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Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! Can you believe we've already reached our penultimate episode of Spooky Season 2026? We sure can't! Where has the time come? This week, Julia and Anthony are joined by two of their favorite recurring guests, Kendall and Misty of the excellent "Two Girls, One Crypt," to talk the 2026 smash-hit, "Obsession!" The four dive-deep into this timely horror-film about cons...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! During Spooky Season 2026 here on "Tis the Podcast," we've made a conscious effort to pepper in a few undisputed horror classics in our lineup, and that trend continues tonight as Julia and Anthony sit down to discuss Sam Raimi's beloved 1981 film, "The Evil Dead." Often considered one of the best scary movies of all time - and the beginning of the most consistent...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! This week, as Spooky Season continues, Kendall joins Julia and Anthony to discuss the 2019 horror-comedy, "Ready or Not" - a.k.a. "The Worst Wedding Night Ever!"  Before the game begins, we catch up on Anthony's birthday, a Harry Potter escape room, the musical Puffs, book club picks, and the upcoming Halloween Horror Nights trip. Then it's on to the movie. Is it...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! This week, as Spooky Season continues, Matt Spaulding of "North Pole Radio" and "2 Broke Geeks" joins Julia, Anthony, and Thom to discuss the 2023 slasher film, "Scream VI" - a.k.a. "Ghostface Takes Manhattan!"  Everyone knows Anthony is the "Scream" fan on this show, so how does this one stack up against the rest of the franchise in his mind? And is Ghostface's m...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! Spooky Season continues this week as Julia, Anthony, and Thom are joined by Gathering of the Geek's Chris Evans (not the Chris Evans, but that Chris Evans), who makes his triumphant return to the show to talk 2025's horror-comedy, The Monkey, based on the 1980 Stephen King short story of the same name! Trust us when when we say this is one fun, funny episode you w...

Happy Wednesday, Christmas Fanatics! We are back with what is becoming a favorite staple of our annual Spooky Season celebrations: 2026's Tis the Podcast Ultimate Horror Movie Bracket! This year, Anthony is joined by: Kendall and Misty of Two Girls, One Crypt, Matt of North Pole Radio, and Ron, Lindsey, and Ryan of Film Strip Podcast for the ultimate championship bracket to debate, argue, and ulti...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! After catching up Colburn family reunions, talking about Anthony's experience at Halloween Horror Nights 35, catching up on movies, and giving their reaction to HBO's latest trailer for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Julia and Anthony continue this journey through Spooky Season 2026 by discussing a bonafide Halloween classic: 1980's, Friday the 13th. An...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! And Happy Labor Day! We hope you're all enjoying the long weekend! Today marks the official start of Spooky Season on "Tis the Podcast", and we're celebrating in a big way: by welcoming our friend Kristin from the always amazing "Holidays After Dark" to talk an undisputed classic: 1984's "A Nightmare on Elm Street"! Listen as they discuss their histories, the movi...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! And Happy Last Day of August! We're on the Eve of the 'Ber Months and the official start of Spooky Season! How exciting is that? Before we transition into Halloween mode for the months of September and October, Julia and Anthony send August off with a bang by finishing their revisit of the "The Office" Christmas episodes via their Superfan Extended episodes! The e...

Happy Friday, Christmas Fanatics!   As a special bonus treat to kickoff Spooky Season a bit early, and honor the fact that tonight is the official opening of "Halloween Horror Nights 35", enjoy this special bonus episode in which Anthony is joined by Kendall and Misty of "Two Girls, One Crypt" to discuss this years lineup of houses, scare zones, and shows at the event! They also rank their anticip...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics!  This week, Julia and Anthony continue their revisit of the holiday season at Dunder Mifflin Paper Company by discussing the extended, Superfan episodes of "The Office's" Season 6 and 7 episodes: "Secret Santa" and "Classy Christmas"!  Also discussed: "The End of Oak Street", "Dungeon Crawler Carl", back to school in the Colburn household, Anthony's experience at...

Happy Tuesday, Christmas Fanatics! This week, the elves are heading back to Dunder Mifflin for a little Christmas déjà vu! We know we've already talked about The Office's Christmas episodes, but now we're diving into the extended editions, and we think you know these elves aren't complaining about talking the Office. Anthony, Julia, and Thom kick things off with "Christmas Party", the Season 2 cla...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas in July! Firstly, join us in wishing our very own Julia, everybody' favorite elf, a very Happy Birthday! This show wouldn't be the same without her good cheer and evergreen optimism and cheeriness! Secondly, listen as the elves finally gather to discuss the Christmas episodes of Cartoon Network's "Regular Show" - a series...

Happy Saturday, Christmas Fanatics! And Happy Christmas in July 2026! Can you believe we're here already? As a special treat to mark the occasion, Julia and Anthony sit down to provide a commentary track for the perennial favorite of the show, "A Charlie Brown Christmas"! After a bit of talk about the "Clayface" and "Avengers: Doomsday" trailers, the two of them count you down so you can hit "Play...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! We hope all of our Canadian listeners had a great Canada Day, and all of our American listeners had a great 250th Fourth of July! As we are officially past the Fourth, now, you know what that means - it's officially Spooky Season! We don't make the rules - we just enforce them!  That said, "Tis the Podcast" won't be going full spooky until September 1st! As such,...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! This week, Julia, Anthony, and - making his triumphant return - Thom (!!!) sit down to celebrate the fact we're over halfway to Christmas 2026! After catching up on what the elves have been up to, they discuss one of the Christmas episodes of a television show they've wanted to cover for a while: "Gilmore Girls"! The episode in question? Season One, Episode Ten's:...

Happy Thursday, Christmas Fanatics! And Happy Leon Day! Can you believe that, as of today, we are *officially* Halfway to Christmas 2026? We sure can't! It's all downhill from here!  To celebrate the occasion, please enjoy this special bonus episode in which Julia and Anthony once again gather to discuss their favorite "Saturday Night Live" Christmas skits that didn't make their list the last time...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! We hope all the dads out there had a great Father's Day!  This week, Julia and Anthony discuss the extended "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" Christmas episode (released as a standalone DVD back in 2009 before airing in two parts on television to cap off Season 6), "A Very Sunny Christmas"!  For anyone familiar with this show, this should go without saying, but...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! It is June 15th, which means we are fifteen days away from officially being halfway to Christmas 2026! Can you believe it? We sure can't! This week, Julia and Anthony sit down to discuss the 2025, Netflix Original Holiday movie, "Jingle Bell Heist"! Also discussed: deleted "Harry Potter" plot lines, Ethan's 20th birthday, Anthony's recent trip to Universal Studios...

Happy Tuesday, Christmas Fanatics! Apologies for being a day late with this episode, but we had some issues trying to schedule it yesterday! Better late than never though, right? This week, in honor of the brand new, live action, "Masters of the Universe" movie hitting theaters (which you'll hear Anthony gush all about at the beginning of this episode), Julia and Anthony sit down to talk 1985's "H...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! And Happy June! Can you believe it! We are nearly halfway to Christmas 2026! How crazy is that?!  This week, Julia and Anthony sit down to discuss the holiday episode of the classic PBS cartoon, "The Magic School Bus" - Season 3, Episode 13: "Holiday Special"! This is a fun episode, full of nostalgia, so settle back, put on those seatbelts, and enjoy - because we...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! This week, Julia and Anthony sit down to discuss the made for television, holiday movie adaptation of PBS' hit television show, "Arthur": 2000's "Arthur's Perfect Christmas"!  Do the elves have nostalgia wrapped up in this particular holiday special, or "Arthur" in general? If so, how does it hold up for them today? And if not, can they enjoy it on its merits as a...

Happy Tuesday, Christmas Fanatics! Apologies we're a day late with this one, but life got in the way! We hope you all had a great weekend and had a wonderful Mother's Day! This week, Julia, Thom, and Anthony sat down to discuss the 1990, Christmas special, "Barney: Waiting for Santa". Anthony grew up on this one and has a lot of nostalgia wrapped up in it, but how does it hold up for him now as a...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! And Happy May! This week, all three elves reunite to discuss the 2024, Robert Zemeckis film, "Here", starring Tom Hanks and Robin Wright! While there are more than a handful of beautiful Christmas scenes throughout the film, is this actually a holiday movie? You'll just have to tune in to find out what the elves think! Regardless of their answer, though, it certai...

Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! Can you believe we've already reached our last episode of April 2026? We sure can't! This year is flying by! This week, Julia and Anthony sit down to discuss 2002's "The Mothman Prophecies"! Is this a Christmas film or a film merely set at Christmas? You'll have to tune in to find out! Besides the legend of Mothman, the two catch up on what's been going on in thei...