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September 16, 2023 Episode 110: Is It Feud Season 2: The Human Cannonball?
This episode: Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

Oh my goodness Campers. You know what, we don't really cover films about middle-aged women from Nebraska, no sir. Well let's fix that right now! Sam & Sarah are heading on a vacation to the most glamorous place in all of Canada: the Edmonton Mall. Oh wow, its like a shopping paradise, and you know, you just don't hear enough about it. You can buy so many things there, it's adventures every day! So to prepare, the Counsellors have decided to watch Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar, to get the best out of their wildly exciting vacation.
Is Sam going to do a sustained accent? How good is Jamie Dornan's song? And who the fuck is Trish?
Pack your daytime and nighttime culottes and join us!

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Sarah: @sourcitruslady
Sam: @rhysindigo
1 hr 54 min
September 09, 2023 Episode 109: Is It An Immortal Cat?
This episode: Glitter

Nope. We've done this too many times now. At least once a year the Camp Counsellors try to start a band and make it big, and frankly it's becoming old hat. They start out, gain some momentum, start to make it big, dark night of soul, reconciliation, life is better than ever, the end. It's been done so much that even Mariah Carey got in on this plot. So that's why we're watching her film Glitter.
How much time is passing in this film? Why does Sam hate what Mariah did to Choir soloists? And are we supposed to like or hate her love interest?
Join us in an episode that's barely audible because we hit so many whistle notes.
Articles mentioned in this episode:
https://www.vulture.com/2021/09/the-never-ending-story-of-glitter-20-years-on.html
https://nymag.com/news/features/influentials/16905/
https://jezebel.com/a-brief-history-of-mariah-carey-blaming-glitters-failur-1847644876
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/rabbit-holes/the-justiceforglitter-campaign-rescues-a-mariah-carey-dud

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Sarah: @sourcitruslady
Sam: @rhysindigo
2 hr 3 min
September 02, 2023 Episode 108: Is It A Manic Pixie Dream Girl?
This episode: Paprika

Oh goodness, I just had the weirdest dream. That Camp Counsellors Sam and Sarah took me to a nightclub, but everyone there was my mom, and then she made me move down into the sewers where a Nosferatu was loose, but because I was in a pineapple costume I couldn't move too well, and I fell over, and the Camp Counsellors watched as the Nosferatu disembowled me through the pineapple. What do you think it means? Well, let's watch Satoshi Kon's film Paprika to see of it can shed some light upon it.
How does Paprika pull of Dream Logic better than most other dream oriented films? Why are Sam and Sarah excited to talk about films in a film that's about dreams? And let's talk about fatphobia!
Hook up your DC-Mini and join us in a wild and exciting dream!

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Sarah: @sourcitruslady
Sam: @rhysindigo
1 hr 54 min
August 26, 2023 Episode 107: Is It A McDonald's Manager?
This episode: Love Never Dies

It's here, the sequel to the episode that no-one but Camp Counsellor Sarah was asking to do. The phantom of…. well, Phantom of the Opera looms large over this property, but can Love Never Dies escape as its own property worthy of love? Or will it be forced to choose between two equally terrible fates of either being forgotten or completely hated?
Is this musical about a man who's totally not bitter that his wife divorced him? How do you kneecap a mysterious and sexy character like the Phantom? And do you think Andrew has seen a Tim Burton?
Accept our invite and listen to this episode for twice the salary you'd listen to anyone else's podcast!
Video mentioned in this episode:
Love Never Dies: A Magnificent Musical Trashfire Sequel to Phantom of the Opera

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Sarah: @sourcitruslady
Sam: @rhysindigo
1 hr 58 min
August 19, 2023 Episode 106: Is It A Character Named "Cool Girl"?
This episode: Money Plane
It's time for our bi-annual heist, Campers. By that we mean twice a year, because we love a heist here. But this time, it's a plane! Sam's the muscle, so naturally he'll be in the cockpit the whole time. Sarah is the getaway driver, so she'll be directing the heist and doing tech from the ground. So they've brought in an expert in Jo Graham, of the How2Wrestling podcast, to actually steal the money! It's a plane full of money, so naturally we're going to watch the film Money Plane.
Who are the Lawrence Brothers? What kind of TARDIS physics exist on this plane? And how many nicknames can one villain have?
You want to see some podcasts fuck up a movie synopsis? You can see it on Is It Camp?!
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Sarah: @sourcitruslady
Sam: @rhysindigo
Guest: @bimbotoad
1 hr 40 min
August 12, 2023 Episode 105: Is It My Secret Agent Lover Man?
This episode: Weetzie Bat
The sun set just off the Western Lawn of the Is It Camp Palace, as the cicadas hummed in the summer heat, the smell of fresh cut grass, and a blessed cool breeze blew in. On the veranda, Sam and Sarah and Horrible Puppet Robin lounged, sipping margaritas and noshing on slices of Fool's Gold, and the world moved around them despite the stillness of the evening.
When you press play, they'll discuss the first novel of the Podcast, Weetzie Bat, a tome more train of thought and prose-like than classic novel structure. Sam spilled margarita on his shirt.
Is the book another example of Magical Realism, or something else? What is Pro-Ana? And why is the genie just a footnote?
Take a drive with us down Rodeo with the hood down and 5 dogs.
Links to articles mentioned in this episode:
https://www.frieze.com/article/countering-festishization-indigenous-art
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/05/20/francesca-lia-block-and-90s-nostalgia/
https://the-toast.net/2013/12/28/interview-with-francesca-lia-block/
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Mythpunk

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Sarah: @sourcitruslady
Sam: @rhysindigo
1 hr 39 min
August 05, 2023 Episode 104: Is It The Airing of Delights 2: Yay Mongoose Yay?
This episode: The Airing of Delights 2!

It's that time of year again! We did it. Another full year of programming just for our faithful Campers. All the stars of the stage and screen are here tonight, as we give out arbitrary awards in categories we made up and voted on by no one but ourselves. Don't like the results? Tough ties. Go to the Oscars if you want those. But who will win what and why?
Are we as unhinged as ever? Will there be a special appearance by Horrible Puppet Robin? And can we bend the ideas and meanings behind some of these categories?
Join us, and you too may even receive an award!

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Sarah: @sourcitruslady
Sam: @rhysindigo
2 hr 2 min
July 29, 2023 Episode 103: Is It Uber for Criminals?
This episode: Mr. Right
Sam's just been dumped. Sarah has murdered her way through an elite squad of mercenaries. But when these two cross paths, maybe Romance will blossom… no wait, he's gay, and he's not her type. But maybe their combined weirdness can navigate today's movie, Mr Right. Yes, it is another property by a terrible person, but the chemistry of the leads is electric!
Will Sam Rockwell dance in this movie? Did Sam like this movie? And how many times will we say "scrappy little nobody" in this episode? (Possibly followed by "bunching at the knees")
Get into the flow with us, avoid some trained killers, and fall in love!
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Sarah: @sourcitruslady
Sam: @rhysindigo
1 hr 47 min
July 22, 2023 Episode 102: Is It A Mask For Hands or Gloves For Eyes?
This episode: A Shot in the Dark

The scene begins with a long shot of the exterior of the Is It Camp Palace, where we watch as the Counsellors move in and out of different rooms. Hiding an affair? Making a secret rendezvous? All things are possible. Until a series of shots ring out, and we find Horrible Puppet Robin slumped on the floor! But who did it?
To figure this out, Sarah dons a series of disguises and cleverly infiltrates the premises. In order to help her out, we are watching the second in our Pink Panther series, A Shot In The Dark!
What repeat joke had Sarah cracked up every time? How is a naturist colony scene shot in a way that is neither lewd nor lascivious? And what tweak could we make to some of the background characters?
Follow the clues to unwrap this mystery before it ends in an explosion!

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Sarah: @sourcitruslady
Sam: @rhysindigo
1 hr 36 min
July 15, 2023 Episode 101: Is It Thieves Breathing Down Our Necks?
This episode: The Great Muppet Caper

It's heist time again! The Counsellors are preparing their equipment. Checklist time! Ropes. Check. Paper towel. Check. Double decker bus. Check. Sarah. Check. Sam. Check. Thing to heist? Oh no, how could we forget this crucial piece? What will the Camp Counsellors steal?
Well, in order to figure that out, we are sitting down woth the second film in our Muppets series, the Great Muppet Caper!
How is a Rubix Cube like a Muppet on a bicycle? What event in the film was Sarah, as a child, convinced she'd have lived through as an adult? And who was one of the greatest on-screen romances of Charles Grodin's life?
All this and more in an episode that'll have you conveniently dumping exposition at just the right time.
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Sarah: @sourcitruslady
Sam: @rhysindigo
1 hr 58 min