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1982 Best Original Score Part 2

Jeff and Cory are back for part 2 with our guests Chris and Leslie Lott from Measuring the Score. On this episode they all get to the business of rating each nominee with our “patented” rating metric that’s been adjusted for judging original scores. Together they tear into the category, speculate the unorthodox piano playing techniques in Chariots of Fire, discover Randy Newman’s dark secret, and much more before concluding who really should have taken home the little gold man.

1982 Best Original Score – Part 1

On this episode Jeff and Cory welcome Chris and Leslie Lott, hosts of Measuring the Score, to the podcast. Jeff and Cory had such a great time chatting with these two that we had to break the episode up into two parts (just like old times, Switches). On part 1, they talk about the love for film scores that brought them together, Chris’ time spent actually crafting scores for countless short films and movies, the movie scores that inspire them, and much more. be sure to listen to Part 2 when Chris and Leslie add their expertise to finding out who really should’ve won gold for Best Original Score at the 1982 Oscars. You won’t want miss it!

With all the new announcements of sequels floating around Hollywood, Jeff and Cory explore the world of terrible sequels that were thankfully never made. From human-dinosaur hybrids in Jurassic Park 4 to a time traveling Gladiator, these movies would have been franchise killers. Not to be outdone by actual Hollywood, our host also pitch some terrible sequel ideas of their own.

This episode Jeff and Cory welcome the host of The Hollywood Dead, Vanessa McArdle, to the show. They chat a bit about her deep dive into tinsel town true crime and some of the lengths she went to research her first case. Then, in honor of the recent Friends reunion, the trio set Al to random and make up brand new show ideas from two real shows mashed together. Who wouldn’t want to see Game of Thrones where each house is led by a different Friends cast member? All that and more, so grab your TV dinners and set your DVRs cause we got a lot to say.

On this episode hosts Jeff and Cory, fed up with the unoriginal lazy Hollywood strategy of remaking old films, suggest an new approach: why remake one movie, when you can remake two simultaneously? Thats right, like peanut butter and jelly or hot pastrami and bologna, we’ve got pitches for perfectly paired movie mash-ups for a new generation! Want to make Mary Poppins better? Have her next family be tormented by a possessed Chucky doll. Jurassic park movies getting stale? Just add Rambo. Why didn’t Jack get on that floating door with Rose in Titanic? A giant revenge seeking shark was feasting on icy open waters. All these golden movie ideas and more. You’re welcome Hollywood producers, and…you know where to send the checks.

On this episode of Al’s Useless Hollywood Facts, our trusty time computer takes our hosts on a journey to a world that was all started with a mouse. The story behind the house that Walt built is more fiction than reality, and we learn about one unsung genius behind the genius that was really responsible for most of Disney’s success, signature style, and iconic characters

1989 Best Picture

On this episode we’re back to our old switching ways, deciding the true Best Picture winner of 1989. Right on the heels of the 2021 Oscars that will go down as a bit of a train wreck (much like the year it was celebrating), Jeff and Cory dive deep into one of the most watched Oscars that was described as “an embarrassment to both the Academy and the entire motion picture industry.” apparently this year’s ceremony was just following tradition. Fun times. Is there another 1988 classic that has what it takes to dethrone Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man? does anybody really like Dangerous Liaisons? We answer those questions and more! Enjoy the show!

On this episode we welcome Oy With the WB host Brittany Stanley. We discuss her childhood tv watching habits that inspired her new podcast all about 90s/2000s shows on the WB. After our trek from Dawson’s Creek to Stars Hollow, Jeff challenges Cory and Britany to the toughest game of Switch the Envelope yet. Seeing as Brittany is a bit of a TV pop culture savant, Cory may be in over his head.

On this edition of Because…Movies, Jeff and Cory cut deep into their childhood nostalgia when they try and explain the unexplainable in two of their favorite movies. Does the timey-wimey logic of Back to the Future fall apart in the last installment of the franchise? Does it make sense that a Division 1 college quarterback could go undercover? Find out now on, Because…Movies!

This week our host double down on some part 2s. Its all sequels on this show, as they discuss film franchises with second offerings that are better than the original. From T2 to Lethal Weapon 2, these sequels really have their sh*t together.