For our last episode of 2024, we explore a Christmas film many are not familiar with, unless you live in the USA.

A Christmas Story is a staple of an American Christmas, so much so, it gets looped for forty-eight hours on its own TV channel every year. Jason and Chris attempt to try and figure out why that is and whether it will resonate with the audiences from the rest of the world.

We didn't do this alone, as we were kindly sent in some voicemails from American friends who shared their memories of the film and their thoughts on why this film hasn't resonated with people outside of the states. Massive thanks to Seth, Brad, and Matt, and you can find links to their podcasts right here (Spotify links):

Seth

The Koopa Cast

All N Media Youtube

Brad

So Video Games Podcast

Game Critic Website

Matt

Bit Harmony Podcast

Critical Diversions

Chapters

[00:00] Intro & Trailer

[02:03] General Thoughts

[45:32] Cast & Charaters

[ 1:18:01] Favourite Moments, Verdicts, & Scores

[1:18:43] Outro

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Its time to get into the festive spirit here at The Wolfie Pod, and a miracle did happen when Jason remembered a listener requesting that we cover this TV film back in December 2023. This is very unusual for Jason, as he normally can't remember what happened yesterday, let alone a year ago; it truly is a Christmas miracle!!

We invited Ben, the listener who requested this fine film and a former host of Retro Gaming Revival, to come on to the show to share his love for the film.

We did have some technical issues, which meant that we had to record this conversation in quite an unauthadox fashion, and although the audio quality stands well, it meant we couldn't edit it to the standard that we would normally aim to hit. This means there are a few instances of talking over each other and a couple of other things that we couldn't remove. The quality is still high, but please just consider these instances as you listen.

Chapters

[00:00] Intro & Trailer

[01:57] General Thoughts

[30:45] Cast & Charaters

[ 1:00:47] Favourite Moments, Verdicts & Scores

[1:18:43] Outro

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Music Credits

What's Wrong with Wolfie? theme music created by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jerden Cooke

With Rich and Steve out of action, Jason called up Jerden Cooke to fill the gap, and with him came a film choice that neither Jason nor Chris had heard of before.

The Wizard of Speed and Time will be an unknown for many, but as we found out, it is a wonderful film for many reasons, which we get into in the episode.

Many thanks to Jerden for guest hosting with us, and if you need any type of music for your project, then please get in touch with Jerden as he does quality work. We should know, as he composed all our original music! The link to his Bluesky is below.

Watch the entire film on YouTube HERE

Watch Mike Jittlov's Fashionation on Youtube HERE

[00:00] Intro & Trailer

[02:47] General Thoughts

[33:25] More General Thoughts

[1:03:26] Cast & Charaters

[ 1:33:50] Favourite Moments

[1:45:46] Verdict & Scores

[1:52:17] Outro

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Music Credits

What's Wrong with Wolfie? theme music created by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jerden Cooke

For the first time, Chris takes up the hosting seat to discuss his choice, which is the monumental and incredibly influential film, Toy Story.

With just Chris and Jason, this ends up being a cosy chat about the film, its cast and characters and the realisation of how many layers this film actually holds.

One of the reasons Chris chose this film was as a small dedication to a friend who recently died of cancer in his mid-thirties. We dedicate this episode to them, and we send all our thoughts and best wishes to the family at this tough time.

Chapters

[00:00] Intro & Trailer

[02:40] General Thoughts

[37:11] Cast

[1:11:52] Favourite Moments

[1:25:55] Verdict & Scores

[1:32:49] Outro

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Music Credits

What's Wrong with Wolfie? theme music created by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jerden Cooke

Jason is back in the hosting chair and his pick for this episode is Tim Burton's 1988 spooky spectacular Beetlejuice!

We share our experiences with seeing Beetlejuice, we discuss this crazy collection of people that make up the cast and we reveal our favourtite moments and scores!

If have something to say on this episode of the film itself, then reach out to us. we would love to hear your opinions. you can do this directly on Spotify on the episode page, our socials or you can email us at [email protected]

Chapters

[0:00] Intro & Trailer

[2:14] General Thoughts

[30:48] Cast

[1:01:31] Favourite Moments

[1:23:25] Verdict & Scores

[1:27:44] Outro

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Music Credits

What's Wrong with Wolfie? theme music created by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jerden Cooke

Shaun of the Dead turns twenty, and what a perfect time to revisit this iconic, and some would say influential, film.

A film that is close to many people's hearts, not just for its comedy or its references to George Romero's zombie films, but also because it brought the guys from Spaced, to the big screen and in such a fantastic fashion.

We do touch on Spaced in the episode, as well as the usual plot, cast, favourite moments, and our scores, where will this one land on the board!

Chapters

[0:00] Intro & Trailer

[2:53] General Thoughts

[45:48] Cast

[1:18:03] Favourite Moments

[1:28:20] Verdict & Scores

[1:35:12] Outro

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Music Credits

What's Wrong with Wolfie? theme music created by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jerden Cooke

This episode comes with another slight change as we have decided to end Prepare to Fast Forward and roll new films into the main podcast. The newer films will follow the same format but will not be rated at the end, which is left exclusively for the older films.

Of course, this means we go deep into the film, and this episode features many massive spoilers, so if you haven't seen the film yet, be cautious and maybe come back to this episode once you've seen the film.

In the episode itself, we dive into the recent issues with Marvel and our anticipation for Deadpool and Wolverine, our thoughts on the movie, its cast, our favourite moments, and we try to figure out how Marvel will try to fit Deadpool into future films.

Chapters

[0:00] Intro & Trailer

[2:02] General Thoughts

[51:50] Cast, Characters & More Thoughts

[1:13:07] Favourite Moments

[1:31:28] The Future of Deadpool

[1:44:23] Outro

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Music Credits

LFG (Theme from Deadpool & Wolverine) and Name for Myself are both taken from the official Deadpool & Wolverine soundtrack.

Copyright © – 20th Century Studios

Copyright © – Marvel

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Marvel Music, Inc.

What's Wrong with Wolfie? theme music created by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jerden Cooke

This episode brings a slight format change, where each of us will now host the show in rotation and who hosts will pick the film or TV show we cover.

Rich kicks this off with his choice, Battlefield Earth.

It was a film that was panned by everyone when it was released, and it is still labelled as one of the worst films ever made. Did we agree? Could we find some light in the darkness? Or is it just really, really bad? (Spoilers, this is still a really, really bad film!) Join us as we try to answer these questions and much more!

0:00 Intro & Trailer

2:15 General Thoughts

18:08 Cast, Characters & More Thoughts

1:05:27 Favourite Moments & Verdict

1:30:11 Outro

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Music Credits

Psychlo Wrangler & The Dome, both taken from the Battlefield Earth Soundtrack composed by Elia Cmiral.

The What's Wrong with Wolfie? theme music created by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jerden Cooke

We had a recording planned, but unfortunately we couldn't make it work, so in it's place, we thought we'd release our second Patreon episode of Pic 'n' Mix.

Here we share our love for this once powerhouse of a format. We cover many aspects, including our memories of this wonderful format, favourite videos, the adverts, plus much more.

We hope to be back in a couple of weeks with a new episode for all you lovely people.

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Music CreditsTheme music created by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jerden Cooke

It seems the cartoon and live-action film of The Flintstones seem to of been forgotten, but not by us, and its recent 30th anniversary was the excuse we needed for it to be our feature this week.

The extremely talented cast does a great job of conveying the plot of friendship and embezzlement and we cover this plus our favourite moments of the film, reminisce over the BC 52's hit tie in song, and decide what other Hanna Barbara cartoons should get the live action treatment.

Chapters

0:00 Intro & Trailer

2:54 The Flintstones

39:37 Cast & Characters

1:04:19 Favourite Moments & Verdict

1:21:48 Outro

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Music Credits

BC-52's - Meet The Flintstones © – MCA Records, Inc.

Driving Home - David Newman (Taken from The Flintstones OST)

Theme music created by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jerden Cooke