Betamax Video Club

(This episode was recorded in November 2020)

Please forgive me. I'm so sorry, but I just had to do it...

Welcome to the first and last live commentary episode of Betamax, as John from the Trial Of A Time Lord podcast and I suffer the ordeal of 1978's TV disaster for the first and last time.

Listen live, and watch along with us: It is available on YouTube here https://youtu.be/6hH8rxarVG8?t=14 

This is being uploaded to the podcast feed in order to generate a video to go onto the Betamax YouTube channel, which will be the new home of the old and bonus episodes in 2022.

If you haven't already, check out my new podcast "Don't You Want Me" on all good podcast apps, where Catrin and I look at the relationships within movies such as Casino Royale, Superman and West Side Story.

Rich

"Then I'm about to make the same mistake twice..."

Originally recorded in 2019, I've decided to release the full version of the episode on A View To A Kill, with an extra 50 minutes of Marty from Thunderballs and I talking about Roger Moore, Christopher Walken and various other gushing.

This episode has lived on Patreon but with the imminent farewell of Daniel Craig as Bond, let's reminisce for Roger's 1985 exit.

If Orlebar Brown are listening, we'd still like the jackets please.

Thunderballs is launching a new radio show in October 2021, with some very special guests talking about the music of James Bond along with some other insightful questions. 

"Flash! Flash, I love you! But we only have fourteen hours to save the Earth!"

Here we are people, I did promise - the latest episode of Betamax has taken me a month to edit (so much for deadlines) but I hope you'll agree that it's worth it. Marty from Thunderballs.org crashes his rocket into my podcast and brings a bevy of Bond links, Queen chat, Timothy Dalton swooning and plenty more.

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Executive producers: Keith Foster, Jimi Fletcher, Mark Drakes, Matt Cunnington, Chris Hopkins, Omar Zambon, Ian Maddrell, Catrin Lowe, Mark Machin, Zoltan Vago, Simon Smith, Wayne McNally, Darren Hodgkins, Dan Wellington, Alex Heale, Philip Rothenberger, Alan Fewings, Tom Carr, James Kennedy, Simon Pegg, Jo Harrison, Anita Singh, Bobby Richmond

Associate producer: Chris Oakley

Visit www.patreon.com/BetamaxVideoClub for more information about bonus episodes, early access, discounted Betamax Video Club merchandise and more.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Steve Guttenberg makes his long overdue Betamax debut in the Leonard Nimoy-directed opus Three Men And A Baby. Guttenberg is joined by Tom Selleck and Ted Danson as three New York bachelors who become guardians of a baby left on their doorstep.

There is also a plot about heroin dealers which I really didn't notice when I was a kid...

Joining me to judge everyone involved is Jenny Morrill.

"This stage is no place for your personal shit, man!"

Another first-time watch for me, I'm joined by who else but Prince superfan Catrin Lowe to watch a movie made of equal parts amazing and ludicrous... Don't forget to purify yourself in a local lake after you've heard this. And if you know Darling Nikki's phone number, drop me a line.

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Executive producers: Keith Foster, Jimi Fletcher, Mark Drakes, Matt Cunnington, Chris Hopkins, Omar Zambon, Ian Maddrell, Catrin Lowe, Mark Machin, Zoltan Vago, Simon Smith, Wayne McNally, Darren Hodgkins, Dan Wellington, Alex Heale, Philip Rothenberger, Alan Fewings, Tom Carr, James Kennedy, Simon Pegg, Jo Harrison, Anita Singh, Doug Grant, Andrew Elliott, Bobby Richmond

Associate producer: Chris Oakley

Visit www.patreon.com/BetamaxVideoClub for more information about bonus episodes, early access, discounted Betamax Video Club merchandise and more.

"Pimps is an ugly word. We could call ourselves love brokers."

Welcome to the Night Shift, where Simon Smith and I will guide you through the finer points of working in a morgue, organising prostitution and hosting frat parties. At the same time...

For those who haven't seen it, here is a link to the movie on YouTube https://youtu.be/7kKzH0hczGo. I hadn't seen it before (recurring theme of recent episodes) and without spoiling it, I thought it was great.

Now can you tell me who sent him to Pimp Heaven?

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Executive producers: Keith Foster, Jimi Fletcher, Mark Drakes, Matt Cunnington, Chris Hopkins, Omar Zambon, Ian Maddrell, Catrin Lowe, Mark Machin, Zoltan Vago, Simon Smith, Wayne McNally, Darren Hodgkins, Dan Wellington, Alex Heale, Philip Rothenberger, Alan Fewings, Tom Carr, James Kennedy, Simon Pegg, Jo Harrison, Anita Singh, Doug Grant, Andrew Elliott, Bobby Richmond

Associate producer: Chris Oakley

Visit www.patreon.com/BetamaxVideoClub for more information about bonus episodes, early access, discounted Betamax Video Club merchandise and more.

"I suppose you're one of those fellows who does the Times crossword puzzle in ten minutes?" "I have *never* taken ten minutes."

Welcome back for another Roger Moore love-in... This time he plays Rufus Excalibur ffolkes (two lower-case fs) in a role that some see as a polar opposite to his James Bond. Joining me as we seek to liberate Jennifer and Ruth from the waxy Norman Bates is Andrew Beasley (as mentioned, you can buy Andrew's book about Liverpool FC here)

As also discussed, the movie is available to watch in full on YouTube here... 

Rich

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Executive producers: Keith Foster, Jimi Fletcher, Mark Drakes, Matt Cunnington, Chris Hopkins, Omar Zambon, Ian Maddrell, Catrin Lowe, Mark Machin, Zoltan Vago, Simon Smith, Wayne McNally, Darren Hodgkins, Dan Wellington, Alex Heale, Philip Rothenberger, Alan Fewings, Tom Carr, James Kennedy, Simon Pegg, Jo Harrison, Anita Singh, Jason Clarkson, Doug Grant, Andrew Elliott

Associate producer: Chris Oakley

Visit www.patreon.com/BetamaxVideoClub for more information about bonus episodes, early access, discounted Betamax Video Club merchandise and more.

"Two dollars!"

No, not another Patreon plug, but if you've seen the movie, you know the score...

Joining me at the top of the mountain in Jonathan Foster, host of The Pod Charles Cinecast, the podcast of the incredible Prince Charles Cinema. We have a good old natter about cinemas, streaming, home video and the such.

Thank you.

Rich

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Executive producers: Keith Foster, Jimi Fletcher, Mark Drakes, Matt Cunnington, Chris Hopkins, Omar Zambon, Ian Maddrell, Catrin Lowe, Mark Machin, Zoltan Vago, Simon Smith, Wayne McNally, Darren Hodgkins, Dan Wellington, Alex Heale, Philip Rothenberger, Alan Fewings, Tom Carr, James Kennedy, Simon Pegg, Jo Harrison, Anita Singh, Jason Clarkson, Doug Grant

Associate producer: Chris Oakley

Visit www.patreon.com/BetamaxVideoClub for more information about bonus episodes, early access, discounted Betamax Video Club merchandise and more.

"I ask for so little. Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave."

Greetings Goblin Kings and Queens - join Deb Tracey and myself as we go into the Labyrinth in search of Bowie, Superman and Fraggle Rock. Usual Betamax fare of course. It's another first-time watch for me, as usual aim all abuse at the usual channels.

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Executive producers: Keith Foster, Jimi Fletcher, Mark Drakes, Matt Cunnington, Chris Hopkins, Omar Zambon, Ian Maddrell, Catrin Lowe, Mark Machin, Zoltan Vago, Simon Smith, Wayne McNally, Darren Hodgkins, Dan Wellington, Alex Heale, Philip Rothenberger, Alan Fewings, Tom Carr, James Kennedy, Simon Pegg, Jo Harrison, Anita Singh, Jason Clarkson

Associate producer: Chris Oakley

Visit www.patreon.com/BetamaxVideoClub for more information about bonus episodes, early access, discounted Betamax Video Club merchandise and more.