Best Roth Stokes Podcasts (2024)

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135. Election (1999) 2:08:06

16m ago2:08:06

2:08:06

Folks, we have an election on our hands. The most important of our lifetimes, many are saying. We are talking, of course, about the battle for the president of Carver High School’s Student Government Association. In one corner, it’s beloved football star Paul Metzler (Chris Klein). In another corner, it’s that do-gooding Tracy Flick (Reese Withersp…

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134. The Craft 1:37:11

7d ago1:37:11

1:37:11

We call upon the guardians of the watchtowers to aid us on our journey through the Tunney/Balk teenage witch classic The Craft (1996). This is the second time Load Bearing Beams has covered this movie. On the fourth episode of the podcast (all the way back in 2017), Laci and Matt made endless fun of it, but this time, they’re making endless fun wit…

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133. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (with JT the Talking Head) 1:52:55

14d ago1:52:55

1:52:55

Friend of the Show JT the Talking Head (@jt_pettry & @mastersofmatinee on TikTok) on TikTok, Masters of Matinee podcast) has brought us one of the most gonzo horror sequels of all time: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986). Director Tobe Hooper finally returned to his iconic characters 12 years after the original, and he made it into a classic all …

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132. The Others (2001) 1:34:58

21d ago1:34:58

1:34:58

You need to stay away from the light! Or do you? What is light anyway? What is truth, what is meaning, what is words? We try getting to the bottom of all of this by discussing the 2001 ghost movie The Others. Nicole Kidman is Grace, a young mother who seems to have misplaced her marbles. She’s alone in an enormous house with two little moppet child…

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131. Scream (1996) 2:05:19

29d ago2:05:19

2:05:19

What’s your favorite Screamy movie? Is it Scream (1996)? Is it Scream (2022)? Or is it one of the numbered Screams? Well, we’re talking about the one that started it all, the first movie to ever acknowledge that other movies exist*: Wes Craven’s 1996 film Scream! *not true Is Neve Campbell, who is indeed good in the movie, doing a little too much “…

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130. Road Trip (2000) 1:50:55

1M ago1:50:55

1:50:55

We take a look at what appears to be a “boob comedy” from the year 2000: Road Trip, directed by Todd Phillips, who makes Joker movies now. It’s the heartwarming story of Josh (Breckin Meyer), a Boring Guy who cheats on his girlfriend but doesn’t mean it. Josh and his pals E.L. (Seann William Scott), Rubin (Paulo Costanzo), and Kyle (D.J. Qualls) do…

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129. 10 Things I Hate About You (with Patrick Perot) 2:13:25

2M ago2:13:25

2:13:25

Friend of the Show Patrick Perot (bass player for Rural Route Nine, official house band of Load Bearing Beams) stops by to preach the gospel of his favorite movie, 10 Things I Hate About You (1999). And he’s right to! It’s a lovely and very funny romantic comedy from back when Hollywood still made those. The chemistry between Julia Stiles and Heath…

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128. Friday the 13th, Part 2 1:09:36

2M ago1:09:36

1:09:36

Laci and Matt are off to learn how to be better camp counselors by getting back to basics. Safety. Canoeing. Shooting arrows. Singing “Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley.” Making love and drawing the ire of Mrs. Voorhees. Trying to keep their bodies fragrance free, so as not to attract bears. On a totally unrelated note, this episode is about Friday th…

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127. Drumline 1:20:07

2M ago1:20:07

1:20:07

Laci and Matt talk about the 2002 college band-centered classic Drumline, a highly entertaining journey into the world of HBCU marching bands. Nick Cannon is either “great” (Laci) or “perfectly fine” (Matt) as Devon, whose me-first attitude doesn’t quite gel with his teammates on the campus of Atlanta A&T. He is especially at odds with the band dir…

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Summer of Spielberg Wrap-Up Show (YouTube Live) 1:04:01

2M ago1:04:01

1:04:01

Well, the Summer of Spielberg is over, and we say a tearful goodbye with our friends on YouTube. This is the audio from our livestream on YouTube from August 23, 2024. In the exciting conclusion to the episode, Matt will rank all 34 Steven Spielberg films, and it is sure to annoy you, whoever you are and no matter what you believe. The show returns…

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126. The Fablemans (with Paul of Twin Flicks) (Summer of Spielberg) 1:45:41

2M ago1:45:41

1:45:41

The Summer of Spielberg comes to a somber, respectful conclusion as we say goodbye to Mr. Spielberg by prying into his personal affairs and taking a look at his latest film, the autobiographical The Fablemans (2022). It’s the story of young Sammy Fableman (but they’re not hiding that the Fablemans are the Spielbergs) and his budding love of picture…

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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Live Summer of Spielberg Season Finale this Friday!! 1:21

2M ago1:21

1:21

Hey folks, please join us this Friday (August 23) at 9:00 p.m. EST on YouTube Live. We're doing a live wrap-up show—the season finale of the Summer of Spielberg. Movie rankings, lessons learned... other stuff, probably. Talk to us live! Visit the link below to view the stream live (or, afterward, watch a replay). Or, before it starts, click "Notify…

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125. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (with Drewbie Doobie’s Movies) (Summer of Spielberg) 2:08:23

3M ago2:08:23

2:08:23

What do you get when you combine one precocious wizkid director who’s actually not that young, one cocaine-addled producer, one befuddled Frenchman, one Bob Balaban taking notes, and lots and lots of McDonald’s? You get what is quite possibly the greatest science fiction film ever made, Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). Our friend Drewbie …

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124. Catch Me If You Can (Summer of Spielberg) 1:55:03

3M ago1:55:03

1:55:03

Tom Hanks chases Leonardo DiCaprio in one of the most fun cat-and-mouse chase thrillers of all time! And it’s all “inspired” by a true story! As the tagline says, it’s “a true story of a real fraud.” Okay. So how true is it? Well, we looked into it and……. Guys, what we found out is depressing. Frank Abagnale didn’t do any of the things he claimed h…

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The Indiana Jones Franchise (Livestream) 1:07:46

3M ago1:07:46

1:07:46

Laci and Matt are off this week, but please enjoy this bonus episode, a recording of our TikTok Live discussion of the Indiana Jones franchise, a companion piece to our episode about Raiders of the Lost Ark. The show will be back next week with an episode about Catch Me If You Can. Thank you for your support of Load Bearing Beams! Get more bonus co…

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123. Ready Player One (Summer of Spielberg) 1:38:06

3M ago1:38:06

1:38:06

Laci and Matt are at war with each other like the gunters are at war with the villainous Nolan Sorrento in the Oasis of Ready Player One. And it’s all because they can’t agree on this movie! Is this the first BAD Spielberg movie the show has covered this summer? Or is it another classic? First we get into the history of the movie, starting with the…

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122. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Summer of Spielberg) 2:25:14

4M ago2:25:14

2:25:14

Is A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) Steven Spielberg’s best movie? It’s certainly his most misunderstood. A.I. Artificial Intelligence is best remembered as a curious Stanley Kubrick project taken over by Spielberg, and the movie does indeed feel like a strange hybrid of the two filmmakers. But that’s part of its magic, because there is no other…

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121. Raiders of the Lost Ark (Summer of Spielberg) 1:54:03

4M ago1:54:03

1:54:03

Unlike lots of people their age, neither Laci nor Matt grew up with the Indiana Jones films. But at least one of them has fallen in love with the franchise as an adult, especially this first film. The two talk about the origins of Raiders of the Lost Ark on a beach in Hawaii in 1977 as Steven Spielberg and George Lucas built sandcastles together. O…

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Load Bearing Clips, vol. 2 1:27:37

4M ago1:27:37

1:27:37

The first leg of the Summer of Spielberg is behind us, and we're taking a scheduled week off. But we have another curated clip show for you! This time both Matt and Laci are taking you through it. And this clip show actually features like 25 minutes of brand-new audio from Laci and Matt, relitigating the arguments documented in these clips. We'll b…

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120. Minority Report (Summer of Spielberg) 2:06:18

4M ago2:06:18

2:06:18

Has there ever been a movie better at predicting (hey!) the future? Swiping, pinching to zoom, targeted ads that follow you everywhere, optical identification, and constant facial surveillance? Hey, it’s like we’re living in some sort of Philip K. Dick nightmare! But it wouldn’t be so bad if life could be as fun as the movie Minority Report, Spielb…

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119. Jurassic Park (with In Love With Horror) (Summer of Spielberg) 2:03:38

4M ago2:03:38

2:03:38

The Summer of Spielberg continues as Laci and Matt were able to buckle their seatbelts in time for their helicopter to land on Isla Nublar, where they meet up with AJ & Kristie from the In Love With Horror podcast to talk about Jurassic Park (1993). The four team up for a rollicking podcast so good it’ll have you shouting “Hello John!” at total str…

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118. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Summer of Spielberg) 1:49:38

5M ago1:49:38

1:49:38

The Summer of Spielberg begins with Spielberg’s biggest hit, the classic 1982 alien/divorce family film E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. Adjusted for inflation, this is the fourth-highest-grossing movie of all time. Beloved by generations, it is a lot of fun, yes… but it’s also some dark, dark shit. Laci explains why it’s always been so difficult for he…

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Load Bearing Clips, vol. 1 55:43

5M ago55:43

55:43

We're taking the week off as we prepare for the Summer of Spielberg, which starts next Friday (June 14) with an episode about E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. But to hold you over, we have this episode where Matt will take you through some of our favorite moments from our back catalogue. Thank you for your support of Load Bearing Beams! The listenership…

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BONUS: Moulin Rouge (Livestream) 53:33

5M ago53:33

53:33

Hey folks, here's an audio recording from a TikTok livestream we held to discuss Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge (2001) as a companion to our Romeo + Juliet episode. Thanks to everyone who attended the stream! You can follow us on TikTok and catch future livestreams at https://www.tiktok.com/@load.bearing.beams And we have plenty of good stuff in addit…

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117. William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996) (with Screen Time Kota) 1:29:53

5M ago1:29:53

1:29:53

Love me, love me, fish tank you love me. Load Bearing Beams takes you to Verona Beach, America to talk about Baz Luhrmann’s William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet. The year is 1996, and two great business families are feuding in the streets, but that won’t stop our two child protagonists from falling in big-eyed love with each other and hastily getti…

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116. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior 1:31:36

5M ago1:31:36

1:31:36

Matt, Laci, and their unnamed dog are on a quest for as much guzzoline as they can carry in this episode covering one of the all-time great action movies, George Miller’s Mad Max 2 (1981). In this wonderfully weird film that we yanks tend to call The Road Warrior, Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson) is enlisted against his will by a ragtag band of oil ref…

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115. Sister Act 1:32:28

6M ago1:32:28

1:32:28

Matt and Laci are mysteriously missing, so this episode is brought to you by replacement hosts Sister Anastasia Killian and Friar Jacob Aloysius Clement, who have the required expertise to talk you through the 1992 Whoopi Goldberg vehicle Sister Act. Is it an accurate portrayal of convent life? Do nuns really have this much fun? Anyway, the show ha…

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114. Planet of the Apes (2001) (with Cinematic Joshua) 1:48:26

6M ago1:48:26

1:48:26

As we face the dawn of the new Planet of the Apes, the podcast takes a look at Tim Burton’s ill-fated 2001 “reimagining” of the original classic. Charlton Heston gave one of the most captivating leading man performances in sci-fi history back in 1968, so how does Mark Wahlberg’s performance stack up here? And why is Tim Roth doing... that... in thi…

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113. Howard the Duck (Listener Choice!) 1:37:03

6M ago1:37:03

1:37:03

We held a Listener Choice Lottery, and the winning selection was 1986’s Howard the Duck, brought to us courtesy of Smash Trivia John. So we dive in—beak first—to unpack the history of this notorious disaster of a movie. Then we go through the movie itself, excruciatingly thoroughly, to figure out if this movie is too sexy or not sexy enough. Plus, …

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112. Cruel Intentions 1:35:52

6M ago1:35:52

1:35:52

NOTE: Boy do we say some stuff in this episode. As always, please keep in mind that the language on this podcast is rated R. For pirates. As adults in their late thirties, Laci and Matt are just the right age to play the “teenager” characters in the sexy cult classic Cruel Intentions (1999). Together, your hosts unpack how differently the movie pla…

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111. X2: X-Men United 1:39:54

7M ago1:39:54

1:39:54

Content warning: We discuss the sexual assault allegations against director Bryan Singer. As adults in their late thirties all around the world gush about X-Men 97 on Disney Plus, we take a look back at a movie widely considered one of the high points of superhero cinema: 2003’s X2 (a.k.a. X-Men 2, a.k.a. X2: X-Men United). We begin by unpacking ou…

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110. Overboard (1987) 1:43:50

7M ago1:43:50

1:43:50

Look, you shouldn’t kidnap a woman who has suffered a traumatic brain injury and then imprison her for months, lying to her about who she is in order to get her to clean your house and raise your kids. It’s not an ideal way to start a relationship. That is something we believe. But when you're Kurt Russell and you do it? Well then we're having a di…

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Back in one week with our 'Overboard' episode 0:58

7M ago0:58

0:58

Howdy everybody. We're still exhausted after our epic Easter Egg Hunt earlier this week. That's right, like Parzival and all his Ready Player One friends, we're Gunters. Anyway, we're taking this week off. We'll be back on Friday, April 12, 2024 with an episode about Overboard (1987), starring that adorkable couple, Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell.…

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109. The Producers (1968) (with Harry Marks) 1:30:27

7M ago1:30:27

1:30:27

It’s Springtime for Laci and Matt as film historian Harry Marks (@lobbyintros on TikTok) joins the show to go over Mel Brooks’s first movie: the classic comedy The Producers (1968). Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder give two of the funniest performances ever… but what about the rest of the movie? Is it laugh-out-loud-funny in 2024? Or is it hopelessly da…

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108. Evolution 1:38:57

8M ago1:38:57

1:38:57

As the world prepares to embrace its new Frozen Empire, lovingly brought to us by the good people at Ghost Corps, we take a look at a movie that was kind of Ivan Reitman’s unofficial Ghostbusters 3: 2001’s Evolution. Um, so… yeah, this movie is something else, I tell you what. David Duchovny trying to be Bill Murray. Julianne Moore falling down. Se…

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107. Heart And Souls 1:48:25

8M ago1:48:25

1:48:25

The week Robert Downey Jr. has finally secured his coveted Oscar, we take a trip back in time. The year is 1993. A movie called Heart and Souls is released, in the aftermath of what Downey must have assumed was his Academy Award for the movie Chaplin (1992). We take a big long look at RDJ's career and also examine the curious '90s phenomenon of ang…

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106. The Pagemaster 1:21:14

8M ago1:21:14

1:21:14

The written word... that's the real magic, isn't it, you guys? Don't you just love cracking open a great book and being transported to a wondrous world? The Pagemaster (1994) is going to insist that you do love this. Loudly, and repeatedly. Laci and Matt take a look at this bizarre '90s live-action/animation flop and try to figure out exactly what …

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Back in one week with our 'The Pagemaster' episode 1:08

8M ago1:08

1:08

Hey folks, as we announced previously, we are taking this week off due to work requirements. We're coming back and better than every on March 8, 2024 with a brand-new episode about the wild Macaulay Culkin book movie The Pagemaster (1994). As always, thanks for supporting our dumb podcast. If you haven't already, please check us out on YouTube: htt…

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105. Dogma 1:46:56

8M ago1:46:56

1:46:56

In what is quite possibly the most snoogans episode we've ever recorded, we examine Kevin Smith’s Dogma (1999). At Laci's behest, we take our maiden voyage into the View Askewniverse to see what this controversial, transgressive, downright RUDE film has to say about religion, politics, and the state of things in Clinton’s America at the end of hist…

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BONUS: Songwriting, collaboration, and life as a working musician (with Wade Hymel) 55:52

9M ago55:52

55:52

Wade Hymel and Matt Stokes sit down for a free-wheeling discussion about different approaches to songwriting, creativity, collaboration, and recording. Wade also talks about his experience as a working musician, what going on tour is like, and what it's like to play music on a cruiseship. Then they talk about Wade's great new album Who Said That? H…

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104. GoldenEye (with Wade Hymel) 1:49:45

9M ago1:49:45

1:49:45

Hear Wade's amazing new album WHO SAID THAT? on Apple Music, Spotify, or wherever else music is streamed. Or you can purchase the album from Bandcamp. Load Bearing Beams welcomes back Number 1 Friend of the Show, “Jack” Wade Hymel, to reconsider GoldenEye (1995). Wade first brought this movie to the show's attention on an episode in 2017, when both…

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Laci and Matt were guests on another podcast! 2:04

9M ago2:04

2:04

Hey folks! Laci and Matt here to tell you that we were just on the great In Love With Horror podcast, and you can catch that episode right now! It's a deep dive into the classic 1981 slasher My Bloody Valentine and its 2009 remake. If you're not already listening (In which case: the fuck?), it's a show hosted by a married couple, the lovely Kristie…

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103. Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves (Listener Choice!) 2:05:40

9M ago2:05:40

2:05:40

At the suggestion of our friend StitchAndStoryTime, we take a look at 1991's Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. This movie was a colossal hit in its day, and it's got a little something for everyone—tree houses and homemade gadgets and traps for the kids, sword battles for Dad, romance for Mom, and a healthy amount of the Dark Arts for Matt Stokes. Thi…

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102. Casablanca 1:37:39

9M ago1:37:39

1:37:39

We head back to good old Hollywood, USA: Golden Era for a look at one of the most beloved American films of all time, 1942's Casablanca. You hear this all the time about old, black-and-white movies, but this thing feels incredibly modern, and with much to say about the world of 2024. We discuss our personal histories with it, Matt's story of gettin…

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101. The Whole Nine Yards 1:22:02

9M ago1:22:02

1:22:02

We take a trip to Montreal, to check in with the mild-mannered Dr. Nicholas "Oz" Oseransky (Matthew Perry) and his scary neighbor, Jimmy the Tulip (Bruce Willis). Can you even imagine what shenanigans these two get up to? We'll tell you all about them in our discussion of the 2000 hitman/dental comedy The Whole Nine Yards. Most of this episode is a…

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Back in one week with our "The Whole Nine Yards" episode 1:14

10M ago1:14

1:14

We have to postpone our episode this week because of some ridiculous weather events that basically threw our lives into chaos. Here's what happened: It got cold in Louisiana. No one knew what to do, so they shut down the schools, the roads, everything. Three days at home with the kids, unable to work, or think, or podcast. So we have to push back o…

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100. Star Wars 2:07:23

10M ago2:07:23

2:07:23

Once there was a time when Star Wars was just the name of a movie, and not the most toxic subject ever to hit the internet. Well, we yearn for that time, listener... so go with us on this journey back to the Skywalker homestead and get ready to harvest some moisture as we return to the very first movie we ever discussed on the show: Star Wars (1977…

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99. Dirty Dancing 1:59:47

10M ago1:59:47

1:59:47

To celebrate finally getting to episodes 99 and 100, we're going back to the very first two movies we covered on Load Bearing Beams and give these two classics the full LBB treatment they deserve. First up, it's Dirty Dancing (1988), one of Laci's favorite movies. It's a charming dancey melodrama with some surprisingly poignant political commentary…

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Our very first mailbag! 1:16:14

10M ago1:16:14

1:16:14

Happy New Year, y'all. We're ringing in what promises to be the most cursed year ever with our very first mailbag! Time stamps: 00:04:40 — What are our new year's resolutions for the podcast and for our movie watching? 00:12:08 — Where's the weirdest place we've made whoopee? 00:12:57 — Which movie or TV show was the biggest waste of our time? 00:1…

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BONUS: Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (the movie) 2:18:48

11M ago2:18:48

2:18:48

Fine. Fine. No problem at all. We'll talk about the actual movie. Also: Happy holidays! Thank you for a great year! We'd normally have an episode coming out on Friday, Dec. 22, but we're taking a break and shall return on Friday, December 29 with a very special mailbag episode. And after that, we're on to episodes 99 and 100, where we'll revisit th…

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