Our apologies, but for the first twelve minutes of this week’s episode, we didn’t notice that Ian’s microphone had been turned off. We did our best to equalize his voice, but please note there are some issues with audio quality.

Hola, Sneakers! It’s Episode 609 of the podcast that doesn’t know when to leave.

This week: a respectful silence; spectral analysis; Houdini goes there; ghostel; we’ve got the Bates; resettings; apes go ape; limited anime; to the Imax; unclarity; use your illusionist; Nolaniana; context clues, Penn pals; oui oui to Pee Wee; Tim bits; mighty Mira; triple double standards; in a Barbie world; boss level; fortune hunters; when life gives you Leno; audience connection; sweet charity; weaponized comedy; franchise accumulation; acceptable hobo; HO-tties; on The Beachcombers; watch party; alphabetical movies; a Pearl of a film; no commentary; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; valley boy; national smell; eye the jury; eventful; the “Ooo”s have it; the dragon who came to dinner; Ian’s career quest; and, finally, tattoo ew.

Question of the Week: Have you ever written a song?Sub-question of the Week: What’s your favourite card game?

Thanks for listening.

Here is Episode 1 of Epic Career Quest – written by Ian with character designs by Pia!