Special Episode: The Bill & Ted Trilogy (1989-2020)

Special Guests: Dan Shor, William Sadler, Alex Winter, Chris Matheson
Guest Co-Hosts: Chris Stachiw, Josh Stewart

On a special crossover episode with The Kulturecast, Chris Stachiw and Josh Stewart join Mike to discuss The Bill & Ted Trilogy from 1988's Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure to 2020's Bill & Ted Face the Music.

Interviews:
00:26:00 - Dan Shor discusses his role as Billy The Kid

01:26:22 - William Sadler talks about naked Tai Chi and being The Grim Reaper

02:25:48 - Alex Winter returns to talk about being Bill S. Preston, esquire

02:37:41 - Chris Matheson provides an overview of writing all three of the Bill & Ted films

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Bonus: Amy Stoch on the Bill & Ted films:

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Links:
Buy all three Bill & Ted films on Blu-Ray
Buy Chris Matheson's books
Visit the most triumphant Bill & Ted fan site
Subscribe to William Sadler's The Kitchen Tapes

Music:
"Billy the Kid" - David Newman
"Excute Them" - David Newman
"Play with Me" - Extreme
"God Gave Rock & Roll To You Part II" - KISS
"Two Heads are Better Than One" - Power Tool
"History Report" - Bill & Ted: The Musical Soundtrack

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Special Report: Better Off Dead (1985)

Special Guests: Diane Franklin, Savage Steve Holland, Curtis Armstrong
Guest Co-Hosts: Mike "McBeardo" McPadden, Jess Byard

On this special episode we're discussing Better Off Dead (1985) from writer/director Savage Steve Holland. The film stars John Cusack as Lane Myer, a high school student obsessed with his girlfriend, Beth (Amanda Wyss). When Beth breaks up with him -- throwing Lane over for Roy Stalin (Aaron Dozier), a jock douchebag who can ski the most dangerous mountain around -- Lane attempts suicide several times... like you do in a good comedy.

Jess Byard and Mike "McBeardo" McPadden, author of Teen Movie Hell, join Mike to discuss the film and its fast follow-up, One Crazy Summer.

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Links:
Buy Better Off Dead on Blu-Ray
Buy One Crazy Summer on DVD
Buy How I Got Into College on DVD
Buy the books of Diane Franklin
Buy Revenge of the Nerd: Or . . . The Singular Adventures of the Man Who Would Be Booger by Curtis Armstrong

Music:
"Race the K-12" - Rupert Hine
"A Little Luck" - E.G. Daily
"Everybody Wants Some" - Van Halen
"One Way Love (Better Off Dead)" - E.G. Daily

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Episode 345: TerrorVision (1986)

Special Guests: Ted Nicolaou, Diane Franklin, Gerrit Graham
Guest Co-Hosts: Josh Hadley, Moe Porne

#Shocktober2017 continues with a look at the offbeat horror comedy TerrorVision (1986). Written and directed by Ted Nicolaou, the film centers on the Putterman Family who, while father Stan (Gerrit Graham) is installing a new satellite dish and accidentally receive a distant transmission of a horrific hungry monster which proceeds to feast on the family including wife Rachel (Mary Woronov), son Sherman (Chad Allen), grandpa (Bert Remsen), daughter Suzy (Diane Franklin), and her metal head boyfriend O.D. (Jon Gries).

Podcasters Moe Porne (No Budget Nightmares) and Josh Hadley (Lost in the Static) join Mike to discuss this classic of Charles Band's Empire empire.

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Links:
Buy TerrorVision on Blu-Ray

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Episode 302: Lemon Popsicle (1978)

Special Guests: Boaz Davidson, Zachi Noy, Diane Franklin
Guest Co-Hosts: Oren Shai, Heather Drain

Lemon Popsicle (AKA Eskimo Limon AKA Going All the Way AKA אסקימו לימון‎‎) is a heartfelt 1978 coming-of-age sex comedy written and directed by Boaz Davidson and produced by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.

Mike talks with writer/director Boaz Davidson, star Zachi Noy, and star of the Lemon Popsicle remake, Last American Virgin, Diane Franklin.

Oren Shai and Heather Drain join Mike to discuss the original film, the American remake, and the 8(!) other films in the series.

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Links:
Find Lemon Posicle on DVD
Buy Last American Virgin on DVD
Buy Diane Franklin:The Excellent Adventures of the Last American, French-Exchange Babe of the 80s by Diane Franklin
Buy The Lemon Popsicle Book by Roy Mitchell and Paul Sutton
Follow Diane Franklin on Twitter
Visit the Diane Franklin website
Visit the Lemon Posicle Fan Site
Visit Oren Shai's website
Visit Heather Drain's website
Read How to Stuff a Lemon Popsicle by Oren Shai
Hear the interview with Oren Shai and Webb Wilcoxen about The Frontier

Music:
"Green Fields" - The Brothers Four
"Happy-Go-Lucky-Me" - Paul Evans
"Are You Ready For The Sex Girls" - Gleaming Spires
"Brick" - Ben Folds Five

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