hard.

[Morgan]

Yeah. Well, and that makes sense why you had to do some exclusion or you would have had a 500 person wedding.

[Mike D]

Yeah. I mean, that's the thing with my family, like in my. Because I have my mom's side, I have my dad's side, but then I have like, a lot of family that's not really family. Like cousins that I grew up with that aren't really my cousins, but, like my dad and their dad are cousins, but I grew up with them being my cousins. So, like, there's these other little pockets of family that add up to like another 10, 15 people.

[Morgan]

All the things you would have had basically the entire city that you grew up in.

[Mike D]

Exactly.

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[Morgan]

And that adds up that amount of people between alcohol and food. Like, you'd be. You'd be over the limit of just having a normal wedding. So that would be crazy. Do you think the show will be around five years from now? That's from Natalie in Michigan.

[Mike D]

I will say yes. I think we are constantly having to adapt. It's hard to say that anything will be around in five years with the way technology just changes so often. But I feel like the hard thing about being in radio and podcasting is people have been saying, like, it's gonna go forever. Like, people have been saying that since I got into radio that it's been on the verge of going away and it hasn't. I think something I struggle with right now is it feels like everything from my childhood is like going away. Or it's like people have been saying forever, like movie theaters are going away or like the old way of, like, traditional me. Everything just feels like it's becoming less impactful. So I think that's something that every industry struggles with.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

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[Morgan]

Just as we have a lot more technology coming to fruition, it you either adapt and evolve or you don't. And there's a lot of things that don't adapt, evolved, and sometimes they can't. It just depends on what everything gets faced with when the time comes to that evolution. For sure. So I like it. Hot takes from Mike. Any fun trips planned this year? Alyssa in Illinois.

[Mike D]

We were just planning our summer trip, which we had a couple different options. We wanted to go to Canada.

[Morgan]

Love.

[Mike D]

And we were going to go to Banff because we've been wanting to go for a long time. And then we looked at, like, how long travel is. It is a. It is a task to get the Banff.

[Morgan]

Is it?

[Mike D]

And we try. Want to go to Bam we tried different places in Canada. Like we were going to go to Montreal. What's the other place in Canada? Not Toronto, over by like Seattle.

[Morgan]

Let me look.

[Mike D]

Why am I forgetting it now?

[Morgan]

Well, there's Glacier Mountain national park, which is right there. That's the, there's like a trek there. Vancouver.

[Mike D]

Vancouver. That's what it is. Yeah. We were gonna go to Vancouver because we wanted to kind of like we really liked a few years ago when we went to Lake Tahoe. And the only problem with that is we didn't fully love where we stayed. But we like the, the nature aspect of like being able to go on hikes, go out to a lake. We thought maybe going to Canada we could get those same vibes and try like a different place. But it's, it takes a long time to Canada.

[Morgan]

Does it? Like what is the flight to get to?

[Mike D]

The total, like travel day time. What we were looking at was like 12 hours.

[Morgan]

That's, that's a doozy.

[Mike D]

I was like, for that to go to Canada, I'd rather go like across the pond and go somewhere else, like overseas.

[Morgan]

Can you not go to like Calgary? That's a main city in Canada. That's by it.

[Mike D]

I just took forever to get there and it was more expensive. So we decided, you know what, let's just, let's just play the hit. So we're going to, we're going to go to New York again.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Mike D]

We're going to do like the longest amount of time we ever spent in New York because we always feel like we never get enough time there. And my wife has also gotten me into Broadway, so we're trying to pick what Broadway shows we want to go to. We love going to baseball games. I love going to collectible shops. It's also like we have to consider going to a place where we can find stuff that we can both eat. And it's so easy in New York City. There's stuff everywhere. And it's not, not only is it like vegan and gluten free, but it's like the best of the best.

[Morgan]

Yeah. New York has just all the options. Heck, there's all kinds of bake shops, different options of every single food that you could want.

[Mike D]

My wife has like a gluten free bakery that she loves there that's like, you can't even tell which sometimes I can tell a gluten free bread. I'm like, that tastes gluten free.

[Morgan]

Yeah. But then some, man, they found some great ways to make things gluten free. So it's impressive.

[Mike D]

But right now, the runner, I'd say the. In the first position of Broadway plays we want to go to is the Harry Potter Cursed Child.

[Morgan]

If you get to see. Gosh dang it.

[Mike D]

Tom Pelted. Yes. He is going to be there when we were there.

[Morgan]

Seriously, I will die. That would be so cool.

[Mike D]

That is what that is. Probably our number one pick if we can get tickets.

[Morgan]

You'll have to let me know how

[Mike D]

it is, because I've heard, like, the special effects and all, like, the set design is really cool.

[Morgan]

Yeah. And he renewed for another several months because he was loving it so much. I mean, he was out there every day, like, signing things. I don't know if he's still doing that now. He got really exhausted doing it. But for a long time, all that was in my feed was, like, him going out after the show and signing and meeting people. Yeah, that would be so cool. You have to go to that one.

[Mike D]

So that's what we want. Yeah, that's what we want to do. Just go see some plays, watch some baseball games, walk around. I just love walking around. Like, just being able to walk around. You get some coffee, and then you just kind of like, what do we want to go do? Do whatever.

[Morgan]

That's so fun. Okay. Exciting. And last but not least, if you could meet one actor, dead or alive, who would it be?

[Mike D]

Ooh, Dead or alive. I'm gonna go dead. I'm gonna go Chris Farley. Just because as a kid, probably made me laugh the hardest and was gone way too soon. And it would just be wild to be able to meet him. And he's just hilarious. You know, he's going through a lot, struggling a lot. I just feel like if I could bring somebody back from the dead to, like, star in a movie again, it would be Chris Farley.

[Morgan]

That's a really solid one. Anybody alive that compares to that for you?

[Mike D]

I was thinking of this. I won't say who, but there's a possibility we could interview somebody on the Bobbycast that I never really geek out towards anybody. And then I saw this person on a list, and I was like, I feel like I would act differently around them.

[Morgan]

Really.

[Mike D]

Where they're associated with one of my favorite franchises of all time. And I'm like, I wouldn't even put this person as one of my favorite actors. But I think because of his association with the things that I love, it was that first time I saw somebody, I'm like, man, I might act a fool.

[Morgan]

You're like, my nerd is Totally gonna come out here. That's cool. Well, that's exciting.

[Mike D]

But I think, I mean, obviously, like, the big ones, like Leo or, like, a Jennifer Lawrence, some of the people who I've been watching for, like, a really long time, and I love all their movies or even, like, Robert Pattinson. I feel like those type of people who don't really feel real, and they're also, like, not on social media a whole lot, where I don't even feel like I know much about them.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Mike D]

Because there's still, like, that mystique level to them. I feel like those are the only people that I would be, like, starstruck by.

[Morgan]

Yeah. That's a fair point. Because the social media aspect definitely makes you feel closer to the ones that have it. You feel like you know stuff about their life and the ones who don't, you're like, I don't know. You see him for the first time. It's like a unicorn.

[Mike D]

Because even, like, the rock. One of the most famous people. I don't feel like I would be that starstruck by him just because I see him online so much.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Mike D]

And I kind of, like, know what kind of person he is just from, like, those encounters and, like, being able to see so much of his life that it would be cool, but it wouldn't be like, wow, I met the. It wouldn't be like, this crazy thing.

[Morgan]

Yeah, that's a fair point. I've never thought about that, but it is totally true. And now that you say that, it's like, I definitely think about the people who don't have social media. Like, Sandra Bullock didn't have social media forever.

[Mike D]

She has millions of followers now.

[Morgan]

Yeah. And now she's, like, on. Because I'm sure they get pressured into getting an account to promote their stuff at this day and age, and she didn't. She has a new movie that's coming

[Mike D]

out, Practical Magic, too, with her and Nicole Kidman.

[Morgan]

Yeah. So I think it had to do with that. But she wasn't on Instagram forever. And she was one of those where I was like, don't know much about her.

[Mike D]

I mean. Yeah, that was the thing with movie stars. You wouldn't see them unless they were going to, like, an award show. You'd have to pay money to go see them. And then now it's like, oh, you got to have a social media following to even get cast in a movie. And then you got to do all these videos where you're promoting yourself. And then people just see so much of you. I Do think that has a little bit to do with why some movies flop? Because if you see people online so much and you just get. You're kind of accustomed to seeing that on your feedback. That's where you go to see that person. I feel like sometimes it's like, why am I gonna go pay to see them in theaters for something I'm not that excited about? I get them all the time for free.

[Morgan]

That's a good point. And it's like a lot of people form opinions over the person rather than just wanting to go see a cool new movie in a genre that you like. Like, I feel like one of those effects is Sydney Sweeney. She's all over social media. Everybody has a lot of opinions about her because of a lot of things that she's been involved with. And I'm sure that has some impact. She's still getting starred in things, but it influences how people perceive them.

[Mike D]

Yeah. It's like, she's super famous, but she could still put out a movie. And it bomb. Like, Christie didn't do that well at the box office.

[Morgan]

Mm.

[Mike D]

And I feel like it's. It's not just having a lot of followers or having star power. It's having that convert to like, do people still want to pay money to see you too?

[Morgan]

Yep. And it's all about perception because of how. And she could do none of those things. She'd be the nicest person ever. But because of a perceived digital imprint on her, that's what people think. And before that never used to be a thing. They were just movie stars.

[Mike D]

Yeah. You never saw them. You didn't know what they were doing.

[Morgan]

That's a good point. That's crazy. Making me think my brain. Using my brain. Well, Mike, thanks for being here and hanging out with me. And make sure you tell people where they can hear you find you.

[Mike D]

You can listen to my podcast movie Mike's Movie Podcast. Brand new episodes every single Monday. Or you can follow me, Mike Distro on everything.

[Morgan]

And you can follow the show obbyboneshow. And this is the end of best bits.

[Mike D]

Thank you. The end of everything.

[Morgan]

I was like, oh, no, it all ends right now.

[Mike D]

Don't hit that stop button.

[Morgan]

Bye, everybody.

[Mike D]

Bye. That's the best bits of the week with Morgan. Thanks for listening. Be sure to check out the other two parts this weekend.

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