We Load Our Magic Knife Gun the Hard Way in Episode 301!

9/1/2025

The security guards stopped the dinosaur skeleton with their guns and saved the day

We know you've been missing the Merry Marvel Movie March but have been dreading watching Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Well you're in luck! We break out our second MMMM addendum and review 1992's Doctor Mordrid in episode 301!

Alchemy is real!

The Fantastic Four: First Steps may have had a Big Drop after its first week, but maybe there's a silver lining?

Do yourself a favor and watch The Abominable Dr. Phibes.

Adam would like you to know that the coroner in Psych was played by Kurt Fuller. Charlie would like you to know that he also notably played the role of Karl Rove in the short-lived sitcom That's My Bush.

We Take a Long Hard Look at Ourselves in Episode 300!

8/18/2025

Unfortunately, the podcast title was too long for the victim to hear it in its entirety

Episode 300 is upon us! Adam suggested the title "This! Is! TheGobeskiWallaceReport!!!", and Doug concurred. However, due to the sheer number of special characters in that title, Charlie was lazy and went with "Backronyms". Then Adam overruled him and changed it, so here we are.

Sorry Kevin.

Those who fear an AI or hacker takeover of home smart devices need not fear. The stuff just stops working eventually. Crisis averted!

Cinematic Respect was (is?) part of the GW Report Network of Podcasts (GWRNP). Also, as of 2018, you can't sue us for making $0 from any of our podcasts.

what the hell, Entertainment Weekly? We apparently can't have nice things anymore, even if "nice things" here means a 0% rating for War of the Worlds.

Visit FFFDM on MySpace if you want to see tantalizing hints of what you could have once heard!

If you want to excel at the trivia questions in Star Trek: The Board Game, you may be interested to know that since those episodes were recorded, now ALL of the original series is on the website!

We Take Our Face... Off in Episode 299!

8/4/2025

Unbelievably handsome!

Much to Doug's chagrin, Charlie chose the 1966 film Seconds as this installment of the Sci-Fi Shuffle. Sorry Doug! At least you got to experience the DVD cover you talk about in the episode.

If you'd like to see what David Sterritt wrote for Criterion about this film, you can. But we're not sure why our opinion isn't enough for you! While you're there, there is also this must-read essay about the cinematographer James Wong Howe. And to confirm, yes, the Criterion says the audio is mono.

Paul mentioned Dark Passage in the episode, so educate yourself (as Adam and Charlie had to)!

Kudos to Doug for bringing this heartwarming story from the Make-a-Wish Foundation to our attention!

We Eat Until it Hurts in Episode 298!

7/21/2025

Ok, this doesn't look as bad as it sounded intially

Another year down, another Recounting of the Gifts. And as the picture above suggests, more Bachelor Foods. Doug's construction does not represent the full depth and breadth (pun intended) of the meals discussed. You'll have to listen if you want to be properly shocked!

Yes, piss discs are now something you are aware of, thanks to us!

We Try Not to be Squids in Episode 297!

7/7/2025

Strangely, a scene NOT set in the future

Episode 297 is the 19th installment of our Sci-Fi Shuffle, where we review 1984's Trancers. It's the sort of movie that demands you watch it to the end, if only to understand any character's behavior or motivations. But we still liked it! And we're not the only ones who've identified this as a Christmas movie.

In case you haven't perused any of our Nick Bronson material (and there's a good chance you haven't!), you can check out this Twitter thread and this radio play!

Tim Thomerson is no stranger to sci-fi; as Adam mentions, he was in Quark! And it seems as if a couple of episodes may have been uploaded to The Internet, if you'd care to partake.

Dan, of course, is correct. 1959 Topps cards are visually distinct from 1963 Topps cards. Movie ruined!!!

Campbellushi Day Causes More Abdominal Pain Than Usual in Episode 296!

6/23/2025

The ball pit signals to us, the audience, that we are in for a good time

Join us once again in celebrating the 2nd (Observed) Annual Campbellushi Day! We know, it's hard to watch Jim Belushi in the same episode of Twin Peaks: The Return over and over for the entire day, so consider consuming the media of any of the other Campbellushians we've certified over the years:

• 2018: Chris Pratt
• 2019: Jodie Whittaker
• 2020: Jim Varney
• 2021: Keith David
• 2022: Zoe Saldaña
• 2023: Grimace
• 2024: John Goodman
• 2025: Gene Wilder

A reminder to Paul that you can access our 2000 from the 2000s list at any time, and that "Hollaback Girl" is no longer a valid pick.

As far as mental images, we like Doug's review of Sprite+Tea a bit better than Kotaku's.

Something Wilder did indeed exist. No word yet on whether tepid critical and fan reaction was what caused Gene Wilder's death 21 years later.

We Run From Effects to be Inserted Later in Episode 295!

6/6/2025

Explosive lightning!

OK, so no one in our Sci-Fi Shuffle thinks The Core is an objectively good movie. But none of us are sorry we watched it, some of us for the second time! So can't you find the time to watch it at least ONCE? What have you been waiting for??

Adam had an emergency surgery. What kind? You'll have to tune in to a later episode to find out! But if you notice a difference in his audio quality, it's because he was laying down and using a headset. #themoreyouknow

The folks at the Science and Entertainment Exchange would probably tell you that unobtainium doesn't exist. But we know better! It's obviously used to fuel HAARP, which in turn does... something sinister, we're sure of it!

The screenwriter of The Core at one point responded to criticisms and said it could have been much, much worse.

And finally, we regret to inform you that this article is no longer accurate.

We Live in the Walls in Episode 294!

5/26/2025

You've got two CRTs back there, I don't know what you're complaining about

It's Flavor Season, so we've plenty of taste tests for you in episode 294. Too many? Probably. But next episode is a movie review, we promise!

Everyone do your part and give Carlos the GWR Bump!

As we establish on the podcast, it's easy to conflate Blue Print and Blue Prince.

We Lose the Mouth Noise in Episode 293!

5/12/2025

Cue a single solitary tear

As we detail in episode 293, we now have a Discord channel... and you're NOT invited! If you want to discuss our podcast, do it on Reddit! Or honestly, just ask to be a guest, then you don't have to even listen later!

OK, OK, wheat can occasionally be found amongst the chaff.

Everyone has their preferred version of the Star Wars Trilogy, and you can read about some of those versions here and here. We have our favorite too!

And speaking of (Force) ghosts (<--AWKWARD TRANSITION; FIX THIS), get your own copy of the hit TV show Ghosted!

For those of your eagerly awaiting our "2000 from the 2000s" playlist, you can watch it LIVE as it fills out over the course of the next decade or two.

We Hide Our Bottled Water in Episode 292!

4/28/2025

Sure, but where can I play my DVDs?

We considered calling episode 292 Bad Karaoke: Port of Call Galveston, but smartly decided against it. Just listen to some Glen Campbell and forget we even mentioned it.

Triples and doubles! And this isn't related but it came up when Adam searched for that sketch, so enjoy!

We know that when we look something up on the podcast that you don't believe us, particularly as it pertains to foreign phone number formats. Stay skeptical, listeners!

We Change the Format on a Whim in Episode 291!

4/14/2025

IN: Atari 7800+, OUT: DSV DVDs

Chances are that a major change in the direction of the podcast in episode 291 won't turn you off. After all, you've hung in with us for this long! We considered becoming a SeaQuest DSV video game podcast, but decided it might be a little too niche.

Project X has Miles Teller, so Tony has probably watched it.

Here's info about Zool: Redimensioned, Atari 7800 merch (plus, at time of press, a steep discount for the 7800+ on Woot.com) and a way to (re?)create a console that is impossible to find.

ThaBeast721 is beating every N64 game ever. Funny how something that sounded like Heaven in high school actually sounds a lot like Hell 20 years on. Keep living the dream (nightmare) kid! [Sounds like someone misses rating NES games... -Editor Adam]

If you don't know why Paul discussed white wine in relation to shrimp, here's a BEAVER BOYS EMERGENCY primer.

We Eat Food in Unintended Ways in Episode 290!

3/31/2025

Easter sandwich

If you have a friend, family member, co-worker, etc., who isn't familiar with the Gobeski/Wallace Report, episode 290 would be a great entry point. It's got taste tests, Doug recounting a personal crusade and an unexpected guest! This is what we do best, people, with no movie-watching as prerequisite!

If you need a refresher: Doctor Mordrid. And if you need another refresher: High Scores Arcade.

Maybe Doug is responsible, maybe he isn't.

James Bond is dead; long live James Bond (as a shuffling corpse).

You'll have to wait until next time for our podcast rebranding to hear more retro gaming talk, but for now here's info about Akka Arrh.

If you like our podcast, there is a nonzero chance you will like Hundreds of Beavers. In fact, we'd wager it's a pretty high percentage chance!

We Somehow Know EXACTLY What Animal This Is in Episode 289!

3/10/2025

ALL animals are cryptids

The Sci-Fi Shuffle is back and slightly less depressing when we watch the 2023 animated film Nimona. It's a great movie that doesn't deserve to be buried in the Netflix Content Swamp, so check it out! And be sure to tune in next time when we watch The Core, a movie that was only depressing if you had a financial interest in it back in 2003!

We're not so embarrassed to be confused during the recording about the fate of Annapurna Interactive, since it turns out to be extremely confusing.

Don't sleep on Julio Torres' Fantasmas. It also turns out Torres wrote one of Adam's favorite SNL sketches. The sequel (also on YouTube if you care to look) isn't as good, but Adam did like the bit where it turns out the Avatar 2 logo is still Papyrus, just now bold.

Here's info about the song "The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)". We're sure the Chloë Grace Moretz connection is coincidental. But that must mean it's a good song for beating up henchmen!

The Cheddar Goblin almost seems extraneous in the Mandy cinematic universe, but maybe that's why he's so great!

We Customize our Fight Sticks in Episode 288!

3/3/2025

Only SIX buttons?

Multiple Michaels (Michaelses?) show up in episode 288. And yet none of them appear on this Wall of Michaels! There's always next time.

Adam would like to revise his PB&J M&Ms review. The more you eat the more it tastes like peanut butter and chemicals. It's not great. He still presumably ate the whole package, though as he states in the episode in his defense, they WERE in front of him.

You can purchase A Game About Digging a Hole on Steam, though we're holding out for the forthcoming Chip Hole mod.

So Kevin can acquaint himself, here are links to the Nick Bronson: Dinosaur Hunter radio-drama and condensed epic Twitter thread.

We Struggle to Come Up with More V Words in Episode 287!

2/10/2025

Varicose...? Verisimilitude...? Oh wait, VIRAL! I can use THAT one!

It's really not necessary to know who Guy Fawkes is in order to enjoy our Sci-Fi Shuffle episode about V for Vendetta. In fact, it's probably detrimental if you want to be on the wavelength of the movie anyway!

Amber Elby is back on the podcast! She mentions the original version of the screenplay, which you can find here. Her play, Puck, in Epilogue, is also premiering soon! Check out @puckinepilogue on Instagram or buy tickets for the Brighton Fringe festival performance!

Some misrepresentations of films are quite fascinating, while others are just banal in their stupidity.

Since we mentioned it, here's "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury, for your reading pleasure.

While not all shrink-wrapped manga is inherently naughty, we all know what Paul meant.

Natalie Portman's Shaved Head sings "Beard Lust" (what a fun sentence)!

We Mourn David Lynch and Our Dwindling Possibilities in Episode 286!

1/27/2025

So many missed opportunities...

Even though Charlie sees doors closing in episode 286, Paul thinks that's a good thing. After all, that's less decisions you have to make! Bring on Pandemic 2.0! (Editor's note: we do not endorse bringing on another pandemic.)

The banning of delicious red dye number 3 is the definition of government overreach. But you can draw your own conclusion about the ratification of the ERA.

We think there's a little bit of Luddite in all of us!

But in all seriousness, the passing of David Lynch is truly sad. By all accounts a super nice, generous guy! We make reference to The Straight Story during the episode. And, incidently, Un Chien Andalou and Meshes of the Afternoon, neither of which he was involved in, having not been born yet. He was also not in Corner Gas, but maybe he should have been...?

In case you were curious about Daryl Hannah's "butt hair".

We think we may have linked to Underneath a Steel Sky before [I know this is an error, but I've decided to let Charlie's incredible mistake remain as a monument for all time. -Adam], but it can't hurt to do it again!

Oh yeah, Charlie remembered a Pandemic Purchase! He bought Bill and Ted Face the Music digitally the day it premiered and watched it precisely once. It was fine.

We Demand Better Bits in Episode 285!

1/13/2025

A nice friend, and nothing more

Another year, another broken resolution in episode 285. This may be the earliest we've had to give up on our aspirations, but don't worry! We'll still have plenty of bits of varying quality (except for Paul, only the best bits from him).

Apparently we can be forgiven for claiming Doug's Butterscotch Scoop Snickers bar log was a Walmart exclusive, as the press release didn't come out until after we recorded. Here's the outdated link Adam found regarding the one-time Walmart exclusivity, although it refuses to tell us about the different meanings of the word "scotch". But don't worry, you can find that here and here, respectively.

Chocolate bloom is real, and it's disgusting! But it's non-toxic, so just shove it down your gullet without swallowing like Kevin does.

As in the podcast, we refuse to touch this topic comedically. But you can read about The Feast of the Circumcision and even the the Holy Prepuce on your own time. Knowledge is power, after all!

OK, we're going to be honest. We don't remember what Doug was talking about when referring to a Pepsi design manual. But here is one, though outdated. A new update straight from Doug!

For those who are passionate about movies, but don't want the swears (or just want a channel that plays movies all the time, the way television used to be), watch Movies!

Adam couldn't find an acceptable video that covered what you needed to know from Discovery season 2 before watching Strange New Worlds, so this link will have to do.

Charlie missed out on Pico Park and all of those sweet, sweet achievements.

If you wanted some supplemental materials for your Anime 201 course, here's some reading about cours.

We Look to the Future by Commemorating the Past in Episode 284!

12/31/2024

Arli$$ and Black Adam in their places of honor

Here at the cusp of a new year, we do what all good people do, and that's look forward to 2025 by discussing a bunch of stuff that happened in 2024. Time may move forward, but our memories only go the opposite direction!

Looking at the news coverage of the accident Doug mentioned, it's no wonder he was stuck for so long! And here's some info about the other news item Doug brought up.

If you too would like to hear chiptunes played on analog instruments, then The 8-Bit Big Band is what you're looking for! If, for some reason, you want the opposite, we've got you covered there too.

Saving you the trouble of manually typing in search terms yourself, here's info about Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble and Infinity Nikki!

All right, fine, we know you don't want to type these in either, so here's info about those movies Adam named: Demon Pond, Yojimbo, Good Morning, and The Boss Baby. And as a bonus, here are the Criterion essays for those first three movies, plus a bonus 2nd essay for Good Morning! (Alas, The Boss Baby isn't in the Criterion Collection...yet.)

And while Christmas may have come and gone this year, that doesn't mean we don't still have the memories and photos. Especially if you were looking for photos of one of us dressed up as a giant green bear. (And assuming, of course, that you're not looking for the hottest novelty hit of 2007. Although if you are, we're here to help.)

We Break Out the Christmas Spirit Oil in Episode 283!

12/23/2024

Well, torsos are more of a BIRTHDAY gift

Santa's back! Or is it more appropriate to point out that Santwo is back?! But unfortunately, no Carlos Santuna. For that, you'll have to listen to our last Christmas improv episode.

We Work the Dreaded 10-Hour Day in Episode 282!

12/2/2024

He's been playing Mario Party for 10 hours straight, won't someone please help?!

Hey, we actually got a blog post up on the day it was supposed to be up! Hooray! Celebrate with us by listening to our latest Sci-Fi Shuffle episode, this time about 1927's Metropolis! This time around we've got special guest Amber Elby on! It's been a while since she's been on the show, but since she picked V For Vendetta as the next film, she'll be back sooner than you'd expect.

Does the Rock pee in a bottle? Yeah, that happens.

Adam brings up Doctor Who so much that even HE makes us cut some of his asides during the episode. But in this case, this one was topical, so if you want more information here you go!

OK, Charlie admits he laughed at a joke about Orion pheromones without understanding it. But if he only chimed in when he was on the ball, it wouldn't be a very interesting podcast, would it?

Here's a story confirming what Amber says about the scrapped Metropolis TV show. Of course, the real reason it shut down was that showrunner Sam Esmail bought an iPhone, signed up for a free year of Apple TV+, and realized it was not a real streaming service that existed.

We Explore a Pink Disturbia in Episode 281!

11/18/2024

Paul don't mind

It's a good thing we recorded episode 281; if we didn't, Paul might not have remembered to bring his Austin Powers in Goldmember HD-DVD on the cruise! Can you imagine being at sea for weeks without it? Perish the thought!

Where does the Dad Rock end and the comedy begin? It's impossible to tell; it's Tim Heidecker.

There's no better confirmation of LBJ's Fresca love than the website for his presidential library. Also of note: "We do not know President Johnson's favorite color. When asked, Lady Bird Johnson remembered that he did not like the following: purple or 'muley' colors, such as green, brown, beige, and gray."

Please, please, please let some 10 year old destroy this guy at a computer game on Facebook Live.

That which has shoes must have feet. And other things too?

Exhibit A

Exhibit B

Exhibit C

A temporary delay

11/11/2024

Craiyon.com's best effort at what Charlie might look like

No, we haven't quit; Charlie's just dealing with the one of the worst illnesses he's experienced in quite a while, so he's been laid up in bed for a couple weeks now. But don't worry, we'll be back as soon as he's well enough for us to tape a mouse to his hand and make him edit!

We Don't Need Eyes to See in Episode 280!

10/21/2024

Look, I agree green is a weird color to be going through those conduits, but at least it's not RED, and I'm confident it never will be red. I vote we stay.

We have a terrifying entry into the Sci-Fi Shuffle rotation just in time for Halloween - it's 1997's Event Horizon! We don't think it's caused any nightmares among us yet, but then again we haven't woken from hypersleep yet.

The trailer for Event Horizon does really feel more it's teasing a movie like Alien rather than a horror movie. [Charlie, are you trying to argue that Alien is somehow not a horror movie? -Adam]

This episode inspired Kara and Charlie to start a "Sam Neill Scares" mini-movie-marathon for October. So far it's been In the Mouth of Madness and Dead Calm. Both were worth watching, for completely different reasons!

But maybe don't watch In the Light of the Moon (Ed Gein). I mean, what a BORING subject! It certainly didn't show up on Variety's list of Best Horror Movies of All Time, the way Event Horizon did.

Here's a Youtube video of Glen Schofield, creator of Dead Space, talking about (among other things) the influence of Event Horizon.

The Event Horizon TV show is "in the works", so anyone who was in the movie and isn't already busy is bound to show up!

And courtesy Adam, a song:

We Annoy Our Neighbors in Episode 279!

10/7/2024

The signal is coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE!

We don't guarantee that episode 279 will cure your sense of existential dread, but it can't hurt!

Doug mentioned a Nature article about LLMs which you can read here.

We didn't really come up with the names of Jeopardy celebrities during the episode, but James Holzhauer was the guy jumping around looking for the Daily Doubles (not at SporcleCon), and Amy Schneider was the semi-recent big money/long streak winner (WAS at SporcleCon).

We're sure you can find links to reviews of UFO 50 if you desire, but here's their website!

Here's the unplayable game Adam was referring to. Relatedly, you can read a brief history of unbeatable games (although somehow they left out Impossible Mission for the Atari 7800). And then theres's always Aliens: Colonial Marines, although that at least has an easy (and incredibly embarrassing) fix.

We Definitely Wear Real Pants in Episode 278!

9/23/2024

A real Rorschach test of what anime you've watched

The leaves are falling from the trees and their poisonous spores are being released, so that means we're at the end of Sci-Fi September. For this episode, Doug chose the 1984 animated classic Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Of course his favorite part of this environmental/pacifist fable is the part where the God Weapon blows stuff up, but there's no accounting for taste!

Would YOU like to watch the bastardized 1985 version of Nausicaä? Fortunately the Internet Archive has you covered. And here's a list of all the cuts, along with the bad-ass poster (emphasis on "bad").

Doug talks about a prequel film, which appears to be a reference to this – which you can watch here.

Michael B. Jordan, the ultimate multi-hyphenate: actor/director/Bleach completionist.

We Brush Up On Our Superlatives in Episode 277!

9/9/2024

LEFT: Accomplished documentarian RIGHT: Dedicated martial artist

Adam (rightly) calls out Charlie in the 12th installment of our Sci-Fi Shuffle and declares that Charlie's REAL favorite movie is the supremely dumb 1989 movie Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. Charlie simply must concede this fact.

A couple notable facts we didn't fully touch on in the episode: Dan Shor, who plays Billy the Kid, also played Ram in Tron! And for those of you who don't have a crush on Jane Wiedlin, here is an actual explanation of who she is.

As we mention in the episode, many of the scenes in the film were filmed in the Phoenix area. Unfortunately, however, the Circle K is no more.

A Mario Bros. anime? What the heck is Adam talking about? Glad you asked!