Episode 692: The Graduate (1967)

Special Guest: Beverly Gray
Guest Co-Hosts: Keith Gordon, Katharine Coldiron

We wrap up the first of a few Request Months with one from Brian Tessitore, The Graduate. The 1967 Mike Nichols film stars Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin Braddock, the titular graduate. He's adrift after college and falls into an affair with Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), a family friend.

Keith Gordon and Katharine Coldiron join Mike to discuss the seminal film along with homages and the "sequel," Rumor Has It. Beverly Gray, author of Seduced by Mrs. Robinson: How the Graduate Became the Touchstone of a Generation, talks about her work including her time on Death Race 2000.

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Buy The Graduate by Charles Webb
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Music:
"Mrs. Robinson" - Simon & Garfunkel

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Episode 506: Is There Sex After Death? (1971)

Special Guests: Jeanne Abel, Jenny Abel
Guest Co-Hosts: Skizz Cyzyk, Heather Drain

Alan and Jeanne Abel's Is There Sex After Death? is a mockumentary from 1971 that dares to ask the hard hitting questions with ridiculous answers. It’s a series of vignettes with some familiar faces like Buck Henry, Marshall Efron, Holly Woodlawn, Robert Downey, and more.

Heather Drain and Skizz Cyzyk join Mike to discuss pranks, Jenny Abel's Abel Raises Cain, and much more.

Be sure to stick around until the end to hear about how one persistent myth about a college rock band got its start.

Addendum: Per Bill Ackerman's interview with Mink Stole she is not in Is There Sex After Death?.

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Links:
Buy Is There Sex After Death? on DVD
Watch Abel Raises Cain on Vimeo
Buy The Art of the Prank on Blu-Ray
Read more about the Nayirah Testimony

Music:
"Mary Jane" - The Profiteers
"We're The Replacements" - They Might Be Giants

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Episode 444: The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

Special Guests: Candy Clark, Samuel J. Umland, Susan Compo
Guest Co-Hosts: Skizz Cyzyk, Samm Deighan

We kick off Sci-Fi December with a look at Nicolas Roeg's The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976). Based on the book by Walter Tevis, the film stars David Bowie as Thomas Jerome Newton, a strange man who appears in the office of a patent attorney (Buck Henry) with some big ideas that help him start on the road to untold wealth. Along the way he meets colorful characters such as hotel worker Mary Lou (Candy Clark) and lascivious college professor Bryce (Rip Torn).

Samm Deighan and Skizz Cyzyk join Mike to discuss the film and its made-for-TV remake. The episode includes interviews with authors Sam Umland (The Man Who Fell to Earth) and Susan Compo (Earthbound: David Bowie and the Man Who Fell to Earth). This episode also includes the conclusion of our interview with actress Candy Clark.

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Bonus Interview with Graeme Clifford:

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Bonus Interview with Richard Kletter:

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Links:
Buy The Man Who Fell to Earth on Blu-Ray
Buy The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis
Buy The Man Who Fell to Earth soundtrack

Music:
"Space Capsule" - John Phillips
"Subterraneans" - David Bowie
"Warszawa" - David Bowie
"Lazarus" - David Bowie
"Rocket Man" - William Shatner
"Bowie" - Flight of the Conchords

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