The PAWlywood PAWdcast

Around the Christmas trees and surrounded by uncanny felt dog ornaments, Sydney and Shannon ring in the PAWliday season with THE 12 DOGS OF CHRISTMAS. A newsie cap-wearing pre-teen is shipped off to stay with her father’s estranged ex-lover in a town that is FOOTLOOSE but dogs—oh, and it’s also the Great Depression. What makes a dog orphan? How do you determine whether something is a miracle or it’s just something that happens? Will Sydney’s childhood favorite live up to nearly a decade of hype? We hope everyone is having a MARE-y Christmas and a happy n-EWE year!

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It’s Turkey Lurkey Time!  While you are going around the table saying things to be grateful for this Thanksgiving, remember to thank Sydney and Shannon for bringing you another holiday episode. FREE BIRDS has it all: time traveling turkeys, mild racism, and half the cast of Star Trek. Do we have pizza clairvoyance? When will the two buff turkeys finally give in to their outstanding chemistry and make out? Is the PAWdcast accidentally sexist? Everyone go call a family member and leave them a voicemail where you inexplicably gobble gobble. 

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Shannon and Sydney welcome CoComelon Live star, Taylor, to enjoy a movie best viewed on a Sunday morning alongside fellow sober adults. LYLE, LYLE, CROCODILE is a confusing yet musical romp through NYC, where everyone knows Lyle is Shawn Mendes, but no one knows who Lyle is as a character. Does stage fright go away when the cops are watching? What is the most interesting animal you can fit under your hat that you can afford right now, that will sit there as you sing and dance and won’t bite you? Has Shannon recovered from falling out of a moving car? Please let us know if you also think Constance Wu and Lyle Crocodile are having an affair.

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Boo! It’s a surprise HOWLoween episode! Haunted by a cursed painting, Shannon and Sydney chat GOOD BOY, a horror movie from the perspective of the goodest boy, Indy the dog, who’s absolutely going through it. Why aren’t more people listening to the song “Dog Train” from the album “Dog Train?” Did the Cornell horses actually dress up at ghosts, or is that something we imagined? What is Bluey’s gender LGBT? Please excuse Sydney’s constant clinking of her frog wizard mug and skeleton hand tongs.

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Nicole Sydney and Nicole Shannon welcome Not-Nicole Daniel to discuss PADDINGTON and its titular British bear who quickly wins over the hearts of everyone who lays eyes on him with his little jacket and hat. Is marmalade actually the second coming of Jesus Christ? How long until Sydney’s dad burns down their house with his backyard tiki torches? When will we finally get to see Paddington ride in a Waymo? Fun fact: Daniel has a swoon-over-Paddington rate of like 10 times per minute in this episode.

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Buckle your seatbelts and find the nearest emergency exit—Pilot Sydney & Snake Shannon invite you to experience SNAKES ON A PLANE, a movie about a bunch of snakes that are on a plane. Here, Samuel L. Jackson gives a magnum opus of a performance as an FBI man who fights snakes but contractually cannot be any closer than 25 feet away from one. Is anything more horrific than having to decide on a silly face for a “silly face” group picture? Should every kindergartener have a free-range python as a class pet? Why are all these monkey-fighting snakes on this Monday-to-Friday plane? Spoilers for episode 5 of the 2013 ABC reality competition show WHODUNNIT.

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Welcome back to the PAWlywood PAWdcast...or should we say welcome "bark?" Sydney & Shannon kick off the new season with a scurry of squeaky, singing chipmunks we all know and love, though we love their unhinged music manager played by David Cross even more. Which TikTok songs would the chipmunks use their helium-balloon voices to incoherently cover in 2025? What magical version of LA do the chipmunks live in where it rains every single day? Is Dave pro- or anti-child labor? And yes, a group of chipmunks is indeed called a "scurry." Thanks google!

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Scooby BOO! Sydney & Shannon are rounding out HOWLoween by watching SCOOBY DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED with special guest Nick. This movie has everything from cancel culture commentary to jousting ghost knights to existential crises for everyone but good old Fred. Where can we get a mystery machine limousine to ride through "Coolsville" to get to the "Coolsonian?" Is Matthew Lillard our generation's Jim Carrey? What coward stopped Scooby from transforming into George Bush? Fun Fact: This episode quite literally destroyed Shannon's laptop. Ruh-roh! 

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Sydney & Shannon’s HOWLoween spectacular continues with PET SEMETARY (1989). A campy, slapstick horror romp, we’re haunted and hunted by both an undead toddler in Victorian garb and a cat that’s literally just being a cat. Should they have given Judd subtitles to help us understand any of his dialogue? Is Stephen King from Whoville? Do all men go out for a hamburger or a chicken dinner when left alone?  Stop shilly-shallying and witness the PURR-anormal activity with us! 

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Happy HOWLoween! To kick off the celebration, Sydney & Shannon trick or treat with the SPOOKY BUDDIES. They're small, they're silly, and they're saving the day through a Harry Potter-esque duel of farts. Why didn't they let B-Dawg do an original rap song? Could this have been Frankie Jonas' big break? Which Spice Girl would each buddy be? We think they should all be Baby Spice. 

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