Cracker Classics

That new "Ratched" series on Netflix got us wondering if she got a bad rap. So this week we watch One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and give our stilted view on mental health.

In which we both watch "A Streetcar Named Desire" for the first time, then act like we can analyze after just one viewing.

We look at capitalism and racial stereotypes with the 1945 Brewster's Millions. There's 14 different film versions of this trite tale and we had to pick one. Listen to see if we regret our choice.

We all know the story of Robin Hood and his tights, but everyone says the 1938 Errol Flynn version is the best one. Let's see if that's true or if it just makes Robin a cultish figure.

For our 20th episode, we naturally went controversy and watched Melvin van Peebles's Watermelon Man, whiteface and all. Is it offensive, or just too real?

We watch 1949's "The Fountainhead" and get all objectivist and a bit off-topic. Join us as we destroy Ayn Rand's philosophy and discover what it has really done for America. Spoilers, it's nothing. Objectively speaking, of course.

We get all meta and voyeur this week as we watch Grace Kelly watch Jimmy Stewart watch the neighbors in Rear Window. Is it a tense thriller or just Hitchcock being creepy? 

We're ruining your childhood this week with Spanko! We watch the original Dumbo and wonder why the hell it was remade. Also Ian discovers new uses for elephant trunks.

No, we're not doing "Streetcar" this week. Instead, we are tearing John Wayne a new one with the Western classic "Stagecoach." They say it transcends the Western genre, but is that a good thing?

We watch Frank Capra's "It Happened One Night," first winner of the Big 5 Oscars, and try to decide what "it" was and which night it happened.