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In this episode of the Midwest Flyways Podcast, the crew dives into everything from replica duck bands and waterfowl conservation to predator management and bizarre wildlife facts. The guys swap stories about banded birds, discuss the rising costs of replica bands for mounts and lanyards, and debate the realities of predator control for ducks, turkeys, and other nesting birds. They also break down fascinating coyote behavior, wolf population controversies, and the “circle of life” moments every outdoorsman witnesses eventually. Of course, it wouldn't be Midwest Flyways without plenty of off-the-rails banter — including Bad Santa discussions, James Bond debates, Patrick Star references, and Joey trying to claw his way back in the standings as the episode wraps up with another round of Say What?!, featuring record-setting ducks, mourning doves, canvasbacks, and more. If you love hunting culture, waterfowl conservation, hilarious tangents, and hanging out with friends talking outdoors, this one's for you. Thanks so much for listening and be sure to subscribe and review! Join Flyways Hunt Club and get 1 month free! Flyways Hunt Club New Waterfowl Film out now! Out West | Waterfowl Hunting in Montana Stay comfortable, dry and warm: First Lite (Code MWF20) Go to OnXHunt to be better prepared for your hunt: OnX Learn more about better ammo: Migra Ammunitions Weatherby Sorix: Weatherby Support Conservation: DU (Code: Flyways) Stop saying "Huh?" with better hearing protection: Soundgear Live Free: Turtlebox Add motion to your spread: Flashback Better Merch: /SHOP
This week on The 80s Movie Podcast, host Edward Havens launches a new semi-regular series, Produced and Abandoned, spotlighting films that were completed but largely discarded by their distributors. First up: the bizarre and nearly forgotten 1980 horror-comedy Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype, a very loose retelling of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," starring Oliver Reed in a dual role, and written and directed by Charles B. Griffith, the legendary screenwriter behind The Little Shop of Horrors. Produced by Cannon Films, the movie was rushed from concept to completion in just a few months, only to practically vanish from theaters. Edward explores the film's wild production history, from Griffith's original comedy concept and failed attempt to cast Dick Van Dyke to Oliver Reed's last-minute involvement and the movie's mysterious disappearance after only a handful of theatrical screenings. Plus: the connections to cult favorites like Condorman and The Apple, the strange international afterlife of the film on VHS, and why forgotten studio castoffs like Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype still deserve rediscovery decades later. ----more---- Transcript From Los Angeles, California, the entertainment capital of the world. It's The 80s Movie Podcast. I'm your host, Edward Havens. Thank you for listening today. Today, on this 137th episode of the show, I'm going to be starting a new semi-regular series called Produced and Abandoned, that brings movies that were made and barely exhibited back to the spotlight, if even only for a moment. One of the many advantages of having a non-linear podcast like this one is that I, as the host and the researcher and the writer, can zag unexpectedly at a moment's notice when I feel compelled to. And that happened to me this week. For a film historian like myself who focuses on movies from a specific discipline like, say, from the 1980s, the internet is a veritable cornucopia of people who share in some way many of your same passions, and you will find them doing a lot of the legwork unintentionally for you, or pointing you in a direction you didn't know you needed to go. In 2026, I. Edward Havens, still have an active Facebook account, which I mainly use to keep in touch with my friends and family who are scattered throughout the globe. I have curated my feed so that the non-relative crazy uncles and aunts of the world, with their tinfoil hats and indecipherable conspiracy theories about the strangest subjects, do not reach me. So it's not as toxic a space as many people know it to be. Some time last week, thanks to filmmaker Adam Rifkin, I learned about a private Facebook group called Old Movie Newspaper and Print Ads from Around the World. Nearly a century of digital newspaper clippings, mostly from the United States and mostly from the 1970s and 1980s. If, for example, if you wanted to know how many theaters the god awful 1988 Joe Piscopo horror/action/comedy film Dead Heat opened at in Detroit in May of 1988, I can tell you that now. It was twenty one theaters, by the way. Including four drive ins. And while perusing this private Facebook group of insane movie nerds, my kind of people, I saw an ad for an Oliver Reed movie I had never heard of before, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hype. Well, the episode that I had been working on, that I've been tinkering with for damn more than two years now, was moved to the backburner once again, for the time being. I had to learn more about this movie, and I had to learn about it right then and there, because that's who I am. At one thirty in the morning, with a toddler ready to wake up in five and a half hours. I was exhausted, but at least I was going to get the ball rolling. And what I discovered is just how amazingly quick this film went from concept to writing, to production to completion. In an interview published in the 1997 book "BackStory 3: Interviews with Screenwriters of the 1960s," the film's writer and director, Charles B. Griffith, described how the film came together. The title, originally "Doctor Feelgood and Mr. Hype," was one of several joke titles and ideas that Griffith had come up with for an expected meeting with Francis Ford Coppola about getting a movie made in the late 1970s. Griffith's own pitch for the film was that a hippie invents a new drug that turns its users into advertising executives. It was more meant to be an opening icebreaker joke than a real movie. After filming the movie Up From the Depths in the Philippines in 1978, Griffith would find himself talking to Cannon Films co-president Menahem Golan, who wanted Griffith to write a screenplay for The Happy Hooker Goes to Hollywood. While that film would get made, it would get made without Griffith ever signing on to it. But the two men would continue to talk regularly, as Griffith had been a roommate of Golan's when the Israeli filmmaker first arrived in America. And during one of those talks around New Year's Day of 1980s, Golan asked Griffith, who had just finished a two decade long, two dozen screenplay working relationship with Roger Corman, what he wanted to do next, Griffith would blurt out, for whatever reason, the title and pitch for "Doctor Feelgood and Mr. Hype," and Golan loved the idea. He was ready to put $750,000 into the production, provided Griffith had the film ready in four months... Ready to screen at the Cannes Film Market in four months, that is. Now, Griffith hadn't written a script for "Doctor Feelgood" at this point. All he had was that very basic one line concept, because it was never meant to be an actual film. Breaking down his timeline, Griffith figured he had three weeks to write and prep the film, a month to shoot, and two weeks to edit the footage. Of the $750,000 budget. Griffith would get twenty five thousand dollars to write and another twenty five thousand dollars to direct. As mentioned a moment ago, Griffith was a veteran of working with Roger Corman, so getting a shooting script ready in three weeks shouldn't have been a problem. Griffith, after all, had famously written the screenplay for The Little Shop of Horrors in just two days, and Griffith would completely change the direction of the story as well as the title. Cannon's own press release for the film would sum up the new story thusly... Horror spoof. Very loosely based on the R. L. Stevenson story, Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Lovable yet unattractive, chiropodist doctor Henry Heckle takes an overdose of a slimming drug, believing it will kill him. The drug transforms him and he becomes handsome and slim. He seduces several women, all of whom recoil from him when they see the ugliness in his eyes. The drug begins to wear off, and he takes a second dose, and he begins to terrorize the local community. Finally, he realizes that his love, Coral, loves him for himself, preferring the physically ugly but the spiritually beautiful. At first, Griffith tried to get the legendary Dick Van Dyke to play the titular characters, but Mr. Van Dyke was booked for all of 1980, appearing in the title role in a Broadway revival and U.S. tour of The Music Man. So he would turn to his second choice, who was, naturally as one would expect as a second choice to be for the wiry, immensely talented singer, dancer and actor Dick Van Dyke, the incredibly talented but somewhat pudgy, hirsute and not exactly known as a singer and dancer, Oliver Reed. By 1980, Mr. Reed had lost a lot of his star luster that made him an unusual heartthrob throughout the late 60s and early 70s. Not that he wasn't working on a regular basis. In fact, when Reed agreed to take the lead roles here, Griffith would have exactly one week to work with the legendary actor, who had a tiny hole in his schedule before he needed arrive in Paris to begin production on Disney's Condorman. That wouldn't be a problem for Griffith, who was used to dealing with massive production changes at the last minute. Reed's casting was announced to the press in late February, after Griffith had already cast Catherine Mary Stewart, who had recently finished her first film role in Menahem Golan's The Apple, as Coral, the beautiful young woman who falls for Heckyl, as well as Corman regulars Mel Welles and Dick Miller, and Jackie Coogan, the child star of Charlie Chaplin's The Kid Who found a renewed fame as Uncle Fester on the beloved 1960s television sitcom The Addams Family. The film would also be the first film for diminutive actor Tony Cox, best known as Marcus from the Bad Santa movies. Filming was scheduled to begin on March 3rd in Los Angeles. The schedule front loaded to get everything they needed from Reid before they lost him. But just before filming began, Griffith would lose his leading lady. I can't find out why Catherine Mary Stewart left the film before production began, but Griffith would find her replacement in Sonny Johnson. Johnson certainly had more film experience than Stewart, having appeared on an episode of Charlie's Angels, and featured in Bill Murray's Where the Buffalo Roam and in Animal House... although her scenes in the latter film would end up on the proverbial cutting room floor. Johnson would go on to co-star alongside Jennifer Beals in 1983's Flashdance, before sadly passing away in June of 1984 at the age of thirty of a ruptured aneurysm. She would join the cast the day before production began. Despite the legendary tales of Reed and his love of debauchery and excessive drinking, there are no contemporary reports of him being anything but an absolute gentleman on and off the set during his time with the production. The only issue Griffith had with the actor was that Reed had a fantastic take on heckle with a brilliant New York accent and sophistication. But, for Hyde, he would be slow and ponderous. You know, like the stereotypes of Oliver Reed. Busy with production, Griffith never noticed that in the Hollywood press, Cannon Films had, in promoting the 17 films they'd be selling at the Cannes Film Festival's market in early May, been telling the press that the budget for Dr. Heckyl was not $750,000, but $3,000,000. A not unusual mood for producers trying to get bigger sales from foreign markets. But sure enough, Griffith would have a 99 minute movie fully edited by Skip Schoolnik, whose next editing job would be on Halloween 2, and a musical score by Richard Band, ready for its first Cannes Film Market screening on May 11th. The film would screen a total of 8 times in 11 days, although there aren't any reports of how many countries cannon might have sold the film to during those two weeks. From all contemporary appearances, Cannon was preparing to open the film in the United States on October 10th, a date seemingly picked because Oliver Reed would be done with Condorman and not due on the set of his next film, Tobe Hooper's Venom, until the end of October. And as would be the norm in 1980, Cannon would prepare a sneak preview of the film to gauge audience reaction. On Friday, July 18th,1980, Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype would have a sneak preview at the Nickelodeon Theater in Boston, and according to the person who posted the image in the Movie Ads Facebook group, that would be the only paying public screening of the film, that it would be shelved forever from theatrical screening ,and banished to an otherwise ignoble premiere on VHS some years later. And while that is mostly true, it's not exactly one hundred percent true. I was able to find at least two actual theatrical release play dates, both opening on that same July 18th as the Boston sneak preview, at the Golden Mile Twin and the Imperial 6 in Toronto, two evening shows a day at the Golden Mile and five daily shows at the Imperial 6. The only contemporary hint as to how the film played in Toronto was that both screens dropped the film after a single week. Cannon would continue to promote and show the movie at various film festivals and markets around the globe, including at the Montreal Film Festival in late August 1980, where Menachem Golan's crazy disco sci-fi musical The Apple was screening in competition. And in an August 26th, 1980 article about Cannon Films in The Hollywood Reporter, it would be stated that Dr. Heckyl was one of eight movies Cannon was still planning to release theatrically before the end of the year. Except that never ended up happening. Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype does not appear to have ever played in any cinema outside of, maybe, one screening at a film festival in Barcelona on June 8th, 1981, but I can't find anything about this screening outside of a listing on the IMDb's Release info page. The film would start showing up on VHS tapes around the world, with titles like Experiência Fatal in Brazil, Boyfriend and Wild in Greece, Dr. Hekiru to Mr. Haipu in Japan. And my personal favorite, I'm Ugly, But I Want to Conquer in Hungary. In May of 2026, one can find the movie available for free with ads on the Tubi platform, as well as a pirated copy on the most popular English language video sharing platform. I might sit down one day and watch it, but as I said on the previous episode, I have a lot of plans for this podcast. Thank you for joining us. We'll talk again, hopefully, real soon. Remember to visit this episode's page on our website, https://the80smoviepodcast.com/, for extra materials about Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype. The 80s Movie Podcast has been researched, written, narrated, and edited by Edward Havens for Idiosyncratic Entertainment. Thank you again. Good night.
TUESDAY HR 4 Monsters with an assist from Dreama Little break down this list of things men do that irritate women. Bad Santa & The Angry Elves instudio!! Jeff Howell proclaims that he is done with the blues!
Joe Escalante's weekly rectal exam of the business end of showbiz. This week: Joe is in Denver, managing Sublime at Red Rocks... You know, the boring, usual stuff... It was decent weekend at the Box Office... Joe and Sam are still in the afterglow of seeing Project Hail Mary. The Drama... Joe saw it, and enjoyed the premise. Good Movie! Joe looks ahead at the upcoming Michael Jackson movie... We'll see where all that goes... Joe remembers the good ol' days when rock stars used to drink a lot of alcohol when performing live on stage... now, they are staying well hydrated and hallucinagen'd... Live Nation violated anti-trust laws... We'll see how the government punishes (or doesn't) them for it... Avoid Santa Cons. In case you need any more convincing, Joe will tell you why...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sarah Aubrey has spent her career helping shape some of television's most talked-about stories — from producing films like Bad Santa to leading original programming at HBO Max.But in this conversation, we go beyond Hollywood and into the deeper question many ambitious professionals face: What happens when achievement stops feeling like the goal?Sarah shares candid insights about leadership, navigating industry disruption, mentoring teams, and why she stopped chasing titles in favor of building a career aligned with what actually brings her joy.We talk about the confidence gap between men and women, how to lead through uncertainty, and why expanding your sandbox can be more powerful than constantly jumping to the next one.…Show Notes: Sarah's book recommendation: Pema Chödrön - Comfortable with Uncertainty More about Sarah: Working with the best storytellers from around the world, Aubrey is focused on broadening HBO Max's audience with a range of breakthrough programming. Her slate includes the Emmy-winning titles THE PITT (Best Drama Series) and HACKS (Best Comedy Series), Golden Globe and Emmy-decorated THE PENGUIN, and hits like AND JUST LIKE THAT..., PEACEMAKER, DUNE: PROPHECY, and IT: WELCOME TO DERRY. She is also overseeing the highly anticipated HARRY POTTER series, which is currently in production in the UK. Previously, she developed the critically acclaimed Max Originals LOVE & DEATH, STATION ELEVEN, THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT, SCAVENGERS REIGN, and THE STAIRCASE along with comedies like THE SEX LIVES OF COLLEGE GIRLS, OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH, STARSTRUCK, and more.
Rob Fenn is our guest in the Acement this week. Rob is the creator of Ground Control Radio, which BTF is now part of M-F at 10am EST. Rob is a man of many talents; musician, photograph, radio, and ranch owner to name of few. He has many famous friends (episode title) and continues to work with them. Rob has a story of getting let go from a radio job that is a legend in the business. Check out Rob Fenn at https://www.robfenn.com/robs-story.html#/Check out Ground Control Radio at https://www.groundcontrolradio.net/Check out Ace at https://www.aceaceto.lol/ and Scott at https://scotthigginscomedy.com/Go to https://www.buymeacoffee.com/behindthefQ to buy us a coffee or a bourbon. Get your BTF gear at https://btfpodstore.dashery.com/
As always, we're staying festive till February! The Christmas Movie pick for this January is Bad Santa. We had conflicting opinions....Instagram: @heyitstwogirls, @classicSTINA @daniellecobianchiTwitter: @heyitstwogirls, @classicSTINATwo Girls Drink Beer Youtube
This is a preview of a premium episode from the Patreon feed, TIYA After Dark! Head to patreon.com/thisisyourafterlife to hear this full episode and all the others for just $5 a month.I got to talk about my favorite movie with the hosts of my favorite podcast! My guests this week, Pod Casty for Me's Jake Serwin and Ian Rhine, have not appeared on the main feed. YET! But I couldn't resist easing them into the TIYA universe with a talk about a movie I first saw in the fall of 2024 that has since become one of my all-time favorites: William Peter Blatty's Exorcist III! This is the most excited I've been to release an episode since relaunching the podcast, and that is really saying something. This is a wonderful conversation about faith, art, politics, and horror, on screen and in life, wrapped in a blanket of hating on Pete Holmes. Suffice it to say, you don't need to have seen the movie to enjoy this ep! But just FYI, it does spoil plot. I can't say E3 has edged out Bad Santa as my favorite movie ever, but I was not exaggerating when I said Pod Casty for Me is my favorite podcast. If you dig This Is Your Afterlife and want a podcast with a similar worldview but not similar subject matter, you should check out Jake and Ian's show. I hope you join the Patreon to hear the whole two and a half hour episode, and I'm even offering it as a standalone release over there for $3. If not, enjoy this meatier than usual preview.Follow Pod Casty for Me:https://www.podcastyforme.comhttps://www.patreon.com/PodCastyForMehttps://twitter.com/podcastyformehttps://www.instagram.com/podcastyformehttps://www.youtube.com/@podcastyformeFollow/contact This Is Your Afterlife:https://thisisyourafterlife.comhttps://www.instagram.com/thisisyourafterlifethisisyourafterlifepodcast@gmail.comMusic by TIYA house band Lake Mary:https://lakemary.bandcamp.comhttps://www.instagram.com/chaz.prymekArtwork by Matt Sage:https://www.instagram.com/matthewjsage
RMR 0345: Special Guests, Rebecca Davis and Ainslie Caswell join your host, Dustin Melbardis for the Retro Movie Roundtable as they revisit It's a Bad Santa (2003) [R] Genre: Christmas, Comedy, Crime Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Lauren Graham, Brett Kelly, Lauren Tom, John Ritter, Bernie Mac Directed by: Terry Zwigoff Recorded on 2025-12-14
¡Olvídate del espumillón! En esta segunda parte de nuestro especial navideño, en Frikimalismo FM nos metemos hasta el fondo del árbol… y descubrimos lo que hay debajo: horror, caos y mucho carbón. Hablamos del lado oscuro y alternativo de la Navidad en el cine, donde Papá Noel da miedo, los regalos estallan y la nieve huele a venganza. De Krampus a Bad Santa, pasando por clásicos que ocultan más traumas que villancicos, analizamos esas pelis que demuestran que la Navidad también tiene su reverso tenebroso. Prepárate para un especial con más sangre que muérdago, más sarcasmo que espíritu navideño… y el mismo nivel de siempre. Con Mon Suárez y Lusi Craich. Y los memes de @diamocasin. Con El Selenita a cargo de la creatividad digital. Y el Dictador Supremo Frikimalismo se meterá con vosotros por ver esta maravilla de programa y para recordaros que hay que mandar MX Dollars. Haz eso que no haces nunca de darle la LIKE y SUSCRIBIRTE. Twitter: @frikimalismofm Instagram: @frikimalismofm
This week we have...A New Year with Mike and Bill! Same old stuff, different year.Mike started out with his reading and it was about blame and hiding. We were always good at that before we got sober and it could be an easy trap to fall back into. It was a good conversation.We chatted about some medical stuff, New Year's Resolutions, Dry January, Mike's trip to see classic stuff from MAD Magazine, triggers and glimmers, detaching, expressing your feelings, geographicals, Jim Beam shutting down and becoming more difficult with age. Then we wrapped up with Bad Santa. It's a classic.Enjoy the episode.Visit us Podcast www.sobernotmature.comStore www.sobernotmatureshop.comHobo www.themoderndayhobo.com
It's the final episode of the year and we're going out sparkly, chaotic, and very on brand ✨ This week, we're joined by the incredible Melanie Eaton (Helms), Richmond-based luxury fashion, boudoir, and branding photographer, plus ME Program member Hannah, for a conversation about confidence, creativity, community, and taking bold artistic risks.We talk disposable cameras, Barbie shoots, Vikings, mermaids, snakes (yes, real ones), and why overthinking is the hardest thing to photograph. PLUS—Big Daddy brings us some truly unhinged Bad Santa crimes, and we round things out with high-key and low-key New Year's Eve plans around Richmond.
Send us a textOn this Episode, Tom and Bert cover and discuss their Top 10 Christmas/Holiday Movies of all time.So many great memories that just continue to be "The gift that keeps on giving".These are yearly Holiday treats that are all over the Streaming networks plus Hallmark and Lifetime TV. So you can see them all.Listen as we go through the most wonderful time of the year in Movies!The List:(6:17) "A Christmas Carol" 1984 version(9:14) "It's a Wonderful Life"(12:29) "Christmas Vacation"(18:13) "Die Hard"(22:19) "Miracle on 34th Street" 1947 version(25:20) "Home Alone"(28:03) "Bad Santa"(31:22) "Elf"(33:34) "The Santa Clause"(36:04) "A Christmas Story"(38:36) "The Christmas Chronicles"(43:26) "Trading Places"(48:53) "Christmas with the Kranks"(51:34) "Charlie Brown's Christmas"(53:32) "Jingle All the Way"(1h 2m) "Bridget Jones' Diary"(1h 4m) "Candy Cane Lane"(1h 6m) "Lethal Weapon"(1h 8m) "A Christmas Story Christmas"(1h 11m) "The Holiday"(1h 14m) "New Years Eve"Have a Great Holiday Season and we wish you and yours a Safe and Happy New Year.Enjoy the Show!You can email us at reeldealzmoviesandmusic@gmail.com or visit our Facebook page, Reel Dealz Podcast: Movies & Music Thru The Decades to leave comments and/or TEXT us at 843-855-1704 as well.
This week on the Mr. Throwback Thursday Podcast,we bring you Snoopa Clause, a little Bad Santa, a change of plans in the JMJ verdict, T.I. standing up, Ja Rule almost killing someone, we will award our Album of the Year, and just when you think we can't do it again, not one, but TWO Chrimuh albums. What else? Let's listen. Movin' on Up 2 Suspects 1 Not Guilty Snoopa Clause Stand Up Come-T.I. It Was Almost MURDA Just When You Thought it Was “Over” Lil Jon R Us Keep Trollin', Trollin', Trollin' New School News Wu Newsa. K-E-V-I-N-DUR-ANT b. I-WANT-NO-PART-OF-THAT-SONG One and Done – (B-Boy Records Compilation) B. Boys Christmas Record of the Week – Jim Jones “A Tribute to Bad Santa” Artist of the Month – Heavy D Old to the New – Klee Magor ft Kool Keith “777” Bill Reads Lyrics Check us out on social media. Instagram: @mrthrowbackthursday | @bill_mr_tbtThreads: @mrthrowbackthursday | @bill_mr_tbtX (Twitter): @THE_Mr_TBT | @bill_mr_tbt Facebook: Mr. Throwback ThursdayYouTube: @mrtbt
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good commentary! That's right—to celebrate the holiday season and ring in the new year we're watching Terry Zwigoff's 2003 holiday classic Bad Santa. We're joined by our dear friends Jason Adam Katzenstein, New Yorker cartoonist and co-author with Roz Chast of the forthcoming graphic novel The Two Saddest Kitchens, and Michael Tyburski, director of Palimpsest, The Sound of Silence, and Turn Me On. Together we discuss Bad Santa as a seasonally perfect encapsulation of the lows of Christmastime in America, and the Coens' role in the film's development from initial idea to the various edits of the film that have been released over the years. (Note: we're watching the unrated version, aka Badder Santer.) We also open advent calendars and talk the malls of our youth. Please enjoy this cozy episode and have a wonderful holiday. Sending immense gratitude to everyone out there who has joined us on this journey “to the white sea.” We'll see you again in 2026! Want to join the study group? Follow us on social media, tell your friends about the show, and leave a rating/review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. These all really help. And join the Discord too! **You can also support us directly at https://ko-fi.com/tothewhitesea** For all things TTWS visit tothewhitesea.me
AP correspondent Ben Thomas reports President Trump spoke to children awaiting Santa Claus on Christmas Eve.
Tonight, I am joined by Kiwi Keasha and Llama Liza as we share some Santa's gone Bad stories.
Welcome to round two of our 2025 holiday specials! This week, we are discussing Christmas Bloody Christmas, which was a pleasant surprise. This little-known movie is unique, with great chemistry between the main characters. We loved this persistent FMC and her never-say-die attitude and really hope she has great insurance. We hotly debated who the real villain is in this movie--be sure to comment who you think it is! Paired with a Bad Santa cocktail. Rate! Review! Follow! Follow us on instagram @toastyhorror Check out our website toasttoromcoms.com Email us at toasttoromcoms@gmail.com
We're back for our 5th annual Polishing Turds Holiday special! This year we'll be covering the wacky and disturbing world of AI, perhaps the one instrument capable of making Christmas music even worse. We'll take you on a cringe-tastic sleigh ride through vast snowfields of slop; from carols of reindeer sacrifice to fake vulgar Motown hits through - and I swear to god this real - a veritable library of AI Eminem singing gospel music. Don't say you weren't warned....Select sources for this episode:Janelle Shane's early forays into AI Christmas Carols: https://www.aiweirdness.com/the-ais-carol-19-12-24/https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-christmas-music/Mic the Snare video on spotting AI in music: https://youtu.be/hld8CNQdjQs?si=pVRQTldRYzRQD9MHhttps://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/are-you-listening-bots-survey-shows-ai-music-is-virtually-undetectable-2025-11-12/THE WEIRDEST GODDAMN YOUTUBE CHANNEL THAT EXISTS: https://www.youtube.com/@MusicBarronTrumpFOLLOW US:Instagram: polishing.podcast Twitter/X: @polishing_turds email: polishingturdspodcast@gmail.com
In this episode we cover some of the more adult Christmas Classics with : Bad Moms Christmas, Bad Santa, and Violent Night. Enjoy!
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Hour 1 of https://RushToReason.com kicks off with Andy Peth's must-hear 5-Star Movie Reviews, and this week's picks couldn't be more different. Are you looking for a steamy psychological thriller with shocking twists? Andy dives into The Housemaid (at 9:55), starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried, a dark tale of secrets behind closed doors. Is it trashy fun or something deeper? Andy breaks down what works, what doesn't, and ultimately gives it ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3 stars) — slightly above average for fans of the genre. Then it's off to Pandora with James Cameron's epic Avatar: Fire and Ash (at 23:46). Is this dazzling sci-fi sequel a breathtaking cinematic experience… or just a beautiful screensaver stretched over three hours? Andy weighs in on the stunning visuals, environmental themes, and story overload, delivering his verdict with a ⭐️⭐️½ (2.5 stars) rating for general audiences. Which movie is worth your time and money this weekend? Which one left Andy bored — and which one might surprise you? If you love straight-talk movie reviews, bold opinions, and no-nonsense ratings, Hour 1 is your front-row seat to the movies everyone's talking about.
Hour 1 of https://RushToReason.com kicks off with Andy Peth's must-hear 5-Star Movie Reviews, and this week's picks couldn't be more different. Are you looking for a steamy psychological thriller with shocking twists? Andy dives into The Housemaid (at 9:55), starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried, a dark tale of secrets behind closed doors. Is it trashy fun or something deeper? Andy breaks down what works, what doesn't, and ultimately gives it ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3 stars) — slightly above average for fans of the genre. Then it's off to Pandora with James Cameron's epic Avatar: Fire and Ash (at 23:46). Is this dazzling sci-fi sequel a breathtaking cinematic experience… or just a beautiful screensaver stretched over three hours? Andy weighs in on the stunning visuals, environmental themes, and story overload, delivering his verdict with a ⭐️⭐️½ (2.5 stars) rating for general audiences. Which movie is worth your time and money this weekend? Which one left Andy bored — and which one might surprise you? If you love straight-talk movie reviews, bold opinions, and no-nonsense ratings, Hour 1 is your front-row seat to the movies everyone's talking about.
This Christmas, we're spending some time on the naughty list with a profane and perverted BAD SANTA. Kev Young is here to help unwrap this lump of curdled Christmas cheer, so fix yourself some sandwiches and have a happy holiday!
In this stream I am joined by my friend and author Bazed Lit Analyzer to breakdown the Christmas films White Christmas, Jingle All the Way, Bad Santa, and the Grinch. Are these wholesome Christmas films or are Christmas movies getting worse? Make sure to leave a comment and let me know what you think. God Bless
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Ce jeudi 18 décembre, Marjorie Hache propose la dernière émission avant la pause de Noël, avec une programmation entièrement dédiée aux fêtes avec des classiques revisités par Cocteau Twins, Neil Young, Les Ronettes ou encore The Pogues, sans oublier les versions alternatives et décalées comme "All I Want For Christmas" repris par My Chemical Romance ou le reggae festif de Johnny Clarke. L'émission fait aussi la part belle aux sorties récentes de Noël, notamment The Divine Comedy avec "All The Pretty Lights", ainsi que Sleaford Mods et leur "Bad Santa", annonçant un album à venir. La playlist traverse les styles et les époques, de Phoenix à Julian Casablancas, en passant par St. Vincent, The Pretty Reckless, Corey Taylor ou encore Motörhead avec Lemmy en solo sur "Run Rudolph Run". My Chemical Romance - All I Want For Christmas Is You The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York Johnny Clarke - Mommy Kissing Santa Claus The Futureheads - Christmas Was Better In The 80S Cocteau Twins - Frosty The Snowman Phoenix - Alone On Christmas Day (Feat. Bill Murray) Lemmy Kilmister - Run Rudolph Run The Yobs - Rub-A-Dum Dum The Divine Comedy - All The Pretty Lights Darlene Love & Ronnie Spector - Rockin Around The Christmas Tree Julian Casablancas - Christmas Treat St. Vincent - ...At The Holiday Party AC/DC - Mistress For Christmas The Pretty Reckless - Where Are You Christmas ? Billy Idol - Jingle Bell Rock Corey Taylor - X - M@$ Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight) The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride Gaspard Royant - (C'mon Baby) It's Christmas Time The Coral - She Died On Christmas Day Neil Young - Star Of Bethlehem Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Comin To Town Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody Gwen Stefani - Last Christmas Eels - Christmas Is Going To The Dogs Korn - Jingle Balls Run DMC - Christmas In Hollis Sleaford Mods - Bad Santa Stiff Little Fingers - White Christmas (Live) Kurt Vile - Must Be Santa LCD Soundsystem - Christmas Will Break Your Heart Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.
Join King Prince,Killah Keel,Wes Craven,(and special guest Jenny) as they watch 2003's classic holiday flick ''Bad Santa''.So grab your snacks,drinks,etc and press play! Happy Holidays!
A deep dive into the raunchy christmas comedy, Bad Santa.
This week on Thumb War, we revisit Bad Santa (2003) — Terry Zwigoff's filthy, funny, and surprisingly tender Christmas classic. Jason & Rachel dig into the Director's Cut vs the Theatrical version, studio interference, and why Billy Bob Thornton's Willie T. Soke somehow becomes one of the strangest “found family” characters in holiday movie history. Along the way, we celebrate: Bernie Mac & John Ritter's perfect comic chemistry Zwigoff's anti-sentimental worldview Why this movie still works — and why it probably wouldn't get made today A holiday staple in this house. Not safe for work. Definitely not safe for kids. Join our Patreon for ad-free episodes + bonus shows: http://bit.ly/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Christmas movies are a genre unto themselves. And Classic Hollywood Christmas movies are a special part of that genre. Holiday movies made in Hollywood's heyday of the 1930's-1940's. Secret Movie Club founder.programmer Craig Hammill takes a look at five favorites-Frank Capra's 1946 It's A Wonderful Life, Ernst Lubitsch's 1940 The Shop Around the Corner, Preston Struges' 1944 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Vincente Minnelli's 1944 Meet Me In St. Louis, and W.S.Van Dyke's 1934 The Thin Man. Interestingly, all these classic use dark subject matter-contemplated suicide, financial stress, murder, small town scandal-to contrast and thus emphasize Christmas themes of redemption, family, second chances. We also take a look at two modern classics-Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can and Terry Zwigoff's Bad Santa and how they share much the same DNA as their classic Hollywood counterparts.
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Have you been naughty or nice this season? Which Chapstick do you think is the best? Guarantee it's not what you thought. Alecia has a Friends advent calendar to show off and then brings us the story of Adolph Lautenberg AKA The Santa Strangler. He doesn't get this moniker for what you think though, no Santa's were harmed, but he does look a little like a crack Santa in our opinion. Sadly, at least four women lost their lives at his hands, yet the true number of victims may never be known.Want more twisted content? Consider joining our Patreon for some welcome goodies and 100+ bonus episodes ready for you to unlock. Your support truly means the world to us. https://www.patreon.com/twistedanduncorkedYou can buy us a drink on Buy Me A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/twistedpodWatch on our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@twistedanduncorkedFollow us on all of the socials:Instagram and TikTok @twistedanduncorkedFacebook @twistedanduncorkedpodcast
Lauren Tom doesn't just play Kevin's mom, she lit up screens in the Joy Luck Club and Bad Santa. Plus her voice is featured in King of the Hill and Rick and Morty. It is such an honor to have her on the podcast to talk about her role as Linda Tran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
527: Quarter-Kravitzing The Notes: We're here for the children! Important context for our proclamation concerning children! Our stalwart legal ally and bulwark against accountability, Spicy Beef Gaus aka Beefyboy, esq.! Sexy facts! Nelson knows a lawyer is just an adman with more rules! Will was a Bad Santa! Will's hubris drove him to try Rikering a couch! Only Picard's office had a high-back chair. Legs go in front of the chair, not over the top, William! Jaunty but sexual! Droids vs sexbots, sexual-style! Men would fuck it! Ladies love that Santa ass! It was only a Quarter-Kravitz, your honor! Quarter-Kravitz vs The Full Kravitz! Bit too drafty this winter's eve for any kind of Kravitz! Potential reasons for the handful of times Santa has definitely had his dick out in somebody else's home that don't involve your mommy! Milk Stains are Santa's nightmare! OG cartoons that were phoning it in! Contact Us! Follow Us! Love Us! Email: doubledeucepod@gmail.com Twitter & Instagram: @doubledeucepod Bluesky: @doubledeucepod.bsky.social Facebook: www.facebook.com/DoubleDeucePod/ Patreon: patreon.com/DoubleDeucePod Also, please subscribe/rate/review/share us! We're on Apple, Android, Libsyn, Stitcher, Google, Spotify, Amazon, Radio.com, RadioPublic, pretty much anywhere they got podcasts, you can find the Deuce! Podcast logo art by Jason Keezer! Find his art online at Keezograms! Intro & Outro featuring Rob Schulte! Check out his many podcasts! Brought to you in part by sponsorship from Courtney Shipley, Official Superfans Stefan Rider, Amber Fraley, Nate Copt, and listeners like you! Join a tier on our Patreon! Advertise with us! If you want that good, all-natural focus and energy, our DOUBLEDEUCE20 code still works at www.magicmind.com/doubledeuce for 20% off all purchases and subscriptions. Check out the Lawrence Times's 785 Collective at https://lawrencekstimes.com/785collective/ for a list of local LFK podcasts including this one!
Spitzi und Maxi sind wieder versammelt und kredenzen der Hörergemeinde einen wohltuenden Schnack bei Punsch und Lebkuchen (bzw. Wasser und Datteln)NTG Shop www.nerdyterdygang.deViel Spaß Shop https://vielspass.gmbh/collections/alleHazel und Thomas beim Bambi https://www.instagram.com/p/DREfPQBDOdX/Besprochene Filme: Der Morgen stirbt nie, Bugonia, I'm Not There (Bob Dylan Film), Tár, Frankenstein (2025), One Battle After Another, Magnolia, Licorice Pizza, Together, The Substance, Bring Her Back, Hereditary, Flow, Nosferatu (2024), Free Willy, Blackfish, Tarzan, Hercules, Feivel der Mauswanderer, In einem Land vor unserer Zeit, Rock A Doodle, Ne Zha 2, The Smashing Machine, Wicked, It's such a beautiful day, Revolutionary Road, Geschwister Savage, Funny People, Melancholia, Dogville, This is the end, Bad Neighbours, Schneller als der Tod, House of Dynamite, Piece by piece, Rushmore, Darjeeling Limited, Die Tiefseetaucher, La HaineBesprochene Schauspieler: Jonathan Pryce, Götz Otto, Cate Blanchett, Ben Whishaw, Dave Franco, Michael Madsen, David Harbour, Gaten MatarazzoBesprochene Größen (Auswahl): Trooper Da Don, Peter Greenaway, Ari Aster, Konstantin Wecker, Lars von TrierEmpfohlene Weihnachtsfilme: Die Highligen drei Könige, Reindeer Games, Blendende Weihnachten, Die Geister, die ich rief, Versprochen ist versprochen, Kevin allein Zuhaus, Klaus, Gremlins, Bad Santa, Stirb Langsam, Und täglich grüßt das Murmeltier Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It's our annual Christmas episode - what better way to get into the holiday spirit than by watching one of the most uplifting, jolly and mirthful Christmas movies ever made? We're sitting down with some eggnog and candy canes and laughing our mistletoe off to Bad Santa!
This week Dustin kicks things off with his David Byrne recap (ft. Michael Shannon energy) and a shout-out to St. Paul & The Broken Bones on The Tonight Show 12/8. We also run through our Spotify Wrapped 2025 and roast each other accordingly. ⭐️ TOPIC 1 — The Best Christmas Specials Ever We go through TimeOut's list and then immediately derail into our own picks — classics, weird ones, cartoons, South Park moments, and the one Christmas special or movie we absolutely have to watch every year. Plus we talk post-2000s Christmas episodes, including:• The Sopranos — Bobby as Santa, Paulie threatening him, a kid telling Santa “F*** you.” A holiday mood.• Aqua Teen Hunger Force — Meatwad's cursed t-shirt, “Horror Claus,” and Santa getting rebuilt with soccer-ball skin. Totally normal Christmas stuff. We also read your Patreon & Facebook picks, featuring everything from Die Hard debates to Bad Santa, Ernest Saves Christmas, Home Alone, The Ref, and more. ⭐️ TOPIC 2 — STRANGER THINGS (Final Season!) Everyone except Tim is watching and enjoying it.Everyone except Tim has opinions.Tim is busy hate-watching “Temu Stranger Things” (Welcome to Derry) instead. We break down the new season, what's working, what's not, and whether the finale sticks the landing. KEEP IT CANON! #ChristmasSpecials, #HolidayMovies, #RadioLabyrinthPodcast, ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Hosts: Tim Andrews, Jeff Leiboff, Dustin Lollar and Lizzie Bruce Jones Audio Podcast & YouTube Video Edited by Dustin Lollar ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
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Every year, we love to celebrate the holiday season with our listeners, and there is no better way to do that than with our 2025 Holiday Special! It all started 10 years ago with a random idea: we were big fans of holiday specials, yet podcasts seemed to skip over the idea completely. Therefore, we decided we can do whatever we want here at The Hollywood Outsider, so let's create our own tradition and the Annual Holiday Special was born! Every year we rekindle the past (and occasionally add a little something new), assembling some of the best moments from our hosts for the most fantastic holiday special ever! Debating what constitutes a Christmas movie and specials we love, what makes for a great Christmas movie, Christmas cliches, and even our Holiday Spirit Movie Battle Royale! That's not all, oh no. The Christmas spirit kicks into overdrive as we open up and share our personal memories of the holiday season, stories that remind us of Christmas. And no holiday special would be complete without a visit from the big man himself, so get ready for as much St. Nick as legally allowed as Santa Claus drops by the studio to tell us just how naughty or nice we are, all throughout the episode! With a special game from Amanda, Santa in his sleigh, John's obsession with puppets, Troy's intriguing selection of Holiday Spirit films, Scott's first Christmas Poem, Bad Santa, and a lot of fun for everyone – This is the one podcast you don't want to miss this holiday season!
Hey everyone! Hope you guys are having a great Thanksgiving week. For this episode, we'll roll back to 2022 and look at a cult classic: The dark comedy Bad Santa. It's Billy Bob Thornton at his most sarcastic, with some awesome supporting work from the late John Ritter and Bernie Mac. Next week, new episodes will arrive, just in time for Christmas!
Terry Zwigoff is a great American filmmaker. Many of you know him for Bad Santa, but in 2006 he released a film called Art School Confidential and I had him […]
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On the debut episode of ‘Skip 1 on 1,' Skip sits down with Academy Award winner Billy Bob Thornton. The two discuss Billy's childhood and how his dyslexia helped shape the actor he is today. They also dive into some of Billy's most iconic characters: Karl Childers from ‘Sling Blade,' Willie from ‘Bad Santa,' Lorne Malvo in ‘Fargo,' and his newest role, Tommy Morris in ‘Landmand.' Lastly, Billy Bob and Skip discuss Jerry Jones' iconic scene in ‘Landman' and Billy gives a preview of what to expect from Season 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What is the best Christmas movie ever? Welcome to VOLUME 155 of The Bracket. Kenjac is host alongside KBnoswag, Nick Turani, Robbie Fox, Eddie and Danny Conrad. Follow The Bracket ►TWITTER - https://twitter.com/BracketPod ►INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/thebracket/ Follow Kenjac ►TWITTER - https://twitter.com/JackKennedy ►INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/jackennedy/ ►TIKTOK - https://www.tiktok.com/@ken_jac Preview - (0:00) Intro - (0:23) The Night Before vs It's A Wonderful Life - (5:30) Bad Santa vs Office Christmas Party - (10:31) Polar Express vs the Grinch - (14:16) Cheah-In Game - (22:24) Cheah in Winner vs Home Alone - (29:14) The Santa Claus vs A Christmas Story - (35:15) Christmas Vacation vs Fred Claus - (42:53) Charlie Brown vs Jingle All The Way - (47:19) Elf vs Four Christmases - (53:34) Playoffs - (57:02) Finals - (1:12:31) Save 20% on your next order at https://pepperpalace.com by using code BRACKET Head to https://FACTORMEALS.com/50lcb and use code 50lcb to get 50% off your first box plus free shipping.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/lightscamerabarstool