Camel Clutch Cinema

Download this episode (right click and save)Craig and Guy review the 2009 WWE film The Marine 2 starring Ted DiBiase Jr. They cover Ted's wrestling career, the glamorous, yet dangerous life of Caucasian actors living in the Philippines, and dollar store snorkels.

LINK (right click to save) 51:49Guy Hutchinson is joined by Craig Cohen to discuss the 2012 WWE film Bending the Rules, starring Edge. They discuss Edge's career, the stellar cast, the astonishingly short running time and doughnuts.

LINK (right click to save) 1:04:19Guy and Craig talk to wrestling legend Gene Petit about his days wrestling in Texas, Puerto Rico and as Hillbilly Cousin Luke in the WWF. Then they discuss some of the more cinematic characters from the history of WWE.

LINK (right click to save) 52:08Guy and Craig review Barbed Wire City: The Unauthorized Story Of Extreme Championship Wrestling and speak to John Philapavage (producer and co-director of the film.)They talk about screening the film at ECW Arena, dealing with Raven and Michael Tearson’s Betty Boop collection.You can purchase the film at www.barbedwirecity.comVisit the Camel Clutch Cinema archive.

LINK (right click to save) 1:02:11Craig and Guy talk about movies that sound like they should have wrestling in them... but sadly do not. First up is Kiss Meet's the Phantom of the Park. Then they move to movies like Honkytonk Man, The Rock and King Kong (not Bundy.) Also, Guy delves into the WWF cookbook and tells us about Pat Patterson's cabbage balls.Visit the Camel Clutch Cinema archive.

LINK (right click to save) 54:19Craig and Guy head off to a taco shop to ponder the 1980s performance piece "My Breakfast With Blassie". They delve into some of the behind the scenes stories of the film, discuss the movie's premiere and talk about Freddie Blassie's odd little handbag.

LINK (right click to save) 54:19Guy Hutchinson and Craig Cohen are at Pro Wrestling Syndicate's Super Card Night Two where they meet Bret Hart, look at Mike Knox and the Rock & Roll Express and discuss all of the movie clips in the Camel Clutch Cinema intro and outro montages.

LINK (right click to save) 57:19Guy Hutchinson and Craig Cohen are joined by Captain Marvelous as they simulcast with the Off the Ropes podcast. Together they discuss the movie careers of all of the wrestlers on the card, Wrestlemania 29 predictions, MicroLeague Wrestling on Commodore 64 and King Kong Bundy's appearances on Married With Children.

LINK 1:01:39Guy and Craig watch Craig's Dad's favorite movie: Mighty Joe Young. They chat about the wrestlers in the tug of war scene, over-selling a jack-in-the-box, high powered Lazy Susans, and the impressive feat that is ripping a phone book in half!

LINK 57:35Guy Hutchinson and Craig Cohen tackle of trio of cameos by "The Beast From the East". They discuss Bam Bam's appearances in Major Payne, Joe's Apartment & Ready To Rumble. They also discuss the high points (wrestling Lawrence Taylor) and low points (wrestling The Four Doinks) of Bam Bam Bigelow's illustrious career.

LINK 59:23Guy and Craig watch the latest film from WWE Studios, The Marine 3: Homefront. They discuss Randy Orton's initial involvement in the film, The Miz's wrestling career, CEO Happy Hour and Hulk Hogan dropping a leg drop on the state of NJ.

LINK 1:02:40Craig and Guy chat with Dan Kunka, screenwriter of the WWE film "12 Rounds". Dan tells us about the film's original Chicago locations, eating burgers with Cena and why you should never say "well, to be honest with you" to Vince McMahon.

LINK 54:03Guy and Craig are joined by Captain Marvelous (Jorge Uribe) to review the 1991 TV pilot "Tag Team" starring Jesse Ventura and Roddy Piper. Together they discuss the plot, the plot holes, fake Cindy Brady, Roddy Piper painted half black and the end of Kayfabe.

Download this episode (right click and save)Guy and Craig return to Taco Bell to try the returning Chili Cheese Burrito. They also review the Arnold Schwarzenegger film The Sixth Day, make a huge calendar botch, talk about the XFL and pontificate upon a future full of laser razors, creepy dolls, clones and nacho flavored bananas.

Guy Hutchinson and Craig Cohen take a look at Andre The Giant's 1983 appearance on the Greatest American Hero episode Heaven is in Your Genes. In addition to the plot they discuss Andre's amazing agility, what wrestler William Katt reminds Guy of and what happens when the Junkyard Dog headbutts a Wild Samoan.Download this episode (right click and save)

Craig Cohen and Guy Hutchinson take a look at the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Tsunkatse" featuring The Rock. They also discuss the history of Star Trek, try and figure out which character actors are under alien make up and then dish on No Way Out 2000.Download this episode (right click and save)

Download this episode (right click and save)Craig Cohen and Guy Hutchinson chat about the history of The Muppets in cinema, capping the discussion off with Hornswoggle's performance in Muppets Most Wanted. They also talk up the 2011 Muppet episode of Monday Night Raw and compare Vince McMahon to Jim Henson.

Guy Hutchinson and Craig Cohen are joined by OTR's Captain Marvelous to discuss Scooby-Doo! Wrestlemania Mystery featuring the voice talents  of John Cena, The Miz, Kane, Brodus Clay, AJ Lee, HHH, Santino, and Mr. McMahon. While running down the plot they also offer their thoughts on the movie and reveal which voice talent killed a man. Afterwards as an added bonus Guy and Craig give Captain Marvelous their Wrestlemania 30 predictions. Camel Clutch Cinema #81: Scooby-Doo! Wrestlemania Mystery. Bring it!Download this episode (right click and save) 

Download this episode (right click and save)Guy Hutchinson and Craig Cohen chat about Batista's performance in Guardians of the Galaxy. They also debate Batista vs, Bautista, reclining vs. sitting up straight and Son of Groot vs Groot.

LINK 1:04:06Craig Cohen and Guy Hutchinson celebrate Super Bowl weekend by watching the 2005 film The Longest Yard. They discuss the film's supporting parts performed by The Great Khali, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Goldberg and Kevin Nash and try and determine if they have ever watched this film before.

LINK 1:01:39Craig and Guy take on the 2002 film Spider-Man and discuss Randy "Macho Man" Savage's performance as Bonesaw McGraw, comic book character Crusher Hogan, meeting Willem Dafoe and delivering us... FROM EEEVVVVIIILLLLLL!

LINK 59:45Guy and Craig review the Kurt Angle film End Game. They also take a look at the wrestling career of Jenna Morasca, talk about squeaky floors, admire Kurt's TNA Bound For Glory IV t-shirt, think about the Eurocontinental Championship and listen to a priest say dolls over and over.

LINK (right click to save) 55:21Guy and Craig are joined by filmmaker Jamaal Green to discuss the 1986 film Rad featuring H.B. Haggerty. In addition to the plot of the film they discuss Haggerty's impressive wrestling career, the life and career of Rad's legendary director Hal Needham, Hulk Hogan's aerial (or lack thereof) move set and the incredibly short matches from Wrestlemania II.They end the discussion with talk of Jamaal's exciting new KickStarter project Chronicles of a Profiler. 

Download this episode (right click and save)Craig and Guy are at a Taco Bell to mourn the creator of Doritos Locos Tacos, eat free food and discuss The Miz's latest acting role in Christmas Bounty. They also talk about Mick Foley's book 'A Most Mizerable Christmas' and the very weird Michael Strahan from Monday Night Raw.

LINK 1:01:27 Craig Cohen and Guy Hutchinson head off to a sports bar to discuss Triple H's performance in Blade Trinity. Somehow this leads to Fruity Pebbles, Christian Slater, Count Yorga and way too many chicken wings.

LINK 1:01:51Guy and Craig get together to watch Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in Fast Five. They also ruminate about Don Muraco, the name of The Fast and the Furious 6, Australian bootleggers and the time they met The Rock.

LINK 1:00:23 Guy and Craig ring in the New Year with 12 Rounds. Debates about cheese steaks, New Orleans, Times Square and train conductors vs. orchestra conductors fill their heads. Visit the Camel Clutch Cinema archive.

LINK 59:24Craig and Guy head off to a taco joint to celebrate the 85th Annual Academy Awards and to discuss wrestling stars who have appeared in films that have won (or been nominated for) Oscars. Talk of Bonesaw, George "The Animal" Steele, Robbie E. and Sacheen Littlefeather fill the air!

LINK 58:33As 2012 winds down, Guy and Craig discuss different celebrities that have appeared on wrestling programs. Tales of Mr. T, Jon Heder, William Shatner abound. They also talk about the time Jeff Jarrett almost killed Gary Coleman... and how little it meant to Gary Coleman.

LINK (right click to save)  54:44To celebrate one year of  episodes "Vince McMahon" hosts Camel Clutch Cinema retrospective. We hear stories of Pat Patterson's Big Cabbage Balls, Bam Bam Bigelow battling Doinks, WWF video games and Bond villains. Plus highlights from interviews with The Blue Meanie & Caryn Mower as well as the makers of Barb Wire City, 12 Rounds and I Am Santa Claus.

LINK (right click to save) 51:49Guy Hutchinson and Craig Cohen talk to stuntwoman Caryn Mower about working on Star Trek into Darkness, CSI, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and her run as Muffy in the WWF.She tells tales of hanging out with Lilian Garcia, The Rock and Ivory as well as dealing with Chyna.Listen to Guy's first interview with Caryn here.

LINK (right click to save) 43:13Craig and Guy talk to filmmaker Tommy Avallone about his Kickstarter for his film I Am Santa Claus featuring Mick Foley. Tommy tells us tales of real beard Santas and gay bear Santas.  Please support Tommy's Kickstarter

LINK (right click to save)  49:58Craig and Guy tackle the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger flick Predator. They discuss Jesse The Body Ventura's role in the film, Jean-Claude Van Damme's lack of role in the film, the weird career of Sonny Landham and make some bad Chris Hansen jokes.

LINK 57:56Guy visits Craig at Christmas time so the duo can watch former WCW star Bill Goldberg play a psychopathic Santa Claus. They also chug eggnog, discuss the Norad Santa tracking thingie and miss Bob Culp.

LINK 57:34Craig Cohen and Guy Hutchinson review the WCW comedy "Ready To Rumble" and chat about Nitro Girls, WCW Champ David Arquette and President Obama's High School.

LINK 53:44Guy and Craig tackle three films, all with brief appearances from Jesse "The Body" Ventura. First, "Demolition Man", where they discuss ratburgers, the three seashells and the odd connection that Stallone had to Rob Schneider. Next, "Major League 2" where they talk about the amazing longevity of IMDb message board threads. Finally, it's "The Ringer" where they have their CD case broken in broad daylight.

LINK 1:02:22It's part two Guy and Craig's review of the Bret Hart 1998 TV documentary Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows. This time around they wrap up the film and get into side conversations about learning Vince McMahon owned WWF, the legacy of Owen Hart and sadly misguided Fannie Mae commercials.

LINK 55:12This is part one of a two part discussion of the 1998 A & E documentary "Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows". Craig Cohen and Guy Hutchinson review and discuss the Montreal Screwjob and discuss the Web TV and MCI TV commercials that accompanied the original broadcast.

LINK 01:02:01Guy and Craig have a spoiler filled Recoil discussion with the film's screenwriter John Sullivan. They cover the development of the film, the "supernatural" version that almost was, the differences between the script and the final film and the odd Google searches you'll find on a screenwriter's computer.Visit the Camel Clutch Cinema archive.

LINK 1:02:17Hollywood screenwriter Johnny Sullivan joins Craig and Guy to chat about the various scripts he has written including the Stone Cold Steve Austin film Recoil. Johnny tells wonderful tales about how he broke into the business, working with Steve Austin and pitching screenplays to The Rock and Sylvester Stallone.

LINK 1:02:02To coincide with the opening of Skyfall, Guy and Craig talk about the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger. This film stars Harold Sakata who wrestled as Tosh Togo! His career is examined and they talk about the sick story of Dr. Evil's Random Task.

LINK 1:02:32 Guy and Craig are at the movies this week to watch Dave Batista in The Man With the Iron Fists. They discuss Dave's career, Hurricane Sandy and The Undertaker's Wrestlemania streak as they buy movie tickets, sodas and nachos.

LINK 57:48 It's a Halloween show! Guy Hutchinson and Craig Cohen discuss the 2006 WWE Film: See No Evil, starring Kane. They relive all the crazy moments in Glenn Jacobs' career including Isaac Yankem D. D. S., Fake Diesel, Bruiser Mastino and The Christmas Creature. Next week: The ManWith the Iron Fists (starring Batista.) Do you have comments about The ManWith the Iron Fists? Shoot us an email at CamelClutchCinema@gmail.com

LINK 56:53 Craig and Guy engage in a epic discussion of Rocky III featuring the talents of wrestler turned actor Hulk Hogan and actor turned wrestler Mr. T. Here in part two, they break down the film scene by scene and get into the history of the Rocky Statue. Next week: Kane in See No Evil. 

LINK 58:33 Craig and Guy engage in a epic discussion of Rocky III featuring the talents of wrestler turned actor Hulk Hogan and actor turned wrestler Mr. T. Here in part one they discuss the impact this film had on Wrestlemania and the career of The Hulkster. Next week: MORE Rocky III.

LINK 58:02Craig and Guy cover Trish Stratus' debut film Bounty Hunters. They also discuss Trish's career and get into side conversations about Canada, poorly written IMDb bios and hobo's feet.

LINK 52:23Craig and Guy cover the 1952 film No Holds Barred, starring the comedy team The Bowery Boys. The history of the comedy team is detailed. Plus bios on the wrestlers in the film, including Hombre Montana, Ted Christy and Frank Jares! Then Guy and Craig get sidetracked by In Your House titles and  the "Fingerpoke of Doom".

LINK 56:10On this episode Guy Hutchinson and Craig Cohen speak to" ECW original" The Blue Meanie and filmmaker Tommy Avallone. Tommy has made several films that feature wrestlers in prominent roles.Tommy's website is wastedapples.comThe Blue Meanie's Twitter: http://twitter.com/TheeBlueMeanie Tommy Avallone's Twitter: http://twitter.com/RockHardKilla

LINK 58:33On this episode Craig Cohen and Guy Hutchinson review the luchador film Mystery in Bermuda from 1979. They also discuss the films stars: El Santo, Blue Demon and Mil Mascaras and side conversations about gimmicked guitars and Italian hot dog sandwiches.

LINK 56:20Guy and Craig review a three count of cameos all featuring Hulk Hogan! The films talked about are Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Spy Hard and Muppets from Space. The show also features talk of John Tenta, ice cream in Honky Tonk Man's hair and The Ropers tv series. Next week El Santo, Blue Demon and Mil Mascaras in Mystery in Bermuda! Visit the Camel Clutch Cinema archive.

LINK 59:39On this edition of Camel Clutch Cinema Craig and Guy review and discuss the 2010 WWE film Knucklehead starring The Big Show. The discussion eventually dissolves into talk of KFC, burgers and dunking potato chips in milk.Special episode next week!