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I have been anticipating having the opportunity to speak with Carl Amari on an episode of Unstoppable Mindset for several months. Carl and I share a passion for vintage radio programs sometimes called “old time radio shows”. Carl heard his first broadcast in 1975 when he heard Cary Grant staring in a program from the 20-year long series entitled “Suspense”. That program left the air in 1962, but like other shows, some radio stations kept it alive later.   Carl's interest in vintage programs goes far beyond the over 100,000 transcription master's he has amassed. He has also created some programs of his own. For example, in 2002 Carl asked for and received the rights to recreate the television show, “The Twilight Zone” for a radio audience. He used many famous actors while recreating the series. He talks about what he did and how he brought “The Twilight Zone” to life on the radio.   He also has dramatized five versions of the bible. His most well-known work is “The Word Of Promise Bible”. When I first purchased that bible from Audible, I had no idea that Carl was its creator.   Carl Amari is quite a creative guy making movies, collecting and producing radio programs and he even hosts podcasts.   I hope you have as much fun listening to this episode as I did in creating it with Carl. We definitely will have him back as he has many more stories to tell.       About the Guest:   Carl Amari has been licensing classic radio shows from the owners and estates since 1990.  He has amassed a library of 100,000+ master recordings.  Amari broadcasts these golden-age of radio shows on his 5-hour radio series, Hollywood 360, heard on 100+ radio stations coast-to-coast each week.  Amari is also the Host/Producer of The WGN Radio Theatre heard each weekend on legendary Chicago radio station, WGN AM 720. Amari is the founder and curator of The Classic Radio Club.  Each month Amari selects the best-of-the-best from his classic radio library to send to members.   Amari is also a published author.  In 1996, he began writing a series of books about classic radio for The Smithsonian Institute.  More recently, he teamed with fellow classic radio expert, Martin Grams, to co-write the best-selling coffee-table cook “The Top 100 Classic Radio Shows” (available at Amazon).  Each bi-monthly, Amari writes a classic radio-themed column titled “Good Old Days on the Radio” for the nostalgia publication Good Old Days Magazine.   In 2002, Amari licensed the intellectual property, The Twilight Zone, from CBS and The Rod Serling estate to create and produce The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas, which are fully dramatized audio adaptations based on Rod Serling's Emmy-Award winning TV series.  Hosted by prolific actor Stacy Keach, each hour-long radio drama features a Hollywood celebrity in the title role.  The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas has won numerous awards of excellence including The Audie Award, AFTRA's American Scene Award and the XM Nation Award for Best Radio Drama on XM.  The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas are broadcast coast-to-coast each week on nearly 100 radio stations.    In 2007, Amari parlayed his experience and passion for radio theatre and love for the Bible into the creation of the award-winning Word of Promise celebrity-voiced, dramatized audio Bible published by Christian giant Thomas Nelson, Inc.  The New Testament won 2008's highest Evangelical award, The Christian Book of the Year.  The Word of Promise stars Jim Caviezel (“The Passion of the Christ”) reprising his film role as Jesus, with Michael York, Terence Stamp, Lou Gossett, Jr., Marisa Tomei, Lou Diamond Phillips, Ernie Hudson, Kimberly-Williams Paisley and many other celebrities voicing roles of the New Testament.  In 2008, Amari produced The Word of Promise Old Testament featuring more than 400 actors including: Jon Voight, Gary Sinise, Richard Dreyfuss, Max von Sydow, Malcolm McDowell, Joan Allen, John Rhys-Davies, Sean Astin, Marcia Gay Harden and Jesse McCartney. The Old Testament was combined with the New Testament and released as The Word of Promise Complete audio Bible in 2009 and has won numerous awards, including three Audie awards.  The Word of Promise has become the #1 selling audio Bible of all time.  In 2009, Amari produced The Truth & Life Dramatized Audio Bible: New Testament, a Catholic Bible featuring Neal McDonough, John Rhys-Davies, Malcolm McDowell, Kristen Bell, Blair Underwood, Julia Ormond, Brian Cox, Sean Astin and other celebrities.  It was released by Zondervan Corporation, the largest religious publisher in the world.  Amari secured an Imprimatur from The Vatican and a foreword by Pope Benedict XVI for The Truth & Life Dramatized Audio Bible: New Testament, which has become the #1 selling Catholic audio Bible in the world.  In 2016, Amari produced The Breathe Audio Bible for Christian Publisher Tyndale House.  Celebrities voicing roles include Ashley Judd, Josh Lucas, Kevin Sorbo, Hill Harper, John Rhys-Davies and Corbin Bleu.  Amari currently produces a weekly radio series based on this audio Bible called The Breathe Radio Theatre hosted by Kevin Sorbo, heard on Christian radio stations coast-to-coast.    In 2000, Amari produced the feature film Madison starring Jim Caviezel, Bruce Dern, Jake Lloyd, Mary McCormack and John Mellencamp.  In 2001, Madison was invited by Robert Redford to be the opening film at Redford's prestigious Sundance Film Festival.  Madison was later released worldwide by MGM.  Amari also spends his time creating television series for Warner Brothers and Gulfstream Pictures.  Amari's latest film projects include producing, Wireman, starring Scott Eastwood and Andy Garcia, a true-story set in 1978 Chicago and Crossed, a Zombie Post-Apocalyptic story by The Boys creator Garth Ennis.  Both films will be released in 2025.   Amari's company was twice named to the INC. 500 list of fastest growing privately-held companies.  He was selected as one of Chicago's Very Own by Tribune Broadcasting and his business accomplishments have been highlighted in The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Chicago Tribune, Variety, INC. 500, The Associated Press, Entertainment Weekly, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and The New York Post. Ways to connect Carl:   https://www.hollywood360radio.com/   https://classicradioclub.com/   https://ultimateclassicradio.com/   You can also provide my email address: Carl@ClassicRadioClub.com   About the Host:   Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog.   Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards.   https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/   accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/       Thanks for listening!   Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? 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Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson ** 01:20 Well, hello to you all, wherever you may be, welcome to another episode of unstoppable mindset. Oh, it's always good to have an unstoppable mindset. I am really very joy today. I'm really happy because I get to have an hour to chat with someone who I've admired for a while, although I haven't told him that but he, I first heard him on a show. Well, he did a show called Yeah, on a program called yesterday USA, which is a program that plays old radio shows on now two different networks. They have a red network and a blue network, so they have emulated NBC, and they're on 24 hours a day, doing a lot of old radio stuff. And I've been collecting radio shows for a long time, although our guest, Carl has has done, in a broad sense, a lot more than I have. But anyway, he collects shows. He does a lot with master copies of radio shows, and I don't, don't have that many masters, but he's also done some other things. For example, in 2002 he acquired the rights from CBS and the Rod Serling estate to create Twilight Zone radio, and he is created versions for radio of all of the Twilight Zone broadcasts. The other thing that he did that I didn't realize until I got his bio, is that he created something else that I purchased from Audible, probably in 2008 or 2009 the Word of Promise Bible, where he got a number of entertainers and and special people and Celebrities like Michael York and others to create the Bible, and it's only 98 hours long. So you know, it takes a little while to read, but still, it's worth doing. So I would like to introduce you all to Carl Amari and Carl, welcome to unstoppable mindset. Michael,   Carl Amari ** 03:14 thank you so much for having me. It's a real honor. Thanks so much.   Michael Hingson ** 03:19 Well, the honor is, is mine as well. I really am glad that that you're here and we do get to talk about radio and all sorts of whatever comes along. Well, I want to start this way. Tell me about kind of the early Carl, growing up and all that well for an opening, yeah. Gosh,   Carl Amari ** 03:35 that was a long time ago, but when I was 12 years old in 1975 I heard my first classic radio show. It was an episode of suspense, and it starred Cary Grant in a show called on a country road. Yeah, and I was at a sleepover at my friend's house, and we were kind of rowdy, as as 12 year olds will be. And his father had this show, I think it was on an eight track tape or a cassette tape, and he played it, and it was the first time I ever experienced theater of the mind. And I, you know, grew up watching Batman and the Twilight Zone and Wild Wild West, and I had never had anything, you know, that that really, really just blew me away, like hearing a radio drama where you hear the the actors performing, and you see the, you know, they have the sound effects and the music, and it creates this movie in your mind. And I was at a 12 as 12 years old. I was just completely just, you know, flabbergasted, and I wanted to learn all I could about classic radio and and so I spent, really my entire career, the last 40 plus years, licensing and putting out these radio shows, licensing from. The estates and putting them out on radio and on CD and digital download and so forth.   Michael Hingson ** 05:06 Cool. Yeah, I remember on a country road the first show. Well, I remember a few times my parents were listening to radio in the early 50s, and I think one of the first ones I heard was Dick Tracy, but I don't even remember that, but I think it was 1957 in October or so. I was listening to the radio, and all of a sudden I heard, and one of my maybe it was 58 but anyway, one of my favorite songs at the time was Tom Dooley by the Kingston Trio, and this announcement came up that on suspense this Sunday would be the story of Tom Dooley. And I went, Oh, that's Oh, right, right. Listen to that. And I did, and I was hooked for the very same reasons that you were radio really presents you the opportunity to picture things in in your own mind, in a sense, the way you want. And what they do in the radio production is get actors who can draw you in, but the whole idea is for you to picture it in your own mind. So I did it with Tom Dooley, and I got hooked. And I was listening to suspense and yours truly Johnny dollar ever since that day. And then also Gun Smoke and Have Gun Will Travel came along, and then that was fun.   Carl Amari ** 06:23 Yeah, those were those shows that you just mentioned. They were on still in the 50s. Because when you think of the golden age of radio, it was really the 30, late 30s all the way to the very early 50s, golden age of radio. But there were hangers on. There was Johnny dollar, and, like you said, suspense. And you know, some of these programs that were still on fiber, McGee and Molly, even, you know, Jack Benny, were still on during the 50s. And then, of course, most of the shows made the transition to the visual medium of television. But the eyes, I still say, you know, today, listening to these radio shows is more fun, and I think they're more impactful than the television versions. Oh,   Michael Hingson ** 07:07 I think so by any standard. I think that's true. And gun Well, let's see. Suspense went into, I think 1962 Johnny dollar did, and suspense and Gunsmoke and Have Gun Will Travel. Started on television, actually, but then transitioned to radio. There were a few shows, a few of the plots that actually were on both, yes, but John Danner played Paladin on the radio, and that was fun. And then, of course, Gunsmoke as well. So they, they, they all went into the 60s, which was kind of kind of cool, yeah.   Carl Amari ** 07:43 And usually they had, you know, sometimes they had the same cast, and other times a completely different cast, like with Gunsmoke, you know, William Conrad was Marshall Matt Dillon on on radio. And, of course, people remember him as canon on television, also Nero Wolf on television. But William Conrad, who was probably in more radio shows than anyone I can think of. Yeah, was, was Marshall, Matt Dillon, and then on on television, of course, James Arness, so yeah, and but then, you know, the Jack Benny Program, there was the same cast, you know, the very same people that were on radio, moved to television, same with Red Skelton and many of the shows, but other times, completely different cast.   Michael Hingson ** 08:22 I was watching this morning when I woke up, me too. Let's see, was it me too? Yeah, was me TV? They're great and and they had Jack Benny on at 430 in the morning. I just happened to wake up and I turned it on. There's Benny season five, where he took the beavers to county fair. Of course, the Beavers are fun. And I've actually, I've actually had the opportunity to meet Beverly Washburn, which was, oh, sure,   Carl Amari ** 08:52 sure. Oh man, Jack Benny, probably the high water mark of comedy. You know, when you talk about, you know, a guy that was on, he started in vaudeville, you know, and then he had his own radio show, his own TV show was in movies, and probably the most successful. And when you think about Seinfeld, right, when you think about the series, the television series Seinfeld, there's so many correlations between Seinfeld and the Jack Benny Program, you know Seinfeld. It was, was a comedian, you know Jerry Seinfeld, playing himself. He had this cast of Looney characters all around him. Same thing with the Jack Benny show. It was Jack Benny with a cast of Looney characters. And so it's probably was an homage, you know, to to Jack Benny. And   Michael Hingson ** 09:39 I, I'm, think you're right. I think in a lot of ways, that probably absolutely was the case. And you know, there are so many radio shows that that, in one way or another, have have influenced TV. And I think people don't necessarily recognize that, but it's true, how much, yeah, radio really set the stage for so many things. Yeah, I think the later suspenses, in a sense, were a lot better than some of the earlier ones, because they really were more poignant. Some were more science fiction, but they really were more suspenseful than than some of the early ones, but they were all fun.   Carl Amari ** 10:13 Oh gosh, suspense that's now you're talking about, I think the best series of all time, you know, because it was about almost 1000 episodes. It lasted from 42 to, I believe, 62 or 63 and and it had, for a time, there was a lot of true stories on suspense when Elliot Lewis took over. But yeah, you're right. It had the best actors, the best writers, the best production values. So suspense to this day. You know, I think is, of all the shows was, was one of the best, if not the best.   Michael Hingson ** 10:45 Oh, I agree. I can't argue with that at all. And did so many things. And then for at least a summer, they had hour long suspenses, but mostly it was a half hour or Yes, later was 25 minutes plus a newscast, right,   Carl Amari ** 10:59 right, right? It didn't seem to work in the hour long format. They only did a handful of those, and they went back right back to the half hour once a week, you know. But, yeah, no suspense, one of my favorites for sure.   Michael Hingson ** 11:13 Oh, yeah. Well, and it's hard to argue with that. It's so much fun to do all of these. And you know, on other shows in radio, in a sense, tried to emulate it. I mean, escape did it for seven years, but it still wasn't suspense, right,   Carl Amari ** 11:27 right. Closest thing to suspense was escape, but it was never and I think because you know, as as you know Michael, but maybe some of your listeners don't realize this, these actors, these big actors, Humphrey Bogard and chair, you know, James Stewart and Cary Grant, they were, they were studio, they were under a studio contract. So they weren't like today, where they were freelance. So when, like, let's say, Jimmy Stewart was being paid, I'll just make up a number $5,000 a week to be under contract to make movies when he wasn't making a movie, they wanted to make money on this actor, so they would loan him out to radio. And these actors were on suspense, like on a routine basis, you had movie stars every week appearing on suspense, the biggest movie stars on the planet. So and you would think, well, how could they afford these movie stars? Well, because the studios wanted to make money when their actors weren't working, right?   Michael Hingson ** 12:23 And and did, and people really appreciate it. I mean, Jess Stewart, yeah, even some of the actors from radio, like fiber began, Molly, yeah, on a suspense. And they were, that was a great that was a great show. But, oh yeah,   Carl Amari ** 12:38 back, I think it was back, right? Yeah, yeah, which   Michael Hingson ** 12:41 was really cool. Well, you license a lot of shows from, from people tell me more about that. That must be interesting and fascinating to try to negotiate and actually work out. Well,   Carl Amari ** 12:52 early on, when I was in college, you know, as a communications major, and I learned very early on that these show, a lot of these shows are, copyrighted so and because I was actually sent a cease and desist letter on a college station just playing a show. And so that was, and it was from Mel blanks company, man of 1000 voices. And he his son, Noel, helped me learn, you know, taught me that, hey, you know, these shows are were created by, you know, the the estates, you know, the that were still around Jack Benny and, you know, CBS owns a ton of stuff and different, you know, entities that own these shows and and he helped, and he introduced me to a lot of people, including Jerry Lewis and Milton Burrell and and so I spent My early career in my 20s, flying back and forth to LA and New York and licensing these shows from like Irving Brecher, who created the life of Riley and the Jack Benny estate. And, you know, golden books at the time, owned the Lone Ranger and so licensing that and Warner Brothers, you know, DC for Batman and so, and Superman, I mean, which had Batman on it, but Superman, I licensed those. And, you know, MCA universal for dragnet and the six shooter and so on and on and on and and I spent, as I say, my early career licensing. I now have over 100,000 shows under license, and mostly from Master transcriptions, because I only like to collect from the master source, because we put them out through a club, the classic Radio Club, and I air them on my I have a national radio show called Hollywood 360 we air them every week, five shows every week on the network. There's over 100 stations, including Armed Forces Radio and and so I want the quality to be impeccable. I don't want dubs of dubs or, you know, cracks and pops. And I really want to give people what it sounded like back then when they aired   Michael Hingson ** 14:54 and well. And you you can sort of do that, but the sound is probably even better today. With the audio equipment that people have access to, yeah, the sound is even better than it was. But I hear what you're saying, and it's cool to listen to those, and they're not stereo. Oh, that would be interesting to to try to reprocess and make that happen, but the audio is incredible. Yeah,   Carl Amari ** 15:16 yeah, that's kind of what our, you know, our trademark is, Michael is, you know, if you're listening to Hollywood 360 which, as I say, is on a lot of stations across the country, when you listen to that show, and in every hour, we play a we play a show, you know you're going to get something that sounds just, is like we're talking right now. You know that's that's important to me. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 15:37 well, and I can appreciate that, and it makes perfect sense that it is because we should really preserve the the programs, and we should do what we can to make them sound as good as we can, and we should really get that high quality. And the high quality is there, yes, just not always what people find, and people are willing to, well, accept less than what they should, yeah,   Carl Amari ** 16:01 well, I, you know, I grew up collecting from where I wherever I could. But then, when I started licensing them, I would get the masters from the, you know, whoever owned them. And then I also have about a half a dozen collectors that only collect on 16 inch disc, which is kind of great. And so if I have, let's say, you know, suspense and and I'll, you know, let's say, you know, because we license that from CBS. But if CBS doesn't have a certain show, but a collector on disc has it, I'll get that from the collector and still pay the royalty the CBS because they own it. But I'll get that, that disc from a collector. And, you know, we, and it's a cost of doing business, but we'll get it transferred and and put it out to the public that way.   Michael Hingson ** 16:46 Typically, what are the discs made of? So   Carl Amari ** 16:49 they're, they're like, uh, they're like a shellac. I mean, they're, they're like, a glass. Some of them are actually glass,   Michael Hingson ** 16:55 yeah, you know, some of the Jack Benny shows were glass, yeah,   Carl Amari ** 16:59 and acetate and things like that. And so I there's one gentleman that's in in Redding, California, Doug Hopkinson, who is just an expert on this, and he does most of the transfers. We recently licensed 41 different series from Frederick zivs estate. And you know, we're talking the entire collection of Boston Blackie bold venture with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, Philo Vance, with Jackson Beck, Mr. District Attorney, and I was a communist for the FBI. And Doug is actually doing they're all on they're all zivs Personal discs. Frederick Ziv, he had them. There's 10,000 more than 10,000 discs in a controlled warehouse in Cincinnati, and we are slowly but surely working our way through 10,000 shows. And Doug is doing all those transfers. So he's a busy guy. Does he go there to do it? No, we have him sent. So you do cardboard boxes. Yeah, yeah. To California. And then Doug has two, you know, it's special equipment that you have to use. I mean, it's very, very it's not just a turntable, and it's a special equipment. And then, you know, we get the raw file, you know, we get the, he uses the special needles based on that album, you know, or that disc he has, you know, a whole plethora of needles, and then he tests it, whichever gets the best sound out of there. So, yeah, he's really, he's tops at this. And so we're doing those Troy, we just transferred all the, I was a communist for the FBI with Dana Andrews, yeah, and all the Boston blackies, which is one of my favorites   Michael Hingson ** 18:40 and bold venture. And, yeah, I have those, good man, so I know that it's interesting. You mentioned the needles. So for people who don't know, in order to get a program on one disc, the transcriptions were literally 16 inches. I mean, we're all used to LPS or 12 inch disc, but the radio transcriptions were 16 inch discs, right?   Carl Amari ** 19:05 And that held 15 minutes. And now you needed two discs, yeah? So generally, you needed two discs to give you one show, unless it was one on one side and one on the other side. But a lot of times it was, it was, it was two discs for one show, yeah, and then, and then, on the opposite side, you'd have another show. One   Michael Hingson ** 19:24 of the things that I got the opportunity to do was to collect my dad knew somebody when he worked at Edwards Air Force Base that had a number of 16 inch transcriptions, and I had a turntable. Wasn't great, but it served the purpose for a college kid. And one of the things I discovered was that there were a few recordings that, rather than putting the needle on the outside and the record spins and plays in, you actually start from the inside and go out.   Carl Amari ** 19:56 Yes, I've seen that, yeah, and I'm told we're that way. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 20:00 I'm told that they did that because the the audio quality was actually better. Doing it that way, really? Yeah, I didn't know that. I didn't know, but that's what I was told, was that the audio quality was even better. Wow,   Carl Amari ** 20:11 yeah. I mean, it's a skill, you know, because with we really have one shot to get these 10, you know, these, these discs and and and we were getting them from, from literally, Frederick zivs Personal. They were, I told, like the first one off the duplication line. When he would, he would bicycle the discs all around the country. We're not using discs that were ever touched by radio stations. In fact, a lot of them, we have to drill out the holes in the middle because they've closed up a little bit. So these have never been played. They're unplayed. His master discs that are unplayed and and if you have the bold venture, you know what we were able to pull off those masters, it's like high fidelity. Mon Oro,   Michael Hingson ** 20:56 yeah. They're as good as it can get. And they do, they sound really great. Well, even the Boston blackies are good. Yeah,   Carl Amari ** 21:02 oh yeah, yeah. I'm excited about that, because that, that's one of my favorite shows Boston.   Michael Hingson ** 21:07 I like Boston Blackie and yeah, and I like, I was a communist for the FBI, and I haven't gotten those yet, but I'm waiting to get Dana Andrews that whole   Carl Amari ** 21:15 they just shipped. So there you should be getting them, Michael. So thank you for that. They'll   Michael Hingson ** 21:20 be they'll be coming, yes, which is pretty cool, but it is so fun to have the opportunity to listen to all these and I really urge people, the easy way is you can go to places like yesterday usa.net, online and listen to a lot of radio programs, but you can go to Carl's website, or when he can tell us how to do it, and you can actually purchase the opportunity to get copies of some of these shows, and they're absolutely fun and worth doing.   Carl Amari ** 21:54 Yeah, thank you, Michael. We are. We have, you know, our radio show has a website. You can learn about our radio show that's that's easy. It's Hollywood. And then 360 so Hollywood, 360 radio.com, that's like my and you can reach me, but there's ways to contact me through there. And then we, I think I mentioned we offer these through a club, which is pretty cool, because what I do every month is I'll comb the library of we have over 100,000 shows, and I'll take, I'll pick 10 shows every month and put them either on five CDs with a booklet, historical booklet, and it's in a nice case. And you get about every 30 days, CD members get a new 10 C 10 show five CD set in the mail, or you can get those same shows via digital download. So if you don't want the CDs, you just want a link sent to you there, they're done that way too. And that's classic radio club.com and all of the information is there at Classic radio club.com and as I say that that we put out only the best quality there, like, the best quality you could possibly get, which,   Michael Hingson ** 23:04 which is so cool, because I have heard some of those programs as you say that they're dubbed or people, for some reason, have the wrong speed. They're not great quality, right? So frustrating. Yeah, there's no need for any of that. And some people, of course, cut out the commercials, not being visionary enough to understand the value of leaving the commercials in, right? And again, they didn't do a very good job of cutting them out.   Carl Amari ** 23:31 No, we leave everything in. Even, you know, it's so interesting to hear cigarette commercials, or, you know, all you know, vitamin commercials, like, you know, you know, ironized yeast presents, lights out. You know, it's fun. It's fun to hear, you know, these commercials. And sometimes, like on the dragnets, when they're talking about Chesterfield, they're like, oh, doctor recommended, you know, and all this.   Michael Hingson ** 23:55 Well, even better than that, I was just thinking the Fatima cigarettes commercials on dragnet. Yeah, research shows, yeah, I wonder where they got that research,   Carl Amari ** 24:07 yeah. Oh my gosh. They were, they were, it was crazy how they would do that. I mean, they got away with it. They did. They did. They did. And, you know, we, even when we air radio shows, we don't cut the commercials unless it's cigarette commercials, because there's an FCC rule that you can't hear cigarette commercials. But like, you know, when we play Jack Benny and there's and there's, you know, Grape Nuts flakes commercials, we leave it in. We want people to hear the Fun, fun of those commercials and things well,   Michael Hingson ** 24:36 and sometimes, of course, like with great nuts flakes commercials, the commercial is part of the program. Yes, it's integrated. Break away. It's all integrated in which makes it so fun. I didn't know that there was an FCC rule that said you can't air any cigarette commercials even for educational purposes.   Carl Amari ** 24:55 Well, it might be for educational purposes. It may be non commercial, but I know on commercial stage. Stations, I can imagine that. Yeah, yeah. And Hollywood, 360 is commercial, you know, we have sponsors like, you know, we have Prevagen is one of our big sponsors, cats, pride, kitty litter, and, you know, they've been with me forever. And, you know, whatever, the Home Depot, Geico, you know, my pillow, these are some of our sponsors. And, and so we're on commercial stations across the country.   Michael Hingson ** 25:21 Yeah, so it makes sense that that you you do it that way, which, yeah, you know, is understandable. But, boy, some of those commercials are the Chesterfield commercials. Accu Ray on Gunsmoke. Yeah?   Carl Amari ** 25:37 A gimmick to get you to buy their cigarettes.   Michael Hingson ** 25:39 Yeah, I bet there was no accuray machine, but, oh, probably not, probably not. It is so funny. Well, you did the Twilight Zone radio programs. What got you started on doing that?   Carl Amari ** 25:53 Well, you know, growing up, I think I mentioned earlier, it was one of my favorite shows, yeah, always mine too, you know. And just watching that I was so blown away by twilight zone as a kid. So then when I got into the licensing of these classic radio shows, and I I was, I guess I was just always really envious of these producers that got to do these radio shows. And I always thought, man, I was. I was born in the wrong decades. You know, I was, I wish I was around back in the 40s and was able to produce suspense or escape or one of these shows. And I thought the show that would work the best, you know, that was on television, that that would work great in the theater of the mind realm, would be twilight zone, because growing up watching, you know, the makeup wasn't that great and the costumes weren't that great. You could see the zippers on the Martians sometimes. And I thought, you know, the writing was so amazing, right? And the stories were so vivid, and it worked for your theater of the mind that you didn't really need the visual with Twilight Zone, especially if you, you know, you have to write them in a way for radio. There's a special technique for writing for radio, obviously. So I, I reached out to to CBS and the rod Sterling estate, and they thought it was cool. And they said, you know, what do one, we'll let, we'll let, we'll take a listen to one, you know. And they sent me the television script for monsters are due on Maple Street. That was the one they sent me. And at the time, I was trying to get Robert Wagner to be the host. I always liked to take the thief and and, and he thought it was interesting, but he passed on it ultimately. And, and then at the same time, I was working with Stacy Keach, senior, Stacy keach's Dad, who had created Tales from the tales of the Texas range Rangers, right? And, and, and so I was at, actually at Jane Seymour's house, because Jane Seymour was married at that time to Stacy's brother, James Keach, and I got invited to a party there. And I got to meet Stacy Keach and and I heard his voice up close, you know, standing next to him, and I was like, this is the guy I gotta get to be the host. And so I started telling him about what I was doing, and he's like, I'd love to be the host of that. And so that was the beginning of a lifelong friendship with Stacy, and he was just incredible on it. And we did one, we did a pilot, monsters are doing Maple Street. And they loved it. And said, go ahead. And that was it. And it was like, in 2002   Michael Hingson ** 28:29 the first one I heard was, if I remember the title, right, a different kind of stopwatch, okay, the one with Blue Diamond Phillips, Blue Diamond Phillips, that was the first one. I think you. You offered that as a, as a sample. Yeah, yes, when I got that was pretty cool. But you   Carl Amari ** 28:43 wouldn't believe Michael, how many whenever I would reach out to an actor like Jason Alexander, I mean, Jay, I remember Jason, when I reached out to him and I said, Hey, I'd like to you to do these. And he was like, Oh, I'd love it. And then he did it, and then he'd call me and say, You got any more of those? Love doing it, you know, because they never get to do this. They, you know, these actors don't get to do radio. And so people like, you know, Lou Diamond Phillips and Luke Perry God rest his soul, and and Michael York and Malcolm McDowell and, you know, Don Johnson and Lou and Luke Luke Gossett Jr, so many of these people that I reached out to, Jane Seymour, another one, they were just they were they couldn't say yes fast enough. They just loved doing radio drama. It was so easy to book these stars. I've   Michael Hingson ** 29:38 been talking with Walden Hughes, who, you know, is the guy who now runs yesterday USA, we've been talking about and we've been doing recreations of a number of shows. The problem is that the people who are involved, oftentimes have never really gone back and listened to the shows they're recreating and their voice. And what they do are so different than the kinds of things that you actually would hear on the shows, they just don't do it very well. And we've actually thought about the idea of trying to get a grant to try to teach people how to be radio actors and really learn to do the kinds of things that would make the shows a lot more meaningful. We'll see what happens. We're really working on it. We're going to be doing some recreations in Washington for enthusiasm. Puget Sound, yes, and one of my favorite radio shows has always been Richard diamond private detective. I thought such a wise guy, and so I am actually going to be Richard diamond in Nice,   Carl Amari ** 30:46 oh my gosh, yeah, wow. Well, you know, there's a real, there's a real special magic to doing these radio shows, as I know, you know, you understand, you know, there's, there's, and that was that really boils down to having great actors and also great writing like so CBS would send us. He would, they would send me the our the Rod Serling scripts, you know, we really, we'd get them, but they, of course, would not work on radio because it was written for a visual medium. So I had, I had a two time sci fi fantasy winning writer Dennis echeson, who is no longer with us, unfortunately, but he, he, he was an expert on Twilight Zone and also how to write for radio. And it's all about that it's taking that he would take the TV scripts and and redo them so that they would work without the visual, and that you start with that. And then you can, you know, then you can create, when you have a grin, you have a great group of actors. And I hired only the best Chicago supporting cast here, you know, the the Goodman theater and, and, you know actors and, and, you know people like that. And then, of course, the star, we'd fly the star in, yeah, and they, they knock out two shows. I bring in lunch in the middle of the day, we'd knock out two shows. And it was a wonderful experience doing like, I don't know, I think I did, oh gosh, close to 200 episodes.   Michael Hingson ** 32:13 Now, were some of the episodes, shows that never were on the the TV series, or they, yeah, when   Carl Amari ** 32:19 we got through the original 156 shows, because that's how many were in the original Rod Serling run. So we did them all. We actually one of them I never released because I wasn't happy with it. I think it was called come wander with me. So that one I never released, we did it. I wasn't happy with it, because it was a musical one, you know, I think it had Bob Crosby on it, or somebody like that, and on the TV show, and so it was a lot of singing, and I just wasn't happy with it. But after that, there was no no more. I could have gone into the later series, but I just, I said to them, can I hire writers to write new ones, you know? And they said, Sure, but we have to approve it and all that. And so a lot of them got approved, and a lot of them didn't. And then we, we, I think we produced maybe close to 4030, or 40 originals,   Michael Hingson ** 33:13 right? Yeah, did you ever meet Rod Serling? No, never   Carl Amari ** 33:18 did. He was gone before I got into this. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 33:22 he came to UC Irvine to lecture once when I was still on campus. I was actually Program Director of the radio station, and so several of us from kuci got to interview him. And one of our, the people who was involved with that, actually had one of the ape costumes from Planet of the Apes. So he came dressed up as one of the Apes. Was Wow, but great. But the thing about rod Sterling his voice is it's hot. How do I describe this? No matter what his voice sounded like on television, it wasn't nearly as deep as his natural voice, and microphones couldn't get the same level with his real voice, and so we interviewed him. His voice was very deep, and then we did then we went out and listened to the lecture at the gym, and he sounded like Rod Serling, but he didn't sound like Rod Serling when we were talking with him, yeah, and when we could hear him with our ears, when it came out on on the show that we did the interview, it again, sounded like Rod Serling, but just the microphone. Couldn't really get the full breath of his voice, which was sure,   Carl Amari ** 34:35 yeah. I mean, what a talent, right? I mean, and then he had that show, Zero Hour, zero hour, right? Yeah, radio. And that was an interesting series, too. He tried to bring back the and he didn't. It was a, I think it was a fine job. You know, good job. Yeah. There were others, you know, CBS Radio, mystery theater, of course, diamond Brown. And there were some other ones. But I. I'm real proud, really, really proud of The Twilight Zone. I think they're, they're, they're, I mean, they're not nothing is as good as the way they did these the shows in the golden age. I mean, I don't think anyone can get to that point, but they're, I think they're pretty close, and I'm very proud of them.   Michael Hingson ** 35:15 Oh, yeah. And, but it still is with the Twilight Zone. It's really hard to compete with that, my favorite Twilight Zone, and for me, it was tough because I never knew the titles of the shows, because they would show you the title, but I could never, never really hear them. But when I started collecting and got access to, like your your radio Twilight zones and so on. I started to learn titles, and so my favorite has always been valley of the shadow. Oh, great one. Yeah. I just always thought that was the best of the it was an hour long instead of a half hour. But I Yeah, on TV. But I always thought that was just so innovative. I   Carl Amari ** 35:57 think Ernie Hudson did that one for me. I'm trying to think, but yeah, there was, we had, we had so many incredible actors on it. I mean, it was, it was a real fun, you know, four or five years that I was doing those, lot of fun doing them. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 36:12 you had several with Stan Freeberg. And, of course, yes, who don't know Stan Freeberg was definitely very much involved in radio, especially in the 50s, late 40s, with, that's rich, but mostly in the 50s, a satirist and incredible humorist and entertainer. But he did several Twilight zones.   Carl Amari ** 36:31 He did, you know, yeah, I was working with him on, you know, I created the show when radio was, which is still out there today, and and when radio was I ever initially had art Fleming as the host, you know, the original host of original Jeopardy guy, yeah. And then when art passed away, I hired Stan Freeberg, and Stan was the host of that show for many years. And then, then, when I started doing Twilight Zone, I said, Hey, would you like to do some of these? And he's like, Yeah, I'd like to do them all, yeah. Let me have all the scripts. But the one that he did that I think, is just off the charts amazing, is called Four o'clock ever, yeah, one, yeah, yeah. That is just the most interesting show, The Twilight Zone episode that we did where he plays this kind of a loony, a loony guy, who is that? What you describe him as, narking on everybody doesn't like anything, like anybody or anything, no, and it's so and he calls people and harasses them and oh my gosh, and he says, I'm gonna shrink everybody to four inches tall at four o'clock. Four o'clock, right? Yeah, and it's just, oh my gosh, what a what a great episode. It's one of my favorites.   Michael Hingson ** 37:48 And of course, if you think about it, listening people out there who got shrunk at four o'clock,   Carl Amari ** 37:56 well, let's not give it away, but yes, I think you can figure it out.   Michael Hingson ** 37:59 I think it's pretty,   Carl Amari ** 37:59 easy to figure out, but, and I actually played, I actually played a role in that episode. I played the bird. I did all the bird sounds on that episode. And so I feel like I had a co starring role, because, yeah, he had a parrot. You know, that was every time you would say something. And I played that, that part on there. But   Michael Hingson ** 38:22 yeah, all the Twilight zones were, were so clever, yeah, and, and I love listening to them. I I have a an mp three player that I carry on airplanes, and I have audio copies of all the Twilight zones. So every so often as I'm flying somewhere or two on and listen there, Michael,   Carl Amari ** 38:43 I'm so glad to hear that. Oh, man, you make me so happy to hear that. So   Michael Hingson ** 38:47 fun. And you know, another one of my favorites was, will the real Martian please stand up now? Yeah, that was cute, and I won't give it. Oh,   Carl Amari ** 38:57 great. So great. Yeah, I sent trying to think who the actor was in that one, but it's been a while, but that's a great one, yeah. And I remember, you know, watching it on TV and and thinking, Oh, this would work on radio. So great, you know, so love doing them. Yeah, I'd love to do more. I might consider coming back and doing more. I mean, originals, you know, might be a lot of fun to do those again, I was   Michael Hingson ** 39:21 going to ask you if you've got any plans for doing anything future. You know, in the future might be interesting, and there's a lot of leeway, of course, to take it in different directions. Do x minus one, but you don't have to do the same stories, even, although, yeah, a lot of good stories in in the original x minus ones on for those who don't know x minus one is a science fiction series. It was on from what 1955 through 1957 I   Carl Amari ** 39:49 believe, yeah, it was a great series. Sci Fi really lends itself really, very well to radio drama. You know, in theater of the mind, it's great because you can, you can go in. Anywhere you land on any planet. And you know, it's very easy to do on radio, where it's tough to do on TV. You know, you have to spend a lot of money to do that. So, I mean, Stan Freeburg proved that with his with his giant ice cream Sunday.   Michael Hingson ** 40:15 All right, go with the marasino Cherry. For those who don't know, is that he said, we're going to empty Lake Michigan now. We're going to fill it up with whipped cream. We're going to drop a maraschino cherry into it and other things. He said, You can't do that on TV.   Carl Amari ** 40:31 Try doing that on television. Yeah, he was something. He was so much fun to wear. Of all the people that I've met over the years, you know so many of these radio stars, and I've interviewed so many hundreds of them, really, over the years, I'd have to say I have a special place in my heart for Stan the most, because I got to work with him for so many years, and we used to just go to lunch together all the time, and and he had a, he had a, he had a, what was it again? Now? Oh, oh, I'm trying to think of the car that he drove, a jaguar. It was a jaguar, and it was a and we used to drive around in his, his big Jaguar all around LA, and just have so much fun together. And I just loved working with Stan. He was such a great man. I   Michael Hingson ** 41:17 never got to meet what would have loved to Yeah, Jack Benny and Jimmy Durante, oh my gosh, yeah. And, of course, Stan Freeberg, but yeah, you know, I wasn't in that circle, so I didn't write that. But what, what wonderful people they were. And, yeah,   Carl Amari ** 41:32 George Burns, George Burns used to, yeah, George used to take me to the Hillcrest Country Club, and we would just have the best time. He just thought it was the most interesting thing that a young guy in his 20s was so passionate about, you know, those days. And he we would just talk for hours. And I used to go to his office in Hollywood and in his and we would just sit and talk. And I have pictures of of those, those times I have them in my office, you know, he and I together. He was like a mentor to me. He and Stan were both mentors.   Michael Hingson ** 42:05 Did you get recordings of many of those conversations? Yes, I do.   Carl Amari ** 42:08 I do have quite a few with with George and Stan. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 42:12 it was great, you know, yes, nothing like talking to God, that's   Carl Amari ** 42:16 right. And he had a coffee cup in his office. It's it was a white coffee cup, and it had God on it, and black to drink out of that coffee cup. And he had, I was to say, when I first, my first time, I went to his office in Hollywood, you know, he was a real long office, narrow with is all paneling, and there was all these beautiful pictures, like photos of all the people he and Gracie had worked with. And then there was this beautiful painting of Gracie above him, you know, where he was sitting at his desk. And I remember walking in. I said, Hi, George, because I had talked to him on the phone a lot of times. And he said, Ah, come on in, you know. And I said, Oh, man, George, these photos are amazing on the walls, looking as I was walking towards his desk. And he says, You like those pictures? I said, Yeah. He goes, everyone in those pictures is dead except for me. I knew him the last about four years of his life. From that, from he was 96 to 100 I knew George, and we'd, we'd go   Michael Hingson ** 43:16 to the Hillcrest together. It was fun. Did you meet or get to know Bob Hope, never   Carl Amari ** 43:21 met Bob Hope No, because he lived, what, two, yeah. He lived 100 Yeah. Never met Bob Hope No.   Michael Hingson ** 43:27 And Irving Berlin got to 100 Yeah, yeah. But so   Carl Amari ** 43:30 many, I mean, Jerry Lewis, and so many others that that, I mean, Jerry was so great. I mean, you know, probably one of the most talented people to ever live, you know, and he could even sing, and he could, he could do it all. I mean, he was something. I mean, I was in such awe of that man. And we, he was very kind to me, licensed me to Martin Lewis and all that. So, yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 43:52 we saw one of my favorite musicals. I originally saw it as a movie out here on K Shea was the million dollar movie. It was Damn Yankees,   Carl Amari ** 44:03 damn Yeah, he was on Broadway. Did that on Broadway, and he did it on Broadway,   Michael Hingson ** 44:07 and we read about it. And his father, he had how his father said, You'll really know you've arrived when you get to do something on Broadway. And that was the only thing he ever got to do on Broadway. And we did get to go see it. We saw, Oh, wow, yeah,   Carl Amari ** 44:20 Broadway, amazing, yeah, amazing, yeah, yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 44:24 I'm so sad that there was so much acrimony for so many years between him and Dean Martin, yeah, which was really probably brought on more by all the people they worked with that, yes, that cost a whole lot more than them. But yeah, near the end they, they did deal with it a little Yeah?   Carl Amari ** 44:42 They, they got back together a little bit. Yeah, yeah. He was an interesting guy, Boy, I'll tell you. You know, just talking to him, I learned so much, learned so much over the years.   Michael Hingson ** 44:53 Yeah, yeah. It's so much fun to to be able to do that. Well, I really do hope you do get. To do another show, to do something else. And you're right, there's nothing like science fiction in terms of what you can do, and maybe even doing a series, yeah, yeah, as opposed to individual shows. One of my favorite science fiction books by Robert Heinlein is called the Moon is a Harsh Mistress, and I would love to see somebody dramatize that. I think it would take, probably, to do it right? It's going to take about 15 hours to do but, oh, wow. What a great what a great thing. If you've never read it, read the book, it's really, oh, I   Carl Amari ** 45:30 haven't, so I'm not familiar with it, so I'll give it a read. The Moon is a Harsh, missus,   Michael Hingson ** 45:34 yeah, yeah. Pretty clever. A computer helps organize a revolution on the moon, which was being colonized and run from the lunar authority on earth. Here's what gives it away in 2075 subtract 300 years. Yeah, it's all about the same thing, like the revolution here, but a computer, Mycroft wakes up and helps organize the revolution. It's really pretty clever. Oh, wow,   Carl Amari ** 46:04 that would be fun to do in a series. Yeah, it   Michael Hingson ** 46:08 would be worth doing. But, but, yeah, I've always enjoyed the book. Robert Donnelly read it as a talking book for blind people. Oh, okay, okay, yeah. So I actually have it. I'll have it, I'll have to find it. I could actually send you the recording. You could listen to it. Oh, please do. I'd love that. We won't tell the Library of Congress, so we will know much trouble.   Carl Amari ** 46:33 But you know, then I kind of, you know, my other passion is the Bible. Yeah, I was gonna get to that. Tell me, yeah. I was just gonna, you know, and so a lot of these same actors that did, you know, Twilight zones and things for for me, I just, I met, like Jason Alexander and so many of these people, Lou Gossett Jr, when I decided to do the to dramatize the entire Bible on audio. A lot of these same actors and many, many, many more, were really, were really great to be in that too. It was a lot of fun.   Michael Hingson ** 47:06 Yeah, well, very recognizable voices, to a large degree, like Michael York,   Carl Amari ** 47:12 yes, yes, he was the narrator. So he did the most. He worked the longest. What a great man. Just an amazing actor. He was the narrator. And then you know Jim Caviezel, who played Jesus in the Passion of the Christ, played Jesus in it, right? And then you know Richard Dreyfus was Moses John Voigt was Abraham. Max von Saito played Noah John Rees Davies was in it. I mean, we had, we had, I mean, Marissa Tomei was Mary Magdalene. I had many, many Academy Award winners in it, and so many people, you know, was in it. That was a four year deal that took me four years to do the full Bible. Yeah, 98 hours on audio, fully scored the whole thing.   Michael Hingson ** 48:01 Well, you had a great publisher put it out. Thomas Nelson, Yes, yep. They also did my first book, Thunder dog. So can't complain about that too much. No,   Carl Amari ** 48:10 they know how to market. It Was it, was it, I think, I think today it's still the number one selling dramatized Audio Bible in the world. I believe, you know, so it's, it's been a big success for Thomas Nelson, yeah, that was, that was, that was quite, I mean, you should have seen what my passport looked like when I did that. I mean, it was stamped for every country all over that I was going and, you know, and having to produce, because a lot of the actors, like, you know, John Reese Davies. He lives in, he lives in the Isle of Man, and, you know, and then, you know, Max von Saito was nice France, and we scored it in Bulgaria. And, I mean, you know, it was just crazy and traveling all over the world to make that audio. But you've done some other Bibles in addition to that. I have, yeah, yeah, I have. I've done, think I did. Now it's like five different ones, because I like doing different translations, you know, because it's different. I mean, even though it's the same story, the translations people people have translations that they love, you know, whether it's the RSV or it's the New Living Translation or the Nkj or, you know, and so I, I've enjoyed doing them in different translations. That's   Michael Hingson ** 49:25 pretty cool. Do you have any, any additional, additional ones coming out?   Carl Amari ** 49:29 No, no, I've done, I've done done, like, five and, and so I'm more doing, you know, more concentrating now on my radio show, Hollywood, 360, and, and some movie production stuff that I've been working on. And then I'm one of the owners of a podcast company. So we're, we're always putting out, you know, different podcasts and things. And so my plate is very full, although I would love, I think I would love to do some. Thing, like, what you're saying, like, either more Twilight zones, or maybe something like that. It might be, you know, I'd love to do something in the theater or the mind, you know, arena again, too, because I love doing that. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 50:11 I think it'd be a lot of fun to do. Tell me about the podcast,   Carl Amari ** 50:15 yeah. So, um, so we have a podcast company called Gulfstream studios, and we have our main, our main podcast is a is, is. So we're, we, we do a show called, well, there's, there's several podcasts that we're doing, but, but it's the spout is the is the one that's a music oriented we have all the biggest music artists on there. It's really great. So spout is the name of that podcast. And then we're working on, we're working on a Bible podcast. We're going to come out with some a Bible podcast pretty soon. I'm real excited about that more soon. Hopefully you'll have me back when we launch that. Well, yeah, and then, you know, we have, we're always looking for any so I'm ready to, I'm ready to take your podcast onto our platform. Whatever you say. Michael, oh, we'll have to,   Michael Hingson ** 51:10 we'll have to look at that and work it out. But in the meanwhile, I said earlier, I'd love to come on any of the podcasts that you want. And if, yeah, have you read thunder dog,   Carl Amari ** 51:19 no, I didn't know. I didn't have not read it. No. So thunderdog   Michael Hingson ** 51:23 was my story of being in the World Trade Center and getting out and so on. But you should read it, because there are also some, some really poignant parts, like, just to briefly tell that part of the story, I'll send you a video where of a speech I've given, but one of the parts of it is that, as I was running away from tower two, as it was collapsing, because we were at Vesey Street and Broadway, so we were like 100 yards away from tower two when it came down, I turned and ran back the way I came. And as I started to run, I started, I said to myself, and I stayed focused pretty much. But I said to myself at that point, God, I can't believe that you got us out of a building just to have it fall on us. Right? I heard a voice as clearly as we are hearing each other now in my head that said, don't worry about what you can't control. Focus on running with Roselle and the rest will take care of itself. Wow. And I had this absolute sense of certainty that if we just continue to work together, we would be fine. We did, and we were but I am very much a a person who believes in the whole concept of God. And for those who who may disagree with me, you're welcome to do that. You'll you'll just have to take that up with God or whatever at some point. But I would love to really explore anytime you you need a guest to come on and be a part of it, and who knows, maybe I'll be good enough to act in a radio show you do.   Carl Amari ** 52:49 I'm sure you would be, sure you would be Michael, but it would be, yeah, but it would   Michael Hingson ** 52:54 be fun to do. But I really enjoy doing all this stuff, and radio, of course, has become such a part of my life for so long, it has helped me become a better speaker. Was I travel and speak all over the world?   Carl Amari ** 53:10 Yeah, wow. Well, I'm a big fan of yours, and, and, but I'd love to read the book, so I'll order it. Can I get it off of Amazon or something like that? You can get   Michael Hingson ** 53:19 it off of Amazon. You can get it from Audible, okay, or wherever. And then I wrote, then we wrote two others. One's called running with Roselle, which was really intended more for kids talking about me growing up, and Roselle my guide dog at the World Trade Center growing up. But more adults buy it than kids. And then last year, we published live like a guide dog. True Stories from a blind man and his dogs about being brave, overcoming adversity and moving forward in faith, and that one is really about people need to and can learn how to control fear and not let fear overwhelm or, as I put it, blind them. And you can actually learn to use fear as a very powerful tool to help you function, especially in emergencies and unexpected situations. And so live like a guide dog uses lessons I've learned from all of my guide dogs and my wife's service dogs, Fantasia that have taught me so much about learning to control fear. And I realized at the beginning of the pandemic, I've talked about being calm and focused getting out, but I've never taught anyone else how to do it, so live like a guide dog is my solution for that, which is kind of that, that,   Carl Amari ** 54:26 that I'm sure helps a lot of people, you know, that's because fear is, is, it's, it's debilitating, you know? So, yeah, well, that's, but it doesn't need doesn't need to be, that's right, that doesn't need to be, yeah, it's one of the reasons why I wanted to do the Bible stuff, because I learned at a very early age that these theater, these radio shows you under, you listen and you actually interpret them and understand them deeper with the theater of the mind than watching them on television or reading them like, like. I think even reading a book as great as that is, if you heard it dramatized on radio, it's even more powerful. I and so I knew that if I took the Bible, which is the greatest book of all time, and it was dramatized in a way, in a kind of a movie quality way, with sound effects and music and wonderful actors that I thought people would get a deeper meaning of the word. And I think we it. We were successful with that, because so many people have written about it on Amazon and things and saying like I, you know, when I heard the Word of Promise, and when I heard this audio, I had to go and get my Bible and see, does it really say that? You know? So here's people that had read the Bible many, many times, and then they heard the dramatization of it, and were like, wow, I didn't even realize that, you know, that was that happened in the Bible. So it's, it's, it's pretty cool, you know, to read those you know how it's helped people, and it's helped save souls, and it's just been a great you know, it's been a very rewarding experience. Have you   Michael Hingson ** 56:09 ever taken it and divided it up and put it on the radio? Well, that's   Carl Amari ** 56:12 one of the not in the radio, but we're going to do some podcast with, we're going to, we're going to be doing something really, really unique with, with one of my later ones that I did not the Word of Promise, but a different one. And, and it's going to, it's going to be really, really special. I can't wait to talk about it on your show. Looking   Michael Hingson ** 56:30 forward to it, yeah, well, we have had a lot of fun doing this, and I'm going to have to sneak away. So I guess we'll have to stop, darn but we do have to continue this. And, and I'd love to find ways to work together on projects and be a part of your world and love you to be more a part of mine. I'm really glad that we finally had a chance to get together and do all this. It's been a lot of fun. Me   Carl Amari ** 56:53 too, Michael, me too. It's really, I said it was an honor, and it really was an honor. And thank you so much. Well,   Michael Hingson ** 56:59 for all of you listening, we hope you've enjoyed this episode of unstoppable mindset. Love to hear your thoughts. Feel free to email me at Michael H I M, I C, H, A, E, L, H i at accessibe, A, C, C, E, S, S, I B, e.com, or go to our web page where we host the where we have the podcast, w, w, w, dot Michael hingson.com/podcast, Michael hingson is m, I, C, H, A, E, L, H, I, N, G, s, O, n.com/podcast, love to get your thoughts wherever you're listening. Please give us a five star rating. We value that very highly. We really appreciate you giving u

Today's new episode is going to prove without a doubt that 'My Cousin Vinny' is still an enjoyable movie. The evidence in this episode is going to show that Marissa Tomei deserved her supporting actress award win and that Joe Pesci inspired a whole new generation of attorneys with his modern day take of a lawyer in a crusty, old, southern boomer world. You will hear the testimony's of 3 passionate podcast hosts who most likely stole all their commentary and thoughts from other movie podcasts. As a listener, your verdict of this movie is gonna depend on what you think of the sworn testimony. Not what we think. What we think don't count. You're the jury. It's your job to decide what your modern day take is. We're gonna be asking you to return a verdict of not only a good modern day rating for this movie but we are also going to be asking your for a 5-star rating on Spotify and Apple Podcasts when you are done listening. The prosecution rests…. •0:00:00 - Introductions •0:02:45 - Memories of first viewing •0:07:15 - Pertinent movie details  •0:11:00- Critical and fan reviews •0:22 :00 - Scene by scene breakdown  •1:46:00 - Modern day ratings —————————————————————— SPONSOR: **VENICE.AI- Get 20% off a Pro Plan by using our link: http://venice.ai/breakfast and the code “BREAKFAST. **Support us at http://patreon.com/confusedbreakfast for bonus weekly episodes, voting on upcoming movies, giving your modern-day ratings on our movies and much more. **Mail us something   The Confused Breakfast PO Box 10016 Cedar Rapids, IA 52402-9802 Special thanks to our executive producers- Josh Miller, Starling, Michael Guiliano and NicMad. Welcome to our newest members - Danny Laudati, Samantha Scott, Joe Allen, PO Muff, Charles W Forsythe, Allen Cline, Blake Zink. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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National cookie day. Entertainment from 1993. 1st Burger King, British outlaw "Suttee" in India, Horse drawn lawn mower invented. Todays birthdays - Deanna Durbin, Max Baer jr, Jeff Bridges, Marissa Tomei, Chelsea Noble, Jay Z, Kevin Sussman, Tyra Banks. Frank Zappa died.Intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard http://defleppard.com/Cookie dance - Chocolate ChipC is for cookie - Sesame StreetI'd do anything for love (but I won't do that) - Meat LoafAmerican honky tonk bar association - Garth BrooksSmoke on the water - Deep PurpleBirthdays - In da club - 50 Cent http://50cent.com/Million dollar quartetBeverly Hillbillies TV themeDead Prsidents - Jay ZDon't eat the yellow snow - Frank ZappaExit - It's not love - Dokken http://dokken.net/

Happy Halloweeeeen Eve! Shannon is joined by actress, friend (& listener), Emily Morden! You can find her starring alongside Hugh Grant, Marissa Tomei, & Allison Janney in The Rewrite or on the hit TV The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. We talk all things spo0o0o0o0o0oky!! Give it a listen (if you dare).Emily Morden - https://www.instagram.com/emilymorden/(0:00) Banter(5:10) AITA for ending a 22-year-long friendship over a Halloween party? (Emily's Story)(23:09) AITA for putting up scary Halloween decorations in my front yard?(35:55) AITA for dressing as a "sexy nun" on Halloween?(48:23) AITA for matching Halloween costumes with my friend despite his GF asking me not to?Submit to our Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AITApod/Join us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/aitapodWhat's on Patreon?- 200+ Bonus eps- NO ADS and accurate timestamps- Discord with awesome communityTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@aitapodInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/aita_pod/

Sharon and Susan begin an all-new series of episodes looking at the groundbreaking 80s sitcom A Different World (1987-1993). This Cosby Show spin-off starred Lisa Bonet, Kadeem Hardison, Jasmine Guy, Charnele Brown, Dawn Lewis and Marissa Tomei. It explored the lives of students at Hillman College, a fictional HBCU, and addressed issues such as race, sexual assault, HIV/AIDS and equal rights while still keeping the laughs coming. In 1988, Lisa Bonet and Marissa Tomei left the show and a new showrunner was brought on -- the legendary actress, producer, director and choreographer Debbie Allen.To help kick off this in-depth look at A Different World, we welcome A Different World fan and amazing “2020s TV Lady” -- writer, producer and author Niceole Levy.  Niceole's numerous TV writing/producing credits include Cloak and Dagger, Shades of Blue, SWAT, The Recruit and Found. She is the co-writer, along with George Nolfi, of the 2020 feature film The Banker. She has also written a book for aspiring TV writers called "The Writer's Room Survival Guide."THE CONVERSATION80s TV made marriage look easy and fun -- cuz the couples were usually crime solving millionaires!How watching every syndicated show on TV -- Perry Mason, I Love Lucy, Marcus Welby, Dick Van Dyke Show, Ironside -- prepares you for a life of TV writing.Everything retro is new again: Getting that first gig -- with Blair Underwood -- on the 2013 re-boot of Ironside!Niceole's advice for getting into TV and film -- DON'T GO TO FILM SCHOOL!For Niceole -- and so many others -- A Different World's Hillman College was her first exposure to an HBCU.RUN THE NUMBERS: 20 of the 47 writers on ADW were women!SEASON 2 RE-SET: How the addition of show-runner Debbie Allen re-ignited the series with a new sense of excitement and vitality.A DIFFERENT LOOK -- How A Different World achieved a bigger, more expansive look than other sitcoms of the time.So, join Susan, Sharon -- and Niceole -- as they talk Miami Vice, watching 1,000 television shows, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,keeping a TV journal, Boyz II Men, dancing with Kamala Harris, scheduling your life around a TV show -- and the importance of not messing up the lunch order!AUDIOGRAPHYWatch A Different World -- streaming on MAX.Find out about Niceole at niceolelevy.com.Read her “What I Learned Watching 1,000 Television Shows” here. Buy Niceole Levy's book "The Writer's Room Survival Guide" at Bookshop.org.Get Susan's President Carter play Confidence (and the Speech) at Broadway Licensing.Help Abortion Access at Abortionfinder.org.CONNECTSign up for the 80s TV Ladies mailing list.Follow 8TL on Facebook.Check out Instagram/80sTVLadies.Get ad-free episodes and exclusive videos on PATREON.Find more cool podcasts at our host sight, Weirding Way Media. 

Hey Listener, make sure you don't run the light because this week Mike Berlon from Craft Brewed Sports is on the show to talk about his time as a stand up comedian. Topics this week include: Hosting a show that can't be scripted. Watch Craft Brewed Sports Live every Tuesday night at 8 PM EST. Mookie playing 4D chess. Scott hates Australian Canadians. Notre Dame College Football rabbit hole. Golf is a great sport for comedy movies. Shoresy. Marissa Tomei forever smoke show. The Boss. The Right Wing Grift. The Venn Diagram of having a skill that you love, but you need to make money from. Learning to love the bomb. Getting ready to go on stage. The importance of a ritual. Sitting in the first row for your first open mic. The weirdness of late 90s/early 2000s stand up. The importance of being real. Figuring out the part of the joke that works. Your host misses old Joe Rogan and Kanye. Don't write with Mike. Getting the crowd on your side. Digging out of the hole or the least common dominator. Hecklers. Bombing. The weathervane of bombing. Bill Bur in Philadelphia. Mr. Bungle. Mike Berlon has never cheated on his wife. Don't harsh my vibe. Record screech.   

The boys are back with episode number 46! And this time we're headed back to the 90s! With Joe Pesci Classic “My Cousin Vinny!” Starring Mr. Shinebox himself, Academy Award winning co-star Marissa Tomei and a whole lot of booz! As the boys are in rare form.

Today's crossword was Bill Thompson's 10th NYTimes publication, and based on this, we can't wait for his 11th. The theme was extremely clever, and there were OCEANS of great clues, including 55D, "Gee, I wish I was back in the _______" (song from "White Christmas"), ARMY; an APPLEBETTY alternative, perhaps, 30D, Linzer _________ (pastry); and 42D, 1965 film starring George Segal that was set in a P.O.W. camp, KINGRAT.So, even though this crossword was a tad crunchier than usual, we found it adorbs, most definitely worthy of a full 5 squares on the JAMCR scale.Show note imagery: Mel TORME, no relation whatsoever to his daughter Marissa TOMEI.Contact Info:We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com.Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!

In this exciting, first-ever 19th HEP-isode, we invite you to come along, on an enthralling voyage through the dynamic realm of trucking and construction technology, where Mike and Jo talk about the new JLG mini-dumper, explore the revolutionary new Revoy EV trailer that converts diesel semi trucks to hybrids in minutes, and dissect the meaning behind all those WARN letters the UAW guys are getting from Ford. All this and Marissa Tomei, on the Summer of George!

Kathy McCabe tells Brent about the new season of her award winning show "Dream of Italy." She shares a delightful story about Andrea Bocelli singing "Ave Maria" to her and discovering the Black Madonna with Marissa Tomei. Plus, gold covered Panettone and the best pizza in the world! [Ep 263] Show Notes: Buy Me A Coffee Dream of Italy Find Dream of Italy showtimes Dream of Italy magazine Pepe in Grani Gino Sorbillo Osteria Francescana Franceschetta58 Ristorante Cavallino Brent's Foodie Travel Guide to Milan

National cookie day. Entertainment from 1993. 1st Burger King, British outlaw "Suttee" in India, Horse drawn lawn mower invented. Todays birthdays - Deanna Durbin, Max Baer jr, Jeff Bridges, Marissa Tomei, Chelsea Noble, Jay Z, Kevin Sussman, Tyra Banks. Frank Zappa died.Intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard http://defleppard.com/Cookie dance - Chocolate ChipC is for cookie - Sesame StreetI'd do anything for love (but I won't do that) - Meat LoafAmerican honky tonk bar association - Garth BrooksSmoke on the water - Deep PurpleBirthdays - In da club - 50 Cent http://50cent.com/Million dollar quartetBeverly Hillbillies TV themeDead Prsidents - Jay ZDon't eat the yellow snow - Frank ZappaExit - It's not love - Dokken http://dokken.net/ https://cooolmedia.com/

In this episode I speak about watching two Broadway Musicals: MJ and Back to the Future!  I also speak about watching the HBO series, Succession and wrap it up with another addition to our legendary segment “GOATs doing GOAT $hit” where we celebrate the true champions of greatness and highlight the phenomenal achievements of extraordinary individuals.   The Spun Today Podcast is a Podcast that is anchored in Writing, but unlimited in scope.  Give it a whirl.    Twitter: https://twitter.com/spuntoday Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spuntoday/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@spuntoday    Website: http://www.spuntoday.com/home Newsletter: http://www.spuntoday.com/subscribe   Links referenced in this episode: MJ the Musical: https://newyork.mjthemusical.com/ Michael Jackson - Dangerous Diary MTV 1992 HD: https://youtu.be/OWC5uPK93fE?si=MQpzBldf_k9gqxoO   Back to the Future the Musical: https://www.backtothefuturemusical.com/new-york/   Succession: https://www.hbo.com/succession/season-1   Rebirth of a Bad Boy: Diddy Explains Handing Over Publishing Rights & Reveals His ‘Total Truth' https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/rebirth-of-a-bad-boy-diddy-explains-handing-over-publishing-rights-reveals-his-total-truth/ar-AA1gEX69   Get your Podcast Started Today! https://signup.libsyn.com/?promo_code=SPUN (Use Promo code SPUN and get up to 2-months of free service!)   Check out all the Spun Today Merch, and other ways to help support this show! https://www.spuntoday.com/support   Check out my Books: Make Way for You – Tips for getting out of your own way & FRACTAL – A Time Travel Tale http://www.spuntoday.com/books/ (e-Book & Paperback are now available).   Fill out my Spun Today Questionnaire if you're passionate about your craft.  I'll share your insight and motivation on the Podcast: http://www.spuntoday.com/questionnaire/    Shop on Amazon using this link, to support the Podcast: http://www.amazon.com//ref=as_sl_pc_tf_lc?&tag=sputod0c-20&camp=216797&creative=446321&linkCode=ur1&adid=104DDN7SG8A2HXW52TFB&&ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spuntoday.com%2Fcontact%2F   Shop on iTunes using this link, to support the Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewTop?genreId=38&id=27820&popId=42&uo=10   Shop at the Spun Today store for Mugs, T-Shirts and more: https://viralstyle.com/store/spuntoday/tonyortiz   Background Music: Autumn 2011 - Loxbeats   Outro Background Music: https://www.bensound.com   Spun Today Logo by: https://www.naveendhanalak.com/   Sound effects are credited to: http://www.freesfx.co.uk   Listen on: iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Google Podcasts | YouTube | Website   EPISODE TRANSCRIPT [00:00:00] What up? What up, folks? What's going on? Welcome to the Spun Today podcast, the only podcast that is anchored in writing, but unlimited in scope. I'm your host, Tony Ortiz, and I appreciate you listening. This is episode 243 of the Spun Today podcast. And in this episode, I speak about two Broadway musicals, which I can't believe I took this long to mention them, especially for one in particular. So definitely stay tuned for that. I also speak about watching the Succession Series. An HBO series that I was definitely late to, but had the added benefit of being late in that it allowed me to binge the entire series. And lastly, I wrap it up with another addition to our legendary segment goats doing goat shit where we celebrate the true champions of greatness and highlight the phenomenal achievements of extraordinary individuals. Stay tuned for all that good stuff. But first I wanted to tell you [00:01:00] guys about a. Quick way that you can help support the spun today podcast. Your support is greatly appreciated. Not only can it help out financially to help keep the lights on in good old spun today studios, but it definitely adds fuel to the motivational fire that I rely on to continue putting out episodes. And even more importantly, finding time to write. Nay, making time to write. So thank you. Thank you. Thank you to each and one of you, to each and every one of you that have shown your support to date. And thank in advance to each of you that will show support in the future. Here is one quick way that you can help support the Spun Today podcast. Definitely stay tuned for the outro of the episode where I'll tell you about a bunch of other ways that you can show your support. But here is one of those ways. And we'll jump right into the episode. The first musical that I wanted to tell you guys about was MJ, the [00:02:00] musical. Here is the official synopsis. He's one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Now, Michael Jackson's unique and unparalleled artistry has finally arrived on Broadway in a brand new musical centered around the making of his 1992 dangerous world tour. And created by Tony award winning director, choreographer, Christopher And two time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, MJ goes beyond the singular moves and signature sound of the star, offering a rare look at the creative mind and collaborative spirit that catapulted Jackson into legendary status. I went to check this out with my best friend, Steven. Shout out to Steven's Spun Today alumni, who has been on the pod several times in the past. We thought it would be cool to check out. You know, kid touching and molestation and all that, which has obviously [00:03:00] tarnished Michael Jackson and how we view him, all that aside. And I know in and of itself, it's like a controversial topic where some folks are like, no, they're all 100 percent rumors and nothing like that ever happened. Nothing was ever proven in court. And then the other folks on the other side where say. You know, the rumors have been rumors for decades for a reason. It's all true. It was even worse. I know the audience is split when it comes to that. From an artistic body of work perspective, he's obviously, as the little synopsis says there, one of the most legendary entertainers of all time. Now from attending and, you know, watching this musical, And for someone who likes going to like Broadway plays and musicals and enjoys that genre of art and acting and singing and stuff like that as a consumer, from that perspective, [00:04:00] we had a great time. And Michael Jackson in his heyday, I was a kid for that, a little kid, but I obviously know his music and his body of work and I think you'd be hard pressed not to find. Or to find someone that wasn't aware of any of it, but I obviously never saw him live or anything like that going to see this play, though, the way they did it, you definitely get that experience, albeit at a much smaller scale, but you definitely get the, like, you feel you're watching Michael Jackson. That's how good of a performance, not just the Michael Jackson characters did with it. But just the entire cast and the world that they built and created around it. And from a storytelling perspective, it was interesting how they did it. Because it is this very, and I guess, makes sense. In terms of it being like a deliberate conscious [00:05:00] move to do it this way. So you don't have to bring in a lot of like the things we know about Michael now. The allegations and court cases and... Drug abuse and, and stuff like that. So they didn't have to bring too much of that into the story because again, from a storytelling perspective, it's a very myopic focused view of his time around his 1992 dangerous world tour, which is his biggest tour ever. One of the biggest tours ever. And it was chronicling, the buildup to that, all the practice sessions. And how he was as an artist getting ready for that performance. And in the play, there is an MTV crew that was given access to chronicle this whole thing to do a, a piece on, you know, this very much anticipated world tour, which was based on true events that MTV [00:06:00] piece. Actually exists and I'll link to it in the episode notes for you guys to check out. So we got to see this interesting view of. That MTV camera crew. Trying to put together their creative vision of this documentary. While also getting close enough. Access to Michael Jackson to see his inner workings and stuff like that and picking up on. Certain things like. The beginnings of his drug addictions, which we know now ultimately led to his death in that he had a private doctor giving him shots or like IVs of trim butyral or something like that. I forget the exact medication name of what he ultimately died of, but it's supposed to be a strong ass, sleep aid. And so much so that he was getting that shit [00:07:00] injected on a nightly basis just to be able to try to get some sleep. And ultimately that's what he died of. And the doctor that was prescribing him the medication wanted him to go to jail for a few years and losing his medical license, I believe. But in the play, it shows him getting drugs from his manager or other folks like that were part of the stage team. I think it was his manager. And you get some insight into the all too common story of, you know, people in positions of power, whether it's in our music, politics, whatever, just having a circle of yes men and women around them that do what they want and don't really check them. And we saw that through the lens of, again, the beginnings of his drug addiction. And we also saw that same dynamic playing out with his financial team and how he wanted to pay for [00:08:00] this over the top concert and do like never before happened things like him being shot out of not a cannon, but something that shoots, shoots him out and onto the stage and him running out of money. And then Pushing his accountant and his financial team to mortgage Neverland Ranch, where he lived just to continue funding this artistic vision that he had, even though all the financial folks around him, lawyers, accountants, financial advisors warned him against it, he still ultimately got his way, i. e. via these yes men. So that was definitely interesting to see. They also showed. A direct correlation between his abusive childhood with how Joseph Jackson, the father was always depicted as, you know, being super, super hard stage dad, forcing them to practice [00:09:00] all the kids when they were the Jackson five for hours and hours on end, no breaks, didn't really have a childhood. You know, they had fame when they were young. So they didn't have a, you know, especially Michael being the youngest. Of them, of the Jackson 5, or second youngest, I believe. But never really having a childhood, or traditional childhood. They showed correlations of that, instilled hard work ethic. And they kind of papered over the, physical abuse in the play. With how hard Michael Jackson was on his crew and the choreographers and everything. And the dance team around him and how they were all exhausted and he would force them to to work hours on end just like his dad did to him and kind of showing that traumatic shift, trauma shift of, you know, him being the recipient of that and then dishing it out as he got older in the same exact way [00:10:00] and then seeing himself as, you know, becoming his father in that sense. But the play did a great job in also showing different. Stages within Michael Jackson's life, they showed him as a child, you know, as a flashback scene, because the entire thing again takes place around him working up to this dangerous world tour and being interviewed by the MTV crew and them filming and interviewing him in between rehearsals, etc. But while they were interviewing him, he would flash back and tell stories of childhood, of his mother and his father, Jackson 5, transitioning, going solo. And you got to see different actors, which did a phenomenal job of playing Michael Jackson. Now we did go on an off day, I think it was like a Tuesday or Wednesday. So every cast member, including Michael Jackson, wasn't necessarily the best. Number ones, if you will. I believe the young Michael [00:11:00] was, but I don't believe the middle Michael that they showed as well as the older Michael Jackson that's being interviewed. I think he was also the understudy, but I mean, these are all top tier phenomenal actors, right? All did an amazing job. And we got to hear all the hits, all Michael Jackson's hits, all Jackson five hits. And it really did feel like a Michael Jackson concert experience as a narrative choice. Again, it does seem to me to have been a deliberate choice to tell this story from a specific point in time. And in doing so not have to, or I guess they had the ability to paper over all the negatives that we know of Michael, like the drug abuse and child molestation allegations, so on and so forth. So you definitely lose something historically. From that perspective, but as a piece of [00:12:00] entertainment, we do wind up enjoying a shitload of music and just how they put the musical together. It was definitely an entertaining watch. And I definitely recommend it. MJ the musical, check it out back to the future. The musical, if you guys know anything about me, I am a huge, Back to the Future fan. I've spoken about the movie multiple times. I've highlighted how the screenplay for Back to the Future 1 is considered a perfect screenplay and I think it's taught in theater classes. It's my personal favorite trilogy of any genre, any movies, all time. And I've also said, controversial to some, that it's one of the rare occasions where the sequel, Back to the Future 2. is even better than the first movie. And I know that's blasphemous for some folks to hear. And even I myself go back and forth [00:13:00] between that thought from time to time. But just from the creativity of it alone to delve back into the first movie through the second movie and find ways to tie into the first movie, And make things that already existed within the first movie, make them that way because of the actions of the second movie, which was filmed and created. I think it was something like five years later. It's just fucking amazing from, from that standpoint. And I'm such a fan that my debut novel fractal Available now, SpunToday. com forward slash books, so you can find all the links of all the different places where you can find it. Back to the Future is an inspiration for that story. It is a time travel tale, as I like to say. Furthermore, I dedicated that book to my first [00:14:00] born Aiden, and the quote, the very first quote after the dedication section of the book, is a quote. From back to the future, part one from George McFly to Marty McFly, stating, if you put your mind to it, you can accomplish absolutely anything in him speaking to writing his first novel. So there's a complete tie in on multiple levels there. I fucking love it. I literally have a life size replica of the hoverboard immediately to my left right now. That said, I signed up, or, like, I follow all the different Back to the Future fan pages, official, unofficial. And I saw months before that they were developing the musical. I also subscribed to a bunch of different newsletters having to do with Back to the Future and the DMC newsletter, even from the DeLorean Motor Company. And I signed up to be alerted when the pre sales went on, [00:15:00] and I bought these tickets months in advance, I think something like seven months in advance. That's how much I was anticipating going. So I copped the tickets and my wife and I, shout out to Zoila, sponsored alum, went to go see it and had an amazing time. Being such a fan holding, I'm both holding the musical to a very high bar. I don't want them to fuck it up while at the same time being completely biased and knowing that I'll find a way to love it some way or another. So holding my love for the story. And the history of the film aside, as much as is humanly possible and attempting to be objective, I personally thought they knocked it out the park. Now they clearly didn't have, I'm not sure if Back to the Future, if it's old enough, I think it came out in 89, where the story itself is public domain or if they actually got the rights to [00:16:00] retell the story in this format. Because I don't believe that Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale were involved with the musical. I could be wrong, but I don't believe they were. And I wonder if certain choices that they made throughout the musical had to do with not having the full rights, or if they had to do with just trying to retell the story on the stage. Because although it was still very, very, very true to the original Back to the Future 1 film, which was another thing that I was curious about if they were going to try to encapsulate all three films within the musical, but it wasn't. It was just a retelling of the first one. But everything is not, you know, word for word, verbatim, although it does have a lot of the same key scenes. But then... Certain other key, certain other key scenes. For example, the famous skateboard [00:17:00] scene in front of the diner, when Biff and his crew chase Marty and wind up crashing into the manure truck and Marty's getting around the skateboard, they didn't redo that scene, but in its place, they kind of extend the scene of the lunchroom where. Marty first confronts Biff, you know, where they both kind of grab each other and make fists and they're about to punch each other, but then Strickland shows up and breaks it up, essentially. And Biff tells him, why don't you make like a tree and, and get out of here. They elongated that scene instead and made that the chase scene and made it so that Biff was chasing Marty throughout the lunchroom. He was jumping over tables and hitting him with lunch trays and running through the school. And they had an original musical number there. So they took certain liberties that way. I guess it was easier to do [00:18:00] it that way. If it wasn't a licensing issue or concern, it was easier, it must have been easier to put that together versus the actual skateboard scene and having multiple cars and etc. But it was something that I was curious about. It was kind of interactive in that, you know, like they had the enchantment on the the sea dance and during it when Marvin Barry and the Starlighters are playing Earth Angel there were in the actual theater there was Bubbles, there was a bubble machine or something. There was bubbles going all throughout so we were in the first few rows and you know, we could swat the bubbles and that kind of built the atmosphere around around the whole thing And of course he did the Johnny B. Good scene in terms of the cast, all phenomenal. The gentleman who plays doc killed it. Oh, and that was another thing also, they did not do the, you know, terrorist Libyan terrorist [00:19:00] shooting scene, which I guess to make it more PG they made it that doc was using the plutonium for the 1. 21 gigawatt reaction that he needs. Within the flux capacitor to make the time travel possible, but that he was using an old radiation suit, which wasn't completely insulated. And that's how he wound up dying initially versus getting shot by the terrorists. But yeah, the gentleman who played doc amazing, super funny, steals the show. The guy who plays Marty's spot on, did a great job. But the person who played Crispin Glover's character of George McFly dead on balls accurate to quote Marissa Tomei fucking amazing spot on like they could reshoot back to the future drop this gentleman in place of [00:20:00] Kristen Crispin Glover who legend has it was like an absolute asshole on set and that's why he wasn't in part two or three, but. Drop him into that role and you wouldn't tell the difference. He was amazing. Fucking awesome. The guy who played Biff was really good. Really looked the part. Which brings me to the number one star of the show. The DeLorean. They did it so ill that it looked like an actual real DeLorean that was up there. I guess they just, you know, it's just like the outsides or whatever, but it really looked like an actual replica real DeLorean. And it's obviously the moment that all the fans are anticipating the most, you know, when they first see the DeLorean, which they did the big reveal and like the same same way at Twin Pines mall, [00:21:00] which then becomes Lone Pines mall at the end when Marty runs over. Old Man Peabody's Pine Tree. Symbolizing how the littlest change in the past could affect have a ripple effect on the future. But they did an amazing job with the car itself and then with the actual time travel sequence. So the theater, the decor of it, can't also, this is how it also immersed the, the crowd aside from the bubbles thing from, from earlier. The decor. The balconies on the sides, on the left, on the left and the right, they were also part of the decor. Like there weren't people sitting in the seats there. Instead, they had this metal widgets and circuitry spanning all of the balconies. And during the time travel sequence, like when Marty accidentally goes back to 1955, all those start lighting up in different [00:22:00] colors and it's reminiscent of the flux capacitor and the lights around the actual DeLorean, which they also show and really immerse you and bring you into it in that way. And then at the end, which was even more amazing because they could have just done that again. They with like a crane or something, something you couldn't see, but some sort of lift, they lift up the DeLorean. For the scene where, you know, the clock tower scene when he's going back to the future. They lift up the DeLorean and push it forward into the crowd. So it's hovering above us almost. Like above, the first couple rows. Not completely, but just enough for it to be off of the stage. Can you imagine the fucking lawsuit that thing would have fallen or something? But obviously it was secure and it was just so ill the way they did it. And I couldn't have been happier with Back to the Future the musical. I definitely, definitely highly recommend.[00:23:00] If I have the chance to see it again, I definitely will. Tickets should be a lot more reasonable now. That's the only issue I had with it. Although I was willing to pay, so whatever. But apparently it's not doing well, or as well as anticipated. And the. Ticket prices. I checked the day of for my same seat and it Was like 40 percent less in terms of the actual pricing But that aside it was an amazing experience. I Loved every bit of it. If you're back to the future fan as I am you will too Back to the future the musical Check it out HBO's original series succession Is a series that ran from 2018 to 2023. Like I mentioned in the intro, I didn't start watching the series until 2023. Literally while the final season was, was airing. [00:24:00] So, that came with the benefit of being able to binge it and see it all the way through. But in terms of sharing some of my personal takeaways and tidbits here. It's it shows a bit out of the zeitgeist. And some references might be dated, but we'll share them nonetheless for posterity. Here is the official synopsis. The Roy family is known for controlling the biggest media and entertainment company in the world. However, their world changes when their father steps down from the company. And as we like to do here on the Spun Today podcast, I wanted to shout out each and every one of the writers, starting with the show's creator, Jesse Armstrong. Followed by Jamie Carragher, Susan Soon Hee Stanton, Alice Birch, Miriam Batty, She a Batty, she knows she a 10. Georgia Pritchett, Tony Roche, Nathan Elston, Callie Hirshaway, [00:25:00] John Brown, Will Tracy, Lucy Preble, Jonathan Glaser, Ted Cohen, Anna Jordan, Mary Laws, and Will Arbery. Shout out to each and every one of the writers on Succession who put together an amazing show. And I particularly want to shout out the, the writers in this particular series, because they took what is the embodiment of quote unquote evil rich people, you know, just like the vile borderline sociopathic Narcissistic archetype of, you know, the greedy, quote, unquote, greedy, rich people. And they made us, the viewers, through the strong characters that they created, that the writers created, and that the actors, which were phenomenal, and I'll speak to it in a minute, brought to life. They made us, as the audience, connect [00:26:00] with those characters, and in some cases, in a lot of cases, actually root for them to win. Which, if you take a step back and look at the ruthlessness with how they navigate the world with little to no care of who or how they affected others. When you look at it objectively through that lens, it's like, fuck these people. But since they're developed so richly as characters, and it's such a character driven show in my opinion. we still connect with them and root for them on a human level. And that I think is a testament again to just amazing writing. So shout out again to the writers there. Now the cast absolutely killed it. Kieran Culkin is one of my favorite characters. He plays Roman Roy, the youngest of the four children. Brian Cox is the matriarch, the Rupert Murdoch like character who [00:27:00] created this Conglomerate multi billion dollar company. He's just amazing. Tom Wombs Gans played by Matthew McFadden. Such a cool character. Very selfish. It turns out as, as all of them have traits of selfishness, but he was in it for himself from the jump and. He plays possum throughout, so much so that he's married to Shiv Roy, the daughter, played by Sarah Snook, also does a great job, but she's like a, you know, princess, always gets what she wants, kinda has the quote unquote trophy husband, cheats on him, and he just takes it all, and his character is such that you hate him at first, so. because he's such a pushover and you're like yo stand up for yourself you fucking pussy then you wind up rooting for [00:28:00] him then you wind up finding out that either he's been running a game the entire time or he just got caught up in it and began running a game somewhere along the line and became fed up great characters both in real life British I believe it's a good job with the American accents there Same as Logan Logan Roy's character, Brian Cox. And by British, that's just my dumb American interpretation of their accent. You know, it could be Australian, Zealand, or who knows. Conroy, the eldest half brother played by Alan Ruck. Shout out to Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Really cool character. Shout out to the Conheads out there. Jeremy Strong. Not the eldest, but the eldest of the full siblings of the three, you know, Kieran Culkin's character, Sarah Snook's character, and himself, Kendall Roy. He was the heir to the throne, if you will. And in the very [00:29:00] first episode, which sets the stage for the entire series, the first half of the episode is him going through The process of getting ready to take over the company because the father had announced his retirement. He was gonna step down Kendall Roy is gonna take over and in that very first episode the father winds up Literally fucking him over and saying nah, I changed my mind. He's like, wait, what my You changed your mind. I'm supposed to take over next week. He was like now let's give it a couple more years I decided to stay on He was like, but we announced it to the world and the, you know, it's a publicly traded company and the stock and this and that and blah blah blah. He was like, yeah, that's all bullshit. Don't worry about it. And you have this tension within the family always throughout the entire series of the son trying to take over from the father, the father trying to maintain control, the father getting sick, the other siblings trying to vie for control, sometimes being on the same page with each other, most of the time not, and just like this complete [00:30:00] dysfunction. And it was such an interesting, family dynamic that really keeps you hooked. I also thought it was particularly interesting the way that the show was shot. And I got this from some of the, not behind the scenes, but the extras of the show where they, you know, interview different characters and they also have a podcast, et cetera. So I don't remember if it's from one of the extras or from the actual podcast, but one of the directors, I think the main one Mark Millard. Maybe it was Jesse Armstrong, the creator of the show, but they were breaking down how they shot in a way where they zoom in to the actual characters for emotional exclamation points. So they called it. And you notice that throughout the entire series where they'll, you know, they'll shoot a scene and then. For the character reaction, they'll zoom in to the character's face, which is pretty interesting. And he also mentioned that on set, they [00:31:00] always kept live cameras around so that the art, the actors themselves, they didn't know when they were being shot or not. So it forced them essentially to stay in character. And he likened it to filming theater, similar to when you go see a play. How all the characters, as long as they're on stage, they're in character, you know, that whether they're the main focus of a scene or not, or a background character, they're always doing something. They're always on, if you will, then I'm going to jump to in season two, episode 10, I jetted down here. There was a dope line that Logan Roy said again, the matriarch of the family played by Brian Cox, and he was speaking to money and wealth and how most things don't exist. Or companies rather. And he said that the Ford motor company hardly exists. He said that it's just a time saving expression for a collection of financial [00:32:00] interests. Again, all the Ford motor company was to this psychopath was just a time saving expression for a collection of financial interests. I thought that was such an interesting way, such a financially motivated lens to view the world through. And I just love the way that was phrased. All the four Ford Motor Company is, is just a time saving expression for a collection of financial interests. Jesus. There's a lot of double crossing in the show the siblings with each other, the father to the, to the kids, the kids to the father. There's a point in the season two finale where you think Kendall is going to rise to the occasion and, you know, be the heir to the throne that the father, [00:33:00] you know, wants him to be, that is grooming him to be. But he winds up double crossing his father again, as he did multiple times throughout the series. And I thought it was interesting that he had a lot of ups and downs, you know, he had addiction issues in the show. They reference all the time that he had a stint in rehab. And just from a mindset perspective, he was always either completely out of it and crying and in the dumps or completely manic and on the fucking ball. He reminded me a lot of Kanye. And or the public version of Kanye that we've been seeing in. You know, recent news and media cycles and all the drama around the Kardashians and all that shit and his manic episodes. That's what he was reminiscent of to me. I loved the relationship between two main characters, both outsiders of the family in their own right, which was Tom Wamskantz, which I [00:34:00] mentioned earlier, which was the husband of the daughter, Shiv Roy. His relationship with Greg Hirsch, played by Nicholas Braun, which is a second cousin, extended cousin to the family that they barely know, but that works his way into the fold and Tom brings him under his wing kind of because he sees himself in, in Greg in some ways, you know, being an outsider of the family, but also because he wants to have someone to have power over. And he finally found someone lower than him on the totem pole, if you will, within this family structure. And they just have a back and forth, funny, quippy, really interesting dynamic throughout the entire series. And I'll wrap it up with a, a line of dialogue from Alan Ruck's character, Connor Roy, when it spoiler alert, this happened in season four, episode seven. But Connor, who decides to run for president, out of all things, of the [00:35:00] United States, and Kieran Culkin's character, Roman Roy, hilariously tells him, don't you think you should try for something smaller first? You know, maybe like running a CVS or something? But Connor gets himself in a position where... essentially his actual, you know, the two rivals for, for president, the Democrat and the Republican running, they're neck and neck, like razor sharp, you know, 49 percent to 49 percent margins. And Connor is polling at like 1 percent or something like that. It's something, something sick that pretty much put him in a position to make a deal with one of the other guys where he would drop out of the race and His supporters would vote for that person, and that person would essentially become the, the president. And he's trying to see what he can get, you know, what position he could get from the person that would ultimately win. And one of them offers him to be the diplomat of Alman, which is a [00:36:00] country that I had never heard of. And he tells him that it's an interesting thought. He'll, he'll definitely mull it over. And that Oman is the poor man's Saudi Arabia and the rich man's Yemen. And again, I just thought what an interesting way to view the world and view things. But yeah, yo succession dope show. I definitely recommend you guys check it out if you're into that type of thing. It's supposed to be loosely based on Rupert Murdoch and you know, Fox news, that type of billion dollar conglomerate company and the tension and dynamics. Within his children, for example Rupert Murdoch, I think I've spoken about here on the past. One of them is like liberal, liberal leaning, which is kind of like Shiv's character in succession. And the other one is very conservative. Then they're both vying for succession of Fox, for example. So this show is loosely based on that, or at the very least, it's like one of those are imitates life imitates art type of things. [00:37:00] But that is my little recap and review on Succession, streaming now on HBO Max. Check it out. Goat doing goat shit. And I want to create a drop for, specific to this segment of the podcast because it is a recurring one. And I have some things that I've been tinkering with and working on. But speaking it aloud to see if I can hold myself to task because I've been meaning to do that, , forever. I just haven't gotten around to it, but the goats doing goat shit segment is a segment where I like to celebrate the true champions of greatness and highlight the phenomenal achievements of extraordinary individuals, especially when they do things that they do not have to do. And in this episode's edition of goats doing goat shit, I'd like to welcome none other Then Sean P. Diddy Combs to the list. Now, for the longest time, and still, [00:38:00] Puffy is known as being a ruthless businessman, if you will. Someone who hustled and busted his ass and built and created bad boy entertainment, which has brought us countless acts and music that we all love to this day. And many, many artists, but one thing that he did in building his empire from the ground up was recreate the, what some may say myself included, archaic, traditional, let's call them music artist deals, where the label that signs an artist winds up owning their publishing their masters, essentially making the lion's share of the money that is to be made from the art created by the actual artist. And the artist is often times in doing this type of bad business left fending for scraps. And music artists, [00:39:00] historically, this has happened to across different genres since the beginning of time. Some but few and far between have had more savvy, you know, teams and lawyers and sound financial advice around them and just the foresight of ownership. of your creation, being able to reap the benefits of it in perpetuity versus, you know, taking a bigger bag up front, but then never being able to profit from it down the line. So that's definitely been the biggest knock, in my opinion, on, on Puffy over the years in this respect. As of September of 2023, it became public that Puffy was returning his publishing rights. Which, by the way, he did not legally have to do. Returning the publishing rights to the artists and songwriters that helped him build Bad Boy Entertainment. Folks like Ma$e, which was the most vocal, [00:40:00] and actually recently dropped, and by recently I mean within the last year or two, diss tracks and did a lot of interviews and references to all of this, which are actually pretty good. Faith, The Locks, which is another vocal components of, you know, Puffy's business practices, 112, and the estate of Biggie, the Notorious B. I. G. They are all getting, or have gotten, their publishing back because the paperwork and agreements have all been signed and are actually finalized. And according to Puffy, in an interview that he gave to Billboard. He had a lot of offers back in like 2021 when, you know, like folks like Justin Timberlake and Shakira and a lot of folks were selling their, their publishing, their, their catalogs for like a hundred million dollars, $300 million, et cetera. He got an offer, an alleged nine figure [00:41:00] offer. To purchase his catalog, which included all the publishing that he owned, owned legally from all these artists. And that's when he supposedly decided to not sell and give the publishing back to the respective artists. It just took a lot of time between then and now to actually execute the legal documentation, etc. But I thought that was a dope move. It wasn't something that he had to legally do. Did Puffy make, over the decades, a shitload of money off everybody's catalog? Yes, of course he did. Was he legally correct to do so? Yes, he was. Whether it was ethical or moral or not, and hypocritical in some sense, those are all valid criticisms in my opinion, but he wasn't technically or legally... it wasn't something he had to do. So I definitely applaud him for doing [00:42:00] so. I'm always of the mentality of just own your shit and be of the mindset that if someone, a publishing company, a label, if you're in music, a publishing company, if you're in, you know, writing or creating different types of art, a platform, et cetera, if they're coming to you with a bag, To purchase outright, whatever it is that you created big bag, small bag, whatever. They would also pay you for just licensing it. It'll be a smaller bag, but in my opinion, and I'm not the fucking Messiah here, but in my opinion, if you're offering me a big bag to just own my shit outright, it's because you from a financial standpoint, believe that you're going to make that money back and more over time. So it would also be a sound business move from your perspective to license [00:43:00] it for a smaller bag for a shorter period of time, because you will also make your money back within that shorter period of time. And then some, and in that type of scenario, you keep your shit then afterwards, license it out to someone else, make money off of it yourself, maintain the ownership. So you could do whatever it is that you want with it in the future. Turn your book into a movie, turn it into a TV series after that, do both at the same time, turn it into a fucking VR spectacle that hasn't even been created yet, but will exist in 10, 15 years. And since you have the ownership of your IP, you could do that instead of handing it over for a bit bigger bag now, and then the company that purchased it from you. Maintains that ability moving forward. So again, with that said, I'd like to welcome Sean P. Diddy Combs officially onto the Spuntoday goats doing goat shit list. [00:44:00] And that folks was episode 243 of the Spuntoday podcast. Thank each and every one of you very much for listening. I really, really appreciate it. Before I let you go, just wanted to tell you guys about a Few quick ways that you can help support the spun today podcast. If you so choose, you continue support is amazing. I appreciate it very, very much. Whether you're using my affiliate link to shop on Amazon, which you can find that spun today. com forward slash support, or you're buying t shirts or coffee mugs or my books sponsored. com forward slash books, or using any of my affiliate links that all can be found that spun today. com forward slash support. Which will get you a discount on whatever said thing that it is that you're looking for that I have an affiliate link for. Whichever way you choose to support, it means a ton. I really, really appreciate it and just wanted to say thank you. Here's a breakdown of a few of the different ways you can help support the [00:45:00] Spun Today podcast if you so choose. And I'll check you all out next time. Peace.

On this podcast the Guys review and pick their BEST movies of the decade of the '90's. Many huge hits with the likes of "Silence of the Lambs" with Anthony Hopkins and Jodi Foster. "Goodfellas" with DeNiro, Pesci, Liotta and Sorvino."Tombstone" with Kurt Russell, Sam Eliott, Bill Paxton and Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday and why the guys felt that Val Kilmer was snubbed for Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars. "Jurassic Park" was also an epic blockbuster that took special effects and Sound to a whole new level. Hey, what's a Ute? Good question. Joe Pesci explains in "My Cousin Vinny" were Marissa Tomei won Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mona Lisa Vito. "JFK" was a great movie and Bert and Tom have lots of questions about Lee Harvey Oswald's role in the assassination of President Kennedy. Lone Gunman? NOT!So many great movies and great stories are covered so enjoy!Thanks again for listening and please rate, review and leave comments.We appreciate your support and  input!

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In this episode, we close out the MCU's first Spider-Man trilogy with the film that started it all. Alex Marcus of The Pop Break joins me to discuss Spider-Man: Homecoming! Listen to Alex's podcasts: Bill vs. The MCU, Batman By The Numbers, and TV Break Podcast. And follow him on Twitter and Letterboxd.Want to tell us what you think? Have any questions or comments for Perry about superheroes in media or comics? Leave a voice message to play on the show. You can also apply to be a guest on the show.Patrons get to listen to episodes before everyone else and they also get access to my exclusive companion podcast, the Superhero Cinephiles Book Club. If you want to join in, please consider supporting us through Patreon!FacebookTwitterInstagramContact

This week in 1992 the movie My Cousin Vinny was released.  It starred Joe Pesci and it won Marissa Tomei an Oscar, but it also starred the star of the original Karate Kid and the recent Cobra Kai.  Who is he?

Love is in the air, and we're following it to Italy with Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey Jr. in this rom-com from 1994, Only You!Our InstagramOur WebsiteOur FacebookOur TikTokMusic: What A Wonderful Day by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.comSupport the show

Welcome back y'all to an other episode of Been Drinking' Been Watching'! Today we dive into the depressing mind of Darren Aronofsky for his 2008's The Wrestler. The Wrestler follows a washed up pro wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson as he navigates life outside of the ring. He tries to tie up loose ends and re connect with his estranged daughter wile trying to make meaning for himself outside of the life of wrestling. For all fans of wrestling, Pro and indie, this movie is sure to bring the emotional side of wrestling to the forefront. This movie stars Micky Rourke, Marissa Tomei, and Evan Rachel Wood. Directed by Darren Aronofsky Cheer's y'all!

When broke college students Bill Gambini (Ralph Macchio) and Stan Rothenstein (Mitchell Whitfield) are falsely accused of murder their choice of counsel is limited... Bill asks a simple question; the public defender or My Cousin Vinny (1992)? The director of Clue (Jonathan Lynn) and the co-star of Goodfellas Joe Pesci) paired with an Oscar winning performance by Marissa Tomei brings us this fish out water court room comedy. Brose has taken the job of defending Marg and James with Judge Tamzen presiding over this 90s comedy classic. So choose your jury carefully, wear a suit and maybe have a girlfriend on hand who is smarter than you, pop on your headphones and listen to this week's NEW episode FREE and Available NOW!

Two Yutes...Oh I'm sorry, two youths.Joe Pesci is known as a little hothead in a lot of movies but no movie harnesses that volatility for a good cause like My Cousin Vinny.  Pesci was a god in this film and we look extensively at all the great scenes in this film (there's a lot).  We also discuss Marissa Tomei's performance (equally as good!).  Plus much more!YouTube version HERE (https://youtu.be/6Nh4RbUckHw)During the Break:--Song spoof of Stevie Wonder's - "I Just Called to Say That I Love You"Intro for the shopOne Way Streets Beat the heat and get them treats with One Way Streets Transportation ServicesDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show'Beavis and Butt-head' Cover art created by Joe Crawford

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Prep your grits and get re-acquainted with you knowledge of cars as this week we're looking at 1992's My Cousin Vinny. This legal comedy gave us a different side of usual wiseguy Joe Pesci by making him the hero. Upon release 30 years ago the film received critical acclaim, and even garnered an Oscar win for costar Marissa Tomei. So what is it about this film that makes it stand out? That's the case we're here to state. We talk that plus the latest in sports, latest trailers like The Son, latest news like things at WB going from bad to worse, and the latest film from Laika studios, and more right here on Notorious by Chance 0:35 - The Wonderful World of Sports 28:43 - Trailer Talk 44:51 - NOTORIOUS News 1:07:28 - My Cousin Vinny Review

Time for the shortest description ever. Andy confesses his love for Marissa Tomei and Adam makes multiple puns about it. Juuuuuuust about on brand for them. ENJOY! 0:00 Cold Open 3:03 Intro 10:15 Mating Tomei 25:48 On a Beer Diet 32:58 Papa Suckers 45:19 A Trashy Win 54:38 Close Send us emails! adamalsoandy@gmail.com Tik Tok: @adamalsoandy Facebook: @adamalsoandy Twitter: @adamalsoandy Instragram: @adamalsoandy Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0wWImCkh76lpYmGdmXzrQZ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/adam-and-andy/id1529984241 adam-andy.com

Title: Diving Off the Top Rope: The Wrestler (2008)Description: Steve is joined again by frequent contributor and guest host, Chris to talk about the 2008 film The Wrestler, starring Mickey Rourke and Marissa Tomei. This movie is surprisingly rich in themes and asks many interesting questions. It sheds light on fame, success and the limits of the human body and psyche.Learn More About our Guest:You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:www.atozhistorypage.comwww.beyondthebigscreen.comClick to Subscribe:https://www.spreaker.com/show/4926576/episodes/feedemail: steve@atozhistorypage.comwww.beyondthebigscreen.comhttps://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacyParthenon Podcast Network Home:parthenonpodcast.comOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypagehttps://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcasthttps://twitter.com/atozhistoryMusic Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Image Credits:By IMP Awards, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20259065Begin Transcript:Thank you again for listening to Beyond the Big Screen podcast. We are a member of the Parthenon Podcast network. Of course, a big thanks goes out to our frequent guest and co-host Chris. A great way to support Beyond the big screen is to leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. These reviews really help me know what you think of the show and help other people learn about Beyond the Big screen. More about the Parthenon Podcast Network can be found at Parthenonpodcast.com. You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen, great movies and stories so great they should be movies on Facebook and Twitter by searching for A to z history, you can also find us at atozhistorypage.com. You can contact me there or just send an email to steve at a to z history page dot com. Links to all this and more can be found at beyond the big screen dot com. I thank you for joining me again, Beyond the big Screen.[00:00:00] Thanks for joining us again today, we are going to talk with our good friend, Chris, about the 2008 movie, the wrestler starring Nikki Rourke as a washed up wrestler, trying to get back into the big times Mickey work stars as Robin Randy, the Ram Ram's Sinsky and Merissa Tomay as a stripper in Northern New Jersey.So this is going to be a really fun and exciting episode. I know you're excited about this one. But I grew up with wrestling in my life. Watching it, uh, going to a lot of the indie shows that are in this movie and knowing a lot of wrestlers, I actually trained a bit, not much, my brother trained a lot more than I did.And yeah, wrestling has always been a huge part of my life path. Passion in my life. I'm going to start off with a really short overview of this movie. And then we're going to really dive into a lot of the history and the context and the background of wrestling because this movie really [00:01:00] captures something about the indie circuit of wrestling and really the narrative arc of history of wrestling from the eighties until 2000, the early 2000 when this movie was produced.But, and now as usual, we feature plenty of spoilers. That's really what we're all about here on beyond the big screen, you can listen to this episode and learn a lot about the movie. Having never watched it. She'll definitely want to watch this movie and listen to this episode several times. You'll love it.We would definitely to hear what you have to say too. So reach out on social media or send an email, but really. The movie is about it. This character, Robin Randy, the Ram Ram Zinsky and he's a washed up pro wrestler. He was huge several decades ago, but now he's found himself on hard times. He works.Part-time at a grocery store and wrestles on the weekends and small semi-pro wrestling events and he [00:02:00] pushes it really hard to the, really, to the max that every year. Uh, he has a chance for a major comeback by participating in an event and celebration of the 20th anniversary of his most important match.After a grueling hardcore wrestling event, he suffered a heart attack. Now this movie really tackles a ton of really larger than life characters in a larger than life industry. So I think we're going to touch on a little bit of the industry and really the. Character study of an amazingly created character, Randy, the Ram.And I would also suggest that, uh, go back and listen, because Chris and I recorded a rest, a history of wrestling episodes. They provide even more context to professional wrestling, but really as a 10,000 foot view, what's some of the background on wrestling that this movie captures. Yeah. So [00:03:00] when Randy was a.Big mega star. There was a huge wrestling boom in the eighties, uh, in particular, the WWF, uh, it's never said what promotion he wrestled for, but you would assume that he was either wrestling with Jim Crockett promotions or he was wrestling in the WWF and he was putting on these big shows and it was just , wrestling's a weird sport.It goes through booms and busts. So you'll have a boom and then a bust and then a boom. So he was. And the boom using headlining, uh, shows that where thousands of people who are in attendance, uh, on paper views, um, with, I said, they're selling out sports stadiums, and it's all over the news, it's in newspapers. But by the time the nineties hit wrestling starts going into one of those busts. And. Um, either it's part of it is talents, retiring. People are losing interests or, and wrestling in general was true. Still doing the same stuff [00:04:00] that they were doing in the eighties.And it just wasn't working in the nineties. And this is where I, it doesn't say for sure what happens, but we, I assume this is where Randy's career starts taking a downturn and. He's unable to secure work with any of the bigger promotions. So he's left working in the NDC scene, which is, um, basically a it's a wrestling scene.That's, it's, it's much smaller. And you see in the movie he's wrestling in bingo halls and, um, rec centers, uh, once in awhile you'll see that he, he has contact with our O H, which is a modern wrestling promotions, part of the indie circuit. Uh, And it's one of the bigger ones. He also wrestles in the hardcore scene and C, Z w which is a particular brand of wrestling that's extreme and hardcore.And it's for a very niche audience. Yeah. So that's the general [00:05:00] picture that you see, he was part of the boom and he's been part of the bus and I, everybody always says, oh, well wrestling's fake. And yeah, it is bake as it in it. Isn't sports. They're not actually biting each other to win a match in a fair situation.It's entertainment. Maybe you could explain a little bit more about how that whole works, because I think people kind of do the throw of. Uh, way line that yes, it is fake, but in a lot of ways, as far as how it impacts their bodies, it's much more strenuous than a lot of sports. Yeah. But that's, that's the thing that, uh, when people say, look, all wrestling is fake.It's well, yeah, it's fake. It's it's predetermined, but this movie does it bring me a jaw that's really stressed. The toll that doing professional wrestling takes on your body. It's speaking from personal experience, you don't really understand how hard that mat is until you fall on it. It's, it's, it's falling on piece of [00:06:00] wood pretty much.And the ropes you don't think oh, all those ropes hurt, ? When they're bouncing back and forth, those ropes are super tight. So you can spring off them and you get bruises underneath your arms. On your shoulder is everywhere. And especially the guys I jumping off the top rope and just even basic things, just having to get up and down, up and down super quick on it's extremely hard on your knees.And then once you add in people taking chair shots, um, And, uh, the hardcore matches, which became popular in the later nineties, people think oh, whatever. It's oh, it's it's pre, it's all fake. It's not fake. They're using real fun tags. They're using real staple guns.You're using real glass. They're using real wood. You're using real Barb wire. And the toll that takes on these guys' bodies is it's hard to describe it. We're in football, you have an off season. And hockey, you have an off season and you have medical doctors available to you. All the time, these wrestlers don't have, [00:07:00] especially if you're working for these smaller promotions, they don't have that available to you.They'll have a medic onsite to deal with cuts and, if, uh, some serious injury until they can get you to the hospital. But a lot of these indie guys, they don't have access to any of this stuff. And it's a job that. Uh, Randy does it on the weekends, but if you're doing it full time, there's no break, and then you have to get on the road to get to the next show.Uh, and usually you have to provide your own transportation on top of it, too. Um, it's extremely taxing on your body. I don't think people truly get how hard. It is on your body to be a professional wrestler. And so that really leads into that's Randy's life, Mickey Rourke as Randy Rams. Sinskey that's his life as that he works kind of a menial job at, I believe some sort of grocery store where he's just, again, he said, what would you say Randy is probably at this point, maybe in his fifties, in this movie.I don't know if they say exactly. [00:08:00] Yeah. I'd say about his, he seems, yeah. I'd say about his fifties. If he was big in the eighties, usually wrestlers don't get super big until their thirties. So yeah, he'd be about, yeah, probably in his fifties at this point or close to it. So, Randy, he's living this life where he's basically he's working.

What do a retired assassin for assassins, and a beat-down pro wrestler desperate for relevance, have in common? This week on THE MOVIE CONNECTION: KC Watched: "THE WRESTLER" (2:30) (Directed by, Darren Arronofsky. Starring, Mickey Rourke, Marissa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood...) Jacob Watched: "NOBODY" (28:48) (Directed by, Ilya Naishuller. Starring, Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, Christopher Lloyd...) Talking Points Include: Pro Wrestling is not fake Tobey Maguire....Producer?? Breaking John Wick and more!! Send us an e-mail to let us know how we're doing: movieconnectionpodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram Rate and Review on Apple Podcasts Check out more Reviews from Jacob on Letterboxd Cover art by Austin Hillebrecht, Letters by KC Schwartz.

During this episode the FCR cast reviews the biggest blockbuster to come out since Avengers End Game, Spiderman No Way Home (2021). The movie stars Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jon Favreau, Marissa Tomei, Benedict Cumberbatch, and has special appearances from Tobey Maguire, Andre Garfield, William Defoe, Alfred Molina, and many others from previous franchise films. Kristen, Luke, and Justin give their takes on the movie, talk about their favorite scenes, favorite Spiderman, and much more. Tune in and see if their favorite is the same as yours.

The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 24 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire - Rita Skeeter's Scoop. We chat ingrained wizarding culture, a listener email almost brings them to tears, and why Mary goes full Marissa Tomei... UNLOCK BONUS EPISODES, PREMIUM PODCASTS & MORE    SUBSCRIBE TO GET A NOTIFICATION WHEN NEW EPISODES ARE RELEASED CONNECT WITH THE SHOW  Like Our Facebook Page | Join Our Facebook Group | Join The #NerdClan | Follow On Twitter | Follow On Instagram  CHECK OUT THE BEST MERCH ON THE PLANET AT -  THE MARY & BLAKE STORE Shop for all of our podcasts, sayings, and listener inspired designs in one easy place. *NEW ARRIVALS EVERY WEEK* Be sure to follow all of our other podcasts at MaryandBlake.com including: This Is Us Too: A This Is Us Podcast The Last Kingdom With Mary & Blake: A Podcast For The Last Kingdom The MCU Diaries: Essays On Marvel Television Podcast  Bridgerton With Mary & Blake: A Bridgerton Podcast Minute With Mary: A Younique Network Marketing Podcast Rise Up!: A Hamilton Podcast The Leftovers Podcast: The Living Reminders The North Remembers: A Game Of Thrones Podcast Wicked Rhody: A Podcast About Rhode Island Events and Life You've Been Gilmored: A Gilmore Girls Podcast ParentCast: A Podcast For New Parents Outlander Cast: An Outlander Podcast The Potterverse: A Harry Potter Podcast Check out all of our blogs at MaryandBlake.com including: Mary & Blake's Blog The MCU Diaries The Handmaid's Diaries Minute With Mary Outlander Cast Blog SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Apple Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS | Youtube  This episode of The Potterverse is brought to you by Minute With Mary For 15% off the featured Minute With Mary product this month, CLICK HERE For 10% off any Minute With Mary purchase, be sure to join the nerd clan and CLICK HERE Want to Take Control of your financial freedom and business? You can be your own boss. Arrange your life to be creative and accountable to what really matters to you. Maybe it's business. Maybe it's family. You'll have the time. Mary has the tools for you.  She has the training tips for you. She will be with you every step of the way. But being you is all it takes. Start your business today HERE A huge thank you to all of our members at the #NERDCLAN for helping to make this podcast possible. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Tara, SuzyQ, Joanne Felci, Nadra Assaf, Siobhan M. O'Connor, Katy Valentine, Maryanne St. Laurent, Sara Zoknoen, MD, Martha, Anne Gavin, Bobbi Franchella, Dana Mott-Bronson, Kirstie Wilson CO - PRODUCERS Kris Palmisano, Hannah Sage, Peg Rogers, Kristina Mann, Candace Galbraith, Jennifer L. Dominick, Tina Schneider, Sharon Stevenson-Kelley, Barbara Falk, Keelin Dawe, Meredith Bustillo, ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS Louan, Laura Dassrath, Suzanne Moss, The Three Of Us Cosplay, Sarah Dietderich, Brenda Lowrie, Dianna Anderson, Stephanie Holm, Tracy Enos, Shonna Chapman, Dianne Karpowicz, Candy Hartsock, Carolyn Needham, Tamra Steele, Angie Leith, Karen Snelling, Christine Milleker, Marilyn L. Neenan  CLICK HERE to join the #NERDCLAN The Goblet Of Fire: Chapter 24 - Rita Skeeter's Scoop | Review & Analysis

The Potterverse Hosts Mary & Blake discuss chapter 24 of Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire - Rita Skeeter's Scoop. We chat ingrained wizarding culture, a listener email almost brings them to tears, and why Mary goes full Marissa Tomei... UNLOCK BONUS EPISODES, PREMIUM PODCASTS & MORE    SUBSCRIBE TO GET A NOTIFICATION WHEN NEW EPISODES ARE RELEASED CONNECT WITH THE SHOW  Like Our Facebook Page | Join Our Facebook Group | Join The #NerdClan | Follow On Twitter | Follow On Instagram  CHECK OUT THE BEST MERCH ON THE PLANET AT -  THE MARY & BLAKE STORE Shop for all of our podcasts, sayings, and listener inspired designs in one easy place. *NEW ARRIVALS EVERY WEEK* Be sure to follow all of our other podcasts at MaryandBlake.com including: This Is Us Too: A This Is Us Podcast The Last Kingdom With Mary & Blake: A Podcast For The Last Kingdom The MCU Diaries: Essays On Marvel Television Podcast  Bridgerton With Mary & Blake: A Bridgerton Podcast Minute With Mary: A Younique Network Marketing Podcast Rise Up!: A Hamilton Podcast The Leftovers Podcast: The Living Reminders The North Remembers: A Game Of Thrones Podcast Wicked Rhody: A Podcast About Rhode Island Events and Life You've Been Gilmored: A Gilmore Girls Podcast ParentCast: A Podcast For New Parents Outlander Cast: An Outlander Podcast The Potterverse: A Harry Potter Podcast Check out all of our blogs at MaryandBlake.com including: Mary & Blake's Blog The MCU Diaries The Handmaid's Diaries Minute With Mary Outlander Cast Blog SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Apple Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS | Youtube  This episode of The Potterverse is brought to you by Minute With Mary For 15% off the featured Minute With Mary product this month, CLICK HERE For 10% off any Minute With Mary purchase, be sure to join the nerd clan and CLICK HERE Want to Take Control of your financial freedom and business? You can be your own boss. Arrange your life to be creative and accountable to what really matters to you. Maybe it's business. Maybe it's family. You'll have the time. Mary has the tools for you.  She has the training tips for you. She will be with you every step of the way. But being you is all it takes. Start your business today HERE A huge thank you to all of our members at the #NERDCLAN for helping to make this podcast possible. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Tara, SuzyQ, Joanne Felci, Nadra Assaf, Siobhan M. O'Connor, Katy Valentine, Maryanne St. Laurent, Sara Zoknoen, MD, Martha, Anne Gavin, Bobbi Franchella, Dana Mott-Bronson, Kirstie Wilson CO - PRODUCERS Kris Palmisano, Hannah Sage, Peg Rogers, Kristina Mann, Candace Galbraith, Jennifer L. Dominick, Tina Schneider, Sharon Stevenson-Kelley, Barbara Falk, Keelin Dawe, Meredith Bustillo, ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS Louan, Laura Dassrath, Suzanne Moss, The Three Of Us Cosplay, Sarah Dietderich, Brenda Lowrie, Dianna Anderson, Stephanie Holm, Tracy Enos, Shonna Chapman, Dianne Karpowicz, Candy Hartsock, Carolyn Needham, Tamra Steele, Angie Leith, Karen Snelling, Christine Milleker, Marilyn L. Neenan  CLICK HERE to join the #NERDCLAN The Goblet Of Fire: Chapter 24 - Rita Skeeter's Scoop | Review & Analysis

Marissa Tomei is pretty hot. If she was your aunt would you bang? Might have to ask Doctor Strange for some help if you know what I mean.

On this weeks episode, the SEASON 1 FINALE!!!, Will and Ian stop. Take stock of this past year, the joys, the losses, the things we learned and the things we wish we could have. What truth we gain when looking back. We come to realize that in fact- Wait, no no no no, obviously that isn't something they do, no no, instead they Watched SPIDER-MAN NO WAY HOME Directed by Jon Watts. Starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Benedict Cumberbatch, Marissa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Benedict Wong, Willem Dafoe, Jamie Foxx, Alfred Molina, Rhys Ifans, Thomas Haden Church, JK Simmons, Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, Charlie Cox and many other talented people! 02:16- How ya Been? 05:00- Whatcha been Watchin'? (Ian- Back to the Outback, MacGruber. Will- Witcher, Only Murders in the Building) 09:00- How do you think your christmas went? 19:30- What comes next for Spider-Man? 28:30- SPIDER-MAN NO WAY HOME 47:00- Ray Review 48:10- Next week 50:30- Last words for 2021 51:42- A war's a comin! 52:24- Goodbye Thank you to all of you who have listened to us this first year. We truly appreciate every listen, every social media interaction and, inevitable, every criticism. Thank you for giving us your time. We will keep trying to get better.... it's a slow process. Point is, thank you all for listening. We appreciate all of you. Do we say all that in the Podcast? Only one way to find out... Tune In! Enjoy! Instagram: @TheLastActionCritics Twitter: @THE_Lastcritics Next Week: Matrix Resurrections

Hey everybody, I know I'm a week late (blame Sony Thailand) but I finally saw SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, the culmination (sorta) of nearly 20 years of Spider-Man movies and one of my most anticipated films of the year. Does it live up to the hype? Find out in this spoiler-free review. Spider-Man: No Way Home: Directed by: Jon Watts Written by: Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers Based on the Marvel comic book by: Stan Lee and Steve Ditko Produced by: Kevin Feige, Amy Pascal Executive Producers: Louis D'Esposito, Victoria Alonso, JoAnn Perritano, Rachel O'Connor, Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach Music by: Michael Giacchino Cinematography by: Mauro Fiore Casting by: Sarah Finn, Chris Zaragoza Cast: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Benedict Cumberbatch, Marissa Tomei, Jon Favreau, J.K. Simmons, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, Jamie Foxx Synopsis: For the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our friendly neighborhood hero's identity is revealed, bringing his Super Hero responsibilities into conflict with his normal life and putting those he cares about most at risk. When he enlists Doctor Strange's help to restore his secret, the spell tears a hole in their world, releasing the most powerful villains who've ever fought a Spider-Man in any universe. Now, Peter will have to overcome his greatest challenge yet, which will not only forever alter his own future but the future of the Multiverse.

Spider-Man: No Way Home was directed by Jon Watts and written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers. The film stars Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Marissa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Jamie Foxx, Willem Dafoe, and Alfred Molina.With Spider-Man's identity now revealed, Peter asks Doctor Strange for help. When a spell goes wrong, dangerous foes from other worlds start to appear, forcing Peter to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.Links Instagram Twitter Facebook Our Website

Chad and Zach are joined by Beyond Caring's own, Adam Brinker to review the latest product of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man: No Way Home. Did the MCU knock it out of the park? Tune in to find out!THIS EPISODE IS SPOILER-FILLED! Fair warning!

It's another wild ride with a dark comedy about dysfunctional families. This one happens to be a sleeper with an incredible cast that delivers throughout. I'm in love with Viv who is the living the embodiment of Daria Morgendorffer. Me and Mikey talk our favorite scenes, fashion moments, and why we never wanted this film to end. Off topic rants include: Target, the Britney Spears 'Chaotic' series, and talking shit on former school mean girls.--- Get BONUS episode recaps on Freaks and Geeks Season 1 and  currently My So Called Life and to support the show, join us on PATREON! www.patreon.com/fashiongrungeGIVE US A 5 STAR RATING & SUBSCRIBE!Hosts: Lauren @lauren_melanie & Mikey @agentmikey007 Music by Den-Mate @imdenmateFollow Fashion Grunge Podcast on Instagram @fashiongrungepod and fashiongrunge.com

***The episode has been reuploaded! Thanks to everyone who noticed the audio issues.***Some movies are grim, but Before The Devil Knows You're Dead might be a grimmest. It's a raging diatribe against the rot festering in the human soul and a towering farewell from one of the greatest film directors of all time. It's so ruthlessly, unforgivingly bleak, it might even have been too much for one of our stalwart hosts. You'll have to listen to find out which.New to the podcast - parody songs! If you write us a five star review on Apple podcasts, we'll perform a parody song based on the movie we're talking about for the week. You give us a review, then choose a  song and we will produce a custom parody! This week, by special request, a Michael Clayton parody of Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girls". Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTokFollow Nat and Ben on LetterboxdEmail us at bttmpod@gmail.comAnd please, give us a 5-star review and share the podcast with your movie-loving friends! 

Nicolás Amelio-Ortiz da su opinión sobre el nuevo trailer de la película Spider-Man: No Way Home (Marvel Studios) dirigido por Jon Watts y protagonizada por Tom Holland, Zendaya, Alfred Molina, Jamie Foxx, Marissa Tomei, J. K. Simmons, Willem Dafoe y Benedict Cumberbatch

***The episode has been reuploaded! Thanks to everyone who noticed the audio issues.***Some movies are grim, but Before The Devil Knows You're Dead might be a grimmest. It's a raging diatribe against the rot festering in the human soul and a towering farewell from one of the greatest film directors of all time. It's so ruthlessly, unforgivingly bleak, it might even have been too much for one of our stalwart hosts. You'll have to listen to find out which.New to the podcast - parody songs! If you write us a five star review on Apple podcasts, we'll perform a parody song based on the movie we're talking about for the week. You give us a review, then choose a  song and we will produce a custom parody! This week, by special request, a Michael Clayton parody of Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girls". Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTokFollow Nat and Ben on LetterboxdEmail us at bttmpod@gmail.comAnd please, give us a 5-star review and share the podcast with your movie-loving friends! 

In this episode Tim Kail reviews the 2008 modern classic film, The Wrestler, directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Mickey Rourke and Marissa Tomei. Tim discusses symbolism, themes, images, and lines of significance. Follow on Twitter @FTKail and www.facebook.com/workofwrestling Thanks for listening!

Marissa Tomei gets the Hanzo Net, Doug gets some formal processing and the boys roll a Hard Eight with PT Anderson's first film. Dirk Diggler, Lancaster Dodd and all the usual PT Anderson suspects are here for a very special Tales of Video Store!!THEE MAD TEA PARTY ANIMATION STUDIO & TABLE ROCK MEDIA presents….TALES FROM THE VIDEO STOREA podcast about the movies you have never heard about and….. Well the decay of the video store era, good 80s movies and all the other stuff that we don't have NOW!The filmmaker, the film archivist and the film lover converse each week about great films that you must see that you may have missed if you were/are not exposed to Independent and Alternative Cinema. It gets raw, funny, informative and sometimes very serious. Between their over the top personalities and their unpredictable openers this hour long podcast is worth checking out!!!Websitehttp://videostoretales.comPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/videostoretalesApple iTuneshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tales-from-the-video-store/id1436130060Spreakerhttps://www.spreaker.com/show/3112390?fbclid=IwAR3Y7qtIZ-MX5RwhULoUalojORH3piE7cKSlf-xNdUexwwy2ZIuuiYxbRecYouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc6bAKbgk8KCQnWicerpzKg?view_as=subscriberOur Facebook Pagehttps://www.facebook.com/talesfromthevideostore/Our Facebook Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/groups/241930069812546/?source_id=261465671140460Sponsors LinksGolden Ticket Cinemashttp://www.gtcinemas.comThe Spot Toys & Comicshttps://www.facebook.com/thespottoysRidge Journalhttp://ridgejournal.comTable Rock Creative - Video Marketing - Full Audio Video Marketing Firmhttps://www.tablerockcreative.comJABBERWOCKY RPG CreationsFantasy RPG's for 5e Platform

Holy Schnikes! There are A LOT of great 90s Comedy Films! Pull up a chair and go through our favorites with us! Producer Dustin makes his triumphant return filling in for Beer League Kyle in this hilarious episode! We'll talk Harry & Lloyd, Marissa Tomei's lightning in a bottle, Marc's love of “truck stop” comedy, the origins of Dr Evil, and of course… Shooter McGavin!! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theitlistpodcast/support

My guest this episode is Tim Marcello and we discuss 1992’s comedy film “My Cousin Vinny” staring Joe Pesci, Marissa Tomei, and Ralph Macchio.

Daly Notes is Back! After a two week break - Adam Daly is back with a familiar guest - Todd Plucknett. Today, the guys deep dive one of their all-time favorite movies - 2008's The Wrestler - Directed by Darren Aronofsky, starring Mickey Rourke, Marissa Tomei, and Evan Rachel Wood. They also review two films that appeared in the Almost Sideways Top 10 Movies of 2020. One of those appeared on Todd's list - Belushi, and the other on Adam's list - You Cannot Kill David Arquette.Subscribe to the Almost Sideways Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, YouTube, or Pandora!If you can't subscribe, listen here.Daly Notes is hosted by Adam Daly and is a part of the AlmostSideways family.Find AlmostSideways everywhere!Websitealmostsideways.comFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/AlmostSidewayscom-130953353614569/AlmostSideways Twitter: @almostsidewaysTerry's Twitter: @almostsideterryZach's Twitter: @pro_zach36Adam's Twitter: @adamsidewaysiTuneshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/almostsideways-podcast/id1270959022Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/show/7oVcx7Y9U2Bj2dhTECzZ4mStitcherhttps://www.stitcher.com/podcast/almost-sideways-movie-podcastYouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfEoLqGyjn9M5Mr8umWiktA/featured?view_as=subscriberPandorahttps://pandora.app.link/hfYGimTce8

Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Ronald Jones and Rich discuss which pizza topping is his favorite, winning the Super Bowl and meeting Tom Brady for the first time, and how adding Leonard Fournette to the Bucs’ backfield didn’t bother him one bit. NFL Network Analyst and Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Irvin and Rich discuss if he was or was not truly on board with Tom Brady’s ability to lead Tampa to a Super Bowl title, the Buccaneers team effort in dominating the Chiefs, why he ‘lone wolfed’ Tampa to beat KC, and what Tom Brady DID NOT say to Tyron Mathieu in their heated exchange during the Super Bowl.  Rich and the guys wrap up the hour reminiscing on past interviews with Modern Family’s Ed O’Neill and My Cousin Vinny actress Marissa Tomei. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Marcus and Tom talk about Charlie Brown, Alopecia, Lepers, Marissa Tomei, the Insurrection, Toms new Meth Dealer and a host of other things.

The Paper (1994) is a family classic of our guest Maxwell Apse and has a star-studded cast including Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Marissa Tomei, Randy Quaid, Robert Duvall, Jason Alexander and the one and only Catherine O'Hara!Following 24 hours in the life of a hectic newsroom, this little seen film by director Ron Howard follows the murder of a couple of visiting businessmen and reporters trying to break the story of suspects' innocence.Check out if Maxwell can get the Mixed Bag trio to open The Paper and see if this is just a rag or the next New York Times!Be sure to follow Maxwell @maxwellapse on the socials!Dig us? Tell people on social media! It's the best way for people to discover the podcast. You can also leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser and follow us @MixedBagPodcast (@MixedBagPod on Twitter) to stay up to date with what Matt, James and Cass are watching. 

When Nancy Myers is writing and directing she is a nearly unstoppable force. After directing "The Parent Trap" she earned a shot to put her own writing and directing on to the global stage with mega stars of the 90's Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt and Marissa Tomei! We bring on a special expert and a real live woman to help us try to answer the titular question! Listen along and see if you can figure out the answer! Follow-Subscribe-Rate Twitter-@TWATBO Instagram- ThisWeekAtTheBoxOffice thisweekattheboxoffice@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thisweekatthebox/support

It's Blue Friday and Bull-Yah Friday! Fitz wants to know how far Ryder has ever been from his home in Auburn; turns out not far. In the What Are You Kidding Me stories, OK Cupid has a VILF badge so you can hook up with sexy voters, a man sues a major coffee chain for severe burns on his junk from extremely hot coffee, a 11-year-old has to remove his mask at school because it's from Hooters, Louis Vuitton has a mask for $1000, the new TikTok trend is filing your teeth with a nail file, and a woman in Alabama films a 12-foot gator her yard. On Stream It or Skip It Drew recommends "Call the Midwife Season 9" and "Airplane!" on Netflix and "Pen15" on Hulu. General Gridlock returns as Fitz calls him in his bunker to lead us on a March. On the Fitz Files, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston reunite for a "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" read, Martha Stewart has a line of CBD products and she uses a lot of them and John Oates of Hall and Oates has a Country album. After 8 weeks, Lori from University Place WINS the $1000 Minute! The P1's Have Talent include Blake from JBLM who does a mouth trumpet "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash, Ryan from Bonney Lake who does a cool police siren sound and Andrea from Carnation brings down the house with Marissa Tomei from "My Cousin Vinny". Fitz decided his home needs The Magic of a Halloween Tree. Believe It or Not has Debi from Kent who got a bicycle from Evel Knievel as a girl, Liam from Port Orchard who passes as Liam from Oasis, and Callie from Spanaway who went skydiving with her 90-year-old Grandma whose boobs popped out. Claire got called to the Big Boss's office and it was not was she was expecting. The Weekend Party Preview has discounted Ski Passes on sale, the Western Heritage Center is cool for kids, Dad can drive exotic cars at Pacific Raceways and Fort Nisqually Online has a Victorian Baking class.

EP.14 - Evan and Brandon review the Judd Apatow movie "The King Of Staten Island" starring Pete Davidson, Marissa Tomei and Bill Burr. They also talk about Brandon's first week back E-Learning and how both spent their Saturday together. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/e2b2podcast/support

Filmmaker Joe Indusi joins Mike and Jim as they discuss 1991's Oscar, starring Sylvester Stallone and a relatively unknown actress at the time—Marissa Tomei. While Oscar is, in fact, a celluloid zero, that doesn't mean there isn't anything redeeming about it. On the contrary, this film spurs discussions around the importance of taking risks in life (just as Stallone did in this film), experiences with overbearing fathers, and cases of mistaken identity. Perhaps the most interesting aspects of this discussion have nothing to do with the film itself, but Joe's non-sequitur stories about who he's met working out in Hollywood Gyms. Listen to the end to find out what Joe, Robert Klein, Fabio, and Minnie Driver all have in common. This episode of the Celluloid Zeroes podcast is brought to you by Mike Carlon's Novel Slippery People. You can purchase Slippery People in Paperback or e-Book format at Amazon.com. Enjoy the show.

#331 - This time around we talk about the stage play adapted comedy of errors gangster comedy directed by John Landis and starring Sylvester Stallone, Oscar. The movie also stars Marissa Tomei, Tim Curry, Chazz Palminteri, Peter Reigert, Ornella Muti, Vincent Spano, Don Ameche, and Kirk Douglas. We also discuss the new season of Umbrella Academy, figure out how old Jabba the Hutt is, and list out our top crime organizations. Enjoy!   Category: Movies HSF Rating Alex-4, Scott-4, Jeff-2  Please follow and contact us at the following locations: Patreon: http://patreon.com/hansshotfirst Facebook:Hans Shot First Twitter: http://twitter.com/hansshot1st Email: hansshotfirst@outlook.com iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hans-shot-first/id778071182 Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I5q2th5tzsucvpzgmy3kmzgtd44?t=Hans_Shot_First iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-hans-shot-first-30934202/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ityvhlXhdtoXFJFOO1cvA

Bob Sirott gets his daily dose of entertainment news and celebrity gossip from WGN’s Entertainment reporter, Dean Richards. Dean has details on the target date for opening AMC Theaters, Peabody Award winners, and the latest music festivals to be cancelled. Dean also plays a clip from an interview with Marissa Tomei, who stars in the […]

You voted for it, and they got it for you, Hoff-Fans. Kyle and Brian are talking two Aunt Mays this week as the film is Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. Find out what the Hoff-Bros think of Marissa Tomei, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney and -- of course -- the performance of Philip Seymour Hoffman. (Here's a hint: they loved it.)

We're back with Talia (@taliatabin) + Victoria (@victorialongwell) to share a drink and a laugh for another Happy Hour. This week we reminisce about taking trips and sharing wine with friends, ponder the idea of starting a friend commune, and get into our dream acting roles! Tune in to guess which one of us is John C. Reilly, which is Diane Keaton, who picked Marissa Tomei, and who would be "Sugar Water" era D'Onofrio. We also touch base about our biweekly playlist, which you can find on the Mandogpod Spotify. For more podcasts, deleted scenes, and videos, subscribe to our podcast at patreon.com/yourethemannowdog

This week I went with Marissa Tomei.

Max and Rene spend this week in their self-quarantine bunkers reviewing the 2011 Romcom Crazy, Stupid, Love. They discuss the one word that comes to mind when describing the male characters of the film, profess their love and undying affection for Marissa Tomei, and go over "The Kiss", "Tasty Tidbits", "What Happens After Ever After", and "The Verdict." The world seems crazy and stupid right now, so here's some love from the bros in the form of a new episode. Enjoy!

Episode 71! Like the Highway. This week we discuss impeachments (briefly), Marissa Tomei(cause who doesn't), and the NBA. Plus we get into an update on Christian's cat, the Super Bowl, and the stripper aftermath. Its a great show. Fuck around and find out. Sponsored by: Walken Cowbells and Maltifany pasta Co.

CRAZY is keeping a flame for your ex who cheated on you. C'mon fam. STUPID is letting your babysitter's crush on you ferment. Really dude? LOVE is not what kept Marissa Tomei working your junk for 45 minutes. Sorry, it's not. Truthfully, we don't know what it was. All we know, it ends in anger and boiling hatred. Ah, l'amour! C'est tragique, n'est pas? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/watching-this/message

Guest - Brandon Gilbrech - Television Producer - podcasting about podcasting, the never ending queue - Queer Eye appreciation, Blank Check talk - In the Bedroom: less sexy than we thought - Todd Field resumeCast, William Mapother talk - getting plot twisted, Ballers mixed appreciation - Marissa Tomei - not a bad deal - Lobster fishing tips and tricks, BaseballCast - Ed Helms shade, AccentCast, WatchCast - fashion tips for picking up college chicks - Sissy SpacekCast, GRRM in the wild, plot talk - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood appreciation and un-appreciation - IT 2 in 4DX, Car ChaseCast, CarCast general - bridge operation, The Place Beyond the Pines talk - A Beautiful Mind un-appreciation, Oscar Award winning Shrek - streaming television: not replacing movies after all - Toxicity listener complaints, breaking down System of a Down’s Chop Suey - Ryan Adams talk, we grade sexual transgressions - let Tarantino have his feet, Ryan Adams partied hard - Rambo talk, Indiana JonesCasta, we rate Mexicos - everyone loves Ryan Adams - Christine Taylor and Ben Stiller: we’re rooting for you - Rise Against mixed appreciation - this is the Rewatch, Relisten episode (I was asked to make this a show note)

TIMELINE:00:00:00 - 00:45:18 Contrarians Corner (#CC)00:45:19 - 00:46:22 Poser Beatdown00:46:23 - 01:22:00 Real Talk01:22:01 - 01:25:05 The Future01:25:06 - 01:28:29 Plugs and bye-byesPLUGS!- Julio is hooked on ComiXology Unlimited - a great deal for comic book lovers.- As teased in the last episode, we had a delightful time talking about the THE MUPPETS (2011) with Sam from Movie Reviews in 20 Qs. Check it out!- 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 Peruvian politics on his own podcast, NACION COMBI. Aaaaand you can also check out all the stuff he's written on his own website. Don't know Spanish? He also did a podcast in English called LIVING IN PERU, about immigrants in - where else - Perú.Up next, a Road Trip epilogue takes us to space! We'll have a bonus episode and a brand new guest as we tackle PASSENGERS, the J-Law C-Pratt vehicle. Until then, let us know how you feel about WILD HOGS. Are you an emasculated man who can totally relate to these guys? Do you have a hog of your own? How much chili would you eat for Marissa Tomei? E-mail us at wearethecontrarians@gmail.com or tweet at us or facebook us and share your thoughts!

For their first episode, Carie and Ross discuss the 1992 court room comedy classic My Cousin Vinny.  The siblings will be answering questions like, "How old is Ralph Macchio?" and "How on earth does this ridiculous farce draw so many enraging parallels to true-crime?" And don't forget the hero, Marissa Tomei as Mona Lisa Vito--the woman, the icon, the legend. 

Gabe Morency and Cam Stewart talked with Marc Lawrence about the NBA slate tonight and shared his thoughts on whether the Bucks can finish the Celtics tonight. They also discussed the Rockets/Warriors game and shared his picks for the games. He also talked about the MLB games he is looking to handicap. Gabe and Cam also breakdown the NBA slate and preview their DFS lineups and picks. They also have GambLou join the show and gave his thoughts on game 7 in the NHL slate and gave his picks for the UFC fight night this weekend. They shared their thoughts on the remakes of All in the Family and the Jeffersons. They also name some of the cast such as Woody Harrelson, Jamie Foxx, Marissa Tomei, and Will Farrell to name a few. They also preview their MLB picks and DFS lineups.  #fntsy #fntsysportsradio #gametimedecisions Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

When Sigourney Weaver praises your high school production of *Alien*, it was probably pretty good.No, Marissa Tomei was not erroneously given an Academy Award.We talk about first kisses and Stranger Things.Catastrophe is a good show, if not for the kids.Apple News+, on the other hand, might be good for kids.Can Dumbo's good cast save it?Our thanks to Candlewick Press, publishers of CIRCLE, the final book in the bestselling trilogy by New York Times bestselling duo Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen. CIRCLE continues the story of three geometric friends who like to play sneaky tricks on one another. CIRCLE is available wherever books are sold. Go to candlewick.com for 25% off your order.And our thanks to Amaze jr., providing parents with honest, comprehensive, age-appropriate sex ed videos to watch with their 4-9 year olds. Amaze jr. helps you navigate those tricky conversations about growing up like a true sex ed expert! For more answers to little kids’ BIG questions, go to amaze.org/jr/THISCAR.Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found at @moltz and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

This week we buy Cadillacs, skip Cable appointments and make out with pillows as we talk about the secondary characters from the two-part episode, The Cadillac.   We chat about all sorts of things - Seinfeldia (from 4:12) Seinfeldisms (from 4:59), Seinfeld News (from 6:20), episode trivia (from 14:57) and the secondary characters (from 21:00) Katy (Marissa Tomei's friend), Nick Stevens (the cable guy), Marissa Tomei (as herself), Mabel Choate (the rye lady), Jack Klompus, Helen and Morty Seinfeld and Herb + Ralph; as well as our top 10 episodes and secondary characters so far (from 45:20).   -- Support us on Patreon and Paypal! Your donation will help keep the show going. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit and Twitter. You can email us, too. Listen, download, subscribe to and review us wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Stephen’s new Seinfeld Facebook group, ‘Seinfeldisms’, here. -- Seinfeld News Jerry Seinfeld's Vampire Weekend cameo Man has library book for 53 years  -- Ivan's interview podcast ’In Melbourne Last Week' has been relaunched, with new episodes releasing every Monday from 15th April 2019. You can find it on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify, with this RSS feed for other podcast services, or you can listen on the show's website below: https://omny.fm/shows/in-melbourne-last-week-with-ivan-puggioni Support the show.

It's the first episode of "The March of Stallone," our Sylvester Stallone themed month of The Media Obscura Podcast! Nick and Mike check out "Oscar," a 1991 comedy starring ol' Balboa as a gangster turned banker who's trying to find his daughter (Marissa Tomei) a husband. We also talk about Mike's new band, The Reccoons and a conspiracy involving Paul McCartney and Stallone sharing an uncanny resemblance. Could it be possible that McCartney has secretly been Rambo all along? 

In the third installment in our month of Romantic Comedies, host Nathanael Molnár and guests Johnny Gifford, Crystal Gonzalez, and Matt Smith discuss Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011). There will be SPOILERS. Recorded on 2/20.

The political theme of November continues this week with The Ides of March (2011). It is directed by George Clooney and stars him along with Ryan Gossling, Paul Giamatti, Phillip Seymore Hoffman, Marissa Tomei, and Even Rachel Wood. Neither Jonathan (@berkreviews) nor Corey (@coreyrstarr) had seen this film before and they had very different reactions to it. Before they get started, they discuss what other films they've been watching since the last episode.  Next Week: Selma (2014) For the last film for November, Jonathan selected Selma. The movie is directed by Ava DuVernay and stars David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, and Tim Roth. It's a film that Jonathan has been wanting to get to for some time and fits perfectly at the end of this month of politics.  Berk Reviews Movie Club - General Info Corey and Jonathan both realized they had a ton of movies they'd never seen. In an effort to work through their gap list, they started this podcast to ensure they at least check one new film off the list almost every week. Thus, for a film to qualify for Movie Club one or both have to have never seen it or at least not seen it for a long time. Support Berkreviews.com There are many ways to support the site and the podcast. The easiest is simply rating us on whatever platform you use to listen. Next would be financial as seeing movies isn't free and any help you can offer only helps the site continue to grow.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/berkreviewscom-moviecasts/support

After last week's lost episode, Our Heroes take another stab at episode 131. Justin saw three movies this week. Matt watched one and is working his way through any Marvel comic with "Infinity" in the title. Norman Osbourne has a symbiote now! And, now we know that Marissa Tomei thought up The Purge, which is scary...but also kinda sexy.

It’s time to Peacock! Mike, Lumberjake, and JC look back on the year that was with Three Way Theater’s huge awards show The Peackies! After a trip to the red carpet Lumberjake serenades everyone with a musical medley from the films watched in 2017, JC blows the lid off of TWT’s best conspiracy theories, Mikey revisits his hatred for Bruce Springsteen, and Marissa Tomei gets robbed. Listen to all this and so much more now at the 2017 Peacock Awards! Like! Comment! Subscribe! Share! Listen and download RIGHT NOW on Podbean, iTunes, ThreeWayTheater.com and NOW ON THE TUNEIN APP!

Sorry for the late release everyone.... laptop took a crap.Slight Spider-Man spoilers since Angel finally watched some more of it...quick Marissa Tomei tangent... Cespedes/Mets... define "Let him go"... Will Aaron Judge change with a pro contract? Trade Lebron and build around Kyrie. Is wrestling entering another revolution? Why is Carmello so selfish? Should franchise players have babysitters? Rock for President?Random rants...stars on houses? Fantasy Football is coming. Televise better NFL games. Stop pooping in my yard!We have an app in the works for the show people!hit us up on twitter @wemayrant and join the argumentsemail us topics to wemayrant@gmail.comjoin our group on facebook We May Rant: A discussion podcast for the common (Wo)Man https://www.facebook.com/groups/475782909429155/We're on Iheartradio!!Check us out on Youtube WeMayRant (one word)And please, please, please make sure to check out Broken Witt Rebels on Spotify. You won't be sorry!here's the link: https://BWR.lnk.to/GeorgiaPineEPand the link to our theme: Cloud My Day:https://open.spotify.com/track/77YkRK8rj4Vw7tDQHuZ6PYCheck out their site: http://www.brokenwittrebels.com/and on youtube under Broken Witt Rebels

Sorry for the late release everyone.... laptop took a crap.Slight Spider-Man spoilers since Angel finally watched some more of it...quick Marissa Tomei tangent... Cespedes/Mets... define "Let him go"... Will Aaron Judge change with a pro contract? Trade Lebron and build around Kyrie. Is wrestling entering another revolution? Why is Carmello so selfish? Should franchise players have babysitters? Rock for President?Random rants...stars on houses? Fantasy Football is coming. Televise better NFL games. Stop pooping in my yard!We have an app in the works for the show people!hit us up on twitter @wemayrant and join the argumentsemail us topics to wemayrant@gmail.comjoin our group on facebook We May Rant: A discussion podcast for the common (Wo)Man https://www.facebook.com/groups/475782909429155/We're on Iheartradio!!Check us out on Youtube WeMayRant (one word)And please, please, please make sure to check out Broken Witt Rebels on Spotify. You won't be sorry!here's the link: https://BWR.lnk.to/GeorgiaPineEPand the link to our theme: Cloud My Day:https://open.spotify.com/track/77YkRK8rj4Vw7tDQHuZ6PYCheck out their site: http://www.brokenwittrebels.com/and on youtube under Broken Witt Rebels

Craig, Aaron and Chris assembled to discuss the Sony/Marvel collaborative effort Spider-Man: Homecoming. As always the conversation went on random tangents such as Futurama, other versions of Spider-Man and how Michael Keaton likes to play characters based on winged creatures. Craig and Aaron can be found on this very site and Chris can also be found on a Sunday between 12 and 3pm GMT live on Black Diamond FM as well as on many of the previous podcasts. Show Notes Craig's review of Spider-Man: Homecoming Craig's interview with John Semper Jr Craig's analysis of the two previous versions of Spider-Man 60s Spider-Man 60s Spider-Man memes 80s Spider-Man Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends 90s Spider-Man Craig's list of his favourite 90s Spider-Man episodes Spectacular Spider-Man Japanese Spider-Man Hank Scorpio - The Simpsons The Futurama worms episode "Parasites Lost" 331ERock's Spider-Man music and his YouTube channel Nstens1117's version of the Spider-Man: Homecoming theme and his YouTube channel Marissa Tomei interview on the Aunt May role Marisa Tomei on deleted scenes Kevin Feige "Not MJ" interview If you enjoyed what you heard here then please do subscribe to Kneel Before Pod on iTunes, YouTube or any major podcasting app you can think of. If you have any feedback then we’re more than willing to listen to it. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter or just make yourself known in the comments section below.

Gus Birney, the youngest actress to date on the podcast, gained her reputation as the new "it girl" with her starring role in the prestige cable drama, "The Mist." At 17 she has already walked the runway for Kanye West during fashion week and co-starred with Marisa Tomei in the critically acclaimed production of "The Rose Tattoo." The daughter of Tony award winning actor Reed Birney and OITNB star Constance Schulman, she shares with great candor the day to day life of growing up in a household with actors who sometimes worked and sometimes didn't, why high school wasn't a great fit for her, and how a 3a.m. trip to a downtown NYC salon is normal in the world of modeling. Gus shares her struggles with the constant reality of being the youngest person in an ensemble and also shares how she negotiates her creative desires with the downtime that actors face and the trauma and hilarity of self taping with her mother -- all of which make for a hilarious and poignant interview with this remarkable young talent who is a moviestar on the rise. Gus Birney was born and raised on the upper west side in NYC. Went to the professional performing arts school for high school. Her first professional job was one of the Clean and Clear girls for their commercials. She guest starred on "Chicago Med," played Marissa Tomei's daughter in :The Rose Tattoo" at Williamstown, opened Kanye West's show at NY Fashion week last fall and just recently wrapped the first season of "The Mist." Based on Stephen King's novella (was also a movie) and shot for four months in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Gus is a songwriter and has performed at The Bitter End, Rockwood Music Hall and Arleen's Grocery. She is scheduled to shoot a new Sarah Jessica Parker film in the summer of 2017.

On this week's LadyWatch agenda: Ryan and Jason praise God herself for the Divine Gift that is FX's "Feud" and for the overwhelming bounty of blessings that are Jessica Lange as Joan Crawford, Susan Sarandon as Bette Davis, (lady-in-waiting) C-Z-J as (Lady-in-LIVING) O-de-H, Judy Davis as Hedda Hopper, Kathy Bates as Joan Blondell, and Jackie Hoffman as fucking ANYTHING!! PLUS: We predicted last week that agent-of-chaos Faye Dunaway would cause a scene while presenting at the Academy Awards and boy oh boy, she did NOT disappoint! In fact, Shirley MacLaine is STILL aghast at the mistake (and still calling Annette when she can't get ahold of Warren), Salma Hayek saw it all go down FIRST, and Marissa Tomei gets VINDICATED. Also: Oprah both does AND doesn't consider running for President, Lisa Marie Presley's life is kind of falling apart but it looks like Priscilla has it COVERED, a British woman is killed ON Doris Day, and much MUCH more!

Space! It's littered with floating yellow letters! This week we continue our "examination" of the Star Wars Saga with 2002's ATTACK OF THE CLONES! And just like that OTHER attack (of the Killer Tomatoes), it's campy as hell and the animated spinoff is better. We have a star-studded installment for you this week: Marissa Tomei, Paul Giamatti, Sean Connery, Tom Brokaw and no fewer than THREE WERNER HERZOGS drop by the studio! They help us cover all the bases: proper introduction etiquette, Jon passing off Beatles lyrics as his own, playing Patton as a child, something something lightsabers, the perfect score for the Rumble in the Jungle, and, again, THREE WERNER HERZOGS! Please subscribe via iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, Google Play, or really anywhere fine podcasts are purveyed. Leave us a rating and review so we can finally get this monkey off our back. All he eats is 5-star review and he won't stop biting! Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bodycountcast Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bodycountsandbeer/ Email us: bodycountsandbeer@gmail.com Let us know what you liked, what you hated, what you need more off, what you'd prefer to throw down a pit, or what movie to watch next!

  Join Chris and Amanda as they analyze & review (with FULL SPOILERS) The Wrestler, the 2008 Drama film directed by and starring Darren Aronofsky and Mickey Rourke respectively. This is the first of two companion pieces by Aronofsky. Does it set a standard for Black Swan? This film is all about acting and camerawork - but are those elements any good or just Oscar-bait? We just have to talk about how unattractive Marissa Tomei is! Uh oh, someone has an extreme rating for this. Get your spray tan on and help us bear through the melancholia that is an Aronofsky film. TIMESTAMP 0:00 - Intro 3:42 - Act I 20:30 - Trivia 24:48 - Act II 35:52 - Different Takes 41:01 - Act III 50:52 - Ratings/Final Thoughts   Thank you so much for listening!  

CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR exploded into theaters this past weekend!  Directed by brothers Joe and Anthony Russo, Marvel’s latest mashup stars Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olson, Paul Rudd, Emily VanCamp, Marissa Tomei, tom Holland, Frank Grillo, Martin Freeman, and William Hurt. And it’s NUTS. Choose a side!  Team Cap or Team Iron Man?  It’s time to commit MASS MOVIECIDE!

Michael Swan (@as_seenontv) stops by to revisit his theory that straight men are the biggest stunt queens. Louis wants to hear more about Marissa Tomei in Moonstruck, Matt calls "The Goodbye Song" choreography a Coke commercial, and Kyle forgets to look both ways.

On today's show we talk about the following: Marissa Tomei cast as Aunt May in Spider-Man reboot Wesley Snipes meets with Marvel to possibly return as Blade Elodie Yung cast as Elektra for Daredevil season 2 First look at the Deadpool movie revealed in Entertainment Weekly Ben Affleck to team up with Geoff Johns for standalone Batman movie Young Han Solo spinoff movie may be done by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller of 21 Jump Street/LEGO Movie/Clone High fame Donnie Yen of Ip Man may be in Star Wars Episode VIII First look at the cast of the all-female Ghostbusters reboot The first look at Ash VS. Evil Dead Fear the Walking Dead to premiere August 23rd Rare Nintendo PlayStation prototype found The Doctor of Doctor Who comes to LEGO Dimensions Harry Shearer returns to the Simpsons Chewbacca comic miniseries announced Back to the Future comic coming to IDW by original movie screenwriter Bob Gale Friend of the show, Joe St. Pierre has released the latest issue of his series, the New Zodiax. You can pick up all three issues either at you local comic book shop, or at www.astronautink.com. Personally, we'd prefer you get them through AstronautInk since you'll be getting a SIGNED (you heard us) copy of each issue. So, what are you waiting for? Swing by and get the New Zodiax today! Follow us on Twitter: 
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Three-time Daytime Emmy winner Christian LeBlanc stops by BuzzWorthy Radio. Soap fans were first introduced to the actor in 1983 when he played the role of Kirk McColl on "As The World Turns." The character was involved in a romance with Marcy Thompson, played by Oscar winner Marissa Tomei. LeBlanc would then go on to play Michael Baldwin, a role that he would eventually win three Daytime Emmy Awards for, on "The Young and the Restless." He first appeared on the soap in 1991, leaving in 1993. He eventually returned to the role in 1997, and still plays the role to the present day. LeBlanc crossed over his "Y&R" character to "ATWT," not playing the role of Kirk that he originally played on the soap. He also, alongside co-star Jeanne Cooper, made an appearance on the final episode of "Guiding Light" in 2009. An artist, fun-loving daytime actor, Christian LeBlanc has also been pre-nominated again for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.

Karen Salmansohn is an ex Senior VP Ad Creative Director who at 26 years old left her job to pursue her passion of writing and is now a best selling author with over 1 million books sold, with titles including, How To Be Happy Dammit; Enough Dammit; Ballsy:99 Ways to Score Extreme Success; The Bounce Back Book: How to Thrive In The Face of Adversity, Setbacks and Losses and her latest book, Prince Harming Syndrome. She has authored 29 books, has 5 tv deals, 2 film deals and her own perfume! Salmansohn's relationship guidance is the stuff that Fairy Goddess advice is made of. From the "heart-trenches" of her own relationships to the lessons learned from the women she's mentored, Prince Harming Syndrome is a step by step guide to waking up the sleeping beauty within and making healthier love choices. Karen has been referred to as Deepak Chopra meets Carrie Bradshaw! Her fans include: Jon Stewart, Madonna, Tony Robbins, Deepak Chopra, Peter Guber, Arianna Huffington, Marissa Tomei, Perez Hilton, Joan Rivers, Eminem, Lisa Loeb, Jay Leno, Graydon Carter, and many other notables. She is a regular columnist for Oprah.com in the Relationships section and she's been on the Today Show, The View, Montel Williams, CNN, Sally Jesse Raphael, Politically Incorrect and infinite morning shows across the country! She blogs regularly on huffingtonpost.com and has been a relationship expert for msn.com, match.com and Lifetime TV and a career coach for AOL. Karen not only writes all her graphically oriented books, but also creative directs them, bringing in illustrators, designers, and photographers and packaging the whole book from beginning to end! Her spirited voice is not only a verbal one, but a visual one. Her personal goal: to stir things up,.. wake up sleepy minds, hearts and spirits.. spread positive propaganda throughout the land!

Karen Salmansohn is an ex Senior VP Ad Creative Director who at 26 years old left her job to pursue her passion of writing and is now a best selling author with over 1 million books sold, with titles including, How To Be Happy Dammit; Enough Dammit; Ballsy:99 Ways to Score Extreme Success; The Bounce Back Book: How to Thrive In The Face of Adversity, Setbacks and Losses and her latest book, Prince Harming Syndrome. She has authored 29 books, has 5 tv deals, 2 film deals and her own perfume! Salmansohn's relationship guidance is the stuff that Fairy Goddess advice is made of. From the "heart-trenches" of her own relationships to the lessons learned from the women she's mentored, Prince Harming Syndrome is a step by step guide to waking up the sleeping beauty within and making healthier love choices. Karen has been referred to as Deepak Chopra meets Carrie Bradshaw! Her fans include: Jon Stewart, Madonna, Tony Robbins, Deepak Chopra, Peter Guber, Arianna Huffington, Marissa Tomei, Perez Hilton, Joan Rivers, Eminem, Lisa Loeb, Jay Leno, Graydon Carter, and many other notables. She is a regular columnist for Oprah.com in the Relationships section and she's been on the Today Show, The View, Montel Williams, CNN, Sally Jesse Raphael, Politically Incorrect and infinite morning shows across the country! She blogs regularly on huffingtonpost.com and has been a relationship expert for msn.com, match.com and Lifetime TV and a career coach for AOL. Karen not only writes all her graphically oriented books, but also creative directs them, bringing in illustrators, designers, and photographers and packaging the whole book from beginning to end! Her spirited voice is not only a verbal one, but a visual one. Her personal goal: to stir things up,.. wake up sleepy minds, hearts and spirits.. spread positive propaganda throughout the land!

Listen to a local wrestling exhibition by the Dynamic Wrestling Alliance at the Price Hill Recreation Center as well as interviews with Darren Aronofsky who directed The Wrestler and Necro Butcher, a real wrestler who played himself in the film.

A local prostitute tells CityBeat's Cameron Knight her tragic life story with humor and insight into the world's oldest profession.