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From the deranged mind of David Lynch, comes 1999's... sweetest movie? Based on a true story of an -- is this right? -- elderly man who rides a tractor to visit his dying brother... what? This dude did Blue Velvet!  Wait. What is this? This movie got a damn G rating? And was produced by Disney? Is this a joke?  We could have gotten Eraserhead! Wild at Heart! Even Dune would have been fun! But 1999's David Freakin Lynch movie is The Straight Story... And, oh yeah, it's actually great! Join Phil, Kenny and special guest Simon Ennis as they discuss the film Lynch has called his "most experimental," as well as the entire oeuvre of one of America's finest, and wildest, filmmakers.

Oh Behave! Phil and Kenny swing into the groovy movie that may have killed Mike Meyers’ shaggadelic career! Guess he didn’t make us horny, baby!   Get in their belly as they discuss how whether this movie is more or less pleasurable than a kick to the mummy-daddy button!    Does Heather Graham’s Felicity Shagwell age well?! Does mini-me still tickle you?! Can a movie constructed completely of recycled jokes work?!    The surprising answers to these and other randy questions await you in this eeeevil episode of Podcast Like Its 1999!

Chill with Phil Is Cold, “The Iceman Kenneth” Neibart and special guest “Cold Weather” Hunter Covington (Alone Together, It’s Always Sunny...) as they defrost the frozen dialogue, icy chemistry and slippery logic of Chill Factor starring “Ice Cube”-a Gooding Jr. and “Ski”-t Ulrich.

In honor of the upcoming Oscars, Phil, Kenny and special guest Teddy Bressman (writer, Future Man) look at 1999 Best Picture Nominee Green Mile, starring Oscar Winner Tom Hanks, Oscar Nominee Michael Clarke Duncan, Oscar Nominee James Cromwell, Oscar Nominee Graham Greene, Oscar Nominee Patricia Clarkson, Oscar Nominee Gary Sinise and Oscar Nominee Sam Rockwell, and Written and Directed by Oscar Nominee Frank Darabont.    Based on that, you’d think it was pretty good, right? If you do, you probably also think Mouseville is a real place.    Also since we’re approaching Oscar Sunday, we decided to do our Oscar picks for this year. They start around the hour and half mark for all the Oscar fans out there!

On a cold, dark February day, two podcasters (Phil Iscove and Kenny Neibart) and a special guest (Todd VanDerWerff of Vox.com) entered a podcasting studio to discuss the seminal found footage film, The Blair Witch Project. Their plan was to discuss how this film, made for only $35,000, grossed nearly $250 million and changed Hollywood forever, in a funny and insightful way.    But the three were never heard from again.    This is the audio footage they left behind.

In Part 2 of the Julia Roberts-Valentine’s day two-fer, Phil and Kenny are once again joined by Corinne Stikeman and Melissa Lora, though one or both of them might Runaway before the podcast is over, because that’s what women do, amiright Garry Marshall?   Also in this episode, the four give their picks for the top five romantic comedies of all time!

In the first of a special two-part Julia Roberts-themed Valentine’s Day episode, Phil and Kenny are joined by rom-com aficionados Corinne Stikeman and Melissa Lora.  In Part 1, the foursome will take a stroll down Notting Hill. Perhaps they will wander into a Travel Book store. Or catch a matinee of Helix. Or maybe they’ll even taste the cuisine at Tony’s restaurant (though even if they do, it’ll probably be mostly cut out and what remains will just be confusing).  But please listen because, after all, we’re just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking you to love our podcast.

Six years ago, Phil and Kenny thought they recorded a podcast on Ashley Judd’s “Double Jeopardy”... but they later learned it was actually about “Kiss the Girls.”   Can Phil and Kenny record another podcast ostensibly about “Double Jeopardy” without breaking the law?    Can they again argue about Ashley Judd’s squandered potential without ending up in jail?   Can they re-litigate the believability of this film while also contextualizing it within the specific but oddly widespread genre of “shadowy poster thrillers” and still reunite with their long-lost son?    Download this episode to find out, and also be complicit in what may be a crime.

Get excited for discussions about fate, everybody, because Phil and Kenny are running along with Tom Tykwer’s fast-paced, frenetic film, Run, Lola, Run. Get excited for discussions about free will, everybody, because Phil and Kenny are running in whatever direction they want as they break down Tom Tykwer’s fast-paced, frenetic film, Run, Lola, Run. Get excited for discussions about gimmickry in film, everybody, because Phil and Kenny find out at the end that this podcast was all a dream.

It’s weird to say an $80 million movie, directed by Ron Howard and starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson could be the hidden gem of 1999, but Phil and Kenny seem to think that just may be the case. In this episode, the guys break down one of 1999s biggest flops, EdTV. Why did it flop? Did it deserve its fate? Does any big budget movie have a shorter Wikipedia page? And, on a scale of 0-99, how much will Phil be annoyed by Kenny’s extensive reality TV knowledge? Join us for the answers to these questions and more this week on Podcast Like It’s 1999.