Night of the Comet Movie Night (E352)
The year is 1983. Your evil stepmother is hosting a party to celebrate the arrival of an interstellar comet. The two of you get into a fistfight and you spend the night in the yard shed. In the morning, everyone you care about has been turned to red dust.
This is the inciting incident of “Night of the Comet,” a deep pocket Travis pull for our annual melted holiday movie night. There are ghoulish motorcycle cops, deep underground research labs, and loud diegetic music playing in nearly every scene. Jake and Travis make the case to Julian that this movie is good. Happy Holidays everyone!
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Comments (185)
No disrespect Jake, but the green comets were not the seeds of the Triffids. The Triffids were already all over the earth, being farmed for their oil. They were actually very dangerous carnivorous plants. No ones sure where the Triffids came from but they "suspect they were bioengineered in the Soviet Union and accidentally released into the wild." Then the light from the comets blinds everyone and the TRIFFIDS escape their enclosures and people become easy food for the TRIFFIDS. The real story is about how humans act when desperate. The Chrysalids is another great John Wyndham book. They're all pretty great.
This oatmeal creme pie erasure will not fucking stand you savages...
hope Julian spends more time doing whatever he's been doing and less crashing out on the episodes
Great episode, only note I have is that Chakotay is from Voyager, not enterprise, you uncultured swine.
I’m still shaking about this it’s so fucking ignorant. I thought the left was better than this
Given all the Julian-bashing in the comments, I went into this episode expecting a "Shut up, Julian" or maybe even a "Fuck you, Julian". I did not expect the take-downs of Julian being as epic as they are in this episode.
What is this Randy Quade erasure!?
Jake has the most long-winded takes of all time. But glad Julian is back 😀
Julian ruined this. Totally didn't get the 80s. This movie was amazing. I was 12 when this came out and loved it! As a long time listener, I don't think Julian has ever irritated me this much. Also this has made me love Jake and Travis even more!
Great episode. Please can you review The Liz Truss Show next...
Oh yes ! That's gotta be comedy gold !!
Everyone who commented something negative about Julian will face the firing squad after the Revolution. We will not compromise with class traitors such as these.
"Turns out you can get all the elements of ADHD just by being anxious and depressed." Julian if I ever write an autobiography can I use this as the title?
Its pretty funny, ive told my friends about this movie and no one was interested
So happy the gang is back!!! Missed Julian and Jake together so much, I’ve been going back to listen to old episodes to hear my boys together. Mildly sad, but I’m just being honest. Great episode! P.S. Liv Agar
On the Japan talk at the very beginning. The reason they didn’t get “big” like the US did is because it’s an island nation. They didn’t have massive amounts of room the US did. As far as not helping in a crisis. Not sure Julian’s case but I can say from my experience spraining my ankle there that they were extremely helpful. Got me to a hospital and taken care of and it cost me less then $20 US. Even as a non-citizen. If that happened to a Japanese person in the US they would have had a ten thousand dollar bill
It’s an oatmeal cream pie cookie, not an Oreo. JFC have any of you actually seen the movie? Also, Liv Agar…
With love and respect, can someone explain the Ghostbusters obsession to me? I remember watching it as a kid, liking it, then not thinking about it again until I started listening to this podcast lol what’s the deal with this movie
Special interest
Day of The Triffids: A novel, a '62 movie, an '80s BBC series and a later 2009 two-parter version and you've never heard of it? Worth a peek.
“Broads” is wild in 2025
Maybe I’m a Julian Feeld apologist, but y’all could stand to cool it.
reading the comments before listening to the episode had me prepared for a 15min tirade on genocide (which...honestly, is that unwarranted?).
Very curious why the pod hasn't covered Bugonia in the movie nights. It seems like the quintessential conspiracy film for the past 5 years.
They got flack for not actually going to the theater to watch another recent movie they covered (Eddington) so maybe that’s a contributing factor
Damn. After all the time Julian has taken off from the podcast recently, it's so inconsiderate of Travis to completely BURN him like that... I mean I hope Julian sought medical attention after that. There's a real workman's compensation claim waiting to happen there.
I mean this gently, because in general I love all your banter and because I agree with the podcast’s position on the genocide in Palestine and appreciate that you’re vocal about it, but in my view, it was an odd choice to include a lengthy anti-Israel rant in the opening of the yearly Christmas/holiday movie night episode. It was also disappointing that some of the rhetoric got so careless and heated that Jake had to interject and talk it down. He shouldn’t have to do that, and it’s disrespectful to him that he would be put in that position. It was a hard listen during those sections, and it is weird to me that all of that made it into the final episode.
Yeah Julian really seems like the last person to help Jake make sense of his Birthright trip. It was making me so uncomfortable.
a discord for patreon subs was the worst idea this pod ever had
Curious as to why you say that?
I'm glad all 3 boys are back. OG crew is cozy as fuck.
I am so sorry Julian was present to ruin this episode.
I’m sorry you woke up this morning, but tomorrow is a new day
Travis’ frustration was palpable. For your next movie night y’all should check out Spree (2020).
Jake , I have video of myself in the 90s PLAYING at the honey, I shrunk the kids Universal studios land. Maybe I'll try and send it somehow?
For the record, it closed in 2016. I remember my kids playing in it when they were little. They had never seen the movie, but they still enjoyed climbing around.
Night of the Comet is a formative movie of my childhood. Kelli Maroney was an early crush. Excited for this episode. But I need to ask, if Jake was the only American on the trip, how was his crush American?
Yeah I had the same question
My boy Julian is not well. It's not the unhinged takes, it's the inability to properly interpret the director's quotes and explanations behind the movie. I'd expect my 8th grade niece to understand better.
What is going on with Julian? I hope he’s OK. I know he’s going through some stuff, but I’m worried.
Julian- get some Faith of the Heart (watch actual Enterprise.) And maybe I'm in the minority, but I may have more parasocial love for Julian now than ever. My wfh besties.
We love Big J, don’t we folks?
To anyone using vibe check or Julian should check his vibe. Go self flagellate yourselves you fuckin dolts
Like I get that Julian is going through some weird second puberty, but he's becoming the creepy uncle you avoid at family parties.
Did Julian actually watch this movie prior to recording the episode?
I used to love this movie as a kid in the early 90s, so random you guys picked this one. Please do 'Society' for the next movie night it's the most qanon movie I've ever seen lol
It amazes me they haven’t done this already
I don’t miss Julian anymore
Same and the weird, parasocial smol-bean-ification of this 40+ year old man is getting old too. I pay money for premium podcast episodes, thats it - thats the nature of the dynamic here. I sympathize with someone going through difficult times, but the shtick is getting old and grating. I never thought I would be in the "this podcast would probably be better if Julian wasn't involved moving forward" camp, but after 5+ years of being a $5 Patron, I am there.
"keep going jake..."
Damn, why did they even release this episode? Awful vibes from Julian
For real! The podcast has moved on without him, maybe he’s bitter about the fact that it’s clearly better without him.
Poor Travis...
Deleted tik tok and truly the best thing I’ve done for my brain. Highly recommend. Brick too
Y'all seents Talk Radio?
LOVE Eric Bogosin
Jake, I have literally never felt more connected to someone in my life until you said “Can I actually go and be a bug in VR?” I feel so seen rn, bless
You gotta give up on 7 days to die ever getting better
I’m not gonna lie, I’m here for Jake’s stories about not getting any at camp
Sounds like Julian needs to take another break. Pretty creepy, antisemitic, and not very funny in this one
He was hilarious and insightful and entirely correct
Fans who throw shade on Julian can suck my dick.
this was the first comment that appeared when i clicked on the comments brother
I’m becoming convinced that absolutely nothing Jake has ever said should be cut from the episode has been cut.
I remember seeing this movie over the over air channel on the tv a few years back and it has driven me crazy for years not knowing the name. Once you mentioned the department store shootout I realized this was that mysterious movie
This episode carried me through an incredibly frustrating home repair project. Loved it. Blessings.
I think for everyone's well being, Julian needs some sort of vibe check before he records.
I love having the gang back together, but Julian's joke about getting teenage girls' numbers was just a yikes. It just really felt icky to me
Julian is the contrarian Stephen A Smith in all these movie eps
And not in a profound way either
as someone who is 5 years sober and has a diagnosed mental illness, this podcast is good and representation matters.
It’s Voyager, not Enterprise!!
And the actor that plays chacotay sucks ass. Enterprise has faith of the heart.
Bad news, Julian seems like he needs more time off. Good news, that means more Liv Agar.
Not got much on the LED lights thread, just relieved that nowadays we don't have those single wire Xmas lights where if one light blew then the whole lot went out and then we had to fuck about checking every bulb until we got to the blown one !
However,one of the other interesting Threads (!) here is about Rick Moranis of off the telly. His films include.. Honey,I ... the kids ( referenced here ) , Ghostbusters ( of course referenced here!) And there was Little Shop of Horrors about that large carnivorous plant. Was essentially a massive Venus fly trap crossed with a singing Triffid !! 😁
Listening to this episode felt like electing to overhear someone’s thanksgiving argument
I’d be interested in more info about the audio mix. It seems impossible that it got released that way. Maybe some sort of automated down mix from 5.1 bludgeoned it? Also - FYI that was not the Cyndi Lauper version of Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.
Professional audio tech here: a lot of audio issues on streaming mixes are caused by taking the L and R channels of the 5.1 mix and using them for the stereo mix, when the C channel was all dialogue originally. Having that dialogue only channel missing ruins your ability to hear it properly, when the original surround mix would have been fine.
Jakes needs to takes a second and see he is a good boy. No changing shiii.
I’m not usually one to call out Julian’s behaviour but I can’t let this one slide. It’s Star Trek: Voyager that has Chakotay. Enterprise is the Scott Bacula prequel. Please, please educate yourself on this matter before you speak about it again.
I realise that I am the Julian among my friends. Making concerning death threats and talking to my straight male friends about my bisexual hook ups and often having to acknowledge that alot of my opinions come from my specific mix of mental illness. Thank you Julian Representation matters
I went to the honey I shrunk the kids playground! It was pretty tight
This is one is my favorite movies from the 80s!!! I reference it all the time, then have to explain what I'm talking about because no one knows what the hell I'm talking about. I wanted to let you know that I feel seen.
I love when horror films go to a mall or department store. This, Gremlins, Elves, Dawn Of The Dead, Chopping Mall, all masterpieces.
There was a Honey I Shrunk the kids 4-D movie experience at one of the parks. 3-D screen as a tiny person with like snot from the dog spraying out of the arm rest and shaking seats
The first 30ish minutes of this episode is pure parasocial bliss. I am a frog in a pot, thank you for this treat
I really wanted to hear Julian tonight. 🥰Thank you!! I miss you when you're not on.
Check out Isopod if you're looking for another cool bug game! It's a momentum game where you're a rollie pollie who kills stuff and finds collectables.
!!!!! OH MY GOD. I’m gunna look up this game now because I have,,,,, many isopods as pets,, and this game sounds GREAT
Trump had a pretty wild gun walk going today at the army navy game for whatever it's worth
lol. Way too many listeners have made the jump from parasocial friendships with the hosts to parasocial feuds with them. Too funny
It's a combination of "I never talk to people in real life because I'm afraid of conflict" with "wrestling is totally real bro"
chicote is from deep space nine
I just opened the episode so I don't know why you said that, but he's from Voyager and appeared on Prodigy but has never been in on DS9.
You didnt know buffy the movie? Or Day of the triffids cos I had the TV tie in book. I am so old. I am dust. Leave me, save yourselves.
It really is about the dust you meet along the way.
Julian needs to talk to someone about the passive aggressive defensive posture he can't stop taking. I assume he thinks it's funny, but it makes him seem like a really insecure baby. I'm sad this is the path he's taking, because he's better than that.
Wha... Sorry but someone's podcast appearances can't give you a sufficient picture of ANYONE'S life or personality. Ease up on the parasociality.
GHOST DOG
I love that film!!!
I love the idea of a radio station pumping out tunes for a world with no listeners 🖤
Hah! They played this one at the Horror Movie Night l go to this time last year
Incandescent bulbs. The only way to go.
Man I went to Japan this year too, it’s like 2025 travel destination.
#JuliansMom
A great game about shrinking yourself down really small is in the "UFO 50" project. It's called "Mini and Max". It's like a 2d open world platformer that takes place in one tiny room, but you shrink yourself down and the game becomes huge. One cool thing about it is that you can grow tall again to fast travel.
Omg! I love the Japanese Toyota Taxi! 🥰
Julian has become the lefty type that says “I have no place saying anything because I’m a man and an oppressor but I’m going to take every opportunity to make sure everyone knows how every other man is disgusting.”
Who will over-pathologise the over-pathologisers!?
There is a 70s TV show of day of the Triffids that fucked up a LOT of kids in the past. Me included.
Me too. That show was terrifying. Remember John Wyndam’s other really freakish alien invasion sci fi? He also wrote The Midwich Cuckoos about this town that becomes enveloped in a mysterious bubble of sleep and then when it lifts all the women of childbearing age are pregnant. It becomes clear as the children mature super fast and become dangerous that it is an invasion but the mothers are protective of their offspring. Horrifying. He also wrote a book about a kid whose imaginary friend turns out to be an alien consciousness communicating with the kids mind. Very sinister.
What's a Triffid :)
Oh wow, I watched this when I was like 12, in the early 90s, my cousin who had a superior sense of humor thought it was the funniest thing she'd ever seen.
Love a December movie episode. It was hysterical. Everyone be nice.
Julian, you have fucking GOT to shut up, man. 😭
I’ve listened from the start and this is one of the few times Travis seems very close to losing his shit over Julian lol. Its all good, but no more coffee for Julian
Love Julian trying to Seinfeld it up “whats the deal with these jew names?”
The Day of the Triffids is an absolute classic. I remember watching the 1963 film as a child on tv and being scared shitless. The film is far from perfect but it’s worth a look just for the sinister looking triffids.
Ok back after min 5 already. Also into Japanese car culture. Check out the Datsun 510 https://www.supercars.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1971_Datsun_510TransAm1.jpg
I love the Toyota Taxi! Please, can I have one?
Holy shit! One of my favorites. I saw this in the theater. Between this and the Charlton Heston Omega Man beginning was my dream life as a kid
Jake you need to watch on YT technology connection’s annual search for the best LED light.
YES I knew someone else would have pointed this out. Let's get technology connections on the pod to rant about led Christmas lights.
This movie sounds awesome. However the first hour is almost unlistenable if you’re not already a fan and into the deep lore. Where can I watch the movie?
You don't have the Justwatch app? It's the best for "where can I watch". Anyway it's on tubi and mgm and a couple others with ads and even hoopla, the library app for some reason
Can Julian chill the fuck out a bit? Christ almighty
I assumed Day of the Triffids was in the same classic infamy realm as stuff like The Blob, The wicker man, invasion of the body snatchers, Children of the Corn etc, legit surprised to hear Julian and Travis be the ones to not have heard it before lol
54 minutes so a little editing was done 🥴
Jake wrote Wellington Paranormal?? lol
TRIFFIDS !!! 🫶 I remember the BBC series when I was really young. It might not have aged well ( unlike Threads, which is still just as bleak) and the said creatures may look almost comical now . Also the writer , John Wyndham, wrote The Midwich Cuckoos (recent TV series but film called Village of the Damned) and The Chrysalids which was a great book and apparently made into a film.
Julian the anti-imperialist > Julian the ultra-feminist
For anyone interested, Technology Connections on YouTube has done many many many videos about finding LED Christmas lights that aren't blinding and look like the classic incandescent from our past time line.
Hilarious that im 40ish minutes into this episode and they haven't even started talking about the movie.
You still had a ways to go before they did too.
Im glad we got some stranger things with where's Will?! What're we gonna do about Will! Also glad Julian is back but he should maybe stop doing threats over random ass shit. Hes a great antagonistic force against the frustrating shit in this world but that part of him can really dominate the podcast sometimes. Wanting evil world leaders to suck my dogs bootyhole? Great. But some random dude made a cheesy 80s movie with teen girls and compared it to Terminator's manliness or some shit? I think the director guy is OK to live as he pleases. Its a great energy sometimes when it's directed at things that ought to be resisted like fascist authoritarianism or whatever but this movie is not contributing to the suffering in the world as far as I can tell.
Julién Feld
Julian just move to Aus
As an Aussie, BYD utes, SUVs and trucks are the new meta
successful at the time…? as a girl of the time who had to listen to these opinions mansplained at me by older weird men always trying to get you to sit on their laps I don’t agree either.
Both the number of times and the manner in which Julian says “Toyota” in the first 5 minutes is making my brain vibrate.
Have you all ever seen Threads??????
I think that movie would deeply upset jake lol
Keep watching movies with Mary Woronov. I suggest, Eating Raoul, Chopping Mall, and Death Race 2000.
Chopping Mall fucking rules!
I know a Jake Rosenbaum, not Jewish.
Voyager, Julian, not Enterprise! Jeez!! 😂😂
Not going to lie, Julian was fucking intolerable this ep. Called Travis 'Mr Zog', rambled about Jake fucking a dog, did a bit about wanting to fuck Jewish women who listen, did a bit about wanting to fuck teenage girls who listen, I got to the whole buffy thing and had to stop listening. He wants to be Brace so fucking bad but just doesn't have the rizz for it.
He wants to be Brace Belden but he’s made himself into Jacques Gonsoulin 😔
I watched this maybe a 100 times growing up. I'm surprised no mention of the sitcom "Benson" that did a night of the comit episode.
Now that you’re discussing the movie (almost halfway, well done) I’m gonna pause bc I am realizing I should watch this one first!
Jake , Julian, Travis ! The OGs !! ❤️❤️❤️
love the pod, but that teenage girls joke was bad taste man, jheez
I went to the honey I shrunk the kids experience in Orlando, and it showed the movie in 3D and I shit my little spiderman briefs from excitement
Love Travis
Our first Action Boyz QAA overlap
Gabriel has been on!
paused after 5 minutes in to come here and post this: https://youtu.be/oy7BrKNmZAQ and you're not wrong about Christmas lights Jake welcome to the enshittification of our childhoods
Just watched it too, bless the YouTube algo
i hate it when T-money gets mad :(
god bless u three
Julian is a predator. In the worst way. That’s all I’ve got
Julian has always been the one with the absolute worst vibes
Voyager, not Enterprise Also, movie suggestion - Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone I remember seeing it in 3D when I was 7! I was obsessed.
That’s the loudest I think we’ve heard Travis so far 😅
Jake, let’s play grounded 2. They have giant cookies
Julian! So happy you’re back, and not in some lockdown facility wearing grippy socks 💕
I always remember this movie for the scene where the girls are dancing around on the department store, grabbing any stuff they want. That’s my heaven. Jake, can’t believe you’ve never heard of this movie! I remember it playing on cable all the time.
Next movie night should be Bugonia!
Seconded
I was literally yelling, "It's my boys!" when Jake said, "Hello, fellas" and I had to rewind to hear what he said. 😂
This episode is so stoned
I’m 16m in and we’re still talking about teen Jake not getting laid
"Daddy would've gotten us uzis" - I love this movie!
This was one of my fave movies as a kid. Still is.
Same here. My dad always had us watching the B (C?) Horror movies but they were so good
hell yeah 1h40m
"that's enough future for me"
Jake and Travis are correct this movie is good
Finally, I love this movie!!!
What a wonderful thing to stumble upon after an evening out
welcome home friend
Yay, I was worried Jim Watkins finally got you guys
holy shit i love this movie
I loved it! - Jake