Episode 490: Motel Hell (1980)

Special Guests: Kevin Connor, Frank Cotolo
Guest Co-Hosts: Heather Drain, Ben Buckingham

It takes all kinds of critters to make Farmer Vincent's fritters!

Heather Drain and Ben Buckingham join Mike to talk about Kevin Connor's 1980 horror/comedy starring Rory Calhoun and Nancy Parsons, Motel Hell.

Connor discusses his work on the film as well as his earlier work while Frank Cotolo dishes about working with Wolfman Jack.

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Links:
Buy Motel Hell on Blu-Ray
Buy Frank Cotolo's books on Amazon
Buy From Communion to Cannibalism: An Anatomy of Metaphors of Incorporation by Maggie Kilgour

Music:
"Escape from Motel Hell" - Brad Fiedel
"Clap for the Wolfman" - The Guess Who
"You're Eatin Out My Heart And Soul" - Kregg Nance
"Eating My Heart Out" - Mitchell Torok
"Timothy" - Buoys

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Episode 403: Get Rollin' (1980)

Guest Co-Hosts: Benjamin Buxton, Leon Chase

We continue Black History Month with the 1980 film from director J. Terrance Mitchell, Get Rollin'! It’s the story of three very colorful people and their lives in and around a roller rink in Brooklyn; Vinnie Vinzerrelli of the "Jigaboo Jammers", Pat The Cat, and Inez Daniels. At some point the film becomes less of a documentary and more of a drama about Vinzerrelli ‎ and Pat the Cat taking their roller boogie skills to England.

Filmmakers Benjamin Buxton (On the Rink) and Leon Chase (Suzy Hotrod: Roller Derby Star) join Mike to discuss rollerskating, Brooklyn in the late '70s, and more.

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Links:
Listen to Cinespia founder John Wyatt on Trailers from Hell
Read Meet Bill Butler, the Godfather of Roller Disco by Julia Carmel
Check out the Skategroove website and the National African American Roller Skating Archives Project
Subscribe to the Getyoursk8on YouTube channel

Music:
"Skate Dancer" - Vinzerrelli
"A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays" - De La Soul

Bonus Music Track by Grapefruit 45


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on the rink from benjamin buxton on Vimeo.