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TV Guidance Counselor Podcast
TV Guidance Counselor Episode 688: Brien Kielb

TV Guidance Counselor Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 113:00


November 14-20th, 1992 This week Ken welcomes long time Ken Reid superfan, NASCAR expert and the co-host of the Meet Me at Applebees Podcast Brien Kielb. Ken and Brien discuss NASCAR video games in Chuck E Cheese, growing up in upstate NY, The Showcase Showdown, punk rock teens, Boston Punk, Motorsports, Albany, moving to Cleveland, Pittsburgh PA, local cuisine, watching old NASCAR races, meeting friends due to mutual interests, the politics of driving, racist redneck hicks, Formula One, 24 hour races, endurance, soiling yourself, bicycle repair, fake wakes, smoking slims, cigarettes for women, Monster Trucks, the real truck that turns into a fire breathing car eating monster, the TWO Big Foot Cartoons, searching for Stivy Posnanski, Video Power, the Power Team, satellite dishes, above ground pools, divorced Dads, how Baby Boomers have hoarded all the money, before the discovery of tweens, original works of art by internationally acclaimed artist Paul Kale, collector's plates, weird NASCAR merchandise, The Georgia Dome, NASCARman, YouTube, Alabama Salutes Richard Petty, Joe Diffie, 900 numbers based auctions, wondering what Tom Arnold donated, The Kids Choice Awards, Red & Stimpy, Primus, coming from a weigh lifting background, yelling at Emo bands, WWE, the drug addict to weight lifting to right wing grifter highway, USA Up All Night, Saturday Nightmares, Days of Thunder, the Days of Thunder Soundtrack, what the best NASCAR movie is, Ravishing Rick Rude lookalikes in prison riots, The Real World, GI Joe, Sgt. Slaughter, Refrigerator Perry, Married...with Children, stunt episodes, musical episodes, very sad made for TV movies, collecting and framing t-shirts, Ken's Just the Ten of Us autographed cast shirt, screen worn t shirts from The Adventures of Pete and Pete and Revenge of the Nerds, Rescue 9-1-1 in Ohio, Roseanne, the Lanford Loose Meat Lunchbox, TBS, WCW, Disney Studios, Street Stories, Sightings, Stephen Wright guest starring on Bob as a guy in charge of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Balloons, Frozen Assets sperm count contest, the Whoops! Christmas episode and fundamentally misrepresenting Ray Walston's career. 

Berated B-Rated Movies
Airborne vs RAD: An Extreme Sports Showdown

Berated B-Rated Movies

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 107:08


This week Brian with a B and Amferny talk about two extreme sports classic movies: Airborne (1993) and RAD (1986). Airborne is a fish out of water story about a surfer who moves to Cincinnati to finish the school year and struggles to gain acceptance at a new school. This movie is directed by Rob Bowman and stars Shane McDermott, Seth Green, Brittney Powell, Chris Conrad and Jack Black. RAD is the story of a local BMX racer who enters Helltrack (a professional BMX race) and fights the odds to compete against Bart Conner, the star racer. This movie is directed by Hal Needham and stars Bill Allen, Lori Loughlin, Talia Shire, Ray Walston and Alfie Wise. Airborne is available on Google Play and YouTube. RAD is available on Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play and YouTube. Instagram Links: Follow Shane McDermott @shanefmcdermott Follow Seth Green @sethgreen Follow Brittney Powell @brittneypowell9444 Follow Jack Black @jackblack Follow Bill Allen @billsmallen The podcast art is by @delasernaxtattoos on Instagram and has been revised by rodrick_booker on Fiverr. If you like what you're hearing subscribe and comment on our Instagram @berated_b_rated_movies, Facebook @Berated B RatedMovies and Tik Tok @berated_b_rated_movies. Check out our website at Beratedbratedmovies.com. If you have any comments or movie suggestions please send them to beratedbratedmovies@gmail.com RATED G®, RATED PG®, RATED PG-13®, RATED NC-17®, and RATED R® are certification marks owned by the Motion Picture Association, Inc. This podcast has not been rated or certified pursuant to the Motion Picture Association, Inc.'s film rating system nor is this podcast authorized by, endorsed by, or affiliated with the Motion Picture Association, Inc.

Who Does A Podcast?
Ep. 73: Popeye

Who Does A Podcast?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 95:00


Joe, Kyle, and Rick review the musical comedy, Popeye. Directed for film by Robert Altman, written by Jules Feiffer based on the comic of the same name created by E.C. Segar, and with music by Harry Nilsson. The film stars Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Paul L. Smith, Ray Walston, and Wesley Ivan Hurt. We ranked 12 of the songs from the deluxe soundtrack and picked our favorite lines, characters, performers, and scenes. Enjoy!

Telehell
EPISODE 111 - For Love or Money (1984 TV Movie)

Telehell

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 92:39


What price would you pay for Love? Well, we don't know much about that, but we do know that one of our Patrons (Chris Michaud) paid a pretty hefty price just to play a Game show host in this one, and you better believe he'll get his money's worth in this look at a 1984 TV Movie that asks just how far are you willing to go to make a buck. ALSO STARRING: Kiersten Davis Joseph Kent Darren Marlar Scott Mason Rob Maurer SPONSORED BY: Dave's Archives RetroCIRQ Kier's Nostalgia Corner Kev The ripper and (Of course) Our Patrons

I Remember Liking That Movie Podcast
Ski Patrol (1990) A Raunchy 90s Comedy rated PG

I Remember Liking That Movie Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 69:03


Send us a textDo you remember Ski Patrol from 1990? We do. Or we thought we did. We got a few ski movies mixed up into one hodge-podge memory. So join us as we go back to 1990 and watch a raunchy comedy with no raunch from the makers of Police Academy. Not the first Police Academy. The later ones.  It should be awesome.Do You Remember Liking This Movie?

From Beneath the Hollywood Sign
“STEVE & NAN's FAVORITE CLASSIC FILMS OF THE 1970s” (071)

From Beneath the Hollywood Sign

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 47:48


EPISODE 71 - “STEVE & NAN's FAVORITE CLASSIC FILMS OF THE 1970s” - 1/20/2024 The 1970s was a decade that saw the rise of the auteur. Filmmakers like Scorsese, Coppola, Cassavetes, Altman, Lumet, and DePalma hit their stride and brought to the screen their specific vision and stylized films. It was a very experimental era where boundaries were pushed and once-taboo topics were explored. It became a creative high point and gave us some iconic movies. This week, Steve And Nan take look at some of their favorite films of the 1970s.  SHOW NOTES:  Sources: Terrance Malick and the Examined Life (2024), by Martin Woessner;  Films of the 1970s (2017), by Jurgen Muller; Hollywood's Last Golden Age: Politics, Society, and the Seventies Film in America (2012), by Jonathan Kirshner; How the Sex, Drugs, and Rock-n-Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (1998), by Peter Biskind; Picture Shows: The Life and Films of Peter Bogdonavich (1992), by Andrew Yule; “Jane Fonda on Klute,” July 18, 2019, The Criterion Collection;  TCM.com; IMDBPro.com; IBDB.com; Wikipedia.com; Movies Mentioned:  Smile (1975), starring Bruce Dern, Barbara Feldon, Michael Kidd, Nicholas Pryor, Annette O'Toole, Joan Prather, Melanie Griffith, Geoffrey Lewis, Maria O'Brien, Colleen Camp, Eric Shea, Denise Nickerson, and Titos Vandsis; Klute (1971), starring Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Roy Scheider, Dorothy Tristan, Charles Cioffi, Jean Stapleton, Rita Gam, and Vivian Nathan; Badlands (1973), starring Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates, Garry Littlejohn, Alan Vint, and John Womack; The Sting (1973), starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Saw, Robert Earl Jones, Charles Durning, Ray Walston, Charles Dierkop, Harold Gould, Sally Kellerman, and Eileen Brennan; The Last Picture Show (1971), starring Timothy Bottoms, Cybill Shepherd, Jeff Bridges, Ellen Burstyn, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, Eileen Brennan, Clu Gulager, Sam Bottoms, Sharon Taggart, Randy Quad, and Bill Thurman; A Little Romance (1979), staring Laurence Olivier, Diane Lane, Thelonious Bernard, Arthur Hill, Sally Kellerman, Broderick Crawford, David Dukes, Andrew Duncan, and Claudette Sutherland; --------------------------------- http://www.airwavemedia.com Please contact sales@advertisecast.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

History & Factoids about today
Nov 2-Devil Eggs, Nelly, David Schwimmer, Great Austrialian Emu War, North & South Dakota Birthdays

History & Factoids about today

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2024 15:32


National deviled eggs day. Entertainment from 1960. North & South Dakota became states, 1st cheerleader, 1st US soldiers killed in WW1. Todays birthdays - James K. Polk, Warren G. Harding, Burt Lancaster, Jay Black, Ray Walston, Stephanie Powers, Keith Emerson, K.D. Lang, David Schwimmer, Nelly. George Bernard Shaw died.Intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard      http://defleppard.com/Deviled egg song - YouTube videoSave the last dance for me - The DriftersAlabam - Cowboy CopasBirthdays - In da club - 50 Cent      http://50cent.com/Come a little bit closer - Jay & the AmericansLucky man - Emerson Lake & PalmerConstant craving - K.D. LangFriends TV themeHot in Herre - NellyExit - It's not love - Dokken     http://dokken.net/Follow Jeff Stampka on facebook and cooolmedia.com

Reel Dealz Movies and Music thru the Decades Podcast
TV- THE GREATEST THEME SONGS Of All TIME PART 4

Reel Dealz Movies and Music thru the Decades Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024 35:18


Send us a textOn this episode Tom and Bert wrap up the discussion and review the Greatest Theme Songs of all time, Part 4!Many people from the "Golden Age" of TV, which were the 1950's through the 1990's, will recognize many of these great shows that have been watched by generations over the years.The "Theme Song" had a major impact on getting your attention and hopefully bringing you in to watch the show.From Jack Webb's (Sgt Friday) in "Dragnet" (1:08); to "The Adventures of Superman" (6:31); to  "Lassie" (8:23); and "Dennis the Menace" (14:33); to "The Little Rascals" (15:30); we bring you a recap of each show with the backdrop of most of the songs that made them famous.Some other classics to check out as you go through the podcast are, "Combat" (23:41); "The 3 Stooges" (26:09); "Zorro" (32:27); and lastly Ray Walston and Bill Bixby in "My Favorite Martian" (33:20); closing out the Pod.Enjoy the show!You can email us at reeldealzmoviesandmusic@gmail.com or visit our Facebook page, Reel Dealz Podcast: Movies & Music Thru The Decades to leave comments and/or TEXT us at 843-855-1704 as well.

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast
Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski Encore

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 106:23


GGACP celebrates the 30th anniversary of the classic comedy-drama "Ed Wood" (released September 28, 1994) with this ENCORE of an interview with the film's screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. In this episode, Scott and Larry talk about the Ed Wood-Bela Lugosi relationship, the exuberance of Milos Forman, the bizarro cinema of Rudy Ray Moore and their Eddie Murphy vehicle, “Dolemite is My Name.” Also, Jim Carrey pranks Danny DeVito, Tim Burton befriends Vincent Price, Ray Walston “replaces” Peter Sellers and Scott and Larry remember the late, great Martin Landau. PLUS: Appreciating Robert Morse! The legacy of William Goldman! Mae West seduces 007! The Marx Brothers meet the Master of Disaster! And the boys pick their favorite big-screen biopics! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Live From Detroit: The Jeff Dwoskin Show
Dean Cameron Unfiltered: Navigating Fame, Typecasting, and Creative Reinvention

Live From Detroit: The Jeff Dwoskin Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 45:56


Dean Cameron, star of '80s and '90s hits like "Summer School" and "Ski School," shares his incredible journey through Hollywood. From his early days living with future stars like Eric Stoltz and Anthony Edwards to his memorable roles alongside legends like Ray Walston and Carl Reiner, Dean offers a candid and humorous look at his career. He discusses the impact of typecasting, the constant re-runs of his films, and his foray into new creative outlets like directing, writing, and music. Listeners will enjoy Dean's insightful reflections on the ups and downs of fame and his enduring passion for the arts.   Show Highlights: Dean's early life and move to Los Angeles to pursue acting Living with Eric Stoltz, Anthony Edwards, and other future stars Behind-the-scenes stories from "Summer School" and "Ski School" Working with Ray Walston and Carl Reiner The impact of typecasting and cable re-runs on his career Dean's experiences with directing, writing, and making music Reflections on the highs and lows of his Hollywood journey Entertaining anecdotes and lessons learned from the entertainment industry   You're going to love my conversation with Dean Cameron IMDB Dean's Website Dean's music Follow Jeff Dwoskin (host): Jeff Dwoskin on Twitter The Jeff Dwoskin Show podcast on Twitter Podcast website Podcast on Instagram Join my mailing list Subscribe to my Youtube channel (watch Crossing the Streams!) Yes, the show used to be called Live from Detroit: The Jeff Dwoskin Show Ways to support the show: Buy me a coffee (support the show) TeePublic Store: Classic Conversations merch and more! Love the books I talk about on the show? Here is my Amazon store to shop.      

Pop Culture Purgatory
Episode 268: POPEYE(1980)

Pop Culture Purgatory

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 72:19


Welcome back to PURGATORY!!!!   This week the boys get together to talk about a weirdly childhood favorite unbeknownst to them...Popeye from 1980, directed by Robert Altman and staring Shelley Duvall, Robin Williams, Ray Walston, Paul Dooley, Paul L. Smith, Richard Libertini, Donald Moffat, Macintyre Dixon, Roberta Maxwell, Donovan Scott and Wesley Ivan Hurt!!!   Thanks for checkin us out and if you'd like to find our back catalog go to Podbean.com Intro & Outro music written by Harry Nilsson and performed by Robin Williams & Shelley Duvall   Stay with me https://youtu.be/mFwAm6oIPtk?si=KaogUJl9pXmBb7WY He needs me https://youtu.be/bBh2O5h-oMU?si=fEH2yIm0uZjFXrsQ  

Fandom Podcast Network
All Good Things A Star Trek Universe Podcast Ep: 163: Genetic Engenering Pt. 5

Fandom Podcast Network

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2024 53:57


All Good Things A Star Trek Universe Podcast Ep: 163: Genetic Engenering Pt. 5 Mark & Amy have an intimate and nuanced discussion of an often underappreciated Voyager episode "The Fight". Robert Beltran is a tour de force in this classic 90's Trek Episode that also features return appearances from Ray Walston as Boothby and Ned Romero as Chakotay's Grandfather.

Last Word
Dr Ruth Westheimer, Mike Corfield, Shelley Duvall, Veronica Smith

Last Word

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 27:51


Matthew Bannister on Dr Ruth Westheimer who offered frank advice about sex on TV and radio.Mike Corfield, the conservator who developed new methods of preserving archaeological artefacts in the places where they were discovered.Shelley Duvall, the actor who worked closely with Robert Altman, played Wendy in The Shining and Michal Palin's star-crossed lover in Time Bandits. Michael shares his memories. Veronica Smith, who, as a young woman, was forced to give up her baby for adoption. She later founded the “Movement for an Adoption Apology”.Producer: Ed Prendeville Archive used Barry Normal on Shelley Duvall. Film 80, BBC1, 29/09/1980; The Shining, Official trailer, 1980; Director Stanley Kubrik; Based on a novel by Stephen King; Warner Bros; Time Bandits, 1980; Original Trailer, Handmade Films; "Late Night" with David Letterman, 27/09/1984; Popeye, 1980, Trailer; Director: Robert Altman; Writers: Jules Feiffer (screenplay), E.C. Segar (based on characters by); Stars: Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Ray Walston; From 1981: Shelley Duvall talks working on 'The Shining', Interview with Gene Shalit on TODAY, 10/11/1981; BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour, 10/08/2022; BBC Radio London: Forced adoption, Peabody and Tim Arthur, 26/02/2014

All 80's Movies Podcast
Popeye (1980)

All 80's Movies Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2024 91:31


"The sailor man with the spinach can!" For this week's episode, we are discussing 'Popeye' based on the "Thimble Theatre" comic strip. The movie stars Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall and Ray Walston. Directed by Robert Altman. Popeye - IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081353/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_5_nm_3_q_popeye Popeye - Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1016534-popeye Popeye Village Malta: https://popeyemalta.com/ Bill's Letterboxd Ratings: https://letterboxd.com/bill_b/list/bills-all-80s-movies-podcast-ratings/ Jason's Letterboxd Ratings: https://letterboxd.com/jasonmasek/list/jasons-all-80s-movies-podcast-ratings/ Website: http://www.all80smoviespodcast.com X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/podcastAll80s Facebook (META): https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100030791216864 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@all80smoviespodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mary Versus the Movies
Episode 148 - Silver Streak (1976)

Mary Versus the Movies

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 72:49


A book editor witnesses a murder during a cross-country trip, and is plunged into a Hitchcockian world of murder and intrigue. Eventually Richard Pryor shows up, and we get some unfortunate blackface. What can I say, it's the 1970s. Starring Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Jill Clayburgh, Patrick McGoohan, Ned Beatty, Ray Walston, Scatman Crothers, and Richard Kiel. Written by Colin Higgins. Directed by Arthur Hiller.

The Podcastle
Mick Garris: The Stand's 30th Anniversary Show

The Podcastle

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024 50:09


Mick Garris, director of The Stand, stops by to celebrate and discuss the 30th anniversary of the greatest miniseries of all time. The Stand, released on May 8, 1994, is based on Stephen King's masterpiece and book of the same name. The Stand includes a cast of more than 125 speaking roles and features Gary Sinise, Miguel Ferrer, Rob Lowe, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Jamey Sheridan, Laura San Giacomo, Molly Ringwald, Corin Nemec, Adam Storke, Ray Walston, Ed Harris, and Matt Frewer. The miniseries was shot in several locations and on 225 sets. Mick has written, directed, and produced multiple films over the years and has done it all. His works include The Stand, Hocus Pocus, Sleepwalkers, Critters 2: The Main Course, The Shining, Riding the Bullet, Stephen King's Desperation, Bag of Bones, and more! Follow Mick on on Instagram at @mickgarrispm. Visit our online store at https://www.teepublic.com/user/kingmanprods for some sweet merch. Thanks for listening to the #1 podcast on the planet!

TV CONFIDENTIAL: A radio talk show about television
The Effervescence of Shirley Temple

TV CONFIDENTIAL: A radio talk show about television

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2024 16:51


TVC 644.3: Greg Ehrbar reviews the Shirley Temple Storybook Collection, a six-DVD set featuring some of the best episodes of her popular Sunday night series, Shirley Temple's Storybook (NBC, 1958-1959, 1960-1961). The DVD collection includes adaptations of such beloved children's classics as The Little Mermaid, Winnie the Pooh, Babes in Toyland, Pippi Longstocking, Kim, The Reluctant Dragon, The Land of Oz, and Madeline, and features such stars as Jonathan Winters, Ray Walston, Martin Landau, Agnes Moorehad, Robert Culp, Sterling Holloway, Margaret Hamilton, John Raitt, David Frankham, and Jonathan Harris. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Let's Talk - Movies
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) - Movie Matters

Let's Talk - Movies

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2024 12:21


Let's Talk - MoviesEpisode 55: Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) - Movie MattersJason Connell and Sal Rodriguez discuss the origin story of Let's Talk - Movies, which began with the short-lived show, Movie Matters.Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) Synopsis: A group of Southern California high school students are enjoying their most important subjects: sex, drugs, and rock n' roll.Director: Amy HeckerlingWriter: Cameron CroweCinematographer: Matthew F. LeonettiCast: Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus, Brian Backer, Phoebe Cates, Ray Walston, Forest WhitakerOriginal Episode: S01E03 (Movie Matters) Recorded: 02-21-24 & 11-27-19Studio: Just Curious MediaListen:BuzzsproutApple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle PodcastsAmazon MusiciHeartRadioTuneInWatch:YouTubeSpotifyFollow:FacebookInstagramHost:Jason ConnellGuest:Sal Rodriguez#justcuriousmedia #letstalkmovies #mrjasonconnell #salvadorlosangeles #cinema #classicmovies #movies #moviereviews #film #filmreviews #studios #producers #directors #writers #actors #moviestars #boxoffice #fasttimesatridgemonthighSupport the show

Movie Wave
Ski Patrol (1990, PG)

Movie Wave

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2024 106:14


“A comedy with flakes.”   “Ski Patrol is a 1990 American comedy film directed by Richard Correll and starring Roger Rose, Yvette Nipar, Paul Feig, T. K. Carter, Leslie Jordan, George Lopez, Ray Walston, and Martin Mull.”   Show Links Trailer: https://youtu.be/qggFUkhuV84?si=GSjy1ugSdU8XSZIb   Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ski_Patrol_(1990_film)   Just Watch: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/ski-patrol   Socials Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/@moviewavepod   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moviewavepod   Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/moviewavepod/   Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/moviewavepod   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moviewavepod   Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/moviewavepod   Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/moviewavepod   Intro/Outro Sample Credits “Aiwa CX-930 VHS VCR Video Cassette Recorder.wav” by Pixabay “Underwater Ambience” by Pixabay “waves crashing into shore parkdale beach” by Pixabay   Movie Wave is a part of Pie Hat Productions.

Monster Attack
Popeye | Episode 390

Monster Attack

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2023 58:48


Mark Maddux joins Jim for a loving look back at a classic film of the fantastique from 1980 and Director Robert Altman - "Popeye," starring Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Paul L. Smith, Paul Dooley, Donald Moffat, Ray Walston, Richard Libertini, Bill Irwin, Wesley Ivan Hunt, Peter Bray, Linda Hunt and Jack Mercer. Altman's homage to the loveable cartoon character from the 1920's takes us into the magical world of Sweet Water. Find out more on this special Holiday episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.   

ESO Network – The ESO Network
Popeye | Episode 390

ESO Network – The ESO Network

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2023 58:48


Mark Maddux joins Jim for a loving look back at a classic film of the fantastique from 1980 and Director Robert Altman – “Popeye,” starring Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Paul L. Smith, Paul Dooley, Donald Moffat, Ray Walston, Richard Libertini, Bill Irwin, Wesley Ivan Hunt, Peter Bray, Linda Hunt and Jack Mercer. Altman’s homage to … Popeye | Episode 390 Read More » The post Popeye | Episode 390 appeared first on The ESO Network.

Myopia: Defend Your Childhood - A Nostalgic Movies Podcast

Grab your BMX, this is about to get EXTREME! We watched the 1980s cult classic Rad! Directed by the stunt man behind Smokey and the Bandit.  How will Rad hold up?  Host: Nic Panel: Keiko, Matthew, Nur Directed by Hal Needham Starring: Bart Conner, Lori Loughlin, Talia Shire, Ray Walston, Alfie Wise

Musical Theatre Radio presents
Be Our Guest with James A Rocco

Musical Theatre Radio presents "Be Our Guest"

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2023 77:43


JAMES A. ROCCO is the visionary CEO of Thirty Saints Productions, creators of the Songbook Series and Broadway Songbook®. Thirty Saints Productions is a dynamic and innovative company that excels in creating original theatrical works for a diverse range of venues across the globe. In 2022, the company expanded its horizons, venturing into negotiating, consulting, and acquiring music licenses for popular jukebox musicals, solidifying its position as an industry leaders.    With Broadway Asia, Thirty Saints toured Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat® to Tokyo and led the artistic team for the US Air Force's 9/11 tribute video, There Are No Words, seen by millions of viewers. Thirty Saints is an investor in the current Broadway, National Tour, and Toronto productions of Come from Away and Magic Mike in London.   From 2005-2017, Rocco was the VP of Programming and Producing Artistic Director of Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, where he presented and booked the best of touring Broadway (August, Osage County, An American In Paris, Kinky Boots, Les Misérables) and produced or co-produced award-winning theatricals (In The Heights, Love, Janis, Cabaret, West Side Story.) As the Ordway's representative and member of the Broadway League and the IPN (Independent Producer's Network), he was a producing partner and investor in Fun Home, Legally Blonde, The Color Purple, Monty Python's Spamalot, and others, as well as serving on the IPN's Governance Committee.    In 2019, he was recognized by The Broadway League and The Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds for "30 years of dedication, craft, and contribution to the theater" at their annual Broadway Salutes ceremony.   A longtime member of NAMT (National Alliance for Musical Theatre), he served on the Alliance's New Works committee.  Rocco commissioned the holiday musical A Country Christmas Carol and was part of the creative teams behind the off-Broadway cult hits Nite Club Confidential and Hooked on the 70s.  His re-versioned stage production of Singin' in the Rain has been seen worldwide.  Rocco was Producing Artistic Director of Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma and Interim Artistic Director of Stage One, a theatre dedicated to new musical development.    On Video, he was the Executive Producer and Co-Director of the Regional Emmy Nominated Documentary, The World We Create, and directed the television musical, Born of A Dream.  For Mitsubishi/ArtSphere, he created the stage and television spectacular Galaxy Express 999.   Rocco's theatrical career started at three years old, as the youngest member of the (Art) Linkletter Totten Tots! He appeared in Oliver! with Ray Walston and Jules Munschin; Carousel as Enoch Snow Jr, with John Raitt; and as Sheppard in Sidney Lumet & David Merrick's Paramount motion picture thriller, Child's Play.     James directed and produced his first show in New York at 16 (Henry, Sweet Henry, at the Mercer Arts Center and the Lamb Theatre).  As a performer, he appeared in the original Broadway production of Cats(as the Rum Tum Tugger), the International and TV Ashai Productions of Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies; sang back up for Frank Sinatra and was featured singer for Herbie Hancock and the Super Sounds. He played Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar, The Witch in Into The Woods, appears on 10 Ben Bagley albums, and his CD, It's Between Us, produced the FMQB Top 40 hit, And The Night Stood Stillby Diane Warren. In 2021, Broadway World Minneapolis cited him as Vocalist of the Decade.  

Comfort Films Podcast
Comfort Films 99: Popeye (1980)

Comfort Films Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2023 85:09


Shiver me timbers and blow me down! Comfort Films Podcast is dropping anchor in Sweethaven to start a month of celebrating Robin Williams films! In this first episode of the series, we're joined by guest Jenn Riedell for a surreal trip down memory lane as we discuss this buried treasure of a musical, directed by Robert Altman and scripted by Jules Feiffer. Featuring Robin Williams in his first lead role in film, Popeye is also a vehicle for a magical soundtrack of songs from 70s pop star Harry Nilsson. We discuss the amazing set built in Malta, which still exists as a tourist attraction, Shelley Duvall's totally iconic performance as Olive Oyl, Ray Walston's crotchety and hilariously named character Poopdeck Pappy, the bizarre religious underpinnings of Popeye's famous catchphrase, the film's comic strip origins, the many talented circus performers who bring the film to life, and the birth of home video, which paved the way for young Gen Xers to start watching and rewatching comfort movies (complete with some bad humming of the HBO theme song from the 80s). Pop open a can of spinach and give us a listen!

The Movie Loft Podcast
Johnny Dangerously 1984

The Movie Loft Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2023 60:32


"The years hadn't softened Moronie. He continued to murder the English language, and anyone who got in his way. " 1982 may be The Year of Living Dangerously, but 1984 is most definitely the year of living Johnny Dangerously! This movie inhabits a special place in the realms of comedy, parody classics of the '80s. And the creative license taken on curse words has lived a quiet life of infamy in small groups of immature males for the last 39 years. Here's a roll call of how deep the cast runs. Michael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, Danny Devito, Marilu Henner, Maureen Stapleton, Peter Boyle, Griffin Dunne, Dom DeLuise, Glenno so Connor, Ray Walston, Alan Hale junior, Dick Butkus , Jack Nance, Bob Eubanks, Taylor Negron, and Joe Flaherty. You'll have to trust me that there are many more after reading that aggravatingly long list. Had to slip an adverb in here somehow.

History & Factoids about today
Nov 2nd-Deviled Eggs, Mr. Hand, K.D. Lang, David Schwimmer, Nelly, North & South Dakota, 1st Cheerleader

History & Factoids about today

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 14:31


National deviled eggs day. Entertainment from 2008. North & South Dakota became states, 1st cheerleader, 1st US soldiers killed in WW1. Todays birthdays - James K. Polk, Warren G. Harding, Burt Lancaster, Jay Black, Ray Walston, Stephanie Powers, Keith Emerson, K.D. Lang, David Schwimmer, Nelly.George Bernard Shaw died.Intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard http://defleppard.com/Deviled egg songWhat you like - T.I.Just a dream - Carrie UnderwoodBirthdays - In da club - 50 Cent http://50cent.com/Come a little bit closer - Jay & the AmericansLucky man - Emerson Lake & PalmerConstant craving - K.D. LangFriends TV themeHot in Herre - NellyExit - It's not love - Dokken http://dokken.net/https://coolcasts.cooolmedia.com/

Amazing World of Radio
Woolworth Hour (Guest: Tony Bennett) (AWR0233)

Amazing World of Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2023


The premiere of The Woolworth Hour, featuring guest appearances by Tony Bennett, Ray Walston, and Gisele MacKenzie. Features Percy Faith and Read more ...

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast
GGACP Classic: Matthew Modine

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2023 115:19


GGACP congratulates actor Matthew Modine on the phenomenal success of “Oppenheimer” (yay, movie theaters!) by revisiting this unforgettable and wildly entertaining interview from 2021. In this episode, Matthew talks about the awkwardness of sex scenes, the unpredictability of chimps and the cruel fate of "Cutthroat Island" and looks back on his working relationships with Robert Altman, John Schlesinger and Stanley Kubrick. Also, Bruce Dern bumps off The Duke, Wallace Shawn stars in "12 Angry Men," Oliver Reed shows off a very special tattoo and Matthew and Gilbert co-star in the unforgettable "Funky Monkey." PLUS: Jiminy Glick! Ray Walston! "Jesus Was a Commie"! The cinema of Alan Pakula! The poetry of R. Lee Ermey! And Matthew remembers the legendary Albert Finney! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Myopia: Defend Your Childhood - A Nostalgic Movies Podcast

This week, we will gladly pay you Tuesday for a podcast today! We watched a musical about Popeye from a world class director, because creativity died long ago.  How will Popeye hold up? Host: Nic Panel: Matt, Daniel Directed by Robert Altman Starring: Starring: Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Ray Walston, Paul Dooley, Paul L. Smith, Richard Libertini, Donald Moffat, MacIntyre Dixon, Roberta Maxwell, Bill Irwin

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast
GGACP Classic: Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski

Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2023 106:23


GGACP continues its support of striking film and television writers by revisiting this 2019 interview with Emmy-winning screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. In this episode, Scott and Larry talk about the 25th anniversary of "Ed Wood," the exuberance of Milos Forman, the bizarro cinema of Rudy Ray Moore and their Eddie Murphy vehicle, "Dolemite is My Name." Also, Jim Carrey pranks Danny DeVito, Tim Burton befriends Vincent Price, Ray Walston "replaces" Peter Sellers and Scott and Larry remember the late, great Martin Landau. PLUS: Appreciating Robert Morse! The legacy of William Goldman! Mae West seduces 007! The Marx Brothers meet the Master of Disaster! And the boys pick their favorite big-screen biopics! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

80's Flick Flashback
#79 - "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982) with Nicholas Pepin from "Pop Culture Roulette" Podcast

80's Flick Flashback

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2023 104:19


The 80s is often seen as the defining era of “the teen movie”. While “The Breakfast Club” and “Ferris Bueller's Day Off” might have garnered all of the attention, it was this 80s flick that took the “teen movie” from raunchy sex-comedy to more serious themes of losing innocence, living with regret, and navigating independence at such a young age. Released to little fanfare, with many expecting it to fail, the film became a surprise hit, showing the value of the teenage market.  So grab your red bikini or your checkered Vans as Tim Williams and guest co-host Nicholas Pepin from "Pop Culture Roulette" Podcast discuss “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” from 1982 on this episode of the 80's Flick Flashback Podcast! Here are some additional behind the scenes trivia we were unable to cover in this episode: When Ratner is getting dating advice from Damone in Damone's bedroom, Ratner is wearing a T-shirt for the movie, Popeye (1980) which starred Ray Walston, who played Popeye Senior and then Mr. Hand. In the novel, Spicoli dreams he's singing "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC on The Tonight Show (1962), but Johnny Carson refused to do it for the movie, and other talk show hosts (including David Letterman) also turned it down (Letterman apparently was willing to do it, but his agent wouldn't let him appear in a movie where the characters did drugs). In its place was the scene where Spicoli is interviewed by sports announcer Stu Nahan. Sources: Wikipedia, IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2572322/fast-times-at-ridgemont-high-awesome-totally-awesome-behind-the-scenes-facts https://www.theuncool.com/films/fast-times-at-ridgemont-high/fast-times-at-ridgemont-high-production-notes/ https://filmschoolrejects.com/fast-times-at-ridgemont-high-commentary/ https://www.eightieskids.com/facts-you-probably-never-knew-about-fast-times-at-ridgemont-high-primis-2/ https://doyouremember.com/56132/15-things-probably-didnt-know-fast-times-ridgemont-high Send us an email or reach out to us on social media to let us know what you liked, what you loved, what we may have missed, or what 80's movie we should discuss next! You can also support the podcast by becoming a subsrciption member through "Buy Me A Coffee".  Click on the following linktree link for more details and other great extensions of the podcast. https://linktr.ee/80sFlickFlashback --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/moviviews80sff/message

The 80s Movies Podcast
Vestron Pictures - Part Two

The 80s Movies Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2023 29:34


We continue our look back at the movies released by independent distributor Vestron Pictures, focusing on their 1988 releases. ----more---- The movies discussed on this episode, all released by Vestron Pictures in 1988 unless otherwise noted, include: Amsterdamned (Dick Maas) And God Created Woman (Roger Vadim) The Beat (Paul Mones) Burning Secret (Andrew Birkin) Call Me (Sollace Mitchell) The Family (Ettore Scola) Gothic (Ken Russell, 1987) The Lair of the White Worm (Ken Russell) Midnight Crossing (Roger Holzberg) Paramedics (Stuart Margolin) The Pointsman (Jos Stelling) Salome's Last Dance (Ken Russell) Promised Land (Michael Hoffman) The Unholy (Camilo Vila) Waxwork (Anthony Hickox)   TRANSCRIPT   From Los Angeles, California, the Entertainment Capital of the World, it's The 80s Movies Podcast. I am your host, Edward Havens. Thank you for listening today.   At the end of the previous episode, Vestron Pictures was celebrating the best year of its two year history. Dirty Dancing had become one of the most beloved movies of the year, and Anna was becoming a major awards contender, thanks to a powerhouse performance by veteran actress Sally Kirkland. And at the 60th Academy Awards ceremony, honoring the films of 1987, Dirty Dancing would win the Oscar for Best Original Song, while Anna would be nominated for Best Actress, and The Dead for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Costumes.   Surely, things could only go up from there, right?   Welcome to Part Two of our miniseries.   But before we get started, I'm issuing a rare mea culpa. I need to add another Vestron movie which I completely missed on the previous episode, because it factors in to today's episode. Which, of course, starts before our story begins.   In the 1970s, there were very few filmmakers like the flamboyant Ken Russell. So unique a visual storyteller was Russell, it's nigh impossible to accurately describe him in a verbal or textual manner. Those who have seen The Devils, Tommy or Altered States know just how special Russell was as a filmmaker. By the late 1980s, the hits had dried up, and Russell was in a different kind of artistic stage, wanting to make somewhat faithful adaptations of late 19th and early 20th century UK authors. Vestron was looking to work with some prestigious filmmakers, to help build their cache in the filmmaking community, and Russell saw the opportunity to hopefully find a new home with this new distributor not unlike the one he had with Warner Brothers in the early 70s that brought forth several of his strongest movies.   In June 1986, Russell began production on a gothic horror film entitled, appropriately enough, Gothic, which depicted a fictionalized version of a real life meeting between Mary Godwin, Percy Shelley, John William Polidori and Claire Clairemont at the Villa Diodati in Geneva, hosted by Lord Byron, from which historians believe both Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and John William Polidori's The Vampyre were inspired.   And you want to talk about a movie with a great cast. Gabriel Byrne plays Lord Byron, Julian Sands as Percy Shelley, Natasha Richardson, in her first ever movie, as Mary Shelley, Timothy Spall as John William Polidori, and Dexter Fletcher.   Although the film was produced through MGM, and distributed by the company in Europe, they would not release the film in America, fearing American audiences wouldn't get it. So Vestron would swoop in and acquire the American theatrical rights.   Incidentally, the film did not do very well in American theatres. Opening at the Cinema 1 in midtown Manhattan on April 10th, 1987, the film would sell $45,000 worth of tickets in its first three days, one of the best grosses of any single screen in the city. But the film would end up grossing only $916k after three months in theatres.   BUT…   The movie would do quite well for Vestron on home video, enough so that Vestron would sign on to produce Russell's next three movies. The first of those will be coming up very soon.   Vestron's 1988 release schedule began on January 22nd with the release of two films.   The first was Michael Hoffman's Promised Land. In 1982, Hoffman's first film, Privileged, was the first film to made through the Oxford Film Foundation, and was notable for being the first screen appearances for Hugh Grant and Imogen Stubbs, the first film scored by future Oscar winning composer Rachel Portman, and was shepherded into production by none other than John Schlesinger, the Oscar winning director of 1969 Best Picture winner Midnight Cowboy. Hoffman's second film, the Scottish comedy Restless Natives, was part of the 1980s Scottish New Wave film movement that also included Bill Forsyth's Gregory's Girl and Local Hero, and was the only film to be scored by the Scottish rock band Big Country.   Promised Land was one of the first films to be developed by the Sundance Institute, in 1984, and when it was finally produced in 1986, would include Robert Redford as one of its executive producers. The film would follow two recent local high school graduates, Hancock and Danny, whose lives would intersect again with disastrous results several years after graduation. The cast features two young actors destined to become stars, in Keifer Sutherland and Meg Ryan, as well as Jason Gedrick, Tracy Pollan, and Jay Underwood. Shot in Reno and around the Sundance Institute outside Park City, Utah during the early winter months of 1987, Promised Land would make its world premiere at the prestigious Deauville Film Festival in September 1987, but would lose its original distributor, New World Pictures around the same time. Vestron would swoop in to grab the distribution rights, and set it for a January 22nd, 1988 release, just after its American debut at the then U.S. Film Festival, which is now known as the Sundance Film Festival.    Convenient, eh?   Opening on six screens in , the film would gross $31k in its first three days. The film would continue to slowly roll out into more major markets, but with a lack of stellar reviews, and a cast that wouldn't be more famous for at least another year and a half, Vestron would never push the film out to more than 67 theaters, and it would quickly disappear with only $316k worth of tickets sold.   The other movie Vestron opened on January 22nd was Ettore Scale's The Family, which was Italy's submission to that year's Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The great Vittorio Gassman stars as a retired college professor who reminisces about his life and his family over the course of the twentieth century. Featuring a cast of great international actors including Fanny Ardant, Philip Noiret, Stefania Sandrelli and Ricky Tognazzi, The Family would win every major film award in Italy, and it would indeed be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, but in America, it would only play in a handful of theatres for about two months, unable to gross even $350k.   When is a remake not a remake? When French filmmaker Roger Vadim, who shot to international fame in 1956 with his movie And God Created Woman, decided to give a generational and international spin on his most famous work. And a completely different story, as to not resemble his original work in any form outside of the general brushstrokes of both being about a young, pretty, sexually liberated young woman.   Instead of Bridget Bardot, we get Rebecca De Mornay, who was never able to parlay her starring role in Risky Business to any kind of stardom the way one-time boyfriend Tom Cruise had. And if there was any American woman in the United States in 1988 who could bring in a certain demographic to see her traipse around New Mexico au natural, it would be Rebecca De Mornay. But as we saw with Kathleen Turner in Ken Russell's Crimes of Passion in 1984 and Ellen Barkin in Mary Lambert's Siesta in 1987, American audiences were still rather prudish when it came to seeing a certain kind of female empowered sexuality on screen, and when the film opened at 385 theatres on March 4th, it would open to barely a $1,000 per screen average. And God Created Woman would be gone from theatres after only three weeks and $717k in ticket sales.   Vestron would next release a Dutch film called The Pointsman, about a French woman who accidentally gets off at the wrong train station in a remote Dutch village, and a local railwayman who, unable to speak the other person's language, develop a strange relationship while she waits for another train that never arrives.   Opening at the Lincoln Plaza Cinemas on New York's Upper West Side on April 8th, the film would gross $7,000 in its first week, which in and of itself isn't all that bad for a mostly silent Dutch film. Except there was another Dutch film in the marketplace already, one that was getting much better reviews, and was the official Dutch entry into that year's Best Foreign Language Film race. That film, Babette's Feast, was becoming something more than just a movie. Restaurants across the country were creating menus based on the meals served in the film, and in its sixth week of release in New York City that weekend, had grossed four times as much as The Pointsman, despite the fact that the theatre playing Babette's Feast, the Cinema Studio 1, sat only 65 more people than the Lincoln Plaza 1. The following week, The Pointsman would drop to $6k in ticket sales, while Babette's Feast's audience grew another $6k over the previous week. After a third lackluster week, The Pointsman was gone from the Lincoln Plaza, and would never play in another theatre in America.   In the mid-80s, British actor Ben Cross was still trying to capitalize on his having been one of the leads in the 1981 Best Picture winner Chariots of Fire, and was sharing a home with his wife and children, as well as Camilo Vila, a filmmaker looking for his first big break in features after two well-received short films made in his native Cuba before he defected in the early 1980s. When Vila was offered the chance to direct The Unholy, about a Roman Catholic priest in New Orleans who finds himself battling a demonic force after being appointed to a new parish, he would walk down the hall of his shared home and offered his roomie the lead role.   Along with Ned Beatty, William Russ, Hal Holbrook and British actor Trevor Howard in his final film, The Unholy would begin two weeks of exterior filming in New Orleans on October 27th, 1986, before moving to a studio in Miami for seven more weeks. The film would open in 1189 theatres, Vestron's widest opening to date, on April 22nd, and would open in seventh place with $2.35m in ticket sales. By its second week in theatres, it would fall to eleventh place with a $1.24m gross. But with the Summer Movie Season quickly creeping up on the calendar, The Unholy would suffer the same fate as most horror films, making the drop to dollar houses after two weeks, as to make room for such dreck as Sunset, Blake Edwards' lamentable Bruce Willis/James Garner riff on Hollywood and cowboys in the late 1920s, and the pointless sequel to Critters before screens got gobbled up by Rambo III on Memorial Day weekend. It would earn a bit more than $6m at the box office.   When Gothic didn't perform well in American theatres, Ken Russell thought his career was over. As we mentioned earlier, the American home video store saved his career, as least for the time being.    The first film Russell would make for Vestron proper was Salome's Last Dance, based on an 1891 play by Oscar Wilde, which itself was based on a story from the New Testament. Russell's script would add a framing device as a way for movie audiences to get into this most theatrical of stories.   On Guy Fawkes Day in London in 1892, Oscar Wilde and his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, arrive late at a friend's brothel, where the author is treated to a surprise performance of his play Salome, which has recently been banned from being performed at all in England by Lord Chamberlain. All of the actors in his special performance are played by the prostitutes of the brothel and their clients, and the scenes of the play are intertwined with Wilde's escapades at the brothel that night.   We didn't know it at the time, but Salome's Last Dance would be the penultimate film performance for Academy Award winning actress Glenda Jackson, who would retire to go into politics in England a couple years later, after working with Russell on another film, which we'll get to in a moment. About the only other actor you might recognize in the film is David Doyle, of all people, the American actor best known for playing Bosley on Charlie's Angels.   Like Gothic, Salome's Last Dance would not do very well in theatres, grossing less than half a million dollars after three months, but would find an appreciative audience on home video.   The most interesting thing about Roger Holzberg's Midnight Crossing is the writer and director himself. Holzberg started in the entertainment industry as a playwright, then designed the props and weapons for Albert Pyun's 1982 film The Sword and the Sorcerer, before moving on to direct the second unit team on Pyun's 1985 film Radioactive Dreams. After making this film, Holzberg would have a cancer scare, and pivot to health care, creating a number of technological advancements to help evolve patient treatment, including the Infusionarium, a media setup which helps children with cancer cope with treatment by asking them questions designed to determine what setting would be most comforting to them, and then using virtual reality technology and live events to immerse them in such an environment during treatment.   That's pretty darn cool, actually.   Midnight Crossing stars Faye Dunaway and Hill Street Blues star Daniel J. Travanti in his first major movie role as a couple who team with another couple, played by Kim Cattrall and John Laughlin, who go hunting for treasure supposedly buried between Florida and Cuba.   The film would open in 419 theaters on May 11th, 1988, and gross a paltry $673k in its first three days, putting it 15th on the list of box office grosses for the week, $23k more than Three Men and a Baby, which was playing on 538 screens in its 25th week of release. In its second week, Midnight Crossing would lose more than a third of its theatres, and the weekend gross would fall to just $232k. The third week would be even worse, dropping to just 67 theatres and $43k in ticket sales. After a few weeks at a handful of dollar houses, the film would be history with just $1.3m in the bank. Leonard Klady, then writing for the Los Angeles Times, would note in a January 1989 article about the 1988 box office that Midnight Crossing's box office to budget ratio of 0.26 was the tenth worst ratio for any major or mini-major studio, ahead of And God Created Woman's 8th worst ratio of .155 but behind other stinkers like Caddyshack II.   The forgotten erotic thriller Call Me sounds like a twist on the 1984 Alan Rudolph romantic comedy Choose Me, but instead of Genevieve Bujold we get Patricia Charbonneau, and instead of a meet cute involving singles at a bar in Los Angeles, we get a murder mystery involving a New York City journalist who gets involved with a mysterious caller after she witnesses a murder at a bar due to a case of mistaken identity.   The film's not very good, but the supporting cast is great, including Steve Buscemi, Patti D'Arbanville, Stephen McHattie and David Straithairn.   Opening on 24 screens in major markets on May 20th, Call Me would open to horrible reviews, lead by Siskel and Ebert's thumbs facing downward, and only $58,348 worth of tickets sold in its first three days. After five weeks in theatres, Vestron hung up on Call Me with just $252k in the kitty.   Vestron would open two movies on June 3rd, one in a very limited release, and one in a moderate national release.   There are a lot of obscure titles in these two episodes, and probably the most obscure is Paul Mones' The Beat. The film followed a young man named Billy Kane, played by William McNamara in his film debut, who moves into a rough neighborhood controlled by several gangs, who tries to help make his new area a better place by teaching them about poetry. John Savage from The Deer Hunter plays a teacher, and future writer and director Reggie Rock Bythewood plays one of the troubled youths whose life is turned around through the written and spoken word.   The production team was top notch. Producer Julia Phillips was one of the few women to ever win a Best Picture Oscar when she and her then husband Michael Phillips produced The Sting in 1973. Phillips was assisted on the film by two young men who were making their first movie. Jon Kilik would go on to produce or co-produce every Spike Lee movie from Do the Right Thing to Da 5 Bloods, except for BlackkKlansman, while Nick Weschler would produce sex, lies and videotape, Drugstore Cowboy, The Player and Requiem for a Dream, amongst dozens of major films. And the film's cinematographer, Tom DiCillo, would move into the director's chair in 1991 with Johnny Suede, which gave Brad Pitt his first lead role.   The Beat would be shot on location in New York City in the summer of 1986, and it would make its world premiere at the Cannes Film Market in May 1987. But it would be another thirteen months before the film arrived in theatres.   Opening on seven screens in Los Angeles and New York City on June 3rd, The Beat would gross just $7,168 in its first three days.  There would not be a second week for The Beat. It would make its way onto home video in early 1989, and that's the last time the film was seen for nearly thirty years, until the film was picked up by a number of streaming services.   Vestron's streak of bad luck continued with the comedy Paramedics starring George Newbern and Christopher McDonald. The only feature film directed by Stuart Margolin, best known as Angel on the 1970s TV series The Rockford Files, Newbern and McDonald play two… well, paramedics… who are sent by boss, as punishment, from their cushy uptown gig to a troubled district at the edge of the city, where they discover two other paramedics are running a cadavers for dollars scheme, harvesting organs from dead bodies to the black market.   Here again we have a great supporting cast who deserve to be in a better movie, including character actor John P. Ryan, James Noble from Benson, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs from Welcome Back Kotter, the great Ray Walston, and one-time Playboy Playmate Karen Witter, who plays a sort of angel of death.   Opening on 301 screens nationwide, Paramedics would only gross $149,577 in its first three days, the worst per screen average of any movie playing in at least 100 theatres that weekend. Vestron stopped tracking the film after just three days.   Two weeks later, on June 17th, Vestron released a comedy horror film that should have done better. Waxwork was an interesting idea, a group of college students who have some strange encounters with the wax figures at a local museum, but that's not exactly why it should have been more popular. It was the cast that should have brought audiences in. On one side, you had a group of well-known younger actors like Deborah Foreman from Valley Girl, Zack Gailligan from Gremlins, Michelle Johnson from Blame It on Rio, and Miles O'Keeffe from Sword of the Valiant. On the other hand, you had a group of seasoned veterans from popular television shows and movies, such as Patrick Macnee from the popular 1960s British TV show The Avengers, John Rhys-Davies from the Indiana Jones movies, and David Warner, from The Omen and Time after Time and Time Bandits and Tron.   But if I want to be completely honest, this was not a movie to release in the early part of summer. While I'm a firm believer that the right movie can find an audience no matter when it's released, Waxwork was absolutely a prime candidate for an early October release. Throughout the 1980s, we saw a number of horror movies, and especially horror comedies, released in the summer season that just did not hit with audiences. So it would be of little surprise when Waxwork grossed less than a million dollars during its theatrical run. And it should be of little surprise that the film would become popular enough on home video to warrant a sequel, which would add more popular sci-fi and horror actors like Marina Sirtis from Star Trek: The Next Generation, David Carradine and even Bruce Campbell. But by 1992, when Waxwork 2 was released, Vestron was long since closed.   The second Ken Russell movie made for Vestron was The Lair of the White Worm, based on a 1911 novel by Bram Stoker, the author's final published book before his death the following year. The story follows the residents in and around a rural English manor that are tormented by an ancient priestess after the skull of a serpent she worships is unearthed by an archaeologist.   Russell would offer the role of Sylvia Marsh, the enigmatic Lady who is actually an immortal priestess to an ancient snake god, to Tilda Swinton, who at this point of her career had already racked up a substantial resume in film after only two years, but she would decline. Instead, the role would go to Amanda Donohoe, the British actress best known at the time for her appearances in a pair of Adam Ant videos earlier in the decade. And the supporting cast would include Peter Capaldi, Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg, and the under-appreciated Sammi Davis, who was simply amazing in Mona Lisa, A Prayer for the Dying and John Boorman's Hope and Glory.   The $2m would come together fairly quickly. Vestron and Russell would agree on the film in late 1987, the script would be approved by January 1988, filming would begin in England in February, and the completed film would have its world premiere at the Montreal Film Festival before the end of August.   When the film arrived in American theatres starting on October 21st, many critics would embrace the director's deliberate camp qualities and anachronisms. But audiences, who maybe weren't used to Russell's style of filmmaking, did not embrace the film quite so much. New Yorkers would buy $31k worth of tickets in its opening weekend at the D. W. Griffith and 8th Street Playhouse, and the film would perform well in its opening weeks in major markets, but the film would never quite break out, earning just $1.2m after ten weeks in theatres. But, again, home video would save the day, as the film would become one of the bigger rental titles in 1989.   If you were a teenager in the early 80s, as I was, you may remember a Dutch horror film called The Lift. Or, at the very least, you remember the key art on the VHS box, of a man who has his head stuck in between the doors of an elevator, while the potential viewer is warned to take the stairs, take the stairs, for God's sake, take the stairs. It was an impressive debut film for Dick Maas, but it was one that would place an albatross around the neck of his career.   One of his follow ups to The Lift, called Amsterdamned, would follow a police detective who is searching for a serial killer in his home town, who uses the canals of the Dutch capital to keep himself hidden. When the detective gets too close to solving the identity of the murderer, the killer sends a message by killing the detective's girlfriend, which, if the killer had ever seen a movie before, he should have known you never do. You never make it personal for the cop, because he's gonna take you down even worse.   When the film's producers brought the film to the American Film Market in early 1988, it would become one of the most talked about films, and Vestron would pick up the American distribution rights for a cool half a million dollars. The film would open on six screens in the US on November 25th, including the Laemmle Music Hall in Beverly Hills but not in New York City, but a $15k first weekend gross would seal its fate almost immediately. The film would play for another four weeks in theatres, playing on 18 screens at its widest, but it would end its run shortly after the start of of the year with only $62,044 in tickets sold.   The final Vestron Pictures release of 1988 was Andrew Birkin's Burning Secret. Birkin, the brother of French singer and actress Jane Birkin, would co-write the screenplay for this adaptation of a 1913 short story by Austrian novelist Stefan Zweig, about a about an American diplomat's son who befriends a mysterious baron while staying at an Austrian spa during the 1920s. According to Birkin in a 2021 interview, making the movie was somewhat of a nightmare, as his leading actors, Klaus Maria Brandauer and Faye Dunaway, did not like each other, and their lack of comfort with each other would bleed into their performances, which is fatal for a film about two people who are supposed to passionately burn for each other.   Opening on 16 screens in major markets on Thursday, December 22nd, Burning Secret would only gross $27k in its first four days. The film would actually see a post-Christmas bump, as it would lose a screen but see its gross jump to $40k. But after the first of the year, as it was obvious reviews were not going to save the film and awards consideration was non-existent, the film would close after three weeks with only $104k worth of tickets sold.   By the end of 1988, Vestron was facing bankruptcy. The major distributors had learned the lessons independents like Vestron had taught them about selling more volumes of tapes by lowering the price, to make movies collectables and have people curate their own video library. Top titles were harder to come by, and studios were no longer giving up home video rights to the movies they acquired from third-party producers.   Like many of the distributors we've spoken about before, and will undoubtedly speak of again, Vestron had too much success with one movie too quickly, and learned the wrong lessons about growth. If you look at the independent distribution world of 2023, you'll see companies like A24 that have learned that lesson. Stay lean and mean, don't go too wide too quickly, try not to spend too much money on a movie, no matter who the filmmaker is and how good of a relationship you have with them. A24 worked with Robert Eggers on The Witch and The Lighthouse, but when he wanted to spend $70-90m to make The Northman, A24 tapped out early, and Focus Features ended up losing millions on the film. Focus, the “indie” label for Universal Studios, can weather a huge loss like The Northman because they are a part of a multinational, multimedia conglomerate.   This didn't mean Vestron was going to quit quite yet, but, spoiler alert, they'll be gone soon enough.   In fact, and in case you are newer to the podcast and haven't listen to many of the previous episodes, none of the independent distribution companies that began and/or saw their best years in the 1980s that we've covered so far or will be covering in the future, exist in the same form they existed in back then.    New Line still exists, but it's now a label within Warner Brothers instead of being an independent distributor. Ditto Orion, which is now just a specialty label within MGM/UA. The Samuel Goldwyn Company is still around and still distributes movies, but it was bought by Orion Pictures the year before Orion was bought by MGM/UA, so it too is now just a specialty label, within another specialty label. Miramax today is just a holding company for the movies the company made before they were sold off to Disney, before Disney sold them off to a hedge fund, who sold Miramax off to another hedge fund.    Atlantic is gone. New World is gone. Cannon is gone. Hemdale is gone. Cinecom is gone. Island Films is gone. Alive Films is gone. Concorde Films is gone. MCEG is gone. CineTel is gone. Crown International is gone. Lorimar is gone. New Century/Vista is gone. Skouras Films is gone. Cineplex Odeon Films is gone.   Not one of them survived.   The same can pretty much be said for the independent distributors created in the 1990s, save Lionsgate, but I'll leave that for another podcast to tackle.   As for the Vestron story, we'll continue that one next week, because there are still a dozen more movies to talk about, as well as the end of the line for the once high flying company.   Thank you for joining us. We'll talk again soon.   Remember to visit this episode's page on our website, The80sMoviePodcast.com, for extra materials about the movies we covered this episode.   The 80s Movies Podcast has been researched, written, narrated and edited by Edward Havens for Idiosyncratic Entertainment.   Thank you again.   Good night.

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That Film Stew Podcast
Sounds Like Comics Ep 202 - Popeye (Movie 1980)

That Film Stew Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2023 24:06


Directed by Robert Altman, Popeye is the musical comedy film based on E. C. Segar's Popeye comics character. Luke and Nathan break open a can of spinach as they take on this 1980 Paramount and Walt Disney production which stars Robin Williams as Popeye the Sailor Man. Looking for the father (Ray Walston) who deserted him as a baby, Popeye (Robin Williams) journeys to the port town of Sweethaven. Popeye befriends an assortment of eccentrics and falls in love with Olive Oyl (Shelley Duvall), who already has a suitor, the bully Bluto (Paul L. Smith).

Cinema Degeneration
Single Serving Slashers Appreciation Month - ”Popcorn”

Cinema Degeneration

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2022 103:42


Carrying over last months Appreciation Month topic through the opening days of November we continue to bring to you a celebration of 'Single Serving Slashers', slasher movies that never got a sequel.  There are plenty of chapters in the sagas of Chucky, Jason, and Freddy; however, we wanted to honor those often overlooked slashers that only graced the screen in one thrilling film.  For our 12th and final episode which is quite the underappreciated flick when it comes to slashers, we bring to you the 1991 produced "POPCORN".  This is the story of a deranged killer who swaps out faces of disguise faster than wardrobe changes who sest their sights on a group of college students putting on an all night horror thon. Starring Jill Schoelen, Tony Roberts, Kelly Jo Minter, Dee Wallace, Ray Walston and the late great Tom Villard. Join our hosts and frequent 'Howling At The Full Moon' podcasting partners Cameron Scott and filmmaker Dustin Hubbard as they take a deep dive into this favorite of theirs that proves that sometimes when you buy a bag you go home in a box!   "Without memory, there can be no retribution."

Rob & Nate Record a Podcast
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

Rob & Nate Record a Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2022 19:07


Week 1 of our Anniversary theme month. The criteria is movies who's anniversary this year ends with a 5 or a 0. To start, we watched the 1982 movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High. 

History & Factoids about today
Nov 2nd-Deviled Eggs, North & South Dakota, Nelly, David Schwimmer, Mr. Hand, Burt Lancaster, ELP

History & Factoids about today

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2022 14:55


National Devil Eggs day. Pop culture from 1976. The Spruce Goose goes for a flight, North & South Dakota become states, 1st cheerleader. Todays birthdays - James K. Polk, Warren G. Harding, Burt Lancaster, Ray Walston, Jay Black, Stephanie Powers, Keith Emerson, David Schwimmer, KD Lang, Nelly.George Bernard Shaw died.

Overlapping Dialogue
Day of the Dead & Addams Family Reunion

Overlapping Dialogue

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2022 155:30


Overlapping Dialogue's 2nd Annual Spooktober Spooktacular marches on with a duo of films that will be sure to scare your socks off, either through genuine terror or the fact that they're genuinely terrible. Up first, George Romero's 1985 conclusion to his legendary zombie "trilogy," Day of the Dead. We dig into a discussion about why exactly this least celebrated entry of the three is perhaps the series' most narratively and thematically daring offering and find every opportunity to crack up at the ironically excessive performance of Joe Pilato as Captain Rhodes. Speaking of unhinged hilarity...our second film, Addams Family Reunion is most certainly the former in its unsuccessful attempt in achieving the latter. Listen as we puzzle over the appeal of the creepiest and cookiest family in all of pop culture, take stock of the 90s craze of TV to film adaptations, try deciphering the plot of this half-baked disaster, and take every ounce of solace we can in a far-too-good old geezer turn from the great Ray Walston. As always, please like, subscribe, rate, and review us on all of our channels, which include Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube! Contact us at huffmanbrothersproductions@gmail.com with your questions, comments, and requests.

The Back Look Cinema Podcast
Ep. 88: Johnny Dangerously

The Back Look Cinema Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2022 69:19


Zach & Zo journey to Prohibition Era America. A time of sensational crime and gangsters. It was a time made for bold men who laughed in the face of danger. It was a time made for a man such as Johnny Dangerously, and he will make you laugh. That's right: before Michael Keaton fought crime he was the world's most lovable crime bosses.Episode TimestampsOpening Credits . . . . . . 00:29:55Favorite Parts . . . . . . . . 00:46:15Trivia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  01:20:09Critics' Thoughts . . . . . 01:47:21 Back Look Cinema: The Podcast Links:www.backlookcinema.comEmail: fanmail@backlookcinema.comTwitter: @BackLookCinema https://twitter.com/backlookcinemaFacebook: @BackLookCinemaPodcast https://www.facebook.com/backlookcinemapodcastInstagram: @backlookcinemapodcast https://instagram.com/backlookcinemapodcastTicTok: @backlookcinema https://www.tiktok.com/@backlookcinemaBack Look Cinema Merch at Teespring.com (https://back-look-cinema-merch.creator-spring.com/)Back Look Cinema Merch at Teepublic.com (https://www.teepublic.com/user/back-look-cinema-podcast-merch?utm_source=designer&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=G1VQNMthhSg) Made-For-TV Movie Podcasthttps://pod.link/1547103380#mftvmcpodcast on Google

The RETROZEST Podcast
111: FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH - 40th Anniversary Part 3 - With Special Guest ROB FAHEY (of The Ravyns)!

The RETROZEST Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2022 75:08


On Episode 111 of the RETROZEST podcast, Curtis conducts an exclusive interview with ROB FAHEY (the co-founder, lead singer and guitarist for THE RAVYNS) in the third of three RetroZest podcast episodes celebrating the 40th Anniversary of FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH! The film was released in theaters on August 13, 1982 (the same day as Curtis' 16th Birthday!). The film starred Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus, Brian Backer, Phoebe Cates, Vincent Schiavelli and Ray Walston. The Ravyns' song "Raised on the Radio" is on the Fast Times Soundtrack, and it was released as the second single! The song was played in the film during the segment wherein Brad Hamilton (Judge Reinhold) is washing "The Cruising Vessel." The genesis of the song is discussed on this episode, as well as the history of The Ravyns. Other aspects of Rob's career are discussed as well. Check out Rob and The Ravyns on Facebook!! Incidentally, you may help the podcast by purchasing a FAST TIMES T-Shirt or two (many different designs and colors!) from our store at store.retrozest.com/fasttimes. You may also help the RetroZest Podcast by purchasing a Celebrity Video Message gift for a friend/family member from CelebVM! Choose from celebrities like Barry Williams, Gary Busey, Ernie Hudson, Robert Fripp, Right Said Fred, etc.! Simply enter their website through our portal at store.retrozest.com/celebvm, and shop as you normally would; it's no extra cost to you at all! Contact Curtis at podcast@retrozest.com, or via Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Also, check us out on TikTok!

The RETROZEST Podcast
110: FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH - 40th Anniversary Part 2 - With Special Guest SONNY CARL DAVIS!

The RETROZEST Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2022 53:17


On Episode 110 of the RETROZEST podcast, Curtis conducts an exclusive interview with SONNY CARL DAVIS (aka the angry customer at The All American Burger restaurant who wants his money back for his 100% Guaranteed Breakfast) in the second of three RetroZest podcast episodes celebrating the 40th Anniversary of FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH! The film was released in theaters on August 13, 1982 (the same day as Curtis' 16th Birthday!). In addition to Sonny, the film starred Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus, Brian Backer, Phoebe Cates, Vincent Schiavelli and Ray Walston. Other aspects of Sonny's career are discussed as well; including his time with the comedy music group The Uranium Savages, and his appearances in films like The Whole Shootin' Match, Where the Buffalo Roam, Roadie, Melvin and Howard, Wacko, TerrorVision and Trial By Fire! Check out Sonny on Facebook! Incidentally, you may help the podcast by purchasing a FAST TIMES T-Shirt or two (many different designs and colors!) from our store at store.retrozest.com/fasttimes. You may also help the RetroZest Podcast by purchasing a Celebrity Video Message gift for a friend/family member from CelebVM! Choose from celebrities like Barry Williams, Gary Busey, Ernie Hudson, Robert Fripp, Right Said Fred, etc.! Simply enter their website through our portal at store.retrozest.com/celebvm, and shop as you normally would; it's no extra cost to you at all! Contact Curtis at podcast@retrozest.com, or via Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Also, check us out on TikTok!

The RETROZEST Podcast
109: FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH - 40th Anniversary Part 1 - With Special Guest KELLI MARONEY (Head Cheerleader "Cindy Carr")

The RETROZEST Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2022 98:21


On Episode 109 of the RETROZEST podcast, Curtis conducts an exclusive interview with KELLI MARONEY (aka Head Cheerleader "Cindy Carr") in the first of two RetroZest podcast episodes celebrating the 40th Anniversary of FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH! The film was released in theaters on August 13, 1982 (the same day as Curtis' 16th Birthday!). In addition to Kelli, the film starred Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Robert Romanus, Brian Backer, Phoebe Cates, Vincent Schiavelli and Ray Walston. Other aspects of Kelli's career are discussed as well, including Ryan's Hope, Night of the Comet and Chopping Mall! Check out Kelli on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and Pinterest! Incidentally, you may help the podcast by purchasing a FAST TIMES T-Shirt or two (many different designs and colors!) from our store at store.retrozest.com/fasttimes. You may also help the RetroZest Podcast by purchasing a Celebrity Video Message gift for a friend/family member from CelebVM! Choose from celebrities like Barry Williams, Gary Busey, Ernie Hudson, Robert Fripp, Right Said Fred, etc.! Simply enter their website through our portal at store.retrozest.com/celebvm, and shop as you normally would; it's no extra cost to you at all! Contact Curtis at podcast@retrozest.com, or via Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Also, check us out on TikTok!

Trashwatch
HOUSE ARREST

Trashwatch

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2022 101:40


EPISODE 91 – HOUSE ARREST This week, Chris has a hot take right off the bat; Ashley accidentally gets shoved into a locker; Brian hates a joke; and Brandon writes the sequel. BTW: The Gospel of Grover! Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Pollak, Kyle Howard, Russel Harper, Amy Sakasitz, Mooky Arizona, Caroline Aaron, Wallace Shawn, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ray Walston, Christopher McDonald, Sheila McCarthy, and Jennifer Tilly Directed by Harry Winer FOLLOW US:Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/trashwatch)Instagram (@trashwatchpodcast)Twitter (@trashwatchcast)TikTok (@trashwatchpodcast)Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/trashwatchpodcast/)Email (trashwatchpodcast@gmail.com)Listen to Brian's music at (https://www.brianhorne.com)Support the show

Celluloid Dumpster Fire: A B-Movie Appreciation Podcast

Mike and Jesse discuss the 1988 Roger Corman sci-fi horror Galaxy of Terror. Starring Edward Albert, Erin Moran, Ray Walston and Taaffe O'Connell.   Leave us a message at https://speakpipe.com/cdfpod Get your CDFPod merch at https://cdfpodmerch.com Our theme music was composed by CollinDomo AKA Chunky Krill. Find more of his work at soundcloud.com/chunky-krill Facebook: facebook.com/cdfpod Instagram: instagram.com/cdfpod/

I Know Movies and You Don't w/ Kyle Bruehl
Season 6: Heists, Cons, & Grifters - The Sting (Episode 30)

I Know Movies and You Don't w/ Kyle Bruehl

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2022 124:43


In the thirtieth episode of Season 6 (Heists, Cons, & Grifters) Kyle is joined by a panel of guests, editor Kristi Shimek, script supervisor Katy Baldwin, and actor Ben McGinley, to discuss the penultimate light yet stylish heist film about comraderie, revenge, and the constructive beauty of crafting the aura of cinema in George Roy Hill's The Sting (1973).

Stop Ruining My Childhood!
Father's Day BONUS! Rad... And Skittles

Stop Ruining My Childhood!

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2022 76:34


Megan is out of the studio this week, and Steve is joined by his brother, Kevin, who is celebrating his first Father's Day as a new dad!  To help Kevin celebrate, we let him pick the movie, so this week's Bonus Episode features the classic 1980s BMX racing movie, Rad!   The film stars Bill Allen, Lori Loughlin, Talia Shire, Jack Weston and Ray Walston, along with 1984 Olympic gymnastics champion Bart Conner and famously features a dance sequence on BMX bikes! The film was a box office bomb, grossing $2 million against a budget of $3 million, and received mixed reviews from critics, but found a cult following among kids as a top VHS rental. Before digging into the film, the guys have some Skittles and talk about their love of candy as kids. Did they love the movie as much as the snack? Were the critics right? Listen to find out!   Links to listen can be found on our website: www.stopruiningmychildhood.com #80s #90s #80sBaby #90sKid #BMX #LoriLaughlin #Racing #SportsMovie #Forgotten80s #80sRewatch #RetroPodcast #CanadianMovies #CanadianCinema #CanadianFilms 

The Movie Bar
Episode 4: From the Hip Walks Into the Bar

The Movie Bar

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2022 119:04


The Movie Bar, Episode 4: From the Hip Walks Into the Bar! The Diad and Bedroth brave some Stormy Weathers in the 1987 comedy/drama(/thriller?) - as always, from the dual standpoints of casual moviegoer and legal expert. The film, directed by Bob Clark from a screenplay by Clark and David E. Kelley, stars Judd Nelson as a fresh-faced, up-and-coming lawyer named Robin "Stormy" Weathers. After insinuating himself into a relatively minor assault case on behalf of the storied law firm where he works, Weathers displays an impressive (if unconventional) courtroom manner, ultimately winning what was thought to be an unwinnable case. This catapults the young lawyer to national acclaim and, somewhat begrudgingly to his superiors, to a role as partner in his firm. But when he is assigned his second case - one so impossible, representing a client so unsavory that his firm had initially turned it down - Robin begins to wonder if this is a storm he will be able to weather. The film also features Ray Walston, Darren McGaven, Elizabeth Perkins, and, in the standout role as a prickly professor of English literature accused of murdering his mistress, John Hurt. Does the film, like its protagonist, strike a unique and impressive tone, or does it end up biting off more than it can chew? Will it be found guilty of misrepresenting the legal profession? Join us at the bar and find out! Bedroth on Twitter: https://twitter.com/VGMPod The Diad on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thediad Find us on Discord: https://discord.gg/3w8EfU4mJM Theme Song "Cross Examination" by Skeletroy (https://www.patreon.com/skeletroy/posts) The Movie Bar is proudly affiliated with RPGEra.com (https://rpgera.com/)! Check them out for lots of great content, including articles, videos, and podcasts covering a variety of pop culture topics! Sound bytes from From the Hip are TM and Copyright (c) Lionsgate Films.

Another Kind of Distance: A Spider-Man, Time Travel, Twin Peaks, Film, Grant Morrison and Nostalgia Podcast
April Special Subject – Sex, Satire and American Culture – ARTISTS AND MODELS (1955) & KISS ME, STUPID (1964)

Another Kind of Distance: A Spider-Man, Time Travel, Twin Peaks, Film, Grant Morrison and Nostalgia Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2022 88:58


This week's Special Subject takes a look at Sex, Satire, and American Culture in Frank Tashlin's Artists and Models (1955), starring Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, and Dorothy Malone, and in Billy Wilder's Kiss Me, Stupid (1964), starring Dean Martin, Kim Novak, Ray Walston, and Felicia Farr. Tashlin uses comic books to portray American culture as a strangely sexless-yet-sex-obsessed idiot savant with an exuberantly violent imagination, while Wilder turns smut in a small town into an uncannily beatific examination of objectification and toxic masculinity in American popular culture. We also look at the way that Tashlin and Lewis turn signifiers of gender and sexuality into a richly indecipherable text that comments on the madness of heteronormativity and gender stereotypes.  Further Reading: Elise's “Jerry Lewis and the Gender of Work.” Elise's “Billy Wilder and the 1930s Romantic Comedy” Time Codes: 0h 01m 00s:    ARTISTS AND MODELS (1955) [dir. Frank Tashlin] 0h 45m 25s:    KISS ME, STUPID (1964) [dir. Billy Wilder] +++ * Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s * Intro Song: “Sunday” by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of The Internet Archive) * Read Elise's latest film piece on Preston Sturges, Unfaithfully Yours, and the Narrative role of comedic scapegoating. * Check out Dave's new Robert Benchley blog – an attempt to annotate and reflect upon as many of the master humorist's 2000+ pieces as he can locate – Benchley Data: A Wayward Annotation Project!  Follow us on Twitter at @therebuggy Write to us at therebuggy@gmail.com   We now have a Discord server - just drop us a line if you'd like to join!   

The Arkin Brothers Talk About Movies
Episode 51: The Apartment (1960)

The Arkin Brothers Talk About Movies

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2021 41:38


Jack Lemon tries to curry favor at the office by loaning his apartment to co-workers for their romantic pursuits. Hilarious hijinks ensue. Also starring Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, and everyone's favorite Martian, Ray Walston. Directed by Billy Wilder (Some Like It Hot, Sunset Boulevard).

The Next Reel Film Podcast Master Feed
2021-08-07 • Saturday Matinée

The Next Reel Film Podcast Master Feed

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2021 87:07


We're back from our long July slumber with a new game, news, trailers, and a list of movies celebrating teachers who are just... the... worst.Steve has a report on 'No Way Home' — have you heard the rumors he's been unable to substantiate? Apparently, according to Kevin Feige, there's trailer news about the new Spider-Man entry that might point to a shift in how these big budget tent poles are marketed.The Scarlett Johansson-Disney-Black Widow lawsuit is gaining traction. We advocate for restraint. Yes, this is absolutely a situation of big companies behaving badly. Yes, there is absolutely a corporate privilege and exploitation angle as all parties position for future litigation. But these sorts of disputes are — let's remember — why the legal system exists. It will be hard to watch, but it will be resolved with new contracts and new ways to adapt. We weigh in just a bit this week.For a fantastic tie-in to our list this week, did you hear the news? Mr. Hand is getting more movies! A LOT more movies! The South Park team is gearing up for a deal to bring more seasons of the show and a number of feature length projects that you just have to hear to believe. If you liked that one South Park movie, prepare to be overjoyed.As for trailers, looking for your next stop-motion-from-found-objects fetish? Look no further than Steve's entry this week. Ridley Scott is in Andy's House, and Pete is all-in with Kate. And, as a bonus, we drop in the trailer for Val now streaming on Amazon Prime as pre-work for our show on Real Genius in a few weeks — a tough but heart-warming trip down memory lane with Val Kilmer and his son, Jack.In an unprecedented move even we didn't see coming, this week's game is a trip down production company music history in which Steve and Andy attempt to pair company, composer, and decade to logo scores. Oh, what's unprecedented about that? It's a listener submission! This comes courtesy of listener Adam Underwood who did a massive amount of work preparing clips and trivia that surely Pete is unable to properly perform to expectation. Thanks, and apologies if we broke your game, Adam. It was great fun!This Week's Trailers! Steve's Trailer: Mad God Andy's Trailer: House of Gucci Pete's Trailer: Kate Bonus: Val THE LIST!The movie this week was Fast Times at Ridgemont High and while the community had a whole slew of options, they seemed to key in on our favorite teacher, Mr. Hand, as portrayed by the late, great, Ray Walston. Is he really a bad teacher? Is he really a guy who deserves to serve as anchor to such a list? Sure, maybe at some point he was gracious, generous, and understanding in his instruction on the Platt Amendment. But after our time with him in Fast Times, we just aren't sure that he likes people anymore. And so we say Aloha, Mr. Hand. Thanks for the inspiration as we explore teachers who are JUST THE WORST.Steve's List Real Genius Whiplash Luce Andy's List Hamlet 2 Picnic at Hanging Rock Pink Floyd's The Wall Pete's List The Substitute Notes on a Scandal The Faculty 00:00 - Saturday Matinée • 2021-08-07 04:39 - Steve's Trailer Rewind Report 06:34 - Steve's Unsubstantiated No Way Home Trailer News 08:39 - Three White Men Weigh in on ScarJoNey 19:53 - South Park Movie Train 22:37 - Let's Do Trailers! 44:23 - Game! 01:03:06 - The List! Teachers who are just the worst

ScreamQueenz: Where Horror Gets GAY!
POPCORN (1991) with DAN DOMINGUES & PETER ADAMSON

ScreamQueenz: Where Horror Gets GAY!

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2021 106:16


"Everything's a movie to me..." Kick off your Pride Month festivities with this deep dive into the movie that was meta before meta was cool, the moviehouse movie-within-a-movie massacre motion picture POPCORN from 1991. Tucked inside all the Grand Guignol fun, we'll be putting a special focus on the closeted life and tragic death of the film's star, TOM VILLARD. Joining me are world-famous actor and host of the HOT DATE podcast DAN DOMINGUES and future PsychoBiddy PETER ADAMSON. A group of film students falls prey to a fiendish face-stealing killer who is turning old school movie gimmicks against them with deadly results. POPCORN was directed by MARK HERRIER and stars JILL SCHOELIN, DEE WALLACE, TOM VILLARD, KELLY JO MINTER, TONY ROBERTS and RAY WALSTON. Visit us at https://www.screamqueenz.com/ (www.ScreamQueenz.com) ***** Get access to THE FINAL REEL, "DAMN YOU, UNCLE LEWIS!" and all other Premium ScreamQueenz https://www.patreon.com/screamqueenz (PATREON) Content for as little as $5 a month. Find out more at https://www.patreon.com/screamqueenz (www.Patreon.com/screamqueenz) ***** SUBSCRIBE to https://bit.ly/sqplink (ScreamQueenz) on your favorite podcatcher with just one click at https://bit.ly/sqplink (bit.ly/sqplink) ***** Come join us every Monday Night in June at 8pm ESTat the https://www.screamqueenz.com/drivein (SCREAMQUEENZ VIRTUAL DRIVE-IN) for free Pride Month Watch Parties at https://www.screamqueenz.com/drivein (www.ScreamQueenz.com/drivein ) ***** https://www.buymeacoffee.com/screamqueenz (BUY ME A COFFEE) at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/screamqueenz (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/screamqueenz) ***** Leave a https://www.lovethatpodcast.com/screamqueenz (REVIEW) at https://www.lovethatpodcast.com/screamqueenz (www.lovethatpodcast.com/screamqueenz) ***** Get all your https://www.screamqueenz.com/merch (SCREAMQUEENZ MERCHANDISE )and browse our entire catalog of hand-curated designs at https://bit.ly/merchsq (SCREAMTEEZ). Visit https://my.captivate.fm/www.screamqueenz.com/merch (www.screamqueenz.com/merch) ***** Catch all the video fun on the official https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg2yOVFHmwA0hHEt5Gpd7DA?view_as=subscriber (ScreamQueenz YouTube Channel)! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg2yOVFHmwA0hHEt5Gpd7DA?view_as=subscriber (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg2yOVFHmwA0hHEt5Gpd7DA?view_as=subscriber) ***** https://www.screamqueenz.com/captivate (CAPTIVATE.FM )is the only podcast host dedicated to helping your podcast grow. Try them out for free for 7 days at https://www.screamqueenz.com/captivate (https://www.screamqueenz.com/captivate) ***** Don't settle for subpar sound. Get a free 7 day trial of https://www.screamqueenz.com/squadcast (SQUADCAST.FM - Remote Recordings For Professional Podcasters) at https://www.screamqueenz.com/squadcast (https://www.screamqueenz.com/squadcast) Mentioned in this episode: July Drive in https://screamqueenz.captivate.fm/drivein (SQ Drive In)