Intermission 09: Not the Full Monty (and Listener Q&A!)

Your burning questions, our souls burning in hell...

November 1, 2026
Listen Now: Download MP3
About This Episode Hosts: Arnie, Brock, Jason, Justin, Marjorie, Stuart
Released November 1, 2026 Podcast Runtime: 62 mins

For the first time ever, all six Now Playing Podcast hosts are together, and somehow everyone manages to keep their pants on. Mostly.

In this Intermission podcast: Stuart discovers his inner Broadway fan; Brock boldly goes back to Star Trek: The Next Generation; Jason gears up for Formula One in Las Vegas; and Justin explores haunted houses and the Brat Pack. Meanwhile, Arnie and Marjorie return from Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights with tales of questionable Cenobites, a Universal Studios tour guide’s worst nightmare, and some very expensive home decorating ideas.

Then it’s time for Impossible Arnie Trivia, as one brave listener faces a gauntlet of Godzilla questions with an enormous prize package on the line.

Finally, the hosts open the listener mailbag to answer your burning questions. How has nearly 20 years of Now Playing changed their lives? How do they take notes in dark movie theaters? Would they rather celebrate a masterpiece or tear apart a cinematic disaster? And which movies are they still dying to review?

It’s musicals, monsters, movies, memories, and more on November’s stuffed Intermission podcast!

Show Details

Topics Discussed

  • The whole gang is here! All six hosts together for the first time
  • Stuart discovers Broadway: The Lost Boys, Operation Mincemeat, and The Outsiders
  • Brock plays Bayonetta and revisits Star Trek: The Next Generation
  • Marjorie's new job and a well-earned week off
  • Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights: Evil Dead Burn, Hellraiser, and behind-the-scenes tours
  • Doug Bradley, questionable Cenobites, and expensive Hellraiser home decor
  • Jason gears up for the Las Vegas Formula One Grand Prix
  • Justin's haunted house adventures
  • An Anthony Michael Hall screening of The Breakfast Club
  • Impossible Arnie Trivia: Godzilla edition, with a special wedding prize
  • Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, and Dropping Names
  • Listener Q&A
  • What do the hosts listen to while driving?
  • How have the "Now Playing goggles" changed the way the hosts watch movies?
  • Behind the microphone: Taking notes in theaters and preparing movie reviews
  • How has nearly 20 years of Now Playing changed the hosts' lives?
  • Good movies versus bad movies: Which are more fun to review?
  • Listener requests
  • Will Now Playing review more television series?
  • The movies each host most wants to review someday
  • David Lynch is still dead

Leave a Comment

Leave a Reply