Dan and Brian are back with Movies About Making Movies Month(s). This time, they discuss four movies: all the iterations of the showbiz melodrama A Star is Born. (Technically, two of them are Movies about Making Music.) Join as they break down the similarities and differences between the four iterations, what each says about filmmaking and American culture of their respective eras, and their ranking of the Seven Dwarfs.

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Dan and Brian continue Movies About Making Movies Month with a discussion of the fan-made, shot-for-shot recreation of Raiders of the Lost Ark as well as the 2015 documentary about its making.

They start with a rapid-fire recap of the Indiana Jones franchise and their feelings towards the series. Then they spend some time pondering the ingenuity and dedication of three teenagers, and how it makes them feel about their own time spent creating things. The discussion veers philosophical.

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Dan and Brian resume Movies About Making Movies Month after a brief hiatus by discussing the classic comedy Sullivan's Travels. Then, Dan takes another look at struggling Hollywood creatives in the Party Down episode "Steve Guttenberg's Birthday." Join as Dan and Brian celebrate Veronica Lake's incredible charisma, consider the film's prescient tone of realism, and rehash the production history and cult status of Party Down.

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Dan and Brian kick off Movies About Making Movie Month (MAMMM... or something) by discussing the JJ Abrams-Steven Spielberg collaboration that bears strong fingerprints of both. Join as they discuss Cloverfield, the Spielberg nostalgia factor, the mishandled nostalgia vibes, the surprisingly charming cast of kid actors, zombie makeup sexual tension, and many other topics on the pilot of this new theme month.

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Dan and Brian are back for a rare Part 2 discussing a single movie. In this case, it's Dan's favorite movie, That Thing You Do!, the Tom Hanks-written and -directed comedy.

Join as Dan and Brian dig deep into the movie's extended cut, the soundtrack, the cast, Adam Schlesinger, and so much more.

Check out Dan's discussion of songwriter Adam Schlesinger as a guest on the podcast Books Shows Tunes & Mad Acts: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/books-shows-tunes-mad-acts/episodes/2020-06-26T05_00_00-07_00

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At long last, Dan and Brian discuss Dan's favorite film of all time: the Tom Hanks-written, -directed, and -starring That Thing You Do!, a tale of a one-hit wonder band from 1964. Join as they talk through the band's rise and fall, it's loaded cast, its affection for small-time and big-time music scene, and the all-time great title track.

Coming soon: Dan and Brian's supplementary follow-up to deep dive on a handful of That Thing You Do! ephemera.

Check out Dan's discussion of songwriter Adam Schlesinger as a guest on the podcast Books Shows Tunes & Mad Acts: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/books-shows-tunes-mad-acts/episodes/2020-06-26T05_00_00-07_00

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It's not Circus Month or Train Month but that doesn't stop Dan and Brian from revisiting the 1952 Cecil B. DeMille Best Picture Winner about the traveling Ringling/Barnum/Bailey circus. Join as they parse out the romantic melodrama quadrangle, celebrate sad-clown Jimmy Stewart, and bask in a phenomenal train crash.

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To celebrate his birthday ("choose life"), Dan brings his strong feelings for Trainspotting to the pod and talks through it with Brian. What exactly makes the film elicit such strong reactions? How do we feel about upsetting and bleak cinema? What's Tarantino's role in late-90s indie cinema? Join as Dan and Brian try to answer these questions and more.

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Join as Dan and Brian gather to discuss one of Brian's all-time favorite films, The Court Jester, a witty medieval comedy musical. Join as they parse out the layers of deception and dramatic irony, celebrate Fisher Price's Great Adventures line of toys, and marvel at the "pestle with the poison" sequence.

Get it? Got it. Good.

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Dan and Brian cap off their discussion of Recess by breaking down their Top 5 favorite TV theme songs. Join as they break down theme song "genres," the dominance of cartoons for catchy ditties, the relationship between great TV shows and great theme songs.

And then (at 45:30), Dan shares a surprise with Brian and the audience about the show going forward.

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Music credits:

RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeod