There are those out there who can fly, then there are those that can fly well, then of course there are those who can fly the best. This is a podcast about a film about those people. Andrew’s childhood comedy bible is brought to Johnny on a plate, wherein discussions of Charlie Sheen’s career, body horror in cinema and the film Top Gun help pad a run time. Topper Harley Forever!
231 - BLAZING SADDLES
We’re back in Mel Brooks territory for an acclaimed comic depiction of the wild west that nowadays comes with a disclaimer regarding its content. Will Johnny fall for the heady delights of Harvey Korman? (THAT’S HEDLEY DELIGHTS!) Will Andrew discover F9: The Fast Saga’s delay ON AIR? Will the saga of the Blazing Saddles TV show be explored in depth?
Yes. Yes it will. So listen in.
191 - TOP SECRET!
How silly can you get? Well, for Andrew and Johnny this is about the lockdown limit of silly. Coming off discovering 2 different planned films were no longer available to watch, plan C has gone into action, and comedy, and spy thriller, and musical, and all genres to fit in Val Kilmer’s crooning teen-hearthrob-hero Cold War spoof movie.
141 - UHF
It’s time for parodies, getting weird and one of Andrew’s all-time favourite jokes, in an episode that examines the difficulties of skit comedy in narrative settings, and what the 80s were for those of us not alive then.
