Now We Know
Kevin Werkheiser and Chris Tognotti host Now We Know, a podcast where they revisit the entertainment obsessions of their youth. They look back at movies, shows, and other pop-culture touchstones that once felt resonant, haunting, farcical, or otherwise impactful. Discussing them as adults, the hosts examine what still works, what does not, and why these favorites left such a strong impression. The show mixes nostalgia with a skeptical and often humorous grown-up perspective.
Episodes
A Haunting In Venice
Wherein Kevin and Chris are startlingly pleased with the caliber of Kenneth Branagh's spooky third stab at portraying detective Hercule Poirot.
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
October is here, and with it all the commensurate horror coverage you crave, this time from the depths of the Now We Know Patreon vault. First up for the month: Jason Voorhees' furtive, shortlived, devastatingly ineffectual attempt to conquer one of New York's five boroughs.
Sneak-Peek: Pledge Drive Week (feat. Kevin Werkheiser of We Know Now)
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Lilo and Stitch (2025 Live-Action Remake)
"Hey, just look at these reviews! 'Live-action' Stitch proved himself completely maladroit in the host's chair!"
The Boy And The Heron
Like a sating, flourishing oasis in the release schedule of 2023, Hayao Miyazaki's final theatrically released film (for now, at least) was a real socks-knocker-offer, that's for sure.
The Lion King (2019) Watchalong Track
Relive a truly dark day in the life of Now We Know's foremost martyr, Christopher Tognotti — as a holiday gift to Kevin, I graciously agreed to record an unthinakble solo watchalong track for the 2019 "live-action" remake of The Lion King, but the audio file was unaccountably corrupted the entire first playthrough, and then the first half of the second playthrough, meaning at the outset of this re
Mufasa: The Lion King
Have you always wanted a brothaaa? Just like him (Mufasa)? If so, have we got the "live-action" feature film for you.
A Minecraft Movie
Your latest gift from the depths of the Now We Know Patreon vault: Jack Black WOWS as Minecraft Steve
Classic Popeye Technicolor Two-Reels
I'm Sindbad the Sailor, so hearty and hale I live on an island on back of a whale It's a whale of an island (that's not a bad joke!) Its lord and its master is this handsome bloke! Ohhhh, who's the most remarkable, extra-ordinary fellow? Sindbad the Sailor! (Also why is the genie vaguely German?)
Deadpool and Wolverine
Chris here... man remember back when we did this podcast? We had to watch stuff like DEADPOOL AND WOLVERINE all the time! Hoo boy did we not enjoy this one. Fun fact: listeners got to vote on whether we watched this or the Beverly Hills Cop reboot, and friend of the show Rachel Fisher (Hollywood Crime Scene; my remedial high school science class) cast the deciding vote for D&W. This means that dec
I Want It All Now! (1978 NBC News Marin County Documentary)
In 1978, veteran NBC presenter Edwin Newman descended on Marin County, California, just north of the Golden Gate, to profile the affluent county and its various cultural and social tendencies. The result, "I Want It All Now," portrayed the county as a haven of self--absorption, new age irresponsibility, divorce, drug abuse, and free swingin' sexuality, all neatly packaged for a national audience r
X-Men '97
Guess who's back, back again, the X-Men, as you knew them when
Borderlands (2024)
Cate Blanchett was cramming for Tár while on set for Borderlands. Really makes you think.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
The turtles are here, and they're teenaged.
The Fanatic (2019)
Staight from the Now We Know premium vault, your freshly-unlocked episode for this week: a look back at John Travolta's most utterly incomprehensible decision since Moment By Moment, THE FANATIC (2019). Travolta portrays Moose, an awkward, neurodivergent Hollywood Boulevard street performer who is a tremendous fan of actor Hunter Dunbar (Devon Sawa), perhaps dangerously so. The less spoiled about
The Flash (2023)
Hoo boy it's the Flash, the one from 2023, with two Ezra Millers, Michael Keaton, some other people I've since forgotton... oh yeah, this one make you relive the climax of Man of Steel repeatedly. Really did not enjoy this one (this is Chris by the way)... I guess it's nice to see Ron Livingston... the mom is pretty cute? Anyways please enjoy your latest Patreon vault unlock.
Lightyear (The Buzz Lightyear Movie)
Get ready to bite into what Disney has assured us is a *delicious* meat-bread-meat sandwich of a film: Lightyear, the Buzz Lightyear movie, your latest unlocked Patreon episode. Chris and Kevin both saw this movie in theaters solo as single adult men - Chris, in particular, wore sunglasses with his jacket collar flipped up while murmuring "one for Lightyear" at the venerable Elmwood theater box of
Aladdin (2019)
You ain't never had a friend like Will Smith, for it is he who will prove, once and for all, that he is a fun, talented, and normal guy, in that order. This week, unlocked from the Patreon vault, Disney's 2019 live-acrion Aladdin remake, which hauled in an astonishing, life-deffirming $1 billion at the box office.
The Star Wars Essential Guide To Characters
The Mandalorian? Grogu? Rotta the Hutt, who no matter what you've heard is his own man? All these and more will NOT be discussed on the latest Now We Know Patreon unlock: it's 1995's Star Wars Essential Guide to Characters, written by Andy Mangels. Reunite with the whole crew! Bollux! Blue Max! Davin Felth! Figrin Dan and his Figrin Band! And, of course, Ponda Baba and Dr. Evazan.
Ewoks: The Battle For Endor
This week, with the first Star Wars feature film in years set to hit theaters (the Baby Yoda movie), we unlock from the depths of the Patreon vault... EWOKS: THE BATTLE FOR ENDOR, the 1985 made-for-TV movie starring Warrick Davis as Wicket the Ewok, Wilford Brimley as Noa, Aubree Miller as Cindel, and Carl Struychen (best known as the Giant from Twin Peaks) as King Terak.
Unfrosted (2024)
Your latest gem from the Now We Know vault — the horrifying Unfrosted, Jerry Seinfeld's return to the world of feature films. There's a surprising number of cameos by actually talented people in this (including the the always-marvelous Andy Daly as the Quaker Oats guy), yet virtually nothing can overcome Seinfeld's unique, and unfortunate, sense of what's funny.
Space Jam: A New Legacy
More like HOOP, there it is! On the precipe of his elimination from the 2026 NBA playoffs, at the hands of the similarly odious Oklahoma City Thunder, our latest unlock from the Patreon vault: it's Space Jam: A New Legacy, the confused semi-hagiography of LeBron James. Primarily addressing his struggles to be a good father (not to the real LeSperms, Bronny or Bryce, but a false, Hollywood-invented
Snow White (2025)
Open sesame, you say, standing at the hunk of solid rock you presume covers the way into the Now We Know vault - or maybe the Now We Know mine? Your Patreon unlock for this week: 2025's "live" "action" Snow White "remake," featuring such characters as the titular White, her auto-tuned plasticine boyfriend, the "dwarves," and an evil queen who sounds an awful lot like she's got enough champagne to
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Your latest unlock from the annals of the Now We Know Patreon... To hell with The Money Pit! No, we Are Not Done Yet! Forget these modern iterations — it's Cary Grant and Myrna Loy who pioneered the disastrous home improvement form with Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. Originally released in 1948, making this one of if not the oldest feature film we've covered, this light comedy about the per
Pod My Children - This Is Big Business (S21E04)
FOR MORE POD MY CHILDREN, SUBSCRIBE HERE: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Browser The show must go on. Brooke runs a limited hangout on Trevor with an artificial insemination fib, Jeremy can't seal the deal, Sarah doesn't want to sign David's pile of papers, and Palmer trusts Opal with some big business — but does he even remember doing so? -------------- From one-half of the duo that made Now We Know no
Fantastic Four (1994)
Your latest bit of precious ore from the Now We Know Patreon mines — it's our dive into Roger Corman's never-released 1994 Fantastic Four movie, which, depending on who you ask, was created as an exercise in rights management with no intention of every seeing the light of day (although they certainly didn't tell the cast or crew that). Would this have been the first great Marvel movie if the cruel
NEW SHOW ALERT! Pod My Children Episode One (You're a Waste Product)
SUBSCRIBE HERE: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Browser (Hey all, it's Chris. I got a new show out! If you like Now We Know this could be right up your alley, I'll push a few promos over the NWK feed in the next couple of weeks. I hope you like it, and if you do, help me out and subscribe!) From one-half of the duo that made Now We Know no worse than your third-favorite show (Kevin has no taste in old so
Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Your latest unearthed treasure, from the whispering catacombs of the Now We Know Patreon. It's Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, the 2023 flick which... was pretty fun! Between this and the smash hit video game Baldur's Gate 3 from the same year, Dungeons and Dragons media has been on a bit of a hot streak lately. Although for the movie, that's solely in the "huh that's pretty good!" depa
The Little Mermaid (2023)
Your latest offering, from the depths of the Now We Know vault: our "dive" (heh heh) into 2023's The Little Mermaid, the live* action** remake*** of the Disney animated classic. Featuring some new original songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda, and the voice acting talents of the lovely miss Awkwafina!!!! Sounds fun right??????????
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Originally recorded in April of 2023, your latest unearthed prize from the Now We Know vault is our dive into the first (modern era) Mario movie, with the sequel set to hit theaters next month. And, oddly enough, both the beginning and climax of this one are very, very similar to the reviled 1993 live-action Mario movie!
ProStars
In the 90's, the asking price for an athlete likeness endorsement was seemingly more within reach, even for a rather shabby outfit, than it is today. Such is the legacy of ProStars, the short-lived NBC cartoon series "starring" the North American sports star trio of Wayne Gretzky, Michael Jordan, and Bo Jackson (hey, two for one!). The three didn't actually do the voices for their characters, of c
Bonds on Bonds
Take me out to the baaaaallllgaaaaaame... very soon! With a new MLB season nearly upon us, and the World Baseball Classic just having wrapped up in an exhilarating victory for Team Venezuela, we present, from the Patreon vault, our January 2022 episode on Bonds on Bonds, the short-lived 2006 ESPN documentary series about the controversial Giants superslugger's quest for the home run record. Is it
On The Air
Digging once again into the depths of the Now We Know vault, originally recorded in September 2022, an examination of On The Air. July 1992. Mark Frost and David Lynch are a year removed from the cancellation of the landmark TV phenomenon Twin Peaks, and Lynch has just months prior screened Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me at Cannes, disparaged at the time, yet now considered a masterpiece. So, the d
Family Dog
Crrrreeeeeeeak! That sound you hear is the door to the ballyhooed Now We Know vault, once again being opened to fetch your now-unlocked, once-paywalled episode for the week. This time it's Family Dog, the Steven Spielberg-backed, Brad Bird-created cartoon which aspired to be CBS' answer to The Simpsons. This was decidedly not successful, although at just ten episodes long, is it theoretically poss
Willow (Disney+ TV Legacy Reboot)
Guess who's back!?!?!? yeah it's willow. Salutations and celebrations, as we once again dig into the shadowy annals of the Now We Know Patreon vault. This time, originally recorded in January 2023, we dig into the ill-fated, one (season) and done Disney+ series Willow, a follow-up to the film of the same name.
Commercials of the 80's and 90's Vol. 4
This week, unlocked from the depths of the Now We Know Patreon vault for the very first time, the missing piece of our classic advert puzzle: it's Commercials of the 80's and 90's volume four! This was the only episode of our long-running commercials series to be paywalled, so now the complete set is available free of charge right here on the main feed. Enjoy!
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)
Your latest unlocked treasure from the Now We Know Patreon vault, first recorded and released in May of 2022: it's the Chip 'n Dale movie, starring Andy Samberg and John Mulaney, among others. I (Chris) honestly don't remember too much about this one, except that you only get like 30 seconds of Gadget as part of a rather distressing sight gag, but they did bring back Tress MacNeille for said 30 se
McGruff "Smart Kids" Anti-Drugs Album
Fresh from the formerly paid-only Now We Know vault, originally released 02/24/23, it's our long traipse through the McGruff Smart Kids album, a cassette tape release with eight tracks of anti-drug jams across a swatch of genres, from the groovy, to the hard rocking, to electronic new wave, and perhaps the smoothest cut on the album, the Steely Dan-esque "Alcohol." Join us for a traipse through al
Sailor Moon Live-Action American Pilot (Toon Makers)
Your latest treasure unlocked from the Now We Know vault, originally released to the Patreon on 08/25/22 — our dive into the strange world of the long-lost live-action Sailor Moon pilot, produced by Toon Makers, with an eye towards American television. Oscillating between American-style animation and live-action sequences (somewhat similar to the Japanese action source footage paired with western
Defenders of Dynatron City
Originally released on the Now We Know Patreon feed on February 22, 2022 —yet no doubt new to so many of you — we look back at the ill-fated cartoon pilot Defenders of Dynatron City, which boasted the vocal talents of Whoopi Goldberg and Tim Curry, and almost Christopher Walken, until the producer absurdly decided he wanted a "more cartoonish" voice. Part of a cross-platform multimedia rollout, th
The Monuments of Mars: A Terrestrial Connection
FROM THE VAULT... Leading off our foray into the Now We Know Patreon archives, new to so many of you... our first-ever subscriber feed episode, on 90's VHS obsession The Monuments of Mars: A Terrestrial Connection. Featuring guest Dave Prosper (who you may remember from our Robotech episode). Originally recorded on December 4th. 2021.
202. One Small Hero 2: One Small Hero After Another
For our double-wide, jam-packed, loose and spitfire final regular episode, Now We Know's most prolific guests, Evan and Miranda, join to look back through the jaded eyes of adulthood at... something very familiar. It's the first ever (and presumably last ever) sequel to an existing episode! ONE SMALL HERO ONE MORE TIME BABY!!!!! Thank you all so much for your listenership and support through the y
201. The Chipmunk Adventure
It's finally here! Easily the longest-awaited episode based on informal polling: The Chipmunk Adventure! Kevin brings his sibling Werky (because they would never forgive him otherwise) along with a couple of special guests and of course the steady stalwart Chris to revisit this amazing, perfect...oh...oh no...no no no don't do that.... Well... listen and see!
200. Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
Thanks so much, all of you, for your support and loyal listenership as we cross a milestone which once seemed absurd, our 200th episode! And to celebrate, we're going long on the Lucasfilm multimedia project that effectively ended the late-80's to mid-90's wild west era of semi-canonical Star Wars tales, and ushered in the prequel era: Shadows of the Empire, an "everything but the movie" undertaki
198. Brisco County, jr
The jangle of spurs, the neigh of the horse...these are the sounds the American TV viewer hates. Join Kevin and Chris as they revisit this lightly sci-fi attempt to revive the Western as a force in culture, based largely on the charms of a youthful Bruce Campbell.
197. Tenebrae (1982)
Happy Halloween, everyone! And to celebrate the horrorful holidays, Chris looks back at a giallo slasher that he fatefully, accidentally saw the last ten minutes of when he was no older than nine, scarring him for decades: Dario Argento's TENEBRAE. Until last year, Chris didn't even know which movie containing the handful of harrowing images that haunted his youth. But now he does, and you get to
196. Tron: Ares
Typically we just watch old things when they get a legacy sequel but this time we decided to take a look at the new Tron through the eyes of the old Trons! How does it stack up? Are any Trons actually good in the traditional sense? Or any sense? Listen and learn!
195. Finders Keepers
Under the looming shadow of the smash hit kids game show Double Dare, producers in 1987 bet on a new spin on the format: what if, instead of general knowledge and trivia interspersed with wacky physical challenges, we had kids circle "hidden" images in a poorly drawn doodle and then run through a model home at the behest of fading Land of the Lost star Wesley Eure? The result was Finders Keepers,
194. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
This week Kevin brings two episodes of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, a high-budget, big-name show that no one watched and fewer still remember. But Kevin saw and taped every episode he could, and rewatched a few of them countless times! Will Chris see the light and preach the good word? Or will he turn away from the blinding light, like Marion and Indy himself? Listen and see and You'll Know
193. Metal Gear Novelization (Worlds of Power)
With Konami's first proper post-Kojima Metal Gear game hitting shelves (Metal Gear Solid Delta, with apologies to Metal Gear Survive), Chris and show brother Evan reach into the distant past, and grasp in their hands a true piece of cursed media: "Metal Gear" the book, part of the infamous World of Power novelization series. Starring such classic characters as Commander West, Commander South, Chuc
192. Garbage Pail Kids
While Chris is on assignment in France, Kevin has brought fan favorite Natasha Vinik back to watch something that neither of them had seen: the reviled Garbage Pail Kids movie, based on the hit sticker cards of the same name! It was the butt of jokes for all of Kevin's childhood, but is it as bad as advertised? Peel slowly and see! Check out Natasha's excellent romcom pod When Harry Dumped Sally
191. Suburban Commando
This time Kevin brings Chris and returning brother Ian a seemingly forgotten entry in the canon of the recently departed Hulk Hogan / Hollywood Hulkster, not to mention Christopher Lloyd and Shelley Duvall: Suburban Commando! Terry plays a commando alien named Shep who's stuck in the Valley, Christopher Lloyd is the feckless architect who takes him in. It's a tale as old as time! Technical issues
190. The Naked Gun (1988)
With, you guessed it, a new legacy sequel right around the corner (starring the distressingly similarly named Liam Neeson), Kevin and Chris look back at this Leslie Nielsen spoof n' goof classic. Of course, as with all straight fastball comedies of yore, the question looms large: is it really as funny as you remembered? Is anything? Check out this full video episode on YouTube, and if you're cur
Patreon Preview UNLOCKED: The Rare Blue Apes of Cannibal Isle
Cheers everyone! With Kevin on assignment (he's joined the Black Parade), we're unlocking this popular and dizzying episode from the Patreon feed for this week: the Rare Blue Apes of Cannibal Isle, the utterly wild, once entirely lost children's film staring some humans, many swampies, Mr. Quack Quack, and those selfsame Rare Blue Apes. If you enjoy this off-the-wall content and want to support th
189. Commercials of the 80s and 90s vol. 8
It's that time again! Don't touch that dial and try and find a channel that isn't on commercial -- they're all commercials! Kevin brought Chris a slew of oldies (not all goldies) such as ads for ancient electronics with features we'd still kill for today and who can forget that loveable children's classic: The Bud Bowl, where beer bottles play football for some reason? You know, for kids! Call the
188. French Kiss
Winter and spring have given way to summer, and where better to head than the south of France for a romantic interlude, no? This week, Chris and Kevin crack into French Kiss, the 1995 romantic comedy starring Kevin Kline and Meg Ryan against the backdrop of Paris and the southern vineyards. Is this a downturn in Meg's romcom trajectory? Or is it, secretly, one of her best?
187. The Karate Kid Part III
In anticipation of the new... I want to say... sixth? not counting TV! installment of the Karate Kid franchise, Kevin brings Chris the third part of the, uh, trilogy. There's a new villain in town and he makes John Kreese look like a reasonable San Fernando Valley karate school teacher/business owner. But will Daniel-san be able to beat his equivalently nuttier student in a karate tournament THIS
186. Police Academy 4
Kevin and Chris are joined by DT (@dtfrombtown on Twitch) for a long look back at a movie that clearly made a *big* impact on him: Police Academy 4. Part of the long-running, critically reviled, financially dominant (more than a billion in pure profit across seven films!) comedy series, the foruth iteration finds the gang welcoming some newcomers to the ranks - it's Citizens on Patrol! Be sure to
BONUS: BTS Pitch/Prep Meeting For EP186 (Police Academy 4)
Hey, everyone! For more bonus content like this, and two full bonus episodes per month, check out Now We Know on Patreon! Also, every audio episode here in your feed is now featured on Youtube with full video! Subscribe to the Now We Know Youtube channel here! Follow DT: Twitch: @dtfrombtown Youtube: dtfrombtown Follow Chris: Twitch: @christogpher Youtube: @christogpher
185. Looney Tunes
You've heard us talk about The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (if you're a member of the patreon), you've heard us talk about Rabbit Rampage for the Super Nintendo, but that's NOT all, folks! Here at last is our definitive review of the definitive Looney Tunes (or Merrie Melodies for the old heads). Is it any good? Well yes obviously. But is it REALLY good? Listen and see!
184. Casper
Kevin and Chris dive headlong into 1995's smash family hit Casper, which the latter enjoyed reasonably well, and the former seemed ready to claw out his eyes... or those of everyone around him. (Check out the video episode at @nowweknowpod on Youtube for even more fun (we're in the sight gag business now!)
183. Wee Sing: Grandpa's Magical Toys
In today's first in-person video episode NWK's own Punchinello, Natasha Vinik, brings us her favorite childhood "movie": Grandpa's Magical Toys (from the Wee Sing video collection). The plot and budget are pretty bare-bones but does it hold up for Wee Natasha? And what of Kevin and Chris?
182. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
(PROGRAMMING NOTE: This episode, as will be true of future episodes, is now optimized with full video! You'll still get your audio-only podcasts as usual, but for the full experience, visit Now We Know on YouTube!) With a new live-action remake hitting theaters (stop us if you've heard that one before), we dive into the 1937 classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Also, much as Snow White was a s
181. Harriet the Spy (1996)
In honor of the recently, shockingly departed Michelle Trachtenberg, returning guest Jessica brings the film adaptation of Harriet the Spy, a childhood obsession which led to her own illegal, unethical actions. Was it because of a lack of clear message that there was anything wrong with them as long as you don't get caught? Peep at Kevin & Chris from behind your own underpowered opera glasses as w
180. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Bring out your dead! African or European? Elderberries! A shrubbery!? All this and more can be yours as Chris and Kevin dive headlong into one of the most tragically run-into-the-ground comedies of all time: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which turns 50 this year. We are the knights who say ekki-ekki-ekki-pitang-zoo-boing!
179. Snoopy Come Home
SnOOooOOooOOpy / SnOOooOOooOOpy / come home Snoopy come home (come home come home)... Ring any bells? This time Kevin has brought Chris an all-time sad kids' movie to be reassessed. Not as well-known as the holiday fare and no Vince Guaraldi songs but this Peanuts movie has some toe-tapping, melancholy-inducing tunes of its own. Sometimes kids, adults, and even Snoopy himself can need a good cry!
178. The Money Pit
Imagine this: you buy a house, and it's a ridiculous steal, at just $200k for like a 15-bedroom mansion! The catch: it's really run down, and you'll have to tap your monied friends and professional contacts for loans to fix it up. And so you do, and you hire some contractors who get it all ship-shape, and now you have a million-dollar home. Sounds like a living nightmare, right? So, we are apparen
177. Titanic
Finally, they're doing the real one! Kevin and Chris are joined yet again by their pal Miranda, who was once a Titanic-obsessed tween, and in this case the wreckage didn't sink far from the iceberg. Chris considers it the Greatest American Romance, will you too fall in love?
176. The Lion King (1994)
With a new "photo-realistic" prequel to its 2019 "photo-realistic" remake in theaters at time of recording, Kevin and Chris round out the year with The Lion King, the 1994 Disney animated hit starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones, and many more. Happy New Year everyone! (Also, if you'd like to hear our thoughts on that aforementioned prequel, Mufasa: Th
175. Gremlins (1984)
Hi-ho hi-ho (gremlin voice) it's off we go to Kingston Falls, where the titular gremlins can be found. Kevin has seen this one plenty but for Chris it's brand new! Will he find the little fellas adorable or does he agree with Stripe "Gizmo caca"? Listen and see!
174. Rankin/Bass Christmas Specials (The Year Without a Santa Claus, The Life And Adventures of Santa Claus)
Ho, ha, ho! To kick off the holiday season, we look back at a pair of those inimitable Rankin/Bass Christmas specials, rendered in beautiful stop-motion "animagic!" The specials in question: The Year Without a Santa Claus (of Heat Miser and Snow Miser fame), and The Life And Adventures of Santa Claus, frequently mentioned on these airwaves as "the weirdly pagan one," but maybe even weirder still.
173. The Hunt For Red October
Kevin and Chris are joined by Joe Wolohan (Kevin's cousin, for the unitiated) for a dive—a submerging, if you into—into The Hunt For Red October, the "thinking man's thriller" that bravely answers the question: who has more screen presence? Alec Baldwin or Sean Connery?
172. All Dogs Go To Heaven
With the haunted confines of October in the rear view mirror, but the warm, glowing dinners of Thanksgiving still weeks away, we decided to split the difference with a children's animated classic that's equal parts warm and bleak, jokey and disconcerting—All Dogs Go To Heaven, the 1989 Don Bluth feature starring Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, and Judith Barsi (rest in peace, gone too soon).
171. Ernest Scared Stupid
Roger roger it's Trollfighter 1 knowwhatImeanvern*??? *Vern does not appear in this film
170. Halloween Is Grinch Night / It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
This time, Chris offers up a twofer of animated Halloween specials, the latter a towering classic of the genre, the former an oft-forgotten footnote to its Christmas counterpart: Halloween is Grinch Night, and It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Suffice to say the broad approach to the Halloween cartoon doesn't get much further apart than these two, but who cares when the weather's so cozy*? *I
169. Beetlejuice (The Animated Series)
It's Beetlejuice cartoon time, 'know what I mean babe? Huh huh huh I'm the ghost with the most [repeat sequence until funny]
168. Commercials of the 80's and 90's Vol. 7
This time Chris takes the wheel for Commercials of the 80's and 90's Lucky Number Volume 7! Dive in with us as we sift through wine ads that stigmatize male pattern baldness, pre-internet "party lines," and the cosmic horror of the Wendy's buffet bar.
167. Beverly Hills Cop
With a legacy sequel on streaming now, Kevin and Chris look back at the 1980's comedy/action classic—emphasis on the comedy and de-emphasis on the action—Beverly Hills Cop. Starring Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, and the pitching coach from Little Big League, among others. Join us for a deep dive into all the pranks, tricks, endless Axel F needle drops, and the effortless charisma of young Eddie.
166. Captain Planet
Kevin and Chris are joined by first-time guest (and alleged former caller to the Now We Know hotline) Andrea Bloom, here to dish on all things Captain Planet. Join the Planeteers in their pitched battle for the survival of earth against Hoggish Greedly, Verminous Skumm, the sultry Dr. Blight, and more!
165. Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre
Kevin and Chris are joined by friend of the show Rachel Fisher (Hollywood Crime Scene) to revisit, in honor of the passing of the late, great Shelley Duvall, her classic 80's children's passion project: Faerie Tale Theatre. Specifically, the merry trio look back at Hansel and Gretel, starring Paul Dooley, Joan Collins, and young Ricky Schroder and Bridgette Andersen as the titular children.
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