Arts & Entertainment with Chris & Randall

Chris talks about listening to music on Youtube. At the end, Chris surprises Randall by bringing up his appearance in a Radiohead video.

The Beatles WABC transistor radios The walkman Marci Wiser on KLOS Rick Beato Professor of Rock Polyphonic Nora Jones Neil Sedaka Vera Lynn Leland Sklar The Hindley Street Country Club Band Geek Podcast Richie Castellano Post-Modern Jukebox The Police Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole's "Over the Rainbow" Radiohead's "Fake Plastic Trees"

Originally recorded: July 6, 2020

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Randall explains to Chris why he thinks J.J. Abrams is a hack writer with bad artistic instincts.

Works and artists discussed include:

J.J. Abrams

Lost

Regarding Henry (1991)

Star Trek (2009)

Alias

Felicity

Forever Young (1992) E

pisode VII – The Force Awakens

Episode VIII – The Last Jedi

Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker

Episode IV – A New Hope

Adam Driver

Rian Johnson

George Lucas

The Brothers Bloom (2008)

Looper (2012)

Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

Episode VI – Return of the Jedi

Lawrence Kasdan

10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

Original recording date: July 6, 2020

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Chris & Randall have a broad discussion of the genre of Young Adult Fiction.

Works and authors mentioned: Little Women Louisa May Alcott Huckleberry Finn Treasure Island Alice in Wonderland Charles Dickens Great Expectations Catcher in the Rye The Outsiders Johnny Tremain Go Ask Alice Judy Bloom Scholastic Magazine After School Special The Great Brain Encyclopedia Brown Teen Titans New Mutants Stephen King Carrie Firestarter Fame (1980) Catherine Breillat 36 fillette (1988) Fast Times at Ridgemont High Less Than Zero Piers Anthony The Drifters The Summer of '42 (1971) Goosebumps Harry Potter Flowers in the Attic Chronicles of Narnia Twilight Hunger Games The Perks of Being a Wallflower Sweet Valley High Babysitter's Club

Originally recorded: June 29, 2020

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Chris & Randall devote a whole show to the discussion of the 1976 movie Network.

Original recording date: June 22, 2020

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Is the horror movie genre somehow predisposed to be politically right-wing or conservative?

Some works discussed this episode:

Gilgamesh

Beowulf

Dracula (novel)

Frankenstein (novel)

Nosferatu (1922)

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

I Am Legend (novel)

The Last Man on Earth (1964)

The Omega Man (1971)

I Am Legend (2007)

Jurassic Park (1993)

Get Out (2017)

Us (2019)

The Purge (2013)

Recording date: June 15, 2020

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In a massive 1.5 hour discussion, Chris and I discuss select 1980s comedy movies. Divided into 3 parts for your convenience.

Part 3: John Hughes and late 80s

Titles discussed include:

16 candles (1984) The Breakfast Club (1985)

Pretty in Pink (1986)

Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

Adventures in Babysitting (1987)

Heathers (1989)

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)

Say Anything (1989)

In a massive 1.5 hour discussion, Chris and I discuss select 1980s comedy movies. Divided into 3 parts for your convenience.

Part 2: nerd movies

Titles discussed include:

The Sure Thing (1985)

Lucas (1986)

Revenge of the Nerds (1984)

Weird Science (1985)

Real Genius (1985)

War Games (1983)

Back to the Future (1985)

Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

In a massive 1.5 hour discussion, Chris and I discuss select 1980s comedy movies. Divided into 3 parts for your convenience.

Part 1: early 80s.

Titles discussed include:

My Bodyguard (1980)

Porky's (1981)

Zapped! (1982)

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

Valley Girl (1983)

Risky Business (1983)

The Last American Virgin (1982)

Randall suggests that we are living in a cultural era superseding that of the mass media era, the era of the fanboy.

Chris & Randall have a discussion of stand up they like and have liked.