Secret Level: A GeekTyrant Podcast

In Episode 40 of Secret Level, we discuss one of our all-time favorite animated movies, Brad Bird’s The Iron Giant. This is such an incredible movie that has found its audience over time, but when it was first released, it bowed at the box office, which is a shame for a film that tells such an amazingly beautiful and emotional story. We talk about the making of the film, the inspiration behind the story, what went wrong with the film’s marketing, and more! There’s a lot of fun and interesting information that we came across in our research and as always we have fun sharing our own commentary on the movie! Enjoy the show!

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In episode 39 of Secret Level, we take a deep dive into the wild history of Count Dante and The Black Dragon Fighting Society! This episode is a little different, but it is tied to geek culture. This story is inspired by an old comic book ad from the late 60s and early 70s that we came across, and we had to know the story behind it! Little did we know how absolutely bonkers and fascinating the story would be! I mean, there were dojo wars in Chicago in the 60s and 70s! This is a crazy story of a bulls**t artist that marketed himself as "The Deadliest Man Alive!" Enjoy the show!

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In Episode 38 of Secret Level, we journey into one of the greatest and most funny comedies of all time, the 1975 film, Monty Python and The Holy Grail. No matter how many times we’ve watched this movie over the years, it never gets old! The movie always makes up bust out in laughter and it’s one that we’ve been very excited to talk about! So, we did some digging and discovered a ton of fascinating details about the making of the film and some behind-the-scenes stories that have been shared by members of the cast and crew, who apparently had such a terrible time making it! But, regardless, what they made is a hilarious classic, and we have a blast sharing this information we found and offering silly commentary in the process. And, of course, we quote the movie a lot! Enjoy!

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In Episode 37 of Secret Level, we jump in and discuss the classic 1990 sci-fi horror comedy adventure film Tremors, which stars Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Michael Gross, Finn Carter, and Reba McEntire! This movie is so awesome and it’s always a great film to revisit because it’s so much fun! It’s just one of those films from our childhood that still puts a smile on our faces when we watch it. It’s Crazy because Kevin Back originally hated this movie and resented it! There are a lot of interesting behind-the-scenes details that we learned about this movie and as always we also offer some silly commentary! So, please join us on our journey as we talk about Tremors!

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In Episode 36 of Secret Level, we talk about the crazy 1989 kids' movie Little Monsters and after we rewatched it, we realized how much more inappropriate it was for kids than we remember! This movie is absolutely bonkers and it was so crazy noticing things about the movie that went way over our heads when we were kids. It makes us wonder what our parents were thinking when they were watching it with us! We offer some behind-the-scene details about the making of the film, which stars Fred Savage, Howie Mandel, and Daniel Stern, and break down all of the wild things that this movie delivered. Enjoy the show!

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In Episode 35 of Secret Level! In this episode we have a blast talking about Joe Dante’s 1984 holiday horror classic Gremlins! There was a lot to talk about with this movie including details on how the project came together and information on the absolutely bonkers r-rated version of the film that it was originally going to be! This movie was going to but so much more violent than what was delivered, and we share details on the crazy scenes of violence and death that never made it in the movie. We also offer some amusing commentary that we hope you enjoy!

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In Episode 34 of Secret Level, we celebrate the holidays by talking about the hilarious classic 1988 Bill Murray Christmas movie Scrooged, which was directed by Richard Donner. It's pretty crazy that an adaptation of A Christmas Carol like this actually exists, so it's kind of a Christmas miracle and it's easily one of our favorite movies. We share some behind-the-scenes details on the making of the film including how Murray got involved with the movie, how he and Donner didn't see eye to eye, and we offer some silly commentary. We hope you enjoy this episode! 

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In Episode 33 of Secret Level, we discuss director Richard Donner and producer Steven Spielberg’s 1985 adventure film The Goonies. This movie played such a big part of our childhoods, it’s one of our all-time favorite movies, and we’ve finally recorded our episode for it! We talk about the making of the film, share some amusing commentary, and even share our pitch for a prequel film or series that we’d love to see get made! We hope you enjoy listening to this episode as we discuss this amazingly fun and imagination-fueled movie!

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In Episode 32 of Secret Level, we talk about George Lucas and Ron Howard's iconic 1987 fantasy film Willow. This is one of those movies that we have very fond memories of when we were kids and it’s a film that we’ve enjoyed revisiting over the years. This is just one of those films that take us to our happy place and we wanted to see if we could find some information about the making of it that we never knew before, and we did! We hope you enjoy this episode where we dive into Willow!

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In Episode 31 of Secret Level, we get a little funky as we talk about the making of the greatest music video ever made, Michael Jackson’s Thriller! The music video was released in 1982 and it was helmed by An American Werewolf in London director John Landis. There are actually some interesting details behind the making of this music video and there’s a lot of stuff that we came across in our research that we never knew before! This was a funny project to discuss and things get weird. Enjoy!

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