Party Favors: Whither Werner?
Posted Sunday, May 4th, 2008 at 21:37pm
Joe is back with an in-depth look at the documentaries featured in this year’s Full Frame Festival, and more…
'Joe Corey's Party Favors'
Party Favors: Totally Pauly
Posted Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 at 2:23am
Joe chats with the legendary Weasel himself, Pauly Shore, about his new DVD release, Chris Hanson, his cinematic legacy, reality TV, and more…
Party Favors: Hello Colin Farrell
Posted Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 at 4:10am
Joe returns with a look into the mind of Steve-O, the DVD round-up, a shout-out to Patrick Swayze, bowling, and more…
Party Favors: Billy Mays For President
Posted Thursday, March 6th, 2008 at 1:07am
Joe addresses the current state of the election, discusses the disappointing Gene Simmons sex tape, takes a look at some new DVD releases, signs up to be Paris Hilton’s new friend, wonders where Jay Leno will land, and more…
Party Favors: Stone Cold
Posted Thursday, February 21st, 2008 at 1:31am
Joe chats one-on-one with Mr. Stone Cold Steve Austin, marks the return of Allan Havey, views Stephen Colbert’s portrait, evaluates Drew Carey’s PRICE tenure, and more…
Party Favors: The Story Of A Mock And Roll Band
Posted Friday, February 1st, 2008 at 0:39am
Joe reflects on his mock rock star past, KING OF KONG, craves a onesie, predicts the end of THE WIRE, waxes on THIS AMERICAN LIFE, and more…
Party Favors: Attack Of The DVD Smudge
Posted Monday, January 14th, 2008 at 2:50am
Joe warns one and all about an oily potential menace to your DVD collections, celebrates all-star FAMILY FEUD, notice that Howard Cosell is rising digitally from the grave, picks the worst film of 2007, gets a very special celebrity response to his last award, and more…
Party Favors: Bunny Wrangling
Posted Friday, December 28th, 2007 at 1:05am
Joe brings down the curtain on the year by chatting with Bunny Rancher Dennis Hof, gets fed up with TV, fails to catch a predator, and more…
Party Favors: Malibu-Bye
Posted Thursday, December 20th, 2007 at 0:05am
Joe pulls down the curtain on 2007 with the opening of The Party Favors Rehab Center and Hardcore Fighting Academy, illuminates the City Of Brotherly Love’s lack of love for Peter Jackson, takes a look at some new DVDs, mourns Evel, buzzes on The Green Hornet, celebrates Patrick Warburton, and more…
Party Favors: Turkey Talk
Posted Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 at 2:44am
Joe drops a column just in time for Thanksgiving, as he mourns the loss of old fashioned customer service, celebrates DVDs in threes, has enough of the Osmonds, wonders where all of Trump’s celebrities are, bitch slaps TV Land, and more…
Party Favors: Block-Balled
Posted Friday, November 9th, 2007 at 3:57am
Joe throws stones at a video giant keen on crushing him, spotlights viewing alternatives during the writer’s strike, ignores Prince, corrects errata, and more…
Party Favors: Turning Over A New Leif
Posted Thursday, October 25th, 2007 at 1:33am
Joe recounts his chance encounters with a Bay City Roller and Leif Garret, remembers MY SO-CALLED LIFE, decries the retail combination of Halloween and Christmas, takes a shot at SHOT AT LOVE, and more…
Party Favors: Like A Tarheel Cowboy
Posted Friday, October 12th, 2007 at 1:04am
Joe locks down The Village People’s Randy Jones (aka “The Cowboy), bemoans the Hall of Shame, knocks HBO upside the head, and more…
Party Favors: Dumb Dora No More
Posted Monday, October 1st, 2007 at 0:03am
Joe remembers the late doyenne of MATCH GAME, gets a Boston brushoff, has a McLovin moment, reveals a lost Bourdain episode, hopes Gordon Ramsay loses his Fox production staff, cringes at Lego Fun Snacks, and goes Retro…
Party Favors: Blockbusted
Posted Monday, September 10th, 2007 at 0:06am
Joe socks it to Blockbuster, praises R. Kelly and The Film Crew, decries TVLand’s hatred of classic TV, wonders where the boys of rock ‘n’ roll are, and more…
Party Favors: Living & Dying In A Kid Nation
Posted Friday, August 31st, 2007 at 2:30am
Joe bitch slaps CBS over their unbelievably ill-conceived reality show, KID NATION…
Party Favors: Mayberry Joe
Posted Tuesday, August 21st, 2007 at 0:02am
Joe practically stalks Andy Griffith at the Piggly Wiggly, barely mourns JOHN FROM CINCINNATI, checks out Bravo, flicks Glick, uncovers the term “taint lift”, becomes MySpace’s bitch, and more…
Party Favors: Pay Cable Evil
Posted Monday, August 6th, 2007 at 0:05am
Joe lists The Top Ten of HBO’s Diabolical Decade, chugs Vitamin Water, visits Dan Marino’s restaurant, and more…
Party Favors: The Epic of Vegas
Posted Tuesday, July 31st, 2007 at 0:05am
Joe takes a trip to Sin City, and returns with a a few desert tales to tell…
Party Favors: Frank Vincent
Posted Thursday, July 12th, 2007 at 0:59am
Joe Corey chats with the SOPRANOS alum about his latest project now hitting DVD, A TALE OF TWO PIZZAS…
Party Favors: 100 Years - 100 Beers… Beer Run For The Missing 12 Pack
Posted Tuesday, July 10th, 2007 at 0:06am
As the buzz of making “100 Years - 100 Beers” died down, our eyes adjusted to the light and we realized that a few titles were on various lists that became stuffed between the sofa cushions, so we’re going to do what every good party requires - A Beer Run for one more 12 Pack of Cinematic Joy…
Party Favors: 100 Years - 100 Beers… The 100 Greatest Films to Watch While Wasted!
Posted Monday, July 2nd, 2007 at 0:08am
After reading way too many 100 Greatest movie lists from AFI, it’s time to come up with a list that truly reflects how a majority of people enjoy their cinema: Drunk on the sofa…
Party Favors: Corin Nemec & More
Posted Thursday, June 14th, 2007 at 1:53am
Joe Corey chats with actor Corin Nemec about his turn as a serial killer in CHICAGO MASSACRE: RICHARD SPECK in this special edition of “Party Favors”…
Party Favors: Remembering Charles Nelson Reilly
Posted Thursday, May 31st, 2007 at 0:16am
In a very special edition of “Party Favors”, Joe pays tribute to the late, great actor and game show fixture, Charles Nelson Reilly…
Party Favors: Pharm Rockin’
Posted Friday, May 25th, 2007 at 0:15am
Joe finds the next big “bigger than emo” movement, slaps VH1, wonders where Bourdain’s gone, ponders tattoo time, selects his “Booze of the Year”, damn’s Timberlake, and chooses the Top 10 women who no longer rule his fantasies…
Party Favors: Dennis Hof returns to the Party Favors!
Posted Friday, May 11th, 2007 at 4:24am
Dennis Hof is America’s Pimpmaster General. In the course of five years he’s captivated America by inviting us to get a peek inside his Bunny Ranch brothel thanks to HBO’s CATHOUSE, directed by Patti Kaplan, America’s most influential filmmaker. Just in time to promote the fresh batch of episodes coming up, the “Party Favors” got a phone call from Dennis Hof, Brooke Taylor and Bunny Love…
Party Favors: TIME 100
Posted Friday, May 4th, 2007 at 0:13am
Joe Corey goes off on TIME MAGAZINE’s list of the “100 men and women whose power, talent or moral example is transforming the world”…
Interview: Chuck McCann
Posted Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 at 0:20am
Joe Corey interviews the “stealth superstar of showbiz,” in a career that’s spanned 50 years in movies, television, records, and just about every other medium you can name…
Party Favors: Worshipping The Giant Acorn
Posted Monday, April 30th, 2007 at 0:12am
Taking in Durham’s Full Frame documentary festival, talking Ghostbusters and Larry Storch, looking for the next Pussycat Doll, understanding Imus, turning Japanese, and more…
Party Favors: Grinding The Night Away
Posted Wednesday, April 4th, 2007 at 1:30am
The Weinstein company drop the ball on a summer franchise for Tarantino & Rodriguez, praise for THIS AMERICAN LIFE, re-branding CourtTV, lamenting junk food kids, searching for Ice Cube, and much more in the newest edition of PARTY FAVORS…
Party Favors: Tubbs With A Beard
Posted Tuesday, March 20th, 2007 at 3:23am
Joe starts his own private charity, mourns the passing of Bob Groves and the Starlite Theater (unless you can help!), finds out a funny Secret, demands crimefighter postage stamps, and more…
Party Favors: Guinness Record Place-Holder
Posted Monday, March 5th, 2007 at 1:06am
Joe ponders just how green Al Gore is, congratulates Jackie Earle Haley, mourns the death of Rolling Rock, muses on “Weird Al Idol,” and more…
Party Favors: An Interview with Cathouse’s Dennis Hof
Posted Tuesday, February 20th, 2007 at 1:27am
Dennis Hof is America’s Pimpmaster General. In the course of five years he’s captivated America by inviting us to get a peek inside his Bunny Ranch brothel thanks to HBO’s CATHOUSE, directed by Patti Kaplan, America’s most influential filmmaker. In order to promote the fresh batch of episodes now airing, the “Party Favors” was given a chance to phone up Dennis Hof, Brooke Taylor and Bunny Love’s luxurious hotel suite in Manhattan…
Party Favors: Jackie Earle Haley Appreciation Society
Posted Tuesday, February 6th, 2007 at 0:28am
Joe continues to beat the drum for Quick Stop’s favorite comeback kid, Jackie Earl Haley, talks Oscar hopefuls and rehab victory laps, Bill Gates, CATHOUSE, and more…
Party Favors: R.E.M. Sleep
Posted Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007 at 3:48am
Joe contemplates the new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, and wonders why R.E.M. made the cut, plus The Clash sell out, Larry Wilmore, Marilyn Manson’s marital mediocrity, BEER LEAGUE, Louis CK’s unrepsonsiveness, and more…
Party Favors: Forbidden Black Rice
Posted Monday, January 8th, 2007 at 5:02am
Joe talks Lucas, Restless Leg, I LOVE NEW YORK, Ed Wynn, Trump Vs. Rosie, and more…
Party Favors: Land Shark
Posted Monday, December 18th, 2006 at 0:15am
Joe calls BS on Penn, talks up old school SNL, takes on the awards season, and much more…
Party Favors: Where The Sun Don’t Dance
Posted Tuesday, December 5th, 2006 at 4:28am
Joe takes on the blinkered thinking in Park City, dishes up Amy Sedaris and Anthony Bourdain, waxes poetic on Groovy Goolies, and much more…
Party Favors: Sundance Or Bust
Posted Monday, November 20th, 2006 at 0:10am
Joe plans to takeover Sundance, laments the festival’s gouging ways, talks Thanksgiving, and mourns the loss of George Michael’s mighty Sports Machine…
Party Favors: Hodgman’s Peace Chalk
Posted Monday, November 6th, 2006 at 0:15am
Joe has a close encounter with fellow Hobo-enthusiast and Friend of Quick Stop John Hodgman, laments a Godzilla-less Thanksgiving, and waxes poetic on collard greens and DEXTER…
Party Favors: Of Mouse And Man
Posted Tuesday, October 24th, 2006 at 2:39am
Joe takes on the east coast happiest place on Earth, advises parents to get their acts together, and laments Disney’s thousand-acre gift shop.
Party Favors: Howie’s Banker
Posted Monday, October 2nd, 2006 at 4:17am
Joe is back with Kelly Leak, Frankenberry, Claymates, PBS Porn, the Affleck Curse, David Spade, and more.
Party Favors: Damn You, Affleck
Posted Tuesday, September 19th, 2006 at 5:18am
Joe Corey returns with Affleck, Squidbillies, deep fried Oreos, lost cartoons, and more…
Party Favors: Motherf’n Snakes
Posted Monday, September 4th, 2006 at 2:43am
Drive-in snakes, bistro eating,
Dr. Phil, and more…
Party Favors: Slacker Shame
Posted Tuesday, August 15th, 2006 at 2:37am
Is Joe truly a slacker with no shame, as the TODAY SHOW branded him? Is it harsh, or brutally accurate? The latest Party Favors may have a clue…
Party Favors: TODAY SHOW special
Posted Thursday, August 3rd, 2006 at 2:55am
Did Joe really tape a segment for NBC’s TODAY SHOW about how lazy he is? Does K-Fed have competition?
Party Favors: Baby Buggy Wayans
Posted Tuesday, July 25th, 2006 at 0:54am
Joe’s back to blow the lid off a scandal, beat meat, decry an Academy injustice, and more.
Party Favors: Skanklee
Posted Monday, July 10th, 2006 at 3:24am
Joe’s back with the Album of 2006 so far, Dick Pound, AMERICA’S GOT TALENT, SQUIDBILLIES, Ashlee Simpson nude, and more.
Party Favors: Philadelphia Freedom
Posted Monday, June 26th, 2006 at 6:55am
Joe Corey’s “Party Favors” column of pop-culture ephemera makes its home at the Quick Stop, with Seymore Butts, Russ Meyer, and Philly cheese.
