It’s Good, Except It Sucks: I Am Groot With Ben Baker And John Matthews

I Am Groot (2022-23) - Ben Baker and John Matthews join Tim Worthington for a chat about Groot's increasing frustration with a considerable assortment of extra-terrestrial birds in It's Good, Expect It Sucks - a movie by movie - and television series by television series - hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

It’s Good, Except It Sucks is a movie by movie – and television series by television series – hurtle through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, hosted by Tim Worthington with a series of superpowered guests.

This time it’s I Am Groot, first seen in 2022, and joining Tim for a chat about Groot’s increasing frustration with a considerable assortment of extra-terrestrial birds are podcasters Ben Baker and John Matthews. What will they find to say about Coat Burglars, a deranged Woody Woodpecker and a Les Lives for the Funko Pop generation, and what does any of this have to do with the importance of writing down the word ‘Ludwig’? Get listening and find out!

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Further Listening

You can also find Ben on It’s Good, Except It Sucks talking about Ant-Man here, Cloak And Dagger here and Avengers: Endgame here. There’s also more about Groot’s further further escapades with Tim on Guardians Of The Galaxy here and The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special here, Emma Burnell on Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 here, Paul Abbott on Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 here and Catrin Lowe on Thor: Love And Thunder here.

Ben and John have both also appeared on Tim’s nostalgia podcast Looks Unfamiliar. You can find John on Pull The Other One, the Pink Panther Bar, the Panther 6, Hot Wheels Crack-Ups, Explorer, Inside The Magic Rectangle by Victor Lewis-Smith, I Live In A Giant Mushroom by Eric The Gardener, The Car, The Sooty Show episode Fun Being Small and ‘Thunderclap Pop’ here and Ed Starink, The Big Bus, The Wizard Of Speed And Time, Roadmaker, Chimera, Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation, Blackgang Chine and the final season of The Dukes Of Hazzard here, and Ben on Mr T’s Christmas Dream, There’s Something Wrong In Paradise, God In The House, To Hell With The Devil, Highway, The Flint Street Nativity, the 1990 Bullseye Christmas Special, Adam And Joe’s Fourmative Years and TFI 1998 here and The Goodies: Snow White 2, Roland’s Yuletide Binge and Grange Hill For Christmas here. Tim joined Ben and John on ALFsplaining for a chat about the ALF episode Prime Time here. You can also find Ben on The Golden Age Of Children’s TV talking about Round The Bend here and John on Rainbow here.