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536 - Interview with the Vampire (feat. Eric Sipple)

16 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Shall we begin like David Copperfield? "I am born…I grew up?" Or shall we begin about 120 years after Anne Rice's novel Interview with the Vampire t...

535 - VAL-halla: The Doors / Tombstone (feat. Eric Sipple)

17 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It is time once more to enter the gates of VAL-halla, our retrospective series on the late Hollywood icon Val Kilmer. Paul, Arlo, and Eric set their s...

534 - Superman (feat. Eric Sipple)

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's James Gunn's Superman, here to launch the writer-director-studio-head's brand new (?) DC Universe....

533 - The Fantastic Four: First Steps (feat. Eric Sipple)

24 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Well they can't all be winners, folks. I'm not talking about the movie. The Fantastic Four: First Steps was actually pretty great. It's the second MCU...

532 - VAL-halla: Top Gun / Willow (feat. Eric Sipple)

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our second trip to VAL-halla finds Paul, Arlo, and Eric contemplating two very different experiences of Val Kilmer’s ‘80s career: Tony Scott’s 1...

531 - Thunderbolts* (feat. Eric Sipple)

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For the first time in a long time, Gobbledygeek dips its beak back into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. They’ve done so for a very special film: Jake...

530 - Sinners (feat. Eric Sipple)

07 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The rich tradition of Southern-fried vampires continues with Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, a masterful mash-up of Delta blues, Irish folk, and the horrors...

529 - That Was Then: The Night of the Hunter

26 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Would you like us to tell you the little story of Arlo and Paul? A-R-L-O! It was with this pretentious film buff that a That Was Then episode on Charl...

528 - That Was Then: Back to the Future (feat. Eric Sipple)

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We’re going back…to That Was Then! Paul, Arlo, and Eric return to their series of vintage movie discussions to celebrate the 40th anniversary of R...

527 - FCF: Mouse Guard (feat. Eric Sipple)

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For this month’s (not that we’re on any kind of schedule anymore, hehe) Four-Color Flashback, Paul, Arlo, and Eric are scurrying over to the first...

526 - VAL-halla: Top Secret! / Real Genius (feat. Eric Sipple)

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We lost one of our legendary screen stars earlier this year, so now we’re passing through the gates of VAL-halla to celebrate some of his most notab...

525 - FCF: The Incal (feat. Eric Sipple)

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dear telefriends! Get ready to transcend this earthly plane, as Paul, Arlo, and Eric encounter a universe of concrete birds, homeo-whores, and techno-...

524 - That Was Then: Babe (feat. Eric Sipple)

17 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Something passed between them: the faintest hint of a common destiny. Does this describe Paul and Arlo’s first meeting, or the first time Farmer Hog...

523 - That Was Then: Jaws (feat. Eric Sipple)

03 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, it’s time for another nautical That Was Then. Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year ...

522 - That Was Then: Popeye (1980)

14 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Pop open a can of spinach and set sail for the far-off year of 1980, when noted auteur Robert Altman had his crew build an entire functioning town so ...

521 - Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (feat. Eric Sipple)

14 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Here we go, here we go, here we go again: another Spider-Man adaptation? Don’t get your webs in a tizzy, True Believers, because this one is really ...

520 - FCF: The Nice House on the Lake (feat. Eric Sipple)

06 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s a reunion at the end of the world as Eric Sipple joins Paul and Arlo for the latest Four-Color Flashback. Paul has invited everyone to The Nice...

519 - Geek Challenge: 3 Women vs. Three Amigos!

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We’re seeing triple on a new Geek Challenge featuring a duet of trios: first we’ve got John Landis’ notorious flop Three Amigos from 1986, then ...

518 - The Wild Robot (feat. Eric Sipple)

17 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With How to Train Your Dragon, Chris Sanders taught us about human-dragon friendship. And now, with The Wild Robot, he shows us what happens when tech...

517 - FCF: Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees (feat. Eric Sipple)

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Does a bear kill in the woods? That’s the question Patrick Horvath sets out to answer in his “Richard Scarry meets Dexter” opus Beneath the Tree...

516 - Where the Gobbledy$#@& Have We Been?! (feat. Eric Sipple)

20 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

And we’re back. Just like that, in the blink of an eye–or, depending on your perspective, what felt like several eternities–six months have pass...

515 - That Was Then: The Incredibles (feat. Eric Sipple)

04 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In an age where Deadpool & Wolverine is set to smash box office records, it can be hard to remember what things were like in the first wave of superhe...

514 - Ren Faire

25 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hail and well met! This week, Paul and Arlo raise their overpriced goblets to Lance Oppenheim’s HBO docuseries Ren Faire. The three-episode series c...

513 - The Tortured Parents Department

18 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The stork just made a special delivery, and it’s a new episode of Gobbledygeek! Bat-Turkey also welcomes a new addition to the family: Alexandra Jad...

512 - Ancient Bodies & Modern Art

16 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For the first time this season, Paul and Arlo have lost the plot. That’s right, the beloved Gobbledygeek freestyle episode has returned, new and imp...

511 - That Was Then: Gunga Din (feat. Michael Holland)

07 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

You’re a better podcaster than us, Michael Holland. That’s right, the City of Angels’ very own boy wonder is back to take Paul and Arlo to film ...

510 - FCF: Uzumaki (feat. Eric Sipple)

24 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Around and around we go, where we’ll stop–only Arlo knows! For this month’s Four-Color Flashback, Gobbledygeek’s enfant terrible has chosen Ju...

509 - FCF: Weavers (feat. Eric Sipple)

27 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Oh, what a tangled web we Weavers! For this month’s Four-Color Flashback, Paul and Arlo trap Eric Sipple in their web once more, this time to discus...

508 - That Was Then: Sideways

09 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As they say, don’t drink and podcast, but here Paul and Arlo are talking about 2004’s Sideways for another round of That Was Then. Alexander Payne...

507 - That Was Then: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

02 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re speeding away at breakneck speed with another installment of our That Was Then series. This time Paul and Arlo are witnesses to The Taking of ...

506 - That Was Then: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (feat. Michael Holland)

29 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For the next installment in our That Was Then series, Paul and Arlo cast their minds back to 1964–a year that predates both of them, though the era’...

505 - That Was Then: Ghostbusters

24 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Who ya gonna call? Gobbledygeek! For the first installment of our That Was Then series, taking a look back at movies celebrating anniversaries in 2024...

504 - FCF: Superman for All Seasons (feat. Eric Sipple)

17 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's the Gobbledygeek season 15 premiere! Breaking from vaguely defined tradition, Paul and Arlo are k...

503 - Twisted Christmas: Black Christmas vs. A Christmas Story

22 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

You’ll slash your eye out, Kidder! To close out our truncated season, it’s a Twisted Christmas double feature, as Paul and Arlo explore both of C...

502 - Blue Eye Samurai

16 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What is there for a young, mixed-race woman to do in feudal Japan? Reject all traces of her femininity, assume the masculine identity of a ronin, and ...

501 - Scavengers Reign

12 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We’re crash-landing back into regular podcasting with the Max original animated series Scavengers Reign. Created by Joseph Bennett and Charles Huett...

500 - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (feat. Eric Sipple)

26 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

500 episodes! Can you believe it? What incredibly special way will we choose to commemorate this event??? By, well, just having a regular episode disc...

499 - Geek Challenge: Xanadu vs. Mulholland Drive

28 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

You have to believe Gobbledygeek is magic. Or at the very least, that Paul and Arlo will revel in cinematic magic on the latest Geek Challenge. Robert...

498 - FCF: Far Sector

06 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In brightest day, in blackest night, no listener shall escape the Four-Color Flashback’s might! In an unusual turn of events, Paul has selected a DC...

497 - Geek Challenge: Stick Season vs. Blood on the Tracks

10 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Are you feeling “Homesick”? Are you all “Tangled Up in Blue”? Dogged by a “Simple Twist of Fate” or, perhaps, sippin’ on gin and “Oran...

496 - FCF: Boxers & Saints

13 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For this month’s Four-Color Flashback, Paul and Arlo tackle a blindspot from one of their favorite writers. Gene Luen Yang, author of Gobbledyfaves ...

495 - HBO’s The Last of Us, Season One (feat. Dale & Ensley Guffey)

04 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Love can spread like a fungus throughout the soul, eradicating any shred of self-control. For a thorough depiction of that sentiment, we turn to HBO’...

494 - Geek Challenge: Alice vs. Labyrinth

15 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

You remind me of the pod…the pod with the geeks. Paul and Arlo fall down the rabbit hole of another Geek Challenge, this time pitting Jim Henson’s...

493 - RRR

17 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Time to rise, roar, and revolt as Paul and Arlo engage in some extreme piggybacking with S.S. Rajamouli’s RRR. This alt-history epic is the rare Ind...

492 - FCF: We Only Find Them When They’re Dead

05 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Got a hankerin’ for god meat? Well, pull out your giant lightsaber knife and feast on a new Four-Color Flashback! For the first FCF of 2023, Paul an...

491 - In Like a Lion

01 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back, baby! After a longer than expected hiatus, Gobbledygeek has returned for season 14. That’s right, we’re up to 14 seasons of Paul and...

490 - Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

27 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Is that a tree branch on your face, or are you just lying to me? An extra-long Gobbledygeek season finale takes root with a discussion of Guillermo de...

489 - Geek Challenge: White Christmas vs. Eyes Wide Shut

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hang your stockings by the chimney, roast some chestnuts on that open fire, and prepare yourself for a very special Twisted Christmas installment. Our...

488 - Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (feat. Kenn Edwards)

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Now that rock star biopics have peaked with Elvis, what else can the genre do but get Weird? Dare to be stupid with Paul, Arlo, and Alex Jonestown Mas...

487 - Reservation Dogs: Season 2

25 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Aho, podcast listeners! To celebrate Native American Heritage Month, Paul and Arlo check in on the latest season of Reservation Dogs, possibly the bes...

486 - Interview with the Vampire (1994)

06 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to Gobbledygeek and live forever. This week, in a stealth continuation of this year’s Gobbledyween, Paul and Arlo head on down to New Orleans...

485 - The Blair Witch Project

29 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We all get lost, every now and then. Most of us don’t get quite as lost as the three film students at the center of The Blair Witch Project, a massi...

484 - Midnight Mass (feat. Joe Lewis)

27 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Leaves are on the ground, blood is on the screen–it’s time for a (very late) Gobbledyween! Gobbledygeek’s annual horror-thon returns for an abbr...

483 - Nope

19 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For his third film, Jordan Peele looks to the skies–and what he finds doesn’t want to be seen. This week, Paul and Arlo say yup to Nope, Peele’s...

482 - FCF: Oblivion Song

06 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sing, sing a song; sing of oblivion, it’s 36 issues long! For this month’s first (?) Four-Color Flashback, Paul and Arlo are harmonizing about Rob...

481 - Netflix’s The Sandman, Season 1 (feat. Eric Sipple)

24 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

No, this isn’t a dream (or even a nightmare): The Sandman, the iconic Vertigo comic book series created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Keith, and Mike Dringenb...

480 - Elvis

15 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

From Tupelo to Memphis, from Hollywood to Vegas, Elvis Presley conquered America–and now, telling his story, an Australian filmmaker has conquered t...

479 - Sad & Weird

02 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For another freestyle, Paul and Arlo are getting weird. As in “Weird Al” Yankovic, whom Arlo recently saw with their good buddy Kenn Edwards. Arlo...

478 - FCF: Thor by Jason Aaron

21 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Listener, we would have words with thee! As the Odinson and the Mighty Thor swing their hammers onto the big screen in Thor: Love and Thunder, Paul an...

477 - Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

04 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Paul and Arlo are going slightly mad. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is the MCU’s latest trip through the titular multiverse, fracturin...

476 - FCF: Die (feat. Eric Sipple)

27 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For this month’s Four-Color Flashback, Paul and Arlo roll the Die to discuss Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans’ dark tale of a group of one-time RP...

475 - GC: Everything Everywhere All at Once vs. The One

21 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In a multiverse without limitations…you have chosen to listen to Gobbledygeek. Let that sink in. While you do, you’ll also get to hear Paul and Ar...

474 - MCUTV: Moon Knight (feat. Michael Holland)

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Travelers of the night, welcome to Paul and Arlo’s latest MCUTV discussion. They join hands once again with Hollywood wonder boy Michael Holland, an...

473 - Dick’s on the Brain

03 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It’s a freestyle episode, boys and girls! You know what that means: the Dragon’s Milk is flowing, the tangents are plentiful, and Paul and Arlo ju...

472 - FCF: Smile

01 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sit back and say ‘Aaaahhhh!’ For this month’s Four-Color Flashback, Paul and Arlo take a trip to the dentist with Raina Telgemeier’s 2010 auto...

471 - The Batman (feat. Kenn Edwards)

22 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Riddle me this, riddle me that…who's afraid of Matt Reeves' The Bat(man)? Not Paul and Arlo, that's for sure, at least not with Project Batman vet K...

470 - The Mighty Marvel Movie Catch-Up

30 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

And you run, you run to catch up with the sun, but it’s sinking…well, before it sets, Paul and Arlo have a few MCU movies they need to discuss. Du...

469 - FCF: The Many Deaths of Laila Starr

25 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when a child is born who will invent immortality? According to Ram V and Felipe Andrade's The Many Deaths of Laila Starr, Death is fired ...

468 - Geek Challenge: Lady Bird vs. Ladyhawke

16 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's Ladies' Night on Gobbledygeek! By which we mean we've got a Geek Challenge featuring Richard Donner's 1985 medieval fantasy epic Ladyhawke and Gr...

467 - Whatever Happened to the Geeks of Tomorrow?

11 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For Paul and Arlo, existential crises and comic books often go hand-in-hand. Such is the case for this week’s freestyle, wherein Paul’s rumination...

466 - Our Flag Means Death

05 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Weigh anchor and hoist the mizzen! Paul and Arlo set sail for a discussion of David Jenkins’ pirate rom-com Our Flag Means Death. The new HBO Max se...

465 - FCF: Six-Gun Gorilla

28 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes a gorilla is just a gorilla. Sometimes, though, that gorilla–righteously bearing arms though he may be–is a gateway to a story about the...

464 - West Side Story (2021)

20 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Somethin’s comin’, somethin’ good: this week, Paul and Arlo pirouette through a discussion of Steven Spielberg’s new take on West Side Story, ...

463 - The Animatrix & The Matrix Resurrections (feat. Tilly Bridges)

15 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Why use old code to mirror something new? Writer/producer Tilly Bridges is back to continue last week’s discussion of The Matrix series. This time, ...

462 - The Matrix Trilogy (feat.Tilly Bridges)

06 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Unfortunately, no one can be told what Gobbledygeek is. You have to listen to it for yourself. Writer-producer Tilly Bridges joins Paul and Arlo for t...

461 - FCF: Black Panther - The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda

27 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Panthers…IN SPAAAAACE! For their first Four-Color Flashback of 2022, Paul and Arlo look to the stars, where they find Black Panther: The Intergalact...

460 - MCUTV: Hawkeye (feat. Michael Holland)

16 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Clint Barton, draw back your bow and let your arrow go straight to Disney+. Hollywood big shot Michael Holland joins Paul and Arlo for another season ...

459 - Triskaidekaphobia

31 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

You're in luck--season 13 of Gobbledygeek is here. Everyone's favorite more or less (emphasis on less) weekly podcast returns with a look at the horro...

458 - The Muppet Christmas Carol

22 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It’s only one more Gobbledygeek ‘til Christmas! This year, instead of discussing the weird or cynical sides of the holidays, Paul and Arlo are emb...

457 - What If…? (feat. Michael Holland)

16 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What if…you listened to a podcast about What If…? In a universe of infinite possibilities, Michael Holland (currently post-production supervisor o...

456 - FCF: Outer Darkness

06 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“And cast ye the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” So says Matthew 25:30, and in John L...

455 - Reservation Dogs (feat. Nikki Stafford)

26 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The best show on TV is on FX--well, FX on Hulu, that is. It’s called Reservation Dogs, it was created by Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi, and it is ...

454 - Gobbledyween: Rockula (feat. Eric Sipple)

30 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gobbledyween has come to a close for another year--and we’re going out with a fang! To round out our month of frightening films, we’ve chosen a mo...

453 - Gobbledyween: The Fly (feat. Kenn Edwards)

25 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever heard of insect podcasts? Neither have we. Paul and Arlo continue Gobbledyween 2021 with a deep penetrating dive into the plasma pool, a...

452 - Gobbledyween: Nightbreed (feat. Joseph Lewis)

17 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Listen to them, the children of the night. What movies they make! For the second installment of Gobbledyween 2021, A/V writer-director Joseph Lewis jo...

451 - Gobbledyween: The House of the Devil (feat. Greg Sahadachny)

07 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Leaves are on the ground. Blood is on the screen. It’s time for Gobbledyween. Our beloved, bloody tradition returns for another fiendish film fest f...

450 - FCF: The Spire

30 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For their latest Four-Color Flashback, Paul and Arlo are exploring the world of Si Spurrier and Jeff Stokely’s 2015 mini-series The Spire. Our locat...

449 - The Americans: Season 3 (feat. Wesley Mead)

14 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

To paraphrase Philip and Elizabeth Jennings’ new/old handler Gabriel, “Podcasting and timeliness in many ways are antithetical.” After a series ...

448 - Miserable Children

08 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when a regularly scheduled episode gets regularly postponed? A freestyle, that’s what! In lieu of talking about The Americans season 3,...

447 - Eric Sipple: The Return

30 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

That Sipple you like is going to come back in style. It’s been a long while--we’re talking pre-pandemic here--but Eric Sipple is finally making th...

446 - FCF: Sweet Tooth: The Return

22 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

You can’t go home again. But you can return to the creator-owned post-apocalyptic fantasy saga that captivated comics readers for 40 twisted, beauti...

445 - Black Widow (feat. Tanya Cochran)

17 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After a two-year absence--thanks, global pandemic!--the Marvel Cinematic Universe makes its return to the big screen with the long-awaited Black Widow...

444 - Loki (feat. Michael Holland)

10 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Gobbledygeek’s very own MCU TV brain trust reconvenes somewhere in the multiverse, as post-production supervisor to the stars Michael Holland joins ...

443 - FCF: Sweet Tooth: Deluxe Edition - Books Two and Three

02 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nature is healing. For this month’s Four-Color Flashback, Paul and Arlo conclude the post-apocalyptic journeys of  The Boy and the Big Man with Jef...

442 - Geek Challenge: Sunset Blvd. vs. My Favorite Year

24 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

For Norma Desmond, the pictures got small when words stole her mystique; for Alan Swann, it was when his drunken antics got him downgraded to the boob...

441 - The Americans: Season 2 (feat. Wesley Mead)

11 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

You know what they say: Parenting is hard, especially when you’re undercover KGB operatives masquerading as a suburban American couple. As Paul, Arl...

440 - FCF: Sweet Tooth

19 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Imagine a world where a global pandemic killed millions and changed society forever. Spooky stuff, huh? Well, take a break from reality with this mont...

439 - My Favorite Sunny Murder Crime in Philadelphia Podcast

11 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On a new freestyle episode, Paul and Arlo spend the whole podcast telling you about other podcasts you should be listening to instead (and one you sh...

438 - FCF: Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 1

07 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Four-Color Flashback, that most venerated non-Gobbledyween tradition, has been around in some form for nearly all of this podcast’s 11 years. A...

437 - The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (feat. Michael Holland)

27 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Paul, Arlo, and returning guest Michael Holland aren’t in Westview anymore. For its second TV series, the Marvel Cinematic Universe returns to more ...