EPISODE #18: THE PRINCESS BRIDE

Adam and Jim are discussing The Princess Bride? Inconceivable! Join us in episode #18 as we travel with Westley, Fezzik and Inigo Montoya across the countryside of Florin, past the Cliffs of Insanity, to rescue Princess Buttercup from the castle of Prince Humperdinck, all the while avoiding the shrieking eels, flame spurts, lightning sand and Rodents of Unusual Size.

SHOWNOTES

• The Princess Bride - Criterion

• Director: Rob Reiner

  • This Is Spinal Tap

  • A Few Good Men

  • Sleepless in Seattle

  • The American President

  Writer: William Goldman

  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

  • All the President's Men

  • Misery

  • Absolute Power

  • The General's Daughter

  Actors:

  • Westley - Carry Elwes

    • Psych - Pierre Despereaux

      • Extradition - British Columbia

      • Extradition II - The Actual Extradition Part

      • Indiana Shawn and the Temple of the Kinda Crappy Rusty Old Dagger

      • Lock, Stock, Some Smoking Barrels, and Burton Guster’s Goblet of Fire

  • Inigo Montoya - Mandy Patinkin

    • Homeland

  • Buttercup - Robin Wright

    • Forrest Gump

    • House of Cards

  • Vizzini - Wallace Shawn

    • My Dinner with Andre (Criterion #479)

      • COTC episode #12

    • Toy Story - Dinosaur

  • Fezzik - Andre the Giant

  • Humperdinck - Chris Sarandon

  • Count Ruben - Christopher Guest

    • This is Spinal Tap (Criterion #12)

    • Waiting for Guffman

    • Best in Show

  • Miracle Max - Billy Crystal

  • Valerie - Carol Kane

  • The Albino - Mel Smith

  • Clergyman - Peter Cook

  • Fred Savage & Peter Falk have no names

    • Wonder Years

    • Columbo

EPISODE #17: WATERSHIP DOWN

Hazel, Dandelion, Blackberry and Clover? No, we’re not making a salad, instead we’re discussing the 1978 animated retelling of the Richard Adam’s novel Watership Down. Join us in episode #17 as we heed Fiver’s warnings and search for our new warren.

SHOWNOTES

• Watership Down - Criterion

• Director - Martin Rosen

  • The Plague Dogs (1982)

    • Theme Song - “Time and Tide”  by Alan Price (original keyboardist for The Animals)

      • The House of the Rising Sun

      • Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood

• Hazel - John Hurt (Died Jan 25, 2017)  (207 acting credits)

  • Alien (1979)

  • The Elephant Man (1980)

  • The Plague Dogs as Snitter (1982)

  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)

  • Hellboy (2004)

  • V for Vendetta (2005)

  • Melancholia (2011)

  • Doctor Who as The War Doctor in 3 episodes (2013)

  • Watership Down mini-series as General Woundwort (1999 -2000)

• Fiver - Richard Briers (Died Feb 17, 2013

• Bigwig - Michael Graham Cox (Died Apr 30, 1995)

• Captain Holly - John Bennett (April 11, 2005)

• Chief Rabbit - Ralph Richardson (Died Oct 10, 1983)

• Blackberry - Simon Cadell (Died March 6, 1996)

• Silver - Terence Rigby (Died August 10, 2008)

• Pipkin - Roy Kinnear (Died September 20, 1988)

• Dandelion - Richard O’Callaghan (Still Alive?)

• Cat - Lynn Farleigh (Still Alive?)

• General Woundwort - Harry Andrews (Died March 6, 1989)

• Cowslip - Denholm Elliott

  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

• Clover - Mary Maddox

• Kehaar (Bird) - Zero Mostel (comedian)

• The only black man (Clifton Jones) plays a character named “Blackavar”

• Watership Down references in the TV Show “Lost”

• Movies with similar stories / plots include Fantastic Mr. Fox and The Secret of NIMH

• Other movies mentioned:

  • Raiders of The Lost Ark

  • The Dark Crystal

  • Floyd Norman - An Animated Life

  • The Inbetweeners

EPISODE #16: THE BREAKFAST CLUB

A brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal walk into school… No this isn’t the beginning of a joke, it’s the opening of John Hughes trend-setting 1985 dramedy, The Breakfast Club. (starring Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, John Kapelos, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy). Join us in episode #16 for a memorable Saturday detention at Shermer High School.

SHOWNOTES

• The Breakfast Club - Criterion

• John Hughes - Director

  • Sixteen Candles (1984)

  • The Breakfast Club (1985)

  • Pretty In Pink (1986)

  • Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)

  • Uncle Buck (1989)

• Emilio Estevez (as Andrew Clark)

• Anthony Michael Hall (as Brian Johnson)

• Judd Nelson (as John Bender)

• Molly Ringwald (as Claire Standish)

• Ally Sheedy (as Allison Reynolds)

• Paul Gleason (as Richard Vernon)

• John Kapelos (as Carl)

• A Charlie Brown Christmas dance

• All Psych episodes featuring cast members from The Breakfast Club

  • Judd Nelson

    • Season 4 Episode 13 - “Death is in the Air”

  • Molly Ringwald

    • Season 6 Episode 6 - “Shawn Interrupted”

  • Ally Sheedy

    • Season 3 Episode 16 - “An Evening With Mr. Yang”

    • Season 4 Episode 16 - “Mr. Yin Presents…”

    • Season 5 Episode 16 - “Yang 3 in 2D”

    • Season 7 Episode 15 - “Psych: The Musical”

  • Anthony Michael Hall

    • Season 7 Episode 14 - “No Trout About It”

    • Season 8 Episode 2 - “S.E.I.Z.E. the Day”

    • Season 8 Episode 4 - “Someone’s Got a Woody”

  • John Kapelos

    • Season 7 Episode 10 “Santa Barbarian Candidate”

    • Season 8 Episode 6 “1967: A Psych Odyssey”

• This American Life (episode 526, Act Three)

  • Molly Ringwald and her daughter watch The Breakfast Club together for the first time.

• Music

  • Don’t You Forget About Me - Simple Minds

  • Fire In the Twilight - Wang Chung

  • We Are Not Alone - Karla Devito

  • I’m The Dude - Keith Forsey

• The “naked blonde” joke that Bender tells himself (while in the ceiling) never had a punchline.

• Additional Movie references

  • David Margulies

    • As The Mayor in Ghostbusters

  • William Atherton

    • As Walter Peck in Ghostbusters

    • As Richard Thornburg in Die Hard and Die Hard 2

    • As Professor Jerry Hathaway in Real Genius