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Welcome back to bite-sized bits! We realize of course that we promised you that these would come out every two weeks or so, and it's been 5 weeks since the last one, but you gotta cut us some slack here in the lazy months of summer. And we hope you've been enjoying that summer, because it's time to keep it rolling with another Bite-Sized Bit.  Much has been said about Arnold's post-gubernatorial film career. Actually, that's not true. Very little has been said about it, and that's a problem. Today the boys look at how they could fix Arnold's film career after he left the office of the California governor in 2011. Fresh off a huge public scandal and ready to hit the silver screen once more, Sonny and Tom imagine a world in which Arnold Schwarzenegger could have any film role he wants. Or at least, any film role that your hosts want him to have. What would Arnold's perfect post-2010 career look like? Listen to find out! Hosted by Sonny de Nocker (@swankysonny) and Tom Price (@thomas_price22). Theme by Josh Britt (jbrittmusic.com) Instagram: AnOscarForArnold Twitter: @AnOscar4Arnold TikTok: AnOscarForArnold Contact: [email protected]

Welcome to another quickly-released Bite-Sized Bit! See how nice this is? You get less of us more frequently! Consider it a trial separation. Today the boys discuss the worst actors that they could conceivably get an Oscar for (and how they would accomplish that). Between the two of them, they have five actors in mind. And if you think that Sonny's first suggestion of Jelly Roll is ridiculous, it doesn't get much better after that. Well, Tom actually brought some serious thought to the discussion, but Sonny was just swiping through Twitter picking random people on his timeline. But that's the carefree nature of Bite-Sized Bits! See you soon! Hosted by Sonny de Nocker (@swankysonny) and Tom Price (@thomas_price22). Theme by Josh Britt (jbrittmusic.com) Instagram: AnOscarForArnold Twitter: @AnOscar4Arnold TikTok: AnOscarForArnold Contact: [email protected]

Happy summer, everyone! Since Sonny and Tom have been absolutely terrible at uploading podcasts this year, they came up with a brilliant strategy to increase their episode numbers: bite-sized bits! That's right, we're giving you less content at a higher frequency purely to boost our episode numbers. And we think that's beautiful. Today's bite-sized bit sees the boys discussing roles which did not win an Oscar that Arnold Schwarzenegger would elevate to winning an Oscar. We realize this is similar to the opening segment, but it's distinctly different because the boys are allowed to bring up any role that they like, as long as it did not win an Oscar. And with all the roles in history at their fingertips, they selected three. None of which they feel super passionate about. But that's the carefree nature of bite-sized bits! Look out for more bite-sized bits in the weeks ahead! Hosted by Sonny de Nocker (@swankysonny) and Tom Price (@thomas_price22). Theme by Josh Britt (jbrittmusic.com) Instagram: AnOscarForArnold Twitter: @AnOscar4Arnold TikTok: AnOscarForArnold Contact: [email protected]

Welcome to the first bonus episode that was recorded as a standalone episode! What does that mean for you? It means we're too lazy to make a whole new episode so we recorded this bonus episode to pat ourselves on the back and forget about this podcast for a few more weeks. But at least you guys get to enjoy one more round of Guessing How Moves End: Multiple Choice Edition. After last episode saw Sonny absolutely fail at guessing these, he seeks redemption in the bonus round of the exhibition match that means nothing. Very riveting stakes, I know. Will Tom be able to guess how M. Night Shyamalan's "Trap" (2024) ends? Will Sonny be able to guess how "The Circle" (I don't even know what year this came out and I can't find it online) ends? Only time will tell on this bonus episode.  See you soon! Hopefully! Hosted by Sonny de Nocker (@swankysonny) and Tom Price (@thomas_price22). Theme by Josh Britt (jbrittmusic.com) Instagram: AnOscarForArnold Twitter: @AnOscar4Arnold TikTok: AnOscarForArnold Contact: [email protected]

A vintage AOFA concept that nobody liked is back! In late 2022, Sonny and Tom played a game in which they read the beginning of movie descriptions and attempted to guess how the movies ended. The concept was nice, but the outcome was awful. Today, wiser in the years that have passed us by like cars on a dusty highway, Sonny and Tom have revamped the concept with a new take. Instead of guessing together, one host who already knows the ending of the movie will present the other host with three multiple choice options for how it ends. And while this isn't an official game episode (it's simply an exhibition match), the concept certainly plays like it's a game episode. Which means you can play along as the boys try to guess how movies such as Spring Breakers, The Power of the Dog, Longlegs, and Megalopolis end. Earlier, the boys encounter an interesting film in their opening segment. As they try to imagine Arnold Schwarzenegger playing Melvyn Douglas's role in the Paul Newman flick Hud, they realize that this movie is simply the Manchester by the Sea of its time. In the process, they discover a quirk in their rating system and learn that good and bad are both equally punished by the inevitable misery of life. Fun times on this show! Hosted by Sonny de Nocker (@swankysonny) and Tom Price (@thomas_price22). Theme by Josh Britt (jbrittmusic.com) Instagram: AnOscarForArnold Twitter: @AnOscar4Arnold TikTok: AnOscarForArnold Contact: [email protected]

Welcome to a new year of An Oscar For Arnold! With prediction markets in the news these days, we thought it might be interesting if Sonny and Tom try to predict what will happen this year. We're talking about everything from Best Picture winner at the 2026 Academy Awards to the next celebrity couple, the next big trends, and whether Sonny and Tom will find love in the calendar year. So listen now and then follow our picks over the course of 2026 to see how much we nailed it. Will Timothée Chalamet win Best Actor? Will James Marsden experience a career renaissance? Will Helen Mirren be exposed as the leader of a celebrity drug ring? Only time will tell. But time will quickly tell if the boys like today's opening segment, in which they imagine Arnold Schwarzenegger taking over Fredric March's role in "The Best Years of Our Lives." A movie that Sonny wants to see, so he forbids Tom from spoiling it and actually discussing the plot. Which might've been for the best, since it gave your hosts time to dive in to Fredric March's ridiculous character assassination in recent years, in which a club he was a member of with an unfortunate name caused his own name to be removed from a building for no good reason. Sonny and Tom get legitimately upset about this, as a man who was actually an outspoken civil rights advocate for his time is being unfairly labeled as a racist and nobody seems to care enough to do anything about it. Maybe this podcast will do something about it. That would require people actually listening to it, however. Be sure to tune in next year when we check how our predictions went! Hosted by Sonny de Nocker (@swankysonny) and Tom Price (@thomas_price22). Theme by Josh Britt (jbrittmusic.com) Instagram: AnOscarForArnold Twitter: @AnOscar4Arnold TikTok: AnOscarForArnold Contact: [email protected]

Bantober may be on life support, but it ain't dead yet! For all of you who enjoyed the absurd amount of banter that we've brought you over the past month, you'll be happy to hear that there's a little bit more left over. Today we bring you the final bits of banter that weren't quite good enough to make the regular Bantober episode or the banter episode from earlier in Bantober. God, it's been a long Bantober. First the boys discuss former SNL cast members and the advertisements they choose to do, including our favorite former member Beck Bennett. Have times gotten tough for all these actors, or is SNL no longer the career launching pad it once was? And can the BMO ad agency please hire Sonny to write some advertisements that are actually enjoyable? After that, we bring you two parts of a larger discussion about the new Tron movie, which stars Jared Leto and former political talk show host Hasan Minhaj for some reason. First the fellas talk about political pundits like Minhaj and the difficulty of having a career beyond political comedy, and then they discuss Jared Leto and the difficulty of having a career beyond being extremely creepy and weird. Why is Hollywood still casting this guy, especially to lead a blockbuster? Are we unaware of thousands of Leto fans who loyally show up to all of his movies? Who knows. At this point the description of this episode is probably longer than the regular Bantober episode, so I'll wrap things up. A happy Bantober to you and yours! #Bantober #SpiritOfBantober #BantoberBlitzkrieg #BantoberBonusBites Hosted by Sonny de Nocker (@swankysonny) and Tom Price (@thomas_price22). Theme by Josh Britt (jbrittmusic.com) Instagram: AnOscarForArnold Twitter: @AnOscar4Arnold TikTok: AnOscarForArnold Contact: [email protected]

Happy Bantober! We promised you more banter this month and we weren't lying. We may have even given you too much banter! But you're going to take this banter and live with it. Because that is the #SpiritOfBantober There's so much banter, I'm just going to lay out the topics for you: Halloween comfort movies (14:13) When to release scary movies/MLK Day (20:46) Alec Baldwin car crash (28:06) Checking in on Justin Herbert (32:36) When Ralph Fiennes joined the Mile High Club (35:12) Bantober Bites - Minecraft/Sonic Merger, James Van Der Beek, and Discover credit cards (45:57) Then there's the opening segment, where we imagine a world where Arnold Schwarzenegger played David Niven's character in the film Separate Tables, an adaptation of two one-act plays. And yeah, that's as boring as it sounds. And we ain't done yet! Stay tuned for some Bonus Bantober!  #Bantober #SpiritOfBantober #BantoberBites #BantoberBlitzkrieg Hosted by Sonny de Nocker (@swankysonny) and Tom Price (@thomas_price22). Theme by Josh Britt (jbrittmusic.com) Instagram: AnOscarForArnold Twitter: @AnOscar4Arnold TikTok: AnOscarForArnold Contact: [email protected]

Welcome to #Bantober! The boys are back with an XL banter episode to get you into the Bantober spirit. Admittedly, the episode is only this long because we originally planned a bonus banter episode that will now no longer be coming out. But stay tuned for a bit more banter this month, whether you like it or not. Today's topics include Ethan Coen's lesbian wife, Madison Beer and Justin Herbert's new relationship, Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson's new "relationship," the long-necked Jedi Master Poof, and the Korean boy band Seventeen. Can you guess how many members Seventeen has? I promise you're not going to get it right. The boys also take time to roast several celebrities, including Mark Hamill, Simon Pegg, and Ellen DeGeneres.  For the opening segment, Sonny and Tom imagine a world where Arnold Schwarzenegger played Santa Claus in 1947's "Miracle on 34th Street." Can you believe that role won an Oscar to begin with? It was a different time I suppose. Which is bad news for Arnold because people did *not* enjoy Austrians around that time. Still, you can't tell us he wouldn't make a great Santa. #Bantober Hosted by Sonny de Nocker (@swankysonny) and Tom Price (@thomas_price22). Theme by Josh Britt (jbrittmusic.com) Instagram: AnOscarForArnold Twitter: @AnOscar4Arnold TikTok: AnOscarForArnold Contact: [email protected]

We're back! Let's skip the empty apologies and get right into the game episode that you've all been waiting for. After wrapping up their 7-game series with the last game episode, the boys are back for a fresh start. And today they'll be playing Which Celebrity Lived Longer?, a clever spin on the "Which Celebrity Is Older?" episode that once graced your eardrums. Play along with Sonny and Tom as they ponder who was older at the time of their death. With matchups such as Abraham Lincoln vs James Gandolfini and Paul Newman vs Dean Martin, this will not be easy. Well, maybe it'll be easy to you. But it was hard to us. Today's opening segment is a lot of fun too, as the boys imagine Arnold Schwarzenegger in Denzel Washington's Oscar-winning role as Alonzo in 2001's "Training Day," a role that is quintessentially Denzel's but provides a lot of juicy character work for Arnold. Could he win an Academy Award playing the role? All we know is, he would have fun with the King Kong monologue. Hosted by Sonny de Nocker (@swankysonny) and Tom Price (@thomas_price22). Theme by Josh Britt (jbrittmusic.com) Instagram: AnOscarForArnold Twitter: @AnOscar4Arnold TikTok: AnOscarForArnold Contact: [email protected]

After a hiatus that was inexcusably long, the boys are back to celebrate Episode 40! And since it's a special occasion, they decided to give you a special episode that harkens back to the idea that started it all. Instead of turning their iconic film Olympia into a mini series, the boys try to craft an original series that would get Arnold Schwarzenegger a Primetime Emmy Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. And they came to play, because the show they create is a banger, if we do say so ourselves. I won't spoil too much in this description, but let's just say Arnie will be taking a trip to Eastern Europe and flexing his political chops again, this time in a more dictatorial way. Can Arnold hold on to this Seat of Power, or is his reign as a nation's leader destined to fail? Beyond just the premise, the boys plot out the rough skeleton of the plot, cast the supporting actors, and even select some writers and directors to help bring this vision to life. If this doesn't win an Emmy for Arnold, nothing will. Don't worry, we know you're all waiting to hear what the opening segment will be. Today the boys imagine Arnold in the role of Thomas Mitchell's character Doc Boone in John Ford's 1939 picture "Stagecoach." Can Arnold handle playing a drunken old doctor in the wild west? Yes, we think he certainly can. Although whether or not he can win an Oscar in the early years of World War II might prove to be a challenge. Hosted by Sonny de Nocker (@swankysonny) and Tom Price (@thomas_price22). Theme by Josh Britt (jbrittmusic.com) Instagram: AnOscarForArnold Twitter: @AnOscar4Arnold TikTok: AnOscarForArnold Contact: [email protected]

Today, we wanted to give back to all you loyal listeners out there. The fans who have stood by our side for every episode. There's enough of you to populate a small village. Really more of a hamlet, if we're being honest. But we figured it was your turn to decide what Sonny and Tom were going to talk about for once. So we went to Instagram and asked the fans what they wanted to hear. We then compiled seven of those topics from seven different people and got busy talking. Simple as that.  So if you'd like to hear the boys tackle topics such as which celebrity is going to die next, how Arnold Schwarzenegger would fare on The White Lotus, and the recent drama surrounding Patti LuPone, you've come to the right place. And if you would not like to hear the boys tackle those topics, you should keep an eye on our Instagram page (@AnOscarForArnold) and submit your own topic next time we ask. It pays to be a fan! The boys also give you a juicy opening segment, pondering what it would look like if Arnold Schwarzenegger took over the role that Matthew McConaughey played in 2013's "Dallas Buyers Club." Could Arnold also win an Oscar portraying a Texas man dying of AIDS? Or is that a step too far, even for our boy? And is Dallas Buyers Club a product of its time despite taking place in the 80s? Dive in to this episode and let's find out together. Hosted by Sonny de Nocker (@swankysonny) and Tom Price (@thomas_price22). Theme by Josh Britt (jbrittmusic.com) Instagram: AnOscarForArnold Twitter: @AnOscar4Arnold TikTok: AnOscarForArnold Contact: [email protected]

This is a bracket episode dedicated to all the celebrities who became famous for something other than acting (basically as a musician or athlete) and then became actors afterwards. Just wanted to start by clearing that up because the title does not really convey it but we didn't know what else to call this bracket. We're talking about people like Lady Gaga, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Eminem, and Cher. Sixteen celebrities like that are going head-to-head as we decide who the best actor among them is. To make things harder, we've decided to avoid celebrities who started out in another career but are now most well-known for acting, such as Will Smith and Mark Wahlberg. And although we do have a couple people on the list who have won acting Oscars, that doesn't necessarily guarantee a win for them in our eyes. And if you disagree, join us on Instagram for the fan vote to make your own voice heard! Then there's the opening segment, Arnold in a Famous Role, where the boys discuss how Arnold Schwarzenegger would do if he played the role that won Jeremy Irons an Academy Award in 1990's "Reversal of Fortune." Which also features Glenn Close as a character who spends almost the whole movie in a coma, yet she somehow still secured first billing on this film's cast. That's a star, right there.  Hosted by Sonny de Nocker (@swankysonny) and Tom Price (@thomas_price22). Theme by Josh Britt (jbrittmusic.com) Instagram: AnOscarForArnold Twitter: @AnOscar4Arnold TikTok: AnOscarForArnold Contact: [email protected]

Not to toot our own horn here, but we think that last episode was probably the best banter episode we've ever done. So it's only natural that it would come with an incredible bonus banter episode attached to it. Enjoy the bits that weren't quite good enough for the regular episode, but still deserve some love. First Sonny and Tom discuss the recent success of Arnold's son Patrick Schwarzenegger, who has been making waves with his performance in White Lotus and has the most milquetoast Twitter account of all time. Then they talk about Selena Gomez's fiancé Benny Blanco and the epidemic of subpar men landing successful celebrities. That includes Ariana Grande's partner Ethan Slater, Lana del Ray's partner Louisiana Swamp Man, and hopefully will one day include Billie Eilish's partner Sonny. Then the boys briefly discuss Amazon's recent acquisition of the James Bond franchise, which scares us all. They round it out with a political topic, which we told you was on the way! The boys analyze the post-presidency lives of U.S. presidents, with the recent news that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris signed with CAA. And let's just say your hosts have a bone to pick with many recent presidents and their post-office paydays. Hosted by Sonny de Nocker (@swankysonny) and Tom Price (@thomas_price22). Theme by Josh Britt (jbrittmusic.com) Instagram: AnOscarForArnold Twitter: @AnOscar4Arnold TikTok: AnOscarForArnold Contact: [email protected]

That's right, it's banter time! But first, we should probably address the fact that Sonny and Tom open this episode by bragging about how early in the month they're recording an episode only for it to ultimately be released on the last day of the month. But hey, nobody's perfect. And if it makes you feel any better, this is an excellent episode. Sonny and Tom cover six different topics and honestly there isn't a dry one in the bunch. They came to play when it comes to this banter. So sit back, relax, and ignore the fact that we can't get an episode out before the 25th of any given month. For those of you who want to jump around, the topics discussed in this episode are as follows: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson being cast in the new Martin Scorsese film (8:41), Al Pacino announcing what happens after we die (14:21), Beck Bennett finally getting work (17:09), the spin-off of a spin-off "George and Mandy's First Marriage" (21:31), Jenna Fischer being in love with John Krasinski (28:15), and an update on the Robert Zemeckis movie "Here" which takes place in one location only (34:03). Not to mention a few more topics on their way for the bonus episode! Don't say we never give you anything. There's also an opening segment, lest we forget. Today the boys imagine Arnold Schwarzenegger in Rami Malek's role in "Bohemian Rhapsody" as the legendary Freddie Mercury. Could Arnold successfully play a skinny gay singer with a beautiful voice? No. No he could not. But we have to talk about it anyway. Enjoy! Hosted by Sonny de Nocker (@swankysonny) and Tom Price (@thomas_price22). Theme by Josh Britt (jbrittmusic.com) Instagram: AnOscarForArnold Twitter: @AnOscar4Arnold TikTok: AnOscarForArnold Contact: [email protected]