I started listening in June and this quickly has become my favorite podcast😊! Joe and Chris’ movie and Oscar knowledge is so impressive, and their friendship and enthusiasm for movies makes their episodes packed with information delivered in a fun and interesting way. I highly recommend their Patreon too! Mondays are THOB day in our house and my husband and I watch along each week!

Cannot tell you how much I enjoy your podcast. Your knowledge & humor are par excellence! I’m sure I’ll be vilified for this, and I can take it. Towards the end of the show you had to devolve into TDS, maybe not the really viral, hopeless TDS, but an ‘affable tad of it’, or so it would seem. I taught for 25 years in the Dept of Art at UW-Madison. Yes, the belly of the beast. 3 of us were center right out of 37 faculty. Celebrate diversity? I NEVER brought my politics into my classroom. NEVER. It would have been immoral in my eyes. I’ll stop now. I’m sorry. I really enjoy so many various podcasts, & then they just have to get political. Really? Is it worth it? Please take a little time to consider my way too long text. Sorry. Love your insight, humor, delivery, knowledge + Ok. All best, Pat I will rate you 2 stars. I figure people will be interested in this low rating. I want anyone to hear me. If not for the politics - you’d be an EASY 5!

i started listening to this pod in 2020 when i was 16 and haven’t missed an episode since! love the show and the dynamic especially with returning guests. i take the occasional gen z lashings from joe, which i fancy myself as being excluded from. 5 stars regardless 💫

THOB is the rare podcast that simply works purely off the dynamic of the hosts. Joe and Chris (and their obvious love for each other) are a joy to listen to. Even though the episodes are about twice as long as they need to me, it works because the appeal of this show IS the tangents and rabbit holes. Thank you for keeping this going for so long!

Without fail, class of insert-year is always my favorite episode across all my podcasts. I watch with a cheesy smile on my face. Aside from that, great show. I love these guys.

I’m a 63 year old straight woman who adores this show! These two guys are so knowledgeable and funny. The podcast is informative and entertaining. I highly recommend it to anyone who has an interest in movies, 🏳️‍🌈❤️🎥😂

This is very funny and fun to listen to ....all about movies! 🎬Cut! they know about so much of recent movie history, it makes me wonder if they have any time for walking the dog or cooking dinner. I want a poster for my bedroom wall.

I love this pod so much. It’s always a blast year round, but it’s never more exciting than when we’re entering the Oscar race. Really enjoying the movie draft recaps at the top of the ep and I appreciate that they’re easily skippable now for people who might not vibe. I’ve been getting some friends to listen too and it’s clear to say that Gary fever is sweeping the globe. Thanks Chris and Joe!

The IMDB game is elite, I play it with my friends all the time now.

At it’s best when they are talking about Dan Hedaya. More Dan Hedaya!

You referenced Glenn Close’s performance in Mary Reilly but didn’t whisper the title after! It always makes me laugh! Nevertheless, 5 stars. Keep up the great work.

Fun and fascinating look at the often cynical awards racket.

The TIFF episodes could be five hours long and I’d be seated and ready to listen to every minute. A+++ pod.

Very hard to listen to when they say “like” every other word.

Discovered this podcast about 6 months ago and I’ve been bingeing every episode since! Joe and Chris are so knowledgeable and funny. If you love the Oscars or have any nostalgia for the Academy Awards you must listen!

Since “You Must Remember This” concluded its erotic cinema mini series, I’ve been looking for my podcast fix…and found it here plus a community I didn’t know I could find in this space. “This Had Oscar Buzz” gives me everything I look for in a podcast: intentionally researched cinema history, funny and relevant archival video cut ins, inspired guests and games designed for me, contemporary industry analysis and of course awards season prognostics. Feel like I’m talking with people who love and advocate great indie cinema just as much as I do. Keep up the great work!

Fun and engaging conversations. It feels like they know EVERYTHING about movies, until the games at the end and you’re yelling answers at your phone. I love these guys! This is my ONLY podcast subscription. The value is so worth it. Proud to be a certified Gary! 🖤

New to this podcast and I cannot stop listening to it! Such great deeeeep dives into the movies they select, with fantastic tangents to other films and awards of each particular year. The well-researched and fun banter is much appreciated! Thanks!

Happy birthday Chris

What better way to blank out the election year horrors of 2024 than with the OC delights of Joe & Chris?

Sounds like it’s recorded with built-in laptop mics. Also they talk over each other and interrupt guests so much that it’s frustrating.

So good!

I had to stop listening because most of the episode is an advertisement for the fantasy Oscar pool. Was it a full third of the Beautiful Boy episode? I’ll probably add it back into my feed after Oscar season.

I love you guys, and I appreciate that you have always been upfront on your pronunciation failings, and I get your instinct to sidestep by going for what seem like a safe nickname…. but ‘Dom Gleeson’ is beyond the pale! It sounds like DOUGH nul.

Thank you for breaking into this gloomy day in Brooklyn with a special podcast. At first I was just listening if I was familiar with the selection. Now I don’t miss an episode. One of my favorite podcasts. I appreciate your work and passion.

Calm down. You clearly missed the point. Sec Clinton was merely pointing out that she knows what it what it feels like to go for the gold and while making it in one sense (most popular votes for her/biggest $ for Barbie) but still not get the final prize (prez/chance at an Oscar). Was it clumsy? Yes. Does it deserve a pile on? No. She was showing solidarity and subtly including a get out the vote message.

Have enjoyed the show for several years, initially finding it thanks to Joe’s regular presence on the Blankies. I enjoy the chemistry of the hosts, and the infectiously obsessive enthusiasm that they share with all of us strangers (… I fear a future episode) who continue to keep our own spreadsheets. The highlights tend to be an unexpected rabbit-hole, or perhaps a game that has me shouting answers aloud in the car, but what keeps me coming back is the genuine love of movies and the strange machine around them. I’ve also found myself thriving in the Vulture Movie Fantasy League surely in part due to their expertise. Newest subscriber to their Patreon, “Turbulent Brilliance” for good measure! I figure I couldn’t potentially win the AllofusGarys league and not support the good work y’all do. 😉 Thanks! PigeonDoctor

One the last few years Joe and Chris have become like old friends. Their perspectives and thoughtful analysis on films of the almost Oscar nominated are sublime. I love podcasts and this is the first I elected to pay for the Patreon for additional content. It’s just that good!

I always look forward to This Had Oscar Buzz! the hosts are smart, fun, and have an encyclopedic knowledge of movies. I feel I’m listening to people who are just as nerdy about movies and award shows as I am. It's the perfect podcast to listen to when I’m commuting to work.

i love this podcast very much!! it is the most wonderful feeling to hear two intelligent funny people talk at length about something i care so deeply about. their 100 snubs series actually made me tear up over how much i love movies, and not many can say that!! the fact that joe and chris do all of this work and research simply for the love of the game with no monetary incentive really makes my heart warm. i would give them pretty much any amount of money they asked for if they did charge for this content, but there is something so beautiful about the fact that they dont ? thank you joe and chris for your research and hard work, you have gotten me thru the hard times!!!!! tl dr this has oscar buzz is anti capitalist praxis

Just started listening to this podcast because of Blank Check, so this was an ask from a while ago…but the 90s VHS trailer I remember most distinctly was “Bed of Roses”. I never saw the movie and I can’t remember what movie it was on (maybe now and then?) but I was obsessed with the idea of it. Anyways love this podcast includes every movie tangent you could ask for!

I randomly stumbled on THOB three years ago and seriously haven’t listened to anything since. Chris and Joe are my spiritual twins: gays who grew up in the 90s devouring _Entertainment Weekly_! They’re funny, smart, and sweet, and I hope this podcast never ends.

Terrible podcast!! They don’t talk about what the title says they’ll talk about it’s awful

Look forward to this podcast every week!

Quite!

This podcast brings me such joy. Even when I haven’t known the films being discussed, the banter, enthusiasm and passion that Joe and Chris have for cinema is something wonderful. Listening to this podcast always brings me joy, and the 100 Snubs have been excellent shows. I hate to see May end!

First of all, I just want to say, I spent my entire life thinking I was the only weirdo gay kid who obsessively read absolutely every article about the Oscars and re-read books going over the same ground of past Oscars. Blah blah blah thank you for normalizing me with your hilarious and smart podcast. I just have one not criticism, but suggestion. Joe, you have a tendency to drop your voice when you name the movie or actor, or whatever after you have been doing a big build up to. As the Oscar queen that I am, I am so excited to hear what you’re about to reveal and when you drop your voice, I can’t make it out sometimes and I’m rewinding or I’m begging there will be a clue in the next few sentences of what you say. Like I said, just a small tick and I love you two so much. I own an Indy bookstore in Woodstock New York. Come visit me there and I’ll give you a free book.—james

The hosts are smart, the topics are interesting to a regular cinephile, and there is always some interesting points made…. But this podcast suffers from the problem most “movie” or “film” topic podcasts do. So many lame movie podcasts are inundated with two or three “bros” or female/female or female/male hosts who engage in endless minutes of inane personal banter for the first __th minutes of the show and regularly break into their uninteresting private history and private jokes. This one is no different. If these two guys would just get to the topic and stay with the topic, and avoid the inside chuckles and pointless self-references, the stars award this show would climb to four or five very quickly.

My only complaint about this show is that I wish it were uploaded earlier in the day on Monday because I am usually refreshing my feed like every twenty seconds until it pops up.

Love. Love the games so much. Also- who are these Garys that can’t tell the difference between Chris and Joe?!

As a fellow movie nerd, Chris and Joe’s dissection of these movies is very enjoyable. I’m just upset I didn’t find this podcast sooner.

Been a listener since day 1 but quality has significantly dropped in the past 6 months. Please please go back to the tight time format and discussing *actual* oscar-buzzed films. Feeling gaslit by some of the latest titles (cough cough MMXXL).

These guys are so smart about movies. They really do all of the hard work so that you can scoop up the most notable.

There are better podcasts where two embittered incels pat themselves on the back for their middlebrow taste

These two are SO charming, funny and extremely knowledgeable about film and Oscar history. If they get off track regarding their topic they still somehow stay on track and it’s enjoyable! Also love their games that close out an episode :)

Please do a Bones and All ep. I am forever scarred (for better or worse) from the Chloe Sevigny of it all & need your long-form take.

Please for the love of god do Tully that is all love you

Listening to Joe and Chris makes the long, anxious drives to visit my elderly parents so much more pleasant. I bank a few episodes and the miles fly by. I particularly appreciate their love and respect for actresses and their witty, but never mean, examinations of filmmaking failures. Their knowledge and recall of movie history is astounding.

Awesome chemistry, fantastic concept.

The podcast is good but the films should have Oscar buzz - the meddler did not - if you are going to do an off episode then essentially say this should have had Oscar buzz and say why it didn’t Sometimes the games are not fun for the listener