The Nostalgia Effect

The gang talks about Muppet-related news while getting distracted by Disneyland (as always) and ranting about streaming but eventually continuing their An American Tail journey.

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The gang goes back to the 1800s to become mice immigrating to America.

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Amy and Joe discuss the Academy Awards, what makes a great movie, and the first Best Picture winner on the podcast, Billy Wilder's The Apartment.

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The gang talks about their first Disney live-action remake, dogs abound, and the magic of Glenn Close.

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The gang is back and better(ish) than ever celebrating the Super Bowl by talking about all things football, Joe's newfound experience with the sport, and Necessary Roughness.

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The (hopefully) final episode of our impromptu hiatus. Original air date: December 21, 2020

In their last episode of the year, the gang gets off to a rocky start before discussing the “recent” news of the Warner Bros. & HBO Max deal, Spider-Man 3 castings, and a… gasp! RECENT movie to celebrate The Night Before (or 4 days before) Christmas.

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Part two of our Holiday Hiatus episode! Original air date: January 11, 2021

This is Part 2 of our Love Actually episode. Part 1 is already available and we highly suggest you listen to that before listening to this episode.

In this part, Johnny & Amy absolutely disappoint Joe with how much they did not enjoy Love Actually.

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Hiatus is still going but we couldn't leave you without some holiday joy! Original air date: January 4, 2021

The gang talks about Sonic's new look and probably the ONLY Thanksgiving movie ever, Planes, Trains, And Automobiles.

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Continuing our mini hiatus but still celebrating Thanksgiving! Original air date: November 25, 2019

The gang talks about Sonic's new look and probably the ONLY Thanksgiving movie ever, Planes, Trains, And Automobiles.

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The gang is still on a short hiatus but set sail with the Muppets in this classic rewind episode! Original air date: March 18, 2019

It's Treasure Island with Muppets. That is all you need to know.

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Revisit the gang’s first ever episode, Hocus Pocus, in the first ever rewind episode! Original air date: October 22, 2018

In their first episode, Amy and the guys talk the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina trailer and realized Hocus Pocus was WAY sexier than they remembered.

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The gang enlists Small Soldiers to see if it really is any good while also going on their usual multiple tangents about unrelated topics.

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The gang discusses if Joe never having seen School of Rock should be a Secret Shame and try to figure out when back to school actually happens with a surprise appearance by Joe’s dogs!

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To celebrate Johnny's birthday, he and Amy re-live his Disneyland birthday trip and talk about the first Lonely Island movie: Hot Rod.

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To celebrate Joe's birthday, the anniversary of Pee-wee's Big Adventure, & commemorate the passing of Paul Rubens, the gang talks all about Pee-wee Herman and that's it!

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In their first Amy-less episode, Joe & Johnny talk about Barbenheimer & the state of the box office (this was recorded before July 21st), the legacy of Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford, and Johnny watches Kingdom of the Crystal Skull for the first time.

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Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to watch the first Mission: Impossible film and not be impressed by the real effects vs GCI or be astounded by the old school internet.

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In this action-packed episode, the gang talks about memories of Blade & its part in the beginning of comic book adaptations, their speculation & ideas for the 2024 (2025?) Blade, and multiple tangents into Amy's Letterboxd history & weird movie-watching habits.

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Amy & Johnny both make some spicy confessions and Joe introduces everyone to a very unknown Sam Raimi Western.

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The gang revisits Mrs. Doubtfire to see if is the classic everyone remembers it to be & if it holds up against any possible transphobia. Along the way they go down rabbit holes of Chris Columbus's legacy, our surprising actor first memories, and of course love for Robin Williams.

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It's Amy's birthday (really, today as you are listening) and this episode is the entire reason she started the podcast. Join them as they explore a story about living in space in the very near future & not time travel, an appearance from a very niche character actor, and Amy getting very passionate over some fun facts.

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The gang goes back to the Stone Age and struggle to balance the weight of just how bad The Flintstones live-action movie really is with the incredible talent that went into it.

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After watching the near impossible to find Super Mario Bros., the gang all have VERY different opinions on just how good the movie is and if it should stay impossible to watch.

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The gang catches up after almost a month of not recording together, talking about the Blue Beetle & Secret Invasion trailers and Super Mario Bros.!

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In a follow-up to the last episode, the gang takes on another "big man takes care of children" movie with Vin Diesel in The Pacifier. They also find out there are way too many of movies in this genre.

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It's time to go back to school! The gang look back on their feelings when going back to school and are thankful they don't have to do it anymore before gushing over how much they love the Arnold Schwarzenegger classic Kindergarten Cop.

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The gang celebrates Johnny's birthday by seeing just how good the Vince Vaughn & Ben Stiller comedy Dodgeball really is after trying to STILL figure out what the Amazon Rings of Power series is supposed to be about.

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It's our 100th episode! To celebrate the gang talks about some of the movies they'd never do a full episode on because they definitely hold up and Amy makes a surprising decision on her favorite movie of all time.

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The gang comes to a surprising conclusion on Sidekicks!

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And we're here for it!

The gang recap some of the biggest trailer drops from SDCC 2022 like Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, She-Hulk, and John Wick 4; discuss what Keanu Reeves who do if he played a live-action Batman; and discovers nobody really knows Chuck Norris.

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Some potentially unpopular opinions are stated as the gang talk about the beloved classic? E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. While also discussing how unexcited they are for the new Amazon series The Rings Of Power & Rob Zombie's The Musters.

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The gang talk about their nightmare vacations or what would make a vacation a nightmare for them befo rereminiscing on the National Lampoon Vacation saga and Viva-ing Las Vegas (sans Elvis) with the Griswolds for their last Vacation of the summer!

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The gang discusses their dream (food-based) vacations before completely rewriting National Lampoon's European Vacation.

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The gang talks about almost everything EXCEPT The Gray Man trailer they were supposed to talk about before setting off on their road trip across America to become a theme part podcast!

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The fabled Listener has arrived on the podcast to share her 3 most influential TV shows and her thoughts on the Disney (cult?) Classic Lilo & Stitch.

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Joe is back and tells us all his thoughts on Thor: Love And Thunder! Then the gang celebrates Amy's birthday with her favorite Jake Gyllenhaal movie, October Sky.

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Joe is under the weather this week but Amy & Johnny hold down the fort talking about the long-awaited teaser trailer for Thor: Love And Thunder and decide if Jim Carrey's iconic Cable Guy still holds up.

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Instead of Talkin' Trailers, this week Joe is Talkin' Trek and the feast of Star Trek content fans are getting currently. Eventually leading the gang down the path of Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts, and Wizarding World spinoff discussions and Joe's Big Mistake.

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