Roast Mortem Cast

225 - Hiroshi Yamauchi : Nintendo's Willy Wonka Hates You

March 24th, 2022  |  2 hrs 40 mins

1980s, 1990s, business, classic games, comedy, drinking, gaming, gaming history, history, japanese history, mario, monopoly, nintendo, playstation, podcast, retro games, video games, wealth

The boys from the Drink a Beer Play a Game Podcast join us for a roast of the Nintendo's grumpy, egotistical president Hiroshi Yamauchi. The meteoric rise of Nintendo Frankensteined the video game industry back to life in the 1980’s with Yamauchi at the helm. He manically micromanaged his team, the all while NEVER PLAYING A VIDEO GAME IN HIS LIFE

224 - George C Scott (pt2): The Sophisticated Strangler

March 17th, 2022  |  1 hr 40 mins

acting, america history, cinema, comedy, drinking, film history, history, hollywood, oscars, patton, podcast

The ultimate American actor becomes the ultimate American General... And then he does it again... in a very lame TV production. We finish out the turbulant carreer of George C Scott, the man that put Hollywood in a choke hold.

223 - George C Scott (pt1): The Meathead Thespian

March 10th, 2022  |  2 hrs 29 secs

acting, america history, cinema, comedy, drinking, film history, films, history, hollywood, movies, podcast, violence

George C Scott can best be described as the American version of Oliver Reed... Except his drunken escapades usually ended in assault, battery or domestic abuse. George is best observed from a distance, a stages length at best.

221 - Gustav Krupp (pt1): A Match Made in Germany

February 24th, 2022  |  1 hr 54 mins

19th century, arms dealer, comedy, drinking, freak, german history, germany, history, inventor, manufacturing, podcast, poop, poop smeller, steel, warfare, weapons, world war, wwi

We return to the long twisted lineage of the Krupp family and their arms dealin empire. The Family has a shuffle up and a neurotic outsider becomes the Cannon King, just in time for The War to End All Wars!

220 - Hergé: The Misadventures of Tintin

February 17th, 2022  |  1 hr 29 mins

20th century, animation, artist, belgian, belgium, cartoon, comedy, comic strip, comics, drinking, france, french, herge, history, iconic, occupation, podcast, reporter, tintin, world war 2, wwii

George Remi, a.k.a. Hergé, created one of the most influential and popular comics of the 20th Century... Tintin is such a favorite of Travis' that he has Captain Haddock tattooed on his leg!

But behind the exciting adventures of Tintin, lays a personal story of a struggling artist, German occupation, and a series of not-so-secret affairs.
Was Hergé a Nazi mouthpiece as depicted by the Belgian Resistance? Or was he just a whiney oblivious idiot trying to make ends meet.

218 - Alfred Krupp (pt.1): The Smell of Success

February 3rd, 2022  |  1 hr 53 mins

19th century, arms dealer, comedy, drinking, freak, german history, germany, history, inventor, manufacturing, podcast, poop, poop smeller, steel, warfare, weapons

Alfred Krupp was a lot of things. A businessman. A genius inventor. An arms dealer. When it came to steel, especially steel cannons, there was no other.
But behind the accolades lays a very strange and curious man. A man who smelled horse poop for it restorative powers. A man that was afraid of breathing his own breath. A man that was afraid of fire, yet owned a foundry.
Join us as we explore the 19th century freak, Alfred Krupp!

217 - Harry Selfridge: Department Store Sugar Daddy

January 27th, 2022  |  1 hr 45 mins

chicago, comedy, drinking, history, london, mall, podcast, retail, shopping, sugar daddy, vaporwave, wealth

You ever stuff your face with Auntie Anne's, waddle into a Macy's and think 'Wow! This sure am pretty!". Well we sure have! Join us for a roast of retail magnate, Harry Gordon Selfridge. This American ex-pat redefined the customer experience with London's Selfridge Department Store... Only to squander it all away on a series of gold-digging arm candies.

216 - Agrippina the Younger: Move Over Dummies, Mom's Driving

January 20th, 2022  |  2 hrs 17 mins

agrippina, ancient rome, caligula, comedy, drinking, empress, history, incest, lust, money, murder, nero, podcast, powerful women, roman history, true crime, women history

You thought the Antichrist Nero was bad? Try Nero's mom, Agrippina the Younger. One of the most powerful woman of ancient Rome, Agrippina schemed, murdered and fucked her way to the top in an all out incest-fest.
Tits out for the Empress!

215 - Dimebag Darrell: Beta-Pantera Shredder & White Wine Enthusiast

January 13th, 2022  |  1 hr 52 mins

america history, bands, comedy, dimebag darrell, drinking, guitar, guitar god, history, local music, metal, metallica, music, music history, pantera, party, podcast, rockstar, texas

Dylan from Not For Human Consumption podcast joins us for a roast of Metal Guitar God Dimebag Darrell. We WALK through the long career of the Abbott brothers, Darrell and Vinny Paul. From the not-so-humble begins of hair metal Beta-Pantera ft. Terry ‘Jizzman’ Glaze… Through the ‘’9/11 of Rock music’ that lead Dimebag through those CEMETERY GATES.
We also examine the questionable antics of frontman and white wine enthusiast, Phil Anselmo. Cause… well you’ll hear it!

214 - Calamity Jane: BUT WAIT... She's wearing PANTS!

January 6th, 2022  |  1 hr 44 mins

19th century, america history, comedy, cowboys, deadwood, degenerate, drinking, female, gunslingers, history, jeans, montana, pants, podcast, powerful women, prostitution, sex work, south dakota, wild west, women's history, wyoming

Calamity Jane has become the stuff of American legend... But how much of her story is actually true?
Spoilers!!! Not that much! But she swore, whored, got wasted and wore pants! We take I deep dive into this trainwreck of a woman and dig up some stinky cattle wrangling genitalia!