You Watched It Wrong Wade & Sigmund

Wade and Siggy run down their ballots for the top Oscar categories, plus some of their own special awards, for the films of 2023.

WE REACHED THE 1980s, PEOPLE!!! After a long hiatus, Wade & Siggy return to discuss another Wacky Race entry: 1980's MIDNIGHT MADNESS.  Get ready for a diverse range of jokes: fat jokes, obese jokes, jokes about being overweight and the many, many reasons one becomes so fully packed: overeating. Plus reductive views on an entire gender! Tastemakers rejoice! Is there genuine humor to be found here, among the ugly staples of 80s comedies?  Wade & Siggy debate that very topic to see which one of them watched it wrong...  

In the last episode discussing 1979's Scavenger Hunt, Siggy promises a story about a sneeze.  Well, as with most promises, we forgot it until after our signature sign off. Luckily, our recording devices are smarter than we are and this tale about the origins of the scavenger hunt itself - that also involves a sneeze - can finally be presented to you for your listening pleasure...

Finally! It's HERE! The Wacky Races' raison d'etre has finally arrived and...sadly, it turns out to be 1979's Scavenger Hunt.  This film is currently hard to find, but - I don't know - maybe don't bother? Siggy and Wade watched it for you so you don't have to! And don't miss the exciting new induction into the Wacky Races' Two-Timer's Club!!!
Our apologies for the delay in release. We needed the time to make sure this one was exceedingly long. 

A special phonesode! We take a break from our Wacky Races miniseries for a casual conversation about Ari Aster's latest nightmare horror comedy. (And Siggy now wishes he had thought to compare the ending to Brazil.)

Disney gets in on this Wacky Race action with the third installment in their Herbie the Love Bug franchise, starring Dean Jones, Don Knotts, Julie Sommars, and the The Young and the Restless-Guy!  More appropriately titled "Horn Dog Herbie" for reasons that will become apparent, this movie has everything: sexually aroused cars, necessary racing, unnecessary diamond heist subplots with liberal cribbing from Return of the Pink Panther, bumblers who don't bumble, fuel filler lines with widths are the size of forearms, a Muppet Borat, physics defied, and - of course - oil spurting on to people's shoes like a dog urinating on a hydrant. (It's never not funny...!)  Wade & Siggy discuss this outlier's contributions to the Wacky Races sub-genre, what works and doesn't work, and the Herbie franchise as a whole. They dig deep into the effect of later retconning Herbie's origin story and the incongruous attempt to define his personality, noting that he could very well be a narcissistic sociopath who only looks out for No. 53. And a deadbeat dad. Fun was had by all. 
Before listening to our spoiler-filled discussion, check out Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, available on Disney+ and VOD.  "It really picks up once they go to Monte Carlo!"