70 Movies We Saw in the 70s

On a special Christmas-themed episode, Scott and Ben dive down the 70s conspiracy thriller rabbit hole with Sidney Pollack's THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR. See if you can follow the breadcrumbs as we: *Relish Redford's mo-ped machismo *Casually comment on Cliff's combover *Fawn fondly over Faye's fabulous photos PLUS *Sidney Pollack out-hitches Hitch as the original king of Cameo *Von Sydow lays a glove on us *Hank Garrett smushes a schnoz *Encyclopedia Brown vs. Dick Tracy AND *A Seinfeld conspiracy *What was playing that week?

On an all-star episode of 70 Movies We Saw in the 70s, Jim Healy and Scooter McCrae join Scott and Ben for an apocalyptic assault on John Boorman's one-of-a-kind dystopian sex/death romp, Zardoz! Listen along as the quartet analyzes everything from Sean Connery's speedo-loincloth to Sean Connery's bearded ponytail. Hold on to your headphones as we careen down memory lane with tales of close encounters with John Boorman, Jonathan Rosenbaum, and the Coen Brothers. Break out the green bread, this one's a doozy!

On an all-new episode of 70 Movies We Saw in the 70s, Ben and Scott cover Martin Scorsese's left-turn follow up to Mean Streets. Topics include: *Burstyn as auteur *Voices sell visuals *Keitel's accents *Alfred Lutter III is John Cazale Jr. *Mott the Hoople vs. The Boss vs. Bob Seger *Vic Tayback, superstar *What's Happening is NOT Cooley High *The joy of low-stakes cinema *The joy of secret jump cuts *Kristofferson as manic-pixie-beardo And much much more!

On a spirited, contentious new episode, Scott and Ben discuss Richard Attenborough's 1978 spook show, MAGIC. Listen and weigh in with your opinions about: - Fats: sentient or wood - Corky: psychic or trickster - Peggy: boobs or eyebrows - Burgess Meredith: can this guy tell time, or what? - David Ogden Stiers: hairpiece or herpes? - William Goldman: old-fashioned or just old school - Ventriloquism: to throw or not to throw, that is the question and much much more, including Dead of Night, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Twilight Zone, and Soap!

On a special double feature/dual podcast episode of 70 Movies We Saw in the 70s/Cinematalk commemorating the screenings of both films at UW Cinematheque, Ben Reiser and Jim Healy take a deep dive into a “Fistful of Feiffers”, discussing both LITTLE MURDERS (1971) and CARNAL KNOWLEDGE (1971). ‘71 was a big year for screenwriter/playwright/cartoonist Jules Feiffer, with Alan Arkin's LITTLE MURDERS and Mike Nichols' CARNAL KNOWLEDGE both hitting screens within six months of each other. Listen along as Jim and Ben try to suss out Feiffer's inspirations, figure out what genres these films do and don't fall into, Elliott Gould on top of the world, Candice Bergen's best work, waiting for Godard, Gordon Willis goes wild, Nicholson as man-baby, magnificent Ann Margret, and much more, including not one, but TWO rounds of “What else was playing that week?”.

All aboard as Scott Lucas and Ben Reiser dissect one of the all-time great thrillers, Joseph Sargent's The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. Hang on to your straps as we: - Wrap our heads around the catch-all: Neo-Noir - Bow down to the great Peter Stone (Not a pen name!) - Pay our respects to Tom Pedi - Talk NYC Jews and Italians - Badmouth Tony Scott - Guess the mayor - Say gesundheit! And much, much more!!

On the long-awaited return of 70 Movies We Saw in the 70s, Scott and Ben indulge their 70s Heston-Dystopia fixation with a double bill of The Omega Man and Soylent Green. Soak in the radiation vibes as S&B: - Wax poetic about dad bods and tummy hair - Argue for the inclusion of The Omega Man as a blaxploitation forefather - Discover the origins of Phantasm and Dawn of the Dead - Get all squishy about squibs and uzis - Wonder about the wardrobe departments of both of these 70s sci-fi fashion-awkward spectacles. And so much more!

Boy have we got a podcast for YOU! Scott and Ben tackle Michael Crichton's 1973 masterpiece, WESTWORLD. Highlights include: Richard Benjamin, movie star Yul Brynner, movie star James Brolin, movie star John Carpenter, thief Stephen King, approachable celebrity Vincent Canby, film critic And much much more!

On a brand new episode of 70 Movies We Saw in the 70s, Ben is joined by Jim and Pat Healy for an earth-shattering discussion of the 1974 disaster movie, EARTHQUAKE. Aftershocks include: McPadden tackles INCUBUS Reiser dragged out of TOWERING INFERNO Heston goes shirtless, AGAIN! Goddamn Gardner! Bujold reads the script Nolan goes Transatlantic Kennedy cries! Forlorn Greene! Marjoe is a madman! Corduroy is king! Victoria's pointy Principals! And much much more…

Just in time for Halloween, a brand new episode of 70 Movies We Saw in the 70s takes a fully committed swing at the Citizen Kane of horror movies: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Join Scott and Ben as they discuss: • Adventures in the projection booth • Tobe Hooper - auteur or not sure • Tobe or not to be, that is the question • Paul Partain – actor or not sure • Ed Neil – James Franco or Roger Waters • TCM vs Evil Dead – avant-garde vs calling card • Last House on the Left – classic or crap • Why is the old Franklin house called the old Franklin house? • Tobe Hooper calls the MPA for advice on getting a PG • Gunnar Hansen hates Paul Partain • Marilyn Burns – track star or not sure • Grandpa IS Mr. Six • Daniel Pearl is the Gregg Toland of TCM • Daniel Pearl shoots every music video ever made And much more! Plus: What was playing the week TCM was released in NYC

Ben Reiser and Jim Healy are joined by Dino Proserpio and Mike Kenny of the I Eat Movies podcast for a freewheeling trip through the 1970 made for tv movie, NIGHT SLAVES. Unearthly highlights include: Dino Deals Discs Mike Mind-melds Mahoning A brief history of the sounds of psychokinesis, from Beneath the Planet of the Apes to The Man With Two Brains Who is That Lee - Grant vs Remick David Groh not David Grohl! Backlot Blues VHS is the New Black James Franciscus = Chuck Heston's Mini-Me Giraffes and Car Crash Victims go Full Tenet Long Live the New Luddites Night Slaves II: Titane The Best Amityville Movie The Baby vs Trick Baby and so much more! I Eat Movies Podcast: https://anchor.fm/ieatmoviespodcast

On an all-new, epic 70 Movies We Saw in the 70s, Ben and interim co-host Jim Healy take a deep dive into deep space to dissect an all-time sci-fi/body horror classic, Ridley Scott's 1979 masterpiece, ALIEN. Come for the atmosphere, cinematography, naturalistic performances and profound mystery, stay for ribald stories of Miss Hidden Valley, Johnny Dangerously, Francis Veber, and an intense game of "Which film has aged better, ________ or Alien?"

On this special episode of 70 Movies We Saw in the 70s, Ben and interim co-host Jim Healy take a deep dive into the one-of-a-kind Charles Bronson/Jill Ireland two-hander, FROM NOON TILL THREE (1976). The centerpiece of the episode is an interview Jim recently conducted with Dan Gilroy (NIGHTCRAWLER, ROMAN J ISRAEL, VELVET BUZZSAW) whose father, Frank Gilroy, was the writer-director of NOON. This interview was originally recorded for Cinematalk, the podcast of the UW Cinematheque. We've also got a dissection of Vincent Canby's New York Times review, and a rousing edition of "what else was playing that week?".

For Scott's last episode before he goes on tour, we take a deep dish dive into DePalma's Chicago movie, THE FURY. As would only be appropriate for a foray such as this, we bring along film historians and co- hosts of the Windy City Double Feature Picture Show podcast, Adam Carston and Mike Vanderbilt. Together, the four of us leave no stone unturned, no vein un-bulged, no Cassavetes unexploded, no Douglas undressed… oh wait that last one isn't right. Anyway, we had an Amy Irving-style blast and we think you will too. Enjoy!

On a very special episode of 70 Movies We Saw in the 70s, Scott and Ben are joined by Ben's mom, Diane, for a nostalgic discussion of the Barbra Streisand/Robert Redford romance for the ages, The Way We Were. Topics of conversation include: Curling Irons Communism Soap Boxes Musicals M*A*S*H Flashbacks Montages Introverts Wasps A Star is Born and much much more!

On a contentious episode of 70 Movies We Saw in the 70s, Scott and Ben are joined by special guest, film historian Marc Edward Heuck for a no holds barred discussion of the 1977 car chase classic, SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT. Among the battles fought: • Coors Banquet vs Coors Light • Jackie Gleason vs Clifton James • Burt Reynolds vs Clark Gable • Sally Field vs a carrier pigeon • Who wore it better: Sally and Burt vs Scott and Joe • Dick vs Didie • Godfather II vs A Touch of Zen • Hair piece or herpes: Reynolds vs Stewart Plus Scott vs Marc in a rousing edition of What Else Was Playing That Week?

Ben and Scott are joined by bass player and club owner extraordinaire, Herb Rosen, for a wild ride down the frothing-white-water-torrent of toxic masculinity known as John Boorman's DELIVERANCE. Grab a paddle,zip up your life preserver, and steer towards shore as we: • Get sent out of the room during the scary parts • Debate the merits of Burt Reynolds sans ‘stache • Get punched out by James Dickey • Dislocate our collective shoulders • Go day for night, old-school style • Get ambiguous on your ass • Ditch our stuntmen and drive into trees • Come out of the forest, Princess Mononoke-style • Fall out of our canoes, Zapruder-film style • Use Scott's left arm to play banjo • Imagine Seth Rogan in tighty-whiteys • Get homoerotic with James Spader and Jon Voigt • Rundown NYMag's idiotic ranking of all things Spielberg (minus SOMETHING EVIL) • Mix our metaphors • Swap Enoses and anuses • Squeal like a pig en francais And Much Much More!

It's been a crazy busy month for Scott and Ben. Ben's been putting the finishing touches on the 2021 Wisconsin Film Festival and Scott's been prepping for the first Local H live shows in a bit. Still, we found two hours to line up on opposite sides for a rough scrimmage over BLACK SUNDAY, John Frankenheimer's 1977 adaptation of Thomas Harris's best seller. Along the way your heroes mix it up over Cronenberg, Demme, Friedkin, and ole Ernie Lehman. And yes, of course we talk Parallax View, not to mention Day of the Dolphin. Dig in, there's plenty of 70s Conspiracy Thriller meat (or plant-based protein) to chew on here.

For the first time in the Scott Lucas era of 70 Movies We Saw in the 70s we've got guests!! Ben and Scott welcome Jim and Pat Healy to celebrate and dive deep into Michael Ritchie's 1975 masterpiece, SMILE. In a wide-ranging and super fun conversation we talk Scorsese, commentary tracks, drive-in concerts, Michael Shannon, The Fantastiks, Bruce Dern, Barbara Feldon, Michael Kidd, Bad News Bears, Peter Boyle, thermostats, Dernsies, Charlie Chaplin, Tom Laughlin, Disney, and so much more + a rousing rendition of "What Else Was Playing That Week?"

Scott and Ben celebrate the career of Jessica Walter with this look back at the 1971 directorial debut of Clint Eastwood. Join us for a look at the incredibly influential, Play Misty For Me. Highlights include: • Whose house is it anyway? • Hide the joint! • That’s no way to use a knife • God, you’re dumb • Peggy Seeger? Uh, yikes • Fuck James Cameron • Fuck Fatal Attraction • Bruce Surtees!! • Donald Siegel • Cry Bastion!!! • Best call letters ever

Scott and Ben wax poetic about one of their favorite filmmakers, George A. Romero, as they celebrate and defend his prescient early masterpiece, THE CRAZIES (1973). List of people, places and things hit by army-issue shrapnel during the proceedings: Zack Snyder, Vincent Canby, Bloody Disgusting, Albert Brooks, James L. Brooks, Prince, Tim Burton, Melissa Manchester, Madonna, Robert Townsend, The guy with the mustache in the ill-fitting military uniform, Timothy Olyphant, and many many more.

On our 30th(!) episode, Ben and Scott go in depth on 1975's insanely influential nostalgic slice-of-life comedy-drama-romance-tragedy: COOLEY HIGH. That's right, Chi-town is in the house, to say nothing of Chicagoland! Groove along as we: • Shoot the shit about Steven Soderbergh • Hit the heights of Harry Hamlin • Mix it up about Michael Schultz • Examine the excess of Eric Monte • Access the axiom of Sam Z Arkoff • Give it a go with Glynn Turman • Come to a consensus about Corin Rogers What’s happening, you say? Good times, nothing but good times. All this, much more, AND we come in under an hour forty-seven. And they said it couldn’t be done!!

On a special LIFERS-centric crossover episode of 70 Movies We Saw in the 70s, Ben and Scott sing the praises of the 1976 Sam Elliott classic, LIFEGUARD. Slap on some speedos and play along as we: • Gush over Kathleen Quinlan • Gush over Anne Archer • Gush over Sam Elliott • Lament squiggly synths and endless summer montages • Discuss the art of breaking guitars • Share summer camp secrets • Attempt to resurrect Resurrection Plus – Steve Buscemi, onscreen and off; “borrowed” Academy screeners; steamy PG sex, and much much more. LIFERS Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/robotlaunch Mike McPadden GoFundMe: gofund.me/9bd70663

70 Movies We Saw in the 70s: Ep. 28 — OH, GOD! (1977) On a very pious episode of 70 Movies, Scott Lucas and Ben Reiser examine Carl Reiner’s take on everyone’s favorite old testament deity, George Burns. Heretical and devout highlights include: • Bathrooms: the perfect vocal booths and confessionals • Runaway Train: Japanese Christian edition • Cukes: Oiled or dry? • Who didn’t wear it better: Heston vs. Denver • Donald Pleasence in the 70s: Marcel Marceau edition • Ted Wass: Black hole or garbage can? • David Birney: Fats or Mortimer Sneed? • Iconic eyewear - Part II • Kevin Smith: The worst or the worst? • Joe Jackson’s Jumping Jive: Does it count? • Hagar vs. Springfield: Who has done more for you? And much, much, much more. Mike McPadden GoFundMe: gofund.me/9bd70663 qfG5bxUmo32jUPqsw7ZW

70 MOVIES WE SAW IN THE 70s: Ep 27 - INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1978) Scott and Ben talk Philip Kaufman’s brilliant San Francisco-set remake of Don Siegel’s sci-fi classic and in the process take a shot at all the different iterations based on the Jack Finney novel. Podcasting Pod Nerd highlights include: • Ween vs. They Might Be Giants in the battle of drum machine duos • Brooke Adams vs. Karen Allen in the battle of Margot Kidder • Invasion of the Body Snatchers vs. Don’t Look Now in the battle of Donald Sutherland Shock Endings • Bellicec Mud Baths vs. Bellicec rec room in the battle of spooky setpieces • Warren Oates vs. R Lee Ermey in the battle of big screen drill sergeants • Where you gonna go, where you gonna hide? vs. Where’s Jack London? Plus: Pauline Kael’s Cartwright problem, Janet Maslin’s Nimoy problem, W.D. Richter’s many dimensions, Philip Kaufman and Curtis Hansen, separated at birth? And much, much more. Mike McPadden GoFundMe: gofund.me/9bd70663

70 MOVIES WE SAW IN THE 70s: Ep 26 RACE WITH THE DEVIL (1975) The show must go on! Join Ben with special guest co-host Scott Lucas of Local H (!!) as they take on the legacy of 70 Movies We Saw in the 70s and the legacy of Jack Starrett’s satanic car-chase spectacular, RACE WITH THE DEVIL!!! Heretical highlights include: • See no evil! Listening to and reading about but not seeing the best movies of the seventies. • Hear no evil! Scott reveals the origins of THE SOUND OF METAL • Speak no evil! Ben talks shit about his miserable month at the Thalia Soho • Battle of the Cronenbergs: A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE vs THE FLY • RG Armstrong: Scooby Doo villain or crude pencil sketch? • Greatest eyewear ever: Peter Fonda vs Peter Fonda • Scott’s special feelings for SILENT RAGE • Ben’s special feelings for Concrete Blonde’s Joey • Mike’s RACE WITH THE DEVIL write-up And much, much, much more. Mike McPadden GoFundMe: gofund.me/9bd70663

70 MOVIES WE SAW IN THE 70s: Ep 25 “Swishblade Sisters” on ICE CASTLES (1978) Come listen through the ears of love! It’s an actual Family Show this week as Mike and Ben are joined by their actual sisters, Katie Mullaney and Annie Reiser, to glide, leap, pirouette, and dodge raining flowers in honor of ICE CASTLES. The Lynn Holly Johnson-Robby Benson winter sports classic is a favorite of each of our sisters and this is an especially funny, nostalgic, and in-SIGHT-ful episode (crowbarred-in pun intended) about growing up in the decade of… well, ICE CASTLES! Sibling revelry highlights include: • The gold medal glory of Lynn Holly Johnson’s Human Barbie hair! • Multiple experiences of THE NEW YORK EXPERIENCE! • Colleen and George C. vs. Liz and Dick! • NORMA RAE steals the Best Song Oscar from Marvin Hamlisch and Kermit the Frog — union corruption? • The airborne and backstage bonding power of Tom Wopat! • Annie and Ben cut school and hit the Astor Plaza solo in 1980! • Katie and Mike mock-skate at Granny’s house while mocking “Lex! The Flowers!” • “Listen to this episode?” “You bet!” GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/9bd70663

70 Movies We Saw in the 70s: Ep #24 — JEREMY (1973) Fun City Editions kingpin Jonathan Hertzberg joins Mike and Ben to celebrate Vinegar Syndrome’s surprise Black Friday release of the Robby Benson-Glynnis O’Connor teen romance JEREMY (1973)! Gloriously awkward and credibly adolescent highlights include: • Robby Benson, sensitive Tiger Beat pin-up! • Glynnis O’Connor, sensitive Linda Blair-type! • Joe Brooks, composer of “You Light Up My Life,” star of IF EVER I SEE YOU AGAIN and — hoo-boy — what a creep! • The injustice of Robby Benson not scoring his own AM Gold chart-topper in the era of Shaun Cassidy, Andy Gibb, Leif Garrett, and Rex Smith! • The ability to buy a movie ticket at any time and see W.C. Fields, the Marx Brothers and/or King Kong during NYC’s “Fun City” era! • The cosmic connection between JEREMY and ON THE RIGHT TRACK! • The Dennis Christopher of BREAKING AWAY vs. the Dennis Christopher of CIRCUITRY MAN! • The case to be made for Willie Aames as an “edgy” teen idol! • The powers and abilities of “Supporting Characters” host Bill Ackerman that go far beyond those of any mortal podcaster! • Ben Reiser’s intensely “at-home” personal connection to Linda Manz, Ruth Gordon, and Lee Strasberg! • Yet another visit to Mike McPadden’s 12-year old psyche as it created a graphic carnival sodomy scene from ODE TO BILLY JOE that does not, in fact, exist! Buy JEREMY now from Vinegar Syndrome! https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/fun-city-editions/products/jeremy-fun-city-editions

70 Movies We Saw in the 70s: WOODSTOCK (1970) (part two) Mike Lustig, guitar shaman of legendary rock ensemble Ruth Ruth, joins Mike and Ben for one more hour of Discourse and Digressions in regard to the 3 Days of Peace and Music covered by Michael Wadleigh’s epically far-out documentary, WOODSTOCK. Porta potty in the rain induced insights include: • Joe Cocker and Dr, Steve Bruhl: Separated at the Personal Hygiene Aisle? • Arlo Guthrie and Jakob Dylan: Separated at the Gene Pool? • Crosby Stills & Nash and Neil Young: Separated by the Steenbeck Flatbed? • Jorma Kaukonen's Swastika vs Marty Balin's Heart • John Sebastian's Rolled Up Hippie Pants vs Naked Hippie Kids Peeing on Their Dads • Santana's Shitty Bass Player vs Santana's Awesome Drummer • Sly Stone's Vocals vs Sly Stone's Microphone • Hendrix Conga Player Standees, PortaSans Workers, Janis Joplin's Feet, and Country Joe's Crew Hoodie Plus • What Else Was Playing the Day Woodstock Opened in NYC?

70 Movies We Saw in the 70s: WOODSTOCK (1970) Mike Lustig, guitar shaman of legendary rock ensemble Ruth Ruth, joins Mike and Ben for 3 Hours of Discourse and Digressions in regard to the 3 Days of Peace and Music covered by Michael Wadleigh’s epically far-out documentary, WOODSTOCK. Brown-acid-induced insights include: • Woodstock organizer Mike Lang and 1990: Bronx Warriors star Marco de Gregorio: Separated at the Hair Product Counter? • Bill Graham and Jackie Mason: Separated at the Bagel Store? • “Younger Generation” by John Sebastian and “Butch’s Song” by Jackie Martling: Separated at The Jetty? • The Who Sell Out vs. Live at Leeds vs. Roger Daltrey’s fringe jacket. • Mike Lustig’s no-longer-secret connection to iconic rap-rock douche titans The Lordz of Brooklyn. • The singalong soundtrack to the Ben Reiser family’s annual Flatbush “Freedom Seder.” • The 2am Times Square confluence in 1996 of the Mermaid Parade, Joe Franklin, a Screw-magazine-loving cop, and Mike McPadden soaring on psychedelics.

70 Movies We Saw in the 70s: AUDREY ROSE with Samm Deighan Author, podcaster, and super-cool film historian supreme Samm Deighan joins Mike and Ben for a Halloween-scented spelunk into the reincarnation “thriller” AUDREY ROSE (1977). Topics include: • Excruciating Car Wrecks in Cinema vs. Excruciating Car Wrecks of Cinema! • Samm Deighan’s Take on “The Female Uncanny” vs. Any Chance of Your Mind Not Being Blown! • Anthony Hopkins’ fake beard vs. The “Fats the Dummy” Face It Was Hiding! • Robert Wise of THE HAUNTING vs. Robert Wise of THE HINDENBURG! • Robert Beck vs. Frankenstein-With-a-Mustache (it’s a draw)! • Robert Walden and John Hillerman vs. A Script Giving Them Anything Whatsoever to Do! • Young Ben Reiser vs. The Wire Rack of ’70s Horror Paperbacks at the Drugstore! • Fritz Lang and Aram Avakian vs. Mike McPadden and Admission to Film School! • Philadelphia “burlesk” performer “Edie Ahmean” vs. Any Semblance of Good Taste! • Donald Sutherland’s Southern Gland in DON’T LOOK NOW vs. Donald Sutherland’s Southern Gland in ANIMAL HOUSE! SAMM DEIGHAN LINKS • LOST GIRLS: THE PHANTASMAGORICAL CINEMA OF JEAN ROLLIN, Edited by Samm Deighan • M (DEVIL’S ADVOCATES) by Samm Deighan • DIABOLIQUE Magazine • DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS Podcast with Kat Ellinger and Samm Deighan • EVIL EYE Podcast with Samm Deighan and Rob Skvarla

70 Movies We Saw in the 70s: Ep 20 — “It’s Alive!” (1974) There’s only one thing wrong with this episode of 70 Movies We Saw in the 70s… IT’S ALIVE!!! Hollywood sound wiz Jeff Kushner joins Mike and Ben to deliver a sprawling, mauling take on Larry Cohen’s killer baby classic, with diversions into ITs two sequels, IT LIVES AGAIN (1978) and IT’S ALIVE 3: ISLAND OF THE ALIVE (1987). Among the questions raised: • What’s so funny about a mutant baby living in a sewer? • Which vintage ’70s horror film TV ad caused more cardiac events among schoolchildren: SUSPIRIA; MAGIC; or DAWN OF THE DEAD? • Larry Cohen, John P. Ryan, and Michael Moriarty: Jewish-Irish Love Connection? • How did white go-go boots, psychedelic wallpaper, and dainty Florence Nightingale nurse hats play in punky-disco '77? • Where were YOU the day the filming of Q stopped Manhattan’s morning rush with an unannounced, unlicensed helicopter-vs-machine-guns battle atop the Chrysler building? • Circa-1984, what was Larry Cohen doing hanging out in NYC’s performance art scene with the casts of SMITHEREENS and LIQUID SKY? • What is the connection between Robert Blake’s 1985 NBC series HELL TOWN (where he played a two-fisted priest) and Dee Snider’s STRANGELAND? • Does anybody have any leftover “Super-Vision” 3D glasses from the ’80s?

70 Movies We Saw in the 70s: Ep #19 — SILENT RUNNING (1972) Take a deep dive into deep space with Mike, Ben and special guest Scooter McCrae as they explore every nook and cranny of the interstellar bio-dome sci -fi cult classic, SILENT RUNNING! Put on your full length hippie-monk robe and settle into your dune buggy as they: • Sing along with SHATTERDEAD • Shamelessly plug potential sponsors • Try to "Guess the Dernsie" • Go over FAQs for PDQ Bach • Delight in everything Drone related • Crave handheld nuclear weaponry • Bond over Baez And much much much more!

70 Movies We Saw in the 70s: Ep #18 — ROLLERCOASTER (1977) It’s a screaming Cyclone of a loop-de-loop episode upside-down and backward as Mike and Ben strap in and plunge howling into the mad-bomber-at-the-amusement park epic, ROLLERCOASTER — in the miracle of SENSURROUND! Just try keeping your cotton candy down as we explore: • George Segal’s mastery of the hot comb! • Ben’s .750 batting average with Sensurround movies! • Teenage Helen Hunt’s PCP-fueled charge through a plate glass window! • The vinyl-snarfing baboons of Warner Brothers’ Jungle Habitat! • Civil servant Hank Fonda’s puzzling replica of Larry Flynt’s office! • Dick’s width marks! • Pops McP’s classic wisecrack at THE BRADY BUNCH, “Second prize is a week in Cincinnati. First prize is one day in Cincinnati!” Now, everybody sing: “Hello to Yogi! Hello to Boo-Boo! Hello to Scooby-Doo! Barney and Fred say hi!...”

70 Movies We Saw in the 70s: Episode 17—“Kentucky Fried Movie” The ’70s sketch comedy juggernaut continues as ace of bassists Chad Pilieri joins Mike and Ben to discuss the form’s pants-wettingly hilarious peak, THE KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE (1977). Between gasping laughs over Big Jim Slade, Willer Beer, Cleopatra Schwartz, Feel-A-Round movies, Rick Baker gorilla suit madness, and Catholic High School Girls in Trouble, the lads ponder the effect of an Andy Warhol film festival, Playboy’s annual “Sex in Cinema” feature, and cornball local TV PSAs on developing adolescent male psyches (just listen to us and YOU decide!).

Chad, Ben and Mike conclude their conversation with a run-through of what else was playing around NYC the week Groove Tube opened in theaters. Highlights include a Brando double-bill, Don Imus, Sammy Cahn, and Conrack.

70 Movies We Saw in the 70: Ep #15—“The Groove Tube” (1974) For a yuk-by-yuk (and yuck-by-yuck) breakdown of Ken Shapiro’s pioneering, pants-dampeningly hilarious sketch-comedy classic THE GROOVE TUBE, Mike and Ben are joined by archetypal Brooklynite funnyman, ace of bassists, and former Robin Quivers massage therapist, Chad Pilieri. Beyond Chevy Chase, Koko the Klown, and the Uranus Corporation (“You can put your trust in Uranus”), talk also incorporates Buzzy Linhart’s beautifully bobbling penis; a wayward subway lady at Downtown Beirut; the line “Babs and Ray have no genitalia” as proto-rap; “hippie sloppy” vs. “punk sloppy;” Wakefield Poole’s BIJOU; and Chad’s mom taking the whole 8th grade gang to see CALIGULA

70 Movies We Saw in the 70s: Maxi-Ep—“Om That Bud, Man” with Jim Healy UW Madison film scholar and 70 Movies ombudsman Jim Healy returns to right some straight regarding prior episode gaffes and dive deep—and way, way long—into what else was playing around NYC in November 1976, when our previous ep’s topic, TWO-MINUTE WARNING hit theaters Other tantalizing touchstones include Pauline Kael at the mercy of FAREWELL, UNCLE TOM; Black Francis rattling off Dad Jokes; the time LOGAN’S RUN met NORMAN, IS THAT YOU?; pitting the 1976 TRACKS with Dennis Hopper vs. the 1988 TRAXX with Hollywood Squares announcer Shadoe Stevens; and the authoritarian agenda of Miss Louise on ROMPER ROOM.

70 Movies We Saw in the 70s: Ep 13—TWO MINUTE WARNING (1976) Allen Broadman—aka Fischel Bocephus of HAPPYLAND and Monster Guitarist of Traci Lords’ Ex-Lovers—joins Mike and Ben to blast ecstatic rounds of praise upon Larry Peerce’s obscenely underappreciated sniper-in-the-stadium masterpiece, TWO MINUTE WARNING. Astoundingly directed by Peerce and showcasing the likes of Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Martin Balsam, Jack Klugman, David Janssen, Beau Bridges and “Joe” from RHODA, the movie supplies plenty to rave about—in between recollections of taking a hammer to Selwyn Harris’s alarm clock; quaking in terror beneath the seats of the Nostrand Theater; the transcendental power of DEADBEAT AT DAWN; Andy Sidaris’s GUNS blazing on 42nd Street; Mr. Johnson the Flatbush Child Stealer; and the deathless declaration, “You know what I say: Mother, Jugs, and Speed—but especially Jugs!”

70 Movies We Saw in the ’70s: Ep 12—“Pretty Maids All in a Row” (1971) It’s a 70 Movies/Crackpot Cinema crossover as Aaron Lee joins Mike and Ben for a sanguine good time with Roger Vadim’s sin-sopped, sick-joke high-school-homicide satire, PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW. In addition to waxing awestruck over PRETTY MAIDS headliners Rock Hudson, Angie Dickinson, and Telly Savalas, talk also turns to the hyper-prolific 1971 outputs of co-stars Roddy McDowall and Keenan Wynn; Hugh Hefner’s Bongo Board show-off skills; BARBARELLA as background visuals for Bauhaus remixes at the 12th Street Ritz; the screen-scorching might of drive-in siren Margaret Markov; and impromptu singalongs of “Petey Was a Pitbull” by Traci Lords’ Ex-Lovers and “Stars on 45” by Stars on 45 (feel them burning in your mind!).

Mike and Ben are back with another "mini" episode to tide you over. Topics include - A day at the Kingsway, Michael Pare vs Joe Dallesandro, Charlize Theron: dullard or dreamy, Anime: yay or nay, Staten Island haunts, Kings Plaza taunts, and much much more!

70 Movies We Saw in the 70s: Ep 10—CAPRICORN ONE (1978) Actor, writer, director, (and sibling of a previous guest) PAT HEALY joins us to discuss Peter Hyams’ magnificent space-faking/snake-snarfing/O.J.-elevating conspiracy thriller, CAPRICORN ONE (1978). It’s a free-wheeling, side-splitting conversation with multiple detours into the comedy stylings of Sam Waterstron, the perfect miscasting of Telly Savalas, RUNNING SCARED (1986) vs. RUNNING SCARED (2006), Matilda the boxing kangaroo, the mid-’90s missteps of Jean-Clade Van Damme, and who should have had dibs on THE FLAMINGO KID, as well as a sprawling homage to the intro-writing genius of Frank Santopadre. Thank you again, PAT HEALY!!!!

70 Movies We Saw in the 70s: Ep 9—THE JERK Pick out a thermos, don’t trust whitey, and come join us for Part 2 of our tribute to the late, great Carl Reiner with our salute to THE JERK. Mike, Ben, and guest Kat Ellinger take on Carl’s Steve Martin masterpiece replete with Opti-Grab eye-crossing, Mexican cat juggling, homicidal can hating, Shithead the dog, and, of course, Iron Balls McGinty. So just add your own Pizza in a Cup and listen now!

In the first installment of our two-episode tribute to the late, great Carl Reiner, the mighty Kat Ellinger joins Mike and Ben to keel over laughing in tribute to his shock comedy masterwork, WHERE’S POPPA? With Kat in the UK, it’s an intercontinental orgy of ferocious film scholarship, gigantic guffawing over grievously distasteful humor, and gushed love for Mr. Reiner (and Ms. Gordon, and Messrs. Segal and Leibman). Next week: THE JERK!

On this special "mini" episode, Ben pitches dopey podcast ideas to Mike. We talk Seagal, Bronson, Van Damme, Phantasm, Ernest, Madea, ELO, Fury Road and much more. Plus, listener feedback and just general jibber-jabber, McPadden-and-Reiser-style!

70 Movies We Saw in the 70s: Ep 6—HOT STUFF (1979) Robust funnyman Dom DeLuise mounts the director’s chair for the first—and last—time with HOT STUFF, a Miami-set crime farce wherein he co-stars with Jerry Reed and Suzanne Pleshette. Together, they play kooky cops who set up a phony fencing operation to bust an array of contraband-peddling oddballs. Oh, does it not work. What DOES work, however, is UW Cinematheque honcho JIM HEALY joining co-hosts Mike McPadden and Ben Reiser to take on HOT STUFF for a zesty, informative discussion that includes Sydney Lassick and David Carradine (as his prison bride) in SONNY BOY; the Gene Siskel Sneer of Disapproval, what else was playing in Summer ’79; and how Dom’s directorial debut rests at the heart of the Hal Needham/Burt Reynolds/Mel Brooks Venn diagram.

70 Movies We Saw in the ’70s: WHAT’S UP DOC (1972) Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal run brilliantly, hilariously berserk through San Francisco’s built-for-slapstick landscape, propelled forth by screwball comedy history, cartoon crack-ups, and director Peter Bogdanovich’s superhuman mastery of controlling chaos. Brooklyn boys Mike McPadden and Ben Reiser are also on the scene and you are, too, as we howl the praises of WHAT’S UP DOC!

Episode 4: CONVOY (1978) “Breaker! Breaker! Good buddy! Smokey! Bear in the air! Um… Is this facacta thing on?” This week, we roll out madman auteur Sam Peckinpah’s novelty song muscularization CONVOY (1978). Kris Kristofferson stars alongside Ernest Borgnine, Burt Young, Franklin Ajaye, and C. Thomas Howell from SOUL MAN—oh, wait a minute, that’s Ali MacGraw! It’s an open road with glide-in stops that include AM radio story songs; the desperate quest for HBO in Koch-era Brooklyn; Burt Young as a berserk children’s film screenwriter; Ben’s 16mm bedroom Bar Mitzvah; and Mike’s implanted memories of hayseed sodomy via ODE TO BILLY JOE. So roll this truckin’ episode through. 10-4.

70 Movies We Saw in the 70s Ep#3: BENJI (1974) Fluff your fur and throw your paws in the air as we revisit the beloved canine classic, BENJI. Writer-director Joe Camp’s triumphant underdog story (pun absolutely intended) introduced the world to the supremely talented four-legged scrapper of the title, his elegant lady-pooch Tiffany, and the power of a perfectly cast, expertly executed kiddie flick to continue to captivate, beguile, and inspire all these decades later. In the very best sense, BENJI is our “Dog of the Week”—forever! (Mike’s dog Zelda says hi during the show, too.)

70 Movies We Saw in the 70s: Ep2—“Beware! The Blob!” (1972) “It’s the movie that J.R. shot!” Ooze back to acid-blasted SoCal ’72 for Larry Hagman’s BEWARE! THE BLOB! A psychonaut revamp the 1958 original, BTB features “Charlie X” from STAR TREK battling the title slime as it threatens (among others) Godfrey Cambridge, Cindy Williams, Gerrit Graham, Burgess Meredith, Dick Van Patten, and Hagman himself amidst a trippy Mort Garson synth score and shockingly good visual effects. Come get Blobbed!

Episode 1 covers CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (1972), inspired by a beautiful, moving, and mind-bendingly awesome “You-Are-There!” photograph of five-year-old Ben and his grandmother across the street from the Embassy theater in Times Square, CONQUEST’s logo in full blaze behind them, accompanied by quite the head-scratching Judith Crist review quote—“It’s all fine fun!” That also sums up our mission with 70 MOVIES—to be like CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES and present a cavalcade of abandon, grotesquery, lunacy, and savagely learned life-lessons so that you, our listening public, might come away and declare, “It’s all fine fun!”