Stay F. Homekins: with Janie Haddad Tompkins & Paul F. Tompkins

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Well, this 1988 Dutch psychological horror film had a lot of chatter online. This was one that neither Paul nor Janie (that’s me) had ever seen. Several remakes have been made, but this is a watch-along track to the original 1988 version with English subtitles.

Find the movie, play our track…

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The march continues on through the October watch-alongs! We have a CLASSIC this time around. The 1931 DRACULA took us back to a bygone era of BLACK & WHITE!!

Just find the movie to stream, play our audio track in separate speakers and we talk you through synchronized viewing where we ALL WATCH DRACUL…

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Here we are, well underway now into our spooky watch-along month. We, the STAY F. HOMEKINS podcast of your dreams, promise a watch-along track every Saturday of October to sync up with a movie to fit the theme of OCTOBER TIMES.

This week, we give you ALLIGATOR. A bit of a cheeky answer to JAWS only with an alli…

Homekins Hive,

Well, it has been a heck of an interesting year so far, hasn't it. And here we are in the 2026 spooky season recording our monthly After Dinner™️ Conversation for October for ya!

In this episode we expound on our month of watch-along programming, we share an extensive examination of pranks vs. trolls and, together, we go deep into the motivations of what tickles our funny bones.

Join us for our signature chat and participate below in the comment section! Thank you for subscribing to this substack. Your patronage here supports union empl...

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OCTOBER GETS OUR SPOOKY MOVIE WATCH-ALONG TREATMENT, LIKE IT IS MEANT TO, AS A GODDAMNT PODCAST FAMILY!

We are kicking this 2026 bonus content-a-palooza off with BACKROOMS, and let me tell you s…

🎵Minuccia’s the word: it’s got groove, it’s got meaning🎵

It’s all here, folks! The September (mostly?) joyful STAY F. HOMEKINS ramblings of US, Janie & Paul! We get into live criminal trial watching, Star Trek’s 60th birthday, Texas whorehouses AND SO MUCH MORE!

Thank you for continuing to enjoy our podcast offerings, we are VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE!! We are humbled you choose to commune with us. Thank you. And feel free to embark on fun chat BELOW in the comments! LOVE Y’ALL/YOUSE.

4evs, J&P

Weekend...

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Hi Summer Friends!

The Terminator (with an hour and forty-eight minute running time) is our latest watchalong! It was selected as a summer style blockbuster I HAVE NEVER SEEN (meaning me, Janie.)

As you know by now, just play our track in separate speakers and we “coach” you through playing the film so we are in S…

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In this fun episode, recorded a little early to accommodate the Comedy Bang! Bang! tour, Janie wonders aloud if being nominated for an Emmy at age 90 is in the cards, PFT wonders aloud why Janie ever read a TWILIGHT book and TOGETHER the duo wonders aloud if the other truly SEES them. (They THINK they do, and they try, and that is sometimes the whole game right there!)

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It’s summer blockbuster movie watch-along time AGAIN Home-heads!

The loss of Sam Neill hit us hard, may his memory be a blessing, and we wanted to see his beauty on screen in this fun romp with God’s cloned creatures (sorry if that was a spoiler.)

Find out if PFT thinks manipulating nature for…

Darlings,

It’s our exciting July FREE episode and THIS After-Dinner Conversation goes on a lot of fun little side adventures!!!

Find out what bear spray and smelling salts have in common, what PFT thinks of The Enhanced Games and the SURPRISING recommendation the duo has for any readers out there.

Stay cool, stay hydrated and JOIN US FOR OUR MOVIE WATCHALONGS! A new one is coming very very soooooon.

Waving from a veranda with an ice tea,

Janie & PFT

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Well, the air quality in Los Angeles is QUESTIONABLE while a warehouse fire emits toxic chemicals into the atmosphere, so why not STAY INSIDE and watch movies with us WHILE WE TRY TO STAY ALIVE?

Chemicals or NOT, the summer movie watch-along season is nigh. If you are new here, first of all …

Friends of the Stay F. Homekins Pod!

Hello! It is JUNE and therefore TIME for our conversation podcast episode, that is free for all to hear, discussing IT ALL. Like we do.

In this episode, PFT reminisces about Miranda Priestly, Janie tries to understand municipal politics and TOGETHER they uncover an ancient but important blog.

So buckle in, my dearies, sit back, relax and get to PODDIN’ with Janie & Paul (an alt title perhaps, in our PARALLEL LIVES??)

Huggles,

JHT & PFT

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Hello Stay F. Homekins Listeners!!

We are very excited to have our FRESHEST episode of our beloved pod ready for you to LISTEN to and get up in them comments below! What are you all enjoying, what kind of things are you pondering?

In this episode, we discuss the actor’s LIFE, darlings! Also, is it bad to have a family annihilator as the center of your family unit? Plus we chat fun things we enjoy. LIKE RECORDING THIS PODCAST!

As always, thank you for subscribing to us through our Weekend Wa...

Hello Homekiddy-dins,

In this April episode, we get into lots of topics! Cults, transportation, accents and more!

Lots of ways we are trying to make sense of living in INTERESTING TIMES, mostly just by trying to co-exist with the NOISE. But also living with one another and still having fun in our home while the world burns.

Tune in, drop out and turn us on, we’re HERE still just trying to figure out how to endure. Drop some comments and thank you for being here. Happy April and more bonus content will be...

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Happy Easter & Passover!

We did a 2Damp2Trash podcast episode and covered BOTH reunion shows in honor of the rebirth of OUR BRAINS not having to watch this show anymore (until season 12.)

In these reunion recaps, we get very RULLLLLLL about how we feel about these reunion shows and how obje…

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Damp Trash Detectives!

We are caught up (until the final two reunion shows, which is coming soon!)

This episode has it all: a woman plucking one of Shep’s nose hairs, Charlie yawning for all of us and yet MORE piling on to Craig — who may be genuinely disliked by the whole crew?

Oh, wow, tune in, …

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Amazing news, everyone!

We have CONCLUDED our Pump-n-Dump season 12 recap podcasts! The final podcast episode is HERE.

In this FINAL recap of the season 12 VPR, Janie & PFT go deep on their thoughts about what this franchise has become. Trigger warning: we didn’t love this season and we don’t ho…

Hello Listeners!

We are getting our March episode out to you just under the wire. Apologize for the delay, as I have been SICK and on antibiotics for as long as I can remember.

In this episode, PFT describes an unusual opportunity, Janie describes life at the comic cons, and together the two devise a new religion.

Enjoy, and look for our bonus episodes that we will get to record this week, now that I have a voice back!

Stay safe, sane and strong,

Janie (& PFT)

Hello, Stay F. Homekins stalwarts!

We owe you all a HUGE apology. We somehow MISSED February!? WE ARE MORTIFIED!!

Tonight’s FRESH episode is an emergency recording to get us CAUGHT UP. And we will have *another* regular SFH episode later this month.

Thank you for understanding! In this episode, we discuss indie projects, Dracula and small talk! Also, how much the Epstein gang just SUCKS. Join the conversation in the comments below. And sorry for the delay, we are in CHAOS.

Love,

J&P.

Our bo...

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Welp, Damp Trash Detectives (new hats are HERE), the gang is STILL in Mexico. The headline here is Craig’s Monumental Crash Out. And it is NOT PRETTY. He goes on a bender and rages at Salley AND her extra E, after calling Venita a bowley at dinner. A horrifying and hal…

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It’s the reunion part one, we are SOOO CLOSE to completing this season’s Pump n Dump’s! And in this scintillating episode, we FINALLY get to the bottom of Demy’s relationship status!! THE QUESTION THAT NO ONE NEEDED ASKED OR ANSWERED BY ANDY COHEN!!!

We also find grace for the Eyebros (trademark pend…

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Hi friends,

We did it, we watched two SOUTHERN CHARMS for our 2damp2trash edition of our recap! We also made HATS (thanks to Kin Ship Goods!) Damp Trash Detective HATS! They are HERE. They come in both green and pink, and they are FANTASTIC.

In this recap pod, the gang goes to Mexico for some kind of wellnes…

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The season has ENDED, only the “reunion shows” coming up soon! We did a douple dip again, since work travel got in the way. Thank you for bearing with us as we figured all this out!

In this recap, we see some really ugly bathing suits, the gang break up and get back together again …

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Ok, Damp Trash Detectives!

We got double trouble coming at ya! To make up for being away, we are still recappin’ and reactin’ but at a double pace so we won’t let a SINGLE episode SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS!

We also have FINALIZED the prototype of the Damp Trash Detective hat, that will be on sale through our pa…

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Hey y’all!!

So sorry we got behind a week, but get ready for this BONUS DOUBLE EP RECAP AND REACT POD!!

We are starting to fully form our opinions on this season’s cast. Guess what: underwhelming! And I have a dark energy theory on KIM. PFT has a dark energy theory on just…the entire gang. But does that stop us from having FUN discussing these past two ep…

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To my Damp Trash Detectives,

In THIS latest podcast drop, find out how embarrassed I am that I didn’t know Jamaica was not in the Bahamas and also HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH LAST SEASON OF SOUTHERN CHARM! WHAT KIND OF DAMP TRASH DETECTIVE, AM I???????? WILL I EVEN DESERVE TO WEAR THE DAMP TRASH D…

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Welp P&Ders,

Bear witness to 7 women eating lunch outdoors with double+ that many servers in this episode where we are just watching a work trip SLOWLY unfold, I guess?

Angelica remains a POS, Audrey is slowly going lukewarm on Eyebrows Senior (because why wouldn't she), and Demy…

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Look, we were HONORED to have Mr. John Hodgman watch his SECOND episode of VANDERPUMP RULES with us this week (don’t sleep on his fantastic substack: Secret Society)! Find out if he was able to follow along (spoiler alert: he has opinions on Kim and Marcus). Paul F. Tompkins goes deeper on his Audrey consp…

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We had the HONOR of recording with Casey Wilson and Danielle Schneider for their podcast GARBAGE SESH! In this CROSSOVER episode, yeah, you heard that right, Casey & Danielle learn about Damp Trash detective work, Casey is a Craig apologist, Paul is a Never Craiger and both Jan…

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Hiiiii Listeners!

We have our latest reaction podcast for ya a little late. We were in San Francisco for almost 5 days at the Sketchfest! What a time, really great comedy shows all around. But unfortunately it prevented our regular recording schedule for our STAY F. HOMEKINS podcast universe …

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Hi all,

In this week’s episode of NOT the terrible onslaught of breaking news: the Sur kids do yet ANOTHER photo shoot, Marcus and Kim’s relationship hits that all-important ten month mark requiring a commitment ceremony, and Anjelica reveals her true colors as a RHYMES WITH WITCH.

All this AND MORE a…

Happy New Year, Homekins!

We are dropping our FIRST conversation podcast of this year in the signature STAY F. HOMEKINS style. Unplanned, unedited, raw conversation between us (Paul and Janie!) captured FRESH for your YOUR listening pleasure OR displeasure. In this episode: Janie discusses a creative life under fascism, Paul discusses a creative life that falls short and TOGETHER the duo wax poetic about the show Traitors! What do YOU think and feel about this great and messy human experience? Tell us (respectfully) in the comments! Thank you, everyone, go forth and be kind and loving. It...

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Welcome to the first podcast of damp trash this year! In this bonus content STAY F. HOMEKINS podcast episode…

We podcast. Get into it. It’s nuts.

…we take on the yearly Boy’s Dinner at Miss Patricia’s, we learn her current butler may have a traumatic brain injury and discover that Whitney may be drowning in …

Welcome new subscribers AND seasoned ones!

It is our monthly FLAGSHIP podcast known as STAY F. HOMEKINS, where Paul F Tompkins and me get into unplanned, sometimes tender sometimes silly but always REAL TALK STYLE meandering ‘after-dinner’ conversation. A peek into the MINDS of a married couple in Hollywood trying to make sense of this brokedown fever dream of a life. Can creativity be preserved? Will Janie win the Power Ball (spoiler: NO! No one did!), will Paul ever tour by bus again, and together will they both end up in different bunk beds at the same time...

Ok, I won’t write about this in third person, like that headline, so as not to confuse anyone! It’s us! Janie & Paul. And we’re here to let you know we will be once again watching the latest season of SOUTHERN CHARM on Peacock to record our bonus podcast episodes for maximum enjoyment.

Subscribe to please go on the season 11 Southern Charm journey with us.

Do you need to watch the show to listen along? No! Many of our bonus listeners DO NOT watch it but still mainline the pod eps for an...

Hi fam!

In this November FREE podcast episode of STAY F. HOMEKINS, listen to Janie & Paul (that’s us!) discuss the latest email release in the Epstein scandal, whether we are living in an alternate reality or realities with aliens and whether or not we would DIE for Paddington (spoiler alert: I would jump in front of a godd*mn grenade for Lord Paddington!)

In addition, we have decided to (once again!) recap and react to the new season son SOUTHERN CHARM on Bravo (for some reason) which starts SOOOOON.

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Hiya folks!

Welcome to the Spooky Season Month of STAY F. HOMEKINS WATCH-A-LONGS! And this one is another FREEBIE!!

It’s a scary movie about LATE STAGE CAPITALISM!!!! And you know what?I think we need more of these. SOME PEOPLE COULD USE THE EDUCATION. So find this John Carpenter gem and sync up our audio here alongside it to immerse yourself in the WORLD of a society where THEY live. Ugh, I mean, we already are living it, amiright?

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Hey Everyone!

Please enjoy this month’s FREE after-dinner conversation with US, Janie & Paul, your comedy couple co-hosts.

In this episode Janie wonders if Tilly Norwood will reboot every Eddie Murphy character, Paul gets invited to Riyadh after our bathroom break (not really!), and together the duo does the math on Fonzie’s existence through American authoritarianism.

Does anyone have a blu-ray copy of a particular 1994 film that captures our imagination? Let us know in the comments!

Because physical media is in danger,

Janie & PFT

Below is w...

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Well there has been so much going on with Late Night TV of late and now, the DEVIL is part of it? This film was new to both me and Paul, and it takes place ON Halloween! Can’t get more festive for spooky season than THAT! Buckle in for some 1970’s la…

Well, goblins, me and PFT are giving ya something to HOWL about! We are kicking off the October Spooky Movie Watchalong Season (where we will give you FIVE movies in 2025!) with this gratis companion audio to stream THE HOWLING alongside us from 1981!

Be dogged and upgrade your sub (if you haven’t already) so you can access EVERY movie this month (in addition to our many archived watch-alongs!) If you are already a premium member, please know, we deeply appreciate it and you. Your support means so much to us and keeps this hidden little humor community af...