It's not about good or bad. It's about then and now.
Transportation travails are just the tip of the emotional iceberg in Planes, Trains and Automobiles, a classic two-hander that reveals new layers to its heroes with each misadventure. Find out how a homecoming fable gives us all the feels--and artfully unloads all its f-bombs--in this heartwarming Thanksgiving episode!
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Written and directed by John Hughes
Starring Steve Martin and John Candy
Wacky shenanigans coexist with childhood traumas in a deep-cut double feature of Mr. Boogedy and Bride of Boogedy. Alisha Carderella introduces us to a plethora of happy(ish) haunts, practical jokes, and Puritan horror – all this, plus an epic listener email on our spooky season spectacular!
Mr. Boogedy (aired April 20, 1986)
Directed by Oz Scott
Written by Michael Janover
Starring Richard Masur, Mimi Kennedy, Kristy Swanson, David Faustino, Benjamin Gregory, John Astin, and Howard Witt
Camelot gets a healthy dose of '90s attitude when there's A Kid in King Arthur's Court, a fast-paced farce with a surprisingly stacked cast of nostalgic faves and future A-listers. Medieval history plays host to baseball, biking, and 'blading – and we're not talking about swordplay – in this episode that's certifiably baaaad (meaning good).
A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995)
Directed by Michael Gottlieb
Written by Michael Part and Robert L. Levy
Based on A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain
Starring Thomas Ian Nicholas, Joss Ackland, Art Malik, Paloma Baeza, and Ron Moody with Daniel Craig and Kate Winslet
Shyamalan's stripped-down sci-fi shocker closes out the Summer...from Space! with an alien invasion that doubles as family grief counseling. Our buddy Alex Rodriguez helps put a new twist on the Night-as-next-Spielberg narrative as we swing away at the meanings behind the miracles of Signs.
Signs (2002)
Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan
Starring Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin, Abigail Breslin, Cherry Jones, and M. Night Shyamalan
"Borrowing" liberally from a certain Spielbergian tale of a boy and his alien, Mac and Me has attained its own kind of cinematic immortality thanks to its unique mix of shameless commercialism, saccharine sincerity, and fugly extraterrestrials.
Sam Stovold brings the Coca-Cola and Skittles to our freewheeling discussion of this cult classic - brought to you by McDonald's!
Released August 12, 1988
Directed by Stewart Raffill
Written by Steve Feke and Stewart Raffill
Starring Christine Ebersole, Jonathan Ward, Tina Caspary, Lauren Stanley, Jade Calegory, and Ronald McDonald as himself
For the next few months, WWWW is investigating phenomena of extraterrestrial origin in our newest seasonal series: "Summer...from Space!" We kick things off with Predator, a meat-and-potatoes sci-fi action classic that indulges in '80s movie machismo before transforming into a primal struggle for survival against an alien warrior.
Daniel Borders-Ashe joins us in a manly bicep-flexing handshake as we peer into a jungle of chauvinism to find genre innovation, enduring creature design, and the source of many Arnold soundboard classics.
Run! Go! Get to the podcatcher...and listen to this explosive episode!
Predator (1987)
Directed by John McTiernan
Written by Jim Thomas and John Thomas
Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Bill Duke, Jesse Ventura, Sonny Landham, Richard Chaves, Shane Black, Elpidia Carilllo, and Kevin Peter Hall
An unlikely hotbed of comedic talent, the family-friendly (for the '90s) Heavyweights tickles the funny bone and tugs on the heartstrings as it deliriously subverts live-action Disney tropes.
Are you ready for the best damn podcast of your life? Jake Beal certainly is -- and he's here to help us become skinny winners as we master the Perkis System together.
Heavyweights (1995)
Directed by Steven Brill
Written by Judd Apatow and Steven Brill
Starring Aaron Schwartz, Tom McGowan, Shaun Weiss, Kenan Thompson, Paul Feig, Tom Hodges, Leah Lail, and Ben Stiller
