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A podcast where we look at old entertainment media and ask "Does this still work?"

George Romaka & Joe Dixon


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    268 Signs 2002

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 48:05


    Mel Gibson, Hollywood's version of Elon Musk, stars in this movie about a man who loses his faith and then gets it back. Of course, he loses his religion for the same exact reason he had one. Because the script says so, that's why! Join the boys as they discuss.  Links Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org. You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Creator Accountability Network   Episcopal Priest Out https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-danville-news/169623405/ Plagiarism  https://www.newspapers.com/article/bristol-herald-courier/169623588/ Child abuse https://www.newspapers.com/article/tampa-bay-times/169623895/

    267 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 75:10


    The first kind is unidentified flying objects. The second kind is finding some sort of physical evidence. But this?  This is the third kind.  And those aren't the answers the boys need. The answer they need to know is if this movie still works.  Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Creator Accountability Network creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org. IMDB Trivia Entry about the writers https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075860/trivia/?item=tr0611753&ref_=ext_shr_lnk Wikipedia entry on the Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Arnold_UFO_sighting  

    265 Unfaithful 2002

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 44:10


    George Michael said you gotta have faith but nobody told the characters in this erotic thriller starring Diane Lane and Richard Gere.  Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Creator Accountability Network creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org. Chandra Levy https://www.newspapers.com/image/408319006/?match=1&terms=Gary%20Condit  

    265 Uncle Buck 1989

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 46:30


    Dead John Hughes pops in from Hell to answer some questions then the boys discuss this hit from the late great Canadian  comedian, John Candy. That's right, the star of today's film was from America's new axis of evil, Canada. Oh, how the world has changed since 1989.  Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Creator Accountability Network creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org. Berlin Wall https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune/168019542/  

    264 Lust, Caution 2007

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 62:22


    No, that's not the name Joe has for his dating life. Instead it's a movie about university students seeking to assassinate the leader of a puppet government in Japanese occupied Hong Kong during WW 2. There is also lots of sex, though, weirdly, not by most of the students.Listen to find out more. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Creator Accountability Network creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org. Hong Kong leader ‘elected' https://www.newspapers.com/article/pacific-daily-news/167487205/  

    263 Mona Lisa Smile 2003

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 50:27


    We're not sure what Mona Lisa had to smile about but you can't have a Julia Roberts's movie without her flashing one. But, did this movie leave the boys smiling?  Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Creator Accountability Network creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org. Wellesley's Most Famous Grad https://www.newspapers.com/image/442927347/?match=1&terms=%27Wellesley%20College%27 College Boys and Girls https://www.newspapers.com/image/232213459/?match=1&terms=women%20surpassing%20men%20in%20college  

    262 HOFFA (1992)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 40:02


    Do the young folks even know who Jimmy Hoffa was? More importantly, would they after seeing this movie? The boys discuss.  Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Creator Accountability Network creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org. Teamsters Endorse a Democrat https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press/166926435/ Bureau of Labor Statistics Report on Strikes in 1942 https://www.bls.gov/wsp/publications/annual-summaries/pdf/strikes-1942.pdf Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in Labor and Management https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Select_Committee_on_Improper_Activities_in_Labor_and_Management  

    261 Hook 1991

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 39:55


    Steven Spielberg, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts and Dustin Hoffman bring us a redux of Peter Pan but who the hell was asking for it? Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Creator Accountability Network creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org. Peter Pan First Appearance https://simonteen.com/2016/08/23/peter-pan-origin/ The Play https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2014/nov/25/top-10-things-peter-pan-facts-jm-barrie?page=with:img-2 Peter Pan Impersonator http://pixyland.org/peterpan/ JM Barrie https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/peter-pan-author-jm-barrie-cleared-of-being-a-paedophile-l556pl7ns  

    259 FaceOff 1997

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 49:32


    The faces go on and off when John Travolta and Nicolas Cage team up this goofy late 90s action flick. Join the boys as they discuss how workable face transplant surgery and this movie actually are.  Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 South Africa  https://www.newspapers.com/article/calgary-herald/164975804/ Ellen https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ithaca-journal/164990824/ Fun Facts about Face/Off https://www.gamespot.com/gallery/face-off-facts-23-things-you-need-to-know-before-y/2900-3437/  

    259 The Avengers 1998

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 45:19


    Yes, it's the Avengers. No, it's not that one. Wait, you ask. Isn't this Avengers the one with Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman that has a 5% rating on Rotten Tomatoes? Why are we covering a movie that everyone knows doesn't work? Good question, audience.    Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 CAN https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/ History Weather Machine https://www.newspapers.com/article/louth-target/164426270/ CIA recruitment https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune/164424383/ Israeli Spy scandal https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star/164424568/  

    258 The Bodyguard 1992

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 55:46


    Whitney Houston may always love you but will the boys love this movie?   Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Creator Accountability Network creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org. Music video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_soroUfKhM Bodyguard for son https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news/166383288/  

    257 Selma 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 48:15


    Show Notes Before he got turned into a cartoon who dreamed race didn't matter Martin Luther King was a flesh and blood human being who knew full well race totally mattered. This movie attempts to set the record straight.   Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Protest lack of action on Climate Change https://www.newspapers.com/image/584371984/?match=1&terms=People%E2%80%99s%20Climate%20March Protest Police Brutality https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/13/marchers-protest-police-brutality-new-york-washington-boston Solo Gaza Protest? https://www.newspapers.com/image/493439744/?match=1&terms=Gaza%20Protest%20 Turnaround Tuesday https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_to_Montgomery_marches#Second_march:_%22Turnaround_Tuesday%22  

    256 Glory 1989

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 43:35


    We continue our black history movie watch with the film that got Denzel Washington his first Oscar win. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Tanks https://www.newspapers.com/image/811167705/?match=1&terms=%20Infantry Invasion https://www.newspapers.com/image/1091277318/?match=1&terms=%20Infantry  

    255 12 Years A Slave 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 47:47


    Show Notes No, it's not about being a food service worker. 12 Years A Slave is about an actual slave. And, spoiler alert, being a slave is really, really bad. But is the film? Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Slavery By Another Name https://www.pbs.org/video/slavery-another-name-slavery-video/ Modern Day Slavery https://www.newspapers.com/image/166123659/?match=1 Louisiana Indians Who Defied Removal: as seen in "12 Years a Slave" https://www.indigenousnetwork.org/post/louisiana-indians-who-defied-removal-as-seen-in-12-years-a-slave  

    254 Misery 1990

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025 40:33


    Will George and Joe be the number one fan of this movie about the bookworm who goes way, way too far?     Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Elvis Stamp https://www.newspapers.com/image/539618339/?match=1&terms=fans%20devotion Stalker  https://www.newspapers.com/image/175496102/?match=1&terms=Rebecca%20Schaeffer 15 Fictional Movie Pharmaceutical Drugs and Their Real-Life Alternatives https://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/15-fictional-movie-pharmaceutical-drugs-and-their-real-life-alternatives/index.html  

    253 Blade 1998

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2025 33:13


    He's half man and half vampire but all Wesley Snipes. Join the boys as they go back to 1998 and chat about the very first entry in what would one day become  the Marvel Cinematic Universe. https://riverside.fm/studio/253-blade-1998?t=3c5d9df1520f042d1442 Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Wikipedia on Blade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_(1998_film) Facts about Blade https://screenrant.com/blade-facts-didnt-know-about-franchise-movie/  

    252 Cool Runnings 1993

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 44:27


    This film is described as loosely based on the Jamaican national bobsleigh team at the 1988 Winter Olympics. But the word, loosely, is doing a lot of work there. Regardless of that though, does this picture still hold up? Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Interview with two of the REAL 1988 Jamaican Olympic Bobsledders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLQkCemE_Xs  

    251 Addams Family Values 1993

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2025 46:43


    In popular culture the term Family Values originated with George W. Bush Administration and was used in the 1990s as shorthand for morally upright but really meant, no social safety net and “let's discriminate against The Gays.” Fortunately, this movie has nothing to do with that so that's a point in its favor. But does it offer anything more? Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 The Bobbitts https://www.newspapers.com/image/980598140/?match=1&terms=Lorena%20Bobbitt%20 Lobster Boy https://www.newspapers.com/image/738906479/?match=1&terms=Lobster%20Boy Grady Stiles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grady_Stiles Ojibwe - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ojibwe  

    250 Audition 1999

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2025 47:06


    It's our 250th episode! Join the boys in celebration by listening to them do what they do every week. But just because it's not out of the ordinary doesn't mean this episode isn't special.  On today's show we look at a Japanese horror classic that is considered both feminist and anti feminist at the same time.    Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Audition (The Movie) @ Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/Audition_201702 Japanese Recession https://www.newspapers.com/image/617859816/?match=1&terms=Japan%20 Dioxin https://www.newspapers.com/image/618869283/?match=1&terms=Japan%20 Nuclear https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald/160444727/ Random facts https://www.roughguides.com/articles/facts-about-japan/  

    249 Home Alone 1990

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2024 45:07


    Were this a drama, this would be the story of someone suffering from severe psychopathy but it's a comedy so when a kid sets up a blow torch to fry someone's scalp it becomes a laugh riot.   Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 High School Break In https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-breese-journal/159599925/ Big bucks https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times/159603091/  

    248 Killer of Sheep 1978

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 80:47


    This story of a slaughterhouse employee living in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts in the late 70s certainly has it's fans but will the boys be among them?     Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Watts Festival 1978 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/159070441/ Killer of Sheep Press Kit https://www.killerofsheep.com/images/KOSfinalPK.pdf Judas Goats: Agriculture's Bizarre, Drug-Addicted Masters of Deceit Once Ruled the Killing Floor https://www.agweb.com/news/livestock/beef/judas-goats-agricultures-bizarre-drug-addicted-masters-deceit-once-ruled-killing-floor  

    247 The Candidate 1972

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 40:10


    At one time in America you couldn't be a convicted felon and rapist and still get to be President of the United States. The boys take look at a film from that bygone era.    Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Nixon defeats McGovern https://www.nytimes.com/1972/11/09/archives/new-jersey-pages-president-won-49-states-and-521-electoral-votes.html Real Reason for War On Drugs https://www.vox.com/2016/3/22/11278760/war-on-drugs-racism-nixon  

    246 The Breakfast Club 1985

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2024 39:57


    Don't you forget about this movie. Don't, don't, don't, don't don't you, forget about this movie. Join the boys as they discuss this popular John Hughes flick otherwise they'll be alone, dancing, you know it, baby. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Summer jobs https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/26/nyregion/summer-jobs-are-there-so-is-teen-ager-shortage.html Teen preg https://www.newspapers.com/image/340386956/?match=1&terms=teens  

    245 Dear White People 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 61:08


    We pop back a mere 10 years ago (doesn't it seem longer than that?) and check out this film about black college students on a predominately white campus and the tensions that went along with it.   Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Brock University Blackface https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-standard/158285707/ Arizona Blackout https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-arizona-republic/158286515/  

    244 The Last Detail 1973

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2024 47:17


    Baby faced Randy Quid gets led to the hoosegow by a mustachioed Jack Nicholson and a not- as-famous-as-those-two-Otis Young. And that's it. That's the movie. Could a story this basic not work? Have a listen and find out.  Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Sailors Smoke The Ganja https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ithaca-journal/156979164/ Black Sailors Complaints https://www.newspapers.com/article/independent/156978658/ Sailor Given Prison Time https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant/157018457/

    243 How Stella Got Her Groove Back 1998

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 32:43


    Spoiler: She got her groove back by schtupping a guy half her age. Would you like to know more? Join the boys as they discuss.  Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Jamaican Tourism https://www.newspapers.com/article/record-searchlight/156575672/ Wealth  https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner/156576288/ Romance Novels https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-modesto-bee/156576580/  

    242 Panic in The Streets 1950

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2024 39:39


    Show Notes We're going back over 70 years to explore this story of sick crooks and the attempt to bring them in before they contaminate the whole town with bubonic plague. This flick is a way long time ago, can it possibly still work? Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867   Panic in the Streets @ Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/panic-in-the-street-1950 Polio Outbreak https://www.newspapers.com/article/clarion-news/157715663/ Measles https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-era-leader/157716440/ Udulant Fever https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-era-leader/157717405/  

    241 Beetlejuice 1988

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2024 43:11


    We hear this movie got a sequel. Did you know about that? Anyway, the boys take a look at the original.  Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Ghost Vacaction https://www.newspapers.com/image/676570930/?match=1&terms=ghost Ghost Ship https://www.newspapers.com/image/970562907/?match=1&terms=ghost  

    240 Gloria 1980

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2024 39:09


    No, it's not Archie Bunker's daughter (Wait, does anyone born after 1983 get that reference?). Rather she's a mob moll with a little boy to protect. It's the pod's first John Cassavetes movie. Cassavetes was a big deal director in his time but are the boys impressed? Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast  https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 John Lennon Murder, Aftermath https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news/155211001/ Not enough Lock ‘Em Ups https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news/155213082/ Mafia https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news/155217167/

    239 The Professional 1994

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024 44:06


    This is a heartwarming story of a hitman who protects a 12 year old girl from murderous cops and the little girl turns around and…falls in love with him? Wait, what?! No, honestly what the f- Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867  

    238 The Evil Dead 1981 Guest Kitt Nowokunski

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2024 55:29


    See Bruce Campbell as you've never seen him before…with one eyebrow. Bruce's unibrow is the least disturbing thing to come out of this film that kicked off The Evil Dead films series. Will that unfortunate scene with the tree ruin this horror epic? Listen in as Kitt and the boys discuss.  Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Log Cabin https://www.newspapers.com/article/johnson-city-press/156117663/ Demonic Possession https://www.newspapers.com/article/johnson-city-press/156121198/ Shots fired https://www.newspapers.com/image/112203783/?match=1&terms=Nashville  

    237 Stir Crazy 1980

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 42:30


    With this film Richard Pryor became the first black actor in US history to get a million bucks for a movie.This is also the first R-rated comedy by a black director (Sidney Poiter!) to make more than $100 million. Which is great and all but does the film still work? Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Bank Robberies https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-daily-star/153880924/ Escapee https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-daily-star/153882847/

    236 Little Shop of Horrors 1986

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2024 36:55


    On the 19th day of the month of December in a middle year of a decade not too long before our own the human race suddenly encountered a movie musical starring Rick Moranis. Join the boys as they tap their feet and discuss if it still works.  Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Skid Row https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news/153301270/ Musicals https://www.theatretrip.com/musicals-of-the-1980s/#1986  

    235 Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 2005 Guest Jacqueline Carr

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2024 68:36


    In the UK pants are what Americans call underwear. Was this movie called traveling pants in England? And if so, were people disappointed when they weren't watching a film with everyone running around in their panties? Anyway, what did Joe and George think of this movie? Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Documentary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_of_the_Penguins Girl's Soccer https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun/152937441/ Mall https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-times/152937773/  

    234 The People vs. Larry Flynt 1996

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2024 33:43


    He's a smut peddler. She's a drug-addled stripper. And they are…in love? That aside, the most shocking thing in this pic is being reminded that the Supreme Court wasn't always a rubber stamp for right wing BS. Join the boys as they discuss that and anything else that pops into their heads.  Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Porn Ban https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-winchester-sun/154301004/ Cable Ban https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post/154303560/ Making Porn Play https://www.newspapers.com/article/la-weekly/154324511/ Susan Faludi article https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1995/10/30/the-money-shot Jerry Falwell, Hustler Capri Ad https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/asayq/hustler_magazine_vs_jerry_falwellthe_pic_that/#lightbox Patron Script Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dD6g0LjqC_U0Gfyxo53r4H6nYSI9xnUNyzMLQI2kztI/edit?usp=sharing  

    233 Ten Things I Hate About You 1999

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 40:40


    It's Taming of the Shrew but set in a high school because, honestly, would you sit through Shakespeare unless it had an updated spin? Shakespeare straight is boring. Dude wrote his plays over 400 years ago. You think his stuff is still fresh? And is this movie? The boys find out. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 WTO Protests https://www.newspapers.com/image/805614350/ The Truth About 7 Common Concussion Myths https://www.medstarhealth.org/blog/truth-7-common-concussion-myths  

    232 Win Win 2011

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2024 35:28


    Paul Giamatti plays a lawyer who engages in defrauding an elderly client while getting mixed up in the life of a nice teenager and his not so nice mom. Joe hasn't seen this movie since it came out. George has never seen it. Will it win the boys over? Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 HS Wrestling.  https://www.newspapers.com/image/926848456/?match=1&terms=Wrestling Crooked Lawyer https://www.newspapers.com/image/144572479/?match=1&terms=lawyer%2C%20Guardian Patron Script Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KGlLAkRwY8z85p6NVEC_E0XGh36KQJKgT50DJhKGLN0/edit?usp=sharing  

    231 Anger Management 2003

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 47:46


    One of the hosts of this program had to manage his anger as he sat through this Adam SandlerJack Nicholson movie that he…did…not…like.. Listen and find out which one.    Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Pill Culture Pops https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/features/n_8763/ Genetic Map https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news/151233889/  

    230 Gone Baby Gone 2007

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 35:26


    The world's worst mom, Boston's dirtiest cops , a very young PI and a missing child add up to one very unusual child abduction case. Or is it a child abduction case? George and Joe look into the mystery that was Gone Baby Gone.    Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 World Series https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/150755927/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/150756834/ Baby Names http://www.babynamescience.com/baby-names-by-state/most-popular-in-Massachusetts-boy-2008 Bomb Scare https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/150758937/  

    229 Crimson Tide 1995

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024 43:51


    Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman star. Do you enjoy all male movies with lots of shouting and no sex? Then this may be the movie for you. But what do the boys think?     Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Rebels https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/16/world/chechen-rebels-said-to-kill-hostages-at-russian-hospital.html Violation https://www.newspapers.com/image/237486177/  

    228 Doubt 2008

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 34:34


    Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a priest who might or might not be a pedo. Meryl Streep is a nun who thinks there is no might about it, he's a  pedo. Meanwhile,  poor Amy Adams doesn't know what to think. But George and Joe do. Have a listen. Links  You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Pope at Yankee Stadium https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/us/nationalspecial2/21pope.html Newsday Poll https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday/149563134/  

    227 Death Race 2000 1975 w/ Kitt Nowokunski

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024 63:52


    Ever hear someone refer to vehicular homicide as “earning points?” This is where that started. Joe takes a vacation, George does history, and Kitt Nowokunski tells us all about Death Race 2000 from 1975! Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Nazi's Wife Wants Out https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition-nazis-wife-wa/149369935/ Lake Hill's New Figure 8 Races Likened To Demolition Derbies https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-lake-hills-new/149370331/ Racetrack Management School Set https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-racetrack-management/149371334/  

    226 GI JANE 1997

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 56:24


    She's a real American hero! Join the boys as they look back at this film about a woman who joins the Navy SEALS.  Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Seal Imposter https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/1997/nov/26/sealed-fate/ Navy Seal Dies https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1997/vp970411/04110585.htm Navy Seal Training https://www.military.com/military-fitness/navy-special-operations/buds-warning-order  

    225 Love and Basketball 2000

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2024 53:49


    We Americans have had Love American Style. We've had a Love Boat. We had a Love Story. And 24 years ago we got Love and Basketball. Now the boys see if it still works. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Los Angeles Lakers https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-signal/148957599/ Weddings https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=103506&page=1 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee/148960470/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/1083120.stm UK Wife Carrying Race https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Tekg7RmymQ  

    224 Starship Troopers 1997

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2024 41:29


    Are the bugs the baddies or is it the human race? Well, only one of them looks fascist as hell and it's not the insects. The boys discuss.        Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Nazi Gold https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-modesto-bee/148470550/ UFO https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star/148477782/  

    223 Down Periscope 1996

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 41:16


    We've seen misfits in a police academy. We've seen misfits in a school. We've seent misfits in a mall. Now, we get misfits on a submarine! Oh, boy! Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Roboships https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-berkshire-eagle/147303174/ Spy https://www.newspapers.com/article/baraboo-news-republic/147303485/  

    222 Full Metal Jacket 1987

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 48:06


    Hey, you maggot!. We will not love you long time. We will not sucky sucky. But we will tell you what we think of this movie. And you will be happy about it, you goddamn communist heathen.      Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 How accurate is the portrayal of the Marine Corps boot camp in Full Metal Jacket? https://qr.ae/psUI0m Booze and Sex Scandal https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,963991-2,00.html Sgt Stufflebeam https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/09/10/A-military-jury-cleared-Staff-Sgt-Robert-Stufflebeam-Thursday/1535558244800/ Demoted https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/09/12/marine-demoted-in-spy-scandal/ Charges Dropped https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/13/world/us-drops-its-case-against-a-marine-in-embassy-spying.html  

    221 Rent 2005

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2024 54:35


    Moo with us! Or maybe get a place in Santa Fe? We promise, it won't take us 525,600 minutes to tell you what we think of this movie.      Housing Bias https://www.newspapers.com/image/410110939/?match=1&terms=Rent%20strike HIV https://www.newspapers.com/image/709849253/?match=1&terms=HIV%20New%20York%20City Open Mic https://www.newspapers.com/image/709812528/?match=1&terms=East%20Village%20 Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867  

    220 Buffalo Soldiers 2003

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024 37:54


    Released after 9/11 and the start of the war in Iraq this film left American audiences pretty damn angry. Criminal GIs and low life, if not outright incompetent military officers, were not going with the prevailing zeitgeist to say the least. Well, it's now been over 20 years, why not  join the boys as they explore how this film plays today?     Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105   ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867   Germany and France Oppose War https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser/145738864/   NBC News War Stats https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/iraq-war-numbers-rcna75762   Donohue fired https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/26/business/msnbc-cancels-the-phil-donahue-talk-show.html   The Real Reason Donohue was fired https://fair.org/press-release/some-critical-media-voices-face-censorship/  

    219 Buck and The Preacher 1972

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 41:19


    It's an old movie that George has never even heard but Joe sure has. He watched it in real time, so you know it's old, and so is he, but does it still work? Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867  

    218 Cocktail 1988

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024 37:49


    Show Notes Look, a movie can be dumber than a box of rocks and still work…or not. We will discuss. But here is the real question, were drinking and dining establishments wildly understaffed in the late 80s? Because every place in this film looks packed and yet only one or two people seem to be on staff. WTF? Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 ‎Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867 Long Island Iced Tea https://www.thedailymeal.com/1259807/the-most-popular-cocktail-the-year-you-were-born/#:~:text=Long%20Island%20iced%20tea%3A%201988&text=1988%20was%20also%20the%20year,year%20of%20that%20particular%20movie. Seven Up Gold https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday/146156547/ Jamaica Bobsledding https://www.newspapers.com/image/704846832/?match=1&terms=Jamaica%20Winter%20Olympics  

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