Talk and Beans

Episode #115 is the final part of our Halloween Spectacular 2025 and it's a time to focus on this year's movie, Addams Family Values.Scott and Tom talk about the sequel continuing the theme of great casting, enjoying the family dynamics, some very voilent moments, highlighting the Thanksgiving story, the great use of the camp leaders, some uncomfortable gags, and Morticia's solo lighting.Plus, the Michael Jackson collabortaion we missed out on and discussion about Addams Family Reunion.

Episode #114 is the first part of our Halloween Spectacular 2025, and is the tenth annual Halloween Special. Scott and Tom talk about how to eat a pumpkin, the tradition of graveside picnics, Tom (sort of) meeting Poirot to look at his holiday snaps, two new ghostly experiences, and the boys learn about guising.Plus, Tom tells Scott about his new favourite TV show and shocks him with news of a sweet he's never tried.

Episode #113 is the final part of our Christmas Spectacular 2024 and it's a time to focus on this year's movie, Violent Night.Scott and Tom talk about it's clever use of the "Bad Santa" cliche, the weird but lovable family, the mixture of good and bad sets, the use of Santa's magic and unexpected backstory, the bad guy's motive, the effect of shocking violence within the context of the genre, and the fantastic use of tributes to Home Alone and Die Hard.Plus, Why it's hard for a movie to become a Christmas classic in the modern era, and Scott realises something about a famous Christmas tradition.

Episode #112 of Talk and Beans is the ninth annual Christmas Special and Part One of our Christmas Spectacular 2024. Scott and Tom talk about unconventional Christmas colour schemes, ignorant Trafalgar Square tree outrage, Coca-Cola’s controversial AI adverts, Victorian era Christmas traditions, a deeper dive into the etymology of Reindeer names, the recent resurgence in love for 90s “tacky” decorations, and a continuation of our Christmas quiz!Plus, Tom comes clean about how much his Home Alone Lego set cost and updates us on it's festive decorations.

Episode #111 is the final part of our Halloween Spectacular 2024 and it's a time to focus on this year's movie, The Addams Family.Scott and Tom talk about it's incredible casting, the family's lore, memorable performances, use of the 90s culture, confusing plot lines, childhood memories surrounding the film, and why Gomez and Morticia are a great example of true love.Plus, Tom delivers an unexpected shock to Scott and the boys dig into some movie trivia.

Episode #110 is the first part of our Halloween Spectacular 2024 and is the ninth annual Halloween Special. Scott and Tom talk about the best methods to eat certain sweet treats, enjoying the world of Agatha Christie's Poirot, going to a Halloween parade, finding more spooky rodents, Scott gets angry about sweetcorn and wants to know about Tom's experience of the build up to Halloween in Portugal.Plus, the boys find more gold in the weird Halloween questionnaire from last year's special and discuss owning a fancy dress shop.

Episode #108 of Talk and Beans is the eighth annual Christmas Special and Part One of our Christmas Spectacular 2023. Scott and Tom talk about viral Grinch videos, experiencing Home Alone with a live orchestra, international traditions, and light displays in London vs Essex. The boys also take part in a quiz where they learn about the origins of eggnog, attempt to do some festive maths and discover the confusing history of reindeer names.Plus, Scott falls in love with a new piece of winter clothing and a versatile Christmas decoration.

Episode #107 is the final part of our Halloween Spectacular 2023 and it's a time to focus on the silly side of spooky season with a look back at Hocus Pocus.Scott and Tom talk about it's "straight to the point" pacing, it's use of historical Salem, the fun way characters interact with the modern day, the loser bully characters, confusing scenes and writing decisions.Plus, Scott has a few problems with Thackery and Tom is concerned about bumping into the dodgy bus driver.