336 - ORANGE COUNTY

June 10, 2026

Welcome to the OC! Don’t call it that. Andrew shares an important film of his youth about important art in youth with Johnny, throws two games at him and then goes off on rants about The Mandalorian & Grogu, Finding Emily, Power Ballad and finds The Sheep Detectives charming as hell. Johnny talks his Obsession with The Last Five Years of Miss Saigon on stage and playing 007: First Light.

THE FERRYMAN UPON THE PLAINS - Andrew’s First Novel - Out Now!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ferryman-Upon-Plains-Andrew-Jones-ebook/dp/B0F39C3WM4/

312 - SPY KIDS

July 2, 2025

Johnny is having a nostalgia month, taking Andrew through his Robert Rodriguez trilogy that feature Antonio Banderas, Cheech Marin and Danny Trejo, just decidedly less blood and guns than the El Mariachi trifecta. Andrew talks From The World Of John Wick Ballerina, Rachel Zegler on stage in Evita and Sondheim’s final work Here We Are at the National, high art and low blows, plus plenty of Cumming.

THE FERRYMAN UPON THE PLAINS - Andrew’s First Novel - Out Now!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ferryman-Upon-Plains-Andrew-Jones-ebook/dp/B0F39C3WM4/

279 - TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

April 10, 2024

Harper Lee’s iconic book was turned to life with Gregory Peck’s phenomenal portrayal of Atticus Finch as the cornerstone of the entire cultural behemoth. In this episode we discuss Galaxy Chocolate’s US brand name, Foghorn Leghorn and Cut For Time SNL sketches. At some point the Sorkin adaptation, the book and the film come into conversation as well, but not before chifforobe talk.

245 - LOVE NEVER DIES

June 30, 2021

Musical Month 2021 ends with Johnny’s defying return to the Phantomverse, forcing Andrew to sit through another Lloyd Webber musical, but hark there’s The Phantom Of The Podcast coming in to take over matters. Will we survive the show intact? Will music ever be the same again? Will Love ever Die? NEVER!

206 - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

September 9, 2020

It’s another Andrew Lloyd Webber musical adaptation for another musical month, and this one sees the late Joel Schumacher cast Gerard ‘Punch The Weather’ Butler as the titular phantom. Andrew and Johnny come to it from two very different angles, but will their love of cinema bridge the vast gaps between them?

BONUS - CATS COMMENTARY

May 22, 2020

It’s digital release day for Cats in the UK and Johnny is all fur-ious that he’s not watching it with Andrew, and Andrew wishes he could paws life for the 2 hours it takes to sit through Tom Hooper’s Cats. Come join the experience through heaven or hell or heavyside layer, no matter your thoughts on the musical, you can all understand what listening to a tortured soul sounds like.

Now on Sky Cinema, if you dare! Here’s the UK TV Broadcast-syncable version:

169 - CATS

December 25, 2019

Johnny’s most anticipated film of Winter becomes Andrew’s most feared trip to the cinema. Tom Hooper’s adaptation of the acclaimed (?) musical where James Corden plays a cat, and the world must be destroyed. Some Star Wars talk, if you are avoiding such.

152 - EVITA

August 28, 2019

Ending Musical Month with another Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alan Parker musical, could it all go doubly-wrong? Antonio Banderas joins the gang to discuss politics, Hamilton and Pegging.

149 - CATS: ULTIMATE EDITION

August 7, 2019

Before the film adaptation arrives, the recorded West End performance DVD is viewed by super-fan Johnny and newbie Andrew. The breakdown of humanity and suavity is revealed.

065 - JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

December 6, 2017

The boys are off to see Hamilton tonight, but Johnny has one last film to offer Andrew before they sing, dance and rap all night. Andrew prepares to feast on the last supper of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic.

Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)

Starring Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman

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