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What’s Wrong with Wolfie?

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We are a pop culture podcast focussing on the 80s to present films and TV shows. Each episode features a deep dive into one title, followed by our personal ratings and a spot on our board, to build the ultimate What's Wrong with Wolfie? hall of fame. If you're up for some lively chats and nostalgic reminiscing, grab a cup of tea, take a seat, and join us!
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Episodes

Prepare to Fast Forward | #1

Over the past few months we started having this irritating itch to talk about modern day pop culture, so we set to work on creating a space to do just that and here it is! Welcome to Prepare to Fast Forward, where we fast forward from the past to the present and on our first episode we have a chat about what we have been watching recently and discuss what the hell is going on over at Warner Bros! Thank you for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rating or rev...

Aug 18, 20221 hr 30 min

The Video Games of 1997: The Nintendo 64 with The AMAZING Cliff

We all have a lot to thank the N64 for and in this episode we go through our love for this gorgeous machine, its amazing controller, its innovative accessories and our all time favourite N64 games. Cliff Foster AKA The AMAZING Cliff from N64Life podcast once again joins us to share his insights on this amazing machine. Thank you for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rating or review on APPLE PODCASTS, SPOTIFY or PODCHASER and spread the word on your favouri...

Aug 04, 20221 hr 39 min

GoldenEye Special with Special Guest Jim Miskell

This week we are joined by filmmaker Jim Miskell to discuss both of his fan made films based on the N64 classic GoldenEye 'Going for GoldenEye' and 'Bringing Back GoldenEye. Jim is also credited as Writer and Executive Producer on the newly released documentary on GoldenEye 'GoldenEra'. We take a look at all of these projects with Jim as well as chatting about the game itself, James Bond, Star Wars, Jurassic Park and Star Trek! Jim was also very kind in giving us permission to use exerts from tw...

Jul 21, 20221 hr 31 min

The TV of 1997: Brass Eye | Stargate SG1 | Men Behaving Badly

This weeks podcast on the TV shows of 1997 brings us another step closer to the end of this journey of going through this wonderful decade. But don't worry as we have plans to continue and ideas and format are being cemented all the time! We still have a bit to go and I can say confidently that Jason will find a way to stretch it out as much as possible! Along with our featured picks this week, we also jump into your comments on the TV of 1997 from our Discord community! Thank you for listening,...

Jul 07, 20221 hr 18 min

A Conversation with Christian Dinh

We had it planned....well Jason did, not realising that Chris would be at the Isle of Wight festival and then also not realising that Rich was off on a work trip which left Jason's plans in tatters. Determined to get an episode out this week, Jason went on a hunt to find a guest at short notice and came up trumps when Mr Christian Dinh said yes! Christian is a two time GamesMaster golden joystick winner and he kindly sat down with Jason to have a nice laid back conversation about both of his exp...

Jun 23, 20221 hr 27 min

The Movies of 1997 Part Two: Event Horizon | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | The Fifth Element

This week we jump into part two of our movies of 1997 with three bangers - Paul Anderson's sci fi horror Event Horizon, the sequel to one of the biggest films ever The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Luc Besson's The Fifth Element. Rich returns from wherever he went, Jason struggles as always to pronounce names properly and Chris is, well hes just Chris! We also made the announcement that we have opened a Discord server, so if you would like to chat with us and fellow listeners about anything retr...

Jun 10, 20221 hr 17 min

What's Wrong with Wolfie? Discusses: Batman & Robin with Ash Versus

No Rich this week meant Jason had to find a suitable replacement and came up trumps when The AMAZING Cliff from the N64life podcast agreed to take his place. He was maybe not so thrilled when he learnt the film we were covering though. That film is Batman and Robin! Deemed the worst Batman film ever made and killed the franchise for eight years, we decided now was the time to go back and see if it is a better film than we remembered. To help us do this we were also joined by Ash Versus from the ...

May 26, 20221 hr 36 min

The Movies of 1997 Part One: Starship Troopers | Mars Attacks | Tomorrow Never Dies with Ben Hayhoe

This week we are joined by Ben Hayhoe, the Content Director for Lost in Cult, Editor in Chief of NintyFresh magazine and Managing Editor for Switch Player Magazine. Ben and the boys dive into the movies of 1997 and woah, what a year for films, so much so we decided to do two movie episodes for 1997! In part one we cover Starship Troopers, Mars Attacks and Tomorrow Never Dies and look out for part 2 coming soon! Thank you for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us ...

May 12, 20221 hr 21 min

What's Wrong with Wolfie? Discusses | 90's Horror with Chris Scullion

We welcome to the podcast video game journalist and author Chris Scullion this week. With him he brought three 90's horror films that meant something to him growing up for us to discuss and he made sure to pick films that are easily accessible on streaming platforms. This one is packed to the rafters with content, we touch upon how Chris's books came to be, his imminent platform based book Jumping for Joy, whats to come with his encyclopedia books and we learn some interesting stuff from the wou...

Apr 28, 20221 hr 38 min

What's Wrong with Wolfie? Discusses | Independence Day with Steve Leyland

This week brings us one of the biggest movies ever released. A film so big in 1996 other films had to be moved or postponed because of it. Independence Day was and still is in some cases the blockbuster film and we jump in to discuss many aspects of the film from praising the best parts to questioning some of the decisions that were made and why some of it just wouldn't work in real life. And yes, Jason is well aware he say’s June 2nd and not July 2nd…..muppet! Joining us is Jason and Rich's co ...

Apr 15, 20221 hr 33 min

The Video Games of 1996: Wipeout 2097 | Tomb Raider | Quake

Not gonna lie, this one nearly didn't happen. From plenty of technical issues that were thrown our way we nearly called it a day, but we decided to struggle through and we think we ended up with a good show for you to enjoy. This week we continue our journey through the 90's and this time its the turn of video games. Before we discuss our picks we had a cheeky look through the multi format top ten for week 51 of 1996 and then progressing to our games which this week were Wipeout 2097, Tomb Raide...

Mar 24, 20221 hr 11 min

The TV of 1996: Doctor Who TV Movie | Beadles About

Hello!! Thank you for joining us once again and a beauty of a podcast we have lined up for you! This week Chris and Rich get to talk about Doctor Who with the only appearance of the eighth Doctor in the American made TV movie and Jason chooses a show that ended in this year instead of debuting. We also take a shine to Henry Kelly's game show Going for Gold and Rich digs up an unbelievable fact about it! Thank you for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rating...

Mar 09, 20221 hr 17 min

The Movies of 1996: Happy Gilmore | The Rock | Star Trek: First Contact

We finally made it to 1996!! This time we discuss some of our favorite films from this year, plus we dive into the highest grossing films of of the year for the UK and remember the legendary Ivan Reitman after his sudden passing this week. Thank you for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rating or review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and spread the word on your favourite social media platform, we would really appreciate it. You can find all our links includin...

Feb 22, 20221 hr 47 min

What's Wrong with Wolfie? Discusses | Magazines & Comics of the 90's with Dave Bulmer

The magazines and comics of the 90's were an important part our our childhood and this Discusses episode is dedicated to those. We welcome Dave Bulmer from the Sonic the Comic Podcast to discuss Sonic the Comic and some of our favourite comics and part works from our childhood - with only a couple of tangents thrown in for good measure. Thank you for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rating or review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and spread the word on your ...

Feb 03, 20221 hr 58 min

What's Wrong with Wolfie? Discusses | Horace with Paul Helman & Sean Scalpehorn

We had the opportunity to sit down with the developers of the 1990's based video game Horace. Created by Paul Helman and coded by Sean Scaplehorn, we find out about their history in video games, learning about Paul's time working on Die Hard Trilogy and Sean's work on a port of Metal Gear Solid before we headed into the main topic of Horace! We also found out about their favourite 90's movies and TV shows. Thank you for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rat...

Jan 28, 20221 hr 32 min

The Video Games of 1995: The Sega Saturn & Sony PlayStation

Welcome to our first podcast of 2022 with a look back at the launch of the Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation. A defining year in video game history where on one side Sega were screwing up big time and Sony was about to massacre the market and prove both Sega and Nintendo that they were wrong to ignore them. I think Sega and Nintendo are still licking their wounds to this day! Thank you for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rating or review on Apple Podcasts ...

Jan 10, 20221 hr 22 min

The Wolfie Christmas Special 2021

Christmas comes but once a year and last time the bells were jingling and the tinsel was flowing, we were to much in our infancy to be able to celebrate properly. This year however, we have no excuse so please welcome to the What's Wrong with Wolfie? Christmas Special! This festive episode includes - Christmas songs, films, cracker jokes, crude jokes, tasteless jokes and a flick through the 1995 Christmas TV listing! We would like to wish everyone a merry and healthy Christmas and new year and w...

Dec 23, 20211 hr 46 min

Ghostbusters Afterlife | The Aftermath

We have gone of the rails this week and grabbed the opportunity to talk Ghostbusters with a spoiler heavy discussion on the newest Ghostbusters film Afterlife. Please be aware, we delve into everything from this film so if you haven't yet seen the film then maybe consider not listening until you have, because there are moments from this film that deserve to be kept a secret until you've seen it with your own two eyes! Thank you for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leav...

Dec 13, 20211 hr 42 min

The TV of 1995 - ST: Voyager | Friends | Father Ted with Andrew Dickinson

Welcome to the TV shows of 1995! A Steller year in TV from the British to the American offerings. Friday night on Channel 4 or BBC 2 were the place to be and this episode explores some of what was around at the time. This week we are joined by show supporter, Lock On Editor in Chief, Author of Dreamcast Years book Vol 1 and 2 and host of Dreamcast Years Podcast, Andrew Dickinson. Make a brew and join us as we delve into the first episode of the Gamesmaster reboot before we jump into our favourit...

Nov 29, 20211 hr 48 min

The Movies of 1995: Goldeneye | Power Rangers: The Movie | Apollo 13

We're back!!! It feels ages since we last released a new episode but he it is! You could tell we hadn't done one in a while as we couldn't shut up hence the slightly longer running time this week. Welcome to the year 1995 and some absolute banging films were released in this year. Join us as we have a look through the top ten highest grossing movies in the UK and we delve into our favourite films of the year - Goldeneye, Power Rangers and Apollo 13, Thank you for listening, If you enjoyed this e...

Nov 16, 20211 hr 53 min

1989 | The Pilot - Remastered

As part of our one year anniversary celebrations, Jason went back to our very first episode we did, cringed at the shocking audio quality and decided with his new editing skills to improve everything about the episode apart from the quality chat of course. Hear us waffle on about what the 90's meant to us growing up and two of the biggest films to release in 1989 - Back to the Future II and Ghostbusters 2! Thank you for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rat...

Nov 02, 20211 hr 27 min

What's Wrong With Wolfie? Discusses | Digitiser & Teletext with Mr Biffo

We are still not quite sure how this happened but we sat down with the legendary Mr Biffo and chatted all things Digitiser, including how he started out and got a job with Teletext to his plans for Digitiser Level 2 which as I type is still live on Kickstarter. If you are at all interested in the campaign, you can check it out HERE Thank you for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rating or review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and spread the word on your favou...

Oct 19, 20211 hr 23 min

What's Wrong with Wolfie? Discusses | The Jim Carey Films of 1994 with The AMAZING Cliff

Jim Carey was a busy man in 1994 and he managed to release three massive films in just this one year. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask and Dumb & Dumber. The boys are joined by Cliff Foster, host of the N64 Life podcast to have a chin wag about these amazing films! Thank you for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rating or review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and spread the word on your favourite social media platform, we would really appreciate it. Y...

Sep 28, 20211 hr 45 min

The Video Games of 1994: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | Theme Park

Hurrah! We finally managed to all get together and record an episode! Welcome to the video game world of 1994! Join us as we discuss the start of the fall of Sega, Sonic the hedgehog 3 and Theme Park. Also featured is the return of The Big Breakfast, we find out a pet hate of Chris's and Jason screws up the quiz once again! Thank you for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rating or review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and spread the word on your favourite soc...

Sep 14, 20211 hr 34 min

The TV of 1994: The X Files

Tv shows of 1994 consisted of one show for us...The X Files! This time we brought one of our favourite episodes each and also delved into why the X Files became the monster that it did! Thank you for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rating or review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and spread the word on your favourite social media platform, we would really appreciate it. You can find all our links including our website, twitter handles and more right HERE Cli...

Aug 02, 20211 hr 53 min

The Movies of 1994: Street Fighter | True Lies | Star Trek: Generations

We're back!!!! The top ten movies of 1994, tangents, the awards game, our movie picks and some um....great Van Damme impressions have all been rammed into this delightful bundle of podness. Thank you for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rating or review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and spread the word on your favourite social media platform, we would really appreciate it. You can find all our links including our website, twitter handles and more right HERE...

Jun 28, 20211 hr 46 min

What's Wrong with Wolfie? Discusses | Jurassic Park

We say goodbye to 1993 by discussing one of that years biggest blockbusters, Jurassic Park. We all have a place in our hearts for for this film, from its wonderful story, the out of this world soundtrack, effects that still look as good today as they did in 1993 and the vision of Steven Spielberg all combined to make what a lot of people would say is the perfect film. We feel proud to get this just under two hours as we think we could of easily gone on all night with this one. Thank you for list...

May 25, 20211 hr 57 min

The Video Games of 1993: Rock n Roll Racing | Daytona USA | Star Wars: X Wing

What a show we have for you this week. Doom, top ten chart, a quiz, bad singing, bad jokes, game picks and there's even a post outro bonus for all that make it that far! Thank you for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rating or review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and spread the word on your favourite social media platform, we would really appreciate it. You can find all our links including our website, twitter handles and more right HERE...

May 11, 20211 hr 37 min

The TV of 1993: The Wrong Trousers | Beavis & Butthead | Star Trek DS9

Welcome to the wonderful world of 1993 TV! We have a jam packed episode for you, with Rich and Chris finally deciding their cast of the imaginary re make of the live action Super Mario Film, the awards game and Rich has another wonderful beer to share with us all! WARNING, the last part of the episode (around the hour mark) is total Star Trek nerding out as Jason & Chris talk Deep Space Nine but before that Wallace and Gromits The Wrong Trousers and Beavis & Butthead are featured! Thank ...

Apr 26, 20211 hr 29 min

The Movies of 1993: Groundhog Day | Super Mario Bros Movie | Aladdin

Welcome to 1993, where the 90s were starting to really establish itself in films and throwing away the shackles of the 80s. We had a look through the top grossing films in the UK of 1993, Rich tries to catch up in the originally titled awards game and we all brought our favourite film of 1993 to chat including Groundhog Day, Super Mario Bros Movie and Disney's Aladdin. Thank you for listening, If you enjoyed this episode then please consider leaving us a rating or review on Apple Podcasts or Spo...

Mar 28, 20211 hr 21 min
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