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Old Movies For Young Stoners

By: Bob Calhoun
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  • The podcast that makes cannabis a gateway drug to classic cinema. Co-hosted by Bob Calhoun, Philena Franklin, Cory Sklar & Greg Franklin
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  • S3E5 - Bringing Up Hawks w/ His Girl Friday (1940) & The Thing from Another World (51)

    S3E5 - Bringing Up Hawks w/ His Girl Friday (1940) & The Thing from Another World (51)
    Apr 19 2024
    The PhilenApocalypse has been postponed! While Philena ain't too thrilled with this development, we were able to keep our already inconsistent schedule with this Howard Hawks double feature, which is like a PhilenApocalypse prequel because her contrarian take on Howard Hawks' screwball classic BRINGING UP BABY (1938) is what landed her on OMFYS. In short, she hates it--AFI Top 100 or no. Because of this, Bob programmed two wildly-different films from the versatile Hawks' filmography, and with wildly different results. First, we've got HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940), another classic screwball comedy from Hawks. Cary Grant is Walter Burns, a conniving newspaper publisher who will go to criminal lengths to keep his best reporter and ex-wife, Hildy Johnson (Rosiland Russell) from leaving his paper so she can get remarried and "be a woman." Then, we've got the sci-fi classic THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951). The film's direction is credited to Christian Nyby, but the rumors that Hawks directed it persist. A favorite of Horror Master John Carpenter's, who remade it in 1982. In our opening segment, a discussion of the Tesla Cybertruck devolves into Greg and Bob horrifying Philena by explaining the concept of Andrew "Dice" Clay to her in one of the funniest moments we've ever recorded. We also talk about the horrors of something called Skibidi Toilet for some reason. Plus there are thrills as Greg almost plunges the podcast into chaos as he attempts to win a record on eBay. Does Greg prevail and what is the record? Was it all worth it? Listen and find out! Hosts: Bob Calhoun, Philena Franklin, Greg Franklin Cory Sklar is on assignment Old Movies for Young Stoners theme by Chaki the Funk Wizard "Busy City" by TrackTribe and "Planetary Paths" by Joel Cummins & And a Farag via YouTube Audio Library Trailer audio via Archive.org Web: www.oldmoviesforyoungstoners.com Instagram/Facebook (Meta): oldmoviesforyoungstoners Bluesky: @oldmoviesystoners.bsky.social Twitter (X): OM4YStoners Contact: oldmoviesforyoungstoners AT gmail DOT com THE PHILENAPOCALYPSE IS (STILL) UPON US!
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • S3E4 Kaiju Unite w/ Son of Godzilla (1967) and Destroy All Monsters (1968)

    S3E4 Kaiju Unite w/ Son of Godzilla (1967) and Destroy All Monsters (1968)
    Mar 28 2024
    S3E4 Kaiju Unite w/ Son of Godzilla (1967) and Destroy All Monsters (1968) With GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE upon us, we salute the Big G himself, GODZILLA, with a pair of his movies made a year apart from each other, that show his tremendous range. First, the radioactive mutant dinosaur tackles family comedy in SON OF GODZILLA (1967), the "Courtship of Eddie's Father" of kaiju movies. But unlike so many movie and TV single dads, Godzilla has to rear young Minya while battling overgrown mantises and a freaky-assed spider called Kumonga. I'd like to see Dustin Hoffman do that in "Kramer vs. Kramer!" Then, Godzilla shows his serious side in the greatest monster mash of them all, DESTROY ALL MONSTERS! All the kaiju are here--Godzilla! Rodan! Mother! Gorosaurus! Anguirus! Ghidorah!--and they are smashing cities! This was supposed to be the final Godzilla film, so GOJIRA (1954) director and OMFYS GOAT Ishiro Honda directs it with a poignant tone. Movie and TV critic Matt Zoller Seitz was booked for this episode but he had to reschedule. We hope to have him back soon. Greg Franklin and Philena Franklin also couldn't make it so it's just Bob and Cory this time, and they still managed to gab for over an hour. AMAZING! Besides the Kaiju Classics, Bob and Cory discuss the new remake of ROAD HOUSE with Jake Gyllenhaal. One host is Yeh, and the other is Meh on Prime's big streaming release, so it's like Siskel and Ebert for people who smoked too much Super Silver Haze. They also talk about the Netflix documentary AMERICAN CONSPIRACY: THE OCTOPUS MURDERS and what to see THIS SATURDAY at Noir City Hollywood. There's something for everyone here. SON OF GODZILLA and DESTROY ALL MONSTERS are streaming on Criterion Channel, Max, Tubi, and the Pluto Godzilla channel. Hosts: Cory Sklar and Bob Calhoun The Franklins are on assignment "Enemy" by Whipping Boy from the Third Secret of Fatima album courtesy of Eugene Robinson. Steve Shaugnessy RIP. "How it Began" by Silent Partner and "Tropical Thunder" by RKVC courtesy of YouTube Audio Library Trailer and commercial audio via Archive.Org Web: www.oldmoviesforyoungstoners.com Instagram/Facebook (Meta): oldmoviesforyoungstoners Bluesky: @oldmoviesystoners.bsky.social Twitter (X): OM4YStoners Contact: oldmoviesforyoungstoners AT gmail DOT com THE PHILENAPOCALYPSE IS COMING!
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • S3E3 WTF Criterion? w/ The Devils (1971) and The Unknown (1927)

    S3E3 WTF Criterion? w/ The Devils (1971) and The Unknown (1927)
    Mar 11 2024
    There are lots of bonkers classics on Criterion Channel right now and we wanted to pair pot with them before they show up on that "Leaving Criterion Channel" list in an episode we call "WHAT THE FUCK CRITERION." First up is THE DEVILS (1971), Ken Russell's masterpiece of blasphemy, demonic possession and religious persecution in 17th Century France. Oliver Reed is Urbain Grandier, an impossibly hot Jesuit priest, and Vanessa Redgrave is Sister Jeanne des Anges, a delusional nun who claims that she is possessed by the devil, and that devil works with Grandier. It's a gut-wrenching work that may be Russell's best. Continuing with the theme, our second feature is THE UNKNOWN (1927), a bizarre circus tale from FREAKS director Tod Browning. Lon Chaney, Sr. is Alonso, an armless knife-thrower who longs for Nanon, his fetching assistant played by a very young Joan Crawford. Nanon can't bear to be held in men's arms, so she should be perfect for Alonso, right? Well, all is not what it seems in this carnie world of deception, which motivates Alonso to go to sadistic and even masochistic extremes. What the fuck Criterion??? Man, we could've added a third feature here because PEEPING TOM is on the channel as well. Hopefully we'll get to that one soon. In the opener, Cory asks if it's even possible to create a cult movie these days where streaming has flattened everything out. Greg, Bob, and Philena all hold out hope. Hosts: Philena Franklin, Bob Calhoun, Cory Sklar and Greg Franklin Music: OMFYS Theme Song by Chaki the Funk Wizard "Black as the West" by "The Kiss and Crash Collective, courtesy of Kiss and Crash Collective and Sean Heskett "A Witches Sabbath" from Hector Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique" performed by the United States Marine Band, courtesy of Archive.org "Minor Lament for Solo Bass" by John Ptitucci courtesy of YouTube Audio Library BIRDEMIC trailer audio courtesy of archive.org. Web: www.oldmoviesforyoungstoners.com Instagram/Facebook (Meta): oldmoviesforyoungstoners Bluesky: @oldmoviesystoners.bsky.social Twitter (X): OM4YStoners Contact: oldmoviesforyoungstoners AT gmail DOT com Coming soon: Matt Zoller Seitz joins us again for Crazy for Kaiju with SON OF GODZILLA. Subscribe so you don't miss it.
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    1 hr and 18 mins
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