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Welcome to Kicking the Seat!

Ian Simmons launched Kicking the Seat in 2009, one week after seeing Nora Ephron’s Julie & Julia. His wife proposed blogging as a healthier outlet for his anger than red-faced, twenty-minute tirades (Ian is no longer allowed to drive home from the movies).

The Kicking the Seat Podcast followed three years later and, despite its “undiscovered gem” status, Ian thoroughly enjoys hosting film critic discussions, creating themed shows, and interviewing such luminaries as Gaspar NoéRachel BrosnahanAmy Seimetz, and Richard Dreyfuss.

Ian is a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association. He also has a family, a day job, and conflicted feelings about referring to himself in the third person.

The KtS Contest: STONE AGE SMACKDOWN!

UPDATE: This contest has closed. Congratulations, Alessandro!

Flintstone versus Cenastone: It's a mash-up for the ages, folks! On Tuesday, March 10th, Warner Home Video will unleash The Flintstones and WWE Stone Age Smackdown! Better yet, tag-team titans Kicking the Seat and Partnershub will award one lucky reader with a Blu-ray Combo Pack of all-new animated awesomeness!

Stone Age Smackdown finds everyone's favorite cartoon cave-dwellers throwing down with the likes of John Cena, The Undertaker, Rey Mysterio, and Vince McMahon--and YOU can win a ring-side slab!

To Enter: Create a Stone Age wrestler name and enter it in the Comments below. The alter ego of my favorite ring persona (funny, weird, or stone-cold serious) wins the prize.

All entries must be received by 11:59pm on Monday, March 23rd, 2015.

In the meantime, check out the Stone Age Smackdown Blog App below for printable family activities and to take the "Smackdown Star Quiz"!

Thanks for entering, and good luck!

Eligibility: This post is sponsored by and in promotion of Warner Home Video. All prizes for the "Stone Age Smackdown" Contest, and The Flintstones and WWE Stone Age Smackdown Blog App, are provided courtesy of Warner Home Video. Prize will be sent via FedEx or USPS. No P.O. boxes, please. Each household is only eligible to win one (1) The Flintstones and WWE Stone Age Smackdown Blu-ray Combo Pack via blog reviews and giveaways. Only one (1) entrant per mailing address per giveaway. If you have won the same prize on another blog, you will not be eligible to win it again. Winner is subject to eligibility verification. Notification: Kicking the Seat will contact the contest winner within twelve (12) hours of contest close. If no response is received within twenty-four (24) hours, an alternate winner will be chosen. Contest is open to residents of the USA and Canada.

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