Sep 16, 2019
This week is Tracy's first time to see the award-winning classic "Network," aka "another one of Daniel's dark movies from the 1970s." We talk about how it predicted today's media landscape, what it got right, and why so many other movies and TV shows have blatantly ripped it off. (Looking at you, Aaron Sorkin.) Get mad...
Sep 9, 2019
Russian invaders, American freakouts, and panic in the streets. Nope, it's not Twitter: It's 1966's "The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming," and it's Daniel's first time seeing this classic Cold War satire. We talk about the genius physical comedy of Carl Reiner and Jonathan Winters, the brilliance of Alan...
Sep 2, 2019
This week, Tracy learns about mantras, MindHead, and keeping it together when she sees "Bowfinger" for the first time. We talk about what Yoda has to do with Steve Martin, why comedy is always harder than drama, and we try to figure out why Robert Downey Jr. was at the 1992 Republican National Convention. (True story.)...