Now We Know

On Now We Know, Kevin Werkheiser and Chris Tognotti return to resonant, haunting, farcical, or otherwise impactful entertainment obsessions of their youths, through the jaundiced eyes of adulthood. Follow us on Twitter at @NowWeKnowPod!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 07/20/2026

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem The turtles are here, and they're teenaged. /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/42148475

The Fanatic (2019) 07/06/2026

The Fanatic (2019) Staight from the Now We Know premium vault, your freshly-unlocked episode for this week: a look back at John Travolta's most utterly incomprehensible decision since Moment By Moment, THE FANATIC (2019). Travolta portrays Moose, an awkward, neurodivergent Hollywood Boulevard street performer who is a tremendous fan of actor Hunter Dunbar (Devon Sawa), perhaps dangerously so. The less spoiled about this one the better. /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/41972425

The Flash (2023) 06/30/2026

The Flash (2023) Hoo boy it's the Flash, the one from 2023, with two Ezra Millers, Michael Keaton, some other people I've since forgotton... oh yeah, this one make you relive the climax of Man of Steel repeatedly. Really did not enjoy this one (this is Chris by the way)... I guess it's nice to see Ron Livingston... the mom is pretty cute? Anyways please enjoy your latest Patreon vault unlock. /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/41901715

Lightyear (The Buzz Lightyear Movie) 06/16/2026

Lightyear (The Buzz Lightyear Movie) Get ready to bite into what Disney has assured us is a *delicious* meat-bread-meat sandwich of a film: Lightyear, the Buzz Lightyear movie, your latest unlocked Patreon episode. Chris and Kevin both saw this movie in theaters solo as single adult men - Chris, in particular, wore sunglasses with his jacket collar flipped up while murmuring "one for Lightyear" at the venerable Elmwood theater box office. /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/41658555

Aladdin (2019) 06/08/2026

Aladdin (2019) You ain't never had a friend like Will Smith, for it is he who will prove, once and for all, that he is a fun, talented, and normal guy, in that order. This week, unlocked from the Patreon vault, Disney's 2019 live-acrion Aladdin remake, which hauled in an astonishing, life-deffirming $1 billion at the box office. /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/41569120

The Star Wars Essential Guide To Characters 06/01/2026

The Star Wars Essential Guide To Characters The Mandalorian? Grogu? Rotta the Hutt, who no matter what you've heard is his own man? All these and more will NOT be discussed on the latest Now We Know Patreon unlock: it's 1995's Star Wars Essential Guide to Characters, written by Andy Mangels. Reunite with the whole crew! Bollux! Blue Max! Davin Felth! Figrin Dan and his Figrin Band! And, of course, Ponda Baba and Dr. Evazan. /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/41501295

Ewoks: The Battle For Endor 05/25/2026

Ewoks: The Battle For Endor This week, with the first Star Wars feature film in years set to hit theaters (the Baby Yoda movie), we unlock from the depths of the Patreon vault... EWOKS: THE BATTLE FOR ENDOR, the 1985 made-for-TV movie starring Warrick Davis as Wicket the Ewok, Wilford Brimley as Noa, Aubree Miller as Cindel, and Carl Struychen (best known as the Giant from Twin Peaks) as King Terak. /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/41342125

Unfrosted (2024) 05/18/2026

Unfrosted (2024) Your latest gem from the Now We Know vault — the horrifying Unfrosted, Jerry Seinfeld's return to the world of feature films. There's a surprising number of cameos by actually talented people in this (including the the always-marvelous Andy Daly as the Quaker Oats guy), yet virtually nothing can overcome Seinfeld's unique, and unfortunate, sense of what's funny. /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/41329315

Space Jam: A New Legacy 05/11/2026

Space Jam: A New Legacy More like HOOP, there it is! On the precipe of his elimination from the 2026 NBA playoffs, at the hands of the similarly odious Oklahoma City Thunder, our latest unlock from the Patreon vault: it's Space Jam: A New Legacy, the confused semi-hagiography of LeBron James. Primarily addressing his struggles to be a good father (not to the real LeSperms, Bronny or Bryce, but a false, Hollywood-invented LeSperm named Dom), it's impossible to overstate how little this movie cares about the Looney Tunes. If you like the Tunes, this movie isn't for you! /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/41242440

Snow White (2025) 05/04/2026

Snow White (2025) Open sesame, you say, standing at the hunk of solid rock you presume covers the way into the Now We Know vault - or maybe the Now We Know mine? Your Patreon unlock for this week: 2025's "live" "action" Snow White "remake," featuring such characters as the titular White, her auto-tuned plasticine boyfriend, the "dwarves," and an evil queen who sounds an awful lot like she's got enough champagne to fill the Nile. Really touching how they handled Dopey in this one. /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/41138710

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 04/27/2026

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Your latest unlock from the annals of the Now We Know Patreon... To hell with The Money Pit! No, we Are Not Done Yet! Forget these modern iterations — it's Cary Grant and Myrna Loy who pioneered the disastrous home improvement form with Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. Originally released in 1948, making this one of if not the oldest feature film we've covered, this light comedy about the perils of falling in love with the dream home in your head made for a refreshing palate cleanse. /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/41027820

Pod My Children - This Is Big Business (S21E04) 04/20/2026

Pod My Children - This Is Big Business (S21E04) FOR MORE POD MY CHILDREN, SUBSCRIBE HERE: , , The show must go on. Brooke runs a limited hangout on Trevor with an artificial insemination fib, Jeremy can't seal the deal, Sarah doesn't want to sign David's pile of papers, and Palmer trusts Opal with some big business — but does he even remember doing so? -------------- From one-half of the duo that made Now We Know no worse than your third-favorite show (Kevin has no taste in old soap operas) comes POD MY CHILDREN, the PREEMINENT number ONE QUALITY ALL MY CHILDREN PODCAST! Join Chris and a barrage of familiar guests as he dives into an unwilling pastime of his youth — his grandmother's non-negotiable "TV's busy for the next hour" daily soap opera — with a commitment and granularity few can match. We start off with the first episode of All My Children's 21st season, original air date January 2nd, 1991. If you like what you hear, subscribe! Now on and ! /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/40932220

Fantastic Four (1994) 04/20/2026

Fantastic Four (1994) Your latest bit of precious ore from the Now We Know Patreon mines — it's our dive into Roger Corman's never-released 1994 Fantastic Four movie, which, depending on who you ask, was created as an exercise in rights management with no intention of every seeing the light of day (although they certainly didn't tell the cast or crew that). Would this have been the first great Marvel movie if the cruel forces of capital hadn't intervened? No! /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/40930260

NEW SHOW ALERT! Pod My Children Episode One (You’re a Waste Product) 04/17/2026

NEW SHOW ALERT! Pod My Children Episode One (You’re a Waste Product) SUBSCRIBE HERE: , , (Hey all, it's Chris. I got a new show out! If you like Now We Know this could be right up your alley, I'll push a few promos over the NWK feed in the next couple of weeks. I hope you like it, and if you do, help me out and subscribe!) From one-half of the duo that made Now We Know no worse than your third-favorite show (Kevin has no taste in old soap operas) comes POD MY CHILDREN, the PREEMINENT number ONE QUALITY ALL MY CHILDREN PODCAST! Join Chris and a barrage of familiar guests as he dives into an unwilling pastime of his youth — his grandmother's non-negotiable "TV's busy for the next hour" daily soap opera — with a commitment and granularity few can match. We start off with the first episode of All My Children's 21st season, original air date January 2nd, 1991. If you like what you hear, subscribe! Now on and ! /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/40912115

Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 04/13/2026

Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Your latest unearthed treasure, from the whispering catacombs of the Now We Know Patreon. It's Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, the 2023 flick which... was pretty fun! Between this and the smash hit video game Baldur's Gate 3 from the same year, Dungeons and Dragons media has been on a bit of a hot streak lately. Although for the movie, that's solely in the "huh that's pretty good!" department; the box office returns, in a world where THE LION KING (2018) made 1.6 BILLION DOLLARS!!!!!?!?!?!, were underwhelming. /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/40823225

The Little Mermaid (2023) 04/06/2026

The Little Mermaid (2023) Your latest offering, from the depths of the Now We Know vault: our "dive" (heh heh) into 2023's The Little Mermaid, the live* action** remake*** of the Disney animated classic. Featuring some new original songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda, and the voice acting talents of the lovely miss Awkwafina!!!! Sounds fun right?????????? /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/40741185

The Super Mario Bros. Movie 03/30/2026

The Super Mario Bros. Movie Originally recorded in April of 2023, your latest unearthed prize from the Now We Know vault is our dive into the first (modern era) Mario movie, with the sequel set to hit theaters next month. And, oddly enough, both the beginning and climax of this one are very, very similar to the reviled 1993 live-action Mario movie! /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/40614265

ProStars 03/23/2026

ProStars In the 90's, the asking price for an athlete likeness endorsement was seemingly more within reach, even for a rather shabby outfit, than it is today. Such is the legacy of ProStars, the short-lived NBC cartoon series "starring" the North American sports star trio of Wayne Gretzky, Michael Jordan, and Bo Jackson (hey, two for one!). The three didn't actually do the voices for their characters, of course, instead filming short, to-the-point talking head segments as themselves, and leaving the voice acting to the professionals (who, one assumes, were not far too famous for this ignoble task like the real men were). Originally recorded in January 2024, Kevin invites you into the ProStars pantheon. /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/40572635

Bonds on Bonds 03/18/2026

Bonds on Bonds Take me out to the baaaaallllgaaaaaame... very soon! With a new MLB season nearly upon us, and the World Baseball Classic just having wrapped up in an exhilarating victory for Team Venezuela, we present, from the Patreon vault, our January 2022 episode on Bonds on Bonds, the short-lived 2006 ESPN documentary series about the controversial Giants superslugger's quest for the home run record. Is it a good work of journalism? Not really! Did Bonds have an unusual amount of creative control? Reportedly! Does he therefore come off well? No! /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/40527610

On The Air 03/09/2026

On The Air Digging once again into the depths of the Now We Know vault, originally recorded in September 2022, an examination of On The Air. July 1992. Mark Frost and David Lynch are a year removed from the cancellation of the landmark TV phenomenon Twin Peaks, and Lynch has just months prior screened Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me at Cannes, disparaged at the time, yet now considered a masterpiece. So, the dynamic duo decide to pair up on a new show, in a whole new direction: a hokey sitcom about a 1950's TV station starring Twin Peaks alums Ian Buchanan and Miguel Ferrer. Met with scathingly negative reviews, it was pulled after just seven episodes. Did it deserve it? Well, you'll just have to lis-oh, whatever, yes! Yes it did! It's awful! /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/40349440

Family Dog 03/03/2026

Family Dog Crrrreeeeeeeak! That sound you hear is the door to the ballyhooed Now We Know vault, once again being opened to fetch your now-unlocked, once-paywalled episode for the week. This time it's Family Dog, the Steven Spielberg-backed, Brad Bird-created cartoon which aspired to be CBS' answer to The Simpsons. This was decidedly not successful, although at just ten episodes long, is it theoretically possible that a higher percentage of the entire run of Family Dog is better than the entire now-moribund 37 SEASONS OF SIMPSONS????? Probably not, but this much is true, at least: we never had to hear Martin Mull struggle to voice the dad from Family Dog into his 70's. /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/40292550

Willow (Disney+ TV Legacy Reboot) 02/23/2026

Willow (Disney+ TV Legacy Reboot) Guess who's back!?!?!? yeah it's willow. Salutations and celebrations, as we once again dig into the shadowy annals of the Now We Know Patreon vault. This time, originally recorded in January 2023, we dig into the ill-fated, one (season) and done Disney+ series Willow, a follow-up to the film of the same name. /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/40195335

Commercials of the 80's and 90's Vol. 4 02/16/2026

Commercials of the 80's and 90's Vol. 4 This week, unlocked from the depths of the Now We Know Patreon vault for the very first time, the missing piece of our classic advert puzzle: it's Commercials of the 80's and 90's volume four! This was the only episode of our long-running commercials series to be paywalled, so now the complete set is available free of charge right here on the main feed. Enjoy! /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/40122260

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022) 02/09/2026

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022) Your latest unlocked treasure from the Now We Know Patreon vault, first recorded and released in May of 2022: it's the Chip 'n Dale movie, starring Andy Samberg and John Mulaney, among others. I (Chris) honestly don't remember too much about this one, except that you only get like 30 seconds of Gadget as part of a rather distressing sight gag, but they did bring back Tress MacNeille for said 30 seconds! So maybe you can take some solace in that? /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/40027655

McGruff "Smart Kids" Anti-Drugs Album 02/02/2026

McGruff "Smart Kids" Anti-Drugs Album Fresh from the formerly paid-only Now We Know vault, originally released 02/24/23, it's our long traipse through the McGruff Smart Kids album, a cassette tape release with eight tracks of anti-drug jams across a swatch of genres, from the groovy, to the hard rocking, to electronic new wave, and perhaps the smoothest cut on the album, the Steely Dan-esque "Alcohol." Join us for a traipse through all eight of these tracks, expertly performed by McGruff creator/voice actor Jack Keil. /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/39852115

Sailor Moon Live-Action American Pilot (Toon Makers) 01/26/2026

Sailor Moon Live-Action American Pilot (Toon Makers) Your latest treasure unlocked from the Now We Know vault, originally released to the Patreon on 08/25/22 — our dive into the strange world of the long-lost live-action Sailor Moon pilot, produced by Toon Makers, with an eye towards American television. Oscillating between American-style animation and live-action sequences (somewhat similar to the Japanese action source footage paired with western high school TV drama featured in Power Rangers), this thing was, until relatively recently, a whispered-about relic, only screened once or twice at enthusiast festivals over the intervening decades. But now, you can watch it, like we did, and listen to us talk about it, like all decent folk should. /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/39852565

Defenders of Dynatron City 01/19/2026

Defenders of Dynatron City Originally released on the Now We Know Patreon feed on February 22, 2022 —yet no doubt new to so many of you — we look back at the ill-fated cartoon pilot Defenders of Dynatron City, which boasted the vocal talents of Whoopi Goldberg and Tim Curry, and almost Christopher Walken, until the producer absurdly decided he wanted a "more cartoonish" voice. Part of a cross-platform multimedia rollout, the pilot's release coincided with a very bad video game (atypical of the golden age of LucasArts games) and a six-episode comic series, making it... a proto-Shadows of the Empire, perhaps? /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/39780845

The Monuments of Mars: A Terrestrial Connection 01/12/2026

The Monuments of Mars: A Terrestrial Connection FROM THE VAULT... Leading off our foray into the Now We Know Patreon archives, new to so many of you... our first-ever subscriber feed episode, on 90's VHS obsession The Monuments of Mars: A Terrestrial Connection. Featuring guest Dave Prosper (who you may remember from our Robotech episode). Originally recorded on December 4th. 2021. /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/39670150

202. One Small Hero 2: One Small Hero After Another 01/05/2026

202. One Small Hero 2: One Small Hero After Another For our double-wide, jam-packed, loose and spitfire final regular episode, Now We Know's most prolific guests, Evan and Miranda, join to look back through the jaded eyes of adulthood at... something very familiar. It's the first ever (and presumably last ever) sequel to an existing episode! ONE SMALL HERO ONE MORE TIME BABY!!!!! Thank you all so much for your listenership and support through the years. Over the next year, our trove of bonus content from the Patreon feed, unheard to all but our previously paying subscribers, will be posted here on a weekly basis, meaning you've got many more months of fun to come. Cheers, and Happy New Year! /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/39619135

201. The Chipmunk Adventure 12/27/2025

201. The Chipmunk Adventure It's finally here! Easily the longest-awaited episode based on informal polling: The Chipmunk Adventure! Kevin brings his sibling Werky (because they would never forgive him otherwise) along with a couple of special guests and of course the steady stalwart Chris to revisit this amazing, perfect...oh...oh no...no no no don't do that.... Well... listen and see! /episode/index/show/nowweknow/id/39543490

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