Special Report: McBeardo's Teen Movie Hell

Special Guest: Mike "McBeardo" McPadden

Mike "McBeardo" McPadden has done it again; trawling through the sludge of a film subgenre to find the commonalities while holding up both the gems and the most execrable examples of teen flicks in his latest book, Teen Movie Hell: A Crucible of Coming-of-Age Comedies from Animal House to Zapped!.

On this special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talks to McBeardo about teen movies from the more goofy and subversive (Joysticks, Hamburger: The Motion Picture, Lemon Popsicle) to the mainstream (Sixteen Candles, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club) and so much more.

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McBeardo Movie Gigs:

Date	Location	Movie
June 20	Chicago, Music Box Theatre	HOT DOG: THE MOVIE
July 17 or 24	Chicago, Music Box Theatre	LITTLE DARLINGS and THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN
July 27	Philadelphia, PhilaMOCA	VALLEY GIRL
July 31	Austin, Alamo Drafthouse	THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN
August 10	Boston, Coolidge Corner Theater	MEATBALLS
August 18	Brooklyn, Alamo Drafthouse	THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN
August 20	Yonkers, Alamo Drafthouse	THE BURNING (Heavy Metal Movies event)
October	Los Angeles, Alamo Drafthouse	TBA

Music:
"Kicking Up a Fuss" - Blow-Up
"Tryin' to Kill a Saturday Night" - Keane

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Episode 198: The Ice Harvest

Special Guest: Scott Phillips

In The Ice Harvest, Charlie (John Cusack) is a mob lawyer in Wichita, Kansas who decides to rip off his boss (Randy Quaid) of just over $2 million. Charlie decides to bring in his pal, Vic (Billy Bob Thorton) to help on this Christmas Eve caper. Soon the partnership between Charlie and Vic starts to crack as a femme fatale gets into the mix.

Links:
Buy The Ice Harvest on DVD
Buy The Ice Harvest by Scott Phillips
Visit the official Scott Phillips website
Read Harold Ramis's obituary
Hear Scott Phillips on our Miami Blues episode

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Music:
"Little Drummer Boy" - Frank Sinatra
"I'll Be Home for Christmas" - Roy Rogers

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Episode 190: Election Special

Special Guests: Herschell Gordon Lewis & Harry Lennix
Guest Co-Host: Josh Gravel

Vote early, Vote often!

With Election Day right around the corner, we're talking about three films of guitar-toting demagogues, A Face in the Crowd from Elia Kazan, Year of the Yahoo from Herschell Gordon Lewis and Bob Roberts from Tim Robbins.

We'll be joined again by the Arkham Film Society's Joshua Gravel.

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Links:
Buy A Face in the Crowd on DVD
Buy The Year of the Yahoo on DVD
Buy Bob Roberts on DVD
Buy Some Faces in the Crowd by Budd Schulberg
Buy The Godfather of Gore Speaks - Herschell Gordon Lewis Discusses His Films by Andrew Rausch
Hear more of Harry Lennix on our Titus episode
Make sure to vote for The Projection Booth by leaving a review for us on iTunes!

Music:
"Elected" - Alice Cooper

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Episode 22: Tapeheads

Special Guests: Bill Fishman, Peter McCarthy
Guest Co-Host: Skizz Cyzyk

Let's get into trouble, baby! It's time to look at the 1988 film Tapeheads starring John Cusack, Tim Robbins, and a whole heck of a lot of other people in remarkable cameo roles (Mike Nesmith, Jello Biafra, King Cotton, Susan Tyrell, Courtney Love, etc). Follow as Josh (Robbins) and Ivan (Cusack) form Video Aces, a video production company that makes its bones shooting funerals, pet seances, wills, commercials and, inevitably, music videos.

Mike talks to the Tapeheads director Bill Fishman and co-writer Peter McCarthy. Along for the ride this week is commentator Skizz Cyzyk , a real live video ace.

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