Total Casting Recall

The West was tough.

The West was brutal.

The West was just plain Westerly.

You know it and I know it. But for me, only very recently did I know....

'High Plains Drifter', not only an informal greeting to someone in the new frontier. It's also a movie.  

All jokes aside, if there are any. 

High Plains Drifter was directed by and starred Clint Eastwood and other various actors from the Hollywood scene. 

At that time. 

Also, it has come to our attention that the recasting abilities of Chris and Lee have come under fire, not only from the listeners of mostly this podcast, but also the hosts have said so. Lee is very much 'shooting from the hip' or 'phoning it in' on more than on occasion. Also, it is possible that he may, at times, not know at all what he's talking about.  After a serious inquiry he claims not knowing what's going on is a 'lifestyle choice.'

Chris's response was a chuckle/grumbling sound.

Lee also co-signed this response by singing a fake German lullaby.

Upon reading this, you might have some deep questions about life or why you're even reading this.

This movie is about a drifting cowboy who dislikes whips less than other humans. His main form of communication is shooting folks. And the townsfolk love it.

Happy listening,

Aramis DeFacto-Dummy (Un-manifester of Destiny)

What's new?

Another fine episode of TOTAL CASTING RECALL that's what!

Strange Days be the film!

Directed by: Katheryn Bigelow

Stars that appear in the film with non-stars. You choose has the star power. Word of caution: Choose wisely. 

Here's the names:

Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore and Vincent D'Onofrio.

One of the writers was the guy who wrote the big, big movie about the big sinking boat.

Strange Days is about an enterprising entrepreneur who lives in a violent America in the future: 1999!?

What? 

That don't make no sense.

That's because it was made in 1995, silly!

Prepared to be shocked- because in this future US of the A there's no internet!! 

What they got right: Ultra-violence all the way from the common man all the way to the top head honcho POTUS and military joens driving around any old doing shoot em ups all harem scarum!! 

So it was up to Chris and Lee to make sense of this gobbledegook and re-cast the heck out of it! 

Listen in and decide if you agree or disagree with their recasting choices.

The suspense is killing something or someone. 

Probably

Thanks for listening and have a Jim Dandy day!

Love,

Octavio 'Bubba' Perkins

(TCR Veteran)

Life...  is full of lessons.

Lessons are full of life.

Only If they are wielded with an iron fist.

What is love without truth?

If there is no truth, how can you be love?

This week, we (Lee and Chris) recast the hit movie written by Quentin Tarantino called….

True Romance

Where Romance is true.

And truth become romances.

You need to know nothing more.

Directed by Tony Scott

The Stars, not necessarily in order, Brad Pitt, Bronson Pinchot, Michael Rappaport, Christian Slater, Patricia. Arquette, Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walken and many other actors from Hollywood. 

It’s the story of two young actors in a movie along with other actors with lots of violence, course language, and side splitting laughs. Plus stunts. With big sounds. 

You won’t want to miss this one!

Listen to this one.

Before it listens to you…

Sincerely,

Spook Key-MacToofè

(TCR Diplotmate Emeritus) 

Heyyyy TCR listeners!!

Remember LPs?

Remember Employee Picks?

Phonograph needles?

Remember 45 RPMs?

Remember the 5th of November?

I sure don't.

But this week Lee and Chris are going to recast a movie called:

High Fidelity which is about a morose manager of a record store based on a British book of the same name by Nick Hornby and then re-tooled by them Star Spangler's Yanks into a movie show. 

It was directed by: Stephen Freers

And stars: John Cusack, Jack Black and others. 

Yes, we recast...movies in this podcast...

However-

It's not because the original movie makers didn't do a good job the first time around but because we are oftentimes unfocused and not really committed to this podcast format. If that sentence doesn't make sense...

You are correct.

We do try, though.

WARNING: LEE DIGRESSES SO MUCH THAT THE LISTENER WILL OFTEN FORGET NOT ONLY THE PODCAST FORMAT... THEY MIGHT ALSO INFLUENCED TO HAVE CRAZY DREAMS AFTER LISTENING, POSSIBLY.

LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED.

Sincerely,

Kelly Wham-O (age 102)

Hey TCR fan(s)!! 

This one is a virtual keeper!!

It marks our 50th episode!

So for all those into mathematics that's half of 100!

And- a lot less than 1000 yet quite a bit more than 0!

So this week it's 

Stakeout directed by: John Badham

and stars YOU because you are the stars for not only listening to TCR but also listening to the entire show and listening to your heart.

Also it stars: Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez

And- please continue to listen to TCR because it may induce laughter which is not only good for your heart, it might be good for your brain and your digestive tract.

Give it a whirl!

Your hosts: Chris Browne and Lee Barron and Chris Browne and Lee Barron

Their mission: Re-castinng Stakeout. 

CAN THEY DO IT?

WHO KNOWS?

LISTEN AND FIND OUT

YOURS TRULY,

CAPITALIZATION 'KING' CARRASCO

(TCR FAN SINCE EP. 50)

Life.

is a funny, funny word. 

What does it mean?

What does anything mean?

Who knows? Who are you?

Who am I?

Where am I?

Some things are hard to put your finger on. They might even be called untouchable.

And this weeks episode is about a move called:

The Untouchables

Spoiler alart: There is in fact, a lot of touching in this film

Perhaps too much for some. 

If...

 they are afraid to be touched by a Hollywood cinematic extravaganza.

This week, Chris and Lee decide to re-touch The Untouchables with some out of this world casting ideas.

Directed by:Brian de Palma

Actors are: Kevin Costner. Robert De Niro, Andy Garcia, Sean Connery and other fine humans.

So if you're into shiny, quasi-historical melodrama action packed action

You got it!

Love,

Machine Gumball Kelso (Longtime podcast enthusiast and avid meteorite collector)

In life, there are many times when we are told to STOP!

Sometimes we don't stop when we should just Go. 

Ponder on that for a minute or two...

Just kidding. 

Don't ever think unless;  it's the only thing you can do. 

Why? 

'Cause it's boring and quiet.

Mostly.

This episode probably could have won the Academy award for having a short title. There should be a category for that, right?

Hells yeah, there should.

Go is the name of the movie this week that Kris and Li attempt to dismantle the cast and retrofit with new honest-to-gosh actors. Most are still living and actor-ing as well.

isn't what these two do dangerous?

Yeah, it is.

Which is why only a few hundred other podcasts do this or as a segment of their take on movie B.S. (big showbiz) recasting.

Is it hard to do?

Mostly not. But why ask why? 

Directed by: Doug Liman

Go stars: Katy Holmes, Sarah Polley, Timothy Oliphant, Scott Wolf and Jay Mohr

So, go listen to this episode of Go 

Make sure that you don't have to go before you listen to Go because you won't want go during your listening of Go.

Go now!

Rock on,

Hugo A-Go Go (TCR Street Leech founding member)

Hello.

What are you wearing? 

Is it a fin? 

Well... heh, heh. If you can read this, you might be too close.

Don't worry if you can't. 

Because, all you need is ears to listen to this week's

episode of TOTAL CASTING RECALL 

Wherein, we don't just talk about recasting 

WE DO IT; AND FURTHERMORE WE DO IT FOR YOU, THE LISTENER.

IT MAY APPEAR THAT I'M SHOUTING I AM NOT. 

I'M JUST TOO LAZY TO HIT THE SHIFT KEY.

ANYWAY, HOW ARE YOU?

I'M GOOD. AND SO ARE LEE AND CHRIS.

LISTEN TO THEM TALK AND TALK. 

THOUGH YOU MAY END UP QUESTIONING EVERYTHING YOU BELIEVE,

Nevertheless,

Splash is the movie.

Director Ronny Howard

Actors Tommy Hanks, Johnny Candy, Daryl Hannah  and Eugene Levy

WARNING:

AFTER LISTENING TO THIS EPISODE, YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE IN MERMAIDS BUT YOU JUST MIGHT BELIEVE THAT ACTORS ARE REAL.

Peace,

Dr. Phun Poo-Leese

(TCR Wingnut) 

One Raider.

One Ark.

Let the romance begin...

You probably heard of Raiders of the Lost Ark. If you're lucky, you might have even seen it.

If you have OR even if you haven't, today is your lucky day.

Lee and Chris re-cast this classic film from George Lucas. 

Directed by Steven Spielberg 

It stars Harrison Ford. And a cacophony of other fine actors rounding out the cast.

Therefore they shall be dismissed by Chris ahd Lee because they think their big shot opinions are very impressive.

Newsflash. They are.... Not!!

Keep reading ...and I ... will keep you guessing. Tee Hee...

You will swoon to this episode. Or sleep, as it was recorded at 

the optimum mind relaxation frequency of 880 MHz 

You will now buy TOTAL CASTING RECALL merch....

Listen closely to this episode to find out how and why....

YOU will enjoy buying and wearing the 

TOTAL RECALL CASTING merch...

You will laugh.

You will laugh at the show.

You will laugh and subscribe

"I know you will..."

- ACTUAL QUOTE FROM RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK MOVIE BY THE SCARY VILLAIN WHO'S FACE LATER GETS MELTED OFF. 

Best Beans,

Surly McFilmdork Esq. 

Hoosiers

Who are the Hoosiers? 

Well, if you listen to this podcast, you’re gonna find out who the Hoosiers were.

The Hoosiers were a basketball team, but they were more than a team. 

They were actually a group/team of actors in a cast in this movie. 

They’re acting as a team and we all know that teamwork makes the dream work.

And that DreamWorks is a movie studio.

This is a sports movie. 

This is a sports movie about basketball. 

This is a sports movie about basketball in Indiana. 

This is a sports movie about  basketball in Indiana in the 1950s.

Chris and Lee ripped this movie a new one by recasting it with some heartwarming selections of their own.

I could tell what the selections are right here in print...

...but you’ll just have to listen to this Special Limited Edition TCR episode of Hoosiers.

This time they break it down and dirty and nitty to the gritty.

Not sure if that’s actually a saying or not, but it should be.

This one stars Gene Hackman, Dennis Hopper, and a lot of other actors that all work together as a team.

The director is David Anspaugh

The writer is Angelo Pizzo

And your part and all of this?

You complete the team by listening to the team.

You will serve as the podcast key player-

‘the listener.’

So... listen up and take a dunk on this episode.

Sincerely,

Cyn Sear-Li