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Friend of the show and the intelligence behind Clattertron and Foxes & Boxes, Daniel J. Hogan suggested this week’s film. Surely he’s chose it out of some sort of patriotism because it stars the commander in chief, Ronald Reagan. Oh, it also stars a chimpanzee. Pet Sounds Radio host Sarah Hoyles kindly joined us as well. We didn’t learn until the day of the show that she rarely watches films with animals! It was a pleasure to see things from her perspective. We hope you’ll listen to learn more. Don’t worry if you’re falling from an 8 story building, the Browder Life Safety Net will certainly break you in much more interesting way than the ground. Sarah reminds us of The Bear. Sorry for the spoilers, but it is 30 years old. Let’s not hurt animals in film Leonardo DiCaprio. Who is the moustached character in the photo? Is it Rappin’ Ronnie? Our show is not brought to you by 23andMe. Instead, we’re funded by listeners like yourself. And our moms. Chris thinks this film is a precursor to Three’s Company. Meanwhile, Dan points out that it may actually be the predecessor to Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Bonzo is to be sold! What? Can’t we make money in the Iran-Contra affair instead? Chris steals a joke from Noises Off and it gets awkward. Dan reminds us, as does the film, to study our Freud. There’s a sequel? Oh no, Bonzo Goes to College. Bonzo was played by Peggy the chimpanzee. There’s a nice page here on this beautiful creature. Dan shares this wisdom from actor Dick Miller, if a chimp gets aggressive, bite him. He heard this story on another podcast, but their archives are behind a paywall. Tippi Hedren, the mom of Melanie Griffith, founded The Roar Foundation to provide sanctuary for mistreated exotic animals, educate the public and advocate for legislation. The insane trailer for Tippi Hedren’s film Roar. As it states, no animals were harmed in making the film but 70 of the cast and crew were. The 80s film that was far more than teenage angst, Project X, with Matthew Broderick and Helen Hunt. Movies from the past are an insight to the culture of their time. Eww, that Elivs film we watched. Can’t stop, won’t stop watching Leave It to Beaver. Dan suggests a few podcasts, Star Wars Minute, The Dollop, and The Adventure Zone. Congrats to our guest Sarah for joining the Entertainment One podcast network! Thanks to you for listening! You can find us wherever you get your podcasts, Google, Apple, or your favorite apps. Be sure to check out the amazing Pet Sounds, we guarantee you’ll love it! You can find Sarah Hoyles on a number of social networks. Also, find our friend Daniel J. Hogan’s work on Clattertron.com. Again, he’s on a number of sites, just follow the previous link. And remember, never give or sell your chimps to Yale. Support Film Frown on Patreon
Daniel J. Hogan was our first guest ever and he came back! In a format change we’re now a home improvement podcast as the webcomic creator tells us about roof rakes, loot crates for artists and comic mirror universes. He also shares a secret about promoting your stuff online. Our guest won the 2015 Space Prize in the Webcomic category for clattertron.com. Dan explains his middle initial to our listeners as he did on the 2nd Brain Collective podcast. Homeownership in Michigan means you might need a roof rake. Daniel J. Hogan’s cats are adjusting to their new house. He was inspired to do a serial by others like BONE, Strangers in Paradise and more. Our guest started doing Foxes & Boxes in September of 2016 after creating Clattertron for 4 years. The Star Trek Mirror universe. Foxes’ buddy, HB. Foxes & Boxes logo was designed by Remind Creative. The designer also runs The Lost Highway. Recent upgrades, Dan has started using Blambot fonts and Moo cards. “Loot Crate for art supplies?” It’s called Art Snack. Dan draws his comics with pencil, scans it in and uses Clip Studio Paint to re-draw and ink his comic. We talk Microsoft Surface Pro tablets. Chris got advice to look at refurbished ones. When you make a weekly comic, you have to be on your file management game. Dan also decided to try a social media diet. Dan is on Patreon and at the time of the recording he was paying it forward. Groo the Wanderer. In another format change, in the next episode we’ll be talking exclusively ice fishing with Dan. Or not. Thanks for listening. Be sure to check out Foxes and Boxes and you can find Dan on Twitter and danieljhogan.com. Find us on Twitter, Facebook or Patreon. Support Montreal Sauce on Patreon
In the cozy warmth of their homes in December, the boyz team up with Daniel J. Hogan of Clattertron.com to throw a house party. Err, that is to watch House Party. I was just Kid’n Playing with you. Want to risk watching it? Amazon Video iTunes All else fails? Try canistream.it. Bullworth is a “rap’ movie? Paul wants this soundtrack on The Last Dragon. Dan has recently enjoyed Straight Outta Compton, bought the N.W.A. album with the same title and wants this soundtrack, yo. Hip Hop Family Tree is a suggested comic you should read. Chris & Dan cannot recommend Cool As Ice enough. They are totally down with Vanilla Ice. The late, great Robin Harris is “Pops” in this film. Wait, are we watching Pee-wee’s Big Adventure? Paul & Chris are getting matching sweaters like Kid’n Play from the Gittin’ Funky video. Chris has a Youtube playlist of more old hip hop tracks he had the cassettes or singles of, click at your own risk. The film’s villains are the group Full Force. They have great professional names, way better than the character names in the movie. Oh look! A very young Martin Lawrence and Tisha Campbell-Martin from that TV show Martin(1992). Dan says we need to add Reagan’s Bedtime for Bonzo to next season’s Film Frown. How different would this movie be if it was written by Tennessee Williams? Pops wants to watch Dolemite, the forefather of bad movies. Don’t break your nose doing this dance move. Here’s a how-to. Oh hey! It’s Lou B. Washington from UHF. Red dyes are evil! Why does that cop look familiar? Barry Diamond The graphic sex scene is disturbing in a different way than the one in A Boy and His Dog. George Clinton is the DJ at the elephant graveyard party. Who is the better actor, Christopher “Kid” Reid or Christopher “Play” Martin? Daryl Mitchell from Galaxy Quest was part of a rap duo? Another great performer in this film is John Witherspoon, from Friday, The Boondocks and Black Jesus. There is no drug use, no smoking, the one guy drinking is made fun of and absolutely no hanky panky without birth control. This movie is actually pretty responsible. That explains why Kid’N Play had a cartoon as well. Oh no, Dan remembers the awful that is Hammer Man. Magic shoes? That’s not 2 legit. At your next cocktail party, be sure to challenge someone to a dance off. Everyone loves the scene where Robin Harris is talking to the police (NSFW). Dan teaches us what CPT means. What’s the deal with those burglars in the film? It’s the producer and director. The most amazing voice of Fats Williams gives advice about not getting raped in prison. Dan thinks this is a good movie, but no From Justin to Kelly. Meanwhile, Chris kept thinking he was watching Class Act. Dan plugs the Capital City Film Festival as he was volunteering for them. Thanks to Dan for joining the show! He’s 2 Hype. Be sure to peep his web comic, Clattertron. Thanks for rolling with us and listening. Please check out our other podcast, Montreal Sauce and enjoy doing the Kid’N Play kick step this week. Support Film Frown on Patreon
This week, Chris & Paul are joined by Daniel J. Hogan of Clattertron and Armin of biasedcat to discuss the only martials arts/gymnastics mashup film ever, Gymkata. Armin actually filled in for Dan on the Waterworld episode. Dan shares a story about going to the movie theatre to see that film. Suck it, boring Apollo 13 movie! Dan just finished The Martian and we’re all excited to see the film based on the book. Chris thinks you may be more interested in watching Gymkhana. This film came out the same year as The Last Dragon. There was tough box office competition in 1985 like Teen Wolf, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, Fletch and Goonies. Number 1 in 1985? Back to the Future. Wait, why are there ninja’s on the poster? The film stars Olympic gymnast Kurt Thomas. Armin wants Michael Phelps to star in a Waterworld reboot! Thomas was nominated for a “Worst New Star” Razzie, but lost to Brigitte Nielsen. Villain Zahmir, played by Richard Norton was also in The Octagon. Dan educates the reviewers on hockey legend, Mario Lemieux. Armin is confused by the fact that Reagan nicknamed the missile defense system, Star Wars. Dan reminds us that Robocop lampooned the defense system idea in a brief news segment. Gymkata is based on The Terrible Game by Dan Tyler Moore. Princess Rubali is played by Tetchie Abayani, actress and Playboy model. Why are we introducing all these weapons when he never uses them in the whole movie? Don’t they know Chekov’s gun principle? The director of this film, Robert Clouse also directed Enter the Dragon and Game of Death. Eddie Murphy on Elvis(NSFW). The Khan looks like he just came out of Fiddler on the Roof. Here he is with his daughter in Gymkata. Dan suggests that we watch No Holds Barred. Our hero’s nurse. Dan and Armin think that this is a proto-Hunger Games. Movies recommended on this episode: Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom, The Cutting Edge, Bloodsport and The Maze Runner. Thanks for giving us a listen! We really appreciate it. And, special thanks to Armin & Dan for taking the time to watch the film and do the episode! Check out biasedcat.com & Clattertron.com to support them! Please subscribe using the feed on this site or iTunes. Rate us on iTunes or share us with friends! Support Film Frown on Patreon
This episode Dan Hogan & Sally Ann join us to celebrate the perms in space! Starcrash is a 1978 low budget wannabe Star Wars film featuring Christopher Plummer and The Hoff. What more could you ask for? Set your computer wave to monitor our friction trail and prepare yourself for some robot chauvinism. Watch the film (at your own risk): The bad news, a classic of such vintage is not really found streaming at the moment. There is a Blu-ray at Amazon though. You may also find it on Youtube. For how long? Only Akton knows. On with the teardown! Paul does the first Elle impression, while Chris does a horrible Church Lady. The sets remind Sally of the Farragut Film Studios that offer a tour of their Star Trek sets once a year. 70s films love public address systems. Our first perm, Akton played by Marjoe Gortner is also in one of Dan’s favorite bad movies, Food of the Gods. According to Paul’s research on the Starcrash imdb page all the dialogue in the entire film was replaced. Is this why everyone is so cheery? It turns out Elle’s voice, Hamilton Camp is also the voice of Gizmoduck from Darkwing Duck. He did voices for The Tick and many more shows. Chris wonders if Elle is short for Lolipop? He is an Android. Christopher Plummer IS THE EMPEROR. Dan tells us, “It’s not the Force.” So what are Akton’s powers? Limitless? Is it all about the full body perm? Sally & Paul think Akton could be a Time Lord. Ele beaten like the fax machine in Office Space. Is that Zardoz shooting lasers at the cavemen? Akton not using The Force, is also not using a lightsaber. Maybe? Dan thinks more movies should feature cavemen beatings. Unless of course it’s the friendly Captain Caveman. Best answer to how main characters inexplicably survive “We’re not like most people.” Why is Christopher Plummer in this film? His answer, Rome. Dan relates similar stories about why actors do bad films from Elijah Wood and Bruce Campbell. How Star Wars Episode IV should have ended. Sally was very excited to see The Hoff in “his pretty lady makeup.” Sally & Dan think this movie feels much longer than it is. Yet, they both felt that it was so bad it was good. Chris & Paul agree. Dan recommends Galaxy of Terror and Chris says you should check our Forbidden Planet. Sally needs more recommendations! Paul suggests Logan’s Run while Chris & Dan praise Attack The Block. How about Moon, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, Tron and The American Astronaut. Thanks so much to our friends Sally Ann and Dan Hogan for joining us. Be sure to check out ShopSallyAnn.com and Clattertron.com respectively. Of course, thank you for listening. Support Film Frown on Patreon
Our guest this episode is writer & cartoonist Daniel J. Hogan. Listen to the podcast to learn a bit about self-publishing, comedy & ad revenue. Introductions Daniel’s book, Magic of Eyri. Daniel’s cartooning on Clattertron. On Content Making Blues Brothers train scene. As mentioned by Daniel, Rory’s Story Cubes. The comedy of Mitch Hedberg. SlushPile Hell “One grumpy literary agent, a sea of query fails, and other publishing nonsense.” Game Dev Tycoon, an unwinnable game if you pirated it from the web instead of paying for it. Hilarious but sad story. Lulu.com A company helping people self-publish that our guest has used in the past. Steve Martin’s Born Standing Up Square Cash An interesting way to pay people online quickly without the hassle of signing up for yet another service. Make yourself a link! Also mentioned by Daniel, Commission Junction. Another option aside from Google Ad Words or Amazon to make some money with your website. Amazon.ca vs Amazon.com a Sikkdays.com blog post. Disney’s Epcot has a Canada section?. Who knew? Cory Doctorow’s Makers Cory Doctorow’s Down & Out in the Magic Kingdom Gilbert Gottfried’s Powerful Right Arm and his masturbation controversy during the 1991 Emmys. Feeling like some time travel films? Timecrimes Primer Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel From the director of Primer, here’s his new (non time travel) film that we have yet to watch but is on Netflix, Upstream Color. In reference to Chirs killing time with politeness as he finds a chirp, it’s SNL’s take on NPR’s Delicious Dish. Errata Paul mentions not getting a payout from Apple yet. Having checked the Financial Reports, Paul actually had received a payout from Apple (Direct deposit?!?), putting Apple ahead of Square Cash in the total revenue bucket. Mind on my money, money on my mind. Support Montreal Sauce on Patreon