The History of Bad Ideas Podcast

Due to the mountain of snow that arrived this week, the HOBI Gang is hunkered down in the studio and talking Secret Mall Apartment, the arrival of Spaceballs 2, favorite snow activity growing up, and creating a new comics page in a newspaper! Plus Bryan reviews the Rip, Jeff is caught up on the Traitors, Jim has a new history story and list the Top Five Worst Romance/Rom-Com Films! This episode is sponsored by the Super Cincy Expo.

The HOBI crew is in the studio and welcomes Bryan back from his medical leave! The guys are discussing Indiana's championship, Bryan has watched everything on television, Jim's history lesson of the grooms of the stool, and Jason is almost completed with his Stranger Things binge! Plus the gang talks who watches Avatar, built a heist team of movie characters and list their Top Five Cliffhangers in Television and Movies! This episode is sponsored by the Super Cincy Expo.

The HOBI Gang is in the studio this week to celebrate their 12th Anniversary as they discuss the Mandela Effect, thoughts on an old episode, classic VHS box art, and in-depth look at Snoopy versus Scooby-Doo in a duel to the death! Plus the gang talks the new Toy Hall of Fame inductees, Sydney Sweeney finally has a hit film, and list their Top Five Favorite Toy Lines! This episode is sponsored by the Cincinnati Comic Expo.

The HOBI Gang is back from the holidays and in the studio this week to catch you up on all the latest in pop culture news! The gang talks new tabletop games they received, rewatch Stranger Things series and the finale, picking the next late-night talk show host, and the hosts enter the transfer portal! Plus a new Transformers/G.I. Joe crossover film, January films, Sydney Sweeney has a hit and list the Top Five Unintentionally Hilarious Movie Scenes! This episode is sponsored by the Super Cincy Expo.

The Floppy Awards, HOBI's year-end award show, is back again! The gang is joined by podcasters from VHS Abyss, Steve and Izzy from Everything I Learned From Movies, Stork from Besotted Geek and more as they present their Floppy Awards to the most deserving and undeserving in Pop Culture 2025! Plus former Canadian of the Year winners stop by along with Sister Pam to help HOBI present best and worst in film, the Worsley Award and the prestigious Canadian of the Year! Also, is this the year that Scab Jeff wins? This episode is sponsored by the Super Cincy Expo. 

The HOBI Gang is wrapping up their last "normal" episode of 2025 by welcoming Blake back into the studio! Jeff reviews the new Robin Hood series and is surprised by Sean Bean surviving the first episode, Blake has a lot of feelings about Superman and Fantastic Four, and Jim brings the pork! Plus the guys discuss the top five grossing films of the year, the most disappointing films of the year, and apologize for last week! This episode is sponsored by the Super Cincy Expo.

The HOBI Gang is small this week as Jim is out sick so Jason gets more time for impressions, Jeff becomes Elvis and Bryan gets frustrated! Plus Jason reviews the finale for It: Welcome to Derry, Bryan watched the Abandons, name favorite albums, pick the best buddy-cop duo and pay respects to Rob Reiner. The gang talk a new Miami Vice movie, the power of bologna, and list their Top Five Favorite Best Worst Films! This episode is sponsored by the Super Cincy Expo.

The HOBI gang is back in the studio and has a new baggie of goodies to snack on including pickle-flavored suckers, plus talk AI girlfriends, Jim reviews IT: Welcome to Derry, and Bryan is threatened with Peeps. The gang also drafts a new corporation with fictional characters, failed Friday the 13th scripts, Quentin Tarantino yells at clouds and the guys list their Top Five Favorite Television Cartoon Character Villains! This episode is sponsored by the Super Cincy Expo.

The HOBI Gang is trapped inside due to a snowy day so they have plenty of time to rant about online fandoms, whether Ernest or the Leprechaun had the biggest journey, Black Friday hospital discounts and the actor most deserving of an Oscar! Plus the gang recasts Friends with current actors, trophy hunting is an unprovoked attack, Zootopia 2 rules, and list the Top Five Fictional or Real People with our Namesake! This episode is sponsored by the Super Cincy Expo.

The HOBI Gang is in turkey mode as they discuss comfort movies, most wanted comeback actors, movie theater snacks, and the sharp decline of The Boys. The gang sends Doug to Disney for news reports, dive into the bad idea of rescuing deer, a chaotic KFC scooter chase in Ohio, shooting rats in West Virginia and list Top 5 Favorite Childhood Cartoon Characters! This episode is sponsored by the Atomic Vault.    

The HOBI Gang takes a look at the past as they reminisce about films from the late 1990s, favorite seasonal fast food items, review the Woman in Cabin 10, and write a Pixar horror film! Plus the guys revisit bad television shows cancelled before they even aired, Now You See Me film takes the top spot, hitting celebrity status and Draft our Top Five Fictional Characters for a Sports Team! This episode is sponsored by the Atomic Vault.

The HOBI gang is back with another chaotic episode and asking if Jacobo is actually a celebrity, their worst jobs, and rewriting bad endings in books and TV! Plus the guys talk the evolution of geek culture, a listener, recommends The Woman in Cabin 10, The Golden Girls fight each other and list the Top Five Movie and Pet Peeves! This episode is sponsored by the Cincinnati Comic Expo. 

The HOBI Gang survived Halloween and is getting into cold and flu season! The gang is talking the debacle that is the Bengals, Jim receives a sandwich on-air from a celeb, Jason reviews The Comic Shop on YouTube, and Welcome to Derry starts horrifically!  Plus Something is Killing the Children is coming to screens, most binged watched shows, buying billboards for no reason, and list the Top Five Fictional Villains That Were Actually Right! This episode is sponsored by the Cincinnati Comic Expo.

The HOBI crew is back from the Cincinnati Comic Expo with lots of stories, admiration for Brandon Routh, stealing famous items, and Jim being able to speak at this year's Expo! Plus the gang is discussing what not to do in the back of a Corolla, Jason gets a new Gummi Bear (and song), Jared Leto ruins the new Masters of the Universe, a wildcard Top Five and a risque MadLibs! This episode is sponsored by the Cincinnati Comic Expo.

The HOBI crew is back with ghost hunter/author Jeff Morris as they dive into their upcoming appearance at the Cincinnati Comic Expo, pay tribute to the late Sir Mo, rank childhood snacks, and debate writing books on hauntings.  The guys also talk French actors, rank Bill Murray classics, the return of Up All Night, real reason for the Titan submersible implosion and list Top Five Favorite Movie Deaths! This episode is sponsored by the Cincinnati Comic Expo.  

The HOBI Gang is back in the studio and gearing up for the panels at the Cincinnati Comic Expo, Jason is singing again, choosing to listen to only one band forever, and try to make sense of Thundarr the Barbarian! Plus Tron: Ares is failing, Bryan reviews the Lost Bus, Jeff is happy Critical Role is back and they list their Top Five Fictional Attorneys! This episode is sponsored by the Cincinnati Comic Expo.

The HOBI Gang is back in the studio during spooky season and talking the latest in pop culture, including Ryan Nemeth on the last podcast, the upcoming TNA Bound for Glory, what movie demands a LEGO set, and a wombat show! The guys also dissect the Mark Sanchez saga, the plot of Wonderwall, Taylor Swift rules again, Bryan gets a new nickname and list the Top Five Best Athlete Nicknames! This episode is sponsored by the Cincinnati Comic Expo.

A SPECIAL episode of HOBI today as actor, comedian, TNA wrestling superstar, the Hollywood Hunk Ryan Nemeth joins us! The Hunk discusses wrestling with his brother, being kicked out of Jim's bar, and the upcoming TNA Wrestling's PLE Bound for Glory. Ryan loves Pepsi a little too much, his highlights in wrestling and being a stand-in for an NFL player!

The HOBI Gang is getting into spooky season this week by casting a new horror film, making a HOBI calendar, watching unboxing videos and the best evolution of a comic book hero! Plus the guys define Only Fans, a new Worsley nominee, the most perfect MadLibs ever, and we list our favorite one film from each year 2005-2009! This episode is sponsored by the Cincinnati Comic Expo.

The HOBI Gang welcomes #1 Disney Fan into the studio as Bryan is out this week! The gang is talking about Prince's secret song, shocking 1990's celebrity scandals, Doug wants to be bribed with a 4-foot animated Goofy and talk the Mandalorian and Grogu trailer. Plus the guys recast Fast and Furious with 1980s wrestlers, driving drunk in a Barbie toy, Winds of Winter is coming (eventually) and list the favorite films from each year from 2000-2004! This episode is sponsored by the Cincinnati Comic Expo.