The Throwback Show

Aaron and Dan join Matt for a trip back to Nantucket circa 1986, and a wistful/amused/horrified look back at One Crazy Summer (directed by Savage Steve Holland, starring John Cusack, Demi Moore, Joel Murray, Curtis Armstrong, Bobcat Goldthwait). www.thethrowbackshow.com

Aaron Cohen (and Dan Fleschner, sort of) join Matt Stroup for our third-ever Throwback Show documentary: American Movie, a movie about a guy (Mark Borchardt) trying to make a movie. It is funny, sad, possibly profound, and also sad. Check it out as we revisit our favorite quotes from the movie and much more. www.thethrowbackshow.com

Aaron Cohen joins Matt Stroup for a look back at some of our favorite past episodes, a run that takes us from Patriot Games (Harrison Ford) to Tremors (Kevin Bacon) to Memento to Independence Day (Will Smith) to the ensemble spy movie Sneakers (starring Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, Dan Aykroyd, River Phoenix and a host of others). www.thethrowbackshow.com

Matt runs a 1-on-2 fast break against Aaron and Dan in an attempt to defend the honor of 2004's Along Came Polly (starring Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Debra Messing, Alec Baldwin, Hank Azaria). We talk ferrets, loofahs, greasy pizza and of course re-live the unforgettable basketball scene. Also: Some updates on past episodes (including The Warriors and Midnight Run), and the announcement of Episode 52: a certain summer film starring John Cusack.

On the occasion of our 50th episode, Aaron and Dan join Matt for a deep dive (sorry) into The Hunt for Red October (Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, James Earl Jones, Scott Glenn, Sam Neill). We revisit the movie's bizarre choices with regard to language (including Sean Connery's accent), try to make sense of weird submarine stuff and recall all our favorite quotes. Side note: The website that used to say "You're the man now dog" on repeat appears to no longer exist. www.thethrowbackshow.com

Just in time (accidentally) for the 35th anniversary of the movie, Aaron and Dan join Matt for our first ever viewing of Diner, a movie starring Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Ellen Barkin, Daniel Stern, Paul Reiser and Tim Daly (directed by Barry Levenson). We revisit our favorite quotes, consider why this movie is iconic and take a guess at where these characters would be 20 years in the future (a hint, in at least one case: dead). More reading on the movie: S.L. Price's article from Vanity Fair

Inspired by the recent sequel (T2: Trainspotting), Aaron and Dan join Matt to revisit the original Trainspotting (Ewan McGregor, Kelly Macdonald, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Danny Boyle) in all its thrilling (and haunting) insanity. We dive into the worst toilet in Scotland, break down all our favorite quotes and scenes, and explain why a couple of us (Aaron and Dan) won't be in any hurry to watch this again. www.thethrowbackshow.com

Aaron Cohen and Dan Fleschner join Matt Stroup for a chorizo and eggs-fueled look back to Midnight Run (starring Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, Joe Pantoliano and Dennis Farina). We break down everything from Jack Walsh's array of legal transgressions to the enigma that is The Duke. Plus, we respond to some of your comments about Swingers and Blue Chips in Listener Mail. www.thethrowbackshow.com

Aaron Cohen and Dan Fleschner join Matt Stroup for a March Madness-themed Throwback special: the remarkable collaboration between Nick Nolte, Shaquille O'Neal, Penny Hardaway (and to a far lesser extent, Bobby Hurley) in the 1994 movie Blue Chips. We explore the basketball scenes (good), the rules of who plays on what team (bizarre) and the movie's morals (tiresome). www.thethrowbackshow.com

Aaron Cohen and Dan Fleschner join Matt Stroup for a kidney stone-infused trip back to '96, where we bathe ourselves, once again, in the movie Swingers (Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Heather Graham, directed by Doug Liman). We talk Vegas, calling cards, pixelated Wayne Gretzky, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, The Dresden and much more. Plus, a look back to the '96 World Series, which saw an agonizing (for Matt) Braves collapse against the Yankees. Also: You can check out Grantland's Oral History of Swingers right here.