Mike joins Jon Cross at the After Movie Diner to discuss Jack Hill's often overlooked black 'n' white film about existential angst, succeeding at any cost, and Figure-8 racing, Pit Stop (1969)
Recently released by Arrow on a glorious, cleaned up blu-ray the film stars Brian Donlevy, the enigmatic Richard Davalos, Ellen Burstyn , Hill favorite Sid Haig and is an absolute treat for lovers of great cinematography, awesome soundtracks and crashing cars.
Mike and Jon Cross discuss the film, Jack Hill's career, politics, podcasting, Mike's beef with Quentin Tarantino, the story of cinema, and much, much more!
Special Guest: Robert S. Bader, Robert Weide, Joseph Adamson Guest Co-Host: Rob St. Mary, Jon Cross
Directed by Leo McCarey, Duck Soup (1933) was the last of the four Marx Brothers' run at Paramount. A send-up of politics and warmongering, Duck Soup is an anarchic collection of sight gags, wordplay, and surrealism in which Groucho Marx plays Rufus T. Firefly, the man who will save Freedonia from disaster, despite the efforts of Chicolini (Chico Marx) and Pinky (Harpo Marx), two Sylvanian spies.
Guest this week include Robert S. Bader (author of Four of the Three Musketeers: The Marx Brothers on Stage), Robert Weide (producer of Marx Brothers in a Nutshell) and Joseph Adamson (author of Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Sometimes Zeppo: A History of the Marx Brothers and a Satire on the Rest of the World).
Rob St. Mary and Jon Cross join Mike to discuss Duck Soup and the Marx Brothers.
Music:
"I'm Daffy Over You" - Chico Marx
"I'm Daffy Over You" - Harpo Marx
"These Are the Laws of My Administration" - Music and lyrics by: Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby
"Freedonia Is Going To War" - Music and lyrics by: Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby
Mike joins Jon Cross at the After Movie Diner to discuss Jack Hill's often overlooked black 'n' white film about existential angst, succeeding at any cost, and Figure-8 racing, Pit Stop (1969) 
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