Behind The Bells Podcast

"Is she dead? No, she's just resting her eyes for a minute. Of course she's f**king dead, her neck's broken"

Despite the casting of Robert Downey Jr. (the studio had hoped to cast Johnny Knoxville instead) and Val Kilmer, the movie would start off a good luck charm that would lead to an easy shoot, even if it was Shane Black's directorial debut.

Time to see what kind of preparation the crew went on to make Kiss Kiss Bang Bang a lot like a noir movie from the 60's. See how despite good critical reviews and a good festival debut, just how stupid it's release was, forcing a failure when there shouldn't have been.

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"Hey, hey, hey! It's Christmas, wheres my present, Slick?"

Time to go into detail of one of my favorite cult Christmas movies, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. See how despite having a good track record, Shane Black's ego is lowered with the failure of The Long Kiss Goodnight and why he turned to his pulp detective stories.

See how Kiss Kiss Bang Bang initially started as a romantic comedy...because James L. Brooks thought it would make his comeback. Also see how an old friend got his movie going at Warner Brothers.

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"I am one with the Yuletide, knowwhatImean?"

Ernest Goes to Camp would prove to be a larger hit then Disney anticipated. The sequel would get a larger budget and a new location.

See how the first major production in Orlando went, how Ernest became close to becoming Santa, how reindeer forced a changed in filming, and how did became a bigger hit.

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"Trust people. It pays off more then you think"

In order to talk about Ernest Saves Christmas, I felt it was important to discuss Jim Varney's background, how he started to do commercials, how Ernest got his start, and why he got popular.

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And believe it or not, Disney got on board after discovering Ernest was more popular then the governor of Indiana and even Mickey Mouse. Let's go for a ride!

"It's Christmas Eve. It's... it's the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we... we... we smile a little easier, we... we... we cheer a little more"

Richard Donner is ready to go. Bill Murray is ready to go. The script is ready to go. What could go wrong?...Let's see, a lot of on set fighting, injuries, an ending a writer hated and critical reviews that might have not understood it yet.

The second half of the Scrooged story has a lot to uncover. So let's go for a ride!

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"I get it. You're taking me back in time to show me my mother and father, and I'm supposed to get all goosey and blubbery. Well forget it, pal, you got the wrong guy!"

Today we discover that Scrooged was the product of a script by an experimental comedian and a Playboy journalist. We also find out that Bill Murray was nervous to take on the role after a 4 year break and how Richard Donner decided to take on his first comedy

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"It is Santa! You killed him!"

The shooting in Canada wasn't only warmer then expected, but Tim Allen discovers being in a fat suit in the middle of summer isn't as pleasant as it sounds.

Plus, what did Michael Eisner want cut out of the movie? How did it fare at a crowded box office...against 3 other family movies?

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Here's a sneak peak at what your in for. Join us each week as we explore the behind the scenes stories of your favorite Christmas movies and TV specials.

"Seeing isn't believing, beliving is seeing"

Come join our holiday movie expert Robert Nicholas as he dwells into the history of Tim Allen's original Disney Christmas movie, The Santa Clause.

Learn about how two comics originally wanted Santa to be killed by a shotgun or how Tim Allen's connection to Jeffrey Katzenberg got the movie fast tracked at Disney. There's plenty to unravel.

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