IMMP

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

IMMP episodes

December 22, 2025186: CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG
The IMMP 2025 Holiday Road Trip continues with a tale of danger, intrigue, espionage, violence, regime change, and romance ... in the form of a movie for children.
A kid's movie from the mind of Ian Fleming.
It's the beloved Dick Van Dyke (Happy 100th Birthday, sir!) in CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG.
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Previously on IMMP: THE GREAT RACE (1965)
Previously on IMMP: POLTERGEIST (1982)
Previously on IMMP - Episodes Tagged with “james bond”
Previously on IMMP: THE GUNS OF NAVARONE
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S Review (Drafthouse Diary Movie Vlog) - YouTube
Jeremy Clarkson - Wikipedia
Marble Hornets - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: Disney's SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES (1983)
Return to the 36th Chamber - Wikipedia
— Also known as RETURN OF THE MASTER KILLER.
Anti-racism statement - Roald Dahl Museum & Story Centre
Previously on IMMP: THE ITALIAN JOB (1969)
1 hr 10 min
December 08, 2025185: THE GREAT RACE (1965)
It's time for the IMMP Holiday Road Trip! We begin with a drive from New York to Paris, as we follow Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood in Blake Edwards' THE GREAT RACE.
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The Great Race - Wikipedia
Great race - disambiguation - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: Columbo
Previously on IMMP: We Kept Watching: COLUMBO and THE AVENGERS
Previously on IMMP: BUCKAROO BANZAI
Team Rocket trio - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia
Previously on IMMP: POKÉMON 3: THE MOVIE (The Millennial Strikes Back)
Previously on IMMP: SPEED RACER - Live at NDK
Unmatched Collection - Restoration Games
Wacky Races: The Complete Series
The Dover Boys at Pimento University - Looney Tunes Wiki
Previously on IMMP: THE GUMBALL RALLY
1 hr 10 min
November 24, 2025184: FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE
Navaronevember continues! This episode Ian and Matthew discuss the long-delayed sequel to The Guns of Navarone, featuring our favorite characters from the original, played by brand new actors ... plus two significant new American characters. It's 1978's FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE.
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Force 10 from Navarone (film) - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: THE GUNS OF NAVARONE
Previously on IMMP: The Avengers
Previously on IMMP: James Bond in THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
1 hr 12 min
November 10, 2025183: THE GUNS OF NAVARONE
November kicks off with a first for the IMMP Podcast: A World War II movie!
In this 1961 classic, Gregory Peck and David Niven brave hostile terrain, German patrols and so, so many cigarettes to destroy THE GUNS OF NAVARONE
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The Guns of Navarone (film) - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: ICE STATION ZEBRA
Original Poster - The Guns of Navarone (film)
The Guns of Navarone - "modern" poster
Previously on IMMP: Irwin Allen’s VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA (TV Series)
1 hr 11 min
October 27, 2025182: POLTERGEIST (1982)
Halloween Season 2025 continues with a Spielberg classic, directed by Tobe Hooper, of a suburban family strugging against an evil tree, a hungry closet, and a truly terrible choice of neighborhood. It's 1982's POLTERGEIST.
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Poltergeist (1982 film) - Wikipedia
Tobe Hooper - Wikipedia
IMMP - Episodes Tagged with “halloween”
Previously on IMMP: GHOSTBUSTERS
Presence (2024) - IMDb
1 hr 11 min
October 14, 2025181: THE UNINVITED (1944)
To kick off Halloween season 2025, Matthew and Ian talk about the classic ghost story THE UNINVITED, starring Ray Milland, Gail Russell and Ruth Hussey.
Along the way the discussion ventures into haunted families, finding the right tone in a horror movie, and a surprising connection between this 1944 film and THE MARTIAN.
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The Uninvited (1944 film) - Wikipedia
Lewis Allen (director) - Wikipedia
Ray Milland - Wikipedia
Gail Russell - Wikipedia
Dorothy Macardle - Wikipedia
Jane Schoenbrun
1 hr 2 min
September 29, 2025180: John Cusack in BETTER OFF DEAD
Back to School month continues at the IMMP, as Ian and Matthew discuss the dark, surreal, and just plain weird Savage Steve Holland comedy BETTER OFF DEAD from 1985, starring John Cusak and Curtis Armstrong.
The 80s were a weird time.
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Better Off Dead (film) - Wikipedia
John Cusack - Wikipedia
Curtis Armstrong - Wikipedia
Savage Steve Holland - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP: MOONLIGHTING
56 min
September 15, 2025179: Val Kilmer in REAL GENIUS
It's Back to School time at the IMMP, so Ian and Matthew check in with the gang at Pacific Tech for the 1985 cool-science college comedy REAL GENIUS.
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Previously on IMMP: THE MANHATTAN PROJECT
Previously on IMMP: Disney's Medfield College movies
Previously on IMMP: GHOSTBUSTERS
Previously on IMMP: DIE HARD
NSF ZEUS becomes the most powerful laser in the U.S. | NSF - National Science Foundation
Previously on IMMP: Bonus Show - HACKERS
"MythBusters" Car vs. Rain (TV Episode 2009) - IMDb
The Social Network - Wikipedia
1 hr 16 min
September 05, 2025178: Live at NDK 2025 - BATTLE OF THE PLANETS meets GATCHAMAN
You may know them as SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN. But middle-schoolers in the 1970s knew them as G-Force from BATTLE OF THE PLANETS!
In this special episode of the Inter-Millennium Media Project podcast, recorded live at Colorado's Nan Desu Kan anime convention, Matthew and Ian discuss the classic anime, its Americanized release in the USA, and how it appealed to a generation of fans.
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Previously on IMMP: IMMP Live at NDK
Previously on IMMP: Gerry Anderson’s UFO
Sandy Frank - Wikipedia
Casey Kasem — Radio Hall of Fame
G-Force (2009 rodent film) - Wikipedia
Gatchaman Crowds | TV Tropes
Digimon - Wikipedia
43 min
August 28, 2025 Bonus Show: INTO THE 8th DIMENSION
A bonus from the IMMP Patreon feed! In this special compaion show to Episode 173 about THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI: ACROSS THE 8th DIMENSION, Matthew and Ian explore an amazingly detailed documentary about the making of that weird classic.
It's 2016's INTO THE 8th DIMENSION!
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31 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…