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VHS Rewind!

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  • VHS Rewind! – Episode 45 – Midnight Madness (1980)

    VHS Rewind!

    Season 4 Episode 9

    VHS Rewind’s Deezen-palooza continues with the product placement heaven known as MIDNIGHT MADNESS. No kidding, a drinking game can be made out of the egregious product placement this movie: just take a drink of your favorite alcoholic beverage (ideally, Pabst Blue Ribbon) every time a product or a product name (and that product/product name can be just about anything – an automobile, a beverage, video game, a location (a restaurant; a hotel) appears (in whole or in part) in a frame of this film and, come tomorrow, you will not remember blacking out at about the halfway point of this movie.

    MIDNIGHT MADNESS was apparently produced by the Walt Disney Company (and yes, there is a product appearance / mention of a Disney character in here – take a drink!) although the Disney name is not mentioned in the product credits. The flick is a starring vehicle for then-Dr Pepper pitchman David Naughton (and yes, there is a Dr Pepper appearance in the flick – take a drink!) and a whole slew of other actors/actresses you have never seen before or since (although you may be surprised by which of the one or two actors/actresses who have continued to get work consistently since MIDNIGHT MADNESS).

    This week our hosts at VHS Rewind lament that, as a vehicle for our man, Eddie Deezen, well, Eddie gets a bit lost in the sea of characters and subplots throughout this movie but, when Eddie is on-screen, it is Deezen gold.

    Our hosts talk at length about Michael J Fox, who has his first movie role in this flick. There is no hint of the Michael J Fox we would all come to know and love. You may say it is the director’s fault for Fox failing to make an impression (there are a few bizarre scenes that are specifically about and involve Fox’s character and Fox has no dialogue whatsoever (did it end up on the cutting room floor?)). Our hosts make the case that, in those scenes where Fox is allowed to speak, he sounds a big drugged (or, perhaps, blitzed on Pabst Blue Ribbon).

    So grab a Pabst and give a listen to the newest episode of VHS Rewind.

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  • VHS Rewind! - Episode 45 - Midnight Madness (1980)
    VHS Rewind!
    Season 4 Episode 9
    VHS Rewind’s Deezen-palooza continues with the product placement heaven known as MIDNIGHT MADNESS. No kidding, a drinking game can be made out of the egregious product placement this movie: just take a drink of your favorite alcoholic beverage (ideally, Pabst Blue Ribbon) every time a product or a product name (and that product/product name can be just about anything – an automobile, a beverage, video game, a location (a restaurant; a hotel) appears (in whole or in part) in a frame of this film and, come tomorrow, you will not remember blacking out at about the halfway point of this movie.
    MIDNIGHT MADNESS was apparently produced by the Walt Disney Company (and yes, there is a product appearance / mention of a Disney character in here – take a drink!) although the Disney name is not mentioned in the product credits. The flick is a starring vehicle for then-Dr Pepper pitchman David Naughton (and yes, there is a Dr Pepper appearance in the flick – take a drink!) and a whole slew of other actors/actresses you have never seen before or since (although you may be surprised by which of the one or two actors/actresses who have continued to get work consistently since MIDNIGHT MADNESS).
    This week our hosts at VHS Rewind lament that, as a vehicle for our man, Eddie Deezen, well, Eddie gets a bit lost in the sea of characters and subplots throughout this movie but, when Eddie is on-screen, it is Deezen gold.
    Our hosts talk at length about Michael J Fox, who has his first movie role in this flick. There is no hint of the Michael J Fox we would all come to know and love. You may say it is the director’s fault for Fox failing to make an impression (there are a few bizarre scenes that are specifically about and involve Fox’s character and Fox has no dialogue whatsoever (did it end up on the cutting room floor?)). Our hosts make the case that, in those scenes where Fox is allowed to speak, he sounds a big drugged (or, perhaps, blitzed on Pabst Blue Ribbon).
    So grab a Pabst and give a listen to the newest episode of VHS Rewind.
    1 hr 21 min
  • VHS Rewind! – Episode 43 – Surf II (1984)

    VHS Rewind!

    Season 4 Episode 7

    Deezenpalooza has begun! All Summer All Deezen!

    For the first episode in our Summercade Christopher has wisely chosen the cult classic, Surf II from 1984.

    Come listen as we discuss this treat for the senses!

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  • VHS Rewind! - Episode 43 - Surf II (1984)
    Deezenpalooza has begun! All Summer All Deezen!
    For the first episode in our Summercade Christopher has wisely chosen the cult classic, Surf II from 1984.
    Come listen as we discuss this treat for the senses!
    1 hr 3 min
  • VHS Rewind! – Episode 42 Megaforce (1982)

    VHS Rewind!

    Season 4 Episode 6

    Due to unprecedented demand. Because our audience asked for it.

    VHS Rewind is covering another Hal Needham flick.
    Our previous episode, spotlighting director Hal Needham’s incredible RAD, was one of VHS Rewind’s all-time most downloaded episodes.
    RAD, the film, was a really great surprise for us – we hadn’t seen it before deciding to cover it for the show, and, wow, it was just amazing. Listen to that episode to hear all about it.
    The great thing is, there are still quite a few films from Needham’s golden (directorial) period (that period beginning in 1977 with the classic SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT and lasting through BODY SLAM in 1986) that we at VHS Rewind haven’t seen.
    We cannot wait to tackle BODY SLAM and, especially, THE VILLAIN (1979).
    Our focus for this episode is Needham’s equally incredible MEGAFORCE (1982). We at VHS Rewind remember the poster for this flick from when it was first released (and we were just kids) but we never did see this (not even when the flick was released to VHS). Now, we can’t wait to show it to our kids.
    MEGAFORCE may be missing RAD’s incredible soundtrack of power ballads and power guitar, but it surpasses RAD’s already inspired lunacy – a romantic skydiving scene (yes, you read that right, complete with syrupy love music, and that almost 5 minutes) that rivals (no, that betters) RAD’s bike dance-off, flying motorcycles so memorably executed with the cheesiest effects work imaginable, an incredible lycra (?) wardrobe for the titular team, explosions, explosions, explosions and a great cast filled with terrible actors delivering terrible dialogue terribly (with the notable exception of Henry Silva, a sterling example of a great actor have a great time with a terrible script and retaining his dignity against all odds).

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  • VHS Rewind! - Episode 42 Megaforce (1982)
    VHS Rewind!
    Season 4 Episode 6
    Due to unprecedented demand. Because our audience asked for it.
    VHS Rewind is covering another Hal Needham flick.
    Our previous episode, spotlighting director Hal Needham’s incredible RAD, was one of VHS Rewind’s all-time most downloaded episodes.
    RAD, the film, was a really great surprise for us – we hadn’t seen it before deciding to cover it for the show, and, wow, it was just amazing. Listen to that episode to hear all about it.
    The great thing is, there are still quite a few films from Needham’s golden (directorial) period (that period beginning in 1977 with the classic SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT and lasting through BODY SLAM in 1986) that we at VHS Rewind haven’t seen.
    We cannot wait to tackle BODY SLAM and, especially, THE VILLAIN (1979).
    Our focus for this episode is Needham’s equally incredible MEGAFORCE (1982). We at VHS Rewind remember the poster for this flick from when it was first released (and we were just kids) but we never did see this (not even when the flick was released to VHS). Now, we can’t wait to show it to our kids.
    MEGAFORCE may be missing RAD’s incredible soundtrack of power ballads and power guitar, but it surpasses RAD’s already inspired lunacy – a romantic skydiving scene (yes, you read that right, complete with syrupy love music, and that almost 5 minutes) that rivals (no, that betters) RAD’s bike dance-off, flying motorcycles so memorably executed with the cheesiest effects work imaginable, an incredible lycra (?) wardrobe for the titular team, explosions, explosions, explosions and a great cast filled with terrible actors delivering terrible dialogue terribly (with the notable exception of Henry Silva, a sterling example of a great actor have a great time with a terrible script and retaining his dignity against all odds).
    1 hr 9 min

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