A podcast that defies description, only because I don’t know how to describe it. I sit in front of a mic and talk about things I like or find interesting with guests dropping in who are much more interesting then me.
Episodes
Saturday Feb 25, 2017
Saturday Feb 25, 2017
Cast your mind back to the late 70’s or early 80’s. Was it a time for muscle cars and girls in short shorts? Well, it was if you were in Hazzard county.
This episode we look at D, and the redneck romp that is “The Dukes of Hazzard”, including the original TV series, the movie reunions and remakes and the little known cartoon spin off “The Dukes” and the even less known “Trollkins”.
Mitch also discusses the movie “Moonrunners” that was the inspiration for the Dukes as well, and gives us a little bit of history about moonshine.
Sunday Feb 12, 2017
Sunday Feb 12, 2017
The Massive Attack A to Z rolls on, with this episode covering the letter C and the 1994 gothic action film, The Crow, directed by Alex Proyas, and staring Brandon Lee in is final performance.
We have a bit of a chat about where we were in ’94, our initial reactions to the film, what it was like re-watching it after all these years.
Plus as a special treat Mitch digs up his “Goth Box” to reveal a prized possession from his past.
Wednesday Feb 01, 2017
Wednesday Feb 01, 2017
For the second in our new A to Z series, this episode we look at the iconic 1985 time travel adventure, "Back To The Future", staring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd.
Mitch and Joe both agree this is a near perfect film, so we disect what makes it so good, look back at where we were when we first saw it, and then touch on the sequels and other media in the "Back To The Future" universe.
Friday Jan 20, 2017
Friday Jan 20, 2017
For a bit of a shake-up, we've decided that 2017 we will be going through the A to Z of Massive Attack. Each fortnight Mitch and Joe will pick two suggestions each per letter, pop them in a hat and draw one out to be the discussion topic for the episode.
So, starting with the letter A, as it seemed like the best place to start, this time we cover Atari. We watch the documentary "Atari: Game Over" that looks at the urban legend that a surplus of "E.T. The Extra Terrestrial" cartridges were buried in the New Mexico desert following the video game crash of 1983, and the archaeological dig 30 years later to find the truth, as well as the history of Atari the company, and the lives of the designers behind the games.
We also look back at our own experiences with the iconic Atari 2600 console and reminisce of a simpler time in gaming when all you needed was a joystick and a single red button.
Saturday Jan 14, 2017
Saturday Jan 14, 2017
The boys are back for another year, and seeing as it's January, it must mean it's time for our fourth annual Great Expectations episode. No, it's not more Charles Dickens, it's the film and TV we're looking forward to in the coming twelve months.
We then have a brief chat about the new format we will be running with this year, as starting in our next episode we will be running through the A to Z of Massive Attack.
That's the Dickens!
Saturday Dec 24, 2016
Saturday Dec 24, 2016
After a very mixed bag of classic versions and modern re-tellings of "A Christmas Carol", today we wanted to end big on one we both hold dear to our hearts, the 1992 feature "The Muppet Christmas Carol" starring Michael Caine in the Scrooge role, and all your favourite Muppets filling out the rest of the cast.
We also look back over the collection we've watched and rank which ones had the best versions of the main charactors, as well as giving you our dream castings of who we think would be great in the roles, including a few surprises.
Friday Dec 23, 2016
Friday Dec 23, 2016
Who knew that the UN made movies? Well they did, including this awesome spin on the Dickens classic, the 1964 TV movie "A Carol For Another Christmas", featuring an all-star cast including Sterling Hayden, Robert Shaw and Peter Sellers.
Trading the Victorian Era for the Cold War, this time instead of Scrooge we get a rich American industrialist being reminded that war is bad, and the way to stop the killing is to spend more time talking to resolve conflicts, since when talking stops, fighting starts.
Thursday Dec 22, 2016
Thursday Dec 22, 2016
As we dive further into obscurity, today we pick a Christmas themed episode of the 70's action adventure show "The Six Million Dollar Man" called "A Bionic Christmas Carol".
Inspired by the Charles Dickens story, Steve Austin (no, not the Stone Cold one) uses his bionic powers to convince a hard-hearted company owner the error of his ways, all while dressed in a santa suit.
Wednesday Dec 21, 2016
Wednesday Dec 21, 2016
Remember when Henry Winlker was the cool, leather jacket wearing Fonz in Happy Days? Well, think of the polar opposite in that and you get the character he plays in today's pick, the 1979 TV movie "An American Christmas Carol".
Winkler stars as Benedict Slade, a miserly old money lender in this adaptation set in Depression era New England. It's an interesting twist on the original story, and strangely is still relevant today.
Tuesday Dec 20, 2016
Tuesday Dec 20, 2016
Today was a little bit of a dark horse, as neither of us had seen "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol", and we were both a little worried after picking poorly earlier in the list, unsure of what this might bring us.
Thankfully, what it did deliver was actually a kinda fun little special from 1964 where the short sighted Magoo stars on Broadway in a musical version of "A Christmas Carol". It didn't have many of the usual Magoo tropes, but thankfull it did hit most of the marks to rank highly for accuracy, even if the ghosts were out of order.
Monday Dec 19, 2016
Monday Dec 19, 2016
After the terrible effort from Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny yesterday, we jump back into the movie format and let Richard Donner, famous for the films "The Goonies", "Lethal Weapon" and "Superman" take the helm of todays feature, the 1988 Bill Murray classic "Scrooged".
Loosely based on the Charles Dickens text, Bill stars as a yuppie TV exec putting on a live television rendition of "A Christmas Carol" on Christmas Eve, only to be visited by his own version of Marley and the Ghosts, who show him the error of his selfish ways.
Does this movie hold up? Is it too 80's? Or did we like the twists to make an old story more modern?
Sunday Dec 18, 2016
Sunday Dec 18, 2016
So far this year we've looked at traditional versions like the 1951 "Scrooge" and episodes that kinda miss the mark like The Simpsons "'Tis The 15th Season" but today we hit the bottom of the barrel with this Looney Tunes special from 2006 called "Bah Humduck".
It takes almost half way through the show to get to the tropes of A Christmas Carol, and even the laughs are light on the ground too, proving that not all adaptations can be winners.