The Gobeski/Wallace Report Podcast

We're back and Doug has chosen another scrappy entry in the Sci-Fi Shuffle - the 1975 space-workplace-comedy-sorta-student-film "Dark Star"! It's one of John Carpenter's first film credits and definitely the first to be hampered by notes from executives. It's a film that begs all the important questions. Does a bomb respond to phenomenology? How long is TOO long to be stuck in an elevator shaft? A...

We recount life events that require 6-8 weeks to resolve. Charlie breaks his house and himself. Adam's hair gel goes missing. Doug may require vengeance. Charlie thinks Doug tricked him into eating chips, but he really just tricked himself.

We've got Double Madness coming at you this week! For our final installment of Merry Marvel Movie March Madness this year we are talking about "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness". We disagree on just about everything in this movie: the music, the plot, the makeup and the character arcs! There's only one thing we find consensus on - it's really weird that Michael Stuhlbarg is in this movi...

We finally reach the zenith of the Merry Marvel Movie March with the box office and critical success "Morbius"! All kidding aside... well no, this episode is basically all kidding. If you want an in-depth critical analysis of "Morbius" you'll have to do a really deep dive into social media circa 2022. And then when you fail to find it there, you'll have to write it yourself. We never said it would...

Kevin decided the movies we have been watching for our Sci-Fi Shuffle have been too GOOD, so he chose 1959's "Teenagers from Outer Space" for this episode. It has us immediately asking the question: where is all the delinquency we were promised? And why would a pile of bleached bones automatically imply murder? Should every movie essentially have the actors reading the stage direction? Paul thinks...

We didn't mean for this episode to be about Tony Huff specifically... but here we go! The man himself talks about Gen-Z lingo, pleather zaddies and out-of-body trivia experiences. Also, he yells at his poor dog (only once to be fair!).

This time on the Sci-Fi Shuffle Paul chooses/recommends/subjects us to the 2021 stop motion film "Junk Head". Despite the post-post-apocalyptic setting, weird tumor foods, and penis monsters it's actually... pretty darn funny? We talk about the trials and tribulations of making a stop motion film all by yourself. Kevin turns in a surprising verdict.

It's the Annual Recounting of the Gifts, but we won't know until next December whether we got what we asked for - an uneventful 2024! We go through some New Year's resolutions, most of which lack ambition (the way we like it!). We also talk a bit about our love languages, and how to get Adam to take part in literally any theatrical performance.

The Merry Marvel Movie March reviews the 2021 film "Spider-Man: No Way Home" and is forced to reckon with past Spider-Mans (Spider-Men?). We enjoy revisiting... the characters that show up in cameos. But is it possible that you are reading this and are worried about spoilers? It's not like you were wandering around Bookman's several months after the movie's release. Getting spoilers in THAT situat...

For this year's special holiday episode, Vic and the team visit the storied Frandon House, site of innumerable murders and apparently Rihanna's ghost. Several of the team go missing, though unfortunately none of them is Kyler. They ostensibly discuss the thirteenth episode of "The Real Ghostbusters", but are interrupted by one and only one Christmas-related spirit!

Unlike Charlie, when Adam has GI issues the tape keeps rolling! Paul, Kevin and Doug have to keep the podcast going by talking about "Scavengers Reign". Paul owns a home, or maybe just watches over the plumbing. And just because Charlie does a taste test doesn't mean anyone has to listen!

Give us an empty stage and a digital platform and we'll solve the world's problems! Welcome to the First Annual Gobeski/Wallace Report Summit, where the world's biggest heads collide in what can only be described as "synergistic misanthropy". We've got a space man, a cave man, a snack man and a weather man together for probably the first time ever. They've got ideas and the money to implement them...

Our Sci-Fi Shuffle has yet to visit a silly action movie - until now! This time, we discuss the 1993 Sylvester Stallone/Wesley Snipes/Sandra Bullock/Glenn Shadix vehicle "Demolition Man". Finally, a well-lit and only marginally dystopian future! Find out whether Kevin found the action banter to be "Commando"-worthy. And did Charlie miss key plot reveals because he was too engrossed in the action,...

It seems that passengers are finding new ways to make air travel miserable and just nasty overall. That's where Steven Weber and Tim Daly come in! They share their idea for a new "Wings" series with Tony "I Won A Tony" Shahloub. It's a topical look at the trials and tribulations of small charter airline pilots with gastrointestinal distress. Coming to a streaming service soon (no pun intended)!

We finally get around to our Merry Marvel Movie March again and talk about the 2021 pandemic-adjacent film "Eternals". We discuss our favorite of the large number of characters, and how we'd have felt if this had any cameos from ANY previous Marvel characters (it doesn't). We imagine an alternate reality where this somehow influences future MCU phases, while Doug gets angry that cinematography sta...

Until this week, we had no idea how many ways you could die by food. There's the obvious method of the One Chip Challenge. But you could also order from a poorly executed ghost kitchen. And perhaps most devastating of all - drowning in Thousand Island dressing!

Despite no one coming with a single topic, we manage to keep the conversation going by talking about... holes. And soil types! And construction, storms and elaborate work pranks that will help you NOT get fired!

Yes, Charlie has work stories and they involve SOUP. So, we're really bringing out the big guns for episode 250. But seriously - this episode has some boring, boring topics from Charlie. But since you're a completist, you have to listen anyway! Doug also tastes some chips.

The Sci-Fi Shuffle keeps on barrelling along, and this time Charlie has chosen the 1981 David Cronenberg film "Scanners". We were promised head explosions, and we got exactly one. But what an explosion it was! Additionally, some things blow up that we weren't really expecting. Was there too much body horror for Kevin, or just enough? And who leaves a full hotdog unattended at a food court??

We all have a bit of trouble recalling what happened on our birthdays, but I suppose that's what comes with age. Children, however, can remember every little scribble and hastily arranged art project they've made so you'd better save every single one! We taste some churro KitKats and Doug goes above and beyond in the name of science. An extremely non-ominous event is discussed as well as an embarr...

We're shuffling that sci-fi bag again and Dan Hess picked the 2018 space yarn "Prospect". No one has seen it, so no one knows what to expect (or who will die first). We spend an inordinate amount of time talking about things the movie deliberately did not explain. Most importantly: what counts as "meat"?

On the eve of Adam and Doug's first concert since COVID, we reminisce about other shows we've been to. Paul finds most concert-going to be a stressful event, while Charlie refuses to drive more than a couple hours to see anyone perform. We also mention a bunch of bands no one's thought about in the last ten years. So, pretty much a standard episode, then.

Birthdays abound in June, none more important than that of our dear friend Joe Piscopo, who is back on the podcast! We premiere a new segment: Joe Knows Chocolate. Joe is forced to reprise his role in an SNL sketch written in the 1980's, and a similar one written this week (sort of). On a completely related note, Charlie is no longer allowed to use ChatGPT while recording the podcast.

You know how they say "Be careful what you wish for"? Well, installment 74 of our Merry Marvel Movie March is a review of the movie "Venom: Let There Be Carnage", which doubles down on the buddy comedy vibes from the first film. And now we wish it were a full on rom-com! Are we being fickle, or has the franchise just not found its footing? We're holding out hope for "Venom 3", but box office numbe...

Normally we'd say this episode is about thermostat repair, condiment flavored chip taste tests, or old-school adventure video games. But who are we kidding? This is really an unofficial free-form "I Think You Should Leave" recap podcast.