Ka-STANG! This week, fellow A Talking Cast!?!/The ‘Cast Next Door podcastress Shannon Campe joins us for another expedition into 90s/2000s kid cinema with Frankie Muniz’s Big Fat Liar! Muniz plays Jason Shepherd, a pathological liar whose short story assignment for class is stolen from unscrupulous, half-goatee-d Hollywood producer Paul Giamatti to make into his next hit film. With the help of Vaguely Funny Girl Character Amanda Bynes, Jason flies off to Hollywood to plan his revenge. Take a listen as we ask the big questions: Is this Paul Giamatti’s superhero origin story? Why does Jason not want any money for credit for his story? How do you pronounce Muniz? Find the answers to these questions and more, along with our custom cocktail and drinking rules!
(Thanks to our sponsor Jackbox Games as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!)
This week, Theo joins us once more to talk Lisztomania, the off-the-wall glam rock biopic of famed German composer Franz Liszt, played by The Who's Roger Daltrey! Lisztomania plays up the pseudohistorical tale of "history's first rock star" in typical 70s camp fashion. Get ready for giant fake dicks, robes made of piano keys, and Richard Wagner as Zombie Rock Hitler being defeated by the power of love; we sure weren't. Take a listen and check out our custom cocktail and drinking rules!
(Thanks to this episode’s sponsor Emporium Arcade Bar as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!)
This week on Alcohollywood, we invite returning guest David Rheinstrom (of Twenty Questions Tuesday and Our Fair City fame) for one last job before he departs Chicago for the wide world of San Francisco – the “Recobbled Cut” of the infamous animated labor of love The Thief and the Cobbler! Who Framed Roger Rabbit’s Oscar-winning animator Richard Williams’ magnum opus is an elegantly drawn piece of cinema that follows the titular double-act as they attempt to retrieve the Three Golden Balls from the evil Vizier (Vincent Price), while winning the heart of Princess Yum-Yum in the process. Its thirty-year production history led Williams’ vision to be ultimately unfinished, but the Recobbled Cut by fan and animator Garret Gilchrist (link to the full film below) is an admirable effort to get as much of William’s intended film up on the screen. Check out our reaction to the film, along with our custom cocktail and drinking game!
Related Links:
The Recobbled Cut on Youtube
Persistence of Vision, the Documentary on the Making Of The Thief and the Cobbler
Tickets for Our Fair City: Human Resources (still running until the 13th, if you’re in Chicago! See Clint and Jared in a live radio play!)
(This episode is sponsored by Field Notes as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!)
This week on Alcohollywood, Jared and I fly solo (along with sentient Maillbot J4R.3D) as we check out the 2005 flop Stealth! In this notorious cross between Top Gun, 2001, and an Incubus music video, Stealth follows hotshot pilots Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel and Jamie Foxx (fresh off his Oscar for Ray) as they contend with an experimental AI fighter (voiced by Prison Break's Wentworth Miller) who goes rogue after...getting hit by lightning? This two-hour epic is full of director Rob Cohen's particular tics, porting the zooming-though-vehicle-mechanics CG shots from The Fast & the Furious and the obnoxious nu-rock soundtrack of xXx, but those are just the beginning of what promises to be a very bizarre, baffled post-film discussion. Check out our episode, along with our custom cocktail and drinking rules!
(This episode is sponsored by Cards Against Humanity as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!)
Related Links:
The 'Cast Next Door - Clint's co-hosting duties covering another Rob Cohen movie!
OFC Fringe Show - Get Tickets to Our Fair City: Human Resources!
Fan Page on "(She Can) Do That," the Bowie/BT Song used in Stealth