In 1993 we were introduced to the Nightmare Before Christmas, a stop-motion animated musical dreamed up by Tim Burton and directed by Henry Selick. It was released on VHS almost a year later, on DVD in 1997, and since then has moved from a 'cult classic' to a cultural phenomenon that is synonymous with not one, but two major holidays in many people's minds. Oh, and did we mention it was a real pain the in backside to make? We talk all about the movie in this week's podcast.

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We love food. People all over the world love food. But some of the foods that other people love can be odd, or might even sound downright disgusting. (And I am sure those people think the same thing about some of the foods we love.) We discuss some of the strangest foods we ever eaten and some of the weirdest ones from all over the globe in this week's podcast.

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We saw a post on Facebook where someone photoshopped children's board games reimagined as horror movies. (Including Hungry Hungry Hippos, Chutes and Ladders, and Candyland.) We decided to talk about what the plots of those movies could be and talk about what other board games might make legitimately good horror movies. What ones come to your mind?

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October used to be the eighth month, instead of pumpkins people used to carve turnips, The Germans used to call October "Wyn Monath" and the Saxons used to call it "Winterfylleth". This week, just in time for our favorite season, we talk about the history of October and Halloween.

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This week we shine the Get Geekish spotlight on the "Queen of Sci Fi", Ripley, Dana, Gwen DeMarco...the very talented Sigourney Weaver.

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One of the founders of Jelly Belly is doing a 'Golden Ticket' style giveaway of a candy factory. It sounds like there may be a few too many stings attached to this one, but it got us thinking, "What type of place would YOU like go and get the Willy Wonka-style golden ticket treatment?"

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Today we get excited for what might happen in the future, but in the past the present used to be the future. So now, we're stuck debating if this is the future our favorite sci-fi movies envisioned for us? (And somehow get stuck on the concept of water less bidets...)

What current "futuristic" ideas from fiction do you think are going to become reality?

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Bill and Ted Face The Music was a movie 30 years in the making. It's not going to win an Academy Award, it's not going to go down as a ground-breaking cinematic masterpiece...but that not what it was trying to be. It's a goofy-4, good-hearted comedy, with a message about people coming together and a hefty splash of nostalgia. In our minds this movies totally 'worked' and we discuss why in this week's podcast.

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With all the discussion circulating about 'The Batman' we decided to talk about the previous dozen-plus Batman films and what they did wrong and right, while laying down a little bit of what we hope comes from this and future Batman movies.

Who was/is your favorite Batman?

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With the debate/debacle of the voice actors used in Netflix's 'Transformers: War for Cybertron" we decided we would shine the celebrity spotlight on two of our all time favorite voice actors; Peter Cullen and Frank Welker.

From Transformers, to Scooby Doo, the Smurfs, Winnie the Pooh, Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers, Garfield, Curious George, Futurama, Inspector Gadget, and hundreds more. If you've watched cartoons in the past 40 years, you've probably enjoyed these guys somewhere along the line.