Podcast 111 - Andy Beeker on Office Space

Cross Cutting Concerns Podcast

Andy Beeker is watching Office Space. This episode is not sponsored! Want to be a sponsor? You can contact me or check out my sponsorship gig on Fiverr

This episode is different than a normal episode of Cross Cutting Concerns!

1. This episode is about an R-Rated movie! Normally my podcast is G-rated, but that is not the case for this episode. If you normally listen with children, I recommend you listen to Story Pirates with them instead!

2. This is a long episode: almost an hour. Normally my episodes are around 15 minutes.

3. This is an episode about a (vaguely) technical/computer related movie. I’ve done a couple of episodes like this in the past: 071 - Bill Sempf on Sneakers and 036 - Kevin Groves on Pirates of Silicon Valley.

Show Notes:

• We watched Office Space, a 1999 film by Mike Judge. If you haven’t watched it, you should!

• Inside joke alert: the mention of a "white jimmy". This is a reference to a GMC Jimmy SUV that’s painted white. But suppose someone came up to you and said "I have a white Jimmy" and then paused for 15 seconds…​

• There are many tangents we go on in this episode. Confused? Send me a question, and I will try to clarify.

• K*Pax - a film you’ve probably never heard of starring Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, and (notable for this podcast) Ajay Naidu.

• Speaking of Kevin Spacey, if you’re out of the loop, you might want to read up on Anthony Rapp.

• The video discussed briefly in the episode is 7 Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About Office Space

• Adult Swim is the late night block of Cartoon Network that showed King of the Hill in syndication.

• Be sure to check out the Office Space soundtrack.

• Speaking of the "year 2000 switch", check out episode 100 - with Joe Kelly on COBOL.

• We mentioned Tiger LCD games. Here’s a refresher if you don’t quite remember them.

• Bob Dole: The Bus Tour

What movie should I tackle next time? Leave some feedback and let me know!

Want to be on the next episode? You can! All you need is the willingness to talk about something technical.