Special Features
By: Maximilian Greatshell & Walter Greatshell
Language: en
Categories: Tv, Film, Reviews, Comedy, Stand-up
A pop culture and movie podcast by a whacky father, son duo! Listen if you like movies, pop culture or are a student of life. :) Audio versions of the podcast can also be found on Spotify and wherever podcasts are streaming.
Episodes
The Special Features Post-Thanksgiving Special
Dec 15, 2025Join Maximilian and his dad Walter Greatshell as they smoke a Turkey in the Amish countryside (of their backyard) and reminisce over all things Thanksgiving, Movies and more. You'd have to be Clucking insane to miss this one! Enjoy the improvised rap at the intro as well.
Duration: 01:01:53Halloween Newtacular Part 2: Buddy Movies and Reverse Birth of My Hand Out of a Lobster Claw
Nov 27, 2025Welcome to Season 3 of the Special Features Podcast! We're starting things off strong with part 2 of the Halloween Special. Sometimes good things are late! In this episode, Max and his dad continue to discuss all things Halloweeny as well as movies with kids and their giant robot buddies and more! Don't miss out on the laughs, the screams and the innuendos.
Duration: 01:05:04The Halloween Newtacular!
Oct 31, 2025In this new Halloween special, Max and his dad discuss their favorite Halloween movies, traditions and childhood fears. Don't be scared! Stick around and get spooked. This is part 1. Part 2 is coming soon.
Duration: 01:03:40My Wife Gives Birth to the Fantastic 4
Oct 19, 2025in this episode Max and his dad Walter discuss the new Fantastic 4 movie and how human childbirth is portrayed by media. It's more fun than a fresh placenta!
Duration: 01:03:53Action Movies, Comic Books and Bo Burnham
Oct 01, 2025In this episode, Max and his dad discuss a myriad of topics including their favorite directors, actors and childhood heroes. They also get political again, but feel free to ignore that. If you've been listening until now, you should also listen to this one. Kisses!
Duration: 01:02:19Tarantino, Kubrick and The Wayans
Sep 16, 2025In this episode, Max and his Dad Walter discuss classic directors like Kubrick and Tarantino as well as famous family dynasties in movies and other media from the Jackson and the Coen Brothers to the Wayans and the Farrelly Brothers. It gets a little heated and off topic, so stick around!
Duration: 01:01:36Superman is Not a Cuck
Sep 01, 2025In this episode (6 not 8, despite what Max says), Max and his Dad Discuss Superman in the context of the James Gunn Superman movie, social trends and the restaurant industry. Max's dad gets passionate as hell, should be a fun one.
Duration: 01:01:40Michael Cera Should Have Been in Minecraft
Aug 15, 2025In this episode Max and his dad discuss the finer points of Diversity, Minecraft, Jack Black and Michael Cera, Max forgets to turn the camera on to hilarious effect and June fucks up the camera. Stay tuned!
Duration: 01:02:02The Characters in White Lotus are on the Spectrum
Aug 01, 2025Welcome to Another thrilling episode of Special Features! In this episode, Max and his dad Walter discuss a myriad of topics including the most recent season of the White Lotus, how we see love and how the cast of Love on the Spectrum might be better actors than they get credit for. Stay tuned!
Duration: 01:00:57Marry Poppins Gives Kids Ball Cancer
Jul 15, 2025In this episode Max and his dad discuss the finer details of nostalgia, dirty hippies and the historical accuracy of children being used as chimney sweeps in relation to Disney's Marry Poppins. Stick around!
Duration: 01:02:55A.I. Is Gonna Fix Everything
Jun 29, 2025In this episode, Max and his dad Walter discuss the potential power and problems associated with AI and a myriad of other topics including Elon Musk using Star Wars to take over America and Bong Joon Ho and his newest film "Mickey 17." Will AI schedule our lives and let us all live our dreams? Would space travel be better with Korean food? All this and more on Special Features!
Duration: 01:07:00Don't Marry White People!
Jun 16, 2025In this season 2 premiere episode of Special Features Max and his dad Walter Greatshell discuss Killers of the Flower Moon, colonialism and crimes against humanity while still managing to keep things light and fun. Listen if you want to be radicalized. ;)
From now on the podcast will be released twice a month (two weeks in and at the end of the month), so keep an eye out!
Duration: 01:02:32Captain America Hates Irish Chinese Food
May 15, 2025In this episode, Max and his dad discuss the new movie Captain America: Brave New World and whether or not society is ready for the red hulk. Global cuisine also takes the stage as our hosts discuss the role that food takes in all our lives and how it's shaping the future. Join us for a delicious and derpy episode! Come hungry and leave satiated with information...but not food, so still, technically, hungry. Woo!
Duration: 01:06:52Special Features Mini-Cast Episode 1
Apr 21, 2025Welcome to the Special Features Mini-Cast! These are shorter episodes of the podcast in between the regular show that will be taking the show on the road! Join Max and his dad as they flap lips in new and exciting locations!
Duration: 00:19:07I Know the Meaning of Life and I'll Tell You
Apr 15, 2025In this episode, Max and his dad discuss philosophy in movies and in life and how one can balance the soul and become a more enlightened human being. Stay tuned for the laughs, the love and maybe even...the tears? Anything is possible when you check out the Special Features!
Duration: 01:06:58Ladyboy Peter Pan Will Fix Global Politics
Mar 15, 2025In this Episode, Max and his Dad Walter discuss global politics, lady boys, movies and...severance, again?! Stay tuned for a wild ride.
Duration: 01:08:32Will Severance End Before the World Does?
Mar 02, 2025In this episode, Max and his dad Walter discuss the exciting series Severance and how Artificial intelligence, new technologies and social structures may affect us all. Listen before it's too late!
Duration: 01:09:55Nosferatu and Other Bloodsuckers
Mar 02, 2025In this new episode of Special Features Max and his dad Walter discuss the recent Robert Eggers film Nosferatu and how it relates to the nature of life, politics and technology. Give it a listen and I think you'll find it has crazy style!
Duration: 01:06:52Childhood Trauma on Christmas
Jan 31, 2025On this Christmas themed episode of Special Features, Max and his dad, his fiancé and their two dogs discuss the joys of the holidays, childhood trauma and movies such as Red One and the Jim Carrey version of A Christmas Carol. Good things are better late than never and that goes for Christmas too!
Duration: 01:07:01Cannibalism on Thanksgiving and Harry Potter
Nov 30, 2024On this, late but still great, Thanksgiving episode of special features, Max and his dad discuss the movies and life choices they're thankful for and the choices they're thankful they've never had to make; like eating human flesh and battling dark wizards. Stay Tuned!
Duration: 01:00:48The Special Features Halloween Spooktacular
Oct 28, 2024This episode we discuss scary movies, play a little game called Morissette or movies and discuss our first ever video podcast on Youtube.
Duration: 01:06:52Nostalgia, Stealing Dolls and Seeing Star Wars 40 Times
Sep 16, 2024In this episode papa and I discuss nostalgia and the movies that made us, us. We also talk about Deadpool Wolverine and Alien Romulus and sing a tune here and there. I hope you love it.
Duration: 01:01:58Long Legs and the Lesser Known Death Camps of History
Aug 11, 2024In this episode we discuss everything from the new movie Long Legs to the dark nature of the Jonestown massacre. Don't drink the Kool-Aid.
Duration: 01:00:32