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

IMMP episodes

October 22, 2023 Bonus: THE LOST ISLAND
At long last, Ian and Matthew have seen a mysterious, legendary part of the Sid and Marty Krofft universe: THE LOST ISLAND.
It’s a mash-up of Lidsville, Land of the Lost, H.R. Pufnstuff, and more, and appeared as a segment of the Krofft Superstar Hour hosted by the Bay City Rollers!
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14 min
October 16, 2023129: THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933)
Halloween season 2023 continues at the IMMP as Ian and Matthew watched (well, sort of watched?) Claude Rains in Universal's 1933 THE INVISIBLE MAN.
WARNING: Includes a very nerdy digression about hidden movement boardgames.
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Links:
The Invisible Man (1933 film) - Wikipedia
Claude Rains - Wikipedia
Una O'Connor (actress) - Wikipedia
IMMP - Halloween episodes
Previously on IMMP: THE MUMMY (1932)
Tommy Westphall Universe | Fandom
Previously on IMMP: Disney’s NOW YOU SEE HIM NOW YOU DON’T
Previously on IMMP: THE THIN MAN
The Invisible Man (1975 TV series) | The Invisible Man Wiki | Fandom
Gemini Man (series) | The I-Man Wiki | Fandom
Hollow Man - Wikipedia
My Hero Academia - Wikipedia
Noah Centineo - Wikipedia
47 min
October 02, 2023128: THE MUMMY (1932)
This year’s Halloween theme at the Inter-Millennium Media Project surveys more of the Universal movie monster landscape, starting with Boris Karloff in 1932’s THE MUMMY, a tale of love, death, magic, and dangerous jewelry.
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Links:
The Mummy (1932 film) - Wikipedia
Boris Karloff - Wikipedia
Zita Johann - Wikipedia
IMMP - Halloween Episodes
Dead Again - Wikipedia
Imhotep | Ancient Egyptian Architect, Physician & Statesman | Britannica
Universal's Dark Universe: What Went Wrong?
The Mummy (franchise) - Wikipedia
55 min
September 18, 2023127: MY FAVORITE YEAR
Come visit the live television industry of 1954 through the lens of a movie from the 1980s: MY FAVORITE YEAR directed by Richard Benjamin, starring Mark Lin-Baker and Peter O'Toole. Truly a movie for fans of movies!
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Links:
My Favorite Year - Wikipedia
Peter O'Toole - Wikipedia
Mark Linn-Baker - Wikipedia
Errol Flynn - Wikipedia
Sid Caesar - Wikipedia
Drunken Master - Wikipedia
30 Rock - Wikipedia
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - Wikipedia
MST3K 820 - Space Mutiny | MST3K | Fandom
53 min
September 04, 2023126: STAR BLAZERS - Live from NDK 2023
Recorded live at Nan Desu Kan 2023 in Colorado, this special episode takes on STAR BLAZERS -- the Americanized version of Leiji Matsumoto's SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO, and the object of Matthew's first anime fan geek-outs with his middle school friends, way back in the 1970s.
Video version will be on the IMMP YouTube channel soon!
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Links:
Nan Desu Kan | Friendship - Anime - Community: The Premier Anime Convention of the Rockies
Star Blazers - Wikipedia
Space Battleship Yamato - Wikipedia
Leiji Matsumoto - Wikipedia
IMMP 100: GIGANTOR! live from NDK
Neon Genesis Evangelion (franchise) - Wikipedia
IMMP 080: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
Infinite Improbability Drive | Hitchhikers | Fandom
Wave-Motion Cannon - Yugipedia - Yu-Gi-Oh! wiki
IMMP 118: Irwin Allen’s VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA (TV Series)
53 min
August 21, 2023 125: THE ITALIAN JOB (1969)
Our 2023 Summer Road Trip season wraps up with a beloved car movie out of Swinging England of 1969: THE ITALIAN JOB!
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1 hr 7 min
August 07, 2023124: SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT
The IMMP Summer Road Trip continues with a 1977 classic about an intrepid truck driver (Jerry Reed), with his buddy (Burt Reynolds) and his buddy's sudden new girlfriend (Sally Field) hauling bootleg beer one step ahead of the law (Jackie Gleason). It's SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT!
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Links:
Smokey and the Bandit - Wikipedia
Hal Needham - Wikipedia
Burt Reynolds - Wikipedia
Sally Field - Wikipedia
Jackie Gleason - Wikipedia
Jerry Reed - Wikipedia
Large Adult Sons | Know Your Meme
The Land of the Large Adult Son | The New Yorker
Previously on IMMP: FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
Previously on IMMP: THE GUMBALL RALLY
52 min
July 24, 2023123: THE GUMBALL RALLY
Summer is time for road trips. And for the IMMP that starts with the odd, stylish 1976 action comedy THE GUMBALL RALLY.
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Links:
The Gumball Rally - Wikipedia
Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash - Wikipedia
Cannonball (film) - Wikipedia
Scrapheap Challenge - Wikipedia
Robot Wars (TV series) - Wikipedia
Gumball 3000 - Wikipedia
Theory: Snowpiercer Is A Sequel To Willy Wonka
Drive (2007 TV series) - Wikipedia
Wonkapiercer - Theory Video Playlist
53 min
July 10, 2023122: Lego BIONICLE (The Millennial Strikes Back)
This week Ian takes over to show Matthew the 2003 direct-to-DVD movie BIONICLE: THE MASK OF LIGHT, which turns into a discussion of all things related to Lego's BIONICLE, a saga that extended beyond the toy line it was created to support.
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Links:
Bionicle - Wikipedia
The BIONICLE Wiki | Fandom
IMMP - Ray Harryhausen Months
Previously on IMMP: FANTASTIC VOYAGE
Cells at Work! - Wikipedia
Patton Oswalt Explains "My Little Pony" | CONAN on TBS - YouTube
Lego Site Irks Maori Sympathizer | WIRED
Matoran Alphabet | The BIONICLE Wiki | Fandom
Pigpen cipher - Wikipedia
56 min
June 26, 2023121: CLASH OF THE TITANS (1981)
The IMMP's final Harryhausen Month comes to a close with the final film of Ray Harryhausen's career: the 1981 epic of Greek mythology CLASH OF THE TITANS.
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Links:
Clash of the Titans (1981 film) - Wikipedia
Previously on IMMP - Ray Harryhausen movies
Previously on IMMP: FIRST MEN IN THE MOON
Previously on IMMP: JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (1963)
Orson Welles Quote on happy endings | Quote Catalog
— Orson Welles said, “If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.”
Previously on IMMP: John Carpenter’s ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK
Previously on IMMP: RAY HARRYHAUSEN Part 2
— Includes 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH (1957)
Mythos a book by Stephen Fry (affiliate link)
52 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…