IMMP

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

IMMP episodes

May 18196: Humongous Entertainment Games (The Millennial Strikes Back)
Ian leads Matthew through a discussion of some of the best, weirdest, and most subversive kids computer games from the 1990s: the Humongous Entertainment lineup including Freddi Fish, Spyfox, and Backyard Baseball.
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Links:
Humongous Entertainment - Wikipedia
Lucasfilm Games - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: MYST
Loading Ready Run - Games for Babies 2022-05-30 || Bonus Stream - YouTube
Previously on IMMP: HOMESTARRUNNER.COM (The Millennial Strikes Back)
52 min
May 04195: THE LOVE BOAT
Set a course for adventure, as the IMMP boards the iconic 1970s network titan THE LOVE BOAT.
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The Tommy Westphall Universe
Russian Sleep Experiment - Wikipedia (CW: Horror)
Polybius (urban legend) - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Previously on IMMP: MY FAVORITE MARTIAN
Previously on IMMP: Murder, She Wrote
Previously on IMMP: THE KARATE KID
Previously on IMMP: Bixby Boys episodes
1 hr 6 min
April 20194: In Search Of…On A Boat! (We Kept Watching)
We Kept Watching! Ian and Matthew return to Leonard Nimoy and the 1970s investigation show In Search of…, to explore the episodes involving ships and all things nautical. The Titanic, The Bermuda Triangle, and more!
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Previously on IMMP: IN SEARCH OF… Hosted by Leonard Nimoy
Previously on IMMP: In Search Of: ALIENS (We Kept Watching)
Previously on IMMP: NIMOY'S PREVIOUS FRONTIER (Mission Impossible)
Demons and YouTube - SHELBY OAKS (Drafthouse Diary Movie Vlog) - YouTube
CIA remote viewing training document
CONTACT EXPERIENCE: Visiting the 2022 Roswell UFO Festival - YouTube
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction - Wikipedia
44 min
March 30193: THE KARATE KID
Pat Morita and Ralph Macchio star in a sports movie -- but much more than a sports movie -- from the magical year of 1984.
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Previously on IMMP - Movies from 1984
“Are We the Baddies?” — That Mitchell and Webb Look - YouTube
1 hr 3 min
March 16192: Bruce Lee in ENTER THE DRAGON
Part James Bond thriller, part sports movie, and turbocharged with Bruce Lee's amazing martial arts talent. Ian and Matthew discuss the 1973 martial arts spy thriller that was to have been Bruce Lee's entry into Hollywood stardom: ENTER THE DRAGON
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Links:
Bruce Lee | Biography, Martial Arts, Movies, Death, Son, & Facts | Britannica
Enter the Dragon - Wikipedia
John Saxon - Wikipedia
Jim Kelly (martial artist) - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: LIZZIE McGUIRE (A Millennial Strikes Back)
Previously on IMMP: KUNG FU (1972)
Tekken - Wikipedia
FRIDGE Slang Meaning | Merriam-Webster
Previously on IMMP: THE GREAT RACE (1965)
Previously on IMMP: CONAN THE DESTROYER
Previously on IMMP: Disney's SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (1983)
53 min
March 02191: KUNG FU (1972)
In the 1970s a lot of American TV viewers were introduced to Buddhism and martial arts by an unlikely Western series: KUNG FU.
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Links:
Kung Fu (1972 TV series) - Wikipedia
Keye Luke - Wikipedia
Philip Ahn - Wikipedia
David Carradine - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: The Incredible Hulk
Previously on IMMP: A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS
Previously on IMMP: HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER
Previously on IMMP: FORBIDDEN PLANET starring Anne Francis and Leslie Nielsen
1 hr 11 min
February 16190: LIZZIE McGUIRE (A Millennial Strikes Back)
Jennifer Ogden-Porter (wife of Ian Porter!) joins the IMMP once again, this time to introduce Ian and Matthew to mysteries heretofore unknown to them: The Disney Channel's LIZZIE McGUIRE starring Hilary Duff.
We learn how Lizzie taught Jen how to be a middle school girl — and how those lessons may reach beyond early-2000s TV.
Special Guest: Jennifer Ogden-Porter.
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Links:
Lizzie McGuire | Disney.com
Previously on IMMP: FATHER OF THE BRIDE (1991)
Previously on IMMP: FILLMORE! (The Millennial Strikes Back)
Previously on IMMP: John Cusack in BETTER OFF DEAD
Previously on IMMP: Val Kilmer in REAL GENIUS
1 hr 25 min
February 03189: POLICE SQUAD (In Color)
Our tribute to Leslie Nielsen concludes with the TV series that asked the question -- can the ZAZ comedy style work on television?
Freeze! It's *POLICE SQUAD! *(In Color)
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Previously on IMMP: FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956)
Previously on IMMP: AIRPLANE!
Previously on IMMP: Columbo
Previously on IMMP: We Kept Watching: COLUMBO and THE AVENGERS
Previously on IMMP: THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO
Previously on IMMP: FILLMORE! (The Millennial Strikes Back)
Tommy Lasorda - Wikipedia
Joyce Brothers - Wikipedia
(8) Jokes on Full Auto - THE NAKED GUN (Drafthouse Diary Movie Vlog) - YouTube
The Missing Card || Friday Nights S9E06 - YouTube
Previously on IMMP: DIRTY HARRY (1971)
55 min
January 19188: AIRPLANE!
The IMMP celebration of Leslie Nielsen continues with one of the greatest career pivots in Hollywood history. The shift that launched ten thousand jokes (per movie), and brought the Zucker-Abrams-Zucker era of comedy into the mainstream
It's 1980's AIRPLANE!
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Links:
Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: DONNIE DARKO (The Millennial Strikes Back)
Previously on IMMP: Irwin Allen's THE TOWERING INFERNO
Previously on IMMP: Irwin Allen’s THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE
Airport (1970 film) - Wikipedia
Zero Hour! - Wikipedia
MegaTokyo - [9] Speak L33t?
Previously on IMMP: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN by Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder
Previously on IMMP: Danny Kaye in THE COURT JESTER (1955)
52 min
January 05187: FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956)
2026 at the IMMP kicks off with a celebration of the stalwart, always watchable Leslie Nielsen as we approach the 100th anniversary of his birth. And what better place to start than his role as Commander Adams of the United Planets in the classic and influential science fiction take on Shakespear's The Tempest: FORBIDDEN PLANET.
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Previously on IMMP: Irwin Allen’s THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE
Previously on IMMP: WARGAMES
Previously on IMMP: THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
Previously on IMMP: COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT
Previously on IMMP: LOST IN SPACE - The Original Series
Previously on IMMP: Project U.F.O.
Previously on IMMP: We Kept Watching - SPACE: 1999, PROJECT U.F.O. and THE THIN MAN
Kyle Kallgren - Forbidden Planet and the Magic in Science Fiction - YouTube
Forbidden Planet NYC
1 hr 17 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…