Obscure Obsessions: A Pop Culture Podcast

In Which Our Heroes Obsess Over HOW TO HATCH A DINOSAUR , an episode of the ADAM WEST BATMAN TV SERIES (1966-1968)  ALSO FEATURING: The Bennifer of Gotham City! Batman meets Gilligan! Barbara Gordon: Paleontology Hobbyist! The Zapping Machine! The return of Skip Parker! Bat-borscht! The South Eastern Journal of Applied Radiology! Holy hindsight! AND the Bat-computer is none too frisky!!! ____...

In Which Our Heroes “Celebrate” THE 44TH ANNIVERSARY OF JAWS 2 (1978) ALSO FEATURING: Roy Scheider isn’t pleased! The Joker is Shecky Rimshot! We rewrite the Jaws 2 script! Moe Howard Jr.! American Graffiti of the Sea! Donna Wilkes stars in Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird! Shut up, Mike Brody! Billy Van Zandt! AND Mayor Adam We!  __________  Taylor Zaccario….Host, Director, Producer, Writ...

In Which Our Heroes Obsess Over THE MANY BEWILDERING SPIN-OFFS OF SCOOBY-DOO FEATURING: Jodie Foster as Pugsley Addams! The Mystery Inc. Gang meets the Caped Crusader! Nick does his Scooby-Dum impression! We thank our friends at Wikipedia! The Harlem Globetrotters hunt Nessie! Mama Cass and the ham sandwich! In praise of HBO Max! Taylor tangles with Curly-Joe, again! AND Puppy Power!!! ALSO FEATUR...

In Which Our Heroes Obsess Over THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK (1997)  ALSO FEATURING: Poland Spring sponsorship! Speaking of Godzilla vs. Kong! Anthony does his homework! Part 2: The Godfather! Scissoring Dinos! Oh my god he shot Eddie! The one ball of Pete Postlewaithe! Fast and Furious: Isla Sorna! AND Nicholas, hit me in the head with a frying pan!!!  __________  Taylor Zaccario…...

In Which Our Heroes Obsess Over DIE HARD 2 (1990)  ALSO FEATURING: Elmer Fudd does Streetcar Named Desire! The Jan Brady of Die Hard Movies! Naked karate! The Full Len Cariou! Sinatra plays John McClane! The great Robert Costanzo! The Gruber Boys! Marvin! The bad career moves of William Atherton! AND New Jersey’s own Bruce Willis!!!  __  Taylor Zaccario….Host, Director, Producer, Wr...

In Which Our Heroes Obsess Over THE OBSCURE MOVIES AND TV THEY’VE RECENTLY WATCHED AND PURCHASED FEATURING: “Shrek Forever After” (2010), “High Anxiety” (1977), “The Score” (2001), “Vampire’s Kiss” (1989),  “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” (1974), and many more! ALSO FEATURING: Miss Piggy directs Brando! Rito Revolto! Beverly Hills Cop III’s Hector Elizondo! Shrek Forever After! Man-eatin...

In Which Our Heroes Obsess Over WHAT THEY WATCHED IN 2021 ALSO FEATURING: Kid ‘n Play! Ma and Pa Kettle Save Universal! CGI bears! Wrong sounding Muppets! The Sparks Brothers! The worst Rafiki imitation! Burping donkeys! Megan brawls with Rob Schneider! Taylor feuds with Curly-Joe DeRita! AND Dunston Checks In!!!

In Which Our Heroes Obsess Over CHRISTMAS TV CLASSICS FEATURING: “Jingle All the Way” (1996), “The Little Drummer Boy” (1968), “It’s a Very Muppet Christmas Movie” (2002), “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie’s Island Adventure” (2003), “Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House” (2002), and “Hey Arnold!: Arnold’s Christmas” (1996) ALSO FEATURING: Taylor tangles with Frosty Returns ! J...

In Which Our Heroes Obsess Over MY BLUE HEAVEN (1990) ALSO FEATURING: He’s got a system for everything! It’s a veg-e-table! What the frig is the address here?! I thought Wankel invented the rotary engine! I was your pallbearer! The shoes are tragic! Whadda great day! Who’s Terry?! AND it’s a popoverrrr!!!

In Which Our Heroes Play a Knockout Tournament About MOVIES TO WATCH ON HALLOWEEN FEATURING: “Halloweentown” (1998), “The Haunted Mansion” (2003), “The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad” (1949), “The Witches” (1990), “Casper” (1995), and many more!!! ALSO FEATURING: Cathy Moriarty does Cruella de Vil! Fester has amnesia! We love the Jangly Man! Cyril Proudbottom! Scooby-Doo lunches on gumbo! Can...

In Which Our Heroes Host a Roundtable Discussion About Former Rides and Attractions at DISNEY WORLD ALSO FEATURING: Showering in Epcot! Nick rides Mr. Toad in Hell! We mourn the loss of peanut butter! Anthony rejects Spaceship Earth! Crushed to death at the Magic Kingdom! Grandma outs Ellen! Taylor skips out on Norway! Farewell, Disney-MGM Studios! AND Megan tries to correct us!!!! PLUS: it’s our...

In Which Our Heroes Recommend SCARECROW (1973) and THE SCOOBY-DOO SHOW (1976 )  ALSO FEATURING: Gene Hackman shows his stuff! Enter Scooby-Dum! A yellow brick road movie! Oatmeal! The Chiller Diller Movie Thriller! Doggie incest! Scooby wants a cousin-smooch! The floss! AND our most perverse episode yet!!!

In Which Our Heroes Obsess Over TOWER OF TERROR (1997) FEATURING: Buzzy Crocker! Emeline Partridge! Carolyn Crosson! Gilbert London! Anna Petterson! Sally Shine! Q! Claire Poulet! Anna’s mom! Dewey Todd! AND Abigail Gregory!  ALSO FEATURING: we pray at the altar of Michael McShane! It’s raining, it’s pouring! Three Men and a Little Lady’s Steve Guttenberg! That means chicken in French! The cr...

In Which Our Heroes Obsess Over INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978) and Pontificate About Remakes ALSO FEATURING: Gus Van Sant’s bright idea! Kevin McCarthy gets his legs eaten! King Kong ‘76! Stir fry! A nonlinear Christmas Carol! Veronica Cartwright screams again! Feathery things! We quote the Grinch! AND Jeff Goldbloomy!!!

In Which Our Heroes Obsess Over Strange Movies on DISNEY PLUS   FEATURING: “Blackbeard’s Ghost” (1968), “Those Calloways” (1965), “The Shaggy D.A.” (1976), “Mr. Boogedy” (1986), “Fuzzbucket” (1986), “Sammy the Way-Out Seal” (1962), and many more!  ALSO FEATURING: Don Knotts spots a meteor! Are you scared of a grilled cheese sandwich! The affable Mr. Dean Jones! A mule becomes a football...

In Which Our Heroes Recommend WORLD’S GREATEST DAD (2009) and THE BLACK CAULDRON (1985) ALSO FEATURING: Robin Williams! 80s fantasy films! Nick does his Bobcat Goldthwait impression! The Horned King wants some bacon! We sing the praises of Scrooged! John Hurt chills our bones! Soothsaying pigs! The Rodney Dangerfield of Disney Movies! AND munchies & crunchies!!!

In Which Our Heroes Obsess Over HEAVYWEIGHTS (1995) ALSO FEATURING: Kenan Thompson is the man! The Bay City Rollers! The Citizen Kane of Camp Movies! Leah Lail makes pasta primavera! London Bridge is falling down! The great Shaun Weiss goes toe-to-toe with Uncle Tony! Ben Stiller or Laurence Olivier!  Mighty Ducks fanfiction! AND Hi! Hi! HIYAH!!!

In Which Our Heroes [And A Very Special Guest] Obsess Over MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND (1996)   FEATURING: Long John Silver! Short Stack Stevens! One-Eyed Jack! Black-Eyed Pea! Walleyed Pike! Polly Lobster! Mad Monty! Sweetums! Old Tom! Real Old Tom! Dead Tom! Clueless Morgan! Headless Bill! Big-Fat-Ugly-Bug-Face-Baby-Eating O’Brien! AND Angel Marie!!!  ALSO FEATURING: The Window Shade Treatm...

In Which Our Heroes Recommend BIG BULLY (1996) and THE GREAT RACE (1965)  ALSO FEATURING: Curtis Armstrong has a tick! The legal genius of Hanna-Barbera’s lawyer! An 8 minute pie fight! Chainsaw gags! Blake Edwards goes around the world! Penelope Pitstop rips off Natalie Wood! Rick Moranis gets pranked! The comedy of Wacky Races! AND I’m coming mama!!!

In Which The Head of Our Research Department Tries To Stump Our Heroes About Movie Plots  FEATURING: “The Monster Squad” (1987), “Rock-a-Doodle” (1991), “Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls” (1995), “The Amazing Panda Adventure” (1995), "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie" (1995), and many more!  ALSO FEATURING: Wolf Man’s got nards! Matthew Lillard! Wee Sing in King Cole’s Party! Mel Gi...

In Which Our Heroes Obsess Over SHOCK TREATMENT (1981), the Sequel To THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975)  ALSO FEATURING: Richard O’Brien predicts the future! Ol’ shovel mouth! The return of Jeremy Newsom! Micro-digital awaker! Bert Schnick eats an apple! The Rime of the Ancient Mariner references! Jessica Walters Harper! What’s up with Farley Flavors?! AND shove it, Betty!!!

In Which Our Heroes "Celebrate" The 34th Anniversary Of JAWS: THE REVENGE (1987) ALSO FEATURING: The horror of Hunt’s Tomato Sauce! Ellen Brody loses her bananas! Lightsaber teeth! Sir Michael Caine as Hoagie! Christmas at the beach! Please die, Sean Brody! Cringe-worthy acting! Joseph Sargent! Fettuccine! AND we miss you Judith Barsi!!!

In Which Our Heroes Recommend POLTERGEIST II: THE OTHER SIDE (1986) and POLICE ACADEMY 5: ASSIGNMENT: MIAMI BEACH (1988) ALSO FEATURING: Heather O’Rourke meets the Fonz! Golf ball gags! When dental work attacks! Poltergeist on a cruise ship! Where did you go, Steven Guttenberg? Piña colada hilarity! The great JoBeth Williams! Bubba Smith throws a frisbee! AND R.I.P. Charles Grodin!!!

In Which Our Heroes Obsess Over Their Favorite UNDERAPPRECIATED TIM CURRY MOVIES   FEATURING: “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” (1992), “Congo” (1995), “Pirates of the Plain” (1999), “Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas” (1997), “Scooby Doo and the Witch’s Ghost” (1999)  ALSO FEATURING: Mr. Curry Goes to Central Africa! Black holes! Ernest Rides Again! Taylor fights the Three Mu...

In Which Our Heroes Recommend WHAT TO WATCH ON THE FOURTH OF JULY  ALSO FEATURING: The Midnight Ride of Sylvester Stallone! Recommendations in the Twilight Zone! Pee-wee Herman Goes to Space! The Beach Boys! The Professor meets Abe Lincoln! The Many Bad Titles of Die Hard 4! When Kurt met Goldie! Dustin Hoffman guests on Liberty’s Kids! AND let’s put it over with Grover!!! PLUS: meet the head...