Zach & Tavie are in for a whole bunch of firsts this time, including the first Marvel Studios Captain America film, the first film in the MCU to have a subtitle, starring the first character that was not a Stan Lee co-creation, “the first of many”, etc. It’s a classic action-adventure World War 2 period piece showing how the 98-pound weakling, Steve Rogers, was transformed into that example of peak human perfection, the super soldier called Captain America, as brought to life by former Johnny Storm, Chris Evans.
Listen and hear Tavie’s personal connection to the time and location that a fair amount of the movie takes place in, where Evans lands on the Hollywood Chris charisma scale, more of her fun nicknames for actors, and just who her favorite character was. See another strong female lead in Agent Peggy Carter, as portrayed by Hayley Atwell, joined as well by Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes, Steve’s best friend, as they fight Hydra (as well as the less mentioned Nazis that they are a part of) as led by Hugo Weaving’s dastardly Red Skull.
Also, explore questions like “What do comic superheroes have in common with a yellow family from Springfield?”, “What does Steve Rogers have in common with a Disney princess?”, “What does a super soldier have in common with a mermaid and a man-eating plant?”, “What does Tavie have in common with Tommy Lee Jones’ character?”, “Where were these trivia cards made?”, “Is it regime or regimen?”, “What makes a landmark?”, “What other work of fiction features a tesseract?”, “Why was Odin so trusting of the people of Norway?”, “Which former Pedro co-star makes an appearance?”, “Who drinks milk with steak?”, and “Just how many connections to Indiana Jones are there?”.
If you like seeing Nazis getting punched (and who doesn’t?), this might just be the one for you. It’s got everything listed so far, as well as SPOT THE STAN, MARVEL TRIVIA, PENNY’S CORNER, a classic Zach nerd-out, as SO MUCH MORE! Slap some wings on your head and join us for the MCU’s introduction to everyone’s favorite star-spangled man with a plan!
*I know it was Odin’s TREASURE room, and not throne room. Not sure how that came out wrong multiple times. Additionally, the one cameo may not have been one at all, as I could only find a single tweet indicating it, with no further validation online.
Featuring a clip from “My Comic Shop DocumentARy”, courtesy of Anthony Desiato & Flat Squirrel Productions.
Produced & co-hosted by Zach Woliner & Tavie Phillips
Featuring Penny Woliner
Edited by Zach Woliner
Theme music by Luis Humanoide
Cover art by Chris Giarrusso
