Episode 623: The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)

Guest Co-Hosts: David MacGregor, Aaron Peterson

We continue our month of discussions around the 1970s interpretations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes. On this episode we’re discussing 1975’s The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother. Written and directed by, and starring Gene Wilder, the film tells the tale of Sigerson Holmes. The movie also stars some other familiar faces from Mel Brooks’s troupe of actors including Marty Feldman, Madeline Khan, and Dom DeLuise.

Aaron Peterson (The Hollywood Outsider) and playwright and author David MacGregor continue to lend their Sherlockian expertise to the conversation.

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"Kangaroo Hop" - Dee Clark

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Episode 92: Simon (1980)

Special Guest: Marshall Brickman

Alan Arkin stars as Simon (1980), a blowhard scientist who gets recruited by a brain trust that secretly runs the world. They convince him that he's an alien in order to see how the world will react.

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