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The Wizard Master, Ira Heiden comes to Two Dollar Late Fee to talk Freddy Krueger, Twisted Sister, Brandon Lee, & more! Ira Heiden (A Nightmare On Elm Street: Dream Warriors, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, Illegally Yours) sits down with Grace & Zak to discuss his career in Hollywood, his friendship with Bill Allen (Rad), the band that almost wound up on the Dream Warriors soundtrack instead of Dokken, a very special Pepsi commercial starring Johnny Depp & Sherilyn Fenn, and so much more! This episode has it all! Enjoy! BTW, You'll definitely want to watch the video version of this interview for some very special video clips. One of which has never been shown before! You can watch the full conversation here. Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel too! Follow Ira Heiden on his Instagram here! Follow Grace Marian on Instagram here! Dig the show? Please consider supporting PAD & $2 Late Fee on Patreon for tons of bonus content and appreciation! Links are below: Two Dollar Late Fee: www.patreon.com/twodollarlatefee Please follow/subscribe and rate us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-dollar-late-fee Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/ Instagram: @twodollarlatefee Subscribe to our YouTube Check out Jim Walker's intro/outro music on Bandcamp: jvamusic1.bandcamp.com Facebook: facebook.com/Two-Dollar-Late-Fee-Podcast Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/two-dollar-late-fee IMDB: https://www.imdb.com Two Dollar Late Fee is a part of the nutritious Geekscape Network Every episode is produced, edited, and coddled by Zak Shaffer (@zakshaffer) & Dustin Rubin (@dustinrubinvo) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Don't dream til it's over, because One…Two Dollar Late Fee's coming to scare you…this month, with A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors! In this pre episode to their upcoming interview with Ira Heiden (A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors, Illegally Yours, Elvira: Mistress Of The Dark) Grace and Zak dig deep into the Freddy Krueger classic by discussing their favorite moments from the film, characters that met their demise too soon, a lost 80s tune that wound up on the VHS cut, Dokken's rocking' theme song, and much more! Enjoy! Follow Grace Marian on Instagram here! Dig the show? Please consider supporting PAD & $2 Late Fee on Patreon for tons of bonus content and appreciation! Links are below: Two Dollar Late Fee: www.patreon.com/twodollarlatefee Please follow/subscribe and rate us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-dollar-late-fee Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/ Instagram: @twodollarlatefee Subscribe to our YouTube Check out Jim Walker's intro/outro music on Bandcamp: jvamusic1.bandcamp.com Facebook: facebook.com/Two-Dollar-Late-Fee-Podcast Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/two-dollar-late-fee IMDB: https://www.imdb.com Two Dollar Late Fee is a part of the nutritious Geekscape Network Every episode is produced, edited, and coddled by Zak Shaffer (@zakshaffer) & Dustin Rubin (@dustinrubinvo) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob Lowe and Peter Bogdanovich: The 80s team-up the world clearly was not ready for. Perhaps the most misunderstood movie in the acclaimed director's filmography, ILLEGALLY YOURS barely has enough reviews on Rotten Tomatoes to even be acknowledged as rotten - a clear sign that more people need to watch this adorable jury duty adventure. Listen to Alex & Julio as they have a great time untangling their latest P-Bog screwball experience and casually discovering a new Johnny Cash banger!TIMELINE00:01:24 Illegally Yours00:09:48 Contrarians Corner- Wanna know how we really feel about ILLEGALLY YOURS? Check out the Real Talk (RT) episode, on your feed RIGHT NOW! (or pretty soon — Spotify can be a pain when it comes to refreshing the feed)- Interested in more Contrarians goodness? Join THE CONTRARIANS SUPPLEMENTS on our Patreon Page! Deleted clips, extended plugs, bonus episodes free from the Tomatometer shackles… It's everything a Contrarians devotee would want!- Our YouTube page is live! Get some visual Contrarians delight with our Contrarians Warm-Ups and other fun videos!- Contrarians Merch is finally here! Check out our RED BUBBLE MERCH PAGE and buy yourself something nice that's emblazoned with one of our four different designs!- THE FESTIVE YEARS have been letting us use their music for years now and they are amazing. You can check out their work on Spotify, on Facebook or on their very own website.- Our buddy Cory Ahre is being kind enough to lend a hand with the editing of some of our videos. If you like his style, wait until you see what he does over on his YouTube Channel.- THE LATE NIGHT GRIN isn't just a show about wrestling: it's a brand, a lifestyle. And they're very supportive of our Contrarian endeavors, so we'd like to return the favor. Check out their YouTube Channel! You might even spot Alex there from time to time.- Hans Rothgiesser, the man behind our logo, can be reached at @mildemonios on Twitter or you can email him at mildemonios@hotmail.com in case you ever need a logo (or comics) produced. And you can listen to him talk about economy on his new TV show, VALOR AGREGADO. Aaaaand you can also check out all the stuff he's written on his own website. He has a new book: a sort of Economics For Dummies called MARGINAL. Ask him about it!

Our boy P-Bog took a hell of a tumble with this one. But you know what, you could say the same about Nickelodeon, and we disagreed with the Tomatometer on that one. So, is ILLEGALLY YOURS another instance of a good movie not getting a fair shake from critics and audiences? Can “Peter Bogdanovich does an 80s comedy” really be that bad of an idea? Our final verdict (and more!) is in this Real Talk segment!TIMELINE00:00:41 Now on Patreon00:07:01 Real Talk00:44:58 The Future & Perennial Plugs- Interested in more Contrarians goodness? Join THE CONTRARIANS SUPPLEMENTS on our Patreon Page! Deleted clips, extended plugs, bonus episodes free from the Tomatometer shackles… It's everything a Contrarians devotee would want!- Our YouTube page is live! Get some visual Contrarians delight with our Contrarians Warm-Ups and other fun videos!- Contrarians Merch is finally here! Check out our RED BUBBLE MERCH PAGE and buy yourself something nice that's emblazoned with one of our four different designs!- THE FESTIVE YEARS have been letting us use their music for years now and they are amazing. You can check out their work on Spotify, on Facebook or on their very own website.- Our buddy Cory Ahre is being kind enough to lend a hand with the editing of some of our videos. If you like his style, wait until you see what he does over on his YouTube Channel.- THE LATE NIGHT GRIN isn't just a show about wrestling: it's a brand, a lifestyle. And they're very supportive of our Contrarian endeavors, so we'd like to return the favor. Check out their YouTube Channel! You might even spot Alex there from time to time.- Hans Rothgiesser, the man behind our logo, can be reached at @mildemonios on Twitter or you can email him at mildemonios@hotmail.com in case you ever need a logo (or comics) produced. And you can listen to him talk about economy on his new TV show, VALOR AGREGADO. Aaaaand you can also check out all the stuff he's written on his own website. He has a new book: a sort of Economics For Dummies called MARGINAL. Ask him about it!Up next, our third PJ Party sees PJ Hogan finally stepping away from weddings as we tackle the dramedy UNCONDITIONAL LOVE! Until then, let us know what you thought of Illegally Yours: Was Rob Lowe so cute he was scary? Would this movie have done better if P-Bog had just gone back to Ryan O'Neal and Barbra Streisand for the leads? Is an 80s Boganovich comedy better than an average 80s comedy even if it's a below-average effort from the filmmaker? E-mail us at wearethecontrarians@gmail.com or tweet at us or facebook us and share your thoughts!

In this episode I welcome Jane The Virgin TV writer and book author Rafael Augustin. In this epsiode we discuss how culture can affect the way you see love and relationships. Rafael opens up about his struggles growing up undocumented and how that shaped his life.  You can follow Rafael on instagram and purchase his book Illegally Yours. 

We interview Rafael Agustin, writer on the award-winning The CW show, Jane The Virgin, CEO of the Latino Film Institute, where he oversees the Youth Cinema Project, the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF), and LatinX in Animation, and is the author of the new bestselling comedic memoir, Illegally Yours.Support the show

#103: Rafael Agustín wears a whole lotta hats in Hollywood.He's the CEO of the Latino Film Institute and oversees the Youth Cinema Project. He writes for TV and wrote a memoir, Illegally Yours, about growing up in L.A. and learning as a teenager that he was undocumented. Rafael got into theater at community college and then UCLA, where he wrote a play with his friends that toured the U.S. Then he hit the big time: he landed a job on a sitcom, Jane the Virgin. We talked to him about the writer's strike a few weeks ago (ep. 97) but he's got such an interesting story about how he got started in the biz, we had to bring him back. How I Got Started is a regular segment on this podcast where we feature different Angelenos who are shaking things up and doing cool things in the city. Check out the other installments.Guest: TV writer Rafael Augustín  

The public discourse about undocumented immigrants often lacks humanity and complexity according to writers Reyna Grande and Rafael Agustin, who have written acclaimed memoirs about their immigrant experiences. They and many others bring nuanced narratives to the burgeoning genre of undocumented literature. Grande co-edited “Somewhere We Are Human,” an anthology released last year that features work by 41 undocumented or formerly undocumented writers, poets and artists. The editors' note states, “Opportunities and infrastructure for immigrants to tell their own stories in their own words are few and far between.” In this hour of Forum, we'll hear some of those stories and discuss the undocumented experience in America. Guests: Reyna Grande, author, "A Ballad of Love and Glory," "The Distance Between Us," "A Dream Called Home," "Across a Hundred Mountains," and "Dancing with Butterflies" Aline Mello, poet and author of the poetry collection, "More Salt Than Diamond," and essay "Fit," which appears in the anthology, "Somewhere We Are Human." Kaveh Bassiri, Iranian poet, translator who is currently a Tusla Artist Fellow in Oklahoma; his poems appeared in the anthology, "Somewhere We Are Human." Rafael Agustin, television writer; CEO, the Latino Film Institute; author, "Illegally Yours"

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This week episode is a special one! It's our first remote episode as Lucie is joined by Ecuadorian-American writer Rafael Agustin (CW's Jane the Virgin). Rafael just published his hilarious and poignant memoir "Illegally Yours" about growing up (unknowingly) undocumented in the United States. This is the first time a guest on the podcast talks about what it is like to live as an undocumented immigrant in the US and it's an important, eye opening discussion. Rafael talks about the culture shock of moving from relative privilge in Ecuador to a garage in California, the guilt felt by children of immigrants, the night he raided Oliver Stone's mansion, how his immigration problems led him to art, why vulnerability is his superpower, his obsession with Zach Morris, the time he wanted to deport his penis and SO much more.  Please follow Rafael @mrrafaelagustin on IG & TikTok, follow the podcast @immigrantjampodcast, and follow Lucie @ulovelucie. Please consider checking out the Patreon, every bit of support helps us make more of these episodes www.patreon.com/luciepohl  

Season fifteen guest, Rafael Agustin, was a writer on the award-winning The CW show Jane the Virgin, and is the author of the recently published comedic memoir, Illegally Yours. He currently serves as CEO of the Latino Film Institute. Instagram: @mrrafaelagustin LFI Website LALIFF Website  PATREON SHOUT OUTS: Mercedes Cusick LMFT, Website: www.mercedescusick.com, IG: @recoverhealbloom Check Out How To Do The Pot Thanks to Kathleen Hahn Cute Booty Lounge is made right here in the USA, by women and for women. The company is incredible, female, and minority-owned and all of their leggings make makes your booty look amazing. Go to https://cutebooty.com/ today! Embrace your body, love your booty! Join our Patreon: Become an Only One In The Room patron by joining us on Patreon! Starting at only $5.00 per month, you'll get bonus content, access to outtakes that the general public will NEVER see, extremely cool merch, and depending on what tier you get, monthly hang time with Scott and Laura. Join our Patreon today at https://www.patreon.com/theonlyonepodcast Be sure not to miss our weekly full episodes on Tuesdays, Scott Talks on Wednesdays & Sunday Edition every Sunday by subscribing to the show wherever you listen to podcasts.  We love hearing from you in the comments on iTunes and while you're there don't forget to rate us, subscribe and share the show! All of us at The Only One In The Room wish you safety and wellness during this challenging time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mt. SAC History Professor, Professional Learning Academy Coordinator, and One Book, One Campus Coordinator Rita Page talks with our host Sun Ezzell about this year's One Book One Campus winner “Illegally Yours: A Memoir” by Rafael Agustin, Mt. SAC alumni and writer on the hit TV show Jane the Virgin. Called “an alternatingly hilarious and touching exploration of belonging and identity, Illegally Yours revolves around one very simple question: What does it mean to be American?”  We hope you'll join us for this year's One Book, One Campus Great Read!  Resources: Get the book: https://illegallyyoursbook.com/ NPR Feature -“Jane the Virgin' writer recounts growing up undocumented in ‘Illegally Yours'” The Mission of the OBOC Program The goal of Mt. SAC's OBOC program is to unite students, faculty, and staff around a shared reading experience designed to promote discussion and understanding of issues in our campus community and beyond.  The program incorporates curriculum and campus-wide activities that build unity and contribute toward the achievement of the College's mission.  nd the Winner Is... Every year members of the Mt. SAC community vote on a book to read together as part of the OBOC program. The winner of the 2022 - 2023 OBOC election is Illegally Yours: A Memoir by Rafael Agustin. Brief Summary of Illegally Yours About the Memoir: Illegally Yours: A Memoir is a heartwarming, comical look at how this struggling Ecuadorian immigrant family bonded together to navigate Rafa's school life, his parents' work lives, and their shared secret life as undocumented Americans, determined to make the best of their always turbulent and sometimes dangerous American existence. From using the Ricky Martin/Jennifer Lopez “Latin Explosion” to his social advantage in the ‘90s to how his parents—doctors in their home country of Ecuador—were reduced to working menial jobs in the US, the family's secret became their struggle, and their struggle became their hustle. An alternatingly hilarious and touching exploration of belonging and identity, Illegally Yours revolves around one very simple question: What does it mean to be American? About the Author: Rafael Agustin is a Mt. SAC alumnus, and a writer on the award-winning The CW show, Jane the Virgin. He is a Sundance Fellow for his TV family comedy, Illegal, based on his life as a formerly undocumented American. Rafael currently serves as Executive Director of the Latino Film Institute (LFI), where he oversees the Youth Cinema Project, their statewide project-based learning educational film program, and the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF). In 2018, the LA Weekly named Rafael one of the fifty most essential people in Los Angeles. Also in 2018, the United Nations invited Rafael to speak at their 70th Anniversary Celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Please join us for One Book, One Campus 2022-23 Great Read meetings 3:00 – 4:30pm: Sept. 21 - pages 1- 94 Oct. 19 - pages 95-188 Nov. 16 - pages 189-284 For questions regarding One Book, One Campus 2022-23, contact OBOC Coordinator Rita Page at: rpage3@mtsac.edu Run Time: 13 min, 35 sec To find the full transcript for this episode, click  HERE

In the first podcast episode of the new California Community College Experience series, Chancellor Daisy Gonzales, PhD is joined by guest Rafael Agustin, who was a writer on the award-winning The CW show, Jane The Virgin, and is the author of the newly released comedic memoir, Illegally Yours. Agustin attended three California community colleges: Mt. San Antonio College, Citrus College and Fullerton College before transferring to UCLA. Transcript: https://www.cccco.edu/-/media/CCCCO-Website/Podcasts/Transcripts/ccc22055-transcript2-a11y.pdf

In the first podcast episode of the new California Community College Experience series, Chancellor Daisy Gonzales, PhD is joined by guest Rafael Agustin, who was a writer on the award-winning The CW show, Jane The Virgin, and is the author of the newly released comedic memoir, Illegally Yours. Agustin attended three California community colleges: Mt. San Antonio College, Citrus College and Fullerton College before transferring to UCLA. Transcript: https://www.cccco.edu/-/media/CCCCO-Website/Podcasts/Transcripts/ccc22055-transcript-a11y.pdf

Today, we sat down with author and TV writer, Rafael Agustin, to talk about his journey and his new book, ILLEGALLY YOURS. What he thought was a vacation was actually a one way flight to America. He struggled to adapt and to identify with who he was and those surrounding him. His immigrant journey will inspire you and make you laugh all in one. Our hope with his episode is that you feel seen and heard through Rafael's story and journey. Buy the book or download it ASAP to be INSPIRED.  @straightupsistersthepodcast @raqcsworld @lasusie @mrrafaelagustin 

Rafael Agustin - CEO of the Latino Film Institute (LFI), where he oversees the Youth Cinema Project, their project-based learning educational film program, the annual Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF), and LatinX in Animation. He was also a writer on the award-winning The CW show, Jane The Virgin. He joins Tavis to discuss his new memoir, “Illegally Yours,” – an account about growing up without documents in the Los Angeles area and succeeding against tough odds

Rafael Agustin es actor, guionista de la popular serie "Jane the virgin", y ahora autor del libro "Illegally Yours", una memoria sobre su vida en donde narra como llega de Ecuador a los Estados Unidos  con sus padres a los 7 años, pero es hasta los 16, cuando intenta sacar su licencia de conducir, que se da cuenta de que es indocumentado. En esta conversación humana, divertida y llena de anécdotas descubrimos la historia de un inmigrante que supera todo para conseguir su sueño americano.  https://agujasenelpajar.com https://rafaelagustin.comhttps://latinofilm.orghttps://www.instagram.com/mrrafaelagustin/

Chrysta Bilton's mother was a lesbian who asked a man she'd just met to be her sperm donor. It was only much later that Bilton learned the same man had donated sperm to countless other women. Bilton tells the story of connecting with her 35 siblings and her unusual childhood in her memoir Normal Family.Ken Tucker reviews Bartees Strange's new album, Farm to Table.Rafael Agustin's parents were physicians in Ecuador, but when they came to the U.S. they worked at a car wash and Kmart to get by. It wasn't until he was a teen that he learned they were undocumented. Agustin tells his story in his new memoir, Illegally Yours. He wrote for the TV series Jane the Virgin and is the CEO of the Latino Film Institute.

Chrysta Bilton's mother was a lesbian who asked a man she'd just met to be her sperm donor. It was only much later that Bilton learned the same man had donated sperm to countless other women. Bilton tells the story of connecting with her 35 siblings and her unusual childhood in her memoir Normal Family.Ken Tucker reviews Bartees Strange's new album, Farm to Table.Rafael Agustin's parents were physicians in Ecuador, but when they came to the U.S. they worked at a car wash and Kmart to get by. It wasn't until he was a teen that he learned they were undocumented. Agustin tells his story in his new memoir, Illegally Yours. He wrote for the TV series Jane the Virgin and is the CEO of the Latino Film Institute.

Rafael Agustin's parents were physicians in Ecuador, but when they came to the U.S. they worked at a car wash and Kmart to get by. It wasn't until he was a teen that he learned they were undocumented. Agustin tells his story in his new memoir, Illegally Yours. He wrote for the TV series Jane the Virgin and is the CEO of the Latino Film Institute. Also, Ken Tucker reviews the album Beatopia from the artist beabadoobee, out July 15.

"Jane the Virgin" writer Rafael Agustin shares what it was like to grow up as an undocumented immigrant in his new memoir, "Illegally Yours." He joins CBS News correspondent Lilia Luciano to discuss his family's journey to the United States, why his parents kept his status a secret and working to improve diversity in the entertainment industry. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

"Jane the Virgin" writer Rafael Agustin shares what it was like to grow up as an undocumented immigrant in his new memoir, "Illegally Yours." He joins CBS News correspondent Lilia Luciano to discuss his family's journey to the United States, why his parents kept his status a secret and working to improve diversity in the entertainment industry. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Rafael Agustin's parents were physicians in Ecuador, but when they came to the U.S. they worked at a car wash and Kmart to get by. It wasn't until he was a teen that he learned they were undocumented. Agustin tells his story in his new memoir, Illegally Yours. He wrote for the TV series Jane the Virgin and is the CEO of the Latino Film Institute. Also, Ken Tucker reviews the album Beatopia from the artist beabadoobee, out July 15.

Our good friend, Rafael Agustin, returns to the show this week to talk about his brand new book, "Illegally Yours" - his memoir about growing up undocumented in the U.S. Available July 12th everywhere books are sold (or preorder it NOW). SPONSORED by our new friends at Dad Grass! Dad Grass is offering our listeners 20% off your first order when you go to DADGRASS.COM/FOOL LINKS Rafael Agustin: @MrRafaelAgustin (IG) Felipe: @FelipeEsparzaComedian (IG) Rodrigo: @RodrigoTorresJr (IG) Martin: @ComicMartinRizo (IG) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode we reflect on the power of personal stories. We talk to reporter Adolfo Guzman Lopez and writer Rafael Agustin, about their recent projects that are both examples of why our narrative and voices matter.  Adolfo Guzman Lopez is the host of “ Imperfect Paradise: The Forgotten Revolutionary”  where he explores the mysterious and untimely death of Oscar Gomez, a star of the 1990s Chicano student movement. Adolfo is a correspondent for LAist where he's covered what makes L.A. L.A. — transportation, K-12 education, municipal politics and art, and has profiled LA's  most creative visual and performing artists.  Rafael Agustín is the author of “Illegally Yours” a memoir centered on his experience being an undocumented immigrant, order it now: https://www.xolobooks.com/product-page/illegally-yours-a-memoir and use code TAMARINDO at checkout to save. He is Executive Director of the Latino Film Institute and he joins Tamarindo days after the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF), which he puts together. He was a writer on the award-winning show, Jane The Virgin and is behind many exciting projects that lift up Latinx representation in media.  Tamarindo podcast is the Latinx show where hosts discuss politics, pop culture, and how to balance it all con calma, hosted by Brenda Gonzalez and Ana Sheila Victorino. Join us as we delve into discussions on race, gender, politics, representation, and life! Check out all of our upcoming events:  https://www.tamarindopodcast.com/events Brenda and Ana Sheila are executive producers of Tamarindo podcast with production support by Mitzi Hernández and Augusto Martinez, of Sonoro Media. Jeff Ricards produced our theme song. If you want to support our work, please rate and review our show here. You can get in touch with us at www.tamarindopodcast.com Contribute to the show: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/tamarindopodcast1 Save 10% on your order of books from Latina-owned Xolo Books with the code TAMARINDO at checkout: xolobooks.com Follow Tamarindo on instragram @tamarindopodcast and on twitter at @tamarindocast  Follow Ana Sheila on instagram @la_anasheila and twitter @Shelli1228 Follow Brenda on twitter at @BrendaRicards

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between. This is the third episode of what we are calling The Final Frame. Here we will dissect the final film of a great, well-respected filmmaker, wrapped in the context of said filmmaker's entire career. Our subject today: the recently departed Peter Bogdanovich. His final film: She's Funny That Way, starring Owen Wilson, Imogen Poots, Kathryn Hahn, Rhys Ifans, Jennifer Aniston, Will Forte, Austin Pendleton, George Morfogen, Richard Lewis, and Cybill Shepherd. But wait! That's only half-true! Before the half-hearted release of She's Funny That Way, there was another version of the film. Its title? Squirrels to the Nuts. This is the cut that Bogdanovich wanted the world to see. Until the studio made him change it. And our guest, James Kenney, is the man who saved Squirrels to the Nuts. He recounts the tale in a great piece on his wonderful website. We discuss Bogdanovich's entire filmography. How he broke in under the umbrella of Roger Corman; his impossible three-film run of The Last Picture Show, What's Up Doc?, and Paper Moon; the professional downfall that preceded a tragic personal downfall; his pseudo-comeback with Mask, quickly followed by a career making movies for TV. And then, after all of that, The Cat's Meow, a Tom Petty documentary, and this complicated final film. Kenney speaks eloquently about Bogdanovich's gentle aesthetic, and we marvel at Squirrels being his first self-generated work since They All Laughed. There's much time spent discussing the marked differences between the two versions, and not nearly enough time marveling at the performance Bogdanovich got out of Cher in Mask. The same goes for Kenney's defense of the much-maligned Illegally Yours! Be sure to give us a follow on Twitter and Facebook at @TFSBSide. Also enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor. We are also now on Spotify and Stitcher. Enjoy!

Bogdanovich has claimed that the early months of 1980 were the happiest time of his life. He was in emphatic, unequivocal love with Playboy model Dorothy Stratten, and she was equally in love with him. Their blissful romance led to Bogdanovich dreaming up his next film, They All Laughed. Weaving together his affections for Stratten, the ongoing dissolution of her current marriage, and the recent affair shared by stars Ben Gazzara and Audrey Hepburn on their previous film together, Bogdanovich penned the most sincere expression of love he could, and set it against the swooning backdrop of New York City in the spring. Watching the film, it's evident the director was floating on cloud nine during its production, which only makes the dark aftermath of its construction all the more tragic. On August 13th, 1980, Dorothy Stratten was murdered by her estranged husband during a meeting about their divorce at his rented home in Los Angelos, before then taking his own life with the same gun shortly therafter. Upon hearing the news, Bogdanovich's life instantly fell apart, with many years of distraught grief and exceedingly poor life choices to follow. Just as his life and career were reaching a concurrent high, everything came crashing down. No studio was willing to touch They All Laughed in the wake of Stratten's death, and so Bogdanovich dug himself into debt buying the rights to the film and attempted to distribute it himself. Unsurprisingly, this did not go well. The film desperately floundered at the box office and Bogdanovich was forced to declare bankruptcy. The failure of They All Laughed, alongside a number of other auteur-driven flops at the same time, proved to be the final nail in the coffin of the New Hollywood renaissance of director-driven studio productions. Fortunately, the film has regained some traction thanks to a new generation of Hollywood auteurs, with the likes of Quinten Tarantino and Wes Anderson championing it as a masterwork in recent decades. Another hiatus followed suit, but by 1985 Bogdanovich was back at it, both because he needed to pick up the pieces and because he needed the money. When they were together, Dorothy expressed particular interest in the story of Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man. Bogdanovich pieced together her identification with him as an object of public attention, subjugated for their extreme looks – one radiant, the other malformed. This is what inspired Bogdanovich to make Mask, a biographical story of the similarly-stricken Rocky Dennis, and his struggle to live a normal life with a debilitating facial deformity. Mask was one of Bogdanovich's most successful films to date, being a big hit with both audiences and critics, as well as snagging some much-deserved awards for leading actress Cher at Cannes, as well an Academy Award for the incredible makeup effects used to believably transform Eric Stoltz into the afflicted young boy. Still strapped for cash (seriously, do not try to self-distribute your own movies), Bogdanovich was still operating as a director for hire. He found himself under the auspices of the rather notorious Dino De Laurentiis, whom Bogdanovich would later blame for the unmitigated failure of Illegally Yours. With a title tipping its name to a Preston Sturges classic, Bogdanovich was set to make a contemporary screwball comedy for the ‘80s in the same way he did in 1973 with What's Up, Doc? The commercial appeal of leading man Rob Lowe seemed to assure a hit, but a forced rewrite of the script and a hacked-up editing job seems to have ruined the picture's chances for success, and caused Bogdanovich enough grief to proclaim it as the worst film he ever made. In 1987 author Larry McMurty penned a follow-up novel to the beloved The Last Picture Show. Bogdanovich was then naturally in talks to direct the film adaptation of the story set some thirty years after the captivating narrative he first brought to theaters sixteen years earlier. Texasville reunited most of the original cast, including Jeff Bridges and Cybill Shepherd, who began as mere aspirants in Picture Show but were now bonafide stars. The story swaps its deconstruction of youthful angst for the mature interests of middle-aged malaise, investigating how the reverberations of the past reflect upon and impact the present. But without the same haunting cinematography and sense of place, not to mention the confidence of the studio behind him, Bogdanovich's film faltered yet again at the box office. It was a sad reminder of how the young protégé of Orson Welles, whose second feature was once heralded alongside the mighty Citizen Kane, had, much like the great director himself, fallen from the public's graces. No longer did his name command the same capital as once before, having only further ruined his reputation by constantly fighting with the studios in a vain attempt to regain his creative integrity.

Hi folks. This week a great podcast of current and old school 'why you like the Nightfly' stuff. First, I tell you about how I got caught up in the Robinhood Stock Market scandal. Then we go back to, you know, our old ways and talk about the Rob Lowe classic, "Illegally Yours" and when I say classic, I mean -- NOT. But, it's The Nightfly and there's a reason that you'll love why we talk about it, which of course leads us into the club scene in Scarface. So, really, if you don't like this week's episode -- I've got nuthin.