The Blob Show!

Charley, Joey and Tony return for their annual tradition: counting down their favorite films of the previous year.

Charley and Jo walk through season one of Netflix's SQUID GAME (오징어 게임). Emphasis on the games.

Jo discusses her age-inappropriate love for Michael Myers and distracted-boyfriend-memes herself, crowbarring John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN as a gateway to Jason Voorhees.

In an interesting experiment in self-sabotage, Tony and Charley record a chess game for the audio medium.

Our resident NES aficionado Joey takes her co-hosting duties very seriously in our overview of Capcom's Mega Man (1987), Mega Man 2 (1988), Mega Man 3 (1990), and Mega Man 4 (1991).

Charley and Tony each count down their ten favorite films of 2023.

Please enjoy a brief automated reading of the history of The Blob Show which serves as the hype trailer for our return.

The whole gang is back to compare and contrast two evil teams of animatronic robots posing as entertainment at children's dining establishments. We're talking Blumhouse's FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S (2023, d. Emma Tammi) and the Nicolas Cage vehicle that tried to steal its thunder, WILLY'S WONDERLAND (2021, d. Kevin Lewis).

Charley and Tony shake off the rust in their return to exhaustively spoil the ineffable Motern Media double-featch HEARD SHE GOT MARRIED (2021) and HEARD SHE GOT MURDERED (2023). Still keeping it niche in 2024, Charley even invites Matt Farley to perform in Arizona.

Charley and Tony unveil their favorite films of 2022 and talk a lot about feelings and grief!

In another instance of my offspring trying to out-esoteric me, Jo selects her ten favorite movies of 2022.  

It's 2023 and we have Super Mario Bros. 2 fever.  Joey tries her best to conquer its idiosyncrasies while Charley and Tony wonder at its unique world design and character play.  In a collective effort, we try not to body shame Luigi.

Charley and Jo commandeer the program to measure their parents against the silliness quotient.

Tony, Charley, and Jo marathon the entire series of ARCHIE'S WEIRD MYSTERIES including the Blob-themed episode "Beware of the Glob."

A Charley and Jo exclusive.

Welcome back to PoochiTubi, the Blob Show sub-podcast where Charley navigates dog-themed family films available on the Tubi streaming service.  Today's episode covers six more entries: BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE (d. Wayne Wang, 2005), ARMY DOG aka LEAP (d. Ezra Kemp, 2016), THE RETRIEVERS (d. Paul Schneider, 2001), PANCHO, EL PERRO MILLONARIO aka MILLIONAIRE DOG (d. Tom Fernández, 2014), DOGGY DAY...

In celebration of Judy Garland's centennial birthday, The Blob Show unearths a very special, unlistenable episode from the archive: a feature-length The Wizard of Oz commentary recorded in 2020.  Please sync up your listening device with the 1939 MGM classic for intended, punitive results.

Charley and Tony dissect the 1990 sequel to A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia after Uncle Marky leant us a Super Game Boy.  ASMR fans rejoice; the jellybeans are back.

Charley doesn't let Tony get much of a word in edgewise in her breakdown of Tommy Lee Wallace's miniseries STEPHEN KING'S IT (1990).  We also detour into such light subjects as original sin.  

Welcome to PoochiTubi in which Charley navigates dog-themed family films available on the Tubi streaming service.  In today's episode we cover UGLY BENNY (2014), WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS (1974), THE DOG WHO SAVED HALLOWEEN (2011), and LITTLE HEROES (aka PAWS TO THE RESCUE) (1999).  

Charley and Tony return to count down their favorite films of 2021.  Spoilers in the remaining show-notes. Films mentioned: Strawberry Mansion (d. Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney); Psycho Goreman (d. Steven Kostanski); The Worst Person in the World (Verdens verste menneske) (d. Joachim Trier); Dead Till Death (d. Will Carsola); Skater Girl (d. Manjari Makijany); Saint Maud (d. Rose Glass);...

In which we discuss the prototypical slasher/late-Universal monster and celebrate Ricou Browning.  Please forward your well-wishes to the Gill-Man actor here: Ricou Browning 5221 SW 196 Lane Southwest Ranches, FL 33332

That Jo-I-Know performs a most-spirited recitation of the 1960 Dr. Seuss classic.

In honor of our Michigan listeners, we delve further into our exhaustive coverage of Oz On Film this week exploring the two-strip Technicolor silent record of The University of Michigan League's 1936 freshman pageant OZ UNIVERSITY.  At least two pressing questions are raised: Is this Professor Wogglebug's first (only?) film appearance?  How does Dorothy's trouble with villainous anthropo...

Charley and Tony hand the reins to our new showrunner, Joey.  A companion piece to episode #092, our resident Goosebumps expert recaps the television adaptation of R.L. Stine's THE BLOB THAT ATE EVERYONE (d. Randy Bradshaw) and conducts a brief interview with Goosebumps himself.  You wouldn't understand.