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The SHOW Show: with Sweets & Slaney
by Sweets & Slaney
A podcast chronicling the greatest and most beloved TV series' of all time, and a handful of other antics.
Episodes
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256. Lemonade
10 years ago this day, a scrappy duo set forth on a mission to fill the digital airspace with their limited and surface-level takes on stuff - most of it entertainment-oriented. The Show Show's pilot episode dissected the pilot of Game of Thrones. That was the exclusive focus then, but the…
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255. I'm Still Skeptical About It
Lookie here, we snucked another one in before the end of 2025. Great catching up. Wishing you all a happy holiday and new year! NTWS!
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254. Bear-ly Even Watched It
Summer update! Sweets & Slaney catch up on the biggest and most essential shows of the year so far, and discuss a few movie projects that simply can't be too speculated upon. Chats about the new season of The Bear are reserved for the end of the episode. Spoilers ARE included, although that's not...
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253. The Sex Lives of College Girls, Which I Detest
The boys are back in town. The town of your podcast queue, that is. A great deal of life to catch up on, most of which involves the content we’ve been consuming. Chats about the Golden Globes, Say Nothing, English Teacher, Saturday Night, and much much more! Enjoy!
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252. Michael Clayton's Day Off
The previous episode of the pod saw Sweets and Slaney offering informal film assignments to one another: and so Sweets has seen Training Day, and Slaney has seen Say Anything. There are also chats here about dozens of other things seen since. Plus a veep candidate wrote Hillbilly Elegy, a bunch…
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251. The Pyramid of Cameron Crowe
We kick off our next 250 episodes with a catch-up on Challengers, Ripley, Dune 2, and John Mulaney's Everybody's in LA. Also chats about the closing Survivor season, Scarlett's Her character getting too real, Sorkin's new Facebook flick and much much more! Plus, get a load of this Cameron Crowe...
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250. Not Too Swifty
We've arrived, at last, at the esteemed milestone of 250. A quarter thou! But it's much of the usual with talks about the Oscars, the scandals at Nick, the missing princess, a new 007, and much more! Also, perhaps some exciting personal news you won't have to listen long to catch up on. Enjoy!
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249. Lotta Diabetes Stuff
2024 and we're still making time for the good old showsh. Catching up on vital matters such as awards season snubs, the pending success of After Midnight, Martin Scorsese's unwavering eye, and much much more. Hope you enjoy, dont @ us!
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248. The Cheese Team
Happy Holidays! We're back for a catch up on all the latest, including a Jeopardy hosting determination, the hilarity of Andre Braugher, the Golden Globe nominations, and much much more! Have a safe and lovelu Christmas. We'll be back in 2024!
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247. The Longest I've Ever Not Seen You
Oh look, it's us again! We didn't break for the strikes, but now that they're over it seems a good time to get things going again. Dozens of movies and shows to discuss, honeymoon misadventures, and of course, a certain pop-football pair-up. Great to be back!
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246. Hey, It's Coach Steve...
Double strikes leave us with less and less news. But we've both seen a lotta stuff! Not just the big theatrical double-feature of the era, but a whole whack of so-so Jon Hamms. Also chats about live outdoor comedy, the Blind Side allegations, and much much more. Happy August!
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245. Bearbenheimer
It's a lot of Bear season 2 talk, but we've gone the extra mile to preserve spoilers. Just couldn't wait. Also chats about The Emmy nominations, Jury Duty, Barbenheimer, and Bear, Bear, Bear... Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!
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244. Are You There, Slaney? It's Me, Sweets
Sorry we missed May! Back now with lots to catch up on, and we're enjoying the outdoors during. We talk wildfires, and NY getaways, and writers strikes. Also chats about the finales of Ted Lasso, Barry, and Succession; Slaney's underwhelming response to a movie that seemed to be built for him;...
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243. April Show Showers
So much to catch up on, including Unstable, Daisy Jones, The Mandalorian, and Succession - which we keep at the end, for the sake of the spoiler sensitive. Also chats about HBO's new Potter series, how big business is infiltrating movies, Lisa Kudrow's lesser-seen masterworks, and much much more....
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242. Woah, Men Talking
March on the pod, we discuss last minute Oscar odds, as well as what the awards would look like if 2018's nominees were up for Oscars five years later. Also chats about The Last of Us, Daily Show heirs, Jon Bernthal's next move, sexist stereotyping at the Titanic remaster, and much much more!…
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241. Slaney For Brady
A long list of movies and shows to cover this month! Oscar contenders and rotten doozies alike. Also chats about Brady's next move, the Netflix password brigade, the Air trailer, and much much more. Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!
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240. Another Trip Around The Golden Globe
January on the Shosh! We talk The Menu, Glass Onion, The Fablemans, Don't Worry Darling, Banchess of Inisherin, Fleishman is in Trouble, Golden Globes, and whatever else pops to mind. Just too old buddies catching up after the holidays. Tweet your thoughts to @ShowShowPodcast!
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239. Merry Christmas, Baby
December's Shosh really... delivers! Hear the lovely tale of a family expanding, and then the not so lovely sounds of Sweets covering Billy Joel. Also chats about White Lotus season 2 (we kept it pretty spoiler safe), The Santa Clauses, The Chippendales show, and Jonah Hill's therapy doc. Mostly...
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238. Slaney Hit a Deer
All the big genre shows are wrapping up (and we talk about 'em all), and the delicious modern snark of The White Lotus is here to devour us. Chats about Matthew Perry's very odd media tour, the insane penultimate episode of Atlanta, what happens when you overheat a samosa, and much much more.…
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237. Andor-And-More
Back after a month to chat about the ever-growing glut of genre series, from House of the Dragon to Andor. Also chats about how they could zag with the next 007, whether it makes any sense at all to reboot American Pie, our much-outdated Emmys reactions, and lots more! Tweet your thoughts to...
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236. God Save The Show Show
(DISCLAIMER: Our RSS host had issues which delayed the streaming of this episode on Apple Podcasts. This recording was conducted on Thursday September 8th, 2022) Big show of the week is, of course, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, on Amazon Prime. We chat about that, as it relates to...
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235. Showse of the Dragon
Back after a long Summer break with keen beans to talk about the biggest tv event of at least the next two weeks. Game of Thrones was the first hot-seat show ever on this podcast, and now its children are getting the same treatment. House of the Dragon, you're up. Also chats about The Bear, HBO's...
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234. Covid Would've Been a Good Name for Zoom
Meeting virtually to catch up on all the watchings. Slaney's on The Bear, Sweets is on Loot. Plus there's a whole list of Emmy nominations to dig into. Also chats about Bennifer finally tying the knot, Tom Cruise cutting a great deal (even for him), Stranger Things 4.2 with some distance, and…
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233. A Lot Of Ground To Cover
A spring hiatus is perfectly normal, but there's been so much going on that getting it all on the record seemed nearly impossible. Major life moments to look back on from BOTH Sweets and Slaney! Also chats about celebs possibly lurking nearby, the shameless comeback of a certain Joker, spoilers…
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BONUS: Short Mercy & the Atlantic Book Awards
Short Mercy, a novel by Colin Sweets Arsenault was featured at the 2022 Atlantic Book Awards and at the corresponding inaugural Nova Scotia Book Awards ceremony. This is some of the content in which it appears, including two live readings. You can purchase Short Mercy here:...
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232. Showbi-Wan Kenshowbi
Busy lives lately! Ducked in for a mid-break showsh, with no shortage of things to discuss. Eleven's speech development, surprise grassroots comedy specials, and Tom Cruise's biggest weekend yet. Also, yeah, Obi-Wan Kenobi came out, so that demanded some specific hashing. Plus more! Send along…
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231. I Love That For You & We Own This City
A spiritual successor to one of the TV great's in David Simon's NEW series about the gritty underbelly of Baltimore police. That's "We Own This City." Also looking at Vanessa Bayer's QVC spoof "I Love That For You." Plus, chats about the demise of another Saved by the Bell, the Chapelle...
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230. Roar
"Roar" is Apple TV+'s new anthology series about the modern female experience. It's a weird one for two dudes to be declarative about, but we watched the pilot, starring Issa Rae. Also chats about it being a predictably bad week for Netflix, the Nic Cage content being very good, the parasocial…
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229. Slow Horses
Slaney's had the bug, so consuming TV has been an easy chore for him. This week, we talked about Apple TV+'s spy drama, "Slow Horses," which stars Gary Oldman. Also chats about the baffling Barbie movie, binging both Bourne & Back to the Future, the Knives Out franchise not being so coocoo for...
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228. The Rebuke Of Crappyness
The Slap fallout continues into this week, now that the Academy has officially released their rebuke of all the crappiness. Also chats about wedding bells for Bennifer 2.0, Donald Glover's most meta moment yet, Ellen acting a tad pitch-imperfect, and much much more. Tweet your thoughts to...
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227. Moon Knight
Cashing in on a long time spent delivering one message above all else: Never Trust Will Smith. Also chats about Jarrod Carmichael's big annoucement ahead of SNL, the resumption of the Spy Kids franchise, and the Jimmy-swap, to name a few things. Also, "Moon Knight" just premiered on Disney+, so...
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BONUS: Never Trust Will Smith
Just Sweets with a quick duck-in. What more is there to say? Both boys back in just a few more days!
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226. The Dropout & Winning Time
More non-fiction this week! "The Dropout" is Hulu's Elizabeth Holmes series starring Amanda Seyfried. "Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty" stars John C. Reilly and is about... the rise of the Lakers dynasty. Also chats about whether we're too cynical for The Batman, the new Pete show,...
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225. Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
It's starting to feel like a long winter. Something that's kept a lot of people warm is this trend of shows based on real-life people who used shady tactics to achieve power and money. One such show is "Super Pumped," which stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the CEO of Uber. Also chats about a certain...
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224. Severance
A Ben Stiller joint this week! Adam Scott stars in "Severance," about a widowed man who works at a company that performs surgeries on employees to keep their work conciousness separate from their home-life conciousness. Also chats about the missed opportunities in the Arthur finale, the venom in...
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223. Bel👑Air
A significant Show Show milestone is reached as we finally get to look at "Bel-Air," the dramatic reimagining of the beloved 90's sitcom that launched the career of one of the biggest (and least trustworthy) stars of all time. Also chats about a whole whack of shows getting renewed, the NOPE...
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222. Pam And Tommy & Murderville
Two very different types of crime show on the docket this week. "Pam & Tommy" is a slightyly comical look at the true story of the illegal distribution of a certain very private celebrity home movie. "Murderville" is Will Arnett's partially-scripted-partially-improvised dectective procedural,...
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221. The Afterparty & The Woman in the House etc.
Murder is on the mind this week! "The Afterparty" is Lord & Miller's genre-bending spin on the classic whodunnit format, and features a lot of funny folks. "The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window" stars Kristen Bell and is both a spoof of melodramatic suburban...
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220. This Way Up & South Side
Both of this week's shows seem to be flying under the radar. "South Side" is a slice-of-life comedy about funny slackers scraping by in Chicago. "This Way Up" is about rallying after a major psychological episode, but with laughs. Also chats about the non-Boba Boba episode, the quiet genius of…
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219. How I Met Your Father & Peacemaker
Spin-off week on the pod! "How I Met Your Father" is a hail-mary play at prolonging the universe of its predecessor, and this time is stars Hillary Duff. "Peacemaker" is John Cena's Suicide Squad character doing the crass/violent/haha comic book thing. Also chats about the best of the Encanto...
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218. Abbott Elementary & Macgruber
Light laughs from this week's shows of focus! "Abbott Elementary" is about optimistic teachers working against a challenging system. "Macgruber" is a return to TV for Will Forte's classic SNL spoof character. Also chats about The Tender Bar being tender indeed, Boba Fett lacking a little, and the...
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217. Son of a Critch & Yellowjackets
Happy for the chance to look at some Canadian content with this week's pod! "Son of a Critch" is based on Mark Critch's memoir of the same name and is about his young life in Newfoundland. "Yellowjackets" is a fair bit grimmer, and follows a team of soccer players' many secrets over multiple...
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216. Maybe This Year Will Be Better Than The Last
Happy Holidays! This week, we're looking back at a jam-packed year of memorable moments in TV and film. Also looking ahead at some of the more exciting shows coming in 2022. Complete with chats about he new Matrix, Don't Look Up, Being the Ricardos, adding Muppets to existing classics, and much...
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215. Bud & Station Eleven
Our main show of focus this week is "Station Eleven," which features an all-too-familiar plot involving a deadly flu pandemic. We've had a few of these during our own pandemic, but maybe this one's actually worthwhile. "Bud" is a shortfilm by Zach Woods of The Office and Silicon Valley fame. It's...
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214. Santa Inc.
This year's Christmas series is not landing with a very merry praise, but it follows in a certain proven tradition and so we had to check out "Santa Inc." Also chats about a certain Muppet quip that may spell out the origins of certain religious sects, the adventures of self-cutting a Christmas...
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213. Hawkeye
Disney+ has released their fourth MCU series of the year with "Hawkeye," so we explored whether or not it's worth bypassing a little enduring Marvel fatigue. Also chats about the incredible access of The Beatles: Get Back, the beef between Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, the polarization of jam…
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212. The Wheel of Time & Cowboy Bepop
A couple fantasy-core adaptations to discuss this week. "The Wheel of Time" is Amazon Prime's new series based on the popular novels of the same name. "Cowboy Bepop" is a much-anticipated anime-turned Netflix show starring John Cho. Also chats about the surrealism of the new Beatles doc, how...
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211. The Shrink Next Door & Dopesick
Both shows this week are about real life medical malpractice over the last several decades. "The Shrink Next Door" stars Paul Rudd and Will Ferrell in a TV adaptation of the popular Wondery podcast. "Dopesick" stars Michael Keaton and is about a key chapter in the story of the American opioid...
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210. I May Destroy (ALL OF) You
"I May Destroy You" is a critically-acclaimed , Emmy winning series on HBO that we, ashamedly, didn't quite connect with the first time around. So, in lieu of watching new pilots this week, we watched ALL of IMDY. Herein be spoilers. Also chats about the new Succession, whether or not Aaron…
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209. American Rust
Another in the long long line of pop cultural installments named "American ____" ... this one was Jeff Daniels in "American Rust." So, we talked about that. Also chats about the Succession season premiere, This is 40 in hindsight, the Hardy Boys in hindsight, roofing for the first time, and much...
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