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Listen to Gobbledygeek Episode 523 - "That Was Then: Jaws (feat. Eric Sipple)"

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, it’s time for another nautical That Was Then. Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year is none other than Steven Spielberg’s Jaws.

Listen to Gobbledygeek Episode 522 - "That Was Then: Popeye (1980)"

Pop open a can of spinach and set sail for the far-off year of 1980, when noted auteur Robert Altman had his crew build an entire functioning town so they could shoot a Popeye movie.

A shot from Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider Man, of Spider-Man in a blue suit, swinging above the city holding Harry Osborn in one arm.

Listen to Gobbledygeek Episode 521 - "Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (feat. Eric Sipple)"

Here we go, here we go, here we go again: another Spider-Man adaptation? Don’t get your webs in a tizzy, True Believers, because this one is really worth it. Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, the new animated series created by Jeff Trammell.

A title page from an issue of THE NICE HOUSE ON THE LAKE, with a house visible on a hill above lake, lights on in all of the windows. The title is written across the surface of the lake.

Listen to Gobbledygeek Episode 520 - "FCF: The Nice House on the Lake (feat. Eric Sipple)"

It’s a reunion at the end of the world as Eric Sipple joins Paul and Arlo for the latest Four-Color Flashback. Paul has invited everyone to The Nice House on the Lake, James Tynion IV & Álvaro Martínez Bueno’s series about friends who have been sequestered from the apocalypse by their alien BFF.

Listen to Gobbledygeek Episode 519 - "Geek Challenge: 3 Women vs. Three Amigos!"

We’re seeing triple on a new Geek Challenge featuring a duet of trios: first we’ve got John Landis’ notorious flop Three Amigos from 1986, then Robert Altman’s dreamy art film 3 Women from 1977.

A shot from The Wild Robot with the main character stretching out its robot arms as a young goose watches and stretches out its own wings.

Listen to Gobbledygeek Episode 518 - "The Wild Robot (feat. Eric Sipple)"

With How to Train Your Dragon, Chris Sanders taught us about human-dragon friendship. And now, with The Wild Robot, he shows us what happens when technology becomes stranded in the wilderness: a robot named Rozz learns to have a mother’s love for a gosling named Brightbill.

An anthropomorphic duck missing half of its skull, brain exposed. A sign with his picture on it declaring him missing is beside him on a pole.

Listen to Gobbledygeek Episode 517 - "FCF: Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees (feat. Eric Sipple)"

Does a bear kill in the woods? That’s the question Patrick Horvath sets out to answer in his “Richard Scarry meets Dexter” opus Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, the subject of this year’s very first Four-Color Flashback.

David Lynch sitting at a desk, looking out the window with a confused or concerned look on his face.

Listen to Gobbledygeek Episode 516 - "Freestyle: Where the Gobbledy$#@& Have We Been?! (feat. Eric Sipple)"

And we’re back. Just like that, in the blink of an eye–or, depending on your perspective, what felt like several eternities–six months have passed since the last episode of Gobbledygeek. What happened? Where were we?

A screenshot of The Incredibles, with the full family hugging, jungle trees in the background.

Listen to Gobbledygeek Episode 515 - "That Was Then: The Incredibles (feat. Eric Sipple)"

In an age where Deadpool & Wolverine is set to smash box office records, it can be hard to remember what things were like in the first wave of superhero blockbusters. That's the scene The Incredibles burst onto in 2004.

A screenshot from the series Ren Faire. Two knights on horseback, one in the foreground and other in the distance, duel in front of a crowd seated on bleachers.

Listen to Gobbledygeek Episode 514- "Ren Faire"

Hail and well met! This week, Paul and Arlo raise their overpriced goblets to Lance Oppenheim’s HBO docuseries Ren Faire.

A promotional image for Taylor Swift's album The Tortured Poets Department, with editorial markup complaining about the lack of an apostrophe in Poets.

Listen to Gobbledygeek Episode 513 - "The Tortured Parents Department"

Arlo’s second daughter has arrived at a pivotal time, a time in which Paul has become consumed by Taylor Swift’s life-altering new album The Tortured Poets Department.

A white gallery wall with three pictures, each square, each totally white with black frames.

Listen to Gobbledygeek Episode 512 - "Ancient Bodies & Modern Art"

For the first time this season, Paul and Arlo have lost the plot. That’s right, the beloved Gobbledygeek freestyle episode has returned, new and improved for 2024, including such scintillating subjects as: Back pain! Stomach bugs! Car crashes!

A screenshot from Gunga Din of three men laughing.

Listen to Gobbledygeek Episode 511 - "That Was Then: Gunga Din (feat. Michael Holland)"

You’re a better podcaster than us, Michael Holland. That’s right, the City of Angels’ very own boy wonder is back to take Paul and Arlo to film school. The That Was Then classic gracing our screens this time is George Stevens’ 1939 adventure film Gunga Din.

Listen to Gobbledygeek Episode 510 - "FCF: Uzumaki (feat. Eric Sipple)"

For this month’s Four-Color Flashback, Gobbledygeek’s enfant terrible, Arlo Wiley, has chosen Junji Ito’s 1998-99 horror manga Uzumaki. Will Paul ever forgive him? On hand to find out is The Deli Counter of Justice co-conspirator Eric Sipple, who will be appearing on FCF episodes for infinity.

A panel from "Weavers". A man in a suit says, "You got a problem, new boy?" as tentacles stretch from his eye to strangle a screaming man.

Listen to Gobbledygeek Episode 509 - "Four-Color Flashback: Weavers (feat. Eric Sipple)"

For this month’s Four-Color Flashback, Paul and Arlo trap Eric Sipple in their web once more, this time to discuss Simon Spurrier & Dylan Burnett’s Lovecraftian mob story Weavers.

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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 349, "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - That Is One Big Pile of $@&% (feat. Jason Tabrys)"

Gobbledygeek episode 349, “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom – That Is One Big Pile of $@&% (feat. Jason Tabrys),” is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. Have you tried New Koko? Here’s your chance! Comedy congressman Jason Tabrys returns to Gobbledygeek to help Paul and Arlo

Four-Color Flashback

Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 348, "Spider-Man: Origin of the Hobgoblin (feat. Jed Waters Keith)"

Art from ‘Spider-Man: Origin of the Hobgoblin’ by John Romita Jr., John Romita Sr., and Andy Yanchus. Gobbledygeek episode 350, “Spider-Man: Origin of the Hobgoblin (feat. Jed Waters Keith),” is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. Paul and Arlo continue to swing through this year’

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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 347, "Incredibles 2: Infancy War"

Gobbledygeek episode 347, “Incredibles 2: Infancy War,” is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. After 14 long years, the Incredibles are back. The superhero film landscape has changed drastically in that time–but, blissfully, Brad Bird and his retro supers have not, as they teleport

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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 346, "Mary Poppins / The Lure: Cartoon Penguins Eat Polish Mermaids, Don't They?"

Gobbledygeek episode 346, “Mary Poppins / The Lure: Cartoon Penguins Eat Polish Mermaids, Don’t They?”, is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. Even with a spoonful of sugar, Paul finds this week’s Geek Challenge hard to stomach. You see, he has invited Arlo to

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Listen to a Very Special 'Gobbledygeek,' "The Wiley Wedding Aural Experience (feat. Everyone)"

This bonus episode of Gobbledygeek, “The Wiley Wedding Aural Experience (feat. Everyone),” is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. Everyone loves aural after a wedding. An aural document of said wedding, that is! That’s right, Arlo and Amber tied the knot, and Paul was

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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 345, "The X-Files: Season 9 (feat. Wesley Mead)"

Gobbledygeek episode 345, “The X-Files: Season 9 (feat. Wesley Mead),” is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. The truth is out there, or so we’ve been told. As Paul, Arlo, and special British guest Wesley “Wezzo” Mead reach The X-Files season 9 and find

Four-Color Flashback

Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 344, "Wonder Woman by George Pérez: Vol. 1 (feat. Heather Wiley)"

Art from ‘Wonder Woman by George Pérez: Vol. 1″ by George Pérez, Bruce D. Patterson, and Tatjana Wood. Gobbledygeek episode 344, “Wonder Woman by George Pérez: Vol. 1 (feat. Heather Wiley),” is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. In the winding, physics-defying halls of Mount

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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 343, "Avengers: Infinity War - Oh Snap!"

Gobbledygeek episode 343, “Avengers: Infinity War – Oh Snap!,” is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. A feat even more miraculous than Paul and Arlo agreeing on the same movie? Successfully juggling a cast of dozens in an interplanetary epic that shakes up the world’s

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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 342, "Captain America and the Falcon: Secret Empire (feat. Ensley F. Guffey)"

Gobbledygeek episode 342, “Captain America and the Falcon: Secret Empire (feat. Ensley F. Guffey),” is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. An American feels betrayed by his government, which has revealed itself to be nothing but a bureaucratic system designed to conceal criminal activity. Sounds

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Listen to 'Gobbledygeek' Episode 341, "A Quiet Place: STFU (feat. Nate Curtiss)"

Gobbledygeek episode 341, “A Quiet Place: STFU (feat. Nate Curtiss),” is available for listening or download right here and on iTunes here. Shh. Keep it down or you’ll miss the latest episode of Gobbledygeek, wherein Paul and Arlo are joined by their pal Nate Curtiss for a discussion of