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For Halloween we watched a… not particularly spooky movie. It’s the 30-year-old supernatural comedy “The Frighteners,” starring Michael J. Fox and directed by Peter Jackson, who was about to embark on making many “Lord of the Rings” movies. We are not sure we see the connection! But this movie… is not normal. Who is the target audience? Why does Jeffrey Combs appear, mid-film, combing it up at 100%? How many ghosts of loved ones would you want at your hot date at the Medieval Times? We have lots of questions, but very few answers! Host Jason Snell with Monty Ashley, Tiff Arment, and Steve Lutz.

Our Director of SMOOCH has unretired. Why? Because there are too many smoochable missions this fall to resist. So we’re back for a new season from Halloween to Valentine’s Day. We start with nostalgia and midnight margaritas and Practical Magic 2. Join us as we speculate about how we would break the curse and whether we would eat apple pie with custard. Host Annette Wierstra with Kirsten Goruk.

Is this the first LTS episode during which one panelist offered to smack another? Let me know in the comments. The 1940s were, among other things, the era of the composer biopic. Most were sanitized depictions of their subjects, but “Night and Day” works extra hard not to be truthful about its subject, Cole Porter. All this, while still doing him the enormous favor of casting Cary Grant to play him. Oh, did I mention that the film has been restored by Warner Archive, so we’ll have a pretty print to see? Host Shelly Brisbin with David J. Loehr, Micheline Maynard, Nathan Alderman, and Philip Michaels.

Host John McCoy with Bill O'Donnell.

Welcome back to “Inconceivable!”, the show that tests two teams’ knowledge of the nerdy, the useless, and the obscure. This is a special episode of the show, recorded live at LACon V! As such, the audio quality is a little variable, but the fun and frivolity are still easily heard, as is the growing contempt the contestants have for the host and his punishing questions. Hosts Dan Moren and Jason Snell with Auston Habershaw, Catherynne M. Valente, John Coxon, Nikhil Prabala, Sandra Rosner, and Trish Matson.