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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 595 of the podcast that paved the way for dredging.

This week: insistency; light my hair; language duel; primered for reading; electric torches; Dunn and done; kid detectives; a teen again; recycled henchmen; hot leverage; the word is the bird; white bred; cultural inappropriation; old tech hands; porn free; unlimited filth; quatrons and blinknoks; probe oh no; sandwich artist; dressing up; tomato family; roast beef beef; all sorts of licorice; Enid Blyton writes; puncture wounds; horrified by Jesus of Nazareth; let’s get this show on the road; snailed it; foundered footage; village of the damaged; perception problems; working for pirates; Eyre head; corporate fuckery; soccer to me; horse lovers; town and country; Etta kicks; and, finally, sit on it.

Question of the Week: Is there a food you didn’t like as a child, but do now?
Sub-question of the Week: Have you ever had a person come into your life for a moment, have a huge impact, and then leave – likely never to be seen again?

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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 594 of the saddest podcast on the internet.

This week: better best; donkeyskin flicks; Operation Mousemeat; difficult technicalities; happy endings; Star Wars is hell; a softer world; let’s sit in it; world exposition; promises, promises; a message wrapped in bloody meat; unpleasant people; de rigueur Metropolitan mention; misreading Pride and Prejudice; fantasy versus reality; rich people problems; the chatteling classes; heroic jerks; questionable deeds; mysterious vengeance; pedestrian car movie; the paradox paradox; a death in the family; pre-eulogy; heavy petting; the high cost of loving; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; successful boyfriend replacement; tiny iron men; on the re-Bond; best dad joke; and, finally, worst dad joke.

Question of the Week: What is a fun story about one of your pets?
Sub-question of the Week: Do you live in the city or the country? What is something you appreciate about living there?

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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 593 of the podcast that swings!

This week: happy returns: dumb singers; stage magic; the old ball and change; spoken dance; taps; opening axe; not on the air; Dunn to death; right-wingnuts; keep it in your past; there’s no business like sacks of shit business; evolve or die; motivated buyer; sad clown counselling; the howl with it; what’s pneumonia; accurate hallucination; good views, everyone; heart to heart; end times; concerned indifference; warning signs; hard-hearted deadlines; never get out of the boat; MAD-men; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; hot-cha-cha-blew-it; rabbots; time trouble; Beatletudes; and, finally, baby steps.

Question of the Week: Who is your favourite replacement?
Sub-question of the Week: What is your favourite architectural style of house?

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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 592 of the podcast that didn’t do nothin’, officer.

Ian is still not quite up to doing the show. You’ll be happy to know that he is home and is feeling better. In the meantime, Dave’s cousin Jason Dedrick was kind enough to fill in again this week!

This week: mandatory introduction; bad sports; bad boys; taken identity; close friends; invisible friends; shabby dolls; Elvis and Costello; over-qualified sideman; online wood; not matching sets; CD or not CD; sounds fair; love for Mike Love; a musical what-if; arrested development; Dennis the talented menace; thrift store surfers; teen weirdos; a Rosa is a Rosa; age-inappropriate; Beta-scam; generation gap; the noble Dedrick; guilt trip ups; Ian’s health update; show notes; Jason’s special Christmas snow; in its crutches; unsurance; room to live; safety vehicle; progressive plumbing; even more Benchley bashing (!); the sleep of death; granola movie; rhymes with tyger; the spinal solution; they should be fantastic; and, finally, moon fights.

Question of the Week: What is your favourite science fiction book? (Let’s try to keep it free from adaptations of existing IPs, folks.)

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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 591 of the podcast that doesn’t really know what it’s doing!

We’ve got good news and bad news this week. The good news is we are joined by friend of the show and Dave’s cousin Jason Dedrick, which should make everyone happy. The bad news is Ian is sick this week and couldn’t do the show. We know you’ll miss him and please send along your prayers and good wishes.

This week: techs talk; Double Dedrick; Ian is a champ; whores mysteries; our old man; absent friends; alternate history; song and dance dad; no country for old Dave; security vs. insurance; the principal of guidance; an infinity of lifetime; nothing job; citizens banned; drunken podcasting; dizzy about Disney; way down South; stolen fruit; keep on truckin’; painful past; down by the Trevi; much ado about Tintin; Jason’s thoughts about Dave’s thoughts about Strange World; picking on Pixar; muted tooting; Captain Nofun; no to funny villains; go, go, Grodin; agreeable co-host; off the Benchley; the dangers of binging; relunctantly watching the The Reluctant Dragon; corporate takeover; Peet’s beat; ambivalent about Walt; cartoon anxiety; limited animation; straight out of Termite Terrace; loving drunk electric razors; bad Tom and Jerry; the animation will be televised; let’s retire the auteur theory; a couple of Sodaheads; all the -bergs; unearned endings; Salmon Wellingotn alert; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; Python wrap-up; get checked; fat and stupid; Picard-y; library-phobia; inefficient for compliments; and, finally, tell me I’m wrong.

Question of the Week: In what position do you sleep at night? Are you a restless sleeper or do you sleep the sleep of death?
Sub-question of the Week: Who is your favourite poet? Quote us a few lines.

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That terrifying pile of books:

The director Joe Dante talks about a tantalizing project that was never made called Termite Terrace. A real would-a, could-a, should-a…

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 588 of the podcast that falls between two stools!

This week: gentleman callers; Sith you’ve gone away; globe-acidal tendencies; space language; the trouble with titles; virtual nostalgia; Ian loves I Love Movies; Magic Mike overstays his welcome; Steven Soderbergh doesn’t develop; conversational incoherence; working curmudgeon; alias Laurel and Hardy; labour relations; working through banalities; complacent cheesies; inappropriate chicken; joke salad dressing; appease the normals; Cohen update: good news; pets make us liars; Ian and Dave wish you would see Puss-In-Boots: The Last Wish; scary movies for kids; Disney’s shorts; superhero padding; sexy sorceress; Dork Shadows – Welcome to My Nightmare: Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; forgot about the knife; listeners walking into the sea; going, going, gong; drywall techniques; and, finally, 3-D or not 3-D.

Question of the Week: Did you get some good news this week?
Sub-question of the Week: Do you have a library book at home that you never returned?

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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 588 of the podcast for heavy hearts!

This week: hard out on; self-discovery; Big Macscot; remembering old food; button, button; tea bag; communion whine; fork-sized; parallel Fablemans; kick in the pants; effects over story; are sad endings real; theme, but not heard; the gods must be crazy; Southern fried hound; over your head; soul ownership; humour keeps moving; unreality revealed; poor Robin Duke; AFC Richmond represent; pooh friendly; ugh; Dave visited Strange World; Stillwater runs deep; kid actor mistake; presumptuous reviews; the friendly Python; miscasting Brazil; the fun isn’t on the screen; blown away; short selling a mystery; strange response; Top 5 Songs; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; dry-ary; the incredible journal; you dirty rats; bin there, done that; lightning round; singular Shooter, and, finally, superhero graveyards.

Top 5 Songs – Names

Question of the Week: Have you returned to the movie theatres or are you still watching film at home?
Sub-question of the Week: Following on from Dave’s coming-around-from-anesthesia story, have you ever had weird experiences in a hypnogogic state?

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Depratment of Corections:
The actress playing Sam’s mother in Brazil was Katherine Helmond – not Katherine Hahn. Apologies to both wonderful character actresses.

Like Louise’s mean, ol’brother, we can get a glimpse into her diary and read an excerpt that mentions a certain popular podcast host:

This week: yabba-dabba-doobie-doobie-scoobie-doo; shippers passing in the night; defective detectives; early warning; stunt casting; video game elements; Christmas magic; now is the time; wishes brew; get it the old-fashioned way; lucky breaks; not my Fabergé egg; sundae best; rabbit fiends; rat rescue; poison pets; Oscar talk; is it horror; the devil made them do it; Ouija board, Ouija board; evil tech talk; dumb writing; saving the structural cat; E-Z novels; pitch intent; meditation or death; clichéd personas; quick fixes; Dave retreats; out of practice; magic mountain; open and admitting; exclusivity is in; long day’s journal into night; it’s a shame; teen snob; Dork Shadows – Mass Effect; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; teacher’s pets; Chick Talk; Latin chattin’; shell game; continuity eras; sob stories; endless conversation; ghost story; and, finally, corn balls.

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Question of the Week: Have you ever kept a journal?
Sub-question of the Week: What movie do you think should have won Best Picture?

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Dept of Corections

As it turns out, The Exorcist did not win the Oscar for Best Picture in 1974. That honour went to The Sting. The Exorcist won for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Sound Mixing

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 587 of the People’s podcast!

This week: gratitude; I think you mean Sneaky Dragon cards; no guff; getting better; risky Disney-ness; Fleischer follies; blue Velma; funny or die; pas de chair; Wickworld; giving them the finger; dodge ballistics; quantum theory; Ian enjoys Cocaine Bear; Dave recoils at Clerks III; Ian hates it; hates it; hates it; preachy keen; disappointing montage; Dave is surprised by We Have a Ghost; Harbour views; fighting old people; we need a talking tiger; in praise of silly action movies; is Jaime Foxx doing okay: the DC not-universe; let’s put on a musical; stepping stone films; too many people; Dave sees A Man Called Otto; Top 5 Songs; Questions of the Week – Sneakers respond; be Steele, my heart; a horse by any other name; the well-Polish detective; Cohen update; Star tropes; and, finally, blue butts.

Top 5 Songs – Changes Pt. 1

Question of the Week: What movie/TV show made you cry?
Sub-question of the Week: What’s a favourite pet name you’ve heard?

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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 586 of the Queen’s favourite podcast!

This week: math hallucination; look out behind you; freaky Friday; not dead yet; think pink; small major studios; passive income aggression; cheque checked; cooperative fleecing; sparking excitement; GPTChatbots; skull ring road; imaginary weights; le Terminateur; interhorse; birthday week; roller show; sexy key; hit song tips; arrange to see Tár; Coppolation; mindfuckery with The Endless; super Tubi; hot for In the Heat of the Night; mandated Cancon; take it down a notch; waffles vs. pancakes; elaborate milkshakes; immortal belated; Questions of the Week – Sneakers respond; try harder, Blake; animal welfare state; snake handling; beetle dung; home tested; cat scan; an ache in the UK; and, finally, toilet rock.

Question of the Week: What is a movie trope that bugs you?
Sub-question of the Week: Who was your favourite TV detective growing up?

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That Clio award-winning ad for Y: The Last Man:

That Super Clio award-winning ad for Tubi: