Fake Money- Fake Advice
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LISTEN HERE! This week, we double-check Damon’s budgeting math, and envy deeply the tenured Columbia professor in the 1950’s we all wish that we were.Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! We’d give you a spoiler warning, buuuuut… let’s be real, no one’s watching John Wick movies for the plot. You’re watching it for the bonkers money system! OBVIOUSLY.Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! Poor Santos L. Halper, living in a pre-internet age. It’s going to take him a really long time to figure out how badly Bart has ruined his life.Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! No spoilers! Except for when Liz makes wild, outlandish guesses about what Baby Yoda’s deal is. (She’s since seen the show all the way through.)Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! Well, here’s what happens when cold and flu season hits your co-host and editor. Here’s a Merry Holidays episode to keep you in the holiday spirit even now in the dead grossness of winter. Today, we talk about bank runs, dumb uncles, and growing a small business! On a more serious note, this time of year can be very hard for many peopl…
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LISTEN HERE! Yes, that’s right, part three. Today we discuss: Unemployment. It’s like magnets: no one knows how it really works.Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! Today we dig deep into video rental stores and daytime television actor salaries to answer that age-old question: How much was the Rose family actually worth, anyway?Door Make-Believe Money
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WE’RE BACK, BAYBEE! That’s right, friends! Make-Believe Money has returned, although now on a new, baby-tolerant bi-weekly schedule. (Bi-weekly here meaning, “once every two weeks,” not that other meaning of bi-weekly. Honestly, it’s really dumb that that word means both of those things…) SO! To welcome us back, we begin by dissecting Dan’s paterni…
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LISTEN HERE! Oh, HELLO, friends! We’re still on hiatus, but not for much longer! To tide you over, and to whet your appetite for more nonsense from us fools, here’s a quick lil mailbag, where we answer all your drinking game-related questions! Thanks for writing in, friends! If you have a question you’d like answered, shoot us a line at makebelieve…
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LISTEN HERE! Hey Friends! We’re on a bit of a late-summer break, as you maybe have noticed, but we’ll be back! In the meantime, please enjoy us getting REAL sad about the cost of college in America. Subscribe in your podcatcher of choice to keep updated on when we’re back in action, and expect some fun nonsense coming through your feed soon!…
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LISTEN HERE! Recording issue days are behind us, folks! Here, new and improved, is our podcast! Today, we discuss the money in the banana stand.Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! Because of a technical SNAFU, we three wise guys are bringing you a fun rebroadcast: a Christmas Movie in July! Enjoy this cool-weather throwback in these hot times (assuming you’re in the northern hemisphere, of course. Shout out to our southern hemisphere wintertime buddies!)Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! You’re on the wrong side of the podcast! Listen to this weeks episode where Damon faithfully recounts the events of 1999’s The Mummy. Also Dan and Liz talk about money.Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! I mean… It’s one banana, Michael. How much could it cost? Ten dollars?Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! This is not the show with Mandy Moore and the killer crock pot. It IS the show with some bad ideas about credit cards and teens. P.S. Liz couldn’t figure out what that John Ritter movie was, but she knows she’s seen it at some point in her life.Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! Everyone has a Bane impression. No one, not even Tom Hardy, has a GOOD Bane impression.Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! Why so serious? Because it’s a CRIME. Duh.Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! Any day now, the Quaid-aissance is gonna happen. Mark our words! Today we talk about the many crimes of Clark Griswald, if we can remember his name.Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! Today, we talk about what the heck Eminent Domain is, but mostly we use it as an excuse to discuss a very delightful John Goodman film.Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! Today, in part Two of our Tom Cruise Double Feature, we learn that sometimes, when it comes to water damage in your dad’s fancy car, you just gotta say, “KIT.”Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! Welcome to another episode where Liz asks Dan to research something that could well put him on some kind of watch list. How much is a CIA agent’s undercover identity worth? Dan tells us from jail! (JK, please don’t arrest us!)Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! Do you remember that Heath Ledger movie we were all super crazy about when it came out, that’s now on TBS somewhere at all times? There’s not actually a lot of plot to that movie, come to think of it, but there IS a lot of money. How much would a medieval professional athlete make, we ponder?…
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LISTEN HERE! We talk energy this episode! And also bad movie math! And also, the exact moment Damon’s childhood died!Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! Today we discuss just how dang big the Pentagon is, how much energy Liz and Damon’s apartment uses versus how much a Stargate might need, and how far into space you could get with a Jeep that powers a Stargate.Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! Remember back in the day, when a cultural TV moment was on network TV, and we all watched it, and theorized about what could be happening, and read recaps in actual magazines to try and figure out the ending? To a show with absolutely no dragons involved? Yeah, we talk about Lost. But not about the Smoke Monster (TM), just about how di…
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LISTEN HERE! Spoilers ahoy! We aren’t precious with the spoilers this time, friends. We talk about everything that’s happened on the TV show, so if you’re trying to preserve your first viewing for some beautiful future day when all the books are done… well… first, don’t hold your breath. But more specifically, today we talk Littlefinger, and whethe…
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LISTEN HERE! Have you ever wondered just how much money a “personal wipe fortune” might amount to? Or maybe how much money Pierce Hawthorne must have had to go through community college for literally all of his twilight years? Well. It’s a lot. It’s a lot of money. More details inside! Thanks so much to this week’s special guest, our good buddy Pat…
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LISTEN HERE! Look, there’s like a THOUSAND leisurely-beachy-criminals-solving-crimes dramas from like TBS and TNT and whatever. So it makes perfect sense that Liz would know exactly none of them.Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! We’ve got opinions, folks! We discuss how a horror movie should be, how people should store their precious art, and how nobody seems to know how taxes work. Woo!Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! Yeah, there’s no way that kid’s gonna wanna grow up for real.Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! Another foray in the world of literature, this time we talk magical college, how to pronounce words you’ve only ever seen written, and a deep dive into what a higher education will one day mean for our children’s generation. Light and breezy!Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! Welcome to another episode of, “That’s Not How Insurance Works!” SPOILERS AHEAD! But now this movie’s on Netflix, so go give it a watch!Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! Man, those kids are trying way too hard to escape adults who are definitely not looking for them.Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE Damon was too close to the mic, and Dr. Suess came up with the word, “nerd,” so, Liz is always right.Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! Man, comedies pre-9/11 were so simple, no complicated emotional journeys, just murder, nazis, betting on human lives, squirrel farms, poop emergencies, and Cuba Gooding Jr.Door Make-Believe Money
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MOUTHFEEL! Back by popular demand, our darling Bob Belcher and his quirky family! This time, can they even afford to be selling their special burgers so cheaply? Honestly, $5.95 is not that much for a very fancy burger, Bob. You need to value yourself and your hard work. What would Danny DeVito say?Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! Today we talk travel expenses, dysentery, and careful avoidance of slander lawsuits!Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! Hello and welcome to 2019, friends! Today we talk about why Netflix won’t just let us keep watching a show without shaming us for bingeing, whether or not Dan would survive a game of Jumanji, and, more to the point, whether or not Jacqueline can survive with a meager $12M, post-divorce.Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! Merry Holidays, y’all! This year, we’re giving you the gift of the three of us realizing that sometimes 80’s comedies just don’t really hold up 30+ years later. But we did it! We finally did the episode that Damon had been pining for the entire time we’ve been doing this show. You’re welcome?…
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LISTEN HERE! This week, we talk about the reason for the season- buying the hot kid’s toy and selling it at an incredible markup. Thanks, Dwight!Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! Matilda must be stopped AT ALL COSTS!Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! How much would YOU pay for magic hairspray?Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! If you’ve never watched this movie, you have Dan to thank.Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! Listen as Dan experiences the time crime of a mid-season break and an Olympics Special Episode! Also, we talk about unions.Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! Linda’s got big dreams, and an even bigger shoe! …do you remember the dial-up noise?Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! What’s that? Dr. Evil doesn’t understand the value of a gigantic, international terrorcrime? Well, groovy, baby!Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! Get ready for a spoooooOOOOooooOOOoooky time, where we talk about whether or not your landlord/real estate agent/whatever has to tell you if your house is haunted. Sleep well! credit where credit is due, The Amityville Horror theme was written by Lalo Schifrin, and the Halloween theme song was written by John Carpenter. All copyright r…
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LISTEN HERE! Happy One Year of Make Believe Money, listeners! As a gift to you, we only talk about stool softeners just the TINIEST bit this episode. Thanks for listening!Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! It’s hard to have a reasonable discussion about supply and demand when Arnold accidentally rallies the kids to overturn your ice cream truck. But in fairness, nobody’s paying $15 for rum raisin, Jolly Olly Man.Door Make-Believe Money
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LISTEN HERE! NEEEEEWWWWMAAAAAAAAAAAANNNN!!!Door Make-Believe Money
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