An Oscar For Arnold

Welcome to another quickly-released Bite-Sized Bit! See how nice this is? You get less of us more frequently! Consider it a trial separation. Today the boys discuss the worst actors that they could conceivably get an Oscar for (and how they would accomplish that). Between the two of them, they have five actors in mind. And if you think that Sonny's first suggestion of Jelly Roll is ridiculous...

Happy summer, everyone! Since Sonny and Tom have been absolutely terrible at uploading podcasts this year, they came up with a brilliant strategy to increase their episode numbers: bite-sized bits! That's right, we're giving you less content at a higher frequency purely to boost our episode numbers. And we think that's beautiful. Today's bite-sized bit sees the boys discussing...

Welcome to the first bonus episode that was recorded as a standalone episode! What does that mean for you? It means we're too lazy to make a whole new episode so we recorded this bonus episode to pat ourselves on the back and forget about this podcast for a few more weeks. But at least you guys get to enjoy one more round of Guessing How Moves End: Multiple Choice Edition. After last episode...

A vintage AOFA concept that nobody liked is back! In late 2022, Sonny and Tom played a game in which they read the beginning of movie descriptions and attempted to guess how the movies ended. The concept was nice, but the outcome was awful. Today, wiser in the years that have passed us by like cars on a dusty highway, Sonny and Tom have revamped the concept with a new take. Instead of guessing tog...

Welcome to a new year of An Oscar For Arnold! With prediction markets in the news these days, we thought it might be interesting if Sonny and Tom try to predict what will happen this year. We're talking about everything from Best Picture winner at the 2026 Academy Awards to the next celebrity couple, the next big trends, and whether Sonny and Tom will find love in the calendar year. So listen...

Bantober may be on life support, but it ain't dead yet! For all of you who enjoyed the absurd amount of banter that we've brought you over the past month, you'll be happy to hear that there's a little bit more left over. Today we bring you the final bits of banter that weren't quite good enough to make the regular Bantober episode or the banter episode from earlier in Bant...

Happy Bantober! We promised you more banter this month and we weren't lying. We may have even given you too much banter! But you're going to take this banter and live with it. Because that is the #SpiritOfBantober There's so much banter, I'm just going to lay out the topics for you: Halloween comfort movies (14:13) When to release scary movies/MLK Day (20:46) Alec Baldwin car c...

Welcome to #Bantober! The boys are back with an XL banter episode to get you into the Bantober spirit. Admittedly, the episode is only this long because we originally planned a bonus banter episode that will now no longer be coming out. But stay tuned for a bit more banter this month, whether you like it or not. Today's topics include Ethan Coen's lesbian wife, Madison Beer and Justin He...

We're back! Let's skip the empty apologies and get right into the game episode that you've all been waiting for. After wrapping up their 7-game series with the last game episode, the boys are back for a fresh start. And today they'll be playing Which Celebrity Lived Longer?, a clever spin on the "Which Celebrity Is Older?" episode that once graced your eardrums. Play...

After a hiatus that was inexcusably long, the boys are back to celebrate Episode 40! And since it's a special occasion, they decided to give you a special episode that harkens back to the idea that started it all. Instead of turning their iconic film Olympia into a mini series, the boys try to craft an original series that would get Arnold Schwarzenegger a Primetime Emmy Award from the Academ...

Today, we wanted to give back to all you loyal listeners out there. The fans who have stood by our side for every episode. There's enough of you to populate a small village. Really more of a hamlet, if we're being honest. But we figured it was your turn to decide what Sonny and Tom were going to talk about for once. So we went to Instagram and asked the fans what they wanted to hear. We...

This is a bracket episode dedicated to all the celebrities who became famous for something other than acting (basically as a musician or athlete) and then became actors afterwards. Just wanted to start by clearing that up because the title does not really convey it but we didn't know what else to call this bracket. We're talking about people like Lady Gaga, Dwayne "The Rock" Jo...

Not to toot our own horn here, but we think that last episode was probably the best banter episode we've ever done. So it's only natural that it would come with an incredible bonus banter episode attached to it. Enjoy the bits that weren't quite good enough for the regular episode, but still deserve some love. First Sonny and Tom discuss the recent success of Arnold's son Patri...

That's right, it's banter time! But first, we should probably address the fact that Sonny and Tom open this episode by bragging about how early in the month they're recording an episode only for it to ultimately be released on the last day of the month. But hey, nobody's perfect. And if it makes you feel any better, this is an excellent episode. Sonny and Tom cover six differen...

The boys kick off 2025 with a game episode! After the last three game episodes have not exactly gone Sonny's way, he's looking to fight back before he gets lumped into the all-time choke conversations. Meanwhile, Tom is attempting to complete a historic comeback after being down 0-3, solidifying himself as the winner of this (currently) 7-game series. Who will come out on top? Today the...

It's time for a special Christmas episode of An Oscar For Arnold! This one is sort of a two-parter, with the boys starting off by discussing "Jingle All the Way," the 1996 Arnold Schwarzenegger Christmas movie that sees him playing a workaholic father desperate to make his son happy by buying the most popular toy in the country on the day before Christmas while his horny neighbor tr...

You asked, and we answered! Well, maybe nobody really asked. But the boys are here to bring you another original Indiana Jones movie crafted right in front of your ears in a supersized episode. And today they have a special guest! Sonny and Tom's dear friend Ryan Town joins the podcast to contribute to the new Indy movie after years of begging to be on this podcast. This particular Indiana Jo...

In April of 2022, the boys brought you a Movie Mash-Up episode in which they attempted to combine two movies into one. The result was absolutely awful, but you guys still seemed to like the concept. So the fellas are back to try a different spin on the mash-up premise: merging famous TV dramas with famous TV sitcoms. For instance, what would it look like if "The Sopranos" merged with &qu...

On a special episode of An Oscar For Arnold, Sonny and Tom sit down with Jemima McEvoy, a wealth reporter at Forbes, for the podcast's first ever interview. Jemima recently published an article titled "How Arnold Schwarzenegger Became a Billionaire," and the boys were lucky enough to have her join the podcast to discuss Arnold, his wealth, and her career covering wealthy people. The...

That's right, we got another bonus episode for all you lovers of extra content! Join the fellas to hear the topics that couldn't quite make the cut for the recent regular banter episode and have now been relegated to the bonus episode. We know how much you guys love these bonus episodes, so we made sure to give you a good one today with plenty of content to enjoy. Today's topics tha...

Yes, it's time once again for an episode that's only banter. We know you guys have been pining for it, especially after some of the stinkers we've been giving you lately, so Sonny and Tom are here to deliver nothing but fresh banter for you all to enjoy. On the docket today are the last words of Kirk Douglas, Kevin Costner bankrolling a 3+ part western epic and ruining his marriage...

For the 30th episode of An Oscar For Arnold, Sonny and Tom are playing another game. And this time, Sonny's winning record is on the line. Will he be able to defend his 3-2 lead over Tom, or will the score go even? Luckily the game is stupider than ever, with the boys trying to guess which of two given celebrities has more children. Is there a solid strategy to picking which celebrity has mor...

After just doing an episode about the Oscars, the boys decided to keep things exciting and do another one immediately after. But the Oscars are half the podcast's title, so we think our hosts deserve a pass for this one. Today they take a look at some films which have recently won Best Picture at the Academy Awards or Worst Picture at the Golden Raspberry Awards, trying their best to recast t...

The fellas just barely got this episode out at the end of March, keeping their promise of one episode a month this year alive. And ironically, they're doing an episode about something that happened several weeks ago. Sonny and Tom do a deep dive into the weirdest moments of the most recent Academy Awards, which saw Oppenheimer sweep, Killers of the Flower Moon get shut out, and Emma Stone ent...

From the creators of "Indiana Jones and the Hurricane of Katrina" and "Indiana Jones and the Crystal Flute" comes an all new cinematic event: "Predator '69." On today's episode, Sonny and Tom craft a new Predator movie from scratch. The setting? Woodstock, the legendary music festival of 1969. Can a group of hippies, all dealing with their own personal and i...