Carl and Simon are joined by Brian Ruppert to tackle Austin Powers on Mashflix and Chill. It's a comedy and action film directed by Jay Roach, featuring Mike Myers, Michael York, Robert Wagner.
The mashup: Blazing Saddles & You Only Live Twice.
A great pure mash, but does it work?
Brian brings a mash of a classic comedy western with a classic Bond film. We talk all things production, plot and cast, perform some recasting and of course test our guest's movie knowledge against Carl in our game.
(00:00:00) Theme song and intro
(00:02:00) Welcome to our guest Brian Ruppert including top 4 movies
(00:20:20) Unveil the Ale
(00:21:10) Introducing the mash - Blazing Saddles - What we think
(00:27:30) Introducing the mash - You Only Live Twice - What we think
(00:35:19) Introducing the resultant movie Austin Powers International Man of Mystery - What we think
(00:42:50) Austin Powers deep dive part 1 - Different versions, gags and negatives
(01:07:00) The Game - International Men of Mystery
(01:18:11) Austin Powers deep dive part 2 - Cast and recasting
(01:35:38) Mashflix and Chill - Does the mash work? Expanding the Filmily Tree
(01:45:40) How to find Brian and Reviewing History
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