Welcome to Episode 5 of The Ship Show! Zac and Al Shipley return after a short break to catch up on undercover movie shoots, cartoon revivals, and classic rock debates.

In this episode:
• Teleprompter Secrets: Al breaks down working on the set of Sasha Baron Cohen’s secret new movie and crossing paths with Bill Bellamy.
• Live Performance Highlights: Zac recaps his high-energy, "Dare to Be Stupid" Weird Al performance for Radio Milwaukee's live band karaoke fundraiser
• Nostalgia & Animation: Celebrating the 40th anniversary of The Transformers: The Movie, Peter Cullen's final Optimus Prime performance, and X-Men '97
• Music Hot Takes: Al addresses the direct feedback and hate mail from his Spin Magazine ranking of the Top 25 Rock Bassists
• Stand-Up & Pop Culture: Danny McBride’s upcoming G.I. Joe movie pitch, Bill Lawrence TV shows, and Zac testing out new one-liners[cite: 3].

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• Top 25 Greatest Rock Bassists https://www.spinmagazine.com/2026/09/the-25-greatest-rock-bassists-of-all-time/
• Dare to Be Stupid with Zac: https://youtu.be/aPlQJ1b_kmE?si=_WM2aAzt7JG0ysd1
• Visit Zac’s official website: https://zacshipley.com
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Welcome to Episode 4 of The Ship Show! This week, Zac and Al Shipley catch up on everything from nostalgic pop culture memorabilia to the unwritten rules of live music and party games.

In this episode:
• Nostalgia Trips: Wayne’s World hats, the first CDs we ever bought with our own money, and 80s movie reboots
• The Lyric Prompter Debate: Do rappers like Lil Wayne and Jay-Z need lyric sheets, or is memorization part of the job?
• Live Band Karaoke Strategy: Zac gets invited to sing for a charity event and brainstorms the ultimate duet strategy (plus, Melodicas?!)
• Tabletop Warfare: Why Mario Party and Ninja Cucumber ruin families and why Monopoly gets a bad rap
• Media Hot Takes: The return of Halo, intergalactic Transformer rock bands, and why Quentin Tarantino might actually be overrated

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Welcome to Episode 3 of The Total Ship Show! This week, brothers Zac and Al Shipley sweat through the July heat wave to debate a massive pop culture question: Is Michael Jackson's peak still historically bigger than Taylor Swift's global dominance today?

We dive deep into:
• Summer music festival formats (and why locals always complain about changes).
• Why the streaming era forces modern artists to work twice as hard for their numbers.
• The unreleased 90s vaults of bands like Soul Coughing and Ben Folds Five.
• The ultimate dilemma: How do we separate the art from the artist when it comes to figures like Michael Jackson, Louis C.K., and J.K. Rowling?

Tell us in the comments—does anyone actually top Thriller-era Michael Jackson, or has the Eras Tour officially crowned a new queen of pop?
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