IMMP

By Matthew Porter and Ian PorterComedy TV & Film Society & Culture

IMMP episodes

August 23, 2021073: THE MANHATTAN PROJECT
Science fairs are fun. Wouldn't they be more fun with working nuclear weapons?
John Lithgow, Christopher Collet, Cynthia Nixon and John Mahoney find out in 1986's THE MANHATTAN PROJECT.
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Links:
The Manhattan Project (film) - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: WARGAMES
Previously on IMMP: COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT
Christopher Collet - Wikipedia
John Lithgow - Wikipedia
John Mahoney - Wikipedia
Cynthia Nixon - Wikipedia
The Goonies - Wikipedia
Myst - Wikipedia
Monkey Island (game series) - Wikipedia
How Nuclear Bombs Work | HowStuffWorks
Hotel Pennsylvania - Wikipedia
G.I. Joe: Retaliation - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: Bonus Show - HACKERS
54 min
August 09, 2021072: COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT
Following up on Wargames, Ian and Matthew talk about a 1970 movie in which a scientist creates a supercomputer to protect mankind from nuclear war -- and succeeds!
Sounds happy, doesn't it?
It's not.
It's COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT.
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Links:
Colossus: The Forbin Project - Wikipedia
Joseph Sargent - Wikipedia
Eric Braeden - Wikipedia
Gordon Pinsent - Wikipedia
Susan Clark - Wikipedia
William Schallert - Wikipedia
Colossus (novel) - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: WARGAMES
Previously on IMMP: Disney’s THE COMPUTER WORE TENNIS SHOES
Previously on IMMP: Disney’s THE STRONGEST MAN IN THE WORLD
Rorschach (character) - Wikipedia
Her (film) - Wikipedia
Ex Machina (film) - Wikipedia
Neuromancer - Wikipedia
E3 Sony 2006 / Giant Enemy Crab | Know Your Meme
Previously on IMMP: THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD
49 min
July 26, 2021071: WARGAMES
DON'T TAKE THE MEN OUT OF THE PODCAST LOOP. Instead listen to Ian and Matthew talk about 1983's WARGAMES starring Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, John Wood, Dabney Coleman and Barry Corbin.
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Links:
WarGames - Wikipedia
Matthew Broderick - Wikipedia
Ally Sheedy - Wikipedia
Dabney Coleman - Wikipedia
John Wood - Wikipedia
Barry Corbin - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: POKÉMON 3: THE MOVIE
Previously on IMMP: CLOAK & DAGGER
WarGames: The Dead Code - Wikipedia
Amazon.com: WarGames [Blu-ray]: Various, Various: Movies & TV
Previously on IMMP: Bonus Show - HACKERS
51 min
July 12, 2021070: POKÉMON 3: THE MOVIE (The Millennial Strikes Back)
POKÉMON 3: THE MOVIE. Or POKÉMON THE MOVIE 3. Or SPELL OF THE UNOWN: ENTEI. Or... listen, this movie has a lot of titles. But we’re here to find out what it meant to Ian, and why. And does it still hold up?
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Links:
The Official Pokémon Website | Pokemon.com | Explore the World of Pokémon
Pokémon - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: RAY HARRYHAUSEN Part 1
Previously on IMMP: RAY HARRYHAUSEN Part 2
Pokémon 3: The Movie - Wikipedia
It's a Good Life (The Twilight Zone) - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: KRULL
Nick Offerman - Wikipedia
WandaVision - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: Dean Stockwell and Sandra Dee in THE DUNWICH HORROR (1970)
Pokémon or prescription medications? | Nintendo Wire
Previously on IMMP: THUNDERBIRDS by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson
Previously on IMMP: The Incredible Hulk
Detective Pikachu (film) - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: SUPERMAN (1978)
Death Note - Wikipedia
Pokemon Movies 1-3 on DVD (Amazon)
1 hr 1 min
June 28, 2021069: RAY HARRYHAUSEN Part 2
Harryhausen Month continues with a look at two of his more concrete sci fi movies: EARTH VS THE FLYING SAUCERS and 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH.
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Links:
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers - Wikipedia
20 Million Miles to Earth - Wikipedia
Ray Harryhausen - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: RAY HARRYHAUSEN Part 1
Donald Keyhoe - Wikipedia
Nightcore - Wikipedia
The Day the Earth Stood Still - Wikipedia
Independence Day (1996 film) - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: Gerry Anderson’s UFO
H. R. Giger - Wikipedia
Red Planet Mars - Wikipedia
Welcome to Mars | The MIT Press
Welcome to Mars by Ken Hollings and Simon James (Audio on the Internet Archive)
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers [Blu-Ray] - Amazon
20 Million Miles to Earth (50th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray] - Amazon
1 hr 4 min
June 14, 2021068: RAY HARRYHAUSEN Part 1
June is Ray Harryhausen Month! Ian and Matthew celebrate Ray Harryhausen's 101st birthday with a look at two of his earliest movies: THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS and IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA.
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Links:
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms - Wikipedia
It Came from Beneath the Sea - Wikipedia
Kenneth Tobey - Wikipedia
Paul Hubschmid - Wikipedia
Paula Raymond - Wikipedia
Cecil Kellaway - Wikipedia
Faith Domergue - Wikipedia
Donald Curtis - Wikipedia
Ray Bradbury - Wikipedia
The Fog Horn - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD
Cloverfield - Wikipedia
Weta Digital - Wikipedia
Weta Workshop - Wikipedia
Laika (company) - Wikipedia
Sandstone Inkjet or binder jet full color 3d printing - YouTube
The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms - Amazon
It Came From Beneath the Sea on DVD - Amazon
53 min
May 31, 2021067: Dean Stockwell and Sandra Dee in THE DUNWICH HORROR (1970)
H.P. Lovecraft's cosmic horror gets a 70s-hippie-sex-magic take in this Roger Corman-produced version of THE DUNWICH HORROR.
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Links:
The Dunwich Horror (film) - Wikipedia
Dean Stockwell - Wikipedia
Sandra Dee - Wikipedia
Ed Begley - Wikipedia
Daniel Haller - Wikipedia
Roger Corman - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: THE THIN MAN
Previously on IMMP: WKW - SPACE: 1999, PROJECT U.F.O. and THE THIN MAN
The Dunwich Horror (Amazon)
The Dunwich Horror by H. P. Lovecraft (Amazon)
H. P. Lovecraft - Wikipedia
Necronomicon - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: Max Headroom
Previously on IMMP: GHOSTBUSTERS
Big Trouble in Little China - Wikipedia
Tangela | Pokédex
Opening Credits - THE DUNWICH HORROR
57 min
May 17, 2021066: Bill Murray in THE RAZOR’S EDGE
Matthew has shown Ian Bill Murray in Stripes. And Bill Murray in Ghostbusters. And now, Bill Murray in ... an adaptation of a 1944 novel by W. Somerset Maugham.
It's finally time for Ian to learn his Dad's complicated relationship with The Razor's Edge.
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Links:
The Razor's Edge (1984 film) - Wikipedia
The Razor's Edge - Wikipedia
The Razor's Edge (1946 film) - Wikipedia
Bill Murray - Wikipedia
Somerset Maugham - Wikipedia
John Byrum - Wikipedia
Denholm Elliott - Wikipedia
Theresa Russell - Wikipedia
Catherine Hicks - Wikipedia
Brian Doyle-Murray - Wikipedia
James Keach - Wikipedia
The Razor's Edge on DVD (Amazon)
The Razor's Edge on Prime Video (Amazon)
The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham (Amazon)
Previously on IMMP: GHOSTBUSTERS
Previously on IMMP: Stripes
A Very Murray Christmas - Wikipedia
Persona (game series) - Wikipedia
Upanishads - Wikipedia
Jack Nitzsche - Wikipedia
Wes Anderson - Wikipedia
52 min
May 03, 2021065: GHOSTBUSTERS
Matthew was enthralled by the film when it premiered in 1984, but Ian has never known a world without GHOSTBUSTERS and the sprawling franchise it launched. How will this affect the spirit in which they view the original movie?
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Links:
Ghostbusters - Wikipedia
Ivan Reitman - Wikipedia
Dan Aykroyd - Wikipedia
Bill Murray - Wikipedia
Harold Ramis - Wikipedia
Sigourney Weaver - Wikipedia
Rick Moranis - Wikipedia
Annie Potts - Wikipedia
Ernie Hudson - Wikipedia
Ghostbusters (franchise) - Wikipedia
The Real Ghostbusters - Wikipedia
Ecto Cooler | Ghostbusters Wiki | Fandom
Previously on IMMP: STRIPES
Art Bell - Wikipedia
Cabbage Patch Kids - Wikipedia
Ghostbusters Role-Playing Game | Ghostbusters Wiki | Fandom
Ghostbusters (2016 film) - Wikipedia
Ghostbusters: Afterlife - Wikipedia
1 hr 1 min
April 19, 2021064: SOMEWHERE IN TIME starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour
Some say love is destined to transcend the bounds of time. How about a movie? What will Ian think of Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour and Christopher Plummer in the 1980 time travel romance SOMEWHERE IN TIME?
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Links:
Somewhere in Time (film) - Wikipedia
Christopher Reeve - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: SUPERMAN (1978)
Jane Seymour (actress) - Wikipedia
Christopher Plummer - Wikipedia
Richard Matheson - Wikipedia
Bid Time Return - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER
Grand Hotel (Mackinac Island) - Wikipedia
Mackinac Island, Michigan - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: LAND OF THE LOST
Airplane! - Wikipedia
Midnight in Paris - Wikipedia
List of films featuring time loops - Wikipedia
Kate & Leopold - Wikipedia
Dead Again - Wikipedia
The Lake House (film) - Wikipedia
The Time Traveler's Wife (film) - Wikipedia
What Dreams May Come - Wikipedia
What Dreams May Come (film) - Wikipedia
1 hr 7 min

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Matthew Porter and his son Ian Porter explore movies, TV, books and music from Matthew's youth, way back in the 20th Century. What stands the test of time? What doesn’t? And what's still worth binging…