Podcast
Ep. 42 - The Fortune Cookie
Adam and Nate watch The Fortune Cookie, a forgotten movie that provided the plot for the Simpsons episode “Bart Gets Hit by a Car” and possibly much more.
Ep. 41 - 2025 Oscars Special
Adam and Nate review the 97th Academy Awards, and compare their top five movies of 2024.
Ep. 40 - Ben-Hur
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the epic Simpsons-Critic crossover “A Star Is Burns,” we fill in an equally epic blind spot—Ben-Hur.
Ep. 39 - Wild Wild West
Nate and Adam revisit the notorious flop Wild Wild West and its eight-legged Simpsons parody in “The Sweetest Apu."
Ep. 38 - The Terminator with Matt Lynch
Critic and podcaster Matt Lynch joins Nate and Adam to unwrap Simpsons holiday episode “Grift of the Magi” and its spoof of James Cameron’s The Terminator.
Ep. 37 - The Magic Christian
Adam and Nate watch The Magic Christian, an adaptation of Terry Southern’s satirical novel that inspired The Simpsons episode “Homer vs. Dignity.”
Ep. 36 - All the President’s Men with Devan Scott
For our election day special, Devan Scott joins the podcast to dissect All the President’s Men and its Simpsons send-up in “Sideshow Bob Roberts.”
Ep. 35 - Bram Stoker's Dracula with Dede Crimmins
Film critic and horror aficionado Dede Crimmins helps Adam introduce Nate to Bram Stoker’s Dracula and its Simpsons parody in “Treehouse of Horror IV."
Ep. 34 - Twilight Zone: The Movie with Matthew Simpson
Matthew Simpson joins the pod to enter Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983), as well as The Simpsons’ own Twilight Zone adaptations in Treehouse of Horror II and IV.
Explore by Topic
- Drama
- Josh Weinstein
- Bill Oakley
- Comedy
- David Mirkin
- 1980s
- 1960s
- Al Jean
- Sci-Fi
- Adventure
- Jim Reardon
- Mike Scully
- John Swartzwelder
- Action
- Mike Reiss
- Simpsons Season 7
- Simpsons Season 5
- Simpsons Season 6
- The Simpsons: The Musical: The Miniseries
- Matt Groening
- 1990s
- Mark Kirkland
- Horror
- 1970s
- Treehouse of Horror
- Musical
- Guest
- Sam Simon
- Romance
- James L. Brooks
- Mr. Burns
- Simpsons Season 8
- Simpsons Season 3
- Simpsons Season 2
- Family
- Thriller
- David Silverman
- Bob Anderson
- Bonus
- Dan McGrath
- Matthew Nastuk
- Jay Kogen
- Simpsons Season 9
- Music
- Richard Appel
- Wes Archer
- Jennifer Crittenden
- Jeff Martin
- Wallace Wolodarsky
- 1950s
- Conan O'Brien
- Crime
- David X. Cohen
- Simpsons Season 11
- Jonathan Collier
- Steve Tompkins
- Sports
- Fantasy
- Simpsons Guest
- Greg Daniels
- Raymond Burr
- Western
- Academy Awards
- Harvey Keitel
- Yul Brynner
- Brent Forrester
- James Stewart
- Jack Lemmon
- 1940s
- Simpsons Season 4
- Stanley Kubrick
- Charlton Heston
- Kim Basinger
- John G. Avildsen
- War
- Anthony Hopkins
- Treehouse of Horror IV
- Peter Sellers
- Bill Canterbury
- Non-Denominational Holiday Fun Fest
- Groundskeeper Willie
- Terry Southern
- Mystery
- Frank Mula
- Simpsons Season 12
- Trivia
- Swinton O. Scott III
- Robert Redford
- Sideshow Bob
- Carlos Baeza
- Susie Dietter
- Dominic Polcino
- George C. Scott
- Burgess Meredith
- Alan Jay Lerner
- Dan Greaney
- Rachel Pulido
- Rich Moore
- Tim Roth
- Bruce Cabot