Poor George. He's never seen any movies. Rather than mourn their dear friend, Travis and Dan have taken it upon themselves to show him what he is missing. But they don't stop at showing him famous movies! They also help George to understand how each film fits into the Great Narrative of Film. Not only THAT the film of the week is significant, but WHY and HOW. Also, they make jokes and stuff.
Episodes
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Travis wasn't able to record this week, so we are putting Heat on the Back Burner and circling back to look at the comic influences on Batman Begins to fill in the gaps in George's Ra'sducation. Thanks to the magic of HBO Max, he was able to quickly find the direct-to-video movie version of Year One as well as classic Ra's episodes from the Animated Series.
How will George handle the contrast of animated movies targeted at kids and teens when compared to the Cinema of Christopher Nolan? Will Dan convince George of the merits of the 1966 Batman show? What the heck is a Boob vent?
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Theme song recorded by The Hungry Sevens, featuring Shawnee Houlihan.
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
OK, we have to level with you guys. George has seen this movie. Multiple times. He's seen all of the Nolan Trilogy of Batman films. But he only saw them during the dark times. When he was a cave dweller passively viewing shadows on the cave wall. Now that he has been (somewhat) successfully edumacated by the RFC, he is going back to Nolan to see how much more (or less?) he appreciates these classics.
Will George regret his trip back to "British New Jersey" or will he find himself at home amongst the Narrows? How many Beetlejuice impressions will Travis fit into one episode? No, seriously, Dan lost count. Dan isn't going to try and ruin this with a Giallo reference, is he?
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Theme song recorded by The Hungry Sevens, featuring Shawnee Houlihan.
Wednesday Jan 12, 2022
Wednesday Jan 12, 2022
George really enjoyed his Philadelphia Experiment... ahem... I mean he really enjoy Punch-Out: The Movie... I mean... George finally watched Rocky and now we are making him watch Rocky II! Twice the Rocky, half the calories.
How did George handle the softer side of Rocky? Will Dan and George bill Travis for his time on the Shrink's Couch? Why did Dan disagree with the titling of this movie? Tune in and find out for your darn self!
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Wednesday Jan 05, 2022
Wednesday Jan 05, 2022
George is from Philly. Travis is from Philly. Actually, they are both from New Jersey but like... the Philly part.
George has never seen Rocky, but he knows that Philadelphia is an underdog kind of town. A city known for being the little brother to New York and always having to fight up hill. Or... does George really only know the identity that Philadelphia appropriated from Rocky?
Why does Apollo Creed make Travis want to hang out with Obama? Will George have any particular epiphanies during his waxing poetical on Philadelphian culture? Why does Dan know so much about Pro Wrestling?
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Theme song recorded by The Hungry Sevens, featuring Shawnee Houlihan.
Wednesday Dec 29, 2021
Wednesday Dec 29, 2021
Season 2 Finale!
George loves politically incorrect humor. Dude can't get enough of it. Travis has been pointing to Porky's as the flagship for "they can't make movies like THAT anymore..." It is a match made in heaven!
Did Travis manage to convince George and Dan that the principal's office scene was worthy of a bout of incontinence? Did Dan manage to connect A Christmas Story, Black Christmas and Porky's into an extended Bob Clarkverse? Did George really just bring up meconium? PORKY'S!
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Theme song recorded by The Hungry Sevens, featuring Shawnee Houlihan.
Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
George has seen Psycho, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween. And until recording this episode he did realize he was missing one final piece in the "standard narrative of how we got slasher movies." So, in honor of the Christmas season and the gap in George's movie knowledge, we travel back to 1974 for a cozy little movie from the same director as A Christmas Story.
Will George enjoy dissecting the anatomy... of telephone number systems? Can Travis look past the 3M 70's blood and enjoy a well-acted (and not dubbed or subbed!) entry in the slasher genre? Will Dan seriously find a way to fit Jose Ramon Larraz into this conversation? Tune in to find out!
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Theme song recorded by The Hungry Sevens.
Friday Dec 17, 2021
Friday Dec 17, 2021
The rumors abound as to how John Hughes and company might have been inspired by Deadly Games. We covered this topic in depth on Wednesday but Dan left everyone with a cliff hanger: Another movie might have been just as influential to the writers of Home Alone and no one talking about it.
Welcome to the cutting edge, folks. Please note that this is a Part 2 to the original episode on Home Alone and Deadly Games. We recommend you listen to that one first, but if you like living on the edge... have at it!
I Believe in Santa Claus is on Amazon Prime at the moment for purchase. It is worth every cent. It is... insane. We cover (and spoil the heck out of) the movie here but hearing about it will not do it justice. Consider this our sales pitch on the craziest Christmas movie you'll see this year.
We've got cannibal ogres with a whipped cream fetish, a smokeshow teacher who is also a fairy princess who dresses like Little Red Riding Hood, and Santa Claus on a counter-insurgency mission in Africa. And the rebels he's fighting aren't the bad guys.
And THEN AN ALLIGATOR SHOWS UP. Oh and a bunch of Home Alone content that was missing in Deadly Games pops up here verbatim. This is the Christmas Present you deserve and Dan is happy to give it!
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Theme song recorded by The Hungry Sevens.
Wednesday Dec 15, 2021
Wednesday Dec 15, 2021
George loves Home Alone. It is the first movie we have found for which he had childhood nostalgia. So we revisited it so he could see the movie through the eyes of a movie watcher. Will it be better? Will it be worse? Will he find new depth in old characters? Tune in to find out.
Then we have to address the elephant in the room...
Home Alone is a ripoff of a French movie from the year before. Or at least, that is what the rumor mill would indicate. Is it really a simple ripoff? Are we dealing with more a "Halloween borrowing scenes from a bunch of gialli" situation? Or is the internet awash with a bunch of uninspired copycat baloney? We dive deep into Home Alone and Deadly Games to find out!
Deadly Games (AKA Dial Code Santa Claus, AKA 36-15 Code Père Noël, AKA Game Over, AKA Tödliche Nacht) is currently available to stream on Shudder and was recently received on a 4k UHD disc by Vinegar Syndrome. It is totally worth watching and about halfway through the episode we'll give you a "stop here before you watch" warning.
But the mystery of Home Alone goes deeper than Deadly Games... And we have to end this episode on a cliffhanger which will pay off in a special release this Friday (December 17) when we discuss a second influential movie (which is way more bananas than either Home Alone or Deadly Games.) So join us today and join us again on Friday!
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Theme song recorded by The Hungry Sevens.
Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
Jamie Lee Christmas may be over, but regular run-of-the-mill Dickensian Christmas is here to stay! George has seen the Muppets' Christmas Carol but was he ready for Bill Murray and Karen Allen to bring the laughs and the feels with this "modern" adaptation for a cynical late-80's crowd? Christmas Break begins!
George compulsively lists movies that made him cry while Travis lists off famous actresses that remind him of George's wife. Will Dan find a way to drag Batman 1989 into this movie too? Guys, it might be Christmas but that isn't stopping these dudes from Bart Simpson levels of irreverence. Eat my shorts and tune in!
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Theme song recorded by The Hungry Sevens.
Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
George is on a red-eye trip to Australia, for a cult classic Hitchcockian riff. Kangaroos? We got em. Guitar murders? Heck yes. Jamie Lee Christmas comes to a close with Road Games. A rated-PG (80s PG, so PG-13?) romp through the outback with a tour-de-force performance from Stacy Keach and a great supporting Jamie Lee Curtis.
Will George wax eloquently about tuning guitars and sideboob? Will a lack of nostalgia prevent Travis from enjoying a new old movie? Can Dan convince the guys that movies can stand on their own beyond our own expectations? Only one way to find out!
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Theme song recorded by The Hungry Sevens, featuring Shawnee Houlihan.
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
The Jamie Lee Curtis celebration continues. But is George ready for a British Comedy? Richard Oliver (of the Chasing Tone podcast) mentioned this as a classic during his appearance in the Prom Night episode, and Travis has had it on the schedule since the beginning of Jamie Lee Christmas. But Dan has never seen it. And of course, neither has George...
Will George find that John Cleese and Kevin Kline have tickled his funny bone? Does the film still compel Travis to fits of impression? Is Dan (a big Faulty Towers and Flying Circus fan) going to rave about his new favorite comedy?
Stick around for a special guest interruption from Richard... in Post?
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https://www.wamplerpedals.com/podcast/
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Theme song recorded by The Hungry Sevens, featuring Shawnee Houlihan.
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
Blake Wyland (of the Chasing Tone Podcast and the Tone Mob Podcast) joins the guys as George is left flabbergasted by the John Landis/Eddie Murphy/Dan Akroyd/Jamie Lee Curtis event that is Trading Places. The Chasing Tone podcast has been around since 2014, and is a guitar-focused podcast created by Brian Wampler of Wampler Pedals.
We know George loves Jamie Lee Curtis, but he was not ready for Trading Places. His current streak is at 7 Jamie Lee movies in a row thanks to the Fall Break 2021 (if you count her cameo in Halloween 3 via the original Halloween on TV.) But that is not to say there is any sense of fatigue setting in yet with our Padawan.
Can George compose himself for the duration of the episode? Will Blake love his first Trading Places experience? Is Travis trying to get us cancelled? Will Dan take us into the weeds of insider trading, securities violations and the dangers of buying orange juice on margin?
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https://www.wamplerpedals.com/podcast/
The Tone Mob Podcast can be found here:
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Theme song recorded by The Hungry Sevens, featuring Shawnee Houlihan.
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Richard Oliver (of the Chasing Tone Podcast) joins the guys as George walks blindly into his big number on Prom Night. The Chasing Tone podcast has been around since 2014, and is a guitar-focused podcast created by Brian Wampler of Wampler Pedals.
George loves Jamie Lee Curtis, and so he was tickled to see her starring in yet another RFCP episode. The current streak is at 6 Jamie Lee movies in a row thanks to the Fall Break 2021 (if you count her cameo in Halloween 3 via the original Halloween on TV.)
Will George adapt to Canadian-style horror? (It isn't horror, really. It is ham.) How will Richard's English background affect his perspective on the great nation of Canada? Will Travis open his heart to a slasher he hated from the first moment? When did Dan become an expert on international currency exchange?
The Chasing Tone Podcast can be found here:
https://www.wamplerpedals.com/podcast/
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Theme song recorded by The Hungry Sevens, featuring Shawnee Houlihan.